Detecting earthquakes with dark fiber

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently determined that dark fiber—the underground network of installed, but unused fiber-optic cables across the United States and beyond—can be employed as sensors for detecting earthquakes, the presence of groundwater, changes in permafrost conditions, and...
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Owens Corning Declares Fourth-Quarter 2017 Dividend

Board of Directors Approves Increase in Quarterly Cash Dividend to $0.21 per Share

TOLEDO, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per common share, a 5% increase compared with the prior quarterly dividend. The dividend...

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Living Future Conference coming to Portland

In May 2018, the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is organizing its annual ‘Living Future’ conference. A global community of change-makers is expected to converge in Portland from May 1 to 4 for one of the world’s leading events in regenerative design. The theme for 2018 is ‘Authenticity and...
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King Engineering Merges with Ardurra Group

TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–King Engineering, a Florida based Engineering firm, is merging with the Ardurra Group, a Texas, Louisiana, and New York Engineering and Disaster Recovery firm.

The combined entity will retain significant employee ownership, with sixteen employee shareholders from King Engineering and ten employee shareholders from the Ardurra Group...

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