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Software testers balk at ISO 29119 standards proposal
2014-08-22 22:19:44| InfoWorld: Top News
Efforts by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) to standardize software testing are receiving some pushback, with an online petition launched to stop the plan.
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Florida Republican leaders balk at climate change
2014-06-07 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Few places in the U.S. are more vulnerable to rising sea levels than low-lying South Florida. It's a tourist and retirement mecca built on drained swampland. Other coastal states and the Obama administration are taking aggressive measures to battle the effects of global warming. But Florida's top Republican politicians are challenging the science and balking at government fixes. Among the state's chief skeptics are U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush both possible presidential candidates...
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Seas Rise, Fla. GOP Leaders Balk at Climate Change
2014-06-07 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: On a recent afternoon, Scott McKenzie watched torrential rains and a murky tide swallow the street outside his dog-grooming salon. Within minutes, much of this stretch of chic South Beach was flooded ankle-deep in a fetid mix of rain and sea. "Welcome to the new Venice," McKenzie joked as salt water surged from the sewers. There are few places in the nation more vulnerable to rising sea levels than low-lying South Florida, a tourist and retirement mecca built on drained swampland. Yet as other...
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Record Beef Prices Ahead; Will Consumers Balk?
2014-05-14 03:16:00| Beef
Consumers are a resilient bunch, so far willing to keep beef front and center on the plate despite record-high retail prices. read more
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Arctic Oil Still Seen Decades Off as Producers Balk at Costs
2014-02-26 22:05:03| Appliances - Topix.net
From Bloomberg Lundin Petroleum AB , the Swedish explorer focused on Norway, said there won't be any new oil output in the ice-filled waters of the Arctic for at least 15 years because of technical and logistical challenges.
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