January 6, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
business, climate, Environment, filament eruption, high solar activity, huffingtonpost, Joe Gurman, NASA, nasa scientists, nature, peak of its 11-year activity cycle, radio waves, research, Science, Science News, Solar Activity, Solar Cycle 24, Solar Eruption, solar filament, Solar Flare, Solar Storm 2013, Solar Storm Forecast, Solar Storms 2013, Solar System, Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory, Sun Activity, Sunspots, technology, travel, vacation, Video, weather cycle
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The sun’s peak of solar activity this year will likely be the quietest seen in at least 100 years, say NASA scientists who watch Earth’s closest star daily.
Sunspot numbers are low, researchers said, even as the sun reaches the peak of its 11-year activity cycle. Also, radio waves that are known to indicate high solar activity have been very subdued.
“It’s likely to be the lowest solar maximum, as measured by sunspot ‘number,’ in more than a century,” wrote Joe Gurman, a project scientist for NASA’s sun-observing mission Stereo, or Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory. The current sun weather cycle is known as Solar Cycle 24.
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This image shows the Earth to scale with a colossal solar filament eruption from the sun on Aug. 31, 2012 as seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. Note: the Earth is not this close to the sun, this image is for scale purposes only.
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January 6, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
business, celebrities, climate, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, entertainment, huffingtonpost, literature, medicine, mental-health, my own experience with stroke, My Stroke of Insight, neuroscientist, Oprah's, politics, quotes, research, Science, Science News, Soul Series, technology, TedTalks, time, travel, vacation, Video
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Before 2008, everything I did had something to do with mental health. I’m a neuroscientist, and I was all about understanding how we create our perception of reality, and understanding what’s going on in the brains of people who experience hallucination and delusion.
But then I gave a TEDTalk about my own experience with stroke. Within weeks of delivering that talk in 2008, my life changed and the repercussions still resonate loudly in my world. My book, My Stroke of Insight, has been translated into 30 languages. Time and Oprah’s Soul Series came calling.
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January 6, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
Arrow Of Time, business, Cara Santa Maria, climate, Clocks, Eternity, force of nature, huffingtonpost, incomprehensible, Is time a force of nature?, Measuring Time, Physics, research, Science, Science News, Science Of Time, Sean Carroll, Talk Nerdy To Me, tangible entity, technology, theoretical physicist, time, Time Definition, travel, vacation, Video, What Is Time
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Have you ever stopped to ask yourself, “what is time?” We all understand its passage intuitively, experientially. But does time actually exist? Is it a force of nature? A tangible entity? Or is time a human construct–an attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible?
I spoke with theoretical physicist and perhaps the world’s premier expert on the science of time, Sean Carroll, to learn more.
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January 5, 2013
Mohenjo
Crime
Ariz, Arizona Crime, aviation, body of 30-year-old Travis Alexander, business, cars, Crime News, current-events, Domestic Abuse, first-degree murder charge, gaming, her boyfriend's 2008 slaying, His throat cut from ear to ear, huffingtonpost, Jodi Arias, Jodi Arias Murder, Jodi Arias Travis Alexander, Jodi Arias Trial, Jodi Arias Trial Day 2, Jodi Arias Trial Updates, MESA, Mesa Arizona, Science, Science News, shot in the face, technology, transportation, travel, Travis Alexander, Travis Alexander Murder, vacation, Video, videogames
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MESA, Ariz. — Prosecutors presented a phone recording of murder suspect Jodi Arias’ first conversation with police in court today on the second day of the long-awaited trial for her boyfriend’s 2008 slaying.
The body of 30-year-old Travis Alexander, the man Arias dated for months, was found by his friends in his shower in Mesa, Ariz. His throat had been cut from ear to ear, and he had been shot in the face and stabbed 27 times, prosecutors said Wednesday. Arias was slapped with a first-degree murder charge and faces the death penalty if convicted.
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An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted
to her MySpace page.According to the caption, the photo was taken at Disney Land.
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January 5, 2013
Mohenjo
Crime
"ice, 110 victims in 19 U.S. states, aviation, business, Child Porn Investigation January 2013, Child Porn Investigation Los Angeles, climate, Crime News, current-events, huffingtonpost, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, investigation of child pornography, John Morton, mental-health, occupy-wall-street, politics, research, said 123 child victims, Science, Science News, six other countries, technology, The agency's director, the five-week investigation, transportation, travel, vacation, Video
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WASHINGTON — More than 200 adults have been arrested in an international investigation of child pornography, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday.
The agency’s director, John Morton, said 123 child victims were identified during the five-week investigation, which ended in early December. ICE and local authorities found 110 victims in 19 U.S. states, while the others were living in six countries elsewhere.
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FILE – This Oct. 10, 2012 file photo shows US Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton
speaking in Washington.
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January 5, 2013
Mohenjo
Crime
Andrew Zarauskas, Andrew Zarauskas Jay Conrad Narwhal Tusks, animals, aviation, business, Canadian Narwhal Tusk Smuggling, climate, Crime News, current-events, economy, Green News, huffingtonpost, Jay Conrad, libya, Narwhal Tusk Smuggling, Narwhal Tusk Smuggling Ring, Narwhal Tusks, Narwhals, occupy-wall-street, politics, research, Science, Science News, technology, travel, vacation, Video
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PORTLAND, Maine — A smuggling ring brought narwhal tusks from the Canadian Artic into Maine in a trailer with a secret compartment and then illegally sold them to American buyers, officials said.
Andrew Zarauskas, of Union, N.J., and Jay Conrad, of Lakeland, Tenn., will be arraigned in Bangor, Maine, next week on 29 federal smuggling and money laundering charges each.
For nearly a decade, two Canadians smuggled the whale tusks into Maine and shipped them via FedEx to Zarauskas, Conrad and other unnamed American buyers, according to an indictment.
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January 5, 2013
Mohenjo
Crime
architecture, arts, aviation, business, cars, Crime News, Environment, Green News, Hong Kong Shark Fin, Hong Kong Shark Fin Photos, Hong Kong Shark Fin Pictures, Hong Kong Shark Fins, huffingtonpost, research, Science, Science News, Shark Fin, Shark Fin Ban, Shark Fin Photos, Shark Finning, Shark Fins Hong Kong, technology, transportation, travel, vacation, Video
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HONG KONG — Shark fin traders in Hong Kong have laid out thousands of fins on rooftops in what appears to be a move to escape public scrutiny of their industry.
Thousands of the freshly cut fins were seen blanketing the roof of an industrial building in Hong Kong this week.
Environmental campaigner Gary Stokes, who took the first photos of the drying on Jan. 1, said Friday that the traders usually dried their fins on the sidewalks. He suspected that the traders went upstairs to avoid pressure from concerned passers-by.
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January 4, 2013
Mohenjo
Political
blood clot, business, celebrities, Clinton Update, current-events, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Blood Clot, Hillary Clinton Health, Hillary Clinton Hospital, Hillary Clinton Returns, Hillary Clinton Update, Hillary Clinton Work, hillary rodham clinton, huffingtonpost, libya, ministerial consultations, perth australia, policy advisory board, politics, Politics News, research, Science, Science News, technology, travel, vacation, Video
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sidelined for almost a month by a string of medical problems, is upbeat and planning to return to work next week, the State Department said Thursday.
One day after being released from the New York hospital that was treating a blood clot in her head, Clinton was at home resting, but was far from idle. She spent the day engaging with senior staff, reviewing paperwork and calling in to a meeting of her foreign policy advisory board, said her spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland.
“She’s looking forward to getting back to the office,” Nuland said. “She is very much planning to do so next week.”
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FILE – In this Nov. 14, 2012 file photo, U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
speaks during anews conference at the annual Australia-United States Ministerial
Consultations in Perth, Australia.Clinton was released from a New York hospital on
Wednesday,Jan. 2, 2013 three days after doctors discovered a
blood clot in her head. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool, File)
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January 3, 2013
Mohenjo
Human Interest
A record 1 billion people will travel, airport traffic, aviation, business, cars, China, climate, current-events, decades ago exclusively for the wealthy, Future, huffingtonpost, international airport traffic and visa records, International Tourism, International Tourism Numbers, middle-east, one in seven people, participate in world traveling, perception of a more peaceful world, politics, research, Reuters, Science, Science News, technology, Tourism, tourist in 2012, transportation, Travel News, vacation, Video, visa records, World Travel & Tourism Council
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A record 1 billion people will travel across an international border as a tourist in 2012, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.
That means that one in seven people on the planet will participate in world traveling this year, an activity that just a few decades ago was exclusively for the wealthy. The reasons for the upswing range from prosperity in developing countries like China to a perception of a more peaceful world.
The London-based council, whose members include executives of travel companies, compiles global travel data including international airport traffic and visa records. It calculates that the 1 billionth tourist will cross an international boundary on Dec. 13.
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January 1, 2013
Mohenjo
Science
2013 Planet Discoveries, Alien Earth, Alien Earth 2013, alien planet, Alien Planet Discovery, Alien Planets, Alien Worlds, business, catalog image, climate, Earth Twin, Earth-Like Exoplanets, Earth-Like Planets, Environment, epic discovery, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Planets, First Alien Earth, huffingtonpost, research, Science, Science News, surface temperature, technology, travel, university of puerto rico, vacation, Video
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The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, an epic discovery that would cause humanity to reassess its place in the universe.
While astronomers have found a number of exoplanets over the last few years that share one or two key traits with our own world — such as size or inferred surface temperature — they have yet to bag a bona fide “alien Earth.” But that should change in 2013, scientists say.
“I’m very positive that the first Earth twin will be discovered next year,” said Abel Mendez, who runs the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo.
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More exoplanets than expected in the first year of the Habitable Exoplanets Catalog. Image released Dec. 6, 2012.
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