Natural Society, By: Paul Fassa, 11/11/2013

Another effort to discount vaccinations as a source of autism has gone into research to prove defective genes as the major culprit. Some epidemiological studies based on twins with autism spectrum disorders was done as early as the mid-1970s. Since then, autism has increased 40-fold. All this from a sudden case of bad genes? This rapid autism rise has coincided with a dramatic increase of early childhood vaccination schedules over the same period, which has been an almost four-fold increase.

The gene theory does not explain how healthy babies suddenly became autistic after undergoing part of an intense series of vaccinations, some shots with multiple-vaccines, at newly born or toddler age. As a matter of fact, there is very little effort to objectively pursue the autism-vaccination connection. Gene research opposition to the gene theories of autism, or gene theories of many diseases, comes from those who consider environmental causes as primary causal factors, not vaccinations.

By: Guy Dixon, 11/12/2013

A cool spell in Melbourne is forecast to continue, potentially making it the coolest November period in almost two decades. Melbourne is well on track recording for the coolest 8 day spell in November since 1994. Today is the fifth day in a row that Melbourne's maximum temperature has not exceeded 20 degrees, and is expected to remain below 20 degrees until Friday.

A complex low pressure system which is sitting off the coast of Eden is moving in a south westerly direction, directing cool onshore winds towards Melbourne from Bass Strait. These winds are contributing to the period of cold weather which Melbourne has been experiencing for the past few days.

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By: Aisha North, 11/11/2013

Today will be an interesting day for many, as you will find yourself looking at a number on your calendars that will start to stir something deep within. As usual, we do not like to give you any details, as this will indeed be a very individual experience. Suffice it to say, the numbers that you will see today signaling today’s date, 11:11 is indeed not by accident. For these numbers do signify a portal, an opportunity, something you can choose to embrace energetically in a way that will enlighten you further. You see, these dates that mankind are so fond of do not in itself signify anything but numbers on a screen or on a piece of paper, but for us, it can be very useful indeed in order to give you all a focal point. And so today, as you have designated this very day to be a day marked by 11:11, we will indeed give you all a chance to enter an even faster flowing stream of energetic upgrading that will help to further you a little bit extra on your journey. Again, this will be a very individual experience, but it will also be a collective one as there are many others using this marker of the 1 to sit down and connect even deeper with themselves, and through that, to the collective. So we give you all an invitation to do the same, as we know it will be beneficial to you all in all kinds of ways.

By: ABC, 11/11/2013

An unexpected winter chill has returned to the ACT and the Snowy Mountains of southern New South Wales. A total of 30 centimetres of snow has been reported at Mount Franklin on the western outskirts of Canberra. The Mount Franklin Road in the Namadgi National Park has been closed at the visitor's shelter as a precaution. ACT National Parks and Catchments regional manager Brett McNamara says the weather is confusing.

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By: RT.com, 11/10/2013

As super-typhoon Haiyan has left some 10,000 dead in the Philippines, over 600,000 people have been evacuated as it approaches Vietnam. “Those who do not move voluntarily will be forced” to move, Vietnam’s flood and storm control department said. Vietnam is preparing its defenses after the storm annihilated the Philippines over the weekend, leaving thousands dead and a trail of devastation through Tacloban, the capital of Leyte province.

Haiyan destroyed 70 percent to 80 percent of the area as it ripped through the province Friday, police chief superintendent Elmer Soria told Reuters. Aid workers are only now beginning to gain access to affected areas. The appropriate measures are being taken in Vietnam before the typhoon strikes. “We have evacuated more than 174,000 households, which is equivalent to more than 600,000 people,” the storm department said Sunday.