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Syrian Exodus Wont Compare to Global Climate Migration
2015-10-01 16:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: People move for many reasons: work, school, family, to seek out the bright lights of the big city or to escape them. But as temperatures rise and global warming continues to manifest itself in rising seas, coastal erosion and more severe droughts, floods and storms, climate change is becoming increasingly intertwined in the reasoning behind why people pick up and leave. Some head to higher ground within their own country; others try their luck in new lands. In Alaska, its the former. As temperatures...
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Ways to enjoy S.F. during Burning Man exodus
2015-09-01 00:18:41| Apparel - Topix.net
I spend a lot of time in The San Francisco Chronicle's archives, and I'm constantly surprised how prevalent suits, ties and nice fedoras were on San Francisco men in the 1940s and 1950s. Going to work? Suit, tie and fedora.
Scientist predicts mass exodus climate refugees Pacific Northwest
2015-01-01 05:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Global News: According to several scientists, the Pacific Northwest is one of the safest places to live as far as climate change is concerned. Cliff Mass, an atmospheric science professor from the University of Washington, predicts the Pacific Northwest will be one of the best places to live as the earth warms from Global Warming. He foresees a mass exodus of climate change refugees. On his blog , Mass details why so many people may be "forced" to move, and why the Pacific Northwest could fare better than...
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'Exodus' banned from Egypt for historical inaccuracies
2014-12-27 22:11:06| IT Services - Topix.net
Egypt may soon join Morocco in banning "Exodus: Gods and Kings" from playing in its country, the New York Times reports. The $140 million biblical film about the Jews escaping Egypt will not be shown because it contains historical inaccuracies and spreads a "Zionist view," Egyptian culture minister Gaber Asour told Agence France-Presse.
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Iraq exodus? Oil majors withdraw staff as terror threat rises
2014-06-20 06:17:05| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
ARCHIVE PHOTO: A U.S. helicopter lands at the oil refinery in Baiji, 180 km north of Baghdad February 25, 2009 BP and ExxonMobil have both ordered staff to leave Iraq, and China is considering pulling some of its 10,000 workers from projects following the turmoil caused by jihadist rebel group ISIS, which has rocked the country and threatened ... (more)