Great Pacific Garbage Patch a bigger worry than tsunami debris
Los Angeles
How precious would it be to see the Great Pacific Garbage Patch wash away Chuckles Johnson? Headed to the beach this summer? Don't forget to pack the sunscreen, the inner tubes, the paddle ball, and an effing trash bag The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, sometimes referred to as the Pacific Trash Vortex is a gyre [...]
Read MoreGreat Pacific Garbage Patch a bigger worry than tsunami debris
Q13 FOX
Still, marine scientists say a far bigger problem is the untold amount of everyday garbage swirling in a vast, slow-moving vortex known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. That's the popular name for the vast concentration of Nine percent of fish collected during another Scripps study in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch had plastic waste [...]
Read MoreGreat Pacific Garbage Patch a bigger worry than tsunami debris
Los Angeles
It is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch; www.mnn.com/earth-matters/translating-uncle-sam/stories/what-is-the-great-pacific-ocean-garbage-patch. The currents of the Pacific Ocean collect floating plastic bottles and other garbage and push As worrisome as tsunami debris is to West Coast officials and residents, the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch that is trapped in the gyre 1000 miles off Ca. As [...]
Read MoreCar Talk Hosts Retire
People Magaz
Friday, June 8. 2012. 'Car Talk' Guys Retire. Comedian car mechanics Tom and Ray Magliozzi — aka Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers — are retiring from their weekly NPR 'Car Talk' in the fall. Read the story (sub req'd) | Subscribe to Tom and Ray Magliozzi endure, 35 years on, because they act like [...]
Read MoreGreat Pacific Garbage Patch a bigger worry than tsunami debris
Los Angeles
The great Pacific garbage reality It's not tsunami debris we should fear; it's the trash clogging our oceans. A rusting Harley-Davidson from Miyagi prefecture, Japan, was discovered on a remote beach in British Columbia in late April and photographed While scientists expect much of the floating debris to follow the currents to the Great Pacific [...]
Read MoreSalesforce.com buying Buddy Media in $689M deal
BusinessWeek
Buddy Media is not a brand most consumers would recognize, but in the halls of social media and marketing, it's a king. It connects major brands with t. SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce.com has agreed to acquire Buddy Media for $689 million as it continues its rapid expansion into social-media marketing. The cash-and-equity deal, which is [...]
Read MoreUnited Community Bancorp Reports Third Quarter Results
MarketWatch
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — United Community Bancorp (the "Company") (Nasdaq: UCBA), the holding company for United Community Bank (the "Bank"), today reported net income of $457000, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the quarter A story on regional banks that do business in Savannah, including Synovus (parent company of Sea Island Bank), [...]
Read MoreEsophageal cancer prognosis: Study cites new treatment options
Examiner.com
WEDNESDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) — Patients with esophageal cancer who receive chemotherapy and radiation before surgery have better outcomes, Dutch researchers report. "We think that patients with esophageal cancer have the best chance to survive International Business Times Esophageal cancer prognosis: Study cites new treatment options Examiner.com Richard Dawson's death from esophageal cancer Saturday [...]
Read More'Dark Knight Rises' Burning Questions: What Will Movie Awards Reveal?
MTV.com
OMG, guys! It's almost here! The 2012 MTV Movie Awards are THIS SUNDAY, and we couldn't be more excited. Over the course of the past week, we've taken you through some of the biggest fashion trends to flock to the "Bridesmaids" and "The Hunger Games" are battling for the most buckets of golden popcorn at [...]
Read MoreGeorge Zimmerman's bond revoked by judge
CBS News
In Florida, a Sanford judge has revoked the bond of George Zimmerman. A judge on Friday revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours. A Florida judge on Friday afternoon revoked bond for George Zimmerman, the man charged with second-degree [...]
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