Solar powered street lights meet the requirements of street lighting standards while avoiding expensive installation costs associated with traditional grid powered lights. Solar lighting also delivers the energy savings and reduced carbon ...
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) says it has completed a “ground-breaking” study on populations living near Ontario’s three nuclear power plants (NPPs), which finds “no evidence of childhood leukemia ...
The BBC has closed its multimillion pound Digital Media Initiative (DMI) that was meant to create new digital production tools and link them with a central, digital archive that would allow BBC staff to access a seamless digital chain ...
Users in the U.K. and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First. The first smartphone to come preinstalled with Facebook Home has been delayed in those countries while Facebook updates the software to address ...
Some of hungry partygoers at your Memorial Day gathering this weekend might be crying out, Where's the beef!?! But from a food-safety perspective, a more salient question is, How well done is the beef? That's because some steaks and other ...
According to the latest report from Frost & Sullivan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is showing a greater demand for cloud security solutions, as cloud uptake in the region continues to increase. In its recent "State of Cloud Computing ...
A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyber-attacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid supplying more than 300 million people, according to a congressional report. More than a dozen utilities said ...
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It appears Canada's anti-money laundering regulator will leave Bitcoin exchanges in the country alone for now. LibertyBit, which exchanges the virtual currency Bitcoin for U.S. and Canadian dollars, has been told it does not have to ...
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Importing furniture from China can be a very lucrative business. It’s not as hard as you think, as long as you go through proper training. Since there are very few well-known brands out in the market today, this creates a huge ...
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In 2003, Yukos was preparing for a game-changing merger with another private Russian oil company, Roman Abramovich's Sibneft, to create a 2.3 million b/d Russian oil producing giant. The deal was scuppered, however, in large part because ...
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Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) says that, over the next 18 months, solar energy and demand response will have a growing and noticeable impact on the power grid, “working to reduce summer peaks and help ...
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Artificial grass is environmentally- and wallet-friendly as it requires little maintenance. It helps to know the pros and cons before deciding to replace your natural grass lawn with artificial turf. Pros of Artificial Grass Artificial ...
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Proponents of the artificial grass sports fields that have been springing up all over San Francisco in recent years are hoping that a state study will put to rest concerns over the fields' safety, though some critics remain unconvinced. ...
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Despite artificial grass' many benefits however, it's also worth mentioning that it still requires a bit of maintenance. For example, there is a danger that weeds might start sprouting out of the ground and destroy your man-made lawn. The ...
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Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and ...
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