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Expos, Updates and Rewards
Form Friends,
After a wonderful holiday season, January whipped by in a flash. We thought we'd give you some of the highlights before February is upon us (and before the... Read more
Kickstarter, Done.
We've got something exciting to announce today. By the end of this week, we'll have completed shipping our Kickstarter Form 1 printers.
Thank you. We're here because of you, our... Read more
Happy Halloween, Shipping Updates, & Company News
Something about being able to create literally anything drives people — especially Form 1 users — to make the most mind-bendingly creepy stuff. It's Halloween, and we're thrilled to show... Read more
Shipping Update, Webinar, and Upcoming Events
We've shipped 874 printers! We're incredibly proud of how far we've come -- and we're not stopping.
International Shipping
We know that many of our international backers are still awaiting... Read more
Printing with the Form 1 Webinar
We've had a busy week at Formlabs, what with MakerFaire, a major software update to PreForm 0.9.0! To take it all in, we'll be hosting a webinar this coming Thursday,... Read more
Software Update | New Support System!
We take enormous pride in our PreForm software, which is re-inventing what 3d-printing software can do. PreForm 0.9.0 (download) is one of our most significant updates yet.
Brand New Support... Read more
USA & Canada Away!
As of today, we're thrilled to announce that we've shipped all of our domestic and Canadian pledges -- we've shipped 712 Form 1s! And next week, we'll be sending out... Read more
Growing Pains
With your help here last fall, we set out to make the Form 1 the best desktop 3D printer out there. We've been busy. We've built up a top-notch engineering... Read more
Announcing Grey Resin!
Form Fans,
After months of fine-tuning to perfection, Formlabs is ready to expand your 3D printing options. Grey Resin is finally here!
Similar to Clear, our newest material has properties... Read more
PreForm 0.8.4: Mac OS X & Mesh Repair
We've had many requests for a Macintosh-compatible version of our PreForm software, and here it is. Head over to our software page to check out our new OS X-compatible version... Read more
PreForm Update 0.8.3
New print-time estimator in the Info Bar panel. Hourglass model by Taavi Simson via GrabCad.
We're shipping more printers every week — but that doesn't mean we're neglecting our software.... Read more
Electroplating with the Form 1
A rook, plated in copper and nickel.
Prints on the Form 1 capture all of extraordinary detail of your model, and have an incredible smooth surface-finish. That means it's easy... Read more
Clear Material Properties
At Formabs, we're working on much more than a printer. We're building an ecosystem, integrating high-performance software and hardware, and developing a suite of specialized materials appropriate for the most-demanding... Read more
PreForm Update to 0.8.2
We're working hard, over here. Shipping printers is our top priority, but we're also working at improving and tweaking our software. Four weeks after our last software update, we're pleased... Read more
Shipping Update
Form Fans,
We won't let a printer out the factory door if it hasn't passed our exhaustive calibration and test procedures. This commitment to quality has caused delays in our... Read more
Announcing PreForm Update 0.8.1
Form Fans,
Three weeks after our initial release, we have our first software update for you! PreForm 0.8.1 is ready for download.
Our software team has been hard-at-work so we... Read more
Clear Resin is in the Form Store!
Form Fans,
Today we're excited to offer Clear Resin for sale at the Form Store for $149 per liter. To make it easy for you to stock up, you can... Read more
The Form 1 is Shipping!
Form Fans,
The Formlabs journey began early 2011 through conversations among a group of designers and engineers. Just like you, we saw the power of 3D printing but were frustrated... Read more
Announcing Clear Resin!
Form Fans,
When you helped launch Form 1 production on Kickstarter, we had planned on launching with a grey resin. At this point, however, grey requires further development to reach... Read more
Announcing PreForm Software!
Form Fans,
We're thrilled to announce the preview release of PreForm Software! The software team has taken the package to new levels to make printing easier and faster. We can't... Read more
The First Form Spaces
The Form Team just crossed two big milestones.
Beta Shipments
First, we quietly shipped our first 15 printers two weeks ago to beta test users (who are printing as we... Read more
Gyro Cube Update
As you can imagine, printing 425 gyro cubes requires a bunch of printers. Since most of our prototypes have been tied up in final production testing we are behind schedule.... Read more
Packing the Form 1
When we first began plans for the Form 1, we received some advice: "don't leave packaging to the last minute." We thank those wise advisors. Here's some things that went... Read more
Production Update
Form Fans,
We'd like to give you an update on our progress and thank you (again) for your ongoing support and understanding. You're amazing.
The Form 1 is in full... Read more
Form 1 in Production
Form Fans,
Our shared vision of low-cost, high resolution 3D printing is closer than ever. The Form 1 has entered full production!
Over the last few months, we have assembled... Read more
We Have a Winner
Form Fans,
Here are a few updates we'd like to send your way.
Form 1 Survey Winner
As mentioned, we had an amazing response to our survey over the past... Read more
Full Steam Ahead
Wondering how things are going at Formlabs? Let's just say that high-resolution 3D printing is making its way to your desktop.
We're excited to report that our engineers are hard... Read more
Our Number One Priority
Form Fans,
As you may already know, 3D Systems announced a patent infringement lawsuit against Formlabs on November 20th. Today, we ask for your confidence and patience once again, especially... Read more
Announcing the Form Store!
Even if you missed our Kickstarter campaign, it's not too late to order the most powerful and affordable desktop 3D printing package available. Formlabs is proud to announce the Form... Read more
Kickstarter Survey is Here
Hello Form Fans,
Thanks so much for keeping the conversation going, even after Kickstarter. It's been great to hear all of your comments and suggestions along the way. We want... Read more
Virtual High Five!
Hi Form Fans,
We're excited to fulfill our first Kickstarter pledge for all of our backers at the Virtual High Five level! Tomorrow we'll send out our miniature Form 1... Read more
Forming the Next Chapter
Form Fans, you have amazed us. On September 26th we asked if you wanted a high resolution, affordable 3D printer. The answer to that question seems pretty obvious after 30... Read more
Protolabs (officially) thinks the Form 1 is cool!
Protolabs just told the Formlabs team that we've been awarded the Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award! Coming from "the world's fastest custom manufacturer of prototype and low-volume parts", this is... Read more
What will you create with your Form 1?
The end of Kickstarter is only the beginning of the Form 1. Soon, literally 1,000 of you will have this amazing printer on your desk. In the meantime, we'll be... Read more
Gearing Up for the Last Day
Formlabs engineer Jason Livingston takes you on a (safe) journey into the world of planetary gears. Make sure to watch the video through to the end ;)
(Design credit: see... Read more
Kickstarting Our Team
Some people find it counterintuitive that we offered the lowest prices for the earliest Form 1 delivery dates. At Formlabs, however, we believe it makes perfect sense to acknowledge those... Read more
The Form 1 in London
A few members of the Formlabs team ventured across the pond known as the Atlantic this weekend to show London what the Form 1 can do. The 3D Printshow has... Read more
Form Software in Action
Formlabs engineer Ian gives a brief overview of Form Software in this video. Enjoy!
Form 1 is Gaining Momentum!
When we first considered a Kickstarter campaign, we were confident that we had assembled a great team and built a disruptive product. The night before launch, you could feel the... Read more
Engineering Fluorescent Grey
As you might imagine, engineering the Form 1 required tremendous effort and precision. The same is true for our resin development, which we continue to fine tune before shipping.
While... Read more
3D Print Show, Here We Come!
Why stop with New York? The Formlabs team will make our European debut at the 3D Print Show in London. Join us to see the Form 1 in action with... Read more
Winter is Coming
What an amazing two weeks since we launched on Kickstarter! To start off a relatively calm week thanks to Maker Faire being behind us, we thought we'd share a few... Read more
Form 1 In-Depth At Maker Faire
When we were at the Maker Faire, the folks from tested.com came by to talk about the nitty-gritty of the Form 1's software, hardware, and resin. Check out this video... Read more
Printing Functional Parts on the Form 1!
Hello Form Fans!
We had a great time at Maker Faire this weekend. It was wonderful to see so many people excited about the Form 1!
Now, we're back to... Read more
(almost) Live from Maker Faire!
Just a quick update from the action at Maker Faire. Good thing we brought the whole team because so many awesome people wanted to see the Form 1 in public... Read more
We hear you!
Form Fans, your support from home and abroad has been inspiring. The fact that you have shown as much belief in our vision as we have is a testament to... Read more
2.5 is our lucky number!!
Can we say "wow" enough? Probably not. The last two and a half days have left the Formlabs team with a wide array of expressions of joy and amazement, not... Read more
See you at Maker Faire NYC this weekend! Also, updated FAQ!
According to the official website, Maker Faire is "the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement." Sounds... Read more
Wow, that was fast!
Hey everyone, thanks a lot - we obviously think our project is pretty cool, but had NO IDEA that we were gonna break our $100,000 target in 2.5 hours!
Your... Read more


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The Type System
Static type systems are useful for documentation, static verification of code, and optimization. It is common practice in stack languages to document the stack effects of each instructionwhat type of values are removed from the stack (the consumption), and what type of values are placed on the stack (the production). The Cat type system allows type annotations (aka "type signatures" or "stack diagrams") that express the effect of an expression in terms of the consumption and production. If a type annotation is omitted, Cat is able to infer a type automatically using a variant of the Hindley-Milner algorithm (research.microsoft.com/Users/luca /Papers/BasicTypechecking.pdf). Example 5 shows some type signatures. From the Cat interpreter, the metacommand #t gives you the type of any function on the stack (metacommands are commands intended for the interpreter and are not part of the language; by convention, they are affixed with a "#" character).
Type variables are denoted with a leading apostrophe ('). Type variable names starting with lowercase letters represent individual types (scalar type variables). Type variable names starting with uppercase letters represent type vectors. A type vector is zero or more types on the stack. A type vector can be left unbound in the type signature of an expression, but ultimately has to be bound to a concrete sequence of types for an expression to be executable. ([apply] apply is not a valid program because we cannot resolve all the type variables.)
The arrow is used to differentiate function types with side effects ('A ~>'B) from those without ('A->'B). The rule for determining whether a function has a side effect is simply whether it uses a function with a side effect.
42 : ( -> int) + : (int int -> int) dup : ('a -> 'a 'a) pop : ('a -> ) apply : ('A ('A -> 'B) -> 'B) if : ('A bool ('A -> 'B) ('A -> 'B) -> 'B) [1 +] : ( -> (int -> int)) quote : ('a -> ( -> 'a))
In intermediate languages, it is useful to be able to verify certain properties of code statically. The most important properties are:
- Whether the inputs of the correct type are available when a function is called.
- Whether an expression can underflow the stack or not.
To guarantee proper verification of these properties, intermediate languages with stack-based semantics (such as the JVML) usually have a requirement that conditional execution cannot lead to different stack configurations (the types of values on the stack have to agree). The same principle applies to Cat, so the following is illegal:
is_monday ["I hate Mondays"] [42] if
In this case, depending on whether it is Monday, you would have either a string or integer on the top of the stack. This violates the type of the if function, which requires that both arguments ["I hate Mondays"] and [42] yield the same vector of types (denoted by 'B).
A novel feature of the Cat type system is that all functions are row polymorphic. Each function takes an implicit type-vector variable (called a "row variable") as an argument representing the rest of the stack. The row variable is returned implicitly along with the rest of the results. Another nice feature of the Cat type system is that you can perform partial type inference and compute the type of a polymorphic expression without context. This feature is not present in the Hindley-Milner type inference algorithms.

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Do It With Vintage: Nicole Richie in Menswear
Stylish socialite and designer Nicole Richie always looks camera ready. This snap taken during her family trip to Sydney, Australia (where it's currently Winter) proves that wherever you travel, it's best to bring a fantastic light coat. Work Richie's menswear inspired look… Continue Reading


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Zero Suit Samus vs. Princess Peach – Cosplay Clash
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Pancreatitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the pancreas. Acute attacks are often characterized by severe abdominal pain that radiates from the upper belly through to the back and can cause effects ranging from mild pancreatic swelling to life-threatening failure of many organs. Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive condition that results in permanent damage of pancreatic tissue. Recurrent acute attacks can lead to chronic pancreatitis.
The pancreas is a narrow, flat organ located deep in the abdominal cavity, behind the stomach and below the liver. It has head, middle, and tail sections. Its head section connects to the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. Inside the pancreas, small ducts (tubes) feed digestive enzymes produced by the pancreas into the pancreatic duct. This large duct carries the digestive enzymes down the length of the pancreas, from the tail to the head section, and into the duodenum. The common bile duct also runs through the head section of the pancreas, carrying bile from the liver and gallbladder into the small intestine. The bile duct and pancreatic duct usually join just before entering the duodenum and share a common opening into the small intestine.
The pancreas has two kinds of tissues: exocrine and endocrine. Exocrine tissues make powerful enzymes that help digest fats, proteins, and carbohydrates in the small intestine as well as make bicarbonate that helps neutralize stomach acids. Endocrine tissues have "islets" or clusters of certain cell types that produce the hormones insulin and glucagon (among other hormones), whihch are vital for the transportation of glucose into the body's cells and for maintaining normal blood levels of glucose (blood sugar).
The cells of the exocrine pancreas make, store, and release digestive enzymes. Many of these digestive enzymes are inactive within the cell but activated when they reach the small intestine. Obstruction of the common bile and pancreatic ducts, most commonly by gallstones, causes an accumulation and early activation of digestive enzymes, leading to pancreatic damage and pancreatitis.
Pancreatitis can also occur without the presence of an obstruction. In addition to the normal stress on pancreatic cells and genetic differences between individuals, external stressors such as alcoholism affect regular pancreatic cell function. The stress may not be sufficient to cause pancreatitis in all individuals, but in certain people, it appears to substantially increase the risk by adversely affecting normal digestive enzyme synthesis and release or by causing early activation of these enzymes. The resulting cell damage leads to cell death and, if the damaging events and inflammatory response are too great or persistent, pancreatitis may develop.
Pancreatitis occurs more frequently in men than in women and is known to be linked to and aggravated by alcoholism and gallbladder disease. In the latter case, this happens because of obstruction of the common duct from the gallbladder and pancreas into the intestine. Obstruction is most frequently due to gallstones and sometimes to biliary sludge. Alcoholism and gallbladder disease are responsible for about 80% of acute pancreatitis attacks and figure prominently in chronic pancreatitis. Another 10% of the time the cause is idiopathic, and the other 10% of the time it is due to one of the following:
- Drugs such as valproic acid and estrogen
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- Cystic fibrosis and inherited defects that result in early activation of digestive enzymes
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UPDATE: The Texas House voted 93-54 to reconsider the vote by which this amendment was approved. Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria, said she and many other people weren't clear on what the amendment would do. Burnam then withdrew the amendment.Legislative leaders would have a say in any state effort to change Medicaid eligibility even if the Legislature has adjourned by the time it occurs under an amendment added to the House version of the budget with a vote of 86-57.
The proposal was offered by Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, and amended by Rep. John Zerwas, a Simonton Republican who oversees health and human services on the Appropriations Committee.
The amended House provision is similar to one in the Senate-backed budget that sets out parameters for the state to change Medicaid eligibility, offered in light of the federal health care reform law's offer of expansion.
It says the Health and Human Services Commission must develop more efficient coverage options for the existing population and those who would be newly eligible.
It says the Legislative Budget Board must approve the plan and ensure that it addresses such things as the promotion of the use of existing private coverage and cost-sharing.The House proposal, unlike the Senate proposal, would limit cost-sharing such as co-pays to newly eligible Medicaid recipients, not the existing population.
It also would direct that any cost-savings from expansion would remain in health and human services.


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Andrew Breitbart, the pugnacious, conservative Internet entrepreneur who took on the left and what he called the "media bully cabal" with a series of exposes that were explosive and sometimes flawed, died early Thursday after collapsing near his home in Westwood. He was 43.
According to his father-in-law, actor Orson Bean, Breitbart, a father of four, was out for a late-night walk shortly after midnight when he apparently suffered a heart attack. Paramedics took Breitbart to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Bean said, but he could not be revived.
Breitbart could be harsh at times, but he also had a magnetic personality that even many of his adversaries found appealing. He was a hero to conservatives, especially those who embraced the "tea party" movement, whom he passionately defended against charges of racism. To liberals, he was a reckless provocateur, blinkered by his late-blooming hatred of the left.
His biggest coup came in May of 2011 when he revealed that U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) had been sending salacious photographs to women online. At first, Weiner said that his Twitter account had been hacked. He later admitted his misbehavior and apologized to Breitbart.
As Weiner was about to face the press in New York, Breitbart stepped up to the microphones. "I'm here for some vindication," he said. Breitbart's bestselling 2011 memoir was titled "Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World."
Breitbart recognized the power of the Internet early. Schooled at the feet of two other L.A.-based Internet sensations, Matt Drudge and Arianna Huffington, he applied lessons gleaned while toiling in the background for them when he launched Breitbart.com.
The site evolved into several topical sub-sites focused on journalism, government and Hollywood, all aimed at promoting Breitbart's war on the liberal agenda.
"In the first decade of the Drudge Report, Andrew Breitbart was a constant source of energy, passion and commitment," Drudge wrote in a note to readers. "We shared a love of headlines, a love of the news....I still see him in my mind's eye in Venice Beach, the sunny day I met him."
Huffington, editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, recalled Breitbart's "passion, his exuberance, his fearlessness."
GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich all paid tribute on Twitter. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on Facebook that Breitbart was "a warrior who stood on the side of what was right."
Eric Boehlert, senior fellow at the liberal Media Matters for America, was a frequent Breitbart antagonist.
"Breitbart was one of the first on the conservative side that really did understand what the Internet could do for the conservative movement and was certainly able to harness that," Boehlert said. "He was a charismatic figure, there's no question about that. There was a star presence about him."
Breitbart launched his site in 2005. Four years later, he posted a series of undercover videos by a young conservative activist, James O'Keefe III.
The videos targeted the community group ACORN and showed O'Keefe and a female partner asking ACORN workers for financial advice for a business with underage prostitutes. What they did was hailed by conservatives for exposing wasteful taxpayer spending and ripped by liberals as entrapment. Congress later de-funded ACORN.
"Andrew was a colorful and magnetic personality, as humorous as he was passionate," O'Keefe said in a statement.
When he showed his video footage to Breitbart, O'Keefe said, "He told me the establishment would call the actions of the employees in the first tape an isolated incident. 'We're going to embarrass the media if they try to cover this up,' he told me."
Breitbart stumbled in the summer of 2010, when he posted a deceptively edited video purporting to show racist statements by an obscure African American government official named Shirley Sherrod.
Sherrod, whose story actually illustrated how she overcame feelings of racism to help a white farmer save his land, was fired. Embarrassed, the Agriculture Department offered her a new job. She sued Breitbart for defamation. (Attorney Michael Rothbert, an expert on media law, said Sherrod could sue his estate.)
"My prayers go out to Mr. Breitbart's family as they cope during this very difficult time," Sherrod said in a statement.
As befits a creature of the new media world, Breitbart's favorite tool for attack was Twitter.
After Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) died in 2009, Breitbart tweeted that Kennedy was a "villain," a "duplicitous bastard" and worse.
Yet many Breitbart critics found his exuberant personality hard to resist.
Writer and blogger Andrew Sullivan, who sparred with Breitbart, recalled that when he found himself sitting next to Breitbart last fall on a flight to Los Angeles, they swapped music picks. "I happen to personally like him," Sullivan wrote at the time, almost sheepishly.
Breitbart was born Feb. 1, 1969, and grew up in Brentwood with secular Jewish parents who adopted him and his younger sister, Tracy.
He attended two exclusive private schools, Carlthorp and Brentwood.
His father, Gerald, owned a landmark Santa Monica restaurant, Fox and Hounds. His mother, Arlene, was a bank executive.
He attended Tulane University and became a passionate consumer of what he called "girly drinks" and 1980s British alt-rock.
"The music sort of meshed with my philosophical angst," Breitbart told The Times in 2010. "I would say I was a shallow nihilist."
As a young adult, he said, he had three epiphanies that turned him from a "rollerblading, gallivanting, jocular goofball" into a conservative.
He was appalled in the late 1980s when his childhood best friend and business partner, Larry Solov, told him that Stanford University had a voluntarily segregated black dormitory; he was furious at the 1991 grilling of Clarence Thomas during his Supreme Court nomination hearings; and he was annoyed that some in the media had anointed Nirvana's Kurt Cobain as the "spokesman" of Breitbart's generation.
"I just started to have the awkwardly pedestrian revelation that my parents were right," he said.
Breitbart relished living as the enemy in the liberal bastions of Los Angeles and Hollywood, where he was supremely at ease, having married into a Hollywood family, and spent many hours at Huffington's famous salon with the industry's bright lights.
He loved to shock conservatives, too.
In January, he was a guest of commentator Tucker Carlson's at a Chicago fundraising dinner hosted by former Weather Underground radicals Bill Ayres and Bernadine Dohrn.
Breitbart told Fox News that Ayres was a wonderful host and cook.
"This is one of the ways they're able to indoctrinate young impressionable people," Breitbart said.
"They're so charming, so good at throwing the best possible party. At the end of the day, it's no wonder they're able to get kids to say, 'Hey, let's do bombs against the Pentagon.' "
In addition to his parents and sister, Breitbart is survived by his wife, Susannah, and their four children, Samson, 12; Mia, 10; Charlie, 6; and William, 4. The family has not announced memorial arrangements.
Times staff writers Rong-Gong Lin II and Andrew Blankstein contributed to this report.


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When it comes down to it, the Oscars is just as much of a fashion show as it is an awards show — though whether all of the fashion showcased is fabulous or misses the mark is always up for debate. So, in anticipation of the awards this Sunday, we're looking back at some of the most outrageous moments in Oscar fashion, some iconic, some iconic missteps — Bjork's swan dress, Gwyneth's sheer moment, South Park's leading lady impersonators, and much more in the way of fabulously over-the-top style moments on Oscar's red carpet. Click through to see all 50.


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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two big gay marriage cases this term, and the first briefs arguing the merits of each side of the debate are starting to come in.
Republican lawmakers fighting to preserve the Defense of Marriage Act contended in their brief Tuesday that the Clinton-era law should stand even though Obama's administration refuses to defend it.
Two federal appeals courts have found DOMA unconstitutional, particularly section 3 of the law, which bars the U.S. government from recognizing same-sex marriages for tax and other purposes.
Since Obama's DOJ decided to stop defending the law, the House's Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (which is actually majority Republican) enlisted legal superstar Paul Clement to take up their pro-DOMA case.
In its brief filed Tuesday, BLAG (not to be confused with P-FLAG) said the government shouldn't go out of its way to look out for gay people's marriage rights because they already have "remarkable political clout."
Specifically, BLAG advised the Supreme Court against classifying gays as a "suspect class," a group that's likely to encounter discrimination.
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January 24 at La Paloma in Encinitas marked the first premiere for Zack Dowdy's full length independent video The Hype Train. Some of San Diego's hardest transition and street skaters, including Brendan Keaveny, Conner Getzlaf, and Chris Gregson had full parts among other rippers. Despite the late start and the "media offline" clips, this D.I.Y. video killed it with insane front following angles, combo tricks on pool coping, W.S.V.T., and filler footage. The show was free to all ages so all could enjoy some Hype. For some, the Hype started early waiting in line with tall boys before then and migrated to Cap'n Kenos then The Saloon.
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A new access road is being built in Norweigan Bodø. The contractor Veidekke is building both roads and tunnels, and the tunnel development is simplified with a new feature from Atlas Copco.
Bodø is growing and today's infrastructure is not sufficient. To ease the congestion the infrastructure development project "Bypakke Bodø" has been initiated by the city of Bodø, Nordland County Council and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. The project, which is the largest infrastructure project ever conducted in northern Norway, with more than one hundred subprojects. The new State highway 80 is a key part of the infrastructure project and Veidekke has been assigned to develop a 3.5 km long 4 lane motorway, of which 2.8 km is a double tunnel. 500 000 cubic meters of rock will be excavated.
Throughout the project Veidekke has used a new feature from Atlas Copco, Dynamic tunneling package (DTP). DTP is a software feature that is used to let the drill rig create custom made drill plans directly at the face of the tunnel. The operator simply downloads the tunnel contour to the drill rig together with a drill rule file, and the drill rig generates its own drill plans. There is no more need for going back and forth with drill plans between the office and the drill rig. And since the drill plan is created for the specific tunnel segment, the precision in the tunnel development is increased.
- Today, in tunneling projects, especially large ones in urban areas, there are differences in the cross section. You go up and down with your drill plans. The Dynamic tunneling package helps you so you don't have to go up and down anymore. The drill plan is made on the drill rig and at the face, said Johan Jonsson, Product Manager Boomer, Atlas Copco. Atlas Copco's customer Veidekke and their RV80 project in Bodø, Norway was one of the pilot projects for Dynamic tunneling package.
- The collaboration with Atlas Copco to develop the Dynamic tunneling package went well. Atlas Copco were responsive to our feedback and made adjustments to the program, concluded Jon-André Nilsen, Manager Surveying Technic Underground, Veidekke and continues:
- Today, the drill rig operators make niches manually. They can turn out way too big or way too small. Dynamic tunneling package makes our drilling more precise. We can make changes to drill plans directly on the rig. We can move cuts or drill-holes. We are more flexible at the tunnel face compared to making all changes at the office.
Today all tunneling models exist in a 3D model. Previously you imported the model into Underground manager (an Atlas Copco software used for planning and reporting of drill rig data and information) and then do all the drill plans manually in Underground manager. With Dynamic tunneling package you still import the 3D model but you only need to set up a set of rules (a rules file) in Underground manager. The set of rules and the 3D model is then brought to the drill rig by USB or WiFi-connection. The drill rig will then make its own drill plans based on where in the tunnel it is navigated and according to the tunnel model. Due to this, the drill plans will always be precisely made for the section and size that should be excavated.
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The tunnels and the new State highway 80 is planned to be ready 2019. The complete infrastructure development project "Bypakke Bodø" will be completed in 2022.
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The Chicago Tribune's Blair Kamin writes on the threat to Michael Reese Hospital. Find out more and get involved at Save Michael Reese Hospital.
As bulldozers continued to destroy buildings at the former Michael Reese Hospital campus, National Park Service officials on Friday cited technical problems with a plan to nominate the campus to the National Register of Historic Places and said they would return the nomination to Illinois officials.
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by Blair Kamin
December 18, 2009
As bulldozers continued to destroy buildings at the former Michael Reese Hospital campus, National Park Service officials on Friday cited technical problems with a plan to nominate the campus to the National Register of Historic Places and said they would return the nomination to Illinois officials.
The action marked a major setback for historic preservationists fighting to save the campus, particularly its buildings associated with architect Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus School in Germany.
They had hoped the Park Service, the keeper of the Register, would name the campus to the list of historic places, giving them at least a symbolic weapon to wield against Mayor Richard M. Daley, the prime political backer of tearing down the 37-acre South Side campus to make way for a new residential complex.
But in a telephone interview, Barbara Wyatt, a National Register historian, faulted the nomination for poorly-drawn boundaries. "The documentation we have does not necessarily portray what is there," she said. "It appears to us that the district boundaries need to be reined in to eliminate areas where the buildings have been removed."
From 1945 onward, Gropius helped to plan and design the Reese campus, working with the hospital's planning staff and Chicago architects. So far, preservationists estimate, wrecking crews have torn down 11 of the campus' 29 buildings, including four on which Gropius worked.
Preservationists, led by Grahm Balkany, director of the Gropius in Chicagao Coalition, already were facing long odds in their battle to save Gropius-related buildings because National Register status has no legal force to stop the demolition. Now, if they decide to resubmit the nomination, it will take at least two weeks—and probably longer—before the form could be sent back to Washington by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and given federal approval.
In an email Friday after the decision was announced, Balkany wrote: "Certainly, we are prepared to do whatever is required to address any and all technical issues with the nomination, and will continue to revise the nomination until everyone is satisfied. Naturally, we are chasing our tails to some degree since we are dealing with a moving target, but I am confident that we will reach a point where the district boundaries and other technical matters coincide with a physical reality."
City officials have promised to spare two buildings on the campus—the 1907 Prairie Style main building, by Chicago architects Schmidt, Garden & Martin, as well as the 1950 Singer Pavilion, designed by Chicago architects Loebl, Schlossman and Bennett in association with Gropius.
Chicago had planned to build an Olympic Village on the Reese site as part of its failed bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. But city officials said they would go ahead with a similar plan even if they did not win the Games.


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Almost exactly nine years after the hugely successful Pixar film Monsters, Inc. hit theaters, a second installment is slated for release on November 16, 2012, chairman of Walt Disney Studios Rich Ross has announced.
"Monsters, Inc.," directed by Pete Docter, was released in November 2001.The score was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the song "If I Didn't Have You" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, is the tale of the inhabitants of Monstropolis and their business of producing screams from unsuspecting children. Monsters proved to be box office gold for Disney, garnering a worldwide gross of $525 million.
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"Leboswki" fans unite! One die-hard fan of "The Big Lebowski" has taken the Coen Brothers' film to a whole new level with founding The Church of the Latter Day Dude, an emerging religious movement based around the "life and teachings" of Jeff Bridges' character, "The Dude."
"Nightline" is looking for "Lebowski" enthusiasts, who are already following the word of "The Dude," or who would consider following it, for an upcoming segment. To participate, you must be 18 or older and be able to be in New York City the afternoon of Monday, April 23. Fill out the form below and a "Nightline" producer may be in touch with you.
One fan, eh? Way to build a huge story around a major trend involving ... "one die-hard fan." And they wonder why folks are cynical about religion news coverage.
But I wanted to highlight one story that I thought did a great job of looking behind-the-scenes at something many religious adherents deal with in their daily worship life: confession.
The Washington Post's Theresa Vargas looked at how some Catholic priests are trained for confession. Here's how it begins:
Steven Rohlfs sets the scene. It's a Saturday afternoon, and a line has formed outside the church confessional. An elderly woman walks into the screen-divided booth and kneels.
"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned," Rohlfs croaks in his best old-lady voice. "It's been two weeks since my last confession."
Doctors and pilots aren't the only ones who practice before leaping into high-stakes vocations. So, too, do priests.
This weekend is the holiest of the year for the nation's more than 65 million Catholics, drawing both the devout and the casual attendee to church. Many will also use the occasion to step into a confessional and divulge all manner of wrongdoing.
For penitents, it can be an intimidating encounter, even in an age when misdeeds often take the form of unapologetic status updates. But they may not be alone in their fears. For a priest, at least at the beginning, hearing confessions can be a nerve-racking task — which is why four men about to be ordained gather in Monsignor Rohlfs's office on a recent afternoon to practice.
I'm not Catholic but Lutherans have private confession as well. I didn't avail myself of the practice until I went through training many years ago. We had a congregational seminar and an expert (the sainted Dr. Ken Korby) explained to us how it would work. He had heard confessions for decades and told us that he'd heard people confess to breaking every single commandment. He lingered as we contemplated what that meant. He also explained how absolution worked. It was wonderful training and it got me to my first confession.
As anyone who has confessed their sins individually knows, it can be a terrifying and dramatic experience. And one of the things that I actually don't like to think about is how difficult it may be for a pastor or priest. Still, this article handled that issue quite well, perhaps because it was focusing on priests in training rather than seasoned veterans. There are some great quotes in the piece:
"You wouldn't want to throw anyone in without any experience," says Rohlfs, who has been rector of Mount St. Mary's Seminary since 2005. "It would be like going to the emergency room and the doctor says, 'I've never seen a patient.' "
There is a fascinating look at what a practice confession looks like and some discussion about how many people go to confession. For instance:
Rohlfs say he believes that more people are going to confession than they did a decade ago, but not as many as did 50 years ago. Little data exist on confessions, but the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University looked at the rates in 2008. That study found that about 24 percent of Catholics go to confession once or several times a year and that only 2 percent go once a month or more. The rest go less than once a year or never.
The purpose of the class isn't just to prep the seminarians but to also teach them how to get people to go to confession more often, including adding hours for confession year-round.
We get some great details about the lives the seminarians lived before seminary, including one who was conflicted about becoming a priest because of the child sex abuse scandal and another who was a tobacco executive.
The one thing that really stuck out for me was that nowhere in the piece did it mention absolution -- that is, the forgiveness of the sins being confessed. I'm now curious if this was a reporting error or if it's a doctrinal distinction between Catholics and Lutherans. For Lutherans, the most important job of the pastor is to pronounce the absolution.
I also wondered if they received training in what we would call the confessional seal -- the prohibition against revealing anything that a penitent confesses. I imagine that many priests and pastors would love such training.
It's just a great idea for an article and a fascinating read. But now I'm curious about the distinctions between how churches handle this as well as the training they offer.


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Jul 19, 2012 5:00 AM PT
AT&T Mobility just announced its shared wireless data plans on Wednesday. Verizon Wireless did the same thing a few weeks ago. Verizon has been taking a lot of heat on this topic, but not because it's a bad idea. It's actually a great idea. The problem is its approach, which I'll discuss. I think AT&T's plan will be welcomed in the marketplace.
My Pick of the Week is the battle Time Warner Cable, DishTV and DirecTV are finally waging to reduce our prices.
AT&T Offers Choice
AT&T's plan is called "Mobile Share Plan." Verizon Wireless calls its plan the "Share Everything Plan."
AT&T offers this new service as another choice. One of many. Verizon offers it as the only choice for new service. If you sign up for a new service, you can choose the plan you want on AT&T. You don't have that option with Verizon. That is a very important difference.
Customers don't like being told what they have to do. They like the choice to be theirs. They want to drive the car -- they don't want to be in the backseat of a bus.
This difference will likely give AT&T an advantage. That's why I believe Verizon will come around, sooner or later. Sure it will be a bit embarrassing, but that's better than losing business.
Thank goodness for the competitive marketplace right? Good products and services make their way to the top. If not, customers have the ability to choose the company.
Some customers like to try whatever is new. Others like things the way they are today. Change is hard for many. They want to make the change when they want to make the change. They don't want to be forced to do so. Forcing them creates customer pushback, which in turn hurts the relationship. And the relationship is key. Even though both are good services, that is the problem with Verizon's approach.
Future Planning
The idea behind these shared wireless data plans is the future. You can put all your wireless data usage from all your separate devices and accounts into one. That means your smartphones, tablet computers -- and laptops, and in fact your family's devices -- can share this plan.
You can put up to 10 separate devices on this plan. This makes it so much easier to manage. It is quite often less expensive as well. I wonder what happens when there are more than 10 devices? We will get there... trust me.
It is important to keep track of your usage so you can make the right choice of plan. That's why it's important to have a partner in the process. AT&T says they send messages to the user before they run out of data so they can control what happens next.
David Christopher, the chief marketing officer of AT&T Mobility, told me the idea with this new Mobile Share Plan is to help customers manage all their devices and to reduce costs. It's about all our separate devices that use wireless data services.
And remember, we are seeing more wireless data devices, not less. This is a very rapidly growing marketplace. So this type of plan makes enormous sense. We will need this more as time goes by.
More Will Follow
AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless are the first carriers to offer these plans in the marketplace. I expect to see every wireless carrier jumping into this space.
The approach is key. Respect the customer -- don't be the director. Give customers the power to choose and control their own services. Don't take an all-or-nothing, take-it-or-leave-it approach. If you do, you will lose. Stay on the customer's side as a partner.
One way warms the hearts of users and the other pinches them till they scream "Ouch!" Which makes most sense in a competitive marketplace? You can direct this kind of change over time, but not all at once.
My Pick of the Week is the battle being fought by companies we do business with -- like Time Warner Cable, DishTV and DirecTV -- to reduce the prices we pay for television. They are finally on our side, and it's about time. Welcome aboard guys. The struggle is just getting interesting.
Customers have been complaining for years about the price of television. It roughly doubles every decade. The problem is this is a three-part market. That means the customer complaints don't matter.
Customers do business with the cable television and satellite television providers, and these providers do business with the networks. Customers don't do business directly with the networks. Networks ask for significant increases in revenue from cable television companies, year after year, and they pass along the price increases to customers -- and that's the problem.
Yesterday we had no other choices. Today we do -- and tomorrow we'll have even more.
Every television service provider should join this fight. The stakes are high, not just for the customer, but for the companies as well, as competition increases.
Today we can get television from cable television companies like Comcast, Time Warner and Cox. We can also get television from satellite companies like DirecTV and DISH TV. Over the last few years, we've also been able to get it from phone companies like AT&T uVerse and Verizon FiOS.
Customers who are tired of paying for television can even cancel these services and watch television over an antenna like the good old days. Today they can get 15 to 25 channels to watch for free since major networks now operate multiple channels. Then movies and other programming can be downloaded over the Internet for a few dollars a month.
That is a big savings from the US$100-$150 most customers pay for cable television.
Later this year, we are also expecting both Google and Apple to enter the market. Could they change the television industry the way they changed the smartphone business and the music business?
All this change is quite a phenomenon. It's all being driven by innovation and the customer's desire for savings.
Traditional cable television companies have started to lose customers. That is the real reason they are joining the fight. But whatever the reason, this is a good thing for customers who want to save money. It's the way the market works.
What about the rest of the competitors? Is it time to join the fight?


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Maybe it was the soaring unemployment, or possibly the deep debt crisis. But as Greece struggles with its myriad troubles, its largest company, Coca-Cola Hellenic, is jumping ship to more stable ground.
The company, one of the world's largest Coke bottlers, is the biggest Greece-based company by market value, at $7.6 billion. But on Thursday, the company said it is switching its main stock listing from Athens to London and relocating its corporate headquarters to Switzerland as it looks to "enhance liquidity" for shareholders.
Just imagine the sting if Apple bailed on the U.S. and relocated abroad.
In Switzerland, known for its business-friendly tax policies, Coca-Cola Hellenic hopes to find a "stable economic and regulatory environment and ease of doing business."
And listing on the London Stock Exchange, using a share exchange with Swiss firm Coca Cola HBC AG, will put Coca-Cola Hellenic on what it calls the "largest and most liquid exchange in Europe."
The moves will give the company "access to both the international equity and debt capital markets and increase its flexibility in raising new funds to support its operations and future growth," it said in a statement.
Coca-Cola Hellenic said it will keep production and distribution of its products in Greece and will continue to operate its Group Corporate Service Center, which aids the company's work in 28 countries, in Athens.
"The Coca-Cola Hellenic Group's commitment to Greece will remain unaffected," the company's statement said. "There will be no impact on jobs, compensation or benefits for any employees of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Group as a result of the transaction."
Greek dairy group Fage, which is known for its yogurts, said earlier this month that it is moving out of the embattled Eurozone country to Luxembourg.
For the 35th month in a row, Greece's unemployment rate was above 25% in July.


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I've got a surprise for you: the "professionals" who make up the pool of Academy Award voters are often childish and impetuous. And a couple of them have words to say about Martin Scorsese's three hour magnum-condom opus The Wolf Of Wall Street, unquestionably Scorsese's most explicit film to date. Were they uncomfortable with the male masturbation sequence? The moment where there are narcotics removed from a lady's hoohah with a straw? Perhaps it's the wall-to-wall language. Or maybe this is the first three hour "Oscar" season film that begins with dwarf-tossing?
Tread lightly, folks, as this article contains more than a few Wolf of Wall Street spoilers.
Prepare yourself for a little Facebook gossip: According to The Wrap, 75 year old actress Hope Holiday, who clearly has her Nymphomaniac tickets already purchased, used the social network site after the screening to lambast the film by calling it "three hours of torture – same disgusting crap over and over again." She also claims that a mild altercation occurred at the AMPAS screening on Saturday night, where an unnamed screenwriter accosted Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and writer Terrence Winter, screaming "Shame on you!" As of yet, no one has identified this "screenwriter." How very convenient. Holiday reports that she joined in on this display of negativity, but as of yet, it cannot be confirmed that she also said, "Sprang breeeeeeak foreva, bitches."
Holiday, who had a credit in The Apartment, claims she doesn't really watch much of anything as far as current films, and called American Hustle "confusing," proving once again that you don't even have to like movies to vote for cinema's most prestigious prize. A Paramount rep confirms that, while no one screamed at the filmmakers, there was a "negative comment" shared, though there was no response given that the group was headed into the theater for a Q-and-A, where they may or may not have been pelted with sour tomatoes thrown by elderly bit players from the vaudeville days.
The Wrap throws some shade on this mystery writer by sharing a quote Scorsese said on Friday, a day before the screening, where Scorsese claims the film is, "not made for 14 year olds." Regardless, this is a nice bit of insider-y buzz for the Christmas release, which has failed to gain traction with critics' groups. This is a loaded Christmas release slate, as Wolf Of Wall Street will jockey with The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty , Grudge Match, 47 Ronin and the Justin Bieber documentary Believe as well as holdovers Anchorman 2: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy and


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U.S. Recession Has Already Started, CFOs SayBy Reuters - | Posted 2008-03-12 Print
Fifty-four percent of the CFOs said the United States is in
recession according to a Duke University/CFO
Magazine survey.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. recession has already started and the downturn is likely to last longer than in the recent past, with the economy recovering only late next year, according to a quarterly survey of corporate finance chiefs released on Wednesday.
Fifty-four percent of the CFOs said the United States is in recession, and another 24 percent said there is a high likelihood of one starting later this year, according to a Duke University/CFO Magazine survey completed on March 7.
Nearly three-quarters of the CFOs said they were more pessimistic this quarter than in the prior quarter about the U.S. economy, reflecting concerns about consumer spending, turmoil in credit and housing markets, and high energy prices.
An index of optimism, which rates the economy on a 1 to 100 scale, is at 52, the lowest in the seven-year history of the index, the survey found.
"The last two recessions lasted only eight months," said Duke professor Campbell Harvey, founding director of the survey. "In contrast, 90 percent of the CFOs do not believe the economy will turn the corner in 2008. Indeed, many of them believe it will be late 2009 before a recovery takes hold."
In response, companies are scaling back plans for capital spending and are not planning significant hiring, in part because of high labor costs, according to the survey, which has been conducted for 12 years.
Most CFOs said interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve have had no impact on their business, and more than a third said credit conditions have directly hurt their companies by making capital tougher to get and more expensive.
The survey included responses from 1,073 CFOs, including 475 based in the United States.
Those polled in Europe and Asia have also grown more pessimistic about economies in their regions, while two-thirds of Chinese CFOs said they are concerned about U.S. recession hurting their profit margins or demand for their exports.
(Reporting by Nick Zieminski; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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I'm so happy right now! I'm spending a ridiculously nice day indoors, on the computer, taking care of all manner of adult-y chores. I've been obsessively checking Knitscene.com for the Fall 2008 preview. I'm thrilled to say it's finally up!!
Why am I so thrilled? I'm profiled in their One Cool Knitter column (past Cool Knitters: Eunny Jang, Wendy Bernard…I'm more than a little flattered), AND I have a design appearing in this issue! I can finally share with you a project I finished ages ago. Meet Matryoshka!
This was my original submission sketch, which I sort of love. I can't sketch bodies yet, which is something I have to fix post haste. In the mean time, I quite like collage:
And congrats to my friend Gudrun as well!


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MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- Just 15 minutes of physical activity a day can reduce your risk of death by 14 percent and increase your life expectancy by three years, a new study suggests.
Current recommendations call for adults to do at least 150 minutes, or a total of 2.5 hours, of physical activity weekly.
But the new study finds that doing even less than that -- 15 minutes daily is about 105 minutes a week -- still provides benefits.
The study included more than 400,000 people in Taiwan who were followed for an average of eight years. Based on their self-reported amounts of weekly exercise, they were placed in one of five categories: inactive, low, medium, high or very high activity.
The people in the low-activity group exercised for an average of 92 minutes per week, or just under 15 minutes a day. Compared to those in the inactive group -- who did almost no physical activity -- those in the low-activity group were 14 percent less likely to die from any cause, 10 percent less likely to die of cancer, and had a three-year longer life expectancy, on average.
Every additional 15 minutes of daily exercise beyond the minimum 15 minutes further reduced the risk of all-cause death by 4 percent and the risk of cancer death by 1 percent.
The benefits of even low levels of physical activity were seen in all age groups, in both men and women, and in people with cardiovascular disease risks.
The study appears online Aug. 15 in The Lancet.
"In Taiwan, if inactive individuals engage in low-volume daily exercise, one in six all-cause deaths could be postponed -- mortality reductions of similar magnitude have been estimated for a successful tobacco control program in the general population," wrote Dr. Chi-Pang Wen of the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan, and colleagues.
"If the minimum amount of exercise we suggest is adhered to, mortality from heart disease, diabetes and cancer could be reduced. This low volume of physical activity could play a central part in the global war against non-communicable diseases, reducing medical costs and health disparities," they concluded.
The study results could help get more people off the couch, according to an accompanying editorial.
"The knowledge that as little as 15 minutes per day of exercise on most days of the week can substantially reduce an individual's risk of dying could encourage many more individuals to incorporate a small amount of physical activity into their busy lives," wrote Dr. Anil Nigam and Dr. Martin Juneau, of the Montreal Heart Institute and Universite de Montreal in Quebec.
"Governments and health professionals both have major roles to play to spread this good news story and convince people of the importance of being at least minimally active," they added.
More information
The U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute offers a guide to physical activity.


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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara needed just one lead in the final set. The Gauchos got it at the most opportune time.
After allowing Cal State Northridge to rally and win games three and four on Friday night to force a deciding fifth set, UCSB watched as the Matadors led for the entire fifth game.
But at 13-12, UCSB finished strong and strengthened its grip on second place in the Big West. Leah Sully had a pair of kills and Stacey Schmidt and Lily Lopez combined for a block to hold off the Matadors and give the Gauchos a 25-21, 25-16, 17-25, 16-25, 15-13 victory at the Matadome.
UCSB, with one conference match left, is 17-11 overall and 10-5 in the Big West. CSUN falls to 14-13, 8-7.
The Gauchos have guaranteed themselves double-digit conference wins for the third straight season and have a chance at winning 20 in a season for the second time in three years. UCSB plays at UC Riverside on Saturday then faces TCU and San Diego State in a season-ending non-conference tournament next weekend.
UCSB still has a good shot of earning the program's 28th berth in the NCAA Tournament and helped solidify that on Friday night.
Leah Sully had 15 kills and 16 digs to lead three Gauchos with double-doubles. Stacey Schmidt had 11 putaways and 12 digs while Kara Sherrard added another double-double with 10 kills and 15 digs.
As has been the case all year, the Gauchos played stellar defense. Led by Chelsey Lowe's 27 digs, UCSB tallied 84 total pick-ups and had X blocks at the net, led by Lily Lopez's six assisted blocks. Lopez also finished with nine kills.
Sophomore Jenna Wilson hit .467 with eight kills in just 15 attacks.
CSUN led throughout the fifth and final set – save for Kara Sherrard's service ace to briefly give UCSB a 2-1 lead – as the Matadors jumped out to a 5-2 lead and forced a timeout.
Trailing 6-3, UCSB got a kill from Lopez, who moments later added a block with Sully, and an attack error by CSUN brought Santa Barbara within one. UCSB tied things up at 9-9 only to see the Matadors take a 12-9 lead on two kills by Natalie Allen and an attack error from the Gauchos.
Another timeout from Kathy Gregory settled her troops and rattled the Matadors as a service error and an attack error bookended a kill from Schmidt to tie things at 12-12.
Finally, Sully's two kills and the block by Schmidt and Lopez allowed UCSB to persevere and hang on for the victory.
The Gaucho Fund is a fund for championships to support UCSB Athletics and its amazing student-athletes. Click here to learn more on how to help the Gauchos win.


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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter – September 2006
|New information material
|New titles
|All Pages
General Assembly website for the 61st session
English: http://www.un.org/ga/61/
French: http://www.un.org/french/ga/61/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/aboutun/organs/ga/61/
This website is the main source of information related to the work of the General Assembly and its committees during its 61st session, which will last until mid-September 2007, as well as links to webcasts, press releases, documentation and much more.
New site on the High-level Dialogue on Migration and Development
English: http://www.un.org/migration/
French: http://www.un.org/french/migration/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/migration/
Organization Chart of the UN System – new version
English: http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html
French: http://www.un.org/french/aboutun/organigramme.html
The United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union
English: http://www.ipu.org/strct-e/un.htm
French: http://www.ipu.org/strct-f/un.htm
UN Action to Counter Terrorism
White paper on Targeted Sanctions
English, French, Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/60/887
According to a white paper by Watson Institute for International Studies of Brown University, "since the early 1990s, the United Nations has increasingly targeted sanctions to improve their effectiveness and reduce humanitarian costs. While targeted sanctions significantly improve upon comprehensive sanctions in reducing humanitarian impact, the move from sanctions against states to sanctions targeted against individuals and non-state entities has generated new issues, particularly regarding the rights and standing of parties that might be listed wrongly. While political and administrative in nature, targeted sanctions can affect peoples' lives in a manner comparable to criminal proceedings."
This white paper has been transmitted by the commissioning governments as a UN document, A/60/887 - S/2006/331. According to the letter of transmittal, the governments of Switzerland, Germany and Sweden, "would like to make this document available to the General Assembly, as a contribution to the current deliberations on the follow-up to the outcome of the 2005 World Summit, and with the Security Council with a view to supporting the latter's ongoing efforts to strengthen the instrument of targeted sanctions. The Watson Institute is responsible for the contents of the white paper. "
The Crisis in Lebanon: Environmental Impact (UNEP)
Let Our Children Teach Us! A review of the Role of Education and Knowledge in Disaster Risk Reduction
In conjunction with the International Disaster Reduction Conference in Davos, Switzerland (27 August – 1 September 2005), the UN's International Strategy for Disaster Reduction has announced a new publication. This review examines good practices to reduce disaster risk through education, knowledge and innovation. It looks critically and strategically at current activities in order to identify gaps, opportunities in the form of synergism and partnerships.
Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target: the urban and rural challenge of the decade (WHO & UNICEF report)
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have pledged to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Entering the International Decade for Action, Water for Life, 2005–2015, this report looks at the challenge of meeting the MDG target for drinking water and sanitation.
UNDP's Early Recovery Efforts in Lebanon
Water for Life Decade, 2005-2015: International Decade for Action [new site]
English: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/index.html
French: http://www.un.org/french/waterforlifedecade/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/waterforlifedecade/
Publications of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1922-1946)
English & French: http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idecisions/icpij/
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
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Tel.: +32 2 788 8484 / Fax: 32 2 788 8485


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Hometown Scholars : Dentistry in the Community : Dental Clinic : Community FAQs
Dentistry in the Community
Dentistry in the Community : Smiles Across Pinal County : Clinical Education Outreach : Integrated Community Service Partnerships
Integrated Community Service Partnerships
Integrated Community Service Partnerships is an external clinical rotation for fourth-year ATSU-ASDOH students with the purpose of supporting ATSU's overall mission of producing culturally competent, community-responsive general dentists who are able and willing to serve as a resource in the community for dental public health issues.
Students participate in four external clinical experiences with a total of 24 weeks during the fourth year (37 percent of total clinical education) through partnerships with more than 60 rural and community healthcare centers nationwide. Students immerse themselves in different cultures and socioeconomic environments providing preventive, restorative, and operative oral healthcare in community clinics in underserved areas.
Wayne W. Cottam (hyperlink email@example.com), DMD, MS, Associate Dean for Community Partnerships
Dear Potential Community Partner:
Thank you for your interest in the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ASDOH) Integrated Community Service Partnerships (ICSP).
ASDOH, a school of A.T. Still University, and the newest dental school in the country, was founded in July of 2003 with the fundamental aim of identifying applicants with strong community service backgrounds, integrating and emphasizing community and public health principles into the curriculum and graduating dentists with a unique understanding of, and desire to serve communities in need.
A key component of the mission of ASDOH is the development of Integrated Community Service Partnerships (ICSP) that place students in community settings to complete a portion of their clinical training during their fourth year. This externship program has many advantages to both students and clinical sites as outlined in our Information Sheet that can be obtained by clicking here.
An ICSP site application can be obtained by clicking here. It will provide us with the necessary information to evaluate your program as a potential site for student placement. Levels of participation can vary and could be as little as one student a year to multiple students per rotation on an ongoing year-round basis. Basic requirements of a site include:
• Adequate operatories to accommodate the students.
• Adequate auxiliary support to facilitate an appropriate level of production by the student.
• Appropriate Policies and Procedures in place to ensure quality of care for the patient and safety for the student.
• Evidence of Standards of Care similar to that of ASDOH.
• Credentialing and calibration of some or all of the dentists as faculty of the school.
• Ongoing calibration and training on supervision and clinical evaluation of the student.
• For sites outside of the Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff area, a plan for housing and local transportation for the students.
Malpractice is covered by the school, all revenue produced by the student is retained by the site and all faculty training and CE associated with that training would be provided at no cost to the dentists or to your organization.
Our mutual goal is to make a difference in the oral health of those we serve. By becoming partners in the education of the future of the dental profession we can change the face of dental education, and in the process, improve access to oral health care across the nation.
I look forward to speaking with you about the possibilities of partnership. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
Wayne W. Cottam DMD, MS
Associate Dean for Community Partnerships
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health A.T. Still University
5850 East Still Circle
Mesa, Arizona 85206
Office: 480-248-8154
Cell: 480-600-5890
Fax: 480-248-6180


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"Concentric Neckwear" is an alternative vinyl interpretation of Ectogram's recently released Electric Deckchair collection .This vinyl release features completely different versions of all the songs on the original 2CD set condensed on to a single vinyl LP.
It comes in a special deluxe gatefold package with artwork specially comissioned from one of Germany's foremost graphic artists in a limited edition of only 200 individually numbered copies. It is one of the first two releases on a new Frankfurt-based label, Pure Pop For Now People that will concentrate on limited edition vinyl releases.


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Kelly Dunbar
Class of 2012
Major/Minor: Environmental Studies/Business Management
Campus Involvement
- Major: Environmental Studies
- Minor: Business Management
- Varsity Athletics: Women's Swimming
- Greek Life: Alpha Chi Omega
- Admissions Tour Guide
- Casey Swim Center lifeguard
- Club lacrosse
Alpha Chi Omega
As Fundraising Chair for Alpha Chi Omega Beta Pi, Kelly's main duties include planning and facilitating Beta Pi's annual Casino Night in the Fall and Cinderella's Closet in the Spring. Kelly also works to organize new and creative fundraising events that raise money for the Alpha Chi Omega philanthropy, Women Against Domestic Violence.
Hometown and high school? Williamsburg, VA/Lafayette HS


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Fantastic week ahead. Giants looking to close out the Series in
Texas v. Lee. Will be tough... Go Giants!
Tues Nov 2nd -- get yer a$$es out and VOTE!
Fantastic weather on tap all week. You can get out of the office
early if you use your favorite on-demand messenger courier service!