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Harvest Hoopla
2019-10-21 22:48:00| PortlandOnline
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2018-10-12 04:06:23| PortlandOnline
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The 'mini ice age' hoopla is a giant failure of science communication
2015-07-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: This month theres been a hoopla about a mini ice age, and unfortunately it tells us more about failures of science communication than the climate. Such failures can maintain the illusion of doubt and uncertainty, even when theres a scientific consensus that the world is warming. The story starts benignly with a peer-reviewed paper and a presentation in early July by Professor Valentina Zharkova, from Northumbria University, at Britains National Astronomy Meeting. The paper presents a model for...
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For all the Tesla hoopla, Nissan's Leaf outsells it
2014-10-10 13:06:56| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Elon Musk's Tesla Motors Inc. gets more free attention in a day than other car makers get in months. But it's not the best-selling electric car in the U.S. Nissan sold 2,881 Leafs in September, up 47% from a year ago, although down 9.6% from August, according to Motor Intelligence Chevrolet's Volt sales stumbled 21% from a year ago, including a 45% slide from August, with 1,394 Volts sold last month.
Hoopla and hope: Showgirls direct in first Southwest Airlines flight to Las Vegas from Flint's Bishop Airport
2013-08-12 15:21:01| Airlines - Topix.net
But a piece of Sin City was brought to the Vehicle City Sunday, Aug. 11 in the form of showgirls, a taste-bud enticing buffet and lighted archway ushering passengers onto Southwest Airlines first flight to Las Vegas out of Bishop Airport .