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Fair Lawn Couple Says Evening Was Ruined When NJ Transit Bus Skipped Their Stop
2015-05-02 06:12:13| Railroads - Topix.net
A couple in Bergen County missed a Broadway show when their New Jersey Transit bus didn't show, and another one drove right by them. Drora and Ron Kemp were disappointed after missing the Broadway show 'Skylight.'
How we ruined the oceans
2015-02-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Week: Why are the oceans in trouble? They can no longer absorb the damage inflicted by the 7 billion people on Earth. Over many decades, the human race has overfished key species to near extinction, and polluted them with carbon dioxide emissions, toxic chemicals, garbage, and discarded plastics. A groundbreaking new study, recently published in Science, warned that our oceans are being irreparably damaged by human activity and could be on "the precipice of a major extinction event." Coral reefs, home...
Map Design Gone Wrong Have Infographics and Data Visualizations Ruined Good Map Design?
2015-01-19 15:53:05| Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone
LBSzone news -Cartographers take pride in their work, typically applying all the rules and principles of good cartographic design to their work, all in an effort to make people want to look at and appreciate their work (See Esri, Make Maps People Want to Look at). However, in this new era of social sharing it seems that […]The post Map Design Gone Wrong Have Infographics and Data Visualizations Ruined Good Map Design? appeared first on LBSZone.
The climate is ruined. So can civilization even survive?
2015-01-14 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Although most of us worry about other things, climate scientists have become increasingly worried about the survival of civilization. For example, Lonnie Thompson, who received the U.S. National Medal of Science in 2010, said that virtually all climatologists "are now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization." Informed journalists share this concern. The climate crisis "threatens the survival of our civilization," said Pulitzer Prize-winner Ross Gelbspan....
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Coca-cola's laptop heist blamed for ex-worker's ruined credit
2014-11-12 21:45:12| Beverages - Topix.net
The Coca-Cola Co. has safely guarded its secret formula for nearly 100 years but had no security policy in effect to protect employee information when company laptops were stolen, a former worker said in a lawsuit blaming the soft drink giant for ruining his credit.
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