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Peter Dutton apologises for climate change microphone gaffe
2015-09-13 02:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Peter Dutton's apology for joking about the impact of climate change on Pacific island nations is not about what he said, but the fact that he was caught. The immigration minister was picked up by an overhead microphone making a quip about "water lapping at your door" at a media opportunity with Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Canberra on Friday. The comment has been heavily criticised by Pacific island leaders. "I made a mistake, I apologise to anyone who has...
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Peter Dutton apologies 'water lapping at your door' jibe
2015-09-12 19:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias immigration minister, Peter Dutton, has apologised for joking about the plight of Pacific island nations facing rising seas from climate change. Dutton was overheard making a quip about water lapping at your door in Port Moresby to the prime minister, Tony Abbott, on Friday, comments that offended Pacific island leaders. I made a mistake, I apologise to anyone who has taken offence. It was a light hearted discussion with the PM and I did not mean any offence to anyone, Mr Dutton...
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Peter Thiel Explains Biotech Investing Rationale: Get Rid of Randomness
2015-09-12 08:36:44| Biotech - Topix.net
Peter Thiel knows a promising tech startup when he sees one. The investor was the first outside investor in Facebook.
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Peter Dutton overheard joking about rising sea levels in Pacific Island nations
2015-09-11 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been overheard quipping about the plight of Pacific Island nations facing rising seas from climate change. Mr Dutton was involved in a conversation with Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who had just returned from lengthy talks focused on climate change with Pacific Island leaders in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. Noting that today's meeting on Syrian refugees was running a bit late, Mr Dutton remarked that it was running to "Cape York time", to which Mr Abbott...
Peter Thiel Backs Biotech "Unicorn" Fighting Cancer Stem Cells
2015-09-08 07:38:16| Biotech - Topix.net
In 2002, Scott Dylla, a skinny postdoc with a Minnesota accent answered a Craigslist ad for a room for rent in Palo Alto. Although he couldn't afford to move in with Brian Slingerland, then an up-and-coming technology banker at Credit Suisse, the two got to talking.
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