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- The amount of plastic produced from 2000 - 2010 exceeds the amount produced during the entire last century.[1]
- Plastic is the most common type of marine litter worldwide.[2]
- An estimated 100,000 marine mammals and up to 1 million sea birds die every year after ingesting or being tangled in plastic marine litter.[3] [4] [5]
- Impacts of marine debris have been reported for 663 species. Over half of these reports documented entanglement in and ingestion of marine debris. Over 80 % of the impacts were associated with plastic debris. [6]
- Plastics comprise up to 90% of floating marine debris.[10]
- In 2010 about 690,000 tons of waste HDPE plastic "bags, sacks and wraps" were generated in the United States, but only 4.3% of this total was recycled.[11]
- Plastics do not biodegrade, but instead break down into small particles that persist in the ocean, absorb toxins, and enter our food chain through fish, sea birds and other marine life.[12]
- Plastic bags are problematic in the litter stream because they float easily in the air and water, traveling long distances and never fully breaking down in water.
- Cleanup of plastic bags is costly. California spends an estimated $25 million annually to landfill discarded plastic bags, and public agencies spend more than $500 million annually in litter cleanup.[13] [14]
- It is estimated that Americans go through about 100 billion plastic bags a year, or 360 bags per year for every man, woman and child in the country.[15]
- Those 100 billion plastic bags, if tied together, would reach around the Earth's equator 773 times![16]
- Recent studies estimate that fish off the West Coast ingest over 12,000 tons of plastic a year.[17] [18]
- Plastic debris in the area popularly known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" has increased by 100 times in the past 40 years.[19]
- ↑ Thompson, R.C. "Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 364.1526 (2009):2153-2166.
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Derraik, J.G.B. "The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review." Marine Pollution Bulletin 44. (2002):
Gregory, M.R., Ryan, P.G. "Pelagic plastics and other seaborne persistent synthetic debris: a review of Southern Hemisphere perspectives." Marine Debris – Sources, Impacts and Solutions. Ed. J.M. Coe, D.B. Rogers. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1997, pp. 4, 9-66.
- ↑ United Nations. Marine Litter: Trash that Kills, November 2001. http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/publications/docs/trash_that_kills.pdf, pp. 10.
- ↑ Wallace, N. "Debris Entanglement in the Marine Environment: A Review." Proceedings of the Workshop on the Fate and Impact of Marine Debris. Eds. R.S. Shomura, H.O. Yoshida. U.S. Department of Commerce: NOAA Technical Memorandum, July 1985. http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/tm/swfc/swfc054.pdf NMFS, NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-5, pp. 259-277.
- ↑ http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/conservation/research/laysan-albatross-and-plastics
- ↑ Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel—GEF (2012). Impacts of Marine Debris on Biodiversity: Current Status and Potential Solutions, Montreal, Technical Series No. 67, 61 pages.
- ↑ California Ocean Protection Council. An Implementation Strategy for the California Ocean Protection Council Resolution to Reduce and Prevent Ocean Litter. 2008. 3.
- ↑ "Ships Set Sail to Examine the Vast Patch of PLastic in the Pacific Ocean." 80beats. Discover, 08/03/2009. Web. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/03/ships-set-sail-to-examine-the-vast-patch-of-plastic-in-the-pacific-ocean/.
- ↑ "Marine Debris." California Coastal Cleanup Day, Web. http://www.cleanupday.org/education.htm.
- ↑ United Nations. Marine Litter: An Analytical Overview. , Web. 14 Feb 2011. http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/publications/docs/anl_oview.pdf.
- ↑ United States Environmental Protection Agency, December 2011. Web. 23 Feb 2012. http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/2010_MSW_Tables_and_Figures_508.pdf
- ↑ Williams, Caroline. "Battle of the Bag." New Scientist. (2004): Print.
- ↑ Californians Against Waste. "The Problem of Plastic Bags." http://www.cawrecycles.org/issues/plastic_campaign/plastic_bags/problem.
- ↑ Stickel, B.H., A. Jahn and W. Kier 2012. The Cost to West Coast Communities of Dealing with Trash, Reducing Marine Debris. Prepared by Kier Associates for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, pursuant to Order for Services EPG12900098, 21 p. + appendices.
- ↑ Royte, Elizabeth. Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash. Little, Brown and Company, 2005.
- ↑ U.S. International Trade Commission. Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Indonesia, Taiwan, and Vietman. Publication 4080. May 2009, pg. IV-7. *Calculation is based on the following: 2008 bag consumption, according to U.S. International Trade Commission = 101,449,633,000. Earth's Circumference = 131,480,184 feet, Average bag length = 1ft.
- ↑ Davison P, Asch RG (2011) Plastic ingestion by mesopelagic fishes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 432:173-180
- ↑ https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/1928
- ↑ https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/1847


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APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. - An early morning fire sent a woman to a hospital with severe burns and left her family with nothing just days before Christmas.
"You can kind of see where the TV stand was."
Frank Stratton's voice quivered when he pointed out the spot where his family Christmas tree stood less than 24 hours ago before a fire destroyed their home.
"It's been..10 years since I've gotten to spend Christmas with my mother," he said.
Stratton, who was looking forward to the holiday, is now instead focused on his mother's recovery. The 62-year-old sustained second degree burns to 25 percent of her body.
The victim's boyfriend, Tyler Brown, was coming home around 11:40 p.m. when he saw flames shooting out of the front window.
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Brown helped his girlfriend to safety. She was eventually airlifted to the Maricopa County Burn Center.
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More seniors turn to risky reverse mortgages
These mortgages regain popularity despite concerns that many baby boomers are using them to drain their home equity too early, leaving them nothing to fall back on.
This post comes from Marilyn Lewis at partner site Money Talks News.
Reverse mortgages are growing in popularity now that the big baby boom generation is entering its silver years.
A reverse mortgage is a type of loan that lets you borrow some of your home's equity. The twist is, no payments are required until the last surviving borrower dies or sells.
Boomers in financial distress
The new surge in equity borrowing is partly a legacy from the recession, which wounded the boomer generation financially. But even before then, boomers (and nearly half of all American workers) were short on retirement savings.
Reverse mortgage borrowing grew by 20 percent between 2012 and 2013, Reuters says, adding:
Many retirees haven't saved enough to cover expenses for the rest of their lives. But many of them have one major asset -- a home.
The oldest boomers turn 68 this year. The concern is that many are using reverse mortgages to drain their home equity too early, leaving them nothing to fall back on in 15 or 20 years. In a 2012 report to Congress (.pdf file) in 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said younger borrowers are increasingly using reverse mortgages to pay off debt, even before retiring.
You must be at least 62
To qualify for a reverse mortgage you must be at least 62 and have paid off your mortgage or have substantial equity in your home. Depending on the loan type, loan proceeds can be received as cash, a line of credit, or monthly payments.
The amount you can borrow depends on your age, your equity, the type of reverse mortgage and the interest rate on the loan. In the best case, homeowners can stay on for decades, enjoying the money with no need to repay until they die or sell.
Here are resources for learning more:
- In this video and article, Money Talks News founder Stacy Johnson explains how reverse mortgages work.
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau explains eligibility.
- AARP lays out the pros and cons.
- The Federal Trade Commission has a detailed explanation.
- ElderLaw explains the risks.
Lifeline or risk?
Reverse mortgages are particularly complicated loans. They're not good for everyone, and so a borrower's entire financial picture needs to be considered. A reverse mortgage taken in desperation can even make things worse, certified financial planner Sean Keating told CNBC:
"When an older couple cannot afford to live in the home anymore, getting a reverse mortgage will only delay the loss of the house and will leave them with no assets," he said.
Better to sell the house and downsize, move in with a family member, take on a roommate or explore whether one of your adult children might be willing to purchase the family house through an installment sale, Keating added.
Because of the risks, the federal government (which funds most of these loans) requires borrowers to get financial counseling first, so they know their options and understand what's involved.
Among other risks:
High fees
Fees on reverse mortgages often are steeper than on conventional mortgages. There are closing costs, an origination fee, mortgage insurance premiums (on some federally insured loans) and other fees. Reuters says:
The margins on selling these loans can be three to five times the margins on regular mortgages, said Don Currie, president of lender High Tech Lending. Banks can also collect fees for performing tasks like sending out account statements to borrowers.
Falling behind on taxes and upkeep
Even though you don't need to make payments, with a reverse mortgage you still own the home. Your name is on the deed. That means you have to pay taxes and insurance and maintain the property. If you fall behind on these, you could lose the home.
High interest rates
Interest rates are higher on reverse mortgages than on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. The average rate on conventional mortgages is 4.4 percent now. But you could pay a bit over 5 percent on a reverse mortgage, Reuters says. Over time, even that seemingly small difference adds up.
Your kids may lose their inheritance
When a borrower dies, the lender takes its share of the proceeds to cover the loan, interest and fees. What remains, if anything, goes to heirs. But the kids may be left with nothing. If you hope to leave your home to your heirs, a reverse mortgage could put that plan at risk.
Also, The New York Times reports, some heirs who want to pay off their deceased parents' reverse mortgages aren't getting the chance to do so.
The Times writes:
Under federal rules, survivors are supposed to be offered the option to settle the loan for a percentage of the full amount. Instead, reverse mortgage companies are increasingly threatening to foreclose unless heirs pay the mortgages in full, according to interviews with more than four dozen housing counselors, state regulators and 25 families whose elderly parents took out reverse mortgages.
Other family members have run into bureaucratic walls trying to get lenders to tell them how to keep their family homes, the Times says.
Hidden traps
Upon their husband's death, some widows have been devastated to learn that their names were not on the reverse mortgage, according to the Times.
"If both spouses are not on the reverse mortgage deed and the spouse who is on the deed dies first, the surviving spouse would be required to repay the mortgage loan in full or face eviction," says ElderLaw.
"If you are not facing a financial emergency now, then consider postponing a reverse mortgage," says AARP. Here are some alternatives:
Home equity line of credit or home equity loan. Fees and interest rates are likely to be lower with these loans.
- A line of credit lets you draw chunks of money up to your approved limit, charging interest only on the amount withdrawn.
- With a home equity loan, you are given the money all in one chunk and you start paying interest on the entire amount immediately.
Ask yourself before getting one of these loans: Can I afford to make the monthly loan payment?
Sell your home. Selling puts the entire amount of your home equity into your pocket (minus the costs of selling). The question here is, do you have enough equity in the home to make selling worthwhile?
Low-cost senior loans. You may qualify for one of the low-cost housing rehabilitation grants and low-interest loans. The money can be used to correct a home's safety or health problems or make it handicap-accessible. These federal loans are administered by states' aging services divisions. Find your state's agency at the bottom of this page.
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Anyone who's dumb enough to ask for a reverse mortgage deserves the out come. Like P.T. Barnum always said "there's a sucker born every minute". A reverse mortgage is a scam designed to get a lien on your home equity. People rarely receive more than a small percentage of their actual equity in a cash pay out. With a reverse mortgage you won't make any more payments but the interest will accrue and compound, along with high loan fees, and monthly mortgage insurance premiums until the lender has gotten all your remaining equity. The lender will require you to maintain the property in a sell ready condition and pay all costs related to keeping it that way. They may even require you to get flood or some other additional insurance policy and keep it for as long as they have the loan.
If you need the cash from your home, sell it. Now you'll get ALL your money and most if not all will be tax free, then rent. A reverse mortgage is really nothing more than legalized theft. Many who have taken one of these loans realize they made a huge mistake and sell before the bank could get everything. Lenders use the no mortgage payment line as a hook to get into the biggest, and in many cases, only real asset an old retired person owns. You may not be writing a check but you'll still be making a monthly payment and guaranteed for far more then you were paying before the reverse mortgage..
The "GOVERNMENT" is the main problem. Put any subtitle, division call it whatever you like "IT" is the problem. Totally screw up everything they frickin touch and expect the AMERICAN working class to fix it or fund it.
There is nothing filthy ,low down or sorry enough to explain how much I despise the sorry ****es...........................GO FIGURE!!!!
Have a great weekend!!!!
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Hey jerk, if you think the bank is going to give you a chunk of cash from a reverse mortgage, your a bigger fool than even I think you are. Most old folks have a lot of equity in their homes and banks know it. The hook is a no monthly payment sales pitch. Most rarely get more than a few thousand dollars up front from a reverse mortgage, especially if you have an existing mortgage, as nearly all do or why get these loans. The home owner will get buried in loan costs in the first couple years These loans are designed to get a lien on your home equity that allows the interest to accure and compound for years until the bank has it all. You still pay the property taxes and now mortgage insurance. In many cases the bank will require additional insurance policies like flood or earthquake and mandate you keep your home in a marketable condition, which is determined by them, or they can call the loan. ALL of which YOU pay for. These loans exist because lenders love a high profit sure thing and there are plenty of moron borrowers like you who ask to get fleeced. If you need the cash from your home, your are far better off selling, getting your money tax free and renting. You'll have control of how much money is spent. No matter if you write a check or not you are still paying each month. With a reverse mortgage that amount grows every month, you just don't see by how much and your better off not knowing.
Interesting your children may lose their inheritance. How much of their inheritance do they lose from the Social Security payments that you have made and do not collect and are unable to give to them in a will?
Financial planning, including retirment planning, is an individual responsibility not a government responsiblity and the government should be removed from this redistribution of wealth program.
The good news is lenders will make another windfall off risky mortgages, deadbeats will get homes they want (at least this week) but have no business buying, and the President can claim home ownership is available to everyone. The bad news is when these borrowers don't pay and claim they were tricked by the banks AGAIN, the rest of us will get stiffed with another new round of foreclosure bills. That's even before the last lending disaster has been cleared from the books.
It's obvious nobody gives a sh..t about the middle class tax payer. It's getting really old. First footing the bill so millions of deadbeat freeloaders can get free medical insurance, while mine doubled in cost, now were back to paying for another round of walkaway deadbeat home loans. Who looks out for the guy who works his a$$ off, pays his bills and doesn't take handouts?
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Can Hewlett-Packard--an old school tech company right up there with IBM--score some coolness points to drive its popularity among consumers? New CEO Leo Apotheker thinks it can with WebOS.
The mystery has been solved. Hewlett-Packard's short-lived CEO Leo Apotheker was responsible for ending the young the life of Palm WebOS, according to the company's former CTO.
Former HP CEO Leo Apotheker says Meg Whitman and her executive team will succeed in accomplishing the company's goals.
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HP may be easier to fix than California--new CEO Meg Whitman ran to be governor--but it can be just as dysfunctional as its home state at times.
The CEO of the world's largest technology company takes the stage at the D9 conference.
In his first official public appearance before the press, Leo Apotheker says Hewlett-Packard is "strong, but the world is changing." HP will focus on cloud services and connected devices in the future.
The new chief executive gets a hefty signing bonus and a sizable check to cover his moving costs from France to the U.S.
The business software maker announces the resignation, effective immediately, and the appointment of co-CEOs to replace Apotheker.
The enterprise software giant is trying to end the days where it's a whipping boy for failed implementations. The key question: How do you avoid a project failure?


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Cattle feeding margins jumped nearly $17 per head higher last week to average $196.50. The increase in profitability was due to an average $1.63 per cwt. increase in cash cattle prices and a decline in total feed costs for the calculated feeding period, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.
Profit margins for pork producers fell $11.46 per head last week to $75.63 per head. The decline was tied to a $3.15 per cwt. decline in negotiated cash prices. Both beef and pork margins are calculated by John Nalivka, president, Sterling Marketing, Vale, Ore.
Cattle feeders' profits last week were $287 per head more than at the same time last year when $91 per head losses were recorded. Beef cutout values were nearly steady with the previous week, but packer margins declined $6.42 per head, leaving packers with per head profits at $16.67. A month ago packers recorded losses of $36 on every animal processed, and losses totaled $21 per head at the same time last year.
Farrow-to-finish hog margins have experienced decline for several weeks and are now $36 per head lower than the $111 per head profits recorded a month ago. Pork packers saw their margins improve last week, but the average was still $2.73 in the loss column for every animal processed.
The spike in both cattle feeding and farrow-to-finish profits this spring is due to significantly higher cash prices and lower overall feed prices. Cash prices for fed cattle are more than $20 per cwt. higher than last year, and negotiated hog prices are more than $25 per cwt. higher than last year.
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Will Smith Talks Slapping Reporter Who Kissed Him: 'It's Just Awkward'
Will Smith is speaking out about slapping a reporter last week in Moscow, who tried to kiss the "Men in Black 3" star.
Will appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" on Tuesday, where the talk show host poked fun at the incident.
"You beat up a guy that was trying to hug you," Dave asked.
"I didn't beat up a guy," Will said with a laugh and then recalled the awkward moment for the audience.
"He says, 'I'm you're biggest fan, can I have a hug?'" the star explained. "So I go to give this joker a hug, and he tries to lean in and kiss me!"
Adding, "It's just awkward!"
And when Will was told that it was the reporter's "schtick," he came back with, "I said, 'Well, that's why his a** got shtuck.'"
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, following the incident the actor told the journalist, "Come on, man. What the hell is your problem, buddy?"
He then quickly brushed off the incident and continued to make his way down the red carpet with a smile, where he then addressed the incident with the next reporter on the red carpet.
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Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the State Children's Health Insurance Program Act. The law reauthorizes and expands the SCHIP program, which provides healthcare coverage for millions of low-income children.
WASHINGTON—We thank the Congress and President Obama for reauthorizing the law, expanding the SCHIP program, and allowing states to extend coverage to pregnant women and to children of legal immigrants. Helping children gain access to healthcare is good policy, especially now, when so many families have been hit hard by the economic downturn. The AFT has been a strong supporter of SCHIP—and a leading advocate for community schools that provide health services—because our members observe every day the simple truth that healthy children learn better.
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Acura flagship sedan offers a lot but needs sharper styling and a V8.
The main problem with Acura's understated 3.5 RL flagship sedan is that the luxury market always has been about excess—not just competence.
While plenty competent, the 2003 3.5 RL from Honda's upscale vehicle division lacks excess—or pizzazz, if you will.
Not that we're talking about a marginal car here. Its quality, refinement and decent performance make it feel contemporary, although it's had few changes since arriving for 1996.
Acura was the first Japanese luxury car division in America, starting out in 1986 and thus getting a 4-year jump on Toyota's Lexus and Nissan's Infiniti upscale divisions. The 1986 top-line Acura Legend was stylish and fun to drive, but the 3.5 RL never has had that reputation. You can safely drive the 3.5 RL pretty fast, but it doesn't encourage such motoring.
The 3.5 RL succeeded the Legend in 1996, when Acura began its European-style alphanumeric model naming system, which confused a lot of people. Too bad the new system trashed the Legend name, which was one of the best in the industry—although by then the Lexus LS was the most desirable high-line Japanese sedan.
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For many, a V8 is the price of admission to the $40,000-plux luxury car market, but Honda insists on not giving a car one more cylinder than it feels is necessary. No "excess," in other words.
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However, highway cruising is relaxed, and estimated fuel economy is decent for a 3,869-pound luxury car: 18 mpg in the city and 24 on the highway, with premium gasoline called for.
But the engine should be hooked to a 5-speed automatic transmission, expected in a top-line luxury model—not the car's 4-speed automatic, which lacks the responsiveness and added fuel economy provided by the extra gear.
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Last year's 3.5 RL became more "driver-oriented" with a stiffer suspension from the European version of the car, wider tires, improved braking and a horsepower boost to 225 from 210.
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Remember the excitement of going back to school each fall—the anticipation of homeroom, new classes, and reuniting with friends after the long summer vacation?
For too many children across America, the new school year brings another, unwelcome anxiety: worrying whether they will get enough food to eat.
Here in America – today – nearly fifteen million children live below the poverty line.
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Oh, the Dramatics [Spicy Chickpea Salad Melts]
I've been struggling through the last few weeks. Struggling to find sense and purpose in some days, feeling angry that I'm not where I thought I would be at this point in my life, crushing under the [self-induced] pressure of my late 20s (which, I know, is still very young and leaves plenty of time for change). It seems everyone is on a path these days, travelling towards their light at the end of the tunnel. Some days it feels like I'm a hamster running in a wheel. Constantly spinning, exhausted, but not going anywhere. It's hard to remember that despite this feeling, I am on a path even if it's not the one I intended to be on. I struggle constantly with the decision to start over. To take a giant leap into the unknown not knowing where my feet will land and what will be there to cushion my fall, if anything. Life can be so scary sometimes. But through all the nerves and anxiety, I can still hear that meager voice challenging "…but isn't it better to be happy?" and I'm starting to feel like, yes, it probably is. To be happy and terrified, or comfortable and miserable. It's a question that's not so uncommon with my age group, it seems. And though the answer appears so simple, it just isn't that easy.
I'm trying to take each day as it comes. To enjoy and embrace all the little things, as fleeting as they can sometimes feel. I'm lucky, selfish as it sounds, to have friends who are dealing with the same fears and struggles. It's comforting to talk to someone that understands what it's all about, how irrational and weighing those feelings can be.
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Add in the celery, red onion, mayo, Dijon, pickle, garlic, basil, lemon juice, sriracha or cayenne and a good pinch of salt. Mix and taste for seasoning. Add more lemon, salt or cayenne if needed.
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Slice your bread, lay on a baking sheet and top each with 1/4 of the mixture. It may seem like a lot but trust me. Just trust me. Top the chickpea salad layer with some greens, a layer of tomatoes and mozzarella. Sprinkle with pepper and pop in the oven for 10 minutes until golden. If necessary, turn the oven on to broil to brown the cheese in the last minute or two.


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Long before Teddy Roosevelt and Ansel Adams swooned at the beauty of the place, ex-49er and early photographer Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) captured monumental Yosemite Valley for the public's eyes. His stunning 1860s wet-plate negative photos — on view at Stanford's Cantor Arts Gallery April 23-Aug. 17 (328 Lomita Way, Stanford, museum.stanford.edu) — convinced Abraham Lincoln to support the Yosemite Valley Grant Act, the land-preservation precedent for the National Park System. Watkins set up a shop on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, but it and most of his work were destroyed in the Great Quake of 1906.
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World Wetlands Day 2003:
Reported by Amy M. Lecciones, President, Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands, Inc.
World Wetlands Day at the
Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center
In this year's celebration, as in the past years, the activities have been largely adapted to the theme appropriately chosen by the Ramsar Secretariat - "No Wetlands, No Water". It aimed to communicate the importance of wetlands as a vital component of the freshwater cycle.
The Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands, Ramsar's CEPA NGO Focal Point, in cooperation with the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, celebrated World Wetlands Day at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Nature Center. Since it fell on a Sunday, the activities revolved around the family and it was aptly titled "Celebrating Water and Wetlands - A Family Day!". To attract more people to the celebration, the entrance fee was waived for that day. The park was thus filled with many people who took part in the World Wetlands Day activities. It commenced with the holding of a holy mass/prayer at the park's grotto, right beside the park's lake. It was followed by a mini-concert featuring local artists, such as Hibla, Music Harmony and First Light Chorale, who helped drum up support for wetlands conservation.
In support of the activities and to promote wetlands conservation among the park visitors, signages were put up all over the park. The messages included:
the theme of the celebration
what are wetlands?
the importance of wetlands
what one can do to help conserve wetlands
The afternoon was greatly enjoyed by those who were there. It was truly an informative family day full of fun!
At the Visitors' Center of the park, an exhibit on "Urban Wetlands: Pasig River and Laguna de Bay" was opened. A short program, which presented various wetlands conservation programs, was held the following day.
This complements the report submitted by the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. This report and photos of the celebration can also be viewed at the SCPW website at http://www.psdn.org.ph/wetlands/2003wwd.htm
Amy M. Lecciones
Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands, Inc.
c/o PSDN, Unit 1006 Jollibee Centre, San Miguel Avenue
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Anonymous said: why the sky is black from orbit?
I presume you mean why does the sky appear black in pictures we see from orbit, such as images like this, where we can clearly see the Earth, the space shuttle and the ISS, but no stars or other planets:
Or even why you can't see other stars if you're taking pictures on the surface of the Moon, like this picture from Apollo 11:
The quick, simple answer is because our cameras suck.
Here's a better explanation.
Generally, when astronauts take pictures in space, they're taking pictures of something near them: the Earth, a space shuttle, the ISS, the Moon or themselves. The reflected light of these objects is much brighter than that of stars thousands, hundreds or even dozens of light years away.
Cameras can only pick up a certain amount of information and tend to focus on the things providing the most information. As a result, they focus on the brightest objects, those reflected by the Sun, Earth and Moon. This brightness causes cameras to take pictures at faster shutter speeds, so as to capture the bright object, while not overexposing the photo.
If you alter the camera's settings to allow for longer exposures, however, you allow cameras to take in and process more information.
Obviously I am not in orbit right now, but, as an example, here is a series of pictures I took last night of Cassiopeia, at exposure times of one-half, one, five, ten, fifteen and twenty seconds.
As you can see, the longer the exposure time, the more information is received by the camera and the more stars become visible. (Also more light pollution seeps into the picture.) If I were out in the desert, instead of in the heart of a city, many more stars would be visible (and ideally much less light pollution).
The logical question, then, is why don't astronauts take longer exposure pictures? Well, sometimes they do.
Astronaut Don Pettit did this during Expedition 31:
"My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then 'stack' them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure."
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Work experience during 2010
February 27, 2012
A total of 152.3 million persons worked at some point during 2010. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who worked at some time during 2010 was 63.7 percent, down from 64.9 percent in 2009. The number of persons who experienced some unemployment during 2010 decreased by 894,000 to 25.2 million.
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The percent of men who worked during 2010 was 69.3 percent, down from 70.6 percent in 2009. The proportion of women who worked at some point during 2010 was 58.5 percent, down from 59.6 percent in the prior year.
The proportions of whites (64.7 percent) and Hispanics (63.5 percent) who worked at some time during the year declined from 2009 to 2010, while the share of blacks (58.2 percent) and Asians (64.1 percent) were about unchanged.
Of the total who worked during 2010, 75.9 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 weeks, either full or part time), compared with 75.3 percent in 2009. The percentage of men employed year round rose by 1.1 percentage points to 76.7 percent in 2010, and the percentage of women working year round was nearly unchanged at 75.0 percent.
These data are from the Current Population Survey (CPS). To learn more, see "Work Experience of the Population — 2010" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-11-1719. These data are based on information collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the monthly CPS. The ASEC collects information on employment and unemployment experienced during the prior calendar year.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Work experience during 2010 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2012/ted_20120227.htm (visited September 24, 2014).
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Dish Continues to Play Chess in the Fight for Spectrum
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Our country's continuous and growing need for data is showing no signs of slowing, nor is it expected. This data needs spectrum in order to effectively flow from space-to-space; as a shortage of spectrum could be compared to a busy interstate where, in this case, data would move at a slower rate like bumper-to-bumper traffic. This brings me to the battle over spectrum, and the craziness that is Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) and Clearwire's (NASDAQ: CLWR) acquisition; and the monkey-wrench that was thrown into the equation on early Wednesday morning.
I have covered the rumors, facts, and details of the Sprint/Clearwire acquisition from day one and have always insisted that the deal would not go through due to the FCC blocking it. I have believed that the outrage from investors would put pressure on the FCC and the combination of lost government revenue and foreign spectrum control would be the catalysts behind the decision. Furthermore, Dish Network's (NASDAQ: DISH) relentless pursuit to stop the acquisition led me to believe that they wanted to continue talks with Sprint about a partnership; seeing as how Dish's spectrum was recently approved for 4G.
The news that Dish made a $3.30 a share offer to acquire Clearwire left me dumbfounded as it appeared that I had been forming an incorrect theory. Because after all, you never know what a company is planning, nor do you know the conversations that take place behind closed doors. But after further consideration I am not so certain that the Dish offer is not an attempt to cut a deal with Sprint, or an attempt to force Sprint into a larger bid than it's willing to offer. This may sound crazy, but I think that Dish wants this partnership with Sprint so bad that it would ensure that every measure is taken to block Sprint's acquisition.
As I covered in a previous article, Dish and Sprint were in talks about a partnership that would allow Sprint to use Dish's spectrum and for Dish to offer mobile services through Sprint's network. This would save both heavily indebted companies money, but the deal fell through when it looked as though the FCC would not allow Dish to use its spectrum for 4G.
So if Dish has the spectrum to offer mobile then what in the world does it want with Clearwire? This is the question that I have been asking myself since the news was announced after the market closed on Tuesday. However, does the offer even make sense? According to what we know, the proposal requires that Clearwire sell Dish 24% of its spectrum for $2.2 billion and then use the proceeds to pay its debt; and to then build Dish a 4G network.
It's a strange offer, not one you usually see when a company makes a serious acquisition offer; because Dish is asking that Clearwire operate in a certain way with proceeds that would eliminate only half of Clearwire's debt, but requiring that it pays its debt. Therefore, how would Clearwire then build Dish a 4G network? Even Sprint believes the deal is ludicrous, calling it "not viable… in light of Clearwire's current legal and contractual obligations".
In my opinion, Dish's offer was an attempt to force Sprint to make a larger bid just in case the FCC does not block the deal. So far, analysts from Bernstein, Jefferies and Macquarie agree that the "offer" is in some way a chess move to create a "behind-the-scenes" deal with Sprint. Besides, Sprint owns the majority of Clearwire shares, meaning they could fight any agreement.
Dish's offer to Clearwire was a definite head-scratcher, but one that shouldn't be taken too seriously. In the end it was meaningless, a move that will only hurt Clearwire investors. It will hurt Clearwire investors because its stock rose 7.19% on an offer that will never materialize. But then again, if my theory is correct, then Clearwire investors are going to be hurt a lot more when the FCC blocks the Sprint acquisition, and then again, hurt their pride, when Sprint partners with Dish Network.
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WASHINGTON -- John Wall had 23 points and 11 assists, and the Washington Wizards reached .500 for the third time this season with a 96-93 win over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.
The Wizards had six players score in double figures in their third straight victory, two of them coming against Chicago. Bradley Beal and Martell Webster had 14 points apiece.
There were 12 lead changes and 11 ties. Washington took a 92-91 lead on Marcin Gortat's layup with 4:28 to play.
With the Wizards ahead 96-93 with 1:06 to play, Chicago's Joakim Noah threw a pass out of bounds, and teammate Taj Gibson missed a short jumper with 30 seconds left. As the clock wound down, Jimmy Butler tried a tying 3-pointer for the Bulls and Nene blocked it with less than a second to play.
The Bulls were held to just one field goal in the final 5:16. They missed eight of their last nine shots.
Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 18 points, and D.J. Augustin scored 16. The Bulls had won six of seven, and were trying to reach .500 for the first time since Nov. 27.
Gortat had 13 points as Washington improved to 19-19 -- the first time it's been at .500 since Dec. 30.
Chicago played for the first time since their second triple-overtime game of the season, a win in Orlando on Wednesday.
The Wizards also played on Wednesday, and scored their most satisfying win of the season, a drubbing of two-time NBA champion Miami.
Washington shot 68.4 per cent in the first quarter and led 30-27 after one. The Wizards also had a 54-50 lead at halftime.
Chicago went on a 14-2 run to take a 70-62 lead with 5:18 remaining in the third. But the Wizards responded with a 10-0 run that included an exciting shot by Wall.
The speedy point guard was grabbed by Mike Dunleavy on a drive. He spun and flipped the ball into the hoop with his left hand as he fell backward.
The game was tied at 74 after three.
NOTES: Wizards coach Randy Wittman said F Al Harrington (right knee) isn't close to returning. Harrington hasn't played since Nov. 12. .The Bulls are the eighth NBA team to play two triple overtime games in the same season. . Noah had 12 rebounds for his 11th straight game in double digits, a career best. . Chicago had won four in a row on the road.
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Next up out of the ROFLCon II video hopper — complete video from "It Looks Like You Are Giving A Keynote," our Saturday morning keynote with Kevan Atteberry, the designer behind Clippy. The talk description is as follows:
A short whirlwind tour of animated assistants, starting with Microsoft Bob. How did Clippy end up being the default Character for Microsoft Office? And how has it continued to live on in internet culture? And why did it take hundreds of hours of testing with Social Psychologists from Stanford to build it? (seriously).
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VOLUME 53, ISSUE 23 Friday, Oct. 30, 1992 Wendy Compton, a smashing asset to WSUs prowess in Big Sky tennis, p. 10 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH Signpost m More than 1 ,200 students still allowed to register early By MARK FORSBERG Asst. news editor of The Signpost Although early registration was a hotly debated topic last year, more than 1,200 athletes, honor students, campus employees, physically challenged and veterans are still permitted to register before seniors.A proposal to stop early registration for all students except veterans was sent back to an executive committee last spring to be studied in greater detail, said Ruby Licona of the administrative standards andstu---dent affairs committee. The proposal was put on hold during summer quarter, but is now on the agenda . for this year's administrative standards and student affairs committee. However, the issue ranks behind the other priorities, including the enrollment cap proposal, Ir Licona said. "We'll probably start handling it by the first of the year. We hope to have something by spring quarter, but probably not until fall," she said. Licona was not sure which direction the proposal would take. "We have 20 people on the committee, so we'll have 20 different opinions." Presently, WSU has a total of 1,253 students registering before seniors, including 627 veterans, 170 athletes, 119 work-study employees, 203 hourly employees, 90 hon-ors students, two faculty and 44 staff. They represent 8.6 percent of the student body. "It's a busy day," said Dr. Winslow Hurst, director of admissions and registration, about early registration. A normal day has about 1,000 students registering. The University of Utah only allows the physically challenged and athletes to register early, said the supervisor of registration and records for the U. Only 400 students, or 1.5 percent of the student body, can register early. Utah State University ranks its students purely by class standing. Witch's Brow X, ? " . - I n &p r .a -J-- HALAWTH$GNPOST SLAVING OVER THE "Witch's Brew, Dustin Sutton prepares root beer for That's Entertainment in the Gallery yesterday. Gubernatorial candidates debate education Education reform discussed between Utah's five candidates at WSU's Issues Forum By BRAD B. KENDRICK (See REGISTRATION on page 3) Staff writer of The Signpost Utah's five gubernatorial candidates presented their plan for educational reform, higher quality jobs and other issues at yesterday's Issues Forum. With only five days remaining before the election, the candidates clashed over education reform, and each presented an opposing perspective that received mixed reactions from a capacity crowd. Most of thecandidates began their opening statements with a call for support and a plan to help Utah's education system. Independent candidate Merrill Cook, referring to the level of education in Utah compared to Mississippi, said, "I've been to Mississippi and believe me, our colleges and universities are so much better; you should be grateful." Cook said being independent would allow him "to get the Republicans and Democrats to do the right thing," meaning he would be able to get cooperation from both parties. Ellie Garcia, Socialists Workers candidate, demanded Utah unite together and fight for a 30 hour work week with 40 hour pay. "It's not the candidates, it's not the election, it's the fight," Garcia said. Garcia also said Utahns needed to unite together for workers' rights on a global basis. "It's not that we are below Mississippi, it's that we are below 50other states, we are at the bottom," said Stewart Hanson, Democratic candidate. "If the trend for funding education in Utah continues, we will have some 11,500 unfunded students by next year." "I am the only choice for change," Hanson said. (See ISSUES on page 3) Friday. Oct. 30 Accu-Wealhcr forecast fordavlime conditions and high temperatures jden 56 Sa Lake City 57" fX I Ptovo 1 57 I I Moab I 55s I cao. Cedar City 57 WSU debate team continues to dominate By BRAD B. KENDRICK Staff writer of The Signpost Weber Sta te Uni versi ty deba te a nd speech teams took finalist awards at two more national debate tournaments this past week, taking first place in policy debate at the University of Kansas and finishing second at a value debate tournament at Colorado College."The policy debate team of D'Andra Millsap and Todd Newman established themselves as one of the top debate teams in the western part of the United States'said forensics Coach Mike Bryant. At the University of Kansas, Millsap and Newman took first place ou t of 42 other premier i n tercollegia te debate teams. "The Weber debaters swept the tournament with only one loss in the eight preliminary debates," Bryant said. The WSU debaters posted wins over Southern Cal (twice), Northwestern, Wayne State and Iowa. Millsap was selected as the second best individual debater at the tournament and her partner, Newman, was selected as fourth best individual debater.On the campus of Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., the value debate and individual event teams had a great showing with the varsity team of Matt Stannard and Korry Harvey taking second place at (See DEBATE on page 3) A winning tradition for the WSU debate team can be traced back to the old Weber Academy. Sftwws T-slrwms Rain ftrw Snow ta? Sunny Pi CXixfr QcuKty Vu AaaooMta Pitas UrjpAcsW 1M2 co.-Wi. mc Inside Arts: "Columbus Didn't Discover Us" shown by Native American Council, p. 6 ThO SignpOSf Sports: Midnight Madness changed to Halloween night because of NCAA. p. 9
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- Kirsten Gotting
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This conversation is closed.
Should shark fishing be banned?
Exploitation has led to the threat of extinction for many shark species. In Chinese culture shark fins are used in the popular shark fin soup, as well as in traditional medicinal remedies, both of which are centuries old and hold significant cultural importance. Demand for shark fins kills 73 million sharks each year. One third of the shark species that swim in the open ocean have been classified as threatened, with some populations being reduced to 10% of their former size.
The European Union (EU) has been responsible for supplying 14% of the shark fins to the global market. In 2003, the EU placed a ban on shark finning, which is the practice of cutting off shark fins at sea and discarding the potentially still living body to the ocean. However a loop hole currently exists that allows fins to comprise a considerable part of any given catch. This year a new ban has been proposed to the European Parliament to remove this loophole and make it illegal to shore shark fins without the bodies. Will placing a new ban on shark finning be enough to prevent sharks from going extinct? Or, should the proposed ban on shark finning be extended to ban fishing sharks in general?
Closing Statement from Kirsten Gotting
Hello Contributors!
I have to say that every comment held great insight into this topic. Everyone helped open my mind to many of the possible avenues that this question could take. At this point in time I think that the most realistic way to help reestablish shark populations would be to enforce quotas and regulations regarding how many full sharks, fins still attached each fishing vessel would be able to bring in. This could change the availability of shark fins, but they would still be available for cultural traditions. I think that education will come with time, especially considering the example Jayant gave about young couples choosing not to serve the delicacy at their weddings for the sake of biodiversity. I'm not convinced that shark fisheries could be accomplished because of the tons of fish that would be required to feed the sharks. Additionally, farmed shark meat probably wouldn't taste the same as wild shark, kind of like how grass fed cow meat tastes different than grain.
Thank you everyone for your comments! I really enjoyed reading them and I hope everyone keeps sharks on their mind in the future! Lets preserve this ancient and majestic predator of the ocean, as they have helped preserve the biodiversity of the oceans that so many of us enjoy.
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peter lindsay 50+May 29 2012: Regarding shark farming, the model used would have to be more like beef farming than other fish. You would maintain some adult breeding stock and use artificial insemination or in vitro fertilisation you may even be able to incubate embryos externally. A four year old reef shark would produce maybe 40kg of meat and 1kg of fin. You could feed them the waste from other types of fishing, (frames and heads or by-catch that is normally discarded). Choosing the right species could make the difference. Large fins would help! As would fast growth. I chose reef sharks in my example as they mature in about 4-5 years and produce around 20 offspring in the following 5 years or so. You would eat the males as one male can artificially inseminate many females, just like cattle.
May 30 2012: I think that shark farming in this manner seems feasible and good. This would be instead of catching a shark and releasing it without fins so that it dies. If you use the whole shark and set up farming like this that uses scraps from other fishing industries as long as its not harmful to the shark. If it doesn't matter what species of shark it is that they use I think using the Reef shark as discussed above could be a good species for use here.
May 30 2012: I think shark farming would be a great compromise to keep many shark species from becoming extinct while allowing a culture to use shark fins as their parents and grandparents had before them. I feel shark farming COULD discourage many negative practices currently associated with shark finning such a cruel treatment towards the animal and unnecessarily wasting the remains of sharks after de-finning. As with so many other goods once taken off the black market and managed through regulation, shark farming practices could stifle some of the illegal harvesting of fins and bring much needed awareness to the public of the these important nearly extinct animals.
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LONDON, Ky. (AP) -- Daniel Boone National Forest officials say a second campground in the forest has been closed after a black bear encounter.
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources officials are trying to move the bears from the campgrounds, which will remain closed until the animals are captured and moved or until it's determined the bears have moved outside the campgrounds.
Holly Bay Campground at Laurel River Lake was closed Saturday after a bear approached campers and raided a cooler for food. Great Meadows Campground in McCreary County was also closed Saturday after a bear closely approached visitors. Hemlock Grove was temporarily closed Sunday but reopened Monday.
Experts say the drought has dried up the bear's natural food supply, causing the animals to roam in search of nourishment.