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100 Years Hence: Technology's Influence on War's 'Greatness'
2014-08-04 20:26:21| TechNewsWorld
When the "Guns of August" began firing 100 years ago, few expected it to be a long war, and fewer still expected it to be a "World War." However, the "Great War," as it was known to contemporaries, in fact was destined to become the First World War -- and it truly was the first modern war. Today it is easy to look back at the Second World War for providing great technical advancements.
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In Detroits water wars, a pause that refreshes
2014-07-30 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Tuesday, as I drove around Detroit interviewing people about the city`s water crisis, my email kept filling with congratulatory messages. "I`m excited to let you know about a big win that happened today in Detroit," read one, from the organizers of Netroots Nation, the conference that helped call attention to the biggest and most celebrity-bedazzled protest the crisis has seen so far. "Control of the Detroit Water and Sewage Department (DWSD) has been returned back to the hands of the people....
Star Wars gets the Marvel treatment with three new comics
2014-07-29 02:44:43| Toys - Topix.net
Coming on the heels of a busy Comic-Con, the Star Wars franchise has some great news to announce.
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Comic-Con: Marvel Unveils Three New 'Star Wars' Comic Book Series for 2015
2014-07-27 01:42:01| Toys - Topix.net
Come January 2015, the Force will be with Marvel Entertainment. Not only is that the month in which the publisher will release the first in a series of hardcover collections of Marvel's original Star Wars comics published concurrently with the original trilogy, but it's also the month which launches a new line of Star Wars comic books, created by ... (more)
Climate wars far from over for Abbott
2014-07-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: The scrapping of the carbon tax closes a bitter chapter in Australian politics and offers lessons for the Abbott government in the perils of negotiating climate policy. John Howard first pledged an emissions trading scheme (ETS) ahead of the 2007 election, but it was a triumphant Kevin Rudd who took the first shot at cobbling together parliamentary support for his own cap-and-trade policy. He achieved bipartisan backing for his scheme two years later, only to see it come crashing down when Malcolm...
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