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VIDEO: Fiddling the books: Czech corruption
2014-06-02 18:58:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Twenty-five years after the fall of communism, corruption remains a major problem in the Czech Republic.
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United Kingdom: Osborne is fiddling while the Earth burns: extracting every drop of oil we can
2014-03-20 13:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The chancellor George Osborne is a dangerous man. A disciple of financial service deregulating and climate change denying ex-chancellor Lord Lawson, he delivered a budget statement on Wednesday as depressing as the Conservative Environment Networks recent Responsibility & Resilience pamphlet was encouraging. As we repeatedly explain, we hold no torch for a particular party, despite what our magazines name suggests. No, we are not the green wing of the blue Conservative party. The preservation...
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MX Player Pro Lets You Bypass the Fiddling and Enjoy the Movie
2013-05-17 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
I often run into issues playing video media on mobile devices. It's haunted me since the days of Windows Mobile on the Palm Treo -- remember those early smartphones? Believe it or not, it's still an issue years later with current tablets and smartphones. The problems that I've encountered have generally manifested themselves as either the file not playing or audio and video being out of sync.
Fiddling on the roof: Can $10 million in prize money spark a solar revolution?
2013-01-18 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Want to know the real reason that rooftop solar panels havent spread across the United States yet? Slap a few panels on your roof some night and wait for the local code enforcer to notice them. Then count the citations as they roll in. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, weve got the technology to power our lights with solar, but the red tape gets in the way. Regulatory hoops are holding up solar progress, says the agency (which is somewhat famous for its regulatory hoops), and making...
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Fiddling while Rome burns the 3trn cost of climate delay change delay
2013-01-13 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Doha climate summit agreement which delayed vital action to tackle global warming for another seven years will cost $5 trillion (3.1trn) to remedy, according to research by one of the world's leading climate change scientists. Delaying until 2020 measures to cut carbon dioxide emissions enough to give the world a fair chance of containing global warming would cost 25 per cent more than taking action to achieve the same reduction now, according to the first research to quantify the financial...
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