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The irony of Obama's Arctic voyage
2015-08-30 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Obama's on a climate tour of Alaska this week. The Last Frontier state is arguably the best place in the United States to see the now-now-yes-really-now effects of climate change. On the U.S. President's itinerary: melting glaciers, struggling fishermen and the cultural dislocation of Alaska Native villages. The Arctic is warming at about twice the rate of the rest of the globe, meaning it's an obvious front line in the war on global warming. That Obama is highlighting the clear and present...
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Texas floods reveal climate change irony
2015-05-28 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Town Talk: From devastating droughts to flash floods, it seems that Texas can't get a break from extreme weather associated with climate change. Emerging recently from a multiyear record-breaking drought, with reservoirs at near record lows, now the state is suffering from flooding and record precipitation. We are entering a new normal. Texas is definitely being messed with. Texas is witnessing an increase in extreme high temperatures. That means more hot days and heat waves, which make illness, death and...
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Fiorina's and Clinton's Presidential Runs: The Irony Is in the Analytics
2015-04-06 19:11:18| TechNewsWorld
There will be a lot of irony in the U.S. presidential primaries and general election as campaigns ramp up later this year. Last time, with Mitt Romney, we saw a business multimillionaire and ex-governor get schooled in how to use analytics by a guy who wasn't even that experienced in politics. It was kind of like watching Jon Stewart beat Tiger Woods at golf.
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Irony Alert: Synthetic Biology Could Have Avoided the Costly Recall at Whole Foods Market
2014-07-26 23:29:16| Grocery - Topix.net
Peach-mango salsa contains 0% of your recommended daily iron content, but if you purchase it from Whole Foods Market you'll get a full dose of irony.
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Iframe irony: Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs
2014-05-14 17:31:49| Extremetech
Here's a lovely bit of irony for you: Adblock Plus, which is by far the most popular add-on for Firefox and Chrome, is actually increasing the amount of memory used by your web browser, rather than decreasing it. Furthermore, ABP also increases the amount of time (and CPU cycles) required to render a website. Instead of making web surfing more responsive, ABP actually makes your surfing experience slower.
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