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Vietnam plagued by strongest series of quakes in 55 years

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December 1, 2012 – VIETNAM – A quake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale broke out Friday on the Vietnam-Laos border, in an area near Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces in Central Vietnam. The quake, which was located at 18.65 degrees north latitude and 104.81 degrees west longitude, occurred at 4:40:20 p.m. Hanoi time, said the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Center under the Global Physic Institute. The quake, with its epicenter being 10 km underground in the Lao territory, came from the Rao Nay fault that runs from northwest to southeast from Laos to Ha Tinh, the center said.

 

Drew Lewis, Cancer Patient, Turns To Crowdfunding To Pay For $40,000 Surgery (VIDEO)

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As seen on Huffington Post By Sarah Medina Posted: 11/30/2012 10:48 am EST Updated: 11/30/2012 10:48 am EST

Drew Lewis Cancer

Drew Lewis will finally be tumor free on Friday -- after battling cancer for 11 months -- thanks to the amazing generosity of complete strangers.

According to the New York Daily News, Lewis, who works as a real estate agent in Missouri, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in January when he went to the doctor for what he thought was a routine checkup.

 

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Victory! Senate votes to end the war

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by Rebecca Griffin November 29, 2012

Today, for the first time, the Senate took a roll call vote in favor of bringing our troops home from Afghanistan.

This morning, Senator Merkley’s amendment to bring our troops home from Afghanistan passed in an overwhelming 62-33 vote! THANK YOU to all of you who have helped make this happen.

 

COMMENTARY:  OFFICIAL SENATE DOCUMENTS SHOW IT IS OPEN FOR CONSIDERATION

 

Research finds patterns in dramatic drop in violence over the past millennium

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PhysOrg November 30, 2012

Research finds patterns in dramatic drop in violence over the past millennium

 

(Phys.org)—The evening news shows how dangerous a place the world can be. But Dr. Jacob Bock Axelsen of the Biomathematics Unit at Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology says that individuals are markedly more peaceful now than throughout human history—and now he's got a mathematical model to show it. Originally designed to explain population densities of language groups, it's the first mathematical model to map the intensity of conflicts through the global demographic history of the past millennium.

 

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Australia beaches reopen after red algal bloom

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Phys.org - 11/30/12

One of the worst affected beaches, Clovelly in Sydney, reopened Friday, just in time for a predicted heatwave

A swimmer heads towards a red algae bloom at Sydney's Clovelly Beach on November 27, 2012. Beaches around southeastern Australia's coastline reopened on November 30 after the bloom that glowed a phosphorescent blue at night forced them to close to the public.
 
Beaches around southeastern Australia's coastline reopened after a red algal bloom that glowed a phosphorescent blue at night forced them to close to the public.
 
 The algae, noctiluca scintillans, forced swimmers and surfers out of the water at Sydney's Bondi and a number of neighbouring beaches earlier this week, and it spread along the fringes of two states.
 

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Ecuadoran villagers drag Chevron to Canadian court

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Phys.org - 11/29/12

People affected by US oil company Chevron prepare samples of earth and water contaminated with oil in Quito

Members of an organization of indigenous people affected by US oil company Chevron prepare samples of earth and water contaminated with oil during a rally in front of the National Court of Justice in Quito in July 2012. A 19-year court battle that resulted in a staggering US$18.3-billion judgment from an Ecuadoran court against Chevron last year moved to Canada.
A 19-year court battle that resulted in a staggering US$18.3-billion judgment from an Ecuadoran court against Chevron last year moved to Canada on Thursday as the plaintiffs seek to collect.

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MESSENGER finds new evidence for water ice, organic material at Mercury's poles

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Phys.org - 11/29/12

MESSENGER finds new evidence for water ice at Mercury's poles

A radar image of Mercury's north polar region acquired by the Arecibo Observatory. Yellow areas denote regions of high radar reflectivity. Since their discovery in 1992, these polar deposits have been hypothesized to consist of water ice trapped in permanently shadowed areas near Mercury’s north and south pole, but other explanations for the polar deposits have also been suggested. Polar stereographic projection. From J. K. Harmon et al., Icarus, 211, 37–50 (2011). Image Credit: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory
 
(Phys.org)—New observations by the MESSENGER spacecraft provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors abundant water ice and other frozen volatile materials in its permanently shadowed polar craters.
 

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Arctic permafrost is melting faster than predicted

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New Scientist - Michael Slezak, 11/28/12

We may be closer to a major climate tipping point than we knew. Earth's permafrost – frozen soil that covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere and traps vast amounts of carbon – may be melting faster than thought and releasing more potent greenhouse gasses.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report yesterday reviewing the most up-to-date research on Arctic permafrost. It claims temperature projections due in 2014 from the International Panel on Climate Change are "likely to be biased on the low side" because the models that the IPCC bases its assessments on do not take into account the positive feedback cycle of permafrost melting and releasing greenhouse gases.

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