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Halloween events:

Halloween Fantasy Trail: The annual event features a lighted trail decorated with spooky sights and sounds, a 40-foot illuminated castle, a crooked house, a walk-through maze and other attractions. Pumpkins and refreshments available for purchase. Open noon-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. daily through today. Wenzel Farm, 19754 S. Ridge Road, Oregon City; $4-$5; www.fantasytrail.com or 503-631-2047

Trick or Treat on Main Street: Free treats and activities provided for costumed kids at participating merchants in downtown Oregon City. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wed, Oct. 31. Hosted by the Oregon City Parking Division and downtown businesses.

Harvest Party and Carnival: Family event geared for kids through sixth grade features carnival games, crafts, cupcake walk, storyteller, prize drawings and Halloween trick-or-treating. 6-8 p.m. Wed, Oct. 31. Oregon City Evangelical Church, 1024 Linn Ave., Oregon City; free; www.ocec.net or 503-656-8582

Swamp Swim: Halloween event features candy, games and prizes for all ages. Costumes encouraged. Ages 8 and younger must be with an adult in the water. Dry-land games 6-8 p.m. Wed, Oct. 31; swimming 7:30-9 p.m. Oregon City Pool, 1211 Jackson St., Oregon City; free; www.ocpool.org or 503-657-8273

Playbill

"Return to Camp Itch a Bite:" The Krayon Kids Musical Theater Company presents the family-friendly musical fling about a classic summer at sleep-away camp. Actors ages 3-18 brave ghosts, beasts and surprising shenanigans to discover the rewards of their time together. 7 p.m. Fri, 2 and 7 p.m. Sat, 2 p.m. Sun, Nov. 2-18. Barclay Theater, 817 12th St., Oregon City; $8-$15; www.krayonkids.org or 503-656-6099

"Barefoot in the Park": The Clackamas Community College Theatre Arts Department presents the Neil Simon comedy. Registration recommended. 7:30 p.m. Thu-Sat and 2:30 p.m. Sun, Nov. 8-18. Osterman Theatre, Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City; $10 adults, $8 senior citizens and ages 11 and younger; www.theatreccc.org or Kelly White, 503-594-3153 or kellyw@clackamas.edu

Fall Term Student Performance Showcase: Featuring student directed one-act plays, stand-up comedy and comedy improv. Noon-1 p.m. Tue-Wed, Nov. 27-28; noon-1 and 7:30 p.m. Thu, Nov. 29. Osterman Theatre, Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City; free; www.theatreccc.org or Kelly White, 503-594-3153 or kellyw@clackamas.edu

More fun events for all ages:

Teen Wii Night: Youth in grades 6-12 are invited to play Wii Super Smash Bros. and eat free pizza. Regular library services not available during program. 6:30-8 p.m. Thu, Nov. 1. Oregon City Public Library, 606 John Adams St., Oregon City; free; www.orcity.org/library or 503-657-8269

Engaging Conversation Series: Concludes with "The Ties That Bind: Interweaving Domestic and Civic Life." 1 p.m. Sat, Nov. 3. Hosted by Clackamas County Historical Society, and supported by Oregon Humanities, National Endowment of the Humanities, and Oregon Cultural Trust. Museum of the Oregon Territory, 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City; free program and museum admission; www.clackamashistory.org or 503-655-5574

Stage Left Comedy Presents: Joe Fontenot unleashes his edgy and bipolar style of comedy. Ages 21 and older. 9 p.m. Sat, Nov. 10. Wichita Bar & Grill, 19140 Molalla Ave., Oregon City; $4; www.stageleftcomedy.com or 503-557-0277
Reading by Paulann Petersen: Oregon's poet laureate will read her works. 7 p.m. Thu, Nov. 15. Oregon City Public Library, 606 John Adams St., Oregon City; free; www.orcity.org/library or 503-657-8269

Films:

First Friday Film Series: The library co-hosts the series of documentary films that will be shown with discussions moderated by local educators and film enthusiasts. The first film is "King Corn" (not rated), a Peabody-winning documentary from Mosaic Films. Discussion moderated by Trista Cornelius, a Clackamas Community College instructor. Light refreshments provided. 6:30 p.m. Fri, Nov. 2. Pioneer Community Center, 615 Fifth St., Oregon City; free; www.orcity.org/library/first-friday-film-series or 503-657-8269

First Friday Film: "A Man Named Pearl" chronicles the story of Pearl Fryer's dazzling garden, as well as his extraordinary life. Film discussion moderated by Clackamas Community College horticulture instructor Renee Harber. Free refreshments provided. 6:30 p.m. Fri, Dec. 7. Pioneer Community Center, 615 Fifth St., Oregon City; free; 503-657-8287

First Friday Film: "Hot Coffee: Is Justice Really Being Served?" The McDonalds coffee case has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of how citizens have taken advantage of America's legal system. But is that a fair rendition of the facts? Come see the film and decide for yourself. 6:30 p.m. Fri, Jan. 4. Pioneer Community Center, 615 Fifth St., Oregon City; free; 503-657-8287

Thanksgiving and Christmas season:

Thanksgiving Day Dinner: The 18th annual open house features a traditional holiday menu of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, yams, green beans, corn, cranberry, olives, bread and a dessert cart loaded with pies and cakes. Patrons will be seated and waited upon at family-style tables, complete with printed menu, homemade place mats and hot coffee. There will be a craft table for kids, a family clothes closet, dental care packs, and nonperishable food items available to take home. The event is open to the "young and the old, the rich and the poor, those alone for the holiday, or not able to prepare a full meal, and to families, students, retirees, holiday-shift workers, and anybody else wishing company on this day of thanks are welcome." Noon-3 p.m. Thu, Nov. 22. St. John the Apostle Church and School, 417 Washington St., Oregon City; www.sja-catholicchurch.com or 503-742-8202

Main Street Tree Lighting: Join Santa and Mrs. Claus for the tree lighting (5 p.m.), as well as live music and free refreshments. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Sat, Dec. 1. Liberty Plaza on Main Street in downtown Oregon City; free

Christmas Fantasy Trail: A 40-foot lighted castle, music and a wooded walk-through Fantasy Trail offers something for all ages; bonfire nightly, maze and crooked house. 6-9 p.m. Mon-Sat, Dec. 1-29 (closed Christmas Eve and Day). Wenzel Farm, 19754 S. Ridge Road, Oregon City; $4-$5; www.fantasytrail.com or 503-631-2047

"Scrooge": The Christian Youth Theater presents a musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. 7 p.m. Fri-Sat, 2 p.m. Sun, Dec. 7-15, plus 2 p.m. Sun, Dec. 16. Oregon City High School, Jackson campus, 1306 12th St., Oregon City; $9-$12; www.cytvanport.org

"The Homecoming: A Christmas Story": The Oregon City High School Theatre Arts Department will present the play that is based on Earl Hamner Jr's novel "The Homecoming: a novel from Spencer's Mountain." His story also was the basis for the television show "The Waltons." 7:30 p.m. Wed-Sat, Dec. 12-15. Oregon City High School, 19761 S. Beavercreek Road, Oregon City; $8; www.ochs.orecity.k12.or.us or 503-785-8900

Family Holiday Movie: Watch the comedy "Home Alone" (PG). 6:30 p.m. Thu, Dec. 13. Oregon City Public Library, 606 John Adams St., Oregon City; free; www.orcity.org/library or 503-657-8269

Concert: Local harpist Joanna Pearson performs beautiful holiday melodies. 7 p.m. Thu, Dec. 20. Oregon City Public Library, 606 John Adams St., Oregon City; free; www.orcity.org/library or 503-657-8269

Annual events:

Oregon City Downtown Winter Market: Vendors sells fresh produce, wild mushrooms, farm eggs, fresh fish, pastured meats, salami, honey, preserves, salsas, hummus, breads, pastries, wine, soaps, lotions, garden crafts, gift baskets, trees, wreaths, holiday fare, and cold and hot food and drinks. Features live music and a Kids Power of Produce Club. Monthly 10 a.m.-2 p.m. first and third Saturday. Eighth Street at Main Avenue in Oregon City; free admission and parking; http://orcityfarmersmarket.com; 503-734-0192 or marketmanager@orcityfarmersmarket.com

Taste of Clackamas County: A buffet dinner featuring a variety of signature dishes from Clackamas County restaurants, followed by silent and oral auctions and a raffle. Proceeds benefit Fill a Stocking, Fill a Heart, a nonprofit that last year provided 3,000 Christmas stockings to 20 agencies and their clients. Registration required. 6-9 p.m. Thu, Nov. 8. Abernethy Center, 606 15th St., Oregon City; $20; www.fillastocking.org or info@fillastocking.org

Dr. John McLoughlin's Soiree: Dr. John McLoughlin, the founder of Oregon City, is the reason for the party that features micro-brewed beer tasting, refreshments, live music, a silent auction, and a raffle drawing for a 2012 Oregon City Woolen Mills tribute blanket by Pendleton. Tartan, dressy plaid, or period clothing suggested. Proceeds benefit the heritage sites and programs supported by the McLoughlin Memorial Association, including the Rose Farm and McLoughlin House museums. 7 p.m. Fri, Nov. 9. Ainsworth House & Gardens, 19130 Lot Whitcomb Drive, Oregon City; $30; www.mcloughlinhouse.org or 503-656-5146 or dr.mcloughlin@earthlink.net

Willamette Falls Symphony: The fall concert will be at 3 p.m. Sun, Nov. 11. Oregon City United Methodist Church, 18955 South End Road, Oregon City; $12 adults, $10 students and senior citizens, or free to ages 11 and under when accompanied by an adult; Jan Anderson, hyapiano@comcast.net

20/20 Celebration of Sight and Sound: The annual event features R&B and the blues by Rae Gordon and other award-winning musicians, special celebrity guests, silent and oral auctions, a catered dinner and no-host bar. Registration required. Proceeds benefit the 1190 KEX Kids Fund and the Oregon City Lions Club. 5-10 p.m. Sun, Jan. 20. Pioneer Community Center, 615 Fifth St., Oregon City; $30, or $50 per couple; www.2020event.org or info@2020event.org

Texas Hold'em Tournament: The seventh annual event features card games, cash prizes and a buffet dinner. Registration required. Proceeds benefit projects supported by the Oregon City Rotary Club. 5:30 p.m. Fri, Feb. 1. Museum of the Oregon Territory, 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City; $125; www.oregoncityrotary.org

Crab Fest: The annual event features a fresh Oregon Dungeness crab dinner and a wine pull and raffle. Registration required. 5-8 p.m. Sat, Feb. 23. Museum of the Oregon Territory, 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon City; $50, or $40 in advance (includes $25 donation to Clackamas County Historical Society); www.clackamashistory.org or 503-655-5574

Willamette Falls Symphony: The spring concert includes the sounds of Ireland and the symphony's Youth Concerto winners. 3 p.m. Sun, March 17. Oregon City United Methodist Church, 18955 South End Road, Oregon City; $12 adults, $10 students and senior citizens, or free to ages 11 and under when accompanied by an adult; www.oregoncityumc.com or 503-656-3433

Irish Stew Cook-off: The 10th annual St. Patrick's Day-themed event features stew tastings, live music and a no-host bar. Chefs judged on recipes, fundraising efforts and decorating abilities. People encouraged to wear green. Proceeds benefit the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce. Registration required for chefs. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Fri, March 22. Pioneer Community Center, 615 Fifth St., Oregon City; $5 for a tasting spoon for ages 11 and older, free to others; www.oregoncity.org or Oregon City Chamber of Commerce, 503-656-1619

HISTORIC SITES

Oregon City museums declared the first Saturday in December as a Heritage Holiday.

Open house celebrations on Dec. 1 will feature festive decorations, volunteers in period costumes, live music and free refreshments. Admission is free, unless otherwise specified.

Barclay House, 719 Center St.: Features exhibits and a gift shop with many hard-to-find books on northwest history and its pioneers, traditional toys, handcrafted goods, and other items. Also houses offices for the National Park Service and the McLoughlin Memorial Association. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Details: www.mcloughlinhouse.org/barclay.html or 503-656-5146.

End of the Oregon Trail/Oregon State and Mt. Hood Territory Visitor Information Center, 1726 Washington St.: Features interpreters who can answer heritage and other questions, changing displays on Oregon Trail and Clackamas County history, a selection of local products and gifts in the Country Store, a new lounge, a play area for the kids, and free Wi-Fi and refreshments. Open noon-4 p.m. Thursday through Monday, except for holidays. Details: www.historicoregoncity.org or 503-657-9336

Museum of the Oregon Territory, 211 Tumwater Drive: Features 15,000 year-old petroglyphs and artifacts from the American Indian communities of the Willamette Valley and is home to the Clackamas County Historical Society's extensive collection and library where guests can research land claim documents, marriage returns, civil war records and historical photographs. Open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Details: www.clackamashistory.org/ or 503-655-5574

McLoughlin House, 713 Center St.: Heritage Holiday event 2-6 p.m. Dec. 1. Features exhibits and guided tours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and Victorian handcraft demonstrations noon-4 p.m. on second Saturday of each month, February through November. Details: www.mcloughlinhouse.org or 503-656-5146

Rose Farm, 915 Rilance Lane: Closed until June 1, but will open at noon Dec. 1 for Heritage Holiday. Admission is $3-$4. Details: http://www.mcloughlinhouse.org/rosefarm.html or 503-656-5146

Stevens-Crawford Heritage House, 603 Sixth St.: Features exhibits and tours. Open noon-4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 1-15. Details: www.historicoregoncity.org or 503-655-2866

Oregon City Municipal Elevator, Seventh Street and Railroad Avenue: The elevator, opened in 1915, took more than 751 tons of concrete and steel to construct, is 130-feet high, and passengers can zip to the top or to the bottom in 15 seconds. Additionally, passengers can also walk through a 35-foot long tunnel under the tracks rather than over the tracks. It is the only outdoor municipal elevator in the nation and one of only four in the world. The upper portion contains an observation deck which accounts for its flying saucer appearance. Winter hours are 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday; and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday (closed on holidays). Details: www.orcity.org/publicworks/municipal-elevator or the elevator operator at 503-496-1197

CANBY

Wednesday Afternoon at the Movies: "North by Northwest" (not rated) will be shown. 1 p.m. Wed, Oct. 31. Canby Adult Center, 1250 S. Ivy St., Canby; free; www.canbyadultcenter.org or 503-266-2970

Halloween Happenings: Senior citizens invited to compete in a costume contest and watch a showing of "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi, 11 a.m. Wed, Oct. 31. Canby Adult Center, 1250 S. Ivy St., Canby; free, lunch is $2.50-$4; www.canbyadultcenter.org or 503-266-2970

Halloween Fun House and Haunted House: Take a tour through Alice in Wonderland and interact with live characters on a winding path that glows. Then check out the Scare If You Dare tour for surprises and startling encounters (nothing gory). Characters played by Canby High drama department and middle school students; with money and materials for props, costumes and other items donated by more than 20 local merchants. Proceeds benefit the Canby Kiwanis Community Food and Toy Drive. 3-7 p.m. Wed, Oct. 31. Holly Mall, 122 N. Holly St. in downtown Canby; $2 or two cans of food; Yvonne Scott, 503-266-3216 or bilvon@canby.com

Halloween Fun: Family activities featured. 4-6 p.m. Wed, Oct. 31. Canby Public Library, 292 N. Holly, Canby; http://www.ci.canby.or.us/Canbylibrary/library.htm or 503-266-3394

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The First Book Ever Ordered from Amazon Is Equal Parts Appropriate and Unexpected

By Brian Barrett

Above is the first book—and first packing slip—ever to leave Amazon’s online warehouse. Well, other than the ones employees bought on test runs, or beta users. It was purchased by computer scientist John Wainwright on April 3rd, 1995. It’s not a classic, nor was it on any bestseller list at the time. It’s the liner notes to the first Third Eye Blind album. It’s just a terrifically, eye-crossingly nerdy tome about computer models.

How perfect.

NJ nuclear plant declares rare alert over high waters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy slowed or shut a half-dozen U.S. nuclear power plants, while the nation's oldest facility declared a rare "alert" after the record storm surge pushed flood waters high enough to endanger a key cooling system.

Exelon Corp's 43-year-old Oyster Creek plant in New Jersey remains on "alert" status, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said early Tuesday. It is only the third time this year that the second-lowest of four emergency action levels was triggered.

"Oyster Creek is still in an alert but may be getting out of it as long as water levels continue to drop," NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan told Reuters.

The alert came after water levels at the plant rose more than 6.5 feet above normal, potentially affecting the "water intake structure" that pumps cooling water through the plant.

Those pumps are not essential to keep the reactor cool since the plant has been shut for planned refueling since October 22. Exelon however was concerned that if the water rose over 7 feet it could submerge the service water pump motor that is used to cool the water in the spent fuel pool, potentially forcing it to use emergency water supplies from the in-house fire suppression system to keep the rods from overheating.

Exelon also moved a portable pump to the intake structure as a precaution in case it was needed to pump cooling water.

The water levels reached a peak of 7.4 feet -- apparently above the threshold -- but the pump motors did not flood, Sheehan said. As of 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday the water level was down to 5.8 feet, with the next high tide at 11:45 a.m.

"They need the water level to stay below 6 feet for a while to exit the alert," Sheehan said, noting when the water level falls below 4.5 feet, the plant could exit the unusual event.

An unusual event is the lowest of the NRC's emergency action levels.

Exelon said in a statement that there was no danger to equipment and no threat to public health or safety.

"Right now there's no imminent threat of releases. There's no protective actions around the plant," Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate said on the Today Show.

"Some of these reporting requirements are due though to the severity of the storms. That they have to make these notifications based upon conditions, that does not mean that they are in an imminent threat at the plant," Fugate said.

The incident at Oyster Creek, which is about 60 miles east of Philadelphia on the New Jersey Coast, came as Sandy made landfall as the largest Atlantic storm ever, bringing up to 90 mile per hour (mph) winds and 13-foot storm surges in the biggest test of the industry's emergency preparedness since the Fukushima disaster in Japan a year and a half ago.

Despite the alert -- which is a serious but not catastrophic event that signals a "potential substantial degradation in the level of safety" -- the U.S. nuclear industry was broadly seen having passed the test. About a dozen alerts have been issued in the past four years, according to NRC press releases.

On Tuesday morning, the NRC said that Entergy Corp's Indian Point 3 automatically tripped offline at about 10:41 p.m. last night due to fluctuations in the power grid caused by the storm, while Public Service Enterprise Group Inc shut Unit 1 at Salem in New Jersey at 1:10 a.m. due to a loss of "condenser circulators" due to the storm surge and debris.

SPENT FUEL

The relatively small 636-megawatt (MW) Oyster Creek plant earlier experienced a "power disruption" at its switch yard, causing two backup diesel generators to kick in and maintain a stable source of power, Exelon said.

The NRC spokesman said the company could use water from a fire suppression system or a portable pump to cool the pool if necessary. The used uranium rods in the pool could cause the water to boil in about 25 hours without additional coolant; in an extreme scenario the rods could overheat, risking the eventual release of radiation.

The concerns over the status of the spent fuel pool at Oyster Creek was reminiscent of the fears that followed the Fukushima disaster last year, when helicopters and fire hoses were enlisted to ensure the pools remained filled with fresh, cool water. The nuclear industry has said that the spent fuel rods at Fukushima were never exposed to the air.

Nuclear plants must store the spent uranium fuel rods for at least five years in order to cool them sufficiently before they can be moved to dry cask storage containers.

Exelon spokesman David Tillman said Monday night the plant has "multiple and redundant" sources of cooling for the spent fuel pool.

The plant uses pumps to take in external water that circulates through a heat exchanger used to cool the internal water that surrounds the rods, keeping them from overheating.

Among other units, Constellation Energy Nuclear Group's 630-MW Nine Mile Point 1 nuclear power reactor in upstate New York did shut due to a problem putting power onto the grid, although it was not clear whether the trouble was related to the storm.

In addition, Sandy caused power reductions at both units at Exelon's Limerick nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and one unit at Dominion's Millstone plant in Connecticut.

(Editing by Ed Davies and Alden bentley)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-nuclear-plant-declares-alert-sandy-storm-surge-045428689.html

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At polluted Santa Susana lab site, sacred cave attracts tribe's bid

The Chumash tribe has expressed interest in buying a 450-acre slice of a contaminated nuclear research facility in the hills between the Simi and San Fernando valleys, hoping to preserve a cave that its members consider sacred.

The tribe's inquiries about acquiring part of the 2,849-acre Santa Susana Field Laboratory have stirred concern among some residents who fear the purchase might be a back door to building a casino.

"I very much respect their desire to protect sacred sites but I want to make sure any such action precludes the establishment of a casino," Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks said.

Sam Cohen, government affairs and legal officer for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash, said there is no possibility of a casino on the property. The tribe wants to protect a swath of land that includes the Burro Flats Painted Cave, which is decorated with some of the best preserved Native American pictographs in California.

"If the tribe owns the land, we'll be in the best position to protect sacred sites," Cohen said.

Parks questioned whether the Chumash, a sovereign nation like other federally recognized tribes, would be bound by the elaborate cleanup agreement orders that apply to the portion of the sprawling facility that they are seeking.

Most of the lab site is owned by Boeing, which purchased it when the company acquired Rocketdyne in 1996. Boeing has not signed on to a 2010 cleanup plan with state regulators, but under the plan, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have promised to remove tainted soil and pollutants from the areas they control by 2017.

The Painted Cave is on NASA land.

Listed in 1976 on the National Register of Historic Places, Burro Flats has long been recognized for its archaeological significance. Perhaps as long as 1,000 years ago, Native American groups used the cave for rituals. Its walls are lined with paintings, including stick-figure animals and cornstalk-like plants. On the first day of winter, a shaft of light illuminates a design resembling a target; some researchers believe it was used in a ceremony marking the winter solstice.

Established in 1947, the secretive lab tested liquid propellants for rocket engines. In 1957, one of America's first commercial nuclear power plants was built at the site, generating electricity for nearby Moorpark. In 1959, that plant was also the site of America's first partial nuclear meltdown ? an accident revealed only decades later. Over the years, the lab generated toxic and radioactive wastes that neighbors blamed for cancer and other illnesses.

Even amid testing of about 30,000 rocket engines, the area around the cave was not damaged. Tight security kept visitors away. Over the years, NASA has admitted closely escorted groups of Native Americans "for ceremonial purposes," but such treks have become increasingly rare, said Merrilee Fellows, a NASA spokeswoman.

Although decades of security have helped preserve the cave's painted images, Cohen said, the tribe fears the effects of possible cleanup measures, including one he described as "scraping the site clean."

Officials say such fears are unfounded.

"We've heard hyperbole being kicked around about scraping the top off the mountain and it's not remotely accurate," said Rick Brausch, who is directing the cleanup for the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.

Scientists are still gauging the scope of contamination on the NASA-controlled property, he said. Some of the cleanup will involve carting off truckloads of soil. Other methods have not yet been determined.

"We don't even think there's contamination in that particular area" of the cave, Brausch said. "If there were, we'd design a strategy that wouldn't destroy the resource."

Regardless of whether the land changes hands, the cleanup will proceed, officials said.

The federal General Services Administration has deemed the NASA portion of the lab "excess" property, indicating its willingness to sell. Last month, the Bureau of Indian Affairs told the agency that the tribe was interested in mounting a bid. No price has been disclosed.

Cohen said the tribe might collaborate with other Native American groups to build a cultural center.

He said the tribe would not seek to make the land part of its reservation ? a legal requirement for tribal gambling operations. The Chumash have met stiff opposition in their attempt to annex 1,400 acres just down the road from their tiny Santa Ynez reservation. Neighbors fear the tribe will erect a casino on the property, a scenario the tribe denies.

steve.chawkins@latimes.com

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Windows 8 upgrade diary: a defiantly successful installation

Nothing's nicer than a happy ending. Except maybe a happy beginning, which is precisely what you're looking at above -- Microsoft's new OS captured in all its glory within minutes of completing the installation. What's more, if you saw the first part of this upgrade diary, then you'll know I was aiming for a trickier-than-average setup, with Windows 8 Pro running on a brand new and untouched SSD, alongside Windows 7 Ultimate running in dual-boot mode on my old HDD. As it turned out, this configuration was a breeze -- so long as I totally ignored the Getting Started instructions that came in the box. Read on if you'd like to know more.

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Researchers engineer cartilage from pluripotent stem cells

ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2012) ? A team of Duke Medicine researchers has engineered cartilage from induced pluripotent stem cells that were successfully grown and sorted for use in tissue repair and studies into cartilage injury and osteoarthritis. The finding is reported online Oct. 29, 2012, in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and suggests that induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPSCs, may be a viable source of patient-specific articular cartilage tissue.

"This technique of creating induced pluripotent stem cells -- an achievement honored with this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for Shimya Yamanaka of Kyoto University -- is a way to take adult stem cells and convert them so they have the properties of embryonic stem cells," said Farshid Guilak, PhD, Laszlo Ormandy Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke and senior author of the study.

"Adult stems cells are limited in what they can do, and embryonic stem cells have ethical issues," Guilak said. "What this research shows in a mouse model is the ability to create an unlimited supply of stem cells that can turn into any type of tissue -- in this case cartilage, which has no ability to regenerate by itself."

Articular cartilage is the shock absorber tissue in joints that makes it possible to walk, climb stairs, jump and perform daily activities without pain. But ordinary wear-and-tear or an injury can diminish its effectiveness and progress to osteoarthritis. Because articular cartilage has a poor capacity for repair, damage and osteoarthritis are leading causes of impairment in older people and often requires joint replacement.

In their study, the Duke researchers, led by Brian O. Diekman, PhD, a post-doctoral associate in orthopaedic surgery, aimed to apply recent technologies that have made iPSCs a promising alternative to other tissue engineering techniques, which use adult stem cells derived from the bone marrow or fat tissue.

One challenge the researchers sought to overcome was developing a uniformly differentiated population of chondrocytes, cells that produce collagen and maintain cartilage, while culling other types of cells that the powerful iPSCs could form.

To achieve that, the researchers induced chondrocyte differentiation in iPSCs derived from adult mouse fibroblasts by treating cultures with a growth medium. They also tailored the cells to express green fluorescent protein only when the cells successfully became chondrocytes. As the iPSCs differentiated, the chondrocyte cells that glowed with the green fluorescent protein were easily identified and sorted from the undesired cells.

The tailored cells also produced greater amounts of cartilage components, including collagen, and showed the characteristic stiffness of native cartilage, suggesting they would work well repairing cartilage defects in the body.

"This was a multi-step approach, with the initial differentiation, then sorting, and then proceeding to make the tissue," Diekman said. "What this shows is that iPSCs can be used to make high quality cartilage, either for replacement tissue or as a way to study disease and potential treatments."

Diekman and Guilak said the next phase of the research will be to use human iPSCs to test the cartilage-growing technique.

"The advantage of this technique is that we can grow a continuous supply of cartilage in a dish," Guilak said. "In addition to cell-based therapies, iPSC technology can also provide patient-specific cell and tissue models that could be used to screen for drugs to treat osteoarthritis, which right now does not have a cure or an effective therapy to inhibit cartilage loss."

In addition to Guilak and Diekman, study authors include Nicolas Christoforou; Vincent P. Willard; Alex Sun; Johannah Sanchez-Adams; and Kam W. Leong.

The National Institutes of Health (AR50245, AR48852, AG15768, AR48182, Training Grant T32AI007217) and the Arthritis Foundation funded the study.

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Public protest in a digitised world: reflections on the Indignados and ...

Paper to the Anthropology Department, Oslo University
21 November 2012

John Postill
RMIT University, Melbourne

Abstract

The wave of protests that struck the world in 2011 has been the subject of a great deal of polarised debate, particularly in connection with the historical novelty (or otherwise) of the protests and with the role played by social media such as Facebook or Twitter. In this paper I put aside such controversies and critically review the existing evidence on a range of digital media. Drawing from anthropological fieldwork in Barcelona (Spain) and from secondary research, I explore the digital dimensions of the Indignados and Occupy movements. First I argue that these movements exhibit four main characteristics, namely: they (a) propagated through viralised media ecologies in which political reality is now routinely ?shared? by media professionals, amateurs and ordinary citizens via social media (an age of ?viral reality?, Postill forthcoming), (b) recruited widely from a precarised middle class that includes students, teachers and other knowledge workers barely making a living in post-2008 neoliberal democracies, (c) were informed by the recent mainstreaming of ?nerd politics? (Doctorow 2012, e.g. Wikileaks, Anonymous, #NoLesVotes) and (d) were inspired and sustained in their occupation of digitised public spaces by the ?spirit? of Tahrir. I then suggest that despite their similarities and common global ambitions, the new protest movements are profoundly shaped by the distinct techno-political cultures of the nation-states where they have taken hold. This is revealed by a field-theoretical comparison of Spain and the United States in which I show that the movements are best characterised as culturally-specific ?protest fields? (Crossley 2002) that expand and contract and migrate far more dramatically than the fields of cultural production studied in France by Bourdieu and his associates (Postill 2011).

References

Crossley, N. 2002. `Global Anti-Corporate Struggle: A Preliminary Analysis?, British Journal of Sociology 53(4): 667?91.

Doctorow, C. 2012 The problem with nerd politics, The Guardian, 14 May 2012.

Postill, J. 2011. Localizing the Internet: An Anthropological Account. Oxford and New York: Berghahn. See draft Introduction.

Postill, J. forthcoming 2012. Democracy in the age of viral reality: a media epidemiography of Spain?s indignados movement Ethnography journal, Special Issue on Media Ethnography and the Public Sphere, revised version submitted July 2012.

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Starting your own online business could be a great way to generate an extra income. However, many people don?t know how to get started with it. You might be wondering the same thing. You can learn some Affiliate marketing basics, as well as a few more advanced tricks by reading this article.

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TIP! Always stay on top of what your internet marketing competition is doing. Whatever your niche, there is always going to be competition.

It?s a simple equation: more subscribers equals more money. Testing out different versions of your site can be achieved through split testing, where one page is served to half your audience and another to everyone else. Then you choose the best one based on new subscriptions.

TIP! When it comes to products that customers need to periodically replenish, a good way to keep them returning is to offer them a small discount for repeat purchases. Offer them a plan where if they agree to sign up for a subscription to receive additional supplies periodically, they will receive a small amount off the normal single unit price.

Whatever claims you make in your website advertizing, make sure you can back it up with facts. It?s common for people to not trust advertising copy. The inclusion of studies, testimonials, references or guarantees increases your credibility and makes it more likely that a sale will result. Statements without evidence to back them up will not cause people to take your product seriously.

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TIP! Mobile marketing should also be considered. You can send out text alerts to your visitors when you have sales going or when you need to announce a new product.

Show testimonials and comments from your customers on your site. People enjoy reading what others have written about any product they are considering. It also eases their mind when they see positive comments about your products, which makes it more likely that they will purchase something from you.

TIP! Typically, the average consumer will not believe everything that you say in advertisements. That?s a legacy of years of misleading advertising that people have been exposed to.

Is there a service you can offer your customers free of charge? People will visit just to take advantage of the free offer and they may stick around for a while if the site catches their eye. A good incentive for a finance web site is a free calculator for tax returns.

TIP! Try to have fun and enjoy Internet marketing, as this will give you a better chance for success. If you find that you are very good at this, than you may want to consider making it a career, but at first it should be more for fun than profit.

One way to build your list of contacts is to set up a squeeze page. This encourages your site visitors to offer up their email address. You can even give them an incentive to sign up like a coupon or promotional item to get them to fill out contact information. This provides them with something free and you can add them without any issues to your own list.

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Use a signature on every email you send out, whether it is business related or not. In many ways, your e-mail signature is like a business card, so write a memorable signature that you would be happy to share with everyone on the Internet. Utilizing your web address in regular correspondence will allow others to stumble upon your business and potentially sent it to others.

TIP! E-commerce is noted for its intense competitive nature between vendors; small businesses are particularly affected by this. Look at your competitors prices.

Offering several different payment options for customers will lead to more sales. Not everyone has credit cards or even a bank account, so offering another option can help increase your sales.

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You should have a URL that can be recognized. Try to use your brand or your business name as your site?s name. Use an URL that will be easy to remember for your customers. They will be more likely to visit your website if they can remember it.

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Offer electronic freebies that have branding that includes your site, and then submit it to sites that list free items. If you have an e-book, give it to free e-book websites. There are a ton of websites that have things for free, articles for free, e-books for free, etc., these are places you want to submit to!

TIP! Keep the use of Flash and AJAX to a minimum. Flashy graphics may look attractive and catch the visitor?s eye, but it will not make you more visible to search engines.

Now you have a greater understanding about what needs to be done in Affiliate marketing; you may already have goals in mind. Target some achievable short and long-term goals for your business. Keep on learning and trying new ideas so that you can realize your dream of Web marketing.

TIP! It is important to find the correct niche when you are marketing an Internet business. A fan of Star Wars memorabilia will have little interest in buying classic baseball cards.

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Box Office Guru Wrapup: Argo Leads a Lackluster Weekend

This weekend, with moviegoers yawning at the four new releases that Hollywood served up, the hit hostage crisis thriller Argo climbed up into the number one spot in its third frame leading an overall lackluster session. Ticket sales took an extra hit on the east coast as people prepared for the arrival of a monster storm set to impact highly populated areas putting an extra dent into an already weak marketplace.

Declining by just 25% in its third weekend, the Warner Bros. hit Argo won the box office crown with an estimated $12.4M which boosted the 17-day cume to a solid $60.8M. A final gross at or above the $100M mark still seems possible during its initial run. A re-release in January around the time when Oscar nominations are announced is a possibility which would all but guarantee an invitation to the century club. Argo became the first movie since 2010's True Grit to rise up to the top spot in its third weekend.

Terrific word-of-mouth is helping the Ben Affleck film reach new audiences and its pro-America ending is attracting business from red, blue, and swing states alike. Timing the release to the peak part of the presidential election season was no accident and the strategy is paying off. Upcoming films like Denzel Washington's Flight, Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, and the latest James Bond actioner Skyfall will provide stiff competition during the November weeks ahead but Argo hopes to hold its own and capitalize on strong reviews and glowing buzz.

It was a tight two-way race for second place but according to Sunday estimates, Sony inched ahead with its blockbuster toon Hotel Transylvania which slipped only 27% to an estimated $9.5M in its fifth weekend. The Sony hit has grossed a stellar $130.4M to date. Over the last 13 years, no September release has grossed more.

Opening close behind in third, if estimates hold, was the big-budget sci-fi epic Cloud Atlas which disappointed with an estimated $9.4M launch. The R-rated saga from the Wachowski siblings did manage to score the best per-theater average of any wide release with $4,681 from 2,008 locations including higher-priced IMAX screens. Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon, and others, the nearly-three-hour extravaganza turned out to be too experimental for mainstream audiences who could hardly tell from the advertising what the movie was even about.

Atlas mixes together multiple stories from various times spanning 500 years with actors playing different roles jumping across race and gender barriers in the various eras. Reviews were mixed but generally more on the positive side. Warner Bros. was hoping that fans of the directors of the Matrix trilogy would come out for their newest adventure. However, these filmmakers have not had a film that truly excited all sci-fi fans since the first Neo pic in 1999 which put them on the map in the first place. The Matrix sequels from 2003 left a bad taste in the mouths of many while their 2008 take on Speed Racer was a commercial and critical bomb.

Cloud Atlas will have a difficult road ahead as indicated by its troubling C+ CinemaScore grade. Studio research showed that the audience was mostly split evenly with males making up 51% of the crowd. The age breakdown was different as the film skewed much older with 77% being over 25. With a budget of over $100M, the sci-fi pic will be hoping for a sizably better response from international audiences which just may happen. Last year's period action epic The Three Musketeers, also co-financed by German money, opened in North America to a similarly weak $8.7M but fared well overseas with the rest of the world accounting for a whopping 85% of its global gross.

Suffering the worst second weekend drop yet for the franchise, Paranormal Activity 4 crumbled by 70% to an estimated $8.7M and raised its total to $42.6M since opening at 9pm two Thursdays ago. Last October's third installment in the hit Paramount series tumbled by 65%. Look for the new chapter to end its run quickly in the area of $55M, or about half of the $104M of the last film, putting the domestic total for the four-pack of thrillers at about $350M with combined production costs of only $13M. Paranormal Activity 4 grossed $14.1M overseas this weekend from holdover markets and a dozen new territories. The international total sits at $48.3M while the global tally is now $90.9M with Japan, France and other markets set to open this next week..

Two more sequels followed and were tied for fifth place with an estimated $8M each. Liam Neeson's Taken 2 declined by a reasonable 40% pushing the cume to $117.4M for Fox. Open Road debuted its offering for Halloween with the 3D horror pic Silent Hill: Revelation but was met with a dismal $2,728 average from 2,933 theaters. The sequel came out a long time after its predecessor which debuted to a strong number one showing with $20.2M in April 2006. With a weak brand and ample competition from other fright films like Paranormal and Sinister, Revelation failed to generate any excitement. Poor reviews did not help any.

Dropping only 35% was the Kevin James comedy Here Comes the Boom with an estimated $5.5M and a cume of just $30.6M for Sony. Word-of-mouth has been helping the horror hit Sinister which dipped only 43% in its third weekend to an estimated $5.1M for a solid $39.5M to date for Summit and Lionsgate. The companies also saw an estimated $5.1M for their detective thriller Alex Cross which fell a sharp 56% in its sophomore frame. With $19.4M in ten days, look for a $30M final.

The Halloween teen comedy Fun Size crashed and burned with a poor tenth place bow collecting an estimated $4.1M from a very wide 3,014 locations for a pathetic $1,347 average. Paramount earned a B CinemaScore from audiences and the crowd was heavily young female. Studio research showed that 67% was female and 73% was under 25 for the PG-13 party pic. Fun Size cost $14M to produce.

Following in the footsteps of the other new titles on the menu this weekend, Gerard Butler's surfing film Chasing Mavericks flopped and was rejected by moviegoers. The Fox release opened to an estimated $2.2M, failed to make the top ten, and generated a dismal $1,099 average from 2,002 theaters. Reviews were bad and the audience was split evenly between men and women. The PG-rated film skewed older with 59% being over 25 while the CinemaScore grade was a respectable B+.

Skyfall launched to impressive results in Europe and other territories this weekend with a stellar opening of $77.7M from 25 markets hitting the top spot everywhere. The United Kingdom led the way with $32.4M which was the second biggest Friday-to-Sunday opening in history trailing the final Harry Potter pic which was in 3D. The British debut was 30% higher than Quantum of Solace, the last film in the franchise. Other top openings included $9.1M in France, $8.6M in Russia, $6.5M in Brazil, and $6.1M in Korea. Additional countries get Skyfall next weekend while North America is among the final markets for the Sony smash with its November 9 debut. Bond films typically open stateside in mid-November close to the Thanksgiving holiday when overall moviegoing is robust. Domestically, Quantum opened one week before the first Twilight film while the latest 007 debuts a week prior to the vampire franchise's closing installment.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $75.6M which was down 16% from last year when Puss in Boots debuted at number one with $34.1M; and off 10% from 2010 when Saw 3D opened on top with $24.2M.

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]About the Position: The Department of Human Services and Rehabilitation at Western Washington University invites applications from dynamic, collaborative individuals for two (2) 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Human Services beginning ... About the Department: Housed within Woodring College of Education, the Human Services Program currently employs six full-time tenure line faculty, and graduates approximately 100 students each year.

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Qatari draft media law criticized by rights group

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's draft media law came under fire on Tuesday from Human Rights Watch, which singled out "loosely worded provisions" penalizing criticism of the Gulf emirate and its neighbors.

The New York-based organization urged Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani not to approve the law as drafted, calling it "a commitment to censorship".

Qatari officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

Freedom of expression is tightly controlled in the tiny autocratic Gulf state, with self-censorship prevalent among national newspapers and other media outlets.

A close U.S. ally that hosts a large U.S. military base, Qatar has escaped the unrest that has engulfed other parts of the region. It lacks any organized political opposition.

Qatar finances and hosts the pan-Arab satellite TV network al-Jazeera, which has closely covered Arab revolts elsewhere.

Although the draft calls for abolishing criminal penalties for media law violations, it contains some sweeping provisions.

Article 53 prohibits publishing or broadcasting information that would "throw relations between the state and the Arab and friendly states into confusion" or "abuse the regime or offend the ruling family or cause serious harm to the national or higher interests of the state".

Violators would face fines of up to 1 million Qatari riyals ($275,000).

The draft approved by the emir's advisory Shura Council in June would be the first change to Qatar's media law since 2008, when the government set up the Doha Centre for Media Freedom.

"Qatar's commitment to freedom of expression is only as good as its laws, which in this case do not meet the international standards it professes to support," Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.

"Instead of supporting press freedom, this draft media law is a commitment to censorship."

The imprisonment of Qatari poet Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, who faces charges of "inciting the overthrow of the ruling regime," provides further evidence of Qatar's double standard on freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said.

The charge Ajami faces carries the death penalty. In his poetry, Ajami has praised the revolutions that have swept the Arab world and has criticized the emir of Qatar. His next court hearing is scheduled for November 29.

Qatar's penal code provides sentences of five years in prison for criticizing the country's ruler. Both the penal code and the proposed media law violate international freedom of speech standards, Human Rights Watch said.

"If Qatar is serious about providing regional leadership on media freedom it should remove the problematic provisions from its draft media law and drop all charges against Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami that solely relate to his exercise of free speech," Stork said.

(Reporting by Regan Doherty; Editing by Alistair Lyon)

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Nanotechnology developed at Louisiana Tech University leads to breakthrough in fuel conversion

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Jupiter Fuels licenses Louisiana Tech technology, establishes development office on campus

RUSTON, La. Recognizing a national need to eliminate U.S. dependency on foreign oil and reverse large trade deficits driven by oil imports, Jupiter Fuels a privately owned startup development company focused on proving the economics of breakthrough natural gas-to-liquid fuel conversion technology is capitalizing on nanotechnology energy research taking place at Louisiana Tech University.

Fuel conversion technology developed at Louisiana Tech can covert natural gas to liquid fuel more efficiently, at lower pressures (meaning dramatically lower capitalization costs), than current industry methods. Private investors in Jupiter Fuels, which include James Madden and his sons Doug Madden, David Madden and John Madden of Minden, Louisiana, are joining with Louisiana Tech to embark on a $3.3 million prototype development effort.

In an effort to continue working closely with faculty and researchers at Louisiana Tech, company officials announced today the establishment of a Jupiter Fuels, LLC development office located in Louisiana Tech's Humana Enterprise Center. David Madden, who will serve as president of Jupiter Fuels, Doug Madden and John Madden are all graduates of Louisiana Tech.

Joining the board of Jupiter Fuels are Dr. Chester Wilson, an associate professor of electrical engineering and nanosystems engineering at Louisiana Tech, and Dr. John McDonald, one of Wilson's former students. Wilson and McDonald are the inventors of the nanotechnology developed at Louisiana Tech.

"It's simple economics that drives the value of this invention and investment," said David Madden. "The cost of natural gas is pretty low while the price of liquid fuel is high. If we can more efficiently convert 9,000 cubic feet of natural gas to the same amount of liquid fuel that comes from a barrel of oil, then I think we may have something valuable for America."

Wilson and McDonald were introduced to the Maddens by Joel Martin, a retired Air Force colonel and local entrepreneur, who has experience in helping research and development efforts at universities.

Jupiter Fuels was created to prove the economic value of converting feedstock methane gas, such as Louisiana's plentiful natural gas reserves, to liquid fuel. The gas-to-liquid conversion is done using the Fischer-Tropsch process that was invented in Germany, originally for coal gasification, before World War II.

Wilson and McDonald found new bulk-process nanomaterial catalysts that greatly improve gas-to-liquid conversion efficiency. Their breakthrough research also allows the catalyst to convert gas to liquid fuel at far lower pressures than current industry methods. Lower pressures in their improved process means that the cost of the establishing and maintaining fuel production plants can be greatly reduced.

"This research has been many years in the making and I'm glad to see it get the support from investors," said Wilson. "We think it's a true game changer for U.S. energy needs and offers the greatest potential to lower the U.S. trade deficit and get our economy on a better path. This is just one of many applications we'll see from promising nanotechnology research that's being conducted right here at Louisiana Tech."

Ray Delia, business manager for Jupiter Fuels said, "Many others are doing gas-to-liquid conversion and the basic process has been around since before WWII. The real breakthrough our scientists offer, using nanoengineered catalyst, is to greatly lower the pressure at which the conversion takes place. If we prove this true, then we can cut capitalization costs. For example, a 5,000 gallon per day fuel plant would cost $500 million to build with current technology. Our new technology is intended to cut that in half."

Lower capital and operating costs will allow the nascent gas-to-liquid fuel industry to take greater risks and exploit U.S. natural gas as a liquid fuel source. While a prototype production plant is being constructed in North Louisiana to validate exact numbers, the estimates are that the process will take about 9,000 cubic feet of natural gas to produce the same amount of liquid fuel that comes from one barrel of crude oil.

McDonald says the conversions process begins with cleaning contaminants, such as sulfur, from the gas and then reforming the methane into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which is fed into the Fischer-Tropsch process. "When using our proprietary catalyst, the process converts the reformer output gases into a hydrocarbon chain liquid fuel and liquid water," McDonald said. "We control the type of fuel coming out by accurately adjusting flow rates, temperatures, and pressures of the reaction. The length of the hydrocarbon chain determines the type of fuel output, such as diesel."

"The Louisiana Tech-Jupiter Fuels partnership is indicative of our efforts to produce technologies that can have an impact on our region and to work with public and private companies that can help deliver these technologies into the marketplace," said Dr. Les Guice, executive vice president and vice president for research and development at Louisiana Tech. "Providing opportunities for our faculty to explore, develop, and commercialize these innovations will play an important part in the future economic development of north Louisiana.

"We are most appreciative of the Madden family for their vision and leadership in developing this innovative technology company."

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Contact: Dave Guerin
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Louisiana Tech University

Jupiter Fuels licenses Louisiana Tech technology, establishes development office on campus

RUSTON, La. Recognizing a national need to eliminate U.S. dependency on foreign oil and reverse large trade deficits driven by oil imports, Jupiter Fuels a privately owned startup development company focused on proving the economics of breakthrough natural gas-to-liquid fuel conversion technology is capitalizing on nanotechnology energy research taking place at Louisiana Tech University.

Fuel conversion technology developed at Louisiana Tech can covert natural gas to liquid fuel more efficiently, at lower pressures (meaning dramatically lower capitalization costs), than current industry methods. Private investors in Jupiter Fuels, which include James Madden and his sons Doug Madden, David Madden and John Madden of Minden, Louisiana, are joining with Louisiana Tech to embark on a $3.3 million prototype development effort.

In an effort to continue working closely with faculty and researchers at Louisiana Tech, company officials announced today the establishment of a Jupiter Fuels, LLC development office located in Louisiana Tech's Humana Enterprise Center. David Madden, who will serve as president of Jupiter Fuels, Doug Madden and John Madden are all graduates of Louisiana Tech.

Joining the board of Jupiter Fuels are Dr. Chester Wilson, an associate professor of electrical engineering and nanosystems engineering at Louisiana Tech, and Dr. John McDonald, one of Wilson's former students. Wilson and McDonald are the inventors of the nanotechnology developed at Louisiana Tech.

"It's simple economics that drives the value of this invention and investment," said David Madden. "The cost of natural gas is pretty low while the price of liquid fuel is high. If we can more efficiently convert 9,000 cubic feet of natural gas to the same amount of liquid fuel that comes from a barrel of oil, then I think we may have something valuable for America."

Wilson and McDonald were introduced to the Maddens by Joel Martin, a retired Air Force colonel and local entrepreneur, who has experience in helping research and development efforts at universities.

Jupiter Fuels was created to prove the economic value of converting feedstock methane gas, such as Louisiana's plentiful natural gas reserves, to liquid fuel. The gas-to-liquid conversion is done using the Fischer-Tropsch process that was invented in Germany, originally for coal gasification, before World War II.

Wilson and McDonald found new bulk-process nanomaterial catalysts that greatly improve gas-to-liquid conversion efficiency. Their breakthrough research also allows the catalyst to convert gas to liquid fuel at far lower pressures than current industry methods. Lower pressures in their improved process means that the cost of the establishing and maintaining fuel production plants can be greatly reduced.

"This research has been many years in the making and I'm glad to see it get the support from investors," said Wilson. "We think it's a true game changer for U.S. energy needs and offers the greatest potential to lower the U.S. trade deficit and get our economy on a better path. This is just one of many applications we'll see from promising nanotechnology research that's being conducted right here at Louisiana Tech."

Ray Delia, business manager for Jupiter Fuels said, "Many others are doing gas-to-liquid conversion and the basic process has been around since before WWII. The real breakthrough our scientists offer, using nanoengineered catalyst, is to greatly lower the pressure at which the conversion takes place. If we prove this true, then we can cut capitalization costs. For example, a 5,000 gallon per day fuel plant would cost $500 million to build with current technology. Our new technology is intended to cut that in half."

Lower capital and operating costs will allow the nascent gas-to-liquid fuel industry to take greater risks and exploit U.S. natural gas as a liquid fuel source. While a prototype production plant is being constructed in North Louisiana to validate exact numbers, the estimates are that the process will take about 9,000 cubic feet of natural gas to produce the same amount of liquid fuel that comes from one barrel of crude oil.

McDonald says the conversions process begins with cleaning contaminants, such as sulfur, from the gas and then reforming the methane into carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which is fed into the Fischer-Tropsch process. "When using our proprietary catalyst, the process converts the reformer output gases into a hydrocarbon chain liquid fuel and liquid water," McDonald said. "We control the type of fuel coming out by accurately adjusting flow rates, temperatures, and pressures of the reaction. The length of the hydrocarbon chain determines the type of fuel output, such as diesel."

"The Louisiana Tech-Jupiter Fuels partnership is indicative of our efforts to produce technologies that can have an impact on our region and to work with public and private companies that can help deliver these technologies into the marketplace," said Dr. Les Guice, executive vice president and vice president for research and development at Louisiana Tech. "Providing opportunities for our faculty to explore, develop, and commercialize these innovations will play an important part in the future economic development of north Louisiana.

"We are most appreciative of the Madden family for their vision and leadership in developing this innovative technology company."

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