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Hidden Cameras: What Travelers Need to Know

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People who want to use cameras for nefarious reasons are still in the game,” said Kenneth Bombace, the chief executive of the intelligence firm Global Threat Solutions , describing a new generation of recording devices that are small, subtle and inexpensive. But it’s the illegal use of hidden cameras that have shocked travelers.

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Ford Begins EcoBoost Engine Production

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million vehicles globally. 1 opened in 1951 as Ford’s first engine plant in Ohio. In 2004, Ford invested $350 million into the plant for redesign and installation of an all-new assembly line as well as block, crankshaft and cylinder head machining lines. The first EcoBoost engine in the family—the 3.5-liter liter V-8 family.

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Satellite and GPS Measurements Show Ice Loss from Greenland Ice Sheet Spreading to Northwest Coast

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meters (21 feet) of global sea rise. A 2006 study by Wahr and Velicogna using the GRACE satellite indicated that Greenland lost roughly 684 cubic kilometers (164 cubic miles) of ice from April 2004 to April 2006—more than the volume of water in Lake Erie. inches) of global sea-level rise per year. millimeters (0.02

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EPA Posts Peer Review of Renewable Fuel Standards Lifecycle Analysis

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Participating in this review were Dr. Holly Gibbs, Stanford University; Dr. Richard Houghton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Rattan Lal, Ohio State University; Dr. Jason Tullis, University of Arkansas; and Dr. Brian Wardlow, University of Nebraska. Click to enlarge. Land use modeling. The coarse resolution of the satellite imagery.

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FAA Awards Contracts for $125M to 5 Companies to Accelerate More Environmentally Friendly Aviation Technology; Renewable Fuels, Engines, Wings and Flight Management

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GE began testing the TAPS II combustor in June 2009 at a special altitude test chamber in Evendale, Ohio, as part of the first eCore tests. To evaluate the use of aviation biofuels in aircraft engines, we will be working with Honeywell’s UOP business, a global leader in the development of refining process technologies.

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