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Ambassador Russell Travels to Colombia and Peru
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 27 June 2016 27 June 2016
Washington, DC - Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Cathy Russell is on travel to Colombia and Peru from June 27 – July 1.
Energy Department’s Interior Lighting Campaign nets $13.5 million in energy savings in first year
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- Written by Green Liver Green Liver
- Published: 27 June 2016 27 June 2016
Washington, DC - The Energy Department today announced the results of this year’s Better Buildings Alliance technology and market campaigns. Through partnerships with public and private sector organizations, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working with interested landlords, tenants, and owners to adopt solutions that best meet the needs of their buildings for sustainable leasing and upgrades to indoor lighting.
Eye-tracking system uses ordinary cellphone camera
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- Written by Larry Hardesty Larry Hardesty
- Published: 27 June 2016 27 June 2016
Cambridge, Massachusetts - For the past 40 years, eye-tracking technology - which can determine where in a visual scene people are directing their gaze - has been widely used in psychological experiments and marketing research, but it’s required pricey hardware that has kept it from finding consumer applications.
FTC Alerts Telemarketers that TSR Prohibits Certain Payment Methods; Warns Consumers that Use of the Payment Methods is Illegal
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 27 June 2016 27 June 2016
Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission wants businesses to know about important Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) amendments that are now in effect. These changes make it unlawful for telemarketers to use three types of payment methods exploited by con artists and scammers.
Relics of the Milky Way's first generation of stars
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- Written by Rachel Reed Rachel Reed
- Published: 27 June 2016 27 June 2016
Ann Arbor, Michigan - The first stars that made up the Milky Way have long burnt out, but astronomers have, for the first time, observed a new set of chemical elements that formed in their cores and the supernova explosions that marked the spectacular ends of their short lives.