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Unplugging the Colorado River: Could the end be near for one of the Wests biggest dams?
2016-05-23 23:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: WEDGED between Arizona and Utah, less than 20 miles upriver from the Grand Canyon, a soaring concrete wall nearly the height of two football fields blocks the flow of the Colorado River. There, at Glen Canyon Dam, the river is turned back on itself, drowning more than 200 miles of plasma-red gorges and replacing the Colorados free-spirited rapids with an immense lake of flat, still water called Lake Powell, the nations second-largest reserve. When Glen Canyon Dam was built in the middle of the...
Google's New Custom Chip May Not Live Up to the Hype
2016-05-23 21:53:42| TechNewsWorld
Google last week announced the Tensor Processing Unit, a custom application-specific integrated circuit, at Google I/O. TPU was built for machine learning applications and has been running in Google's data centers for more than a year. Google's AlphaGo software, which thrashed an 18-time international Go champion in a match earlier this year, ran on servers using TPUs.
Merck Foundation Announces the Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care, a $15 Million Initiative to Improve Access to High-Quality Cancer Care in Underserved Communities in the United States
2016-05-23 15:00:00| Merck.com - Corporate News
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Merck Foundation Accepting Applications from Non-Profit Organizations KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Merck Foundation announced today the launch of a new initiative, the Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care (the Alliance), to support programs aimed at improving timely access to patient-centered care and reduce disparities in cancer care, especially for vulnerable and underserved populations in the United States. Language: English Contact: Media:Lainie Keller, 908-236-5036orCourtney Ronaldo, 908-236-1108orInvestors:Teri Loxam, 908-740-1986orJustin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
Vietnam - Are we too late to the party?
2016-05-23 11:49:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Will the EU FTA and TPP trade agreements truly make Vietnam the replacement solution to the higher labour cost challenges in China? Gary Barraco, director of global product marketing for Amber Road, suggests that when it comes to sourcing in Vietnam, whoever gets on the floor first, wins - and that the time to act is now.
married men doing 'the most dangerous conservation job in the world'
2016-05-23 09:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: It was 2006 the first time Aline Burasa fled her home. The second time was in 2007 or 2008, she cant remember which. In 2012, she was forced off her land a third time. It could easily happen again. And every time it does, her family has to start all over. Burasa lives in Rumangabo, Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Virunga National Park is headquartered. The 3,000-square-mile forest is probably best-known for being home to a quarter of the worlds mountain gorillas. But its also occupied...
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