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Nature Follows a Number Pattern Called Fibonacci

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ABC News - 2/19/13, Lee Reich/Associated Press
 

This undated photo shows a spruce cone with a marked fibonacci number sequence. A numbers sequence thought up by the 13th century Italian mathematician known as Fibonacci plays out in plants, from pine cones to pineapples. (AP Photo/Lee Reich)

What do pine cones and paintings have in common? A 13th century Italian mathematician named Leonardo of Pisa.

Better known by his pen name, Fibonacci, he came up with a number sequence that keeps popping up throughout the plant kingdom, and the art world too.

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Life Confirmed in Buried Antarctic Lake

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Weather.com - 2/19/13, Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet

Lake Whillans lies beneath a 66-foot (20-meter) wide ice stream that moves about a meter per day, as opposed to something like a meter per year for the surrounding icecap. Photo: WISSARD Project
 

Blobs and smears of microbial life growing in clear plastic disks are confirmation of a community living in a lake buried beneath the Antarctic ice, scientists studying the lake have said.

 

Water retrieved from subglacial Lake Whillans contains about 1,000 bacteria per milliliter (about a fifth of a teaspoon) of lake water, biologist John Priscu of Montana State University told Nature News. Petri dishes swiped with samples of the lake water are already growing colonies of microbes at a good rate, Nature News reported.

Debbie Ford dies at 57 after cancer battle

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Examiner.com February 18, 2013 By: Rachel Dillin

Author Debbie Ford attends the after party for the premiere of '2012: Time For Change' at the on July 8, 2010 in New York City.

Qld sinkhole could swallow more buildings

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9 News National - 2/19/13

bUNDABERG COLLAPSE

GONE: Now you see it, now you don't. A sinkhole appeared at Midtown Marina in Bundaberg, causing the building to crumble.

 

Mayor Mal Forman says about 10 businesses, including a multi-level hotel, are at risk along the Burnett River.

Authorities fear more buildings could topple into a sinkhole that has swallowed a two-storey building in the flood-ravaged Queensland city of Bundaberg.

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Benjamin Fulford 2-19-13… “After Pope falls…[NOW what]?”

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Kauilapele's Blog Posted on 2013/02/18
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After Pope falls, British Monarchy under severe attack, global turbulence increases
Benjamin Fulford, February 19, 2013

[Kp note: below is one statement from the not-public section]

‘If the Chinese play their cards right and coordinate with the 180 nation BRICS group, they should be able to force an end to the cabal dominated post-war international system of governance.”

Tsunami Debris Litters Alaska Coast; Clean Up Funds Insufficient

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Accuweather.com - 2/18/13, Jillian MacMath

The beaches of Alaska are piled with debris from the tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, but restoration to their once pristine condition has slowed, as funding remains scarce.

"The amount of debris washing ashore has vastly exceeded most people's expectation...," said Chris Pallister, Vice President of the Gulf of Alaska Keeper, a non-profit organization dedicated to cleaning marine debris from the coastline of Alaska.

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Are Mega-Fires the 'New Normal'?

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Wunderground.com - 2/17/13, Grant Schulte/AP

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LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska lawmakers are rethinking the state's approach to wildfires in the wake of massive summer blazes that threatened property, strained local budgets and disrupted businesses that rely on tourism.

The push to add firefighting resources in the most remote corners of the state comes as forestry officials warn that Nebraska may face a "new normal" of massive wildfires.

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