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Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>Feb. 19, 2012</strong> -- Trayvon Martin, 17, and Tracy, his father, travel from Miami Gardens to Sanford, Fla., to visit the elder Martin's fiancee in her townhome at The Retreat at Twin Lakes. <em>Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.globalgrind.com" target="_blank">globalgrind.com</a></em>

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>Feb. 26, 2012</strong> -- Trayvon Martin is walking to the home of his father's fiancee after purchasing items from a 7-Eleven store in Sanford. George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, spots Martin at approximately 7 p.m. and calls police. "We've had some break-ins in my neighborhood, and there's a real suspicious guy," Zimmerman tells police.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>Feb. 26, 2012</strong> -- Roughly seven minutes after Zimmerman's call to police, authorities receive a 911 call from an individual reporting a fight. During the call, the dispatcher hears a gunshot in the background and sends police units to the location. Responding officers discover that Martin has been shot in the chest. The teen is unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. Police find no identification on Martin and label him a John Doe.

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<strong>Feb. 26, 2012</strong> -- Questioned by police, Zimmerman informs them that Martin attacked him and he fired his gun in self-defense. Authorities confiscate Zimmerman's 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and take him to the Sanford Police Department for further questioning.

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<strong>Feb. 27, 2012</strong> -- Following a lengthy interview, George Zimmerman is released from the police station at approximately 1 a.m. Hours later, Tracy Martin contacts police to report his son missing. Investigators soon connect the dots and inform the elder Martin of his son's death. After receiving treatment from a family doctor, Zimmerman meets with investigators and reenacts the events of the shooting at the crime scene.

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<strong>March 8, 2012</strong> -- Tracy Martin holds a press conference, during which he criticizes the investigation into his son's slaying. "We feel justice hasn't been served," Martin tells reporters.

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<strong>March 9, 2012</strong> -- Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump tells the Miami Herald he is filing a lawsuit for the release of public records in the case.

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<strong>March 10, 2012</strong> -- Members of the New Black Panther Party, contending there has been a "miscarriage of justice," rally outside the Sanford Police Department.

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<strong>March 12, 2012</strong> -- Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee holds a press conference, at which he claims that investigators were unable to arrest Zimmerman because he was protected by Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows residents to shoot someone if they reasonably believe they are being threatened. "There is no evidence to dispute Zimmerman's assertion that he shot Martin out of self-defense," Lee says. In response, Martin's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, post a petition on the Change.org website calling for State Attorney Angela Corey to prosecute Zimmerman. The petition quickly garners support from multiple celebrities and receives nearly 900,000 signatures the first week.

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<strong>March 13, 2012</strong> -- In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the NAACP expresses doubt in the Sanford Police Department's ability to appropriately handle the investigation, asking the Department of Justice to review the case. "The NAACP has no confidence that, absent federal oversight, the Sanford Police Department will devote the necessary degree of care to its investigation," the letter says. Sanford police announce the completion of their investigation and turn the case over to the State Attorney's Office for Brevard and Seminole Counties. "Trayvon Martin and his family, interested persons, and the public-at-large are entitled to no less than a thorough, deliberate and just review of the information provided, along with any other evidence that may or may not be developed in the course of the review process," State Attorney Norm Wolfinger's office says in a statement.

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<strong>March 14, 2012</strong> -- Mary Cutcher, a woman listed in police reports as a witness who heard Martin's shooting, <a href="http://www.wftv.com/news/news/witness-sanford-police-blew-us-teen-slaying/nLSqk/" target="_blank">tells WFTV.com that police took only a short statement from her</a> following the shooting. "[The police] blew us off, and I called back again and I said, 'I know this was not self-defense. There was no punching, no hitting going on at the time, no wrestling,'" says Cutcher.

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<strong>March 15, 2012</strong> -- Sanford police issue a statement calling Mary Cutcher's TV interviews "inconsistent" with her sworn testimony. Meanwhile, Zimmerman's father, Robert, tells the Orlando Sentinel that his son has been unfairly portrayed as a racist.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>March 16, 2012</strong> -- Sanford police release eight 911 recordings in the case. One of the recordings includes a voice in the background screaming, "Help, help!" The screams are followed by the sound of a gunshot.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>March 19, 2012</strong> -- The Justice Department and the FBI announce they have opened an investigation into the shooting.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>March 20, 2012</strong> -- State Attorney Norm Wolfinger announces that a Seminole County, Fla., grand jury will review the circumstances of Martin's death.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>March 21, 2012</strong> -- The Sanford City Commission votes "no confidence" in Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee and calls for his resignation.

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<strong>March 22, 2012</strong> -- Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee holds a press conference and announces he is temporarily stepping down as police chief because his presence is a "distraction." State Attorney Norm Wolfinger recuses himself from the case and Florida Gov. Rick Scott announces that another state attorney, Jacksonville-based Angela Corey, will be replacing Wolfinger as special prosecutor in the investigation. Meanwhile, Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and other civil rights leaders and politicians hold a justice rally at Sanford's Fort Mellon Park. They demand an arrest in Martin's shooting. An estimated 10,000 people attend the event.

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<strong>March 23, 2012</strong> -- President Barack Obama tells reporters that the nation needs to do some "soul-searching to figure out how something like this happens." He adds, "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>March 24, 2012</strong> -- Members of the New Black Panther Party offer a $10,000 reward for the "capture" of Zimmerman.

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<strong>March 25, 2012</strong> -- Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks in Eatonville and encourages revisions to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. "If it's a moment, we go home. If it's a movement, we go to war," says Jackson.

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<strong>March 26, 2012</strong> -- Police release new details of the investigation, saying Zimmerman told them Martin punched him and slammed his head into the sidewalk several times. Acting Police Chief Darren Scott takes over as chief of the Sanford Police Department. Thousands of people gather in Sanford to mark one month since Martin was killed.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>March 29, 2012</strong> -- Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr., tells CNN that medical records will prove his brother was attacked and his nose was broken.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>April 3, 2012</strong> -- Florida State Sen. Chris Smith (D-Fort Lauderdale) announces the formation of a task force to review the state's "Stand Your Ground" law.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>April 8, 2012</strong> -- George Zimmerman launches the website "The Real George Zimmerman" to raise money for his defense.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>April 9, 2012</strong> -- State Attorney Angela Corey announces her decision not to use a grand jury in the Martin investigation. The move eliminates the possibility of a first-degree murder charge.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>April 10, 2012</strong> -- Zimmerman's attorneys, Hal Uhrig (right) and Craig Sonner, announce that they will no longer be representing him.

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<strong>April 11, 2012</strong> - State Attorney Angela Corey announces the charging of George Zimmerman with second-degree murder. Zimmerman turns himself in to police and is booked into the Seminole County Jail. Mark O'Mara announces his role as Zimmerman's new attorney.

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<strong>April 23, 2012</strong> -- George Zimmerman's new lawyer, Mark O'Mara, enters a not-guilty plea on his client's behalf. Zimmerman is released from jail on a $150,000 bond. Per the conditions of his release, Zimmerman is required to wear a GPS monitoring device.

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<strong>April 24, 2012</strong> -- George Zimmerman shuts down his website. According to his attorney, the site raised $200,000.

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<strong>April 27, 2012</strong> -- Mark O'Mara launches the website GZLegalCase.com as the official site for Zimmerman's legal case.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>May 8, 2012</strong> -- At Zimmerman's arraignment, Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. accepts his not-guilty plea.

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<strong>May 17, 2012</strong> -- Prosecutors release police reports, witness statements, surveillance videos and other evidence in the case.

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<strong>June 1, 2012</strong> -- Judge Lester revokes Zimmerman's bond, stating that his ruling is based on concerns that Zimmerman and his wife did not fully disclose their finances at the bond hearing.

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<strong>June 3, 2012</strong> -- Zimmerman is returned to jail.

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<strong>June 12, 2012</strong> -- George Zimmerman's wife, Shellie, is arrested on one count of perjury.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>June 20, 2012</strong> -- The Sanford city manager fires Bill Lee from the police force.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>June 21, 2012</strong> -- George Zimmerman's legal team releases discovery evidence on their client's website.

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<strong>June 29, 2012</strong> -- Zimmerman's second bond hearing is held. The judge does not immediately issue a ruling.

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<strong>July 5, 2012</strong> -- Judge Lester grants Zimmerman a higher bond of $1 million.

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<strong>July 6, 2012</strong> -- Zimmerman is again released from jail.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>July 19, 2012</strong> -- George Zimmerman relaunches his personal website.

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<strong>July 27, 2012</strong> -- George Zimmerman's wife pleads not guilty to perjury.

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<strong>Aug. 29, 2012</strong> -- An appeals court grants a request by George Zimmerman's defense team to dismiss Judge Lester from the case.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>Aug. 30, 2012</strong> -- Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson is assigned the case.

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<strong>Oct. 19, 2012</strong> -- Judge Nelson grants a defense motion requesting access to Trayvon Martin's school records and social media posts. The state is also granted access to Zimmerman's medical records.

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<strong>Nov. 14, 2012</strong> -- Gov. Scott's "Stand Your Ground" task force concludes its final meeting and recommends no sweeping changes to the law.

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<strong>Nov. 20, 2012</strong> -- Former Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez announces that he is representing Sanford police Detective Chris Serino, the lead investigator in the shooting.

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<strong>Dec. 3, 2012</strong> -- A new photo is released showing George Zimmerman with a bloody, broken nose on the night of the shooting.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>Feb. 5, 2013</strong> -- On this day, Trayvon Martin would have turned 18.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>Feb. 26, 2013</strong> -- Martin's parents hold a rally in his memory to mark the one-year anniversary of his death.

Key Dates In The Trayvon Martin Case

<strong>March 26, 2013</strong> -- Zimmerman's defense team releases its witness list of 134 people, including Sanford police officers and 56 unnamed witnesses.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/saeed-selvam/stand-your-ground-zimmerman_b_3606058.html?utm_hp_ref=black-voices&ir=Black%20Voices

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90% Fruitvale Station

All Critics (70) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (63) | Rotten (7)

Fruitvale Station's wrenching power lies in the specificity of its storytelling and the ordinary human warmth of the world it conjures.

From the moment the arrest begins, the film is blunt and stunning, a completely absorbing, protracted nightmare.

Although Coogler surely wants his movie to serve as a weapon against racially charged police brutality, he's smart enough, and sensitive enough, to know that this is above all a human tragedy -- and not a political rallying point.

Coogler's film is shaky, sometimes literally slipping out of focus even as its own vision remains resolutely blinkered.

"Fruitvale Station" is a potent dramatic chronicle of contemporary American life, crackling with energy and possibility, made with the cooperation of Grant's mother and girlfriend.

In the end, what is the meaning of the film?

A viscerally wrenching experience, filled with foreboding from the first frame but stylistically naturalistic.

Strives only for an emotional response rather than an intellectual one.

Coogler's goal is clear - to put a human face on Grant, to make him recognizable.

Though the film's ending is no mystery, the personal details are what make this story so absorbing and so moving - more so precisely because his fate is already known.

It's a heartbreaking story that is so emotionally powerful that, while I may not want to see again, if it's on I won't be able to help but see it's tragic conclusion again.

"Fruitvale Station" will emotionally move you and simultaneously make you appreciate the filmmaking abilities of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan.

There's great soul to the work, which gives a complete picture of a young man's life in microcosmic form.

BART allowed Coogler to shoot on location, and the young filmmaker, working with a score of actors and a crowd of extras, shows more competence in placing the camera coherently than many action directors with access to multimillion-dollar budgets.

Coogler shows the storytelling maturity and restraint to keep the focus squarely on the characters, not so much on the actual act of bloodshed itself but the wounds exacted upon the direct victims, witnesses, and families alike.

'Fruitvale Station,' is one the most endearing and profound films that echoes the essence of humanity. Ryan Coogler's feature debut gives Michael B. Jordan a career making performance.

Many will respond to the film as a gut-level human interest piece, but it's as curtailed and nuance-free a character study as it is a political polemic.

The closeness of family and the feeling of community comes across as genuine in every scene...

The actual events already serve as a parable of race in America, but Coogler's dramatization does them justice.

Galvanizing, tense gritty-indie, brilliantly acted by Jordan and Spencer. Very much worth watching even though the too-neat, manipulative screenplay undercuts it artistically.

"Fruitvale Station" is about what we can imagine when we cast our gaze across the longstanding divides in this persistently, cancerously segregated American society.

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MLB, union differ on timing of suspension announcements

Major League Baseball and the players union seem to have different opinions as to how soon suspensions would be announced resulting from the investigation into the Biogenesis clinic reported to have sold performance-enhancing drugs to major-league players.

During an interview session Tuesday in New York before the All-Star Game, union chief Michael Weiner told baseball writers that suspensions might not be served until the 2014 season. That timetable would be longer than the one envisioned at this point by MLB officials.

Weiner said he expects MLB to notify the union of its plans for suspensions within the next month. The commissioner's office wants to announce the suspensions then, but Weiner said the union would insist they be withheld until arbitrator Fredric Horowitz upholds them after hearings.

"We're going to have a discussion with them. That discussion will include whether or not names of suspended players will be announced publicly," Weiner said.

Weiner said those hearings likely wouldn't happen before September. As many as 20 players, including the Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun, have been named as targets in the investigation.

MLB prefers to move forward with suspensions and hearings as soon as it completes its investigation. Commissioner Bud Selig declined Tuesday to speculate when that might be.

MLB believes it has a right to announce the suspensions before hearings due to a provision in the labor agreement that allows it if names are made public beforehand. Various news organizations listed the names of players before MLB launched its investigation.

Weiner also said the 50-game, 100-game and lifetime bans that go with first, second and third offenses for failed drug tests might not apply to "nonanalytical" evidence such as anything produced linking a player to buying performance-enhancing drugs from Biogenesis. He said those punishments would have to be worked out between MLB and the union or decided by Horowitz.

"When all the interviews are done, we will meet with the commissioner's office and we'll try to work something out," Weiner said. "Our players that deserve the suspensions, we'll try to cope with their suspensions. Our players that don't deserve suspensions, we will argue that they don't deserve a suspension. And I hope we have success. We may not have success on every single player, but I hope we have a fair amount of success.

"In theory, they could be suspended for five games or 500 games. We could then choose to challenge or not, but the commissioner's office is not bound by the 50-100-life scale."

Because of the time needed to prepare and hold hearings, Weiner said the case of any player challenging a penalty likely wouldn't be decided during this season. Each player is entitled to a separate hearing. Selig, who defended the aggressive nature of the investigation, said punishment would not be dictated by the baseball schedule, however.

"I'm sensitive to that, but we have to complete this investigation," said Selig. "I have to see the results, and then we're going to move forward. Those are the only concerns."

Weiner conducted his session with baseball writers while seated in a wheelchair and unable to move his right arm, the effects of his ongoing battle with brain cancer. Because of declining health, Weiner said the union would appoint a deputy executive director within two weeks, with the executive board deciding if that deputy will succeed him.

"We have an emergency contingency plan that's been in place for several months, and we are within a week or two of having a plan that will deal with a deputy executive director that will succeed and ultimately be voted on by the board in November," Weiner said.

Source: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brewers/mlb-union-differ-on-timing-of-suspension-announcements-b9955908z1-215754281.html

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High school soccer coach living with Alzheimer's pushes back at stereotypes

MATTHEWS, NC (WBTV)- Alzheimer's, there are two misconceptions many people believe about this disease.?

One: It's an elderly person's illness.

Two: When you get it, your life is over.??

But the head men's soccer coach at Butler High School is pushing back at stereotypes and showing what resilience means.?

For Jim Mueller, the soccer field is a place to impact lives and build champions but also a place of healing.

Mueller was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's at the age of 37.

"The thing about Alzheimer's is it runs you down, mentally and physically," he says. "If you don't get out of bed and don't do something to challenge yourself, you are going to slip away."

Mueller, now 44, had to retire from his job as a sheet metal foreman soon after the diagnosis.

"I was in the middle of my career, just getting going, making money, and then I had to stop because I got sick," he says.

According to the Alzheimer's Association, as the population increases, the number of early onset patients continues to grow.?

Coaching is Jim's passion so he decided the best treatment would be to keep that whistle, even if it means he has to work twice as hard as the healthy guy.

"I have to study stuff that I already know, I have to write everything down, every play I am going to do or every minute basically," Mueller says.

His players are inspired by his story.

Sophomore Drew Milavec says he'll always look up to Mueller.

"If you just went up and talked to him, you would never know his condition," Milavec says. "He gets us to believe in ourselves. His work ethic, just makes us all work harder as well."

Back at home, Mueller says he is inspired by his three children and wife Michelle.

Michelle Mueller says you just have to have inner strength.

"There are times when Jim doesn't remember who I am, or who the kids are," she says.

So that's why Mueller continues to coach, to stand up to Alzheimer's.

"It's cruel, it's mean, it's unjust, but you don't have to quit or surrender," Mueller says.

Butler's soccer team made it to the first round of the state playoffs in 2012, Coach Mueller's first season.

Before he took over the team was second to last in conference play in 2011.

To learn more about the symptoms of Alzheimer's, follow this link to the Charlotte Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

Copyright 2013 WBTV. All rights reserved.

Source: http://matthews-minthill.wbtv.com/news/news/103202-high-school-soccer-coach-living-alzheimers-pushes-back-stereotypes

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China launches crackdown on drug industry

BEIJING (AP) ? China announced a crackdown Wednesday on misconduct in its drug market, stepping up pressure on the problem-prone industry while it pursues a bribery investigation of GlaxoSmithKline.

The six-month crackdown is aimed at stamping out unauthorized drug production, improper online drug retailing and sales of fake traditional Chinese medicines, the State Food and Drug Administration said.

"We must resolutely punish illegal acts, resolutely close illegal enterprises and firmly recall problematic products," a deputy director of the agency, Wu Zhen, said in a statement on its website.

The announcement came two days after Chinese police accused GSK employees of conducting a multimillion-dollar bribery campaign to encourage doctors to prescribe its medications. The statement did not mention the British drug manufacturer.

The new Chinese leadership that took power in November has promised to improve China's health system and reining in surging costs of medicine and medical care that are fueling public frustration.

China has suffered repeated scandals over fake or shoddy medications, some of which caused deaths and injuries. Regulators have launched repeated crackdowns on false advertising and other violations, but with limited success.

From July through December, investigators will examine manufacturers, markets, clinics and online stores, the agency said.

The police ministry said this week that GSK employees paid bribes to doctors and officials of hospitals, medical associations and the government to encourage use of its medications.

According to Chinese news reports, police say the employees funneled as much as 3 billion yuan ($490 million) through travel agencies and consulting firms to hide the source of bribes. Police said four employees including a vice president of GSK's China unit have been detained.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the scheme appeared to be aimed at evading GSK's internal controls meant to prevent bribery.

On Tuesday, state television showed one of the detained GSK employees describing how he paid bribes to government officials to win support for use of the company's medications.

Also Wednesday, a Commerce Ministry spokesman warned that misconduct by drug manufacturers would be punished.

"Whether they are domestic or foreign-invested enterprises, if they violate Chinese law, they will be subject to legal sanctions and bear responsibility," said spokesman Shen Danyang at a news briefing.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet's planning agency is investigating production costs at 60 Chinese and foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers, according to state media, possible as a prelude to revising state-imposed price caps on key medications.

The government also is investigating possible price-fixing by foreign milk suppliers.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-launches-crackdown-drug-industry-115001716.html

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FOR KIDS: Home, plastic home

Some ocean life is finding a home in floating piles of plastic trash

By Janet Raloff

Web edition: July 16, 2013

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Plastic oases

A mix of sea microbes living on a tiny piece of plastic from the North Atlantic.

Credit: Zettler et al./ Amer. Chem. Soc./ Env. Sci. & Tech.

We live in an increasingly plastic world. Much of this plastic does not easily degrade and so survives to pollute the environment. But a great deal of trashed plastic will break into tinier bits that eventually wash into the ocean. There this debris has begun creating new homes for enormous numbers of microbes, research now shows.

Visit the new Science News for Kids website and read the full story: Home, plastic home.

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351679/title/FOR_KIDS_Home_plastic_home

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Small earthquake felt in northern California

KTVL News10 provides local news, weather forecasts, notices of events and items of interest in the community, entertainment programming for Medford and nearby towns and communities in Southern Oregon and Northern California, including Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Brookings, Gold Beach, Lakeview, Ashland, Cave Junction, Eagle Point, White City, Talent, Phoenix, Central Point, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Weed, Yreka, Mount Shasta, Tulelake, and Montague.

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Spot the Moon and Saturn in Night Sky This Week

On Tuesday (July 16), Major League Baseball's All Star Game will be played at Citifield in New York, but the baseball diamond won't be the only place to see stars that night.

Two of the ?All Stars of the Night Sky? will stage a celestial rendezvous, not just above Citifield but wherever the sky is clear.

The first is our nearest neighbor in space: the moon.? As twilight deepens on Tuesday at about 9:45 p.m. EDT (0145 July 17 GMT), you?ll see the moon about one-third of the way up from the south-southwest horizon.? It will be in its waxing gibbous phase, 60 percent illuminated. Incidentally, this is the best time to look at the moon with binoculars or a telescope because it offers more viewing comfort to the eye as opposed to a full moon. [July's Best Stargazing Events (Sky Maps)]

Using a telescope with just small optical power (magnifications of 20 to 40 times) or even with good binoculars, you can then see a wealth of detail on its surface.? Around those times when the moon is half-lit or gibbous phase, those features lying close to the terminator ? the line separating the light and dark part of the moon ? stand out in sharp, clear relief.

Lord of the rings

If you look above and slightly to the right of the moon on Tuesday evening, you?ll also see a rather bright, non-twinkling "star" shining sedately with a yellowish-white glow.? The distance between the moon and this "star" will measure just a little more than 4 degrees.? Since your clenched fist at arm?s length measures about 10 degrees, the separation between the moon and the celestial object will be less than half a fist.?

But that "star" is not a star at all, but the showpiece of the solar system: the planet Saturn.?

Saturn is beautiful through a telescope.?Saturn's magnificent ring system, the banded globe, and its faintly shimmering moons make Saturn an object of exquisite beauty. The most dramatic aspects of the planet are of course, the rings; there is nothing else like them in the sky.? Any?telescope?magnifying more than 30-power will show them.

A 4-inch (10-centimeter) telescope at 100X or an 8 inch (20 cm) telescope at 200X will provide a memorable view. The rings consist of billions of particles ranging in size from sand grains to flying mountains, which are made of ? or covered by ? water ice.? This would account for their very high reflectivity.? The reason that "rings" is plural and not singular is that gaps of brightness differences define distinct sets of rings.

An all star glimpse?

On the night of their "All Star get-together" the moon will be about 231,000 miles (372,000 km) from Earth. Saturn on the other hand, will be about 3,865 times more distant, at 893 million miles (km) away.

Ever since the All Star Game has been played at night (the first after sunset affair was in 1943 at Philadelphia?s Old Shibe Park) there has never been any kind of noteworthy celestial event that has coincided with the game itself.? In 1972 a partial eclipse of the moon occurred on the same night as the All Star Game, but it didn?t begin until after the contest was over.

Weather permitting; Tuesday?s moon-Saturn conjunction will be visible to fans with a good line of sight at Citifield. And, if FOX television producers so choose, the potential exists for television viewers to get a glimpse of the cratered moon and the famous ringed wonder.

The moon-planet duo could, in fact, serve as a periodic diversion from the ball game. Should the local weather be clear in that night, television cameras might be trained skyward (perhaps during a pitching change?). It could also give people in parts of the country that might be plagued by cloud cover a chance at getting a brief view.

Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, the Farmer's Almanac and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, N.Y.Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebookand Google+. Original article on SPACE.com.

Copyright 2013 SPACE.com, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spot-moon-saturn-night-sky-week-181523292.html

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Connecticut BBB and Government Agencies Caution Students and Families about Debt Relief Services

Some debt relief companies require an upfront fee for their services, which is illegal under federal law.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / PRURGENT

Growth in Student Debt Increases Demand for a Quick Fix that May Worsen Financial Burdens and Cause Legal Problems

As student financial debt load increases, Connecticut Better Business is warning students and their families about companies that claim they can eliminate debt or promise a ?new credit identity.?

Some debt relief companies require an upfront fee for their services, which is illegal under federal law. Others promise a ?new credit identity,? according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which in some cases, involves the illegal sale of stolen Social Security numbers. The FTC reports debt relief services may alternatively offer a 9-digit Employer Identification Number (EIN) and recommend their clients apply for credit using that number or their ?new? Social Security number.

Consumers who use these numbers to apply for credit face possible fines or prison sentences. It is illegal to lie on a credit or loan application, misrepresent your Social Security number or obtain an EIN from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under false pretenses.

There are a number of signs of debt relief fraud:

?Upfront fees are required before the company will begin work
?Advice not to contact credit reporting companies
?Recommendations to use false information on credit applications
?Absence of information about your legal rights or details of what services are provided and their limitations.

The Credit Repair Organization Act (CROA) makes it illegal for credit repair companies to misrepresent their services or require fees before they have performed their services. The CROA requires credit repair companies to draw up a contract which explains your legal rights, what services they will perform, any guarantees, how long their work will take and contains an option to cancel the contract within three days of signing.

Consumers with credit problems do not require a third party to dispute errors in their credit reports.

Credit reports may be obtained free of charge every 12 months from the government-sanctioned service, annualcreditreport.com/.

Options for people with a poor credit history include the use of prepaid credit cards and obtaining advice from the Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS). CCCS services can be obtained free or for a small charge at www.nfcc.org, or by telephone, toll-free at 800-388-2227.

For more advice on money and credit management, visit Better Business Bureau?s Managing Credit ? Made Simpler program at http://www.bbb.org/credit-management.

Source: http://www.prurgent.com/2013-07-15/pressrelease306737.htm

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Wrapping up the final series of the first half, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis homered in his fourth consecutive game as the Orioles defeated the Blue Jays 7-4. The homer, a two-run shot in the third inning against Josh Johnson, was his 37th of the season, tying Reggie Jackson?s record for first-half home runs. In the interest of fairness (first halves vary in length based on scheduling), D.J. Short astutely pointed out on Twitter that Davis entered a tie with Hank Greenberg and Luis Gonzalez for home runs through 95 games.

For those keeping score at home, Davis is now more than halfway to Barry Bonds? single-season home run record of 73 and 24 home runs away from tying Roger Maris at 61 home runs, which some ? including Davis himself ? consider to be the legitimate single-season record.

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