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In the 1990s, Detroit automakers offered an array of natural-gas-powered vehicles to both fleets and consumers. But as soon as the government moved on, so did automakers -- shifting to other technologies such as hydrogen that are years from being able to market.
Now General Motors is returning to natural gas when it comes to vans for fleet customers. It will offer compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) versions of the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans starting later this year. But not anyone can get one:
They will only be available to commercial fleets.
"We're listening to our fleet customers and dealers about offering options that help them achieve their business objectives," said Brian Small, general manager of GM's fleet and commercial operations. "The industry commitment to expand the CNG and LPG infrastructure in key fleet markets was an enabler to allowing us to introduce these options now."
To make the van work on natural gas, GM's Vortec six-liter V-8 engine receives hardened exhaust valves and intake and exhaust valve seats for improved wear resistance.
Both CNG and LPG vans will carry GM's limited new vehicle warranty including the 5-year/100,000 mile transferable GM powertrain limited warranty.
"We've made choosing a CNG or LPG van easier for our customers," said Joyce Mattman, director of GM's commercial products and specialty vehicles. "No other manufacturer offers a commercial CNG or LPG option that provides a solution with this level of support and availability."
No prices yet.
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris


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Hafen Nominated for Emerging Scholar Best Article Award
Christopher Hafen, research scientist at the Curry School of Education's Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, was nominated for the Journal of Youth and Adolescence's Emerging Scholar Best Article Award. His article "The Pivotal Role of Adolescent Autonomy in Secondary School Classrooms" was among twelve finalists for the competitive honor.
In the study, Hafen along with co-authors Joseph P. Allen, Amori Yee Mikami, Anne Gregory, Bridget Hamre, and Robert C. Pianta, examined the influence of student autonomy on classroom engagement over the course of the school year in a sample of 578 high school students. The results showed students who perceived their classrooms as allowing and encouraging autonomy displayed increases in engagement. On the other hand, students situated in less autonomous classrooms showed decreased engagement over the duration of the class.
The annual award is given to an outstanding article authored by a non-tenured scholar. Roger Levesque, the editor and chief of the journal, said in the article announcing the finalists and winner, "Given that the journal publishes 12 issues per year, each containing about 11-12 manuscripts, the editors view the award as considerably distinctive accomplishment."

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Let me begin by saying I'm a big Scott Adams fan. With his Dilbert comic strip I think he identified the unique and funny characteristics of geek culture way before anybody else. I still laugh when I read Dilbert; I have encountered my share of pointy headed bosses.
Yesterday, while everyone else was going nutso over our quadrennial bout of insanity known as the presidential elections, Adams was penning a blog post titled "The Privacy Illusion."
He starts with a big disclaimer saying his blog is not about advocacy or opinion, but then goes on to make a pretty strong argument that people's concerns over their privacy are pointless.
His reasons? The government already knows a crapload of stuff about you, and can find out a lot more with the appropriate legal paperwork. Thus we have no privacy and we should all get over it, like Scott Nealy famously said a billion years ago.
For example:
The government doesn't know your spending details. But your bank and your credit card company do. And the government can subpoena bank records anytime it cares enough to do so. The government can't always watch you pay for stuff with cash, but don't expect that to last. At some point in the next twenty years, physical currency will be eliminated in favor of digital transactions.
Your government doesn't know who you are having sex with, but only because it doesn't care. If the government started to care, perhaps because it suspected you of a crime, it could get warrants to check your email, text messages, phone records, and online dating account. It could also make your lover testify about your sexual preferences and practices. It did exactly that with Bill Clinton.
Adams makes a couple of common but faulty assumptions that people – and by people in this case I mean mostly Libertarians like Adams – often make.
One false assumption is that by giving up some information to some parties, you suddenly have lost the right to make that same information private to others. It's called selective disclosure, and we all do it every single day. We tell our doctors things we'd never tell our bosses. We tell our friends things we wouldn't necessarily want repeated to our spouses. And if our doctors or friends went spreading that info around to our bosses and spouses, we'd be mightily pissed.
Yes, it is absolutely true that a lot of information about us is public, like the property we own, whether we have a criminal record, and where and how often we've voted. Those bits of information are all necessary for a democracy to function (even a quadrennially insane one).
There are other bits of information that are not public but are accessible to government and some private entities – like social security numbers and driving records. My bank or insurance company can easily find these things out; my neighbor, not so much. There are good reasons for that too. In this case, there are laws regulating who can legally get at this information and who can't.
In fact, there are laws regulating the government in this regard. Uncle Sam can't just pull any information he wants about you for any reason; he's got to have a good reason, and he's almost always got to prove it to a judge.
That doesn't mean law enforcement doesn't abuse this privilege to get at information it has no right to see, or that judges don't agree too easily with these kinds of requests. Both of those things happen. But again, that's selective disclosure – it's not public information – and it's regulated. Abuses are the exception, not the rule.
Adams goes on to talk about surveillance cameras and license plate cameras in toll booths that can track your location. Again, this is not information that should be shared widely – and if it is, the organization that's sharing it usually catches some heat. (Though location privacy is an extremely large hole in our legal fabric, one that needs to be sewn up, and soon.)
Then Adams loses it entirely by talking about how the whole concept of an Orwellian Big Brother is passe.
The Big Brother concept seems a lot like the bogey man. It isn't a real risk to law-abiding citizens; it just feels like one. Some would argue that while the government of the United States in its current form is unlikely to flagrantly abuse your private information and get away with it for long, that situation could change, as it did in Hitler's Germany. I would counter by noting that any argument that uses a Hitler analogy is self-refuting.
For the benefit of the absolutists reading this, I will agree that the odds of the U.S. Government becoming Nazi-like are non-zero. But you have the same odds of being hit by a meteor, and you don't modify your life to avoid meteors. Likewise, you probably shouldn't modify your life because you fear the government might go Nazi. Just relax, enjoy the promise of technology, and stop worrying about Big Brother.
First, I think the citizens of China, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Eqypt, Turkey, Libya, Pakistan, and the other governments that have used the Internet to track down enemies of the state would all disagree with him. "Law abiding" exists entirely within the eyes of whoever is defining the law at that moment. Hitler is dead, but fascism and its close cousins are alive and kicking.
Even if we are just talking about this country, a look at recent history shows that privacy abuses routinely occurred, especially during the War on Terror conducted by the Bush Administration. (And it hasn't changed all that much under Obama.)
How did all those people end up in Gitmo or shipped off to foreign prisons? It wasn't because they got stopped for speeding or hit by a meteor. Apparently Adams missed the stories about the police bugging privileged conversations between terror suspects and their attorneys. Even if its intentions were good – and I'm not saying they always are -- our government was acting on its own, Nazi-style, US Constitution and jurisprudence be damned.
Let me quote the ACLU on this one:
The fear of terrorism has led to a new era of overzealous police intelligence activity directed, as in the past, against political activists, racial and religious minorities, and immigrants. This surveillance activity is not directed solely at suspected terrorists and criminals. It's directed at all of us. Increasingly, the government is engaged in suspicionless surveillance that vacuums up and tracks sensitive information about innocent people.
Big Brother a bogey man? Perhaps Adams is just stirring the pot for fun and doesn't actually believe any of this stuff. Still, this is shallow thinking even for a guy who draws cartoons for a living.
Finally, Adams wrote his post entirely about how the government having access to all this information obliterates our privacy. He fails to notice or mention how nongovernment entities – corporations and other organizations – may also abuse our privacy.
Again it comes down to selective disclosure. Do individuals have the right to control who sees their information and what they can do with it? Absolutely. That's the thing we're fighting right now over things like Do Not Track and location privacy. That battle isn't over; it has barely begun. No matter what Dilbert's boss believes.
Got a question about social media? TY4NS blogger Dan Tynan may have the answer (and if not, he'll make something up). Visit his snarky, occasionally NSFW blog eSarcasm or follow him on Twitter: @tynanwrites. For the latest IT news, analysis and how-to's, follow ITworld on Twitter and Facebook.
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Samsung continues to step up its rhetoric around the Galaxy Note 7, while the first injuries occurred over the weekend.
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note7 at today's Unpacked event in New York City. Skipping over 6 in nomenclature, presumably to catch up with the Galaxy S7 name, the Note7 retains the Note 5's 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display size and QHD (2,560-by-1,440) resolution, albeit with a slight dual-glass curvature (courtesy of Gorilla Glass 5) and newfound…
The Army's Special Operations Command is reportedly considering a switch from Android to iPhone, thanks to problems with the Android Tactical Assault Kit's performance on Samsung devices.
Samsung is skipping a number in an attempt to make the Note relevant again.
Could Samsung collaborate with Apple in building OLED displays for the next iPhone? Continued evolution of the technology suggests it's not a crazy idea.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 has come in for some pretty positive reviews, but it turns out it also has a serious flaw.
Both phones look amazing and sport Exynos 7420 octa-core processors (2.1GHz quad and 1.5GHz quad) and 4GB of RAM — but is that enough?
Earlier this year, Samsung announced a brand new virtual reality headset by the name of Gear VR. Made in partnership with the team at Oculus VR, this clever headset uses a Galaxy Note 4 to power the virtual reality experience, and a bluetooth controller to navigate. The "Innovator Edition" is currently up for pre-registration, and you'll be able to buy your very own in early December.
One of the biggest events at IFA 2014 in Berlin is Samsung's Unpacked Episode 2 — and you watch a live video stream of the event right here, embedded below. Samsung will almost certainly unveil the Galaxy Note 4, which the company hopes will put it in good stead against the upcoming large-screen iPhone 6. The Unpacked event will probably be used to talk more about the Gear S smartwatch, and potentially two other new exciting products: The Galaxy Note Edge and the Gear VR.
Over the next week, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be released on all major US carriers. On its own, this would be a fairly momentus occasion — the Galaxy Note and Note 2 are two of the best-selling mobile devices ever, with 38 million sold worldwide — but to push us over the edge, Samsung is also releasing the Galaxy Gear smartwatch at the same time. Read on for the Galaxy Note 3 hardware specs, release date, and a hands-on video of the Note 3 and Galaxy Gear smartwatch working in perfect harmony.
The consumer electronics market has been taking cues from Lewis Carroll these past couple of years. Tablets are getting smaller, but smartphones are ballooning. However, new data is showing that phablets — the bizarre hybrid of tablets and phones — aren't being used as much as their larger and smaller counterparts. Despite some rather loud cheerleading from the Android camp, phablets aren't much more than a niche at this point.
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I'm appalled and saddened by the photograph on Page A8 of the April 8 edition of the Athens Banner-Herald, accompanying the story on the dedication of the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia.
The photo shows the UGA Air Force ROTC Honor Guard with the American flag, along with a number of people standing or sitting as the flag passes. Not one of those people is demonstrating respect for the flag.
The custom in the United States is to stand and salute the American flag when it is approaching or passing. The customary salute for civilians is to stand erect with the right hand over the heart until the flag is approximately 10 paces past. A man wearing a hat should remove it.
I wonder if the people in the photo are ignorant of the historical respect shown to the U.S. flag. Perhaps they were apathetic, or maybe they were demonstrating disrespect, which is their right.
Regardless, I hope we will all, in the future, demonstrate respect for our flag.
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The case for and against in the American League's Most Valuable Player race between Justin Morneau and Derek Jeter:
PLAYER STATS: Derek Jeter, Justin Morneau
Announcement date: Nov. 21
Case for: Morneau ranked among the top 10 in batting (seventh), slugging (sixth), on-base plus slugging (eighth), hits (seventh), total bases (fifth) and RBI (second). On June 8, the Twins were 25-33 and Morneau was hitting .236 with 11 home runs and 39 RBI. From there, the Twins went 71-33 and Morneau hit .363 with 23 homers and 91 RBI as Minnesota won the AL Central title.
Jeter was Mr. Consistency, which was what the Yankees needed with injuries to Hideki Matsui, Gary Sheffield and Robinson Cano. By month, Jeter hit .398, .292, .322, .412, .295 and .368 and finished second in the league in average and runs. He also won his third consecutive Gold Glove.
Case against: In the last 20 years, there have been two players to hit less than 20 home runs and win the award, Ichiro Suzuki (eight) in 2001 and Barry Larkin (15) in 1995. Jeter, with 14 homers, had 155 singles (second in the AL) and a .483 slugging percentage, 29th in the league, to Morneau's .559 slugging percentage, sixth in the AL.
Jeter hit .245 when the game was in the seventh inning or later with a one-run lead, a tie score or the tying run on base. Morneau hit .318.
However, Morneau was not the key defensive figure Jeter was and contributed virtually nothing in the running game (34 stolen bases for Jeter to three for Morneau).
Little-known fact: The last Twin to win the MVP was Rod Carew in 1977.
Quote: "Morneau's been wonderful. But the circumstances Jeter plays in on a daily basis and what he's done with the Yankees' injuries and (Alex Rodriguez) struggling a little bit, holding this thing together, is outstanding." — Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay Devil Rays manager, talking to the New York Daily News.
USA TODAY voting (Based on 14-9-8-7-etc.): Jeter 125; Morneau 124; David Ortiz, Red Sox 89


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The advantage of qemu is also that it works on OS X which would be a
BIG bonus for me. Certainly, if someone could produce a qemu image of
the development environment it would be good.
On 01/11/05, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal dash pc dot org> wrote:
> From: "Chris Buechler" <cbuechler at gmail dot com>
> On 10/30/05, Chris Taylor <chris at x dash bb dot org> wrote:
> >> Ugo: If you (or another of the major developers) would be willing to
> >> pre-roll a "m0n0 Development Environment", I'd certainly look into using
> >> it. I currently mostly use WinXP on the desktop but I have Linux
> >> machines too. At present, the barrier to me (and, I suspect, quite a few
> >> others) is simply that we can't roll our own images, so being able to
> >> get hold of and fiddle with the source is largely useless.
> > I posted this to the -dev list too, but I'll post it here as well for
> > those not on that list. Once we decide on an OS for 1.3, I'll be
> > putting together a virtual machine for those interested in
> > development. VMware's free player (and a little spare RAM on your
> > machine) is all that would be required, and it's available for Windows
> > and Linux.
> Why wait? :-) A lot of things can still be done on the stable version
> before we have a stable beta... And in the spirit of free software, QEMU
> http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/ is approaching stable. :-)
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I have been divorced for 10 years, and my son has left the nest. I am shy, but open up when I get to know you. and become quite spontaneous. I am looking for someone who likes Science Fiction or fantasy, hard rock, heavy metal or alternative music, motorcycles, computers and intimacy. Some of these things would be nice, and all other things are negotiable. I do not like to watch sports on TV, but do enjoy playing a little basketball, or volleyball. I do not like going to bars unless there is a live band there. I have tried to read minds, but have failed miserably. I also have a silly sense of humor , and am very considerate of the feelings of others. I am straight forward, and will tell you if I don't like something that you do....maybe even a little too blunt. I apologize ahead of time. I match well with ENFJ, or ESFJ.
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SALT LAKE CITY – 3form, an architectural materials specialist, recently announced that the grand prize winner of the Fourth Annual People's Choice Installation Contest is the Rio Hondo Screen, a sculptural screen located in the lobby of the Rio Hondo College Library in California. Jacksonville Mall, in North Carolina, took first place in the Commercial category of the People's Choice Contest. This exciting project is notable for the custom 3form Light Art fixture used in the entrance of the mall.
The contest drew entries from all over the country and even saw entries from South America, Taiwan and elsewhere worldwide. In all 134 commercial and 68 residential projects were submitted.
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The Rio Hondo Screen is a sculptural screen designed by AC Martin Partners as a focal point of the lobby of the Rio Hondo Library that recalls a rushing stream, paying tribute to the "rio" of Rio Hondo College. To achieve the ethereal centerpiece, the team at AC Martin used neutral tinted 3form Varia Ecoresin specified as off-the-shelf Shapes in Valley and installed with 3form Suspend Hardware.
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Can we go back to the old system of updating preview images and thumbnails? Please, it doesn't make sense why it should go into the updating review process. It takes long and it makes the update queue larger .
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It would make sense. Unless they are afraid you might upload a naughty picture.
I wish they had something like "Trusted Author" option to select for guys like.. me ...so that kind of updates to be made automatic.
You can still do thumbnails without a review, but you could never do preview images. Adrien typically has items in the update queue done in under 3 days so either way it shouldn't be too big of a deal.
Do what i do ,pm Adrian and say how you where inspired by his movie ,he will update your image in no time .
Yeah… I think preview image is a bit problematic because some files can have there the file preview itself. Or something.
You can still do thumbnails without a review…
Really? How? Because when you edit an item, the thumbnail upload appears down in the section that "requires review".
It would make sense. Unless they are afraid you might upload a naughty picture.


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The Jacksonville Fire Department will begin testing the citys fire hydrants on Monday. This testing is necessary to maintain and improve current Insurance Service Organization ratings, which determines insurance rates for business and homeowners.
This testing could cause the unsettling of sediment that does collect in the water mains. This sediment will cause discoloration of the water and can stain clothing in the wash. However, unsightly the water may be, it is bacteriologically safe to drink. Citizens are urged to check for discolored water before doing laundry to avoid staining clothing during the testing period. The testing is scheduled to be completed by Nov. 28.
Winter coat donations will be collected Saturday
Donations of winter coats will be received at Wal-Mart by the Salvation Army on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Volunteers will be available in the parking lot to receive all donations. These coats will be available for needy families during the time of Christmas assistance sign-ups in early November.
Parks and recreations sets craft sale for Nov. 19
Jacksonville Parks and Recreation will hold its annual holiday craft sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 at Jacksonville Comm-unity Center, No. 5 Municipal Drive. Vendors from all over will be on hand. Crafts include quilts, woodwork, needlework, candles, ceramics, jewelry, American Native crafts, basket weaving, rug hooking, carving and much more. There is a $1 admission fee at the door for adults only. For more information call 982-4171.


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Zac Efron Dropped That Condom To Impress Nicole Kidman. Of Course.
When Zac Efron dropped a Magnum condom at The Lorax premiere, you'd just assume it was a simple mistake at best or a deliberate message to the ladies at worst. Except if you're The National Enquirer, you immediately assume it's a clever stunt to woo his two decades older The Paperboy co-star Nicole Kidman away from Keith Urban which makes all the sense in the world. I don't know how we missed it. Via Gossip Cop:
"He thinks she's the most beautiful woman he's ever laid eyes on," reveals a so-called "insider," adding, "Zac said if Nicole wasn't married, he'd put the moves on her hard."
The Enquirer alleges that Efron's recent red carpet miscue was all part of a plan to "impress" Kidman.
Efron dropped the "gold magnum condom – which is used by well-endowed men" because, as the magazine's source explains, "He knew reports of the incident would get back to her."
"He wanted to let her know what kind of man he really is," says the Enquirer insider.
In The Enquirer's defense, nothing impresses a mother of three more than exposing a crowd of innocent children to the rubber device you put over an erect penis before intercourse. It's the original panty-dropper. That said, we all know Zac isn't into cougars. Or just Demi Moore. Wow, this is actually starting to sound plausible, but I'm not committing to anything until I see Zac Efron standing on the red carpet with a fistful of Botox and/or whipping an IUD at a day care. It's the only way to know for sure.
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Curvy Girls on NUVOtv is almost here! The closer we get to the June 11th premiere, the more excited I get! Today's 5 Questions features Lornalitz Baez. She's a fighter and won't let anything get in the way of her dreams!
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On the day to day when I am not working I dress down with no makeup so what I love most about modeling is the glamour of it all. Having a team of professionals make me up and care how I look. It feels great to be "Barbie" for a day.
What is your definition of a true "Curvy Girl?"
My definition of a true Curvy Girl is a female that is happy in her own skin and carries a healthy positive demeanor and life style.
If you could model for any designer who would it be and why?
Marc Jacobs with out a doubt. I have always loved Marc. I pretty much own everything Marc Jacobs. Marc Jacobs is the leading cutting edge of fashion. It will be a dream come true to work with him.
What is your favorite thing to do when you're not in front of the camera.
Spend time with my family and continue to pursue future endeavors.
What helpful advice would you give a new or aspiring model
Confidence is the key! Do not allow the industry to ruin your dedication to achieve your goal or destroy your self worth.


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Congregation Etz Hadar, a Conservative Jewish congregation in Redlands, will have an open house starting at 11 a.m. Sunday to welcome its clergy leadership for the High Holidays, Rabbi Cheryl Peretz, assisted by rabbinical student Adir Yolkut.
Peretz, associate dean at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, and Yolkut, who will be a fourth-year student there, will present a program on "Preparing Your Heart for the High Holidays."
This year, the High Holidays begin on the evening of Sept. 24, with Erev Rosh Hashanah, the eve of the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah continues on Sept. 25 and 26.
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins the evening of Oct. 3, concluding on the evening of Oct. 4.
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The Salt Lake Tribune last week collected one national and one regional award, and for that, each of you can pat yourself on the back.
The Associated Press Media Editors First Amendment Award, presented Thursday afternoon in Denver, and the Ted Natt First Amendment Award, handed out Thursday night in Seattle, recognize distinguished service in the cause of open government. The Tribune won both awards for informing the debate that led to lawmakers' repeal of HB477, a law passed with minimal public input in the Legislature's final days that would have seriously restricted public access to government records.
Our role was threefold.
Tribune reporters, despite the challenge of writing about an issue that profoundly affected them, covered the story from multiple perspectives, striving to be fair and complete so you could form your own opinions and act accordingly.
Led by publisher Dean Singleton, our editorial board, in two rare and strongly worded front-page editorials, called on Gov. Gary Herbert to veto HB477, then admonished him for failing to do so.
And editor Nancy Conway headed a media coalition that lobbied lawmakers to repeal the law, which if it had survived would have eliminated the presumption in Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act that government records should be public. Government agencies and officials would not have had to disclose text messages, instant messages and video chats used to conduct the public's business, and people requesting public records would have been subject to new processing fees.
Your role was even more important.
We informed the debate, but you got HB477 repealed.
Rarely has public outcry about legislation been louder or more determined. Utahns who ascribe to tea party principles joined liberals in shared purpose we all wish could be applied more often to solve the problems of our day.
You acted based on what you learned throughout the debate. That's how journalism is supposed to work. It's why The Tribune garnered national recognition last week.
Three judges were unanimous in selecting The Tribune for the Ted Natt Award, which is named for the former publisher of the Longview, Wash., Daily News and open to AP members in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana.
Judge Edward Miller described our role as "a valuable public service with a rare happy ending," according to a Friday AP story.
In presenting its award, APME cited The Tribune "for devotion to overcoming obstacles in the path of a free flow of information and thus contributing through extraordinary effort to the public's right to know."
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With celebrities quickly taking to Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, it's clear that the entertainment industry is embracing technology and the digital space. What's interesting is that some people in Hollywood are finding that they prefer the freedom technology and the Internet provide, as actor Kevin Pollak explained to us in this interview:
In another recent interview with Alec Shankman, the CEO of Hollywood interactive community GotCast, he told us that technology and the entertainment industry were "merging quickly." Sites such as Hulu, Netflix, and, of course, YouTube are creating many new opportunities for both known talent and budding talent.
While there are many opportunities, there are also challenges in bringing these two industries together. After being an agent for several years, Shankman realized that there was a gap in connecting fresh talent to agents, producers, and casting directors. He and his business partner Wil Schroter took this problem and developed a platform for bridging this gap called GotCast.com.
"We're actually merging the way talent is discovered and the way that talent finds work with technology," said Shankman.
They wanted to create options beyond American Idol, The Voice, and other talent oriented shows.
He went on to explain that the service has both a free and premium model and anyone that wants can sign up. The service also has a social-based component called MediaBlastr that allows family and friends to vote for their loved ones on various social sites. Brands such as MySpace, Dove, and Sony Playstation have created contests that have gone viral through this element.
"It's really difficult for a brand to get talent to, or anybody for that matter, to speak about the brand across Facebook and Twitter without getting paid for it or without having a really specific reason," Shankman said.
"But, in this case, when you're saying, 'Hey, I wanna be the new face of Dove, come vote for me,' and you're posting it on Twitter and Facebook and Google+, and then your friends go to vote for you and they sign up and they post the same thing, it gets really viral really quickly; and it's incredible for brands," he added.
The other challenge with this intersection of technology and entertainment is monetization. The entertainment industry is accustomed to having tried and true business models, but this new space is different. Shankman told us that GotCast, and the others that are embracing the two, are still experimenting with revenue models.
"Technology is growing like crazy everyday, so it's gonna be in the entertainment space whether entertainment's ready or not," he said.
Despite these challenges, Shankman said that Hollywood was motivated to integrate technology because it didn't want to "miss the boat" like the recording industry did.


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During the first hour and a half following Senator Arlen Specter's announcement that he was switching from the Republican Party to the Democratic, CNN pushed the "big message" behind the defection, that "the Republican Party has moved so far to the right, that it is making itself uncompetitive in significant parts of the country, like the Northeast," as the network's senior political analyst Bill Schneider (shown at right) put it. He continued that the "Democrats, under President Obama, are really moving to claim the center of American politics." Anchor Kyra Phillips even used the "center" label as an apparent synonym for Democrat.
Phillips' fellow anchor Tony Harris turned to Schneider three times over the course of fifteen minutes during the 12 pm Eastern hour of the Newsroom program on CNN. During the first appearance 22 minutes into the hour, Harris asked the senior political analyst, "Could we see more of these defections and switches?" Schneider answered, "Tony, this has been going on for years. Republicans in the Northeast have been defeated....They've been losing general elections. The Republican Party -- there's a big message here, which is that the Republican Party has moved so far to the right, that it is making itself uncompetitive in significant parts of the country, like the Northeast. This is really a cannon shot at them, saying this party is no longer competitive in lots of the country."
Eleven minutes later, the anchor again prompted Schneider for his take on Specter's move. The analyst expanded on his earlier remarks, making his first use of the "center" label:
SCHNEIDER: Well, first of all, like many Republicans in the Northeast, he was facing a conservative primary opponent. He was clearly worried about his own survival. But there is a much bigger message here. Is there a -- an Obama realignment beginning? Is been going on for some time, that Republicans have become more and more desperate in the Northeast. But President Obama's election -- the conversion of Arlen Specter means that there's an indication President Obama is reaching out to the middle of the electorate, which the Republicans have increasingly abandoned with their move to the right. Particularly in the Northeast and on the West Coast, there are a lot of voters who do not feel comfortable with the Republican Party. The reverse happened when Ronald Reagan was president. He brought -- reached out to a lot of conservative Democrats and brought them into the Republican Party, particularly in the South. Well, there may now be an Obama realignment that is parallel to the Reagan realignment, where northeastern and western Republicans are moving more and more to the Democratic Party, and Republicans in those parts of the country are really becoming a trace element.
Later in the same segment, Harris asked about the Pennsylvania senator's statement, and Schneider got more explicit about Democrats's "claim [on] the center:"
HARRIS: One of the comments -- we played a portion of the comments from Senator Patrick Leahy. But apparently, he went on to say that in his conversation with Senator Specter, Senator Specter said to him, the party left him -- referring to the Republican Party -- the party left him, he didn't leave the party. Shed some more light on what you think may be behind that statement.
SCHNEIDER: The statement -- what's behind that statement is the view of Senator Specter that the Republican Party has moved too far to the right under George Bush and since then. Since then, they lost the 2006 election -- they lost the 2008 election, but the Republicans show no sign of trying to recapture the center. In fact, they've hardened their -- their line on the right. They have adamantly opposed everything President Obama -- not everything, but most of the economic policies that President Obama is trying to implement. And his view is, the party has moved so far to the right, it's abandoned the center where he is, and therefore, he feels that he'd be more comfortable as a Democrat. It's a signal that the Democrats, under President Obama, are really moving to claim the center of American politics.
Schneider did not appear during the 1 pm Eastern hour of the Newsroom program, but the "center" label he had used apparently had a significant effect on anchor Kyra Phillips, who made a bit of a Freudian slip 13 minutes into that hour:
KYRA PHILLIPS: Well, it's been our top story of the day. Since 1966, Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania senator, has been a Republican, but today he has switched parties.
Dana Bash, joining us on the phone now. She's the one that broke this story. Dana, can you hear me okay? [pause] Okay. We lost Dana Bash. We'll try to bring her back.
Of course, we're following that top story today, along with the flu -- the swine flu, and that is the fact that Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter has switched parties from Republican -- Republican to center -- obviously, creating a shell-shocked feeling, as Dana Bash had told us, within the Republican Party.


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University of Missouri, Department of Biological Engineering, Columbia, Missouri, 65211
An algorithm was developed to obtain depth-resolved local optical axis in birefringent samples by using conventional polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT) that uses a single circularly polarized incident light. The round-trip sample Jones matrices were first constructed from the cumulative PSOCT results. An iterative method was then applied to construct the depth-resolved local Jones matrix from which the local optical axis was calculated. The proposed algorithm was validated in samples with homogeneous axis and with depth-varying optical axis. Imaging examples were shown to demonstrate the capability of this method for extracting correct local axis and revealing features not evident in other images.
Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PSOCT)1 enhances conventional optical coherence tomography (OCT)2 by revealing polarization properties, such as retardance and optical axis, in addition to structural information. Such polarization-dependent contrast has potential applications in a variety of areas, such as ophthalmology, dermatology, and dentistry. Due to the "round-trip" signal detection in OCT, conventional PSOCT measurements are integrated results from the sample surface to the measurement depth. Because such cumulative results are not intuitive for interpretation and incorrect for samples with depth-varying optical axis, various algorithms3–9 have been developed to extract depth-resolved local polarization properties. The majority of these reported methods are Jones matrix-based5–7 OCT systems that require multiple imaging acquisitions with different incident polarization. These algorithms cannot be directly applied to the widely adopted conventional PSOCT systems that use a single circularly polarized incident light. An algorithm8 was recently reported to extract local retardance in birefringent samples using a conventional PSOCT system. However, the local optical axis cannot be obtained by using this algorithm. Here, we extended the previous algorithm8 and developed a new iterative method that can derive a true depth-resolved local optical axis along with local retardance in conventional PSOCT systems.
In a conventional PSOCT system, a circularly polarized light is usually used as the incident light, and the horizontally (H) and vertically (V) polarized backscattered light from the sample are measured. The "single-trip" cumulative retardance δ and "fast" optical axis θ can then be obtained in addition to the intensity I=10 log10(H2+V2) as:8Display Formula
To construct the local optical axis and retardance (denoted as ϕ and κ, respectively) at a particular depth in a birefringent sample, the corresponding i'th layer (represented as the i'th image pixel in the A-scan) is modeled as a linear retarder whose Jones matrix Ji is:11Display Formula
From Eq. (6), both round-trip Jones matrix of the top n layers JRT(n) and the single-trip Jones matrix of the top (n−1) layers JST(n−1) are needed to calculate the local Jones matrix Jn. The JRT(n) in a birefringent sample is also a linear retarder:8Display Formula
To calculate the single-trip Jones matrix JST(n−1), a recursive algorithm can be applied starting from the first layer where JST(1)=J1=JL(θ1,δ1). Once the local retardance and optical axis are determined for the n'th layer, the next single-trip cumulative Jones matrix for the top n layers is constructed as: Display Formula
Instead of calculating the local retardance κn from JnTJn along with the optical axis ϕn, we obtained κn from the PSOCT measurements of the two neighboring layers as reported previously.8 Briefly, from the PSOCT measurements obtained at depth layer n−1 (δn−1 and θn−1) and depth layer n (δn and θn), the following matrix is constructed: Display Formula
The above algorithm was tested on PSOCT images acquired using a bulk-optic frequency domain PSOCT system described elsewhere.12 The system has a central wavelength of 844 nm. The depth and lateral resolution of the system are 6.7 and 37 μm in air, respectively. Imaging speed is 50 k A−lines/s. The structure image I, cumulative phase retardation δ, relative optical axis θ were calculated by Eq. (1). A 3×3 (pixel) median filter was applied to the measured H and V components to remove the speckle noise prior to applying the proposed algorithm.
An initial test was conducted to verify the algorithm in a tendon sample with uniform fiber orientation. A piece of chicken tendon was slightly stretched and mounted so that the sample surface was roughly perpendicular to the incident light. A series of PSOCT images were obtained and processed using the aforementioned algorithm while the tendon sample was rotated from around −10 to 80 deg with a 10 deg step. The 0 deg was defined as the position when tendon fiber orientation was parallel with the B-scan direction [Fig. 1(a)]. The calculated fast optical axis angle was shifted by 90 deg to display the fibrous orientation, which is along the "slow" optical axis.
PSOCT imaging of a tendon sample rotated from −10 to 80 deg. (a) An illustration of the sample rotation. (b) Sample images obtained at −10, 30, and 70 deg: intensity I∈[45 dB,85 dB], cumulative retardance δ∈[0,π/2], cumulative axis θ∈[−π/2,π/2], local retardance κ∈[0,0.5], and local axis ϕ∈[−π/2,π/2]. (c) The mean and standard deviation of the local retardance κ and optical axis ϕ calculated from the region of interest (ROI) marked in the box in (b). The size bar in the intensity image indicates 0.5 mm.
Banded patterns appeared in the images of cumulative retardance δ and optical axis θ as expected [Fig. 1(b)]. The images of local retardance κ were relative homogeneous, suggesting a uniform distribution of optical retardance in the sample. The calculated images of local optical axis ϕ were also uniform at each rotation angle but had different values at different angles. For quantitative comparison, the mean and standard deviation values of the local retardance and optical axis were calculated for a region of interest (ROI) enclosed by the box in Fig. 1(b). As shown in Fig. 1(c), the mean local retardance remained stable at different rotation angles. However, the mean local axis correctly retrieved the sample orientation. The axis measurements were well-fitted by a linear regression of y=0.995 x−3.6 deg (R2=0.997).
We next tested the algorithm in a sample with depth-varying optical axis. A specimen was constructed by stacking two pieces of chicken tendons at an angle. The upper tendon sample was positioned at ∼72 deg, and the lower piece was positioned at about −13 deg. In the intensity image [Fig. 2(a)], the boundary of the two pieces of tendon can be vaguely identified. The boundary disappeared in the cumulative retardance [Fig. 2(b)] and optical axis [Fig. 2(c)] images that show continuous banded patterns across the boundary. The image of local retardance [Fig. 2(d)] has a uniform appearance suggesting similar retardance in both tendon pieces. However, the two pieces show a distinct contrast in the image of local optical axis [Fig. 2(e)], while the axis appears to be relatively homogeneous within each piece. Figure 2(f) shows the histograms of local retardance and axis obtained from the two small ROI shown in Fig. 2(d) and 2(e). The calculated optical axis within the two ROIs in Fig. 2(f) is 69.5±3.7 deg in the upper piece and −16.0±6.9 deg in the lower piece; both are consistent with the specimen configuration.
PSOCT images of two pieces of tendon samples stacked at an angle. (a) intensity; (b) cumulative retardance; (c) cumulative axis; (d) local retardance; (e) local axis; (f) distributions of local retardance and axis values obtained from the two regions of interest (ROI) shown in (d) and (e). The size bars in (a) indicate 0.5 mm.
Figure 3 shows the en face images extracted along the two dotted lines in Fig. 2(a). Images were filtered by a 5×5 median filter in the en face plane for display. Although the two tendon pieces can be discriminated in the structure image at depths where there was a clear separation [Fig. 3(a)], it is difficult to discriminate the thin layer of tissue with a different fiber orientation in the structure image at another depth [Fig. 3(f)]. Compared to other images, the local axis images [Fig. 3(e) and 3(j)] are the most effective in revealing fiber orientation changes at different imaging depths.
The en face PSOCT images of the same tendon sample used in Fig. 2. The size bar in (a) indicates 0.5 mm.
The algorithm was also applied to analyze PSOCT images of a plastic specimen. The intensity image [Fig. 4(a)] appears to be homogeneous with little structural variation. However, the cumulative retardance [Fig. 4(b)] shows the typical birefringent band structures. The inhomogeneous banded patterns in the cumulative optical axis [Fig. 4(c)] suggest a varying optical axis, which is clearly confirmed in the local optical axis [Fig. 4(e)]. Figure 4(f)–4(j) are the corresponding en face images extracted along the two dashed lines in Fig. 4(a). The images of local axis reveal some polarization features that are not discernible in the cumulative results or the structural images. For example, the "bow tie" pattern in Fig. 4(j2) suggests a twisted optical axis distribution in the en face plane that is gradually formed from a shallow depth [Fig. 4(j1)] to a deep depth [Fig. 4(j2)].
PSOCT images of a plastic sample. (a)–(e): cross-sectional images. (f1)–(j1) and (f2)–(j2) en face images extracted along the upper and lower dashed lines in (a), respectively. The size bars shown in the intensity images represent 0.5 mm.
We demonstrated an algorithm that can successfully extract depth-resolved local optical axis from conventional PSOCT measurements. Different from the iterative method used previously in Jones matrix-based OCT systems,4–7 we used a reconstructed Jones matrix [Eq. (8)] in the calculation instead of the raw calculated Jones matrix. In addition, the local retardance was calculated using PSOCT results obtained in two consecutive layers.8 We believe these modifications helped to control error propagation in the calculation process. This proposed method can be applied to existing PSOCT systems that use a single circularly polarized incident light to map local optical axis and retardance in birefringent samples with negligible diattenuation. This approach can be also extended to Jones matrix-based systems as well to completely characterize samples with strong optical diattenuation.
This project is supported in part by a National Science Foundation Grant CBET-0643190.
Chuanmao Fan and Gang Yao"Mapping local optical axis in birefringent samples using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography", J. Biomed. Opt. 17(11), 110501 (Oct 09, 2012). ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.17.11.110501
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— Following his loss to Brian Ebersole at UFC 127 this past weekend, longtime veteran Chris Lytle is reportedly considering retirement . The Indiana native also apparently underwent surgery during his training camp to prepare for Ebersole and original opponent Carlos Condit and had his meniscus removed from his right leg, leaving him obviously less than 100% for the bout. [MMAFighting.com]
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For this text file conversion I will need to:
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What is the "best" common Unix utility to use for this task; e.g., shell scripting, Perl, Python, AWK, a 3-GL language (e.g., FORTRAN, C/C++), etc. (I have been wanting to get into Python some). Is Python generally standard with Unix installs or require a separate purchase or download?
Any other options you can think of with assumption that, for example, a relation database is not available?
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I like AWK the best for this kind of thing. You can execute simple type AWK programs right at the Unix prompt. Here is an example of something that might work for you:
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This would first search for all records in the file that have the /string/. Then it would would extract all lines with a character sequence matching that pattern, parse each line into fields separated by blanks, put "yourteststring" in the first field, and output the second field in the file. Play around with this a bit. The general Unix awk man page is a good start. Here's a nice little link worth looking at: http://www.engr.utk.edu/ecc/unix/man/awk.php
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See, this is a problem to me. We need to get more accurate, less hysterical information out about alcohol, marijuana, etc while nursing. Becoz it saddens me greatly to think of mamas choosing formula rather than breastfeeding becoz they are concerned about the effects of the occasional drink, or joint.
Actually that WOULDN'T be ok to say ANYWHERE on MDC because it ISN'T TRUE!
• alcohol can pass into the breast milk, so do not drink or at least
restrict alcohol intake during lactation;
• there is no evidence of any beneficial effect of alcohol on
breast milk production;
• smoking may decrease your ability to produce breast milk and
thus affect the growth of your baby, smoking also decreases
the vitamin C content in breast milk;
• try not to harm the lungs of your newborn child - never smoke
in baby's room;
• caffeine can pass into the breast milk and cause hyperactivity
and sleeping problems in your baby - try not to drink too much
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• many medications can also pass into breast milk - check with
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medications is not a contraindication to a breastfeeding)
Isn't the amount of alcohol in your milk approximately the same as what's in your blood? So after two beers (if I slammed them back-to-back, rather than having two over the course of an evening), blood alcohol is .08, milk alcohol is about the same... just doesn't seem enough to worry about, to me.
So are you saying that it's a good idea to formula feed your child? Because it appears the only options here are that I either have to agree with something you do, or if I don't, I'm saying you don't care as much about your child as I do mine. I have a right to the opinion that drinking while breastfeeding or pregnant is detrimental, just as others have the right to the opinion that giving your baby formula is detrimental.
WHO statements in alcohol passing into breastmilk http://www.euro.who.int/document/e73182.pdf:
And perhaps even more importantly, if you are getting TIPSY around your baby and you are co-sleeping... then you should seriously make sure you sleep in another bed or on the floor... but never in the same bed as the child.
Oh, and here's what Kelly Mom has to say...
Then you've never dealt with the effects of an addict nor seen how horrifically miserable they are and they make everyone around them.
I envy you that ignorant bliss. May you keep it for your entire life.
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"Light drinking" (defined as one drink or less per day) is *not* contraindicated while breastfeeding. The rule of thumb is basically, if you can feel it, so can babe. When I drink, I make sure i drink slowly, not on an empty stomach, and not more than one drink per day - after so many years of pregnancy and breastfeeding, my tolerance is low. Alcohol passes freely into and out of breastmilk. When it's no longer in your bloodstream, it's no longer in your milk. Also, babies under three months old have immature livers, and can't process alcohol as well, so common sense would say to take it easier if you're bfing a small babe.
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Developers of the proposed Gregory Canyon landfill said Wednesday that a recent court order calling for a new permit will not delay the project.
"The decision really has no effect on the project," said Nancy Chase, government affairs director for Gregory Canyon Ltd.
Superior Court Judge Robert Dahliquist issued a ruling June 14 that said the landfill developer should have applied for the permit in 2005 to comply with an earlier court decision, but that decision was not properly followed.
Applying for the permit will require another public hearing on the project within the next three months.
The landfill has been in the works about 16 years and is proposed for about 320 acres of 1,770 acres along Highway 76, near the Pala Indian Reservation, about three miles east of Interstate 15.
The latest court decision is rooted in a 2005 lawsuit filed by the city Oceanside, the environmental group RiverWatch and the Pala Band of Mission Indians.
That suit, filed against Gregory Canyon Ltd. and the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health, argued that the county should not have issued an operating permit because the environmental impact report for the project was inadequate.
Superior Court Judge Michael Anello heard the case and agreed that the report did not address all issues required by the California Environmental Quality Act.
Walter Rusinek, the attorney representing the Pala Band of Mission Indians, said opponents to the project assumed that the Gregory Canyon operating permit was rescinded after the decision. Then, when a group of Marines from Camp Pendleton used the landfill site to conduct an anti-terror training exercise in 2007, Rusinek said word got out that the exercise was being conducted under the "existing permit."
"Nobody understood what had occurred," said Rusinek, who filed a declaratory relief action asking the court to clarify the issue.
Dahliquist, who heard the case because Anello has been appointed to a federal bench, wrote in his decision that the county had relied on a "hyper-technical and out-of-context reading" of the earlier decision.
As Rusinek explained, Anello had called for rescinding the approval of the permit, but did not specifically call for rescinding the permit itself, a loophole that allowed the county to consider the permit valid.
Department of Environmental Health Director Jack Miller was not in his office Wednesday, and no other department officials were available for comment.
Chase said she expects the application for the permit to go smoothly, as much of the environmental review work already has been conducted.
Robert Smith, chairman of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, said in a prepared statement that he was grateful for the court decision. The Indians opposing the landfill have said it is proposed on a sacred site.
"We hope the proponents will finally come to their senses and acknowledge that this sacred site is not the place to build a trash dump," he said.
Those sentiments were among many arguments heard at the last public hearing on the landfill June 3, when about 60 opponents, and no supporters, spoke at an Army Corps of Engineers meeting in San Marcos.
Chase said Gregory Canyon Ltd. will file an application to the county for a new permit within a week. The county will have 30 days to review the application and, after deeming it complete, will have 55 days to hold a public hearing.
The application then will be forwarded to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), which has replaced the California Waste Management Board in the permit process.
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