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The Past and Future of Three of LA's Historic But Threatened Gay Nightclubs

2015-12-08 22:34:26| Real Estate - Topix.net

Los Angeles is home to many sites that have played an important role in the city and country's LBGT civil rights history - from Huntington Park to Echo Park and Silver Lake, the LA area has bars, clubs, houses, and staircases that are reminders of the early days of the gay rights movement and a heightened visibility for LGBT Angelenos. But three such sites have been put in jeopardy recently, threatened by development or a change in ownership.

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Upstate real estate agents threatened by caller who says he'll rape relatives

2015-12-08 18:18:28| Real Estate - Topix.net

A Greenville real estate agent is warning other agents to be careful about how their information is shared on the Internet after she and other Upstate agents received phone calls from a man who threatened violent sex crimes against family members. The agent said she got a call early Monday from a man who said he had a family member, whose he mentioned by name, and her child, and that if she did not do what he wanted her to, he was going to rape them.

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More than half of the Amazons tree species may be threatened with extinction

2015-11-21 09:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Of the Amazon's 15,000 tree species, thousands are at risk. Those in the southern and eastern parts of the Amazon, where deforestation rates are highest, are the most threatened. The present network of protected areas and indigenous territories, which covers over 50 percent of the Amazon, could offer a ray of hope, researchers say. While the results are still preliminary, researchers say that the study provides the size, urgency, and feasibility of undertaking the task of evaluating the Amazon...

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Scientists attempt breed 'super coral' save threatened reefs

2015-11-05 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Scientists at a research centre on Hawaiis Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow super coral that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans that are expected with global warming. The quest to grow the hearty coral comes at a time when researchers are warning about the dire health of the worlds reefs, which create habitats for marine life, protect shorelines and drive tourist economies. When coral is stressed by changing environmental conditions, it expels...

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