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Protecting farms or front rooms? The impossible dilemma that climate change forces upon us

2014-02-04 13:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Statesman: At last, someone has said it. Chris Smith, chair of the Environment Agency, wrote in the Telegraph of the impossible dilemma facing Britain as climate change leads to ever-worsening flooding: "...This involves tricky issues of policy and priority: town or country, front rooms or farmland? Flood defences cost money; and how much should the taxpayer be prepared to spend on different places, communities and livelihoods -- in Somerset, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, or East Anglia? There's no bottomless...

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Nintendo Dilemma: Speed or Creativity?

2014-01-30 15:22:48| Electronics - Topix.net

In a freewheeling two-hour strategy briefing, Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo Co.' s top game brain, faced a grilling from analysts on why he was slow developing new games for the struggling Wii U console .

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This Friday's moviegoing dilemma: Studs Terkel or Dusan Makavejev?

2014-01-23 12:19:12| Beverages - Topix.net

At the University of Chicago's website, a countdown has already begun for Let's Get Working , a three-day celebration of Studs Terkel that will take place in early May. The festival is to feature readings, film screenings, musical performances, and community dialogues-an appropriately diverse tribute to a man who "recognized the value in listening ... (more)

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Java's security dilemma: Old, vulnerable versions won't go away

2014-01-21 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News

Users of Java are caught between a rock and a hard place. They often need an older version of Java to run their applications, but those aged releases are susceptible to security breaches, which have plagued Java in recent years.

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