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UNCF Masked Ball Celebrates 70 Yrs of Service to Blacks in Higher Education

2014-04-14 11:47:05| Energy - Topix.net

D.C.'s civic, business and education notables gathered March 27 as the United Negro College Fund held its annual Masked Ball, this year celebrating the UNCF's seven decades of service in the name of Blacks in higher education.

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Ford targets one-third increase in capacity within 5 yrs

2013-10-08 09:05:27| Automakers - Topix.net

Ford Motor Co mapped out a plan to build one-third more vehicles globally by adding more plants in emerging markets, overhauling its production methods and running most of its factories around the clock by 2017, executives said on Monday.

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First US nuclear power closures 15 yrs signal wider industry problems

2013-09-24 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A string of plant closures, project cancellations and other setbacks has raised new doubts about the future of nuclear power in the United States, but there's disagreement about whether the retrenchment will be limited and temporary or the beginning of a broad and permanent decline. Renewed safety concerns and reinvigorated local opposition have played a role in the industry's recent troubles. But the most potent foe--and the primary force behind the spate of closures and abandoned projects--is...

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The Climate Is Set to Change 'Orders of Magnitude' Faster Than at Any Other Time in the Past 65 Million Yrs

2013-08-04 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Atlantic: Some of the earliest clues scientists had that Earth's climate has changed over time were mismatches between the fossil record and a current ecosystem. How could this palm tree have grown in Wyoming? Why have fossils of the tropical breadfruit tree been found as far north as Greenland? These cold places must have once been warm and wet. The world is not as it has always been. And somehow, despite the tumult, species adapted, moving thousands of miles to habitats where they could survive. Won't...

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