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Climate change brings disasters on steroids
2015-03-16 04:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SMH: Australia's $5 million contribution to address the devastating impacts of Cyclone Pam is a much-needed and welcome act. But remedial responses like this are not enough. Governments must also develop more proactive tools to help mitigate the impacts of disasters in the first place, including the displacement of people from their homes. Climate change-related displacement is happening now. It is not just a future phenomenon. Reportedly 45 per cent of Tuvalu's population has been displaced by Cyclone...
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brings
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Imagination Technologies will give its 'Raspberry Pi on steroids' away for free
2014-08-27 16:52:09| Wireless - Topix.net
Grab someone in the street and ask them about Imagination Technologies and they're more likely to run away than tell you that it's the company that designs the graphics chips for Apple's mobile devices.
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New app created in Maine offers 'Rolodex on steroids' for real estate agents, contractors
2014-03-22 10:13:10| Real Estate - Topix.net
"For sale" signs are popping up, buyers are coming out of hiding, contractors are in demand.
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estate
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Markey compares climate change to steroids in baseball
2014-03-11 07:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) used a chart showing that the number of home runs increased when players used steroid, saying its the same case with temperatures rising when humans emit greenhouse gases. Something very funny happened in baseball because from 1920 all the way through the entire modern baseball history, the average number of players that hit more than 41 home runs in a season was three players, Markey said Monday night. All of the sudden 17 players could hit more than 41 home runs....
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baseball
climate
climate change
Big, street-legal Little Tikes car is your childhood on steroids
2014-01-30 22:46:05| Toys - Topix.net
The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe has been a childhood staple for over three decades. Even if you don't know the name, you know the car.