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Climate change may be reason ticks are spreading across Canada
2013-05-31 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Global News: Rising temperatures in Canada may be creating a safe haven for disease-carrying ticks, allowing them to spread across the country. According to the Canada Communicable Disease Report (2008), in the early 1990s, only one population of Ixodes scapularis tick (also known as the blacklegged tick), responsible for spreading Lyme disease, was known to exist. It was found on the north shore of Lake Erie, at Long Point. However, that is no longer the case. In fact, today, the blacklegged tick can be...
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Clock ticks on Swiss banking secrecy
2013-05-21 10:43:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Swiss banks creak under pressure to end trademark secrecy
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Commission's vote to oppose NV Energy bill 'ticks off' legislator
2013-05-16 18:50:31| Semiconductors - Topix.net
The state Public Utilities Commission today said NV Energy's bill in the Nevada Legislature to close the Reid-Gardner coal-powered plant was fatally flawed and would not protect Las Vegas customers from higher rates.
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Apple ticks off Mac users with silent shutdown of Java 7
2013-02-01 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
If you're a Mac user who suddenly can't access websites or run applications that rely on Java, you're not alone.
Weigh yourself with a clock that ticks in mass, not seconds
2013-01-11 14:45:45| Extremetech
Normally, when we think of clocks, we think of time -- seconds, minutes, hours. When we think of scales, we think of weight -- ounces, grams, pounds. However, a new clock developed by physicists combines the two, and tells time in matter.