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Defying drizzle: UK to build worlds fastest weather forecasting supercomputer
2014-10-28 19:02:42| Extremetech
You have to admit it makes sense: The country that spends the most time per capita whining about the weather -- the United Kingdom -- is investing in the world's fastest weather forecasting supercomputer. When it's complete, the Met Office's new supercomputer will clock in at 16 petaflops -- one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, and more than twice as powerful as the next-fastest weather forecasting computer.
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Insider Buying Dries Up Defying $275 Billion of Buybacks
2014-09-23 05:47:00| Chemicals - Topix.net
American companies have seldom spent more money than they are now buying back shares. The same can't be said for their executives.
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Yahoo says it faced $250,000 daily fines for defying U.S. surveillance requests
2014-09-12 13:08:32| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. government once threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it failed to assist with its surveillance efforts, Yahoo said Thursday. Yahoo said it was threatened with the fines after it challenged surveillance powers granted to the U.S. government under the Protect America Act of 2007. The information has come to light now because the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which oversees how those laws are implemented, agreed to unseal documents in the case.
Defying Japan, Rancher Saves Fukushimas Radioactive Cows
2014-01-11 19:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: His may be one of the worlds more quixotic protests. Angered by what he considers the Japanese governments attempts to sweep away the inconvenient truths of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Masami Yoshizawa has moved back to his ranch in the radioactive no-mans land surrounding the devastated plant. He has no neighbors, but plenty of company: hundreds of abandoned cows he has vowed to protect from the governments kill order. A large bulldozer meant to keep out agricultural officials stands...
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Are trees in Central Europe defying climate change?
2013-09-02 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Phys,org: Over 200 researchers from Europe and around the world are currently meeting in Zürich to share the latest findings on the topic "Climate Change: Tree responses in Central European forests". One key question is this: How can we structure forests to enable them to continue to fulfil their many functions? One concept that is mentioned increasingly frequently is 'plasticity' forests' ability to adapt to environmental changes. The conference in Zürich is being organised by the Swiss Federal Institute...
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