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01.18: Nick Bruel

2013-12-17 00:35:55| Powells Books Events Calendar

Zombies! Talking turnips! Puppy! Kitty takes 'em all on in her newest chapter book. But her mettle is really tested when she encounters her creator. In Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble (Roaring Brook Press), the seventh installment of Nick Bruel's New York Times-bestselling series, Kitty encounters what may be her most formidable foe yet: her creator! Kitty soon learns that feline manipulation works both ways — especially when you're at the wrong end of your author's pencil. Along the way, Nick shows kids how a book is created, despite the frequent interruptions from you-know-who.

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Nick Auden, who lobbied to use experimental skin cancer drug, has died

2013-11-30 00:08:52| Biotech - Topix.net

Nick Auden, the charismatic father of three who became internationally famous for his efforts to secure an experimental drug to treat his Stage 4 cancer, died Nov. 22 at his home in Denver.

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Putting a price on nature would be disastrous | Nick Dearden

2013-11-27 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: As UN climate negotiations rumbled on in Warsaw, big business came together with conservation groups in Edinburgh last week at the inaugural World Forum on Natural Capital to put a price on nature. The idea goes back to the Rio+20 conference in 2012, when a group of investors drafted the natural capital declaration. It argues that if we price everything nature gives us (wildlife, plants, forests, waterways, pollination, you name it), companies would think twice before destroying them. Like...

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