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WATERVILLE, Maine ? The end admittedly was abrupt for Isaac Salas.

But his road to the quarterfinals of the state high school singles tennis tournament was one rarely traveled.

Salas, a freshman from Camden and the Waynflete School in Portland, upended two seeded players to reach the final eight of the 48-player draw before being eliminated Saturday by second-seeded Justin Brogan of Falmouth at the Alfond-Wales Tennis Facility on the campus of Colby College.

?I knew I had to play big shots and I tried,? said Salas of his straight-set loss to Brogan. ?But he just hit everything back.?

Brogan will play third-seeded Matt Gilman of Cape Elizabeth in one boys semifinal Monday, with the other semifinal matching top-seeded Patrick Ordway ? the defending champion ? against No. 5 Jordan Friedland of Lincoln Academy in Newcastle.

Monday?s girls semifinals will include three players from Falmouth High School and top-seeded Maisie Silverman, a sophomore from Brunswick who reached last year?s final. Silverman will face fifth-seeded freshman Olivia Leavitt in one matchup, while No. 2 Annie Criscione will play No. 3 Analise Kump in a clash of Falmouth seniors.

Longtime tournament official Don Atkinson couldn?t remember the last time an unseeded player defeated two seeds to reach the quarterfinals, but Salas found himself in that position after upending No. 7 Jordan Doutreluigne of Oceanside of Rockland-Thomaston 6-4, 6-2 in the Round of 32 late Friday and No. 10 Jesse Butler of Deering of Portland 6-3, 6-1 in his Round of 16 match earlier Saturday.

Salas and Doutreluigne, an exchange student from Belgium, were familiar opponents, having met last fall at the Midcoast Recreation Center in Rockport.

?Whenever we played at MRC we always had really close matches, so I kind of knew what I needed to do,? said Salas. ?I needed to stay consistent, and I played well and he played well.?

Salas had similar success with Butler, a player he had lost to in a match last summer. After a relatively tight first set, Salas ? normally a baseline player ? became more aggressive as the match progressed.

?Mostly I just stayed consistent, tried to keep it deep and waited for a short ball to come in,? said Salas. ?I started to come in more in the second set.?

Salas, who plays third singles for Waynflete, which has won the last four Class B boys state team championships, was no match for Brogan, a sophomore who took Ordway to three sets in last year?s final before falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Brogan, who has lost just two games in his three tournament matches to date this year, swept to a 6-0, 6-0 victory that left Salas disappointed for the moment but ultimately not so low about his effort in reaching the quarters as a first-year high school player.

?I had a good tournament,? he said.

As expected, Ordway had little difficulty Saturday, as the junior dispatched No. 9 Satchel McCarthy of Cape Elizabeth 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals after a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Jai Aslam of Messalonskee of Oakland.

Friedland, also a junior, scored the only boys quarterfinal upset, defeating No. 4 Tyler Adams of Bonny Eagle of Standish 6-3, 6-3 after ousting No. 12 Patrick Stewart of Bangor 6-4, 6-3 in the Round of 16.

Gilman, another junior, scored a 6-2, 6-0 quarterfinal victory over No. 11 Sam Leeman of Morse of Bath after Leeman had fought off a late-match cramping episode to outlast No. 6 Tyler Small of Ellsworth 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 in the previous round.

The seeds also largely held on the girls side, with competition Saturday including just one three-set match, a Round of 16 marathon in which No. 8 Colleen O?Donnell of Waterville rallied from a 4-2 deficit in the final set to edge No. 9 Ashley Woodside of Hampden Academy 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

?I?ve played a lot of players and none have ever hit as consistently as [O?Donnell] did,? said Woodside.

O?Donnell subsequently fell to Silverman 7-5, 6-1 in the quarters.

Leavitt lost just one game in her two matches Saturday, first defeating Wendy Goldman of Hall-Dale of Farmingdale 6-0, 6-0 in the Round of 16 before topping co-No. 12 seed Emma Blakeley of Camden Hills of Rockport 6-1, 6-0. Blakeley was coming off one of the bigger early round upsets of the tourney, having defeated No. 4 Mea Clark of Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor 6-2, 6-2 in the Round of 16.

Kump defeated Hannah Potter of Yarmouth 6-1, 6-0 in her quarterfinal, while Criscione ? who like Kump lost in last year?s semifinals ? defeated No. 10 Shashanna Moll of Belfast 6-1, 6-1 in the quarters.

Moll, a junior who reached the Round of 16 last spring before being ousted by Silverman, advanced one additional round Saturday by defeating No. 7 Devri Ramsey of McAuley of Portland 6-3, 6-2 before squaring off against Criscione.

?I think I played how I usually play today,? said Moll after her Round of 16 victory. ?It definitely was a good day for me. I thought I kept my errors to a minimum, which is the hardest part of the game for me, keeping the errors out of my game.?

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Scientists find gold-plated fossil solution

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

An international team of scientists in the University of Leicester's Department of Geology has found a solution to a research problem involving fossils right next door - in the University's Chemistry Department.

Many objects, including fossils, can reveal a huge amount of scientific information when studied using the high power magnification of electron microscopes, but in order to study tiny fossils or microscopic details of larger fossils in this way, palaeontologists routinely coat the fossils with an ultra-thin layer of gold. This obviously changes the way the fossil looks, and so it is often necessary to remove the gold after analysis, but this is difficult and expensive and uses dangerous chemicals like cyanide.

University of Leicester chemists are developing industrial electro-plating and polishing techniques using liquid salts called 'ionic liquids' which are safe, cheap and environmentally friendly. Scientists from the two departments got together to see whether a similar process could be used on fossils. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

They found that ionic liquids can remove gold quickly and easily without damaging even tiny, delicate fossils. The liquids are safe to handle, can be simply disposed of and can even dissolve the gold without affecting the glue that holds the fossil specimen in place for analysis.

Professor Mark Purnell, from the Department of Geology, said: "There are many cases where collecting the evidence required for research affects fossils or other objects in ways that might be considered as somewhat destructive ? gold coating for electron microscopy falls into this category. Understandably, this creates problems for places like museums which have to balance the value of research on their collections against the risk that specimens will be affected. This approach to gold removal offers a new way of tackling this problem that is safe for both researchers and the specimens."

Professor Andy Abbott, from the Department of Chemistry, added: "This is a very nice demonstration of the use of ionic liquids for metal recovery but it is just the tip of the iceberg as we are using this technology for the recycling of a wide range of alloys and waste materials. The University of Leicester is building a strong reputation for the development of sustainable materials."

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FTC: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.

Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen their butt, leg and stomach muscles. Kardashian, Burke and other celebrities endorsed the shoes in Skechers ads.

The settlement, announced Wednesday, also involves the company's Resistance Runner, Toners, and Tone-ups shoes. Skechers made deceptive claims about those shoes, too, says the agency.

Consumers who bought the shoes will be eligible for refunds.

The commission settled similar charges with Reebok last year over its EasyTone walking shoes and RunTone running shoes. That $25 million agreement also provided customer refunds.

Skechers billed its Shape-ups as a fitness tool designed to promote weight loss and tone muscles with the shoe's curved "rocker" or rolling bottom ? saying it provides natural instability and causes the consumer to "use more energy with every step." Shape-ups cost about $100.

Ads for the Resistance Runner shoes claimed people who wear them could increase "muscle activation" by up to 85 percent for posture-related muscles and 71 percent for one of the muscles in the buttocks, said the FTC.

The commission says Skechers falsely represented that clinical studies backed up the company's claims about its toning shoes. The settlement bars Skechers from misrepresenting any tests, studies or research on its shoes in the future.

In Wednesday's court filing, Skechers says it disputes the charges and is pursuing additional studies.

The settlement is part of a broader agreement also being announced Wednesday ? a settlement resolving a multi-state investigation led by the attorneys general from Tennessee and Ohio and involving more than 40 states.

The company, based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., will provide $40 million for customer refunds in the federal case and $5 million to the states.

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Suu Kyi backs proposal to suspend US sanctions

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is cautiously backing a U.S. senator's proposal to suspend U.S. economic sanctions.

Suu Kyi said Tuesday that suspending, rather than eliminating, sanctions would send a message that the U.S. is trying to help the country move toward democracy, but would consider other steps if the Burmese people's aspirations aren't met.

Her comments, made during a video link-up organized by the George W. Bush Institute in Washington, followed Sen. John McCain's proposal Monday that the U.S. suspend all economic sanctions other than an arms embargo, as the European Union has done.

"This is a possible first step," Suu Kyi said from the main Myanmar city of Yangon. "I am not against the suspension of sanctions as long as the people of the United States think this is the right thing to do at the moment."

Suu Kyi has given a similar endorsement to the EU move. However, she cautioned Tuesday against undue optimism about the situation in the country, which is also known as Burma. She said political reform would only be irreversible when the military ? which has dominated government rule for five decades ? officially committed itself to democracy.

She did not elaborate, but later said a principal aim of her party was to reform the constitution, which guarantees a quarter of parliamentary seats to the military, and strengthen the legislature so it becomes "a genuine democratic institution."

The United States and other Western nations have moved to ease sanctions on Myanmar to reward it for its shift from oppressive and sometimes bloody direct military rule, particularly after Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy swept special elections in April and won dozens of seats in parliament.

The U.S. has moved more cautiously than the EU. It is retaining trade restrictions and has yet to make clear what kind of investment it will allow. Human rights groups are especially opposed to investment in lucrative sectors such as oil, gas, mining and timber, where they say the interests of local people could be trampled, and where the military and its business cronies would be best-placed to cash in.

Suu Kyi is deeply respected on both sides of Congress, and her endorsement could smooth the way for the proposal by McCain, R-Arizona, and other lawmakers who want to ease all U.S. economic sanctions, while maintaining a blacklist of some Myanmar individuals and companies.

Despite widespread popular support and the remarkable changes Myanmar has seen over the past year, rights groups say reforms have yet to touch the lives of most of the people and Suu Kyi and her party have little institutional power. The party holds less than 7 percent of seats in parliament, which is dominated by the military and its proxies.

Suu Kyi on Tuesday acknowledged that the military, with its guaranteed bloc of 25 percent of the seats, could effectively block any amendment of the constitution as that requires a 75 percent majority vote.

Suu Kyi, who spent a total of 15 years under house arrest until her release in late 2010, also complained that 271 political prisoners named on a list submitted by her party were still being held despite government assurances. A January amnesty saw hundreds of prominent detainees freed.

"There should be no political prisoners in Burma if we are really headed to democratization," Suu Kyi said.

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Pregnant Snooki Admits She Stopped Tanning for the Baby

Kim Kardashian might joke about rivaling the "tanning mom," but fellow reality star Snooki says she's over tanning -- at least, for the next several months.

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Feeding America charity leaves BlackBerry for Windows Phone

Feeding America, the nations leading domestic hunger-relief charity, has dumped the BlackBerry in favor of Windows Phone. We've heard of companies leaving BlackBerry for the iPhone, but this move is one of the first publicized migrations to Windows Phone. Obviously, Microsoft is spreading the news.

The move to Windows Phone strengthens Feeding Americas capabilities as it complements the organizations use of other Microsoft solutions including Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft Lync Server 2010.

Windows Phone provides a level of integration with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 and Lync Server 2010 that are not available with the iPhone, iPad or Android, said Kevin Lutz, vice president of Technology at Feeding America.

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Cancer survivors, friends ready to walk for a cure

HAMPTON ? Two years ago, Linda Batchelor Smith couldn't finish a lap around the track at Darling Stadium during Hampton's Relay for Life.

The nerves in her legs had been damaged from her chemotherapy treatment and her entire body was weak.

Last year's relay was a different story.

"As I walked in the 2011 relay with other survivors, I was grateful to be alive and inspired by the determination of other survivors," Smith said.

"There was a numbness that took over my body that words can't explain," she said, recalling how it felt to walk the lap. "You see the love, the friendships developing, the oneness and the unity as we all come together for one purpose, fighting cancer."

Smith, clerk of Hampton's Circuit Court, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer on March 21, 2008. She still remembers the doctor coming in and telling her the news no one wants to hear.

"I was going out of town for training, so that's the mind-set I was in," Smith said. "I was just at the doctor's to be told everything was fine, and then be on my way."

But everything wasn't fine.

"When the doctor came in, he had a thick red packet in his hands," she said. "He told me I had breast cancer, and I just sat there emotionless."

Smith can remember the physician being concerned about her reaction.

"He kept asking me if I was OK, because I wasn't crying, I wasn't saying anything," Smith said. "It hadn't hit me yet, what the doctor had just told me."

After leaving the doctor's office, Smith went home to tell her husband.

"I walked in and handed him the packet and walked out," Smith said. "It wasn't until after I finished my training that I pulled out the packet and read the information in it alone in my hotel room. That's when it all hit me."

Once Smith returned home from her business trip, she underwent chemotherapy first, since the form of cancer she had was an aggressive one. After six weeks of treatment, she then had surgery, a lumpectomy.

After the surgery, Smith was then placed on radiation treatments for what was supposed to be six weeks, but ended up being just two.

"I had the radiation five days a week, and I began deteriorating. I thought I was supposed to be feeling better," she said. "I became so weak and had breathing issues."

What Smith had was a severe case of pneumonia, which landed her in the hospital for a month to get antibiotics intravenously. She was also put on oxygen.

"I always tell people, it wasn't the cancer that almost killed me, it was the pneumonia," she said. "Cancer and the treatments affect everyone differently, and by the time I made it to the hospital I was told I had a 15 percent chance to live."

That experience forever changed Smith.

"Laying there, knowing you're on your death bed, you appreciate life so much more, you're thankful for life," she said.

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Military families get free entry into national parks

Active-duty military personnel and their dependents will soon be able to enter every national park for free as part of an effort to thank service members and their families for the sacrifices they make, the Interior Department announced Tuesday.

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ZeroN slips surly bonds, re-runs your 3D gestures in mid-air

Playback of 3D motion capture with a computer is nothing new, but how about with a solid levitating object? MIT's Media Lab has developed ZeroN, a large magnet and 3D actuator, which can fly an "interaction element" (aka ball bearing) and control its position in space. You can also bump it to and fro yourself, with everything scanned and recorded, and then have real-life, gravity-defying playback showing planetary motion or virtual cameras, for example. It might be impractical right now as a Minority Report-type object-based input device, but check the video after the break to see its awesome potential for 3D visualization.

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Deal of the Day ? 15.6? Dell XPS 15z Core i7 Ultra-thin 1080p Laptop with 1TB HDD

Monday’s LogicBUY Deal is the 15.6″ Dell XPS 15z Core i7-2640M 2.8GHz Dual-core Laptop for $999.99.? Features:? 1080p screen, 8GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, 1GB GeForce GT 525M, backlit keyboard, 1-year Premium Protection Package, slot-loading DVD burner, 8-cell battery, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS, and more. $1461.99 – $462 instant savings = $999.99 with [...]

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Mobile ? Facebook And Google Can?t Live With It And They Can?t Live Without It

This week Facebook did a virtually unprecedented thing. In the middle of its IPO roadshow it modified its S1 filing in reaction to questions it had been being asked by analysts. The modification I refer to stated that Facebook wanted to acknowledge a trend; that trend is the declining ARPU (average revenue per user) being seen in its current quarter. This trend is being driven, Facebook said, by the growth in its usage on mobile platforms and its inability to monetize those platforms in the same way, or at the same rate, as its desktop/laptop offerings. The previous iterations of the S1 had all contained the possibility of this trend. Even the likelihood of it. But the actuality of the trend was noted here for the first time in the S1.

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F-18 Launching at Night Is My Favorite Airporn of the Week [Airporn]

Some of my favorite airporn come from night launches on carriers. Here's a really beautiful shot of an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron launching from USS Carl Vinson. That engine fire is just awesome.[Flickr] More »

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Mortgage rates inch down to 3.91 percent

The average rate for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage declined 1 basis point to 3.91 percent since last week while the purchase application volume increased 3.4 percent and the refinance application increased 1.3 percent over the same period.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) publishes the results of a weekly applications survey that covers roughly 50 percent of all residential mortgage originations and tracks the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year fixed rate mortgages as well as the volume of both purchase and refinance applications.

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The purchase application index has been highlighted as a particularly important data series as it very broadly captures the demand side of residential real estate for both new and existing home purchases.

The latest data is showing that the average rate for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage (from FHA and conforming GSE data) declined 1 basis point to 3.91% since last week while the purchase application volume increased 3.4% and the refinance application increased 1.3% over the same period.

The following chart shows the average interest rate for 30 year and 15 year fixed rate mortgages since 2006 as well as the purchase, refinance and composite loan volumes (click for larger dynamic full-screen version).

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Pebble ties itself up in Twine: sounds so rustic, couldn't be any less (video)

Take an e-ink smartwatch that's got plenty of willing customers, throw in a WiFi-connected sensor box and well, imagine the possibilities. The founders behind Pebble and Twine hope you are, because they have announced that the pair will be connectable through the latter's web-based interface. This means you'll be able to setup text notifications to your wrist when your laundry's done, when someone's at your door and plenty more mundane real-world tasks. A brief video explains how it should all go down, but try not to get too excited -- pre-orders are sadly sold out.

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Han Solo Gets Frozen Into An iPhone Case In Dailies!

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Your Alarm Clock Could Be Making You Fat [Science]

People make all kinds of excuses for being a little overweight. But a new study suggests that tensions between our biological clocks and enforced working hours could be making us all pile on the pounds. More »

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Slaughterhouse Prep 'Real Sexy' Video With Cee Lo Green

'My Life' video is only for the 'most wildest and most vividest of imaginations,' Joe Budden tells MTV News.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by James Lacsina

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Why shouldn't Slaughterhouse enjoy all of their recent success? For years, Royce da 5'9", Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I have been putting in some serious work in hip-hop's underground, not always receiving their just due. Now that they are a premiere act on Eminem's Shady Records, rap's most lyrical bunch will take time reflect on the ups and downs with Cee Lo Green in their video for "My Life."

"It's just more of a rags-to-riches type of story that chronicles struggle, hardship, all of the hurdles that we've all jumped and some of the things that all of us have extreme gratitude for, if you listen to the lyrics of the songs," an expertly groomed Joe Budden told MTV News of the video's concept on Wednesday while shooting in L.A.

On the energetic second single from the group's upcoming Welcome to: Our House LP, the lyricists ponder their current wins in the face of all their previous losses. Cee Lo belts out a familiar hook over a Streetrunner and Sarom-produced track which lifts Italian band Corona's 1993 dance hit "The Rhythm of the Night." Though the newly released track has yet to make a dent in any of the Billboard song charts, it has all the makings of a hit record and has the potential to become a radio mainstay for the summer.

It may be hard to picture the B-roll, with all of its green screen, but for the Syndrome-directed video for "My Life," the planned visual effects will be key in telling the quartet's story. "Unless you have the most wildest and most vividest of imaginations you probably won't be able to get it, but he's doin' a lot of editing in post, he's doin' a lot of camera tricks," Budden said of Syndrome's aim. "He's gonna make it all come together, he's gonna make it all real sexy and we're excited to work with him."

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Brad Pitt: The New Face of Chanel No. 5!

None other than Hollywood leading man, fiance of Angelina Jolie and father of six Brad Pitt was just announced as the new face of Chanel No. 5.

He does have a pretty nice face, as guys go.

Brad, who has to be thrilled about President Obama's support for gay marriage, was confirmed by the French fashion house earlier this morning.

The Academy Award-nominated star is reportedly shooting his first ad sometime this week in London, where the couple is considering moving.

Pitt joins the likes of Nicole Kidman, Vanessa Paradis, Audrey Tautou, Ali MacGraw and Lauren Hutton as the face of the globally famous brand.

It’s the first time in history that a man will represent the fragrance.

According to reports, Pitt will be paid seven figures for his work ... not a bad fee to stand there and look good. His ad will be released later this year.

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Consolidation Hits UK Local Sites: Zoopla Buys UpMyStreet, Folds It Into Its Own Property Pages

The UK housing market has been on shaky legs for a while now -- with tight lending conditions, unemployment and general consumer confidence all playing their part in slowing things down -- and that is having the inevitable knock-on to sites built up to serve that sector: today brings news that Zoopla, one of the UK's bigger property sites, is buying up a smaller competitor / data supplier, UpMyStreet, and folding the latter company's business into its own. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it looks like the acquisition means curtains for the UpMyStreet brand, one of the oldest local-listings sites in the UK: if you visit that URL now you will see that the site now automatically redirects to Zoopla's pages, with no sign of UpMyStreet branding to be seen.

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Blue Droid RAZR heading to Verizon on May 17th, Ice Cream Sandwich nowhere to be found

Blue your favorite color? Have a thing for 7.1mm thin slabs? Then today's your lucky day. Verizon just announced an azure flavor of its exquisite Droid RAZR is set to hit its physical and virtual shelves next week -- though, it could show up at brick and mortar shops a wee bit earlier than that. Aside from the most recent paint job, this Droid RAZR isn't changing much, meaning you'll still get that admirable 4.3-inch, qHD display, a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU and Android 2.3 onboard (worry not, ICS should be coming soon). For now, gather up your cash and pay your nearest Big Red store a visit -- who knows, you might just get lucky.

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How a humongous garbage patch in the Pacific breeds new bugs (+video)

The great Pacific garbage patch has created a new breeding ground for a marine insect, which in turn is changing Pacific ecosystems.?

The great Pacific garbage patch is giving sea striders a place to breed out on the open ocean, changing the natural environment there, new research suggests.

Skip to next paragraph The average American throws away three and a half pounds of trash each day. You may be surprised that some of that is ending up in the ocean, with much going to what is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. At twice the size of Texas, one woman has made cleaning this vast space her mission.

The great Pacific garbage patch, known to scientists as the?North Pacific Subtropial Gyre, is a large patch of mulched up plastic and other garbage, often said to be the size of Texas, floating in the Pacific Ocean.

"This paper shows a dramatic increase in plastic over a relatively short time period and the effect it's having on a common North Pacific Gyre invertebrate," study researcher Miriam Goldstein, graduate student at the University of California San Diego, said in a statement. "We're seeing changes in this marine insect that can be directly attributed to the plastic."

The sea strider,?Halobates sericeus, is related to?pond striders?seen in freshwater lakes. It usually lays its eggs on floating objects in the ocean, like seashells, seabird feathers, tar lumps and pumice. The researchers compared recently collected plastic to that collected in 1972 under a microscope.

They found that the number of pieces of plastic less than 0.2 inches (5 millimeters) in diameter increased about 100 times over the past 40 years. They also found that these tiny plastic pieces gave sea striders more room to lay their eggs, leading to much higher densities of the invertebrate in?the garbage patch.

By giving these insects a place to breed out on the open ocean, the plastic patch is changing the natural environment and could be having an impact on the local food web, the researchers said. This is exactly what they've been worried about, Goldstein said. [Video: Humans Hit the Oceans Hard]

"It's a general pattern throughout the ocean that the animals that live on hard surfaces are different than the animals that live on soft surfaces, or in the water column. All this plastic has added a lot of hard surfaces to an ecosystem that historically has very few," Goldstein told LiveScience in an email.

This could be a "good" thing for the insect's main predator, crabs, increasing their numbers ? but such a large change could?disrupt the oceanic food web, the researchers said. And the items that the insect eats, including tiny animals like zooplankton and fish eggs, could take a big population hit.

The garbage patch community seems to have a very low amount of biodiversity, Goldstein said, which isn't a great thing: "We're concerned that this might change the flow of energy in this ecosystem, potentially favoring the low-biodiversity rafting community at the expense of the high-biodiversity water column community."

The study will be published May 9 in the journal Biology Letters.

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