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July 26, 2011 by admin
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The United States’ largest organization dedicated to advocating for our nation’s disabled veterans and their families and survivors, the Disabled American Veterans, is asking Americans of all walks of life to join in the “Virtual March on Washington to Protect Veterans’ Compensation and Benefits” this Wednesday on the social networking site Facebook.
With thousands of virtual marchers already registered, veterans and their family members will be encouraged by DAV to record and publicly post a personal video message, explaining what their compensation and benefits mean to them.
The virtual march will take place primarily on Facebook at http://facebook.com/The.DAV, but the tools to participate will also be available at www.dav.org and on Twitter, using the hashtag.March4Vets.
The virtual march formally begins Wednesday at 8 a.m., but participants do not need to log on at any specific time as the “march” will take place over the entire day and night.
California mussels: First warming casualty?
The iconic California mussel could be among the first casualties of oceans made more acidic by global warming, a new study of the coastal shellfish shows.
Scientists who grew mussel larvae in a bath of acidified water thought to match expected changes in ocean chemistry report thinner, weaker shells and smaller bodies in a newly published study.
“We’re interested in the California mussel because it is an ecologically critical species, familiar to many of us who live along the West Coast,” said Brian Gaylord, evolution and ecology professor at the University of California, Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory.
But increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that climate scientists attribute to human activity are already showing signs of working their way into the oceans.
National gas prices jump 9 cents in past 2 weeks
The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped nearly nine cents in the past two weeks.
That’s according to the Lundberg Survey of fuel prices, released Sunday, which puts the price of a gallon of regular at $3.70.
Of the cities surveyed, Tucson, Ariz., had the nation’s lowest average price for gas at $3.28. Chicago had the highest at $4.07.
In Erie, the price at most pumps is $3.69, but a few stations near the intersection of Peach Street and Interstate 90 are charging $3.59 a gallon.
– from staff and wire reports
