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I've been thinking about getting a really good camera. I've been relying on my Android for picture-taking. But I'm ready to take it up a notch.
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I've heard of some of these places–one in particular, Angkor Watt in Cambodia, is a well-known tourist attraction–but others, not at all. I think my favorite is the abandoned bobsled track in Sarajevo from the 1984 Winter Olympics.
First of all, I remember those Olympics well and always watched the bobsled competition because it's my favorite. I guess knowing that at one time the area around that track was teeming with people and now plays host to weeds, trees, and brush and is basically hidden from the world makes it kind of an eerie sight to see.
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Top 10 News Stories of 2007
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© 2007 PickupTruck.com
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father, like son
sales and marketing strategy for the Lincoln Mark LT never set
Mark LT was more mainstream and acceptable to truck drivers than
Lincoln's previous attempt at a luxury
pickup, the Blackwood, but Ford's own King Ranch and Lariat
Limited Edition F-Series trucks still outclassed the Lincoln pickup.
A chrome grille, big shiny wheels, and blinged-out rocker panels
justify the truck's $43,000 base price to attract enough
Look for the 2009 Ford F-150 to reach the prestigious heights that
Lincoln had hoped to attain when Ford rolls out its high-end 'Platinum'
trim package, which we've glimpsed in spy photos (see #6).
General Motors breaks technical barriers
with its light duty diesel and hybrid powertrains
other companies focused on bringing alt-fuel engines to passenger
cars, GM turned its attention to full size trucks and announced
two new green drivetrains that look to be winners on paper.
GM's 4.5-liter V8 Duramax light duty diesel was designed entirely in-house
and represents a radical new approach to compression ignition engine architecture.
The 'baby' Duramax reverses the intake and exhaust relative to a
conventional diesel. In the 4.5-liter Duramax fresh air enters the cylinders
from the outer edges of the cylinder heads while exhaust gases are dumped out
between the cylinder heads and directly into a turbocharger. The breakthrough
design eliminates the intake and exhaust manifolds and other related components
- saving weight, reducing size and lowering costs by up to $600 per engine. GM
promises power ratings for the 4.5-liter Duramax will be over 310-horsepower
and 520 pound-feet of torque. And Automotive News says fuel economy will be close
to 30-mpg on the highway for 2WD models.
GM teamed up with Chrysler, BMW, and Daimler to develop its new Two-Mode Hybrid
powertrain for the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado. It's expected to be the most
fuel efficient full size pickup on the market when it goes on sale in late 2008.
GM is already boasting improvements up to 25% in combined fuel economy, 40% in
the city driving, and a driving range over 500-miles compared to GM's 5.3-liter
conventional V8 gas engine. The Two-Mode system provides all-electric driving
at low speeds and supplements the 6.0-liter gas V8 at midrange and highway speeds.
It's rated to tow up to 6,100-pounds. A brief drive during the summer in
a Two-Mode Chevrolet Tahoe was enough to convince that the system is technically
slick and well integrated.
The biggest question for both powertrains will be whether buyers will step up
and pay a cost premium over conventional gas engines to realize the benefits
of being green.
once friendly and mutually beneficial partnership is forever tainted
bitter dispute between Ford Motor Company and Navistar International
came to light publicly in January when Ford filed a lawsuit against
Navistar and withheld a $160-million payment for Power Stroke diesel
engines. Ford's court papers said Navistar unjustifiably
raised engine prices and hadn't paid its share of warranty
claims for repairs to legacy 6.0-liter V8 Power Strokes.
In response to Ford's legal actions Navistar stopped shipping new
6.4-liter V8 Power Stroke engines for use in Ford's 2008
Super Duty pickups. Navistar also filed a $2-billion countersuit,
claiming Ford was developing a new, in-house 4.4-liter diesel engine
for use in its light duty F-150 pickup by 2010. An in-house built
diesel would violate Ford's supply agreement with Navistar,
which runs through 2012.
A judge forced Navistar to resume Power Stroke shipments, after production had
been halted for several weeks, and ordered Ford to immediately pay Navistar $80-million.
Ford also agreed to pay Navistar's full price for each 6.4-liter Power Stroke
engine until the dispute is finally settled.
It's likely we'll never see another Navistar-sourced diesel engine
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A TRIO of young Cradley Sports Club's soccer stars have seen their talent recognised.
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Copyright © 1999 David Steinberg
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." -- Judy GarlandI have just finished an exquisitely simple, yet complexly wonderful and moving book. The book is a collection of personal stories, written by relatives of transgendered people. Ostensibly it is about the various ways each family has dealt with the shock of learning that one of their closest family members was no longer going to play by the most basic rule of conventional society: that each of us has one and only one gender, male or female, a gender that is irrevocably determined by the anatomy of our bodies at birth. More fundamentally, though, the book is a celebration of the possibility for all of us -- transgendered or not -- to embrace the full reality of who we are and, with loving acceptance, to create meaning and joy in a world full of fear and meanspirited condemnation.
"Trans Forming Families: Real Stories About Transgendered Loved Ones" (Mary Boenke, ed., Walter Trook Publishing, 276 Dale Street, Imperial Beach, CA 91932) was published with the specific purpose of offering support and perspective to families adjusting to the awareness of loved ones who are transgendered. Its 31 contributors tell wrenching but overwhelmingly positive stories of how they have learned to accept, appreciate, and positively delight in their children, grandchildren, parents, spouses -- each of whom shattered their lives by affirming their true gender in place of the one imposed on them by society or birth anatomy. Of equal importance, the contributors describe how letting go of their traditional gender assumptions enabled them, as well as their transgendered relatives, to experience new levels of emotional depth and to discover new aspects of their own personal natures.
Some of the transgendered people in these stories are transsexuals: in Boenke's usage, "people profoundly unhappy in their birth sex who seek to change, or have already changed, their bodies to match their gender identity." Others are what she calls transgenderists -- people who, without altering their bodies through surgery (some even without hormonal treatments), nevertheless live full-time in a gender different from the one assigned to them at birth. Still others are intersexed people, born with ambiguous genitalia, people usually surgically altered in infancy to visually better conform to familiar male or female anatomies.
All are people so burdened by socially imposed gender that they have chosen to risk the condemnation and rejection of everyone around them in order to bring their public lives into alignment with their internal, private realities. As the brother of one transgendered person puts it, for some people "the only choice is to suffer or follow one's identity to its logical conclusion."
The stories in "Trans Forming Families" are as traumatic and cataclysmic as they are inspiring and uplifting. We are told of the profound disbelief, grief, and anger of parents when they learn that the child they have always known as their daughter is in the process (or has already completed the process) of physically becoming their son, or of sons who will now be their daughters. Each of these parents has been called upon to let go of the wealth of gender-based images, conceptions, hopes, and plans they have had for their children, to redefine as fundamentally as gender defines all of us in this society, who their child really is. Some of these parents, having long witnessed their children's deep unhappiness, have been able to accept the radical changes in their children with remarkable ease. For most, though, the demand that they separate their children from years of gender identification proves understandably difficult and disturbing.
"My first reaction was 'NO -- this is NOT going to happen -- not in my lifetime!'" writes Barbara Lantz, a Seattle Health Information Manager. "There was a sense of betrayal -- my daughter didn't want to be my daughter.... It was my fear, my struggle, my nightmare, and [ultimately] my rebirth."
Many come to understand that their children have been of the other gender all along, but have taken most of their lives to recognize this reality and then to find the courage to affirm, rather than deny or suppress, their real gender in the name of "normalcy." For some parents, the moment of transgender confrontation comes when their children are quite young. (One apparent girl declares herself a boy at her third birthday party.) Other parents hear nothing about gender change until long after their children have left home and built adult lives as conventional husbands, wives, and parents. (One man is fifty when he breaks the news to his mother that he has decided to become a woman.)
Equally moving are the stories of spouses who learn that their husbands have decided to become women (or their wives men), and of children who have had to wrap their minds around the notion of having women for daddies or men for moms.
"I wondered why this had happened to me," writes Ann Coven, a Massachusetts nurse, whose husband had come out to her as a crossdresser. "I was a devastated shell of a person; my world had crumbled. The issues are so complex that I can really understand why a wife, husband, partner or significant other would not be able to deal with this situation and could just walk out the door."
"I am trying to understand what you are going through," 15-year-old Emma writes, in a letter to her father who is becoming a woman but anguished by the turmoil his transition is causing his wife and daughter. "It will be very difficult with you not being my dad... [but] I have decided you should carry on with your treatment because I know how important this is to you, and I want what is best for you.... I will be able to get through this, with your love and support," she assures him, before adding, "Please, will you get me professional help?"
The contributors to "Trans Forming Families" detail the disorientation, upset, disbelief, confusion, and general horror they experience when the known worlds of their homes and families are suddenly and fundamentally overturned. Yet, in story after story, the flexibility and love of these challenged family members triumph over their fears, prejudices, and presuppositions. In time, acceptance comes to replace initial rejection.
"My son has become my daughter," writes Barbara Lister, age 85. "It is still difficult for me to understand how the need for a gender transformation can be so compelling as to cause a person to risk rejection in her job, her church, and in some cases, the loss of spouse and children. I, however, have come to feel respect and affection for all those who, because of their feeling of incongruity, are willing to face so much pain in order, as they say, 'to have their bodies match the selves they are within.'"
Indeed, many of the contributors to "Trans Forming Families" have come to feel that being forced to deal with the gender issues of their loved ones has, in the end, been much more of a gift than a burden. "The experience of dealing with any special circumstance has the potential for difficulties, but also possibility for many positive results," writes Anne Giles, an occupational therapist whose husband came out as a crossdresser to her and the rest of his family at the age of 57. "The Chinese character for crisis also means opportunity."
As these parents, children, and spouses welcome what they know will bring their loved ones happiness and peace of mind, many find themselves grateful for the opportunity to have their lives grow beyond the limitations of traditional gender models and expectations. Each of these people has been able to transform the trauma of upheaval into a sense of adventure and growth, to convert their initial embarrassment and repulsion into fierce love and respect.
"We think [Allen] is enormously brave, admirably honest to self, friends and family about who he really is, and ever so commendable for the grace with which he has jumped off the seeming edge of the world into a brand new life," editor Mary Boenke writes of her son. "Thank you, Allen," her husband, John, agrees. "Thank you for insisting on being who you are, and opening our eyes to greater truths than we knew before."
"I feel a joy and peace deeper than I have ever known," writes Jackie Greer, whose husband, Michael, has transitioned into Stephanie. "I have been tested and proven. I have taken love beyond pretty words spoken in a white dress, taken it to the level of helping someone with a penis pick out dresses and select the right makeup colors.... I have gained a great freedom. I have discovered strength, endurance, and commitment I never thought I possessed. I am finding the courage to build my own world."
Of course, this is not always the case when families are confronted by children, parents, or spouses who go so radically beyond the ways we are all taught things are supposed to be. Transgendered people are more likely to be spurned and reviled by their families than to be embraced and welcomed. Boenke acknowledges in her introduction that "these happier family stores may be an uncomfortable contrast to the experiences of many transgender persons." But she has intentionally chosen to publish stories of successful family adjustments to remind readers of the best of what's possible, "to make available some positive family role models for those families who are struggling, in pain, with transgender issues."
The importance and value of "Trans Forming Families" extends far beyond its primary goal of assisting transgendered families. Anyone who identifies with the deep desire for authenticity -- who feels the importance of being and becoming their most personal selves, even when that core identity clashes with social propriety and who the people around us think we are "supposed" to be -- will find powerful encouragement and support in the stories collected here. Transgendered people who have found the courage to affirm and defend the full reality of their existence are pathfinders not only for other people struggling with gender issues, but also for every familiarly-gendered person who must choose between personal affirmation and the expectations of friends, family, and society. For some people, the core issues of conflict have to do with socially ingrained gender roles, rather than gender itself. For a great number of people, it is the issue of affirming their real sexual feelings, desires, or fantasies that conflicts with what society deems proper . For others, the rub between self-acceptance and social acceptance has to do with sexual orientation.
Taken most broadly, the issue raised by the stories in "Trans Forming Families" is acceptance and celebration of diversity, as opposed to demands for homogeneity and social conformity in the name of some fixed set of moral, political, or religious beliefs. For all of us who would like to see a thousand flowers bloom, "Trans Forming Families" provides a welcome shot in the arm.
["Trans Forming Families: Real Stores About Transgendered Loved Ones" is available by mail from its editor, Mary Boenke (180 Bailey Blvd., Hardy, VA 24101) for $13.95 postpaid. Discounts are available for quantity orders. Make checks payable to Mary Boenke.]
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Our friends at the Monkey Cage are starting to forecast the 2014 House election and the conclusion, basically, is that there's not going to be a wave in 2014. There won't be one for Democrats, certainly. But there probably won't be one for Republicans, either. The baseline forecast right now is that Democrats lose five seats in the House.
Yes, it's early to begin forecasting 2014. But that hasn't stopped commentators, so it shouldn't stop political scientists, either. Moreover, there's reasonably good evidence that smartly constructed models can prove predictive -- even this early in the game. Here's how the model works:
It is based on elections from 1952-2012. It takes advantage of key indicators at the national level: the popularity of the president as of June of the election year, growth or decline in the economy (gross domestic product) in the first two quarters of the election year, and whether it is a presidential or midterm election year. (Similar factors went into a presidential forecasting model that I helped develop for Wonkblog in 2012.) The model also builds in key indicators at the district level: the partisanship of the district as measured by the presidential vote, and whether a Democratic, Republican incumbent, or no incumbent is running in the district. Thus, the model provides a forecast not just of how many seats each party will have in the House as a whole, but of the outcome in each district. We first deployed this model in 2012, and it proved quite accurate.
One key fact the model forces to the fore: One of the best predictors of how many seats a party might win is how many they already have. The more seats a party has, the harder it is for them to gain additional seats, as the likelier it is that those seats will be in districts that are friendly towards the other party.
Emory's Alan Abramowitz put this sharply in an e-mail to me last week. "There is a crucial difference between the political environment today and the situation in 2010," he said. "Back then, Democrats were defending over 250 seats in the House including many in Republican-leaning districts. Today, Democrats only hold 191 seats and very few of those are in Republican-leaning districts. Just based on this fact, it is highly unlikely that Democrats will lose a substantial number of House seats next year."
Still, the baseline result right now is that Democrats lose seats in the House and Republicans add to their already imposing margin. And the Senate is even more promising turf for Republicans, both because the map is better for them (Democrats are defending 21 seats to Republicans' 14) and because a reasonably small swing could give Republicans control of the entire chamber.


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This Depot is situated at Mile Post 265.6 on the Wabash 17th District Main Line. It is also on the CB&Q Main Line between Quincy, Illinois and Kansas City. The Burlington joins with the Wabash 16 miles east of here at Maxwell, and runs on Wabash track to a point just under 1 mile east of here. At that point, the CB&Q has a track of their own parallel to the Wabash and the two roads operated both tracks as double track into Kansas City. This photo from the Harold Conner collection is actually mislabeled as a Wabash station, when in fact it is a CB&Q depot. The architecture and color are dead give away's.
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Dr. John C. Coombs, associate professor of history, has published, with Dr. Douglas Bradburn of Binghamton University, the book Early Modern Virginia: Reconsidering the Old Dominion, a collection of essays on 17th-century Virginia. This is the first such collection on the Chesapeake in nearly 25 years.
Coombs (center at right) and Bradburn edited a collection from contributors who represent some of the best of a younger generation of scholars who are building on, but also criticizing and moving beyond, the work of the so-called Chesapeake School of social history that dominated the historiography of the region in the 1970s and 1980s. Employing a variety of methodologies, analytical strategies, and types of evidence, these essays explore a wide range of topics and offer a fresh look at the early religious, political, economic, social, and intellectual life of the colony.
"We are hoping that Early Modern Virginia will appeal to both scholars and the interested public," says Coombs. "It is an academic volume (in the sense that the essays are based on original research and thoroughly documented), but our charge to the authors was that their essays be directed toward an educated general audience rather than just specialists. Thankfully I think they all met that requirement, and consequently anyone who reads the book will not only be able to understand the essays but will learn a lot about early Virginia—from religion to government, trade to imperialism, slavery to Native American society, landscape to household life—that they probably didn't know."
The essays in Early Modern Virginia were presented in 2007—the 400th anniversary of the establishment of Jamestown—at a symposium at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. Coombs says, "This essay collection, like the symposium, is intended to suggest new angles of view, new approaches, and new arguments that help advance our understanding of the development, settlement, and nature of life in the Old Dominion's first century. Over time I think it will be seen as one of the most important academic publications conceived to mark Virginia's anniversary."
Dr. Coombs has a B.A. from Arizona State University and a Ph.D. from the College of William & Mary.


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Oxford, UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2010
Evolutionary divergence of humans from chimpanzees likely occurred some 8 million years ago rather than the 5 million year estimate widely accepted by scientists, a new statistical model suggests.
The revised estimate of when the human species parted ways from its closest primate relatives should enable scientists to better interpret the history of human evolution, said Robert D. Martin, curator of biological anthropology at the Field Museum, and a co-author of the new study appearing in the journal Systematic Biology.
Working with mathematicians, anthropologists and molecular biologists, Martin has long sought to integrate evolutionary information derived from genetic material in various species with the fossil record to get a more complete picture.
Comparing DNA among related animals can provide a clear picture of how their shared genes evolved over time, giving rise to new and separate species, Martin said. But such molecular information doesn't yield a timetable showing when the genetic divergence occurred.
Fossil evidence is the only direct source of information about long-extinct species and their evolution, Martin and his colleagues said, but large gaps in the fossil record can make such information difficult to interpret. For a generation, paleontologists have estimated human origins at 5 million to 6 million years ago.
But that estimate rests on a thin fossil record. By looking at all of today's primate species, all of the known fossil primates and using DNA evidence, computer models suggest a longer evolutionary timetable. The new analysis described in the Systematic Biology paper takes into account gaps in the fossil record and fills in those gaps statistically.
Such modeling techniques, which are widely used in science and commerce, take into account more overall information than earlier processes used to estimate evolutionary history using just a few individual fossil dates, Martin said. It can give scientists a broader perspective for interpreting data.
One example is a skull fossil discovered in Chad (central Africa) earlier in this decade. The fossil, named Sahelanthropus tchadensis and nicknamed Toumai (which means "hope of life" in the local Goran language), raised great interest because it has many human characteristics.
But consensus on how to classify the discovery has been elusive particularly because the fossil is about 7 million years old, well beyond the accepted time frame for human evolution.
Under the new estimate, Toumai would fall within the period after the human lineage split from chimpanzees, Martin said.
The new approach to dating evolutionary history builds on earlier work by Martin and colleagues. In 2002, they published a paper in Nature that argues the last common ancestor of today's primates lived some 85 million years ago.
This implies that for 20 million years before dinosaurs became extinct, early versions of primates also lived and evolved. It challenged the accepted theory that primates and other mammals didn't really thrive on the planet until dinosaurs were gone.
After that paper was published, Martin said he expected someone would apply the new statistical techniques to the question of human evolution, but when no one did, "We decided to do it ourselves."
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Was it the evolution of the hand, or of the brain, that enabled prehistoric toolmakers to make the leap from simple flakes of rock to a sophisticated hand axe? A new study finds that the ability to plan complex tasks was key. The research, published in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS ONE, is the first to use a cyber data glove to precisely measure the hand movements of stone too ... read more
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The 22-year-old forward was called up when Wigan star McManaman had to withdraw after being ruled out for three months with an ankle injury he suffered in Tuesday's 4-1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal.
Delfouneso, who has scored four goals in 16 outings for the Under-21s and was in the squad for Euro 2011 in Denmark, was the natural replacement in coach Stuart Pearce's opinion.
Pearce said: "Nathan was very unfortunate not to make the squad in the first place. He has contributed a great deal to the Under-21s in qualification and he was unlucky that Callum McManaman's form was such that he had forced his way into the reckoning late on."
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Matsuzaka helps in PawSox's shutout
Pitcher still unsatisfied with health, outing despite clean line
By Sam Dykstra / Special to MLB.com | May 7, 2012 8:32 PM ET
The Japanese right-hander allowed two hits and walked three batters over 4 2/3 shutout innings for the Red Sox in their 4-0 blanking of the Rochester Red Wings. He threw 87 pitches -- 49 for strikes -- and hit 92 mph on the McCoy Stadium radar gun.
"I thought he did very well. ... I was impressed," PawSox manager Arnie Beyeler told MLB.com. "He kept the ball down in the zone. He threw strikes. He got himself back into counts and was pretty efficient for a while.
"I was really impressed with the stuff. I saw him a couple of weeks ago in Portland, and the stuff didn't seem as crisp as what I saw tonight. I thought his slider was really crisp. He had good plane on his fastball and moved the ball in and out."
Matsuzaka, who underwent Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow last June, had to labor through his first two innings. Five of the nine hitters he faced in those two frames saw six or more pitches, causing the 31-year-old to throw 40 total pitches (20 in each inning).
The former 18-game winner needed only seven pitches to set down the side in the third and was a walk away from a perfect fourth. He struck out the first two Red Wings in the fifth, but allowed a double to Darin Mastroianni and a walk before Beyeler gave him the hook.
Alex Wilson (2 1/3 innings), Will Inman (one frame) and Mark Melancon (one inning) preserved the shutout out of the PawSox bullpen. Matsuzaka, who spoke through interpreter Jeff Cutler, said after the game that although the box score may have looked clean, he was disappointed.
"I had [three] walks and a lot of two-ball and three-ball counts, which [elevated] my pitch count," he told MLB.com. "I really wanted to throw at least five innings, but it didn't happen, so I'm not really happy about that."
As always with these rehab outings, health is the chief concern. There was a small scare when Matsuzaka had to push back his third rehab outing due to neck soreness. Although he said there was no issue with the neck Monday, he acknowledged that he still had some other health issues.
"Overall, my body feels good, so that's fine," Matsuzaka told MLB.com. "But my elbow, some days it feels better than others. Right now I'm just hoping that when I start, [it's on a] day that I'm feeling good.
"Being ready [after] two more games is hard to say, because it's a step-by-step process. I'll see how I pitch in my next outing and see how that goes. Then we'll see where I stand."
Matsuzaka is expected to take the mound Saturday in Pawtucket's home contest against Columbus. He had allowed three runs over four innings for Class A Advanced Salem and one run over 4 2/3 frames for Double-A Portland in his previous two rehab outings.
Boston's No. 4 prospect Ryan Lavarnway matched a season high for hits by going 3-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. PawSox left fielder Daniel Nava went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs.
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Proposed pact would squash U.S.-Mexico tomato war
WASHINGTON — A proposed agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico would strengthen anti-dumping enforcement and reset minimum wholesale prices, the Commerce Department said.
The agreement with Mexico's tomato industry would suspend an investigation initiated because Florida tomato growers complained that Mexican producers were selling fresh tomatoes for less than the production cost.
The proposal would replace a pact that's been in place for 16 years. The Commerce Department on Saturday released a draft of the agreement for public comment.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says it would allow the U.S. tomato industry "to compete on a level playing field."
U.S. tomato growers are tentatively backing the proposal.
Edward Beckman, president of Certified Greenhouse Farmers, said the new agreement must address pricing, coverage and enforcement of trade laws.
"We believe that the Department of Commerce and Mexico have struck a deal that meets those three tests, and we're hopeful and optimistic that we'll be able to compete under fair trade conditions," Beckman said in a statement released on Sunday. "Much work remains to have the agreement fully and faithfully implemented, and continuous monitoring and enforcement will be critical.
Florida produces much of the nation's winter tomato supply, and growers were asking the Commerce Department to end the fresh tomato importation trade agreement.
The growers claimed their Mexican counterparts have been "dumping" — selling for less than the cost of production — their product in the United States, driving down prices and costing jobs. The growers' complaint had the support of farmworker representatives.
The impact of the agreement on consumers was unknown, but an Arizona-based trade association, which sponsored a pricing study, warned that if Mexican tomatoes withdrew from the U.S. market, the prices for some hothouse tomatoes would double from $2.50 a pound to nearly $5.
Mexico's economic secretary commended his country's tomato growers on the proposed settlement in a tweet on Sunday.
"Congratulations to Mexican tomato producers for the agreement reached and the suspension of the U.S. government antidumping investigation," Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo tweeted.


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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
We report the observation and measurement of second-harmonic generation in self-assembled ultra thin film nonlinear optical materials using a femtosecond high repetition rate laser system. Second-harmonic intensity, as a function of the incident angle in these films, has been measured using incident p-polarized and s-polarized optical beam components. The second-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities of the thin films have also been determined. Using a curve fitting method and a crystal reference material, we have obtained second-order susceptibilities χ333 = 6.17 ± 0.18 pm/V and χ311 = 0.68 ± 0.02 pm/V at a fundamental wavelength of 1,200 nm. Based on linear molecular model approximation, we have also used the fitted data to investigate the average orientation distribution of the chromophore dipoles in the self-assembled film. The result indicates that the average tilt angle of the chromophore dipoles away from the substrate normal line is 25.2° ± 0.8°.
Recent interest in conjugated organic molecular and polymeric materials has been stimulated in part due to their intrinsic large optical nonlinearities. The strong second-harmonic (SH) generation in organic molecules originates from the fact that they possess electron donor and acceptor groups attached to a π-conjugated system. Since the first external electric field poled second order nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers were reported in 1982 [
Electrostatically self-assembled (ESA) processes have recently been developed, which allow detailed structural control at the molecular level with ease of manufacturing [
For the fabrication of samples used in these measurements, poly S-119 and poly (diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA) were purchased from Sigma and Aldrich, respectively.
Theoretical and experimental investigations of SH generation in thin films have been proposed and developed [
Using field boundary conditions at z = 0 and z = 1(1 is the thickness of the film) and neglecting the refractive index dispersion of air, after some manipulations, the intensity I2ω of the SH wave in air can be written as [
Because absolute measurements of fundamental and SH intensities are always difficult, for more accurate determination of nonlinear optical coefficients of the thin films, researchers now often use inorganic crystals as reference materials since careful measurements for these crystals have been made. In most cases, quartz is widely used as a reference material [
Experiments were performed using a Coherent femto-second ultrafast laser system as shown in
Using the p-polarized fundamental incidence, we measured the p-polarized SH intensity (p-p configuration) as a function of the incident angle in the poly S-119/PDDA film. The measurements show that the maximum SH intensity occurred at θ = 60°. As mentioned above, due to the difficulty of accurately measuring absolute intensities of both fundamental and SH waves, to obtain dr more accurately, we have used normalized signal to remove I2ω from
To separate χ333 and χ311, as mentioned above, we have to compute χ311 first by using the s-polarized fundamental beam to obtain the p-polarized SH intensity from the film in comparison with that from the quartz platelet under the same conditions. We used the s-polarized fundamental beam to measure the p-polarized SH intensity as a function of the incident angle from the film (s-p configuration). Because only χ311 can contribute to the SH intensity of this polarization configuration, the SH signal is much weaker than that of the p-p configuration. To obtain a more accurate value of χ311, we measured the SH signal as a function of the incident angle over a wide range (10°–70°) instead of only at one point. For comparison, the Y-cut quartz sample was measured under the same intensity of the fundamental beam. The quartz sample was rotated to the maximum SH orientation at near normal incidence. The rotation axis is the X-axis and the fundamental beam polarized in the X-axis was incident upon the quartz along Y direction (corresponding to the effective second-order susceptibility χ111). Then, we treat the signal of the quartz sample as unity to normalize the SH signal from the film. Using
Second-harmonic generation is an important tool to determine molecular dipole tilt angle [
We have shown that thin films fabricated using the ESA technique can spontaneously assemble into a noncentrosymmetric structure with substantial second-harmonic generation effect, without the need of external electric field poling. Devices made using this approach may have potential applications in electro-optic and frequency doubling waveguide devices [
The electrostatically self-assembled (ESA) process used to fabricate thin films: (
The structures of poly S-119 and poly(diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride) (PDDA).
The structure of the sample and the incident geometry in our experiments used: G, glass substrate; F, film; p-p, both SH and incident beam are p-polarized; s-p, incident beam is s-polarized and SH is p-polarized.
Experimental setup to measure SH generation: PL, pump laser; FL, femtosecond laser pumped by the pump laser; OPO: optical parameter oscillator pumped by the femtosecond laser; C: chopper to provide a reference signal to the lock-in amplifier; HF, half-wave plate at 1,200 nm; P1: polarizer; F′s: interference bandpass filters; S: sample; P2: analyzer; M: monochromator; PMT: photomultiplier; OSC: oscilloscope; LA: Lock-in amplifier.
Dependence of the SH intensity at 600 nm on the fundamental intensity at 1,200 nm in the p-p incidence configuration.
Normalized SH intensity as a function of the incident angle in the p-p configuration. The symbols and solid-curve correspond to the measured and fitted results, respectively.
Normalized SH intensity as a function of the incident angle in the s-p configuration. The symbols and solid-curve correspond to the measured and fitted results, respectively.
The average tilt angle of the poly S-119 molecular dipoles from the substrate normal. The poly S-119 molecule has been simplified by a linear model approximation [
The authors would like to thank Fajian Zhang, You-Xiong Wang, Richard O. Claus and David Wood at NanoSonic Incorporated for their assistance in fabrication of these films.


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> I _always_ have the surnames in caps! That is the way we were taught in
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The sadistic Maple Ridge cat-killer is back on the rampage.
Seven more mutilated cats have been found in a small area of the Fraser Valley community in just the past two weeks, bringing to 22 the number found dismembered and killed.
"It's really scary," said Kim Wernicke, whose 18-month-old Buttercup is the latest victim of the cat-killer — who first mutilates the cats, then leaves them in plain sight for the owners to find.
"That person was in my backyard. I have two small kids, and they play in that yard. I'm thinking we have someone that's pretty messed up."
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TACOMA — Two teenage Tacoma brothers pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Monday in the slaying of a 15-year-old and were sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
The Pierce County prosecutor's office said Luis Arroyo, 17, was sentenced to more than 26 years and Cristobal Arroyo, 15, who was prosecuted as an adult, was sentenced to 24 years.
Prosecutors said the two killed Hector Hernandez-Valdez on June 1, 2012, in a fight at their home to take his money and marijuana. The autopsy showed he had been stabbed or cut more than 34 times and had a skull fracture, as if he had been struck with a baseball bat or hammer.
The body was discovered by the boy's mother who reported it to police. Officers found it in a recycling bin.


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LOCAL HOMEOWNERS SAVE MONEY ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY HOME IMPROVEMENTS"Money for Energy Efficiency" program demonstrates success of programs that offcer rebates for home energy upgrades; rebates still available for Alameda County residents through Energy Upgrade California
Berkeley, California (Thursday, March 24, 2011) - The City of Berkeley celebrated the success of its Money for Energy Efficiency (ME2) program today at the recently upgraded home of Berkeley resident, David Hochschild. Hochschild is one of 17 Berkeley homeowners to receive up to $8,950 in energy improvement rebates, which are designed to promote deep energy savings in homes and businesses. The rebates are funded by federal stimulus dollars awarded to the City and by rate-payer incentives provided by PG&E.
The goal of Berkeley's ME2 program is to increase efficiency by lowering the cost of energy upgrades in homes and businesses. The program provides an incentive for homeowners to conduct comprehensive assessments of how energy is used and wasted in their home and to make upgrades that maximize efficiency.
Funding of the ME2 rebates was made possible by a federal stimulus grant awarded to the City of Berkeley from the U.S. Department of Energy. While many local governments used their federal stimulus funding for municipal projects, Berkeley offered the funding to residents as rebates in order to spur green jobs, promote energy efficiency in homes, and reduce communitywide greenhouse gas emissions.
The ME2 program to date has had 17 homes complete energy upgrades and receive Federal Stimulus rebates totaling $44,000 plus additional rebates from PG&E. A total of 200 homes are expected to participate in the program this year, earning $350,000 in Federal Stimulus rebates. The City of Berkeley is targeting a 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from participating homes, helping Berkeley reach its goal outlined in the Climate Action Plan.
"Making energy efficiency upgrades to Berkeley homes is a key goal of the Climate Action Plan," said Dan Marks, Planning and Development Director for the City of Berkeley. "Nearly 53 percent of Berkeley's total greenhouse gas emissions come from building energy use. In order for us to meet our aggressive emission targets, we must encourage all building owners to be leaders in energy efficiency."
Hochschild, one of the ME2 rebate recipients, worked with a local home performance contractor to perform a home energy assessment and energy upgrades to his once-drafty but now warm and comfortable 100-year-old home. "Some of the upgrades were fairly simple such as insulating our attic, wrapping our water heater and pipes and sealing in and around windows, but the trick is knowing how the improvement measures work together," said Hochschild. "Combined we significantly improved our energy savings."
Although the ME2 rebates are now fully reserved, Berkeley homeowners can still qualify and receive up to $4,000 per home in rebates through a new statewide program called Energy Upgrade California. A variety of energy upgrades are available through the program, allowing homeowners to choose the option that best suits their budget and needs. As part of its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the program expects to result in upgrades to 6,000 homes over the next two years in Alameda County.
"The popularity of the City of Berkeley's ME2 program is a great sign of how much local residents care about energy efficiency and bodes well for Energy Upgrade California in Alameda County," said Wendy Sommer, Principal Program Manager at StopWaste.Org, the local government agency that is leading Energy Upgrade California in Alameda County. "We're excited to be launching Energy Upgrade California in Alameda County in order to provide similar opportunities and rebates for both residents of Berkeley who may not have made it into the ME2 program, as well as those in other cities throughout the county. "
"The ME2 rebates make it more affordable for homeowners to make energy efficiency investments to their homes," said Marks. "We are happy that Energy Upgrade California will continue this opportunity for many more Berkeley residents to make energy upgrades to their homes."
Energy Upgrade California provides incentives and rebates up to $4,000 for homeowners who implement energy efficiency and resource conservation upgrades. And like the ME2 program, with Energy Upgrade California, the more you the more energy you save, the higher your rebate.
To learn more about available rebates, tax credits and the benefits of a home energy upgrade, or for help finding a qualified local contractor, Alameda County homeowners can visit www.EnergyUpgradeCA.org and select their county from the menu or call the Bay Area Energy Upgrade California Hotline at 1-855-464-8484.
About Money for Energy Efficiency The Money for Energy Efficiency (ME2) Program is designed to lower the cost of energy efficiency improvements; improve building comfort, safety and durability; and reduce the City of Berkeley's carbon footprint. The ME2 program is an important component of Berkeley's Climate Action Plan and is designed to help the community achieve a 33 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. Through the program, the City of Berkeley expects to create more local green jobs and help residents and business owners to save more than $100 million dollars in net energy savings by 2020. For more information, visit www.cityofberkeley.info/me2
About Energy Upgrade CaliforniaEnergy Upgrade California is a new statewide program that offers rebates and incentives to help homeowners save money on energy efficiency upgrades to their homes. Funding for Energy Upgrade California comes from multiple sources, including federal stimulus funds (American Reinvestment and Recovery Act), the U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Program, and the California Energy Commission. In the Bay Area, Energy Upgrade California is led by an alliance of the Association of Bay Area Governments, county and city agencies and PG&E. For more information, visit www.energyupgradeca.org
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The 2 main types of cervical cancer are named after the type of cells they originate from:
- Squamous cell carcinoma: the most common type of cervical cancer (about 80% of all cases), squamous cell carcinoma starts in the squamous cells of the cervix.
- Adenocarcinoma: a less common type of cervical cancer that develops from the glandular cells. Adenocarcinoma is more difficult to diagnose because it starts higher in the cervix, and is more difficult to reach with the brush or spatula used in a Pap test.
Cervical cancer can be microinvasive or invasive:
- Microinvasive cancer occurs when cancer cells have broken through the boundary between the surface of the cervix and the tissue underneath, but have not spread more than 5 millimetres into the tissues of the cervix.
- Invasive cervical cancer occurs when cancer cells have spread more than 5 millimetres into the underlying tissue. Cancer may have also spread to the vagina, the lymph nodes, other tissues surrounding the cervix, or nearby organs such as the bladder or rectum.
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IT IS one of Australia's favourite spreads but Princess Mary may have to forgo Vegemite on toast with reports the condiment is banned in Denmark.
British newspaper The Guardian reported the Danish government had banned products fortified with added vitamins in 2004.
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Marianne Orum owns Copenhagen store Abigail's, which specialises in imported foods. She stopped selling Vegemite when the laws were introduced.
''That's been banned for a long time, it said on the jar it had added vitamins on it,'' she said. ''I don't like the government to tell people what we are allowed to eat.''
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