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The future of 3D food printing is closer than you might imagine. We've already seen printers that churn out chocolate delights, and we've read many more stories on 3D printed cakes, pasta, and cookies. But a burrito made by a 3D printer? This seems a bit new.
Unlike previous food 3D printers that make relatively dry, low ingredient food, the Burritobot will print all the toppings you'd find on a typical burrito or taco. Designed by New York University graduate student Marko Manriquez, the Burritobot can pump out black beans, pinto beans, cheese, pico de gallo, cream, mild salsa, and hot salsa onto a pre-made tortilla. All the user has to do is select the desired topping and amount via an iOS or Ruby web-based app to customize their dish before letting Burritobot do the work.
The Burritobot is much like assembly line machine but on a much smaller scale. The prototype parts are mostly plastic, and the only thing that makes the printed item edible is replacing "inks" with ingredients. Creating food via 3D printers also takes quite some time. Depending on the intricacies, some items could take up to hours for one complete piece. Manriquez's design relies solely on changing the way fast food can be customized and automated, and allowing robots to handle the small details of a food order. After all, how many times have you walked into a McDonald's and ask that they put no pickle in your hamburger, but find it there anyway?
Of course, one of the more important factors is taste. How does 3D-printed food compare with handcrafted confections?
"Any food that can be converted into paste form can be extruded and hence 3-D printed… The main limitation in this design is that the ingredients have to that paste-like (or Play Dough) consistency to go through the printer's syringe," Manriquez explains to Fast Co.Design. "So unfortunately, ingredients like lettuce, or chunky bits of meat or salsa are not going to extrude out of a tiny 18 gauge syringe hole. You're just not going to get that desired mouth feel of carne asada. [The burritos are] alright."
Manriquez hopes that with a few extra touches and changes, robots might soon be able to replicate the skills of a human chef. Still, Burritobot is a benchmark for 3D food printing as companies may now try to adapt the idea to produce low-cost and quick machines that can crank out perfect orders of fast food even with unique customer requests.
The question, of course, is if you would be willing to pay for food made by robots. In terms of fast food, it may make sense, but we'd imagine you would rather pay premiums at a restaurant for the skills of a real, live chef. If 3D food printers don't make it as fast food robots, they may likely to become a new category of home appliances.

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Gerard Butler: Biking Riding in Mexico!
Gerard Butler spends some time with friends while riding a bicycle on Tuesday (April 16) in Mexico.
The day before, the 43-year-old Scottish actor did some sightseeing and tweeted, "Spying the pyramids from pyramids- Teotihuacan, Mexico."
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Gerard Butler
Gerry is in town to promote his new film Olympus Has Fallen and was seen attending the premiere last week in Mexico City.
"I broke two little bones in my neck. I lost a fingernail – I banged it in a fight, and of all the injuries that I got, that was the most painful. It felt like someone took my finger and slammed it with a mallet," Gerard shared about the injuries he sustained while shooting the flick.
He added, "I got a burn in my throat from a flicked cigarette (his throat was coated in glycerin), I bruised the back of my leg from my knee to my ass, and I chipped a bone in my forearm. The whole thing swelled up and went black."
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EPA Provides the Town of Fairfield, CT $831,030 to Reduce Diesel Emissions from Municipal Vehicles
Release Date: 07/21/2010
Contact Information: David Deegan, 617-918-1017
Boston, Mass. – July 21, 2010) – The EPA recently awarded $831,030 to the Town of Fairfield, CT to install verified diesel emissions reduction technologies on it's fleet of municipal vehicles.
"Reducing diesel emissions is an effective way to improve air quality—one of the seven key priorities of Administrator Jackson. Fewer diesel emissions will help those who suffer from asthma and other respiratory problems," said Curt Spalding, regional administrator of EPA's New England Office. "These projects will help bring cleaner air to the residents of Connecticut."
Diesel engines contribute significantly to air pollution, especially in urban areas. The fine particles in diesel exhaust pose serious health risks, including aggravated asthma and other respiratory symptoms. Children are especially vulnerable to these effects. The Northeast has some of the highest asthma rates in the nation, including a childhood asthma rate above 10 percent in all six New England states.
"We are so pleased and encouraged that this grant will provide Fairfield with the ability to eliminate 90% of diesel emissions from town public works trucks to clean the air in our neighborhoods," said Town of Fairfield First Selectman Ken Flatto.
This grant will allow the Town of Fairfield, CT to retrofit 39 on-road and non-road diesel vehicles operated by the Department of Public Works with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) resulting in estimated lifetime reductions of particulate matter (PM), hydrocarbons (HC), and carbon monoxide of (CO) emissions of 1.7, 2.6, and 7.9 tons, respectively. The grant will cover 100% of the cost of purchase and installation of each pollution control device.
This announcement is part of more than $67 million in grant funds being awarded by the EPA through the 2010 National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program. Other New England entities receiving grants this year include Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), New Bedford Harbor Development Commission, and Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM). In addition, under the state clean diesel grant program, EPA also recently announced that it is awarding $1.7 million to the New England state environmental agencies for clean diesel projects in New England.
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4 September 2009 at 2.07pm | Comment on this article
So, the curtain has just fallen on the first full dress-rehearsal, composed to fabulous music by Helen Porter and Marc Teitler, and brought to life by mezzo soprano Hannah Pedley, starring as Helga/Esmerelda/Corbin, and baritone Andrew Slater who is bringing the characters of William, Hans and Tobermory to life. The behatted narrator and ringmaster is Philip Herbert, the twinkly fingered repetiteur is Lindy Tennent-Brown, and the director is John Lloyd Davies. But aside from the creative team here, none of this could have happened without you - our lovely Twitterati.
We were packed to the rafters with international media this afternoon and some excerpts may be coming to a screen near you very soon. And if any of our Twitterers are in the Royal Opera House tomorrow, then please make yourselves known to the Channel 4 news crew who will be filming the performance - because (oooh!) you could end up talking about it on the telly.
Ahead of tomorrow's WORLD PREMIERE, the following is a sneaky peak of the libretto as it currently stands - and hold on to your hats as there'll be a short film ready very soon, showing exclusive footage of this week's lightening-speed workshops. Bravo one and all...
It is a curious story — hear my tale,
Although my name was never Ishmael,
For this great epic will your souls ignite,
Your senses ravish and your hearts deloitte…
A story written not by one, but all,
A composite composition to appal,
Of passion, burning revenge and envy bitter,
Among the gentle denizens of Twitter.
* * * *
Think, when we speak of horses, that you saw them,
(Although in fact we couldn't quite afford them),
The Duck of Destiny brings joys, betrayals, sins:
The Twitter Opera approaches — It Begins!
An endless opera, infinite yet uncompleted,
The strangest tale that ever has been tweeted,
The strangest opera ever heard or sung,
This tragic tale of Twitterdämmerung...
(Impassioned dramatic overture 15")
Prologue 2
Long ago, in a far-off galaxy,
a race of strange alien beings
filled the long winter evenings
at their computer terminals,
like rabbits,
on social networking websites.
They laboured to create a new artform,
of drama, music, love, revenge and birdseed,
sung by singers of enormous artistry
and weight,
a million contradictory plots
drawn from the dustbin
of the collective imagination.
Scene #1
Ringmaster (over underscoring)
One morning, very early, a man and a woman were standing,
arm-in-arm, in London's Covent Garden.
The man turned to the woman and he sang…
A small bird twitters over there,
He sings without a single care,
If only we could be so free,
Without the worries and the … concerns of a nihilist.
I would bring you flowers, but they would die.
I would love you, but, why?
The bird responded,
Flowers they are strange to me,
The fruits of nature that I see,
Are worms and seeds and cats and rats -
"Nuts, I love hazelnuts."
Bang! The bird dropped from the sky, dead
Scene #2
Shocked, the Woman With No Name begins to have doubts…
William, I'm not sure where this is going for us…
Darling, I must tell you.
I can't stand you – no, stronger.
You are a horse.
And now escape is what I long for.
Why am I standing here,
listening to you sing to a bird?
I have my career as a biochemist to be getting on with…
Scene #3
Will the newly-named Helga remain faithful to Biochemistry? Or does she prefer William, who prefers the mysterious Hans? Is the death of the bird an omen? Helga is filled with foreboding and gin…
I'm sure it's not an omen.
But is Hans is the one for you?
The civil partnership is at noon.
You don't have to say "I do"
A woman has needs too;
Hans, you, can anyone on the Board really do?
Give me time to think as I watch the menagerie sing…..
…we seem to float blindly like two rafts in the fog,
I've been trying to reach you,
trying to reach you,
trying to tell you….
Scene #4
Are Helga and William really floating like rafts in the fog? Will their love land on the rocks? Is Helga's tiny hand really frozen? As Act One continues, the temperature drops and they plan to flee…
I'm so cold - let's leave Boston.
Anywhere! Around the world India, then Egypt!
...France or Spain, anywhere but here....
In the Serengeti, at night with mosquito net.
Our love will last forever;
Lovers of Legend – the natives won't foorgetttttt"
Forget! forget! the natives won't forget!
Lovers, mysterious in the mosquito net!!"
Scene #5
Suddenly the safari-bound lovers are parted by the arrival of the Ginger Cat, who has some news for William and some medical advice…
"I was once yours, and hers,
but taken away –
that is the cause of your dismay;
all isn't lost
perhaps a pinch of smelling salts will bring her round
to seeing me for who I really am,
her one and only!
Esmeralda! Smell this! Esmeralda!'
You don't even know my name,
Her name, her name, he doesn't know her name..
that's why she's in the arms of so many
- isn't it a… shame
Tobermory the talking cat tells the mysterious Hans how he can be reunited with his lover, William, who has been abducted and is now being held in a tower by a Chorus of Birds.
Tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet
Scene #6
Trapped in the tower, the helpless William is forced to listen as the Birds fill in a backstory of labyrinthine complexity. William resolves to take drastic action…
And he just died!
He is dead? Who is dead?"
Love. Your love has withered and it has died.
I am going, going to …
… search for my true love / Am claim vengeance where I may / The birds they cannot stop me now / And any challengers I will slay." less than 5 seconds ago… search for my true love
And claim vengeance where I may
The birds they cannot stop me now
And any challengers I will slay!
Scene #7
William believes he has seen his own lover Hans plotting to kill him
but the flood of visions is so confusing and horrible that he cannot be sure.
Meanwhile the beautiful Helga unburdens her soul
in an aria of metaphorical lyricism and the birds are overcome with remorse for their earlier cruelty…
Scene #8
When I gave my heart to William
he said a fishsword could let go the swallows
and I will go to my man
Wherever he goes I will follow
William needs to start thinking about attempting to escape.
He is no Rapunzel.
And Hans is no rescuer, he just has a cape!
Es tweet mir Leid...
Es tweet mir Leid...
Es tweet mir Leid...
Scene #09
- scene cut -
Scene #10
Two or three Acts go by as Helga realises that boys and birds
are getting in the way of her life's work
and retires to a convent in Bolivia.
After discussing matters with a Stern Nun,
Helga discovers that Corbin the Raven, King of the Birds,
is not to be trusted.
Helga goes to the Chapel with the Stern Nun and the Mother Superior,
where they find the apparently lifeless body of the Basement Cat.
A divine presence begins to descend,
heralded by the song of a million penguins.
[Heavenly redemptive transformation interlude 15"]
Scene #11
- scene cut -
Scene #12
Back in Umberworld, the realm of the birds, Corbin the Raven
and Fraberoom the Demon are about to fight
with William singing frantically for them to stop.
Suddenly Helga and Hans land.
William, we have the means to bring you back to humankind!"
Helga holds out the potion to William (keeping some in reserve, just in case) and begs him to drink it.
William reaches for the phial, but Corbin attempts to intercept
This should be mine - I too am from humankind!
No its mine, to be humankind would be divine!
The vile potion is thrown into the air spilling over Corbin and Fraberoom
All wait expectantly …
… but nothing happens.
The potion must be imbibed to have effect
William inspects the phial hesitantly.
How will we all return to Earth without my wings --
A bird I must be…
Helga nods and hands him the phial
A bird in the Hans, as 'twas foretold.
if there are two birds on the roof
don't shoot only one !
The demons Fraberoom and Celine charge!
They clash in mortal combat.
Hans swiftly imbibes the potion…
…and sprouts beautiful rainbow wings.
Our heroes ascend to safety, leaving their foes cursing below.
Cataclysmic apocalypse music.
The Rhine overflows.
Twitterdämmerung approaches.
The Duck of Destiny announces The End.
Scene #13 Epilogue
What happens next? Our story's course is run:
The opera's over – or has it only just begun?
Will Hans be shot? Or maybe William hung?
In future tweets of … Twitterdämmerung!


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 26 (UPI) -- Bars in British Columbia, Los Angeles and Chicago say they will not sell Russian vodka to protest Russian law allowing for the arrest of suspected gay tourists.
Andrew Wattling, manager of the Fountainhead Pub in Vancouver, said Russian vodka brands such as Stolichnaya and Russian Standard will no longer be served at the establishment, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday.
The Russian law includes a ban on giving minors information on "non-traditional" sexual relationships and gives police the power to arrest tourists or foreign nationals suspected of being homosexuals or supporting homosexuality.
"Not doing anything is almost agreeing with it. So silence is acceptance, and you know, we can all just sit back and not do something," Wattling said. "This is one small tiny thing that we can do to sort of stand up and support LGBT communities in Russia and worldwide."
A number of bars in West Hollywood -- where an estimated 40 percent of the population is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender -- have taken Stolichnaya Vodka off their shelves, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
Sidetrack, a Chicago gay bar, said it will remove Stolichnaya and other Russian products from its shelves, The Windy City Times reported.
Sidetrack owner Art Johnston said the decision was a matter of conscience.
Val Mendeleev, chief executive officer of the SPI Group, which owns the Stolichnaya brand, said in an open letter Thursday the brand "has always been, and continues to be a fervent supporter and friend to the LGBT community," the Times reported.
"We fully support and endorse your objectives to fight against prejudice in Russia," Mendeleev said in the letter. "In the past decade, SPI has been actively advocating in favor of freedom, tolerance and openness in society, standing very passionately on the side of the LGBT community and will continue to support any effective initiative in that direction."


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Cedar Hills' attorney says a community watchdog group is mainly responsible for $160,000 in attorney fees the city paid over the past 1½ years.
To check that claim, the group Cedar Hills Citizens for Responsible Government (CHCRG) sought copies of the city's legal billing invoices.
But on Thursday, the Utah State Records Committee ruled that the city had not violated open records laws by redacting dates, times and names on the invoices.
After nearly three hours of discussion, Cedar Hills resident and former City Council member Ken Cromar who represents CHCRG didn't convince the records committee to allow the release of unredacted invoices.
Cromar sees the defeat as a victory that will bring more transparency to the city of 10,000 people.
"People are beginning to learn all is not well in Cedar Hills," Cromar told The Tribune after the meeting at the State Archives Building.
The dispute stemmed from a March 5 request for all emails since 2011 between the current mayor, City Council and city manager from private and public accounts. The city provided 6,000 pages of emails, but it admitted some had been destroyed.
"We find that problematic, not only for Cedar Hills residents, but for the entire citizenry of the state," Cromar said.
Later the city publicly accused the CHCRG in newsletters and on its website of costing taxpayers thousands of dollars in extra legal fees due to its many Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) requests.
Cedar Hills attorney Eric Johnson said he has a flat $2,000 monthly rate for providing administrative help to city staff, and bills $150 an hour for additional litigation work. He said his higher than usual annual billing mostly dealt with battling residents at state records committee hearings, which he considers "a form of litigation."
CHCRG requested copies of the invoices in October, and received some. After the group filed an appeal to the state records committee, the city released the rest, redacted.
After an private look at a few nonredacted invoices, the committee unanimously decided that the city made warranted redactions.
Cromar said he was disappointed the committee didn't see how the city was "gaming the system" in order to delay giving information to the public.
Johnson said the costs are "directly related to the lawsuits Ken Cromar and his group have brought up by state records committee appeals."
It's a vicious chicken-and-egg style dispute that Cromar says would end if the city provided the records without putting up a fight.
Committee member Patricia Smith-Mansfield questioned the city's redactions, noting a record for Stirba and Associates commenting on a zoning issue didn't appear to be part of future litigation.
Jerry Dearinger, an attorney who is also part of the citizen group, said the vague attorney invoices were problematic.
"If I received an invoice and I didn't know what it was for, I would be very concerned," he told the committee.
Johnson told the committee he didn't redact anything that wasn't protected by attorney-client privilege, which he said covered anything that had the potential to go to court.
Cromar noted the group has never sued the city, and said after the meeting, "How could an attorney submit billings lacking enough detail for a mayor and city council to know if the money is being spent wisely on behalf of taxpayers?"
Johnson said if the questions keep coming up, the city will keep defending itself.
"The city welcomes these reviews and is confident if there is future appeal of GRAMA it would prevail again."
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Monster Jam 2015 was a BLAST
and we can't wait for next year already!
What an amazing night! Maple Leaf Monster Jam 2015 in Toronto at the Rogers Centre was incredible and an evening we won't soon forget. It was loud, it was exciting, and it was bursting with energy. As usual I screamed like a maniac cheering on my favourite trucks, totally embarrassing my husband and daughters, and drawing a few strange looks from surrounding strangers. But I don't care. This is the one night in the entire year that this usually quiet and fairly shy mom really lets lose and puts it all out there. The stress and anxiety of daily life that weighs me down is lifted and I let it all go. I'm crazy, I'm nuts, I'm happy and having a fantastic time with my family. If you missed it or Monster Jam hasn't made it yet to your city, here's a brief recap or a taste of what's to come. Enjoy!


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Florida Gators senior Erika Tymrak (Bradenton, Fla.) is among the 15 semifinalists for the 2012 Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy. The MAC-Hermann Trophy is the most prestigious individual award in intercollegiate soccer. The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) revealed the names of the 15 semifinalists Wednesday.
Tymrak is the first Gator named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year since the league began in 2004 announcing a SEC Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year. After scoring a goal in each of Florida's three matches and notching three assists during the course of the SEC Tournament, Tymrak picked up her second SEC Tournament MVP honor.
Florida's 2012 leader in goals (9), assists (12), points (30) and game-winning goals (5), Tymrak finished her career with her name dotting several Gator charts. She appears third on the Gators' career charts in assists (40), sixth in points (104) and eighth for goals (32).
Six times in 2012, Tymrak was named to various national teams of the week, including being named the Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week following her golden goal at then No. 2 Duke in late August. She also picked up a pair of SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors in her senior season.
Head coaches of NCAA Division I programs with current membership in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) will vote to determine the 2012 MAC Hermann Trophy recipient. Three finalists for the award will be announced on Dec. 6. They will be invited to the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis for a news conference on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, where the winner will be announced. A dinner and formal presentation of the award will follow the news conference that evening.
Bio sketches on the 15 semifinalists can be found at the NSCAA site.
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Medicine in Sri Lanka by Alexandra Grundy
As I scrambled my way through hundreds of Sri Lankan out-patients in my shiny new white coat, stethoscope around my neck, I was seriously dreading some poor mother thrusting her child into my arms and screaming "help my child, you're a doctor!" Sadly, I'm not and luckily this didn't happen!
Instead my paediatric experiences have been somewhat more pleasant. I was kindly taken under the wing of Dr. Weeraman, the consultant, and his friendly team of doctors. They were very skilled at treating the patients quickly and efficiently while explaining in English, over the noise of the fans and crying babies, the symptoms, tests, possible diagnoses and treatments.
A vast number of patients (and their extended families) turn up to the clinics and each is given a numbered ticket to wait their turn. Most cases are follow-up appointments after being on the wards and I've seen some fascinating cases of Dengue fever, meningitis, glomerular nephritis.. The list is endless!
The ward pace, however, is somewhat slower (unless an impromptu clinic springs up on the ward, which quite often happens) while the volunteers have free access to browse the English medical records at their leisure. I was also invited to a lecture on 'The Management of UTI Infections' last Thursday and only in Sri Lanka could a stray dog have walked into the clinic with no-one batting an eyelid!
I'm learning new things all the time here, but occasionally get frustrated at both my lack of medical knowledge and the limited facilities, such as there being only five beds in the I.C.U department or there being no nebulisers or oxygen masks on the paediatric wards.
I've already covered the chest unit, paediatrics, neurology and maternity, and look forward to General Medicine next week. In the afternoons at the tsunami camp I teach English and play games and have met some truly wonderful people.
Alexandra Grundy
Esta es la experiencia personal de un voluntario en el proyecto y es el panorama de un momento específico. Tu experiencia puede variar, pues nuestros proyectos se adaptan constantemente a las necesidades locales y a los logros obtenidos. Los cambios climáticos estacionales también pueden tener un gran impacto. Contáctanos para obtener más información sobre lo que puedes esperar de este proyecto.


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Florida's 14-6 upset of LSU was one of the major talking points Saturday in the college football world. It also gave NFL players the chance to exercise their thumbs a little and tweet their thoughts.
And the most famous Florida Gator of them all -- New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow -- was among the former players who had to let their feelings known to the Twitter-verse.
Big game and a hard fought win at the Swamp! It's great to be a Florida Gator! #GoGators— Tim Tebow (@TimTebow) October 6, 2012
Some players were more interested in Stanford-Arizona than Florida's victory down in the swamp.
Where is the defense in Palo Alto? #Arizona and #Stanford scoring like the USA Olympic Hoops team against Nigeria... #shootout— Les Brown V (@LesBrownV) October 6, 2012
No better way to spend a Saturday watching @stanfordfball win a close one. Nunes grew up today and @kulabafi is a monster #ProudAlum #NERDS— Toby Gerhart (@Toby_Gerhart) October 6, 2012
Other NFL players were staying busy poking fun at one another's schools. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and running back Leon Washington are no exceptions.
My man @leon_washington thinks the Noles are going to win tonight... He may be in for a rude awakening just like in 2010! @ncstatefootball— Russell Wilson(@DangeRussWilson) October 6, 2012
@dangerusswilson @ncstatefootball You Know U Wanted to be a #NOLE. Sorry We Gotta Do This #wolfbadger.Lol— Leon Washington (@Leon_Washington) October 6, 2012
Washington Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo was in Texas' corner for its showdown against West Virigina.
Hook Em Baby!!! My Horns bout to do work tonite!!!— Brian Orakpo (@rak98) October 6, 2012
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White stated the obvious following the University of Alabama-Birmingham's blowout victory over Southeastern Louisiana.
My blazers rolling today— Roddy White (@roddywhiteTV) October 6, 2012
Jonathan Stewart doesn't want to watch anything but Oregon-Washington.
Waiting to for all these other wack football games to be done with so I can watch my #Ducks smash the pups tonight#quacknation #tunein— Jonathan Stewart (@Jonathanstewar1) October 7, 2012


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LONDON (AP) -- Mikkel Kessler will fight Carl Froch in a super-middleweight rematch in Britain in a title bout.
No date or venue has been confirmed for a rematch of the 2010 fight that Kessler won on a unanimous points decision in his native Denmark.
The 33-year-old Kessler is the WBA champion and has won 46 of his 48 fights - 35 by knockout. Froch (30-2, 22 KO) holds the IBF belt, which the British fighter took off Lucien Bute in May 2011.
Froch says "this is the fight that I want more than anything in the world.''
Kessler says Tuesday, "I don't care where we fight - I said anytime, anywhere.''


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Morphotek Announces Top-Line Results of a Phase III Study of Farletuzumab in Patients With Relapsed Platinum-Sensitive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Jan 10, 2013, 06:30 ET
EXTON, Pa., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Morphotek® Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eisai Inc., announced today top-line results from a Phase III study of its investigational agent farletuzumab (MORAb-003) in combination with carboplatin and a taxane in patients with platinum-sensitive epithelial ovarian cancer in first relapse.
The study found that farletuzumab in combination with carboplatin and a taxane did not meet the study's primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS). The post hoc exploratory analysis showed, however, a trend toward improved PFS in some patient subsets and further analysis is ongoing.
The preliminary safety analysis indicated that the most commonly reported adverse events were those known to be associated with the study chemotherapy agents. Additionally, some immune-mediated events were observed with farletuzumab.
After further analysis of these clinical results, the company will determine a new development strategy based on discussion with external experts and relevant health authorities.
In the double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 1,100 patients were enrolled to receive standard-of-care (carboplatin and a taxane [paclitaxel or docetaxel]) chemotherapy and were randomized to three parallel groups to receive one of two different dose levels of farletuzumab or placebo.
"While we are disappointed with these results, we know that ovarian cancer is a difficult disease to treat successfully," says Dr. Nicholas Nicolaides, President and CEO of Morphotek. "Morphotek remains committed to research to understand the potential role of farletuzumab in ovarian and other types of cancer."
FAR 131 Study Design
The Phase III trial, also known as FAR 131, was a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled study assessing the efficacy and safety of a weekly dose of farletuzumab in combination with standard-of-care (SOC) (carboplatin and a taxane [paclitaxel or docetaxel]) chemotherapy as assessed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) in patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer in first relapse. In the study, 1,100 patients at 274 medical centers participated globally.
Patients received SOC and were randomized to three parallel groups to receive either 1.25 mg/kg of farletuzumab, 2.5 mg/kg of farletuzumab, or placebo. Patients received SOC every three weeks, and weekly farletuzumab or placebo for approximately six cycles. After approximately six cycles, patients received maintenance of placebo, 1.25 mg/kg or 2.5 mg/kg of farletuzumab until progression.
Eligible patients must have been treated initially with surgery, had a response to first-line platinum and taxane-based therapy, and have relapsed as defined by the presence of measurable disease. Patients must have relapsed between six and 24 months from the time of completion of first-line platinum/taxane therapy. They also had to be eligible for carboplatin/taxane treatment.
About Farletuzumab
Farletuzumab is a humanized, IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) that binds to the folate receptor-alpha (FRA), a folate binding protein that is expressed on ovarian and several other epithelial cancer cells. Monoclonal antibodies are a type of immunotherapy used to treat cancer that are laboratory-generated versions of immune system proteins and can be designed to attack a specific part of a cancer cell. Immunotherapy drugs offer a method of treatment separate from chemotherapy.
About Ovarian Cancer
In the US, an estimated 22,280 new cases of ovarian cancer will have been diagnosed in 2012, causing 15,500 deaths. Most patients with ovarian cancer (approximately 90 percent) have epithelial (carcinomas) and are often diagnosed with advanced-stage disease. Although clinical complete remissions are obtained in the majority of patients through a combination of cytoreductive surgery and chemotherapy, relapse is common.
About Morphotek
Morphotek specializes in the development of protein and antibody products through the use of a novel and proprietary gene evolution technology. In the spring of 2007, Morphotek was acquired by Eisai Inc., a global health care pharmaceutical company. Morphotek's proprietary technologies and promising antibodies, combined with Eisai's existing research programs and infrastructure, enables the companies to work toward addressing unmet medical needs of patients, especially those with cancer and inflammatory diseases, all around the world. For more information, please visit www.morphotek.com.
About Eisai Inc.
Eisai Inc. was established in 1995 and began marketing its first product in the United States in 1997. Since that time, Eisai Inc. has rapidly grown to become a fully integrated pharmaceutical business. Eisai's key areas of commercial focus are neurology and oncology. The company serves as the U.S. pharmaceutical operation of Eisai Co., Ltd., a research-based human health care (hhc) company that discovers, develops and markets products throughout the world.
Eisai has a global product creation organization that includes U.S.-based R&D facilities in Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, as well as manufacturing facilities in Maryland and North Carolina. The company's areas of R&D focus include neuroscience; oncology; vascular, inflammatory and immunological reaction; and antibody-based programs. For more information about Eisai, please visit www.eisai.com/US.
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Melges 32s At The Movies
23 October 2010
Who says Hollywood gives no love to sailing? Just last year, videographer Vincent Casalaina of Image Integration received an Emmy nomination for his documentary, "2009 Snipe World Championship." The veteran television director and longtime Snipe sailor previously won Emmies for coverage of the 1985 Big Boat Series and the 1996 Citibank Regatta. Last month, he turned his lens on the Melges 32 class during the2010 Rolex Big Boat Series and 2010 Melges 32 World Championship, both of which took place on San Francisco Bay. He caught up with elite sailors like Russell Coutts and Jonathan McKee, and captured impressive boathandling sequences by Luca Lalli's B-Lin crew. View the video and full story online at sailingworld.com.


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The Identification of In Vivo Angiogenesis and Fibrosis in Myocardial Infarction Using Positron Emission Tomography.
Integrins are a group of molecules responsible for intercellular adhesion and signalling.
They comprise a superfamily of heterodimeric receptors that are composed of 18 different α
and β subunits. In combination, they can generate 24 different receptor subtypes with a
range of physiological and pathophysiological functions [Takada et al, 2007]. The αvβ3
receptor is an integrin that is found at low levels on mature endothelial cells but is
markedly up regulated on endothelial cells of actively growing blood vessels. It was
previously known as the vitronectin receptor although it was subsequently found to bind many
other ligands including fibrinogen, fibronectin, laminin, thrombospondin, von Willebrand
factor, and certain collagen subtypes. These features are also seen with the αvβ5 integrin
receptor, with both receptors recognising the arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) motif present
on these ligands.
1.1.2 Role of αvβ3 and αvβ5 Integrins in Cardiovascular Disease
The expression of αvβ3 and αvβ5 receptors is up regulated in a number of diseased states and
this has been particularly well characterised in the angiogenesis associated with tumour
growth and metastases [Friedlander et al, 1995; Brooks et al, 1994]. However, there are many
potential roles for this integrin pathway in cardiovascular disease including myocardial
infarction, atherosclerosis, restenosis, aortic stenosis and aneurysm disease that have been
relatively unexplored.
220.127.116.11 Myocardial Infarction
After myocardial infarction, there is an intense inflammatory response followed by
angiogenesis and fibrosis. During this time of healing and reparation, there is marked up
regulation of integrins in order to orchestrate efficient myocardial healing. For the αvβ3
and αvβ5 integrin receptors, this reflects both angiogenesis and fibrosis given their ligand
binding properties [van den Borne et al, 2008; Higuchi et al, 2008]. This is at the centre
of early and delayed left ventricular remodelling in the infarct and peri-infarct zone. The
early phase is dominated by angiogenesis to restore vascular integrity and tissue perfusion
with αvβ3 and αvβ5 receptors being up regulated and expressed on activated endothelial cells
within newly forming vessels [Higuchi et al, 2008]. With subsequent myocardial healing and
remodelling, activation of fibroblasts and differentiation into myofibroblasts requires αvβ3
and αvβ5 receptor interactions and is central to the development of fibrosis [van den Borne
et al, 2008]. Maladaptive fibrotic responses and adverse left ventricular remodelling may
underlie the development of heart failure following myocardial infarction. These processes
and pathways may also play a role in the development of myocardial fibrosis in other
conditions such as left ventricular hypertrophy associated with aortic stenosis [Dweck et
al, 2011].
184.108.40.206 Atherosclerosis and Restenosis
The development of atherosclerosis is due to a complex interplay of oxidised lipid,
inflammatory cell infiltration, and smooth muscle cell migration in the arterial wall. Once
established, atherosclerotic plaques may progress and rupture leading to the clinical
presentations of acute myocardial infarction and stroke. Features associated with plaque
rupture include a thin fibrous cap, lipid-rich pool and intraplaque haemorrhage. Indeed,
plaque rupture is particularly associated with plaque neovascularisation and
vascular-endothelial growth factor expression [Hiyama et al, 2010] suggesting that
instability may be induced by angiogenesis. Thus, up regulation of αvβ3 and αvβ5 receptors
may represent a novel marker of, and potential therapeutic target for [Maile et al, 2010],
plaque vulnerability.
The process of neointimal hyperplasia and restenosis following percutaneous coronary
intervention involves the recruitment of vascular smooth muscle cells. This process is also
dependent on both αvβ3 and αvβ5 receptors and is also a potential target for inhibition of
restenosis [Kokubo et al, 2007].
1.1.3 Fluciclatide
Fluciclatide is a RGD-containing cyclic peptide that has recently been developed as an
18F-radiotracer to detect tumour angiogenesis by positron emission tomography. It is highly
selective for the αvβ3 and αvβ5 receptors with affinities (EC50) of 11.1 and 0.1 nM
respectively with minimal cross reactivity with the αIIbβ3 receptor (EC50 281 nM).
Pre-clinical tumour work has demonstrated that 18F-fluciclatide is taken up by glioblastomas
and that this is suppressed by the anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor, sunitinib,
confirming the specificity of fluciclatide for areas of angiogenesis. It has been assessed
in phase I clinical trials and found to be safe and well tolerated.
1.1.4 Aims
To date, there have been many preclinical studies examining the application of radiotracers
targeting the αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrin receptors. The clinical application of these tracers
has been largely limited to oncology as a method of assessing angiogenesis within tumours.
Here we wish to explore the role of the αvβ3 and αvβ5 receptor radiotracer,
18F-fluciclatide, to assess angiogenesis and fibrosis in two major cardiovascular disease
areas. Specifically, we intend to assess myocardial angiogenesis and remodeling in patients
with recent myocardial infarction. We anticipate that this patient group will have
co-existent aortic atheroma and this will provide us with an opportunistic assessment of
tracer uptake in atherosclerosis. We feel it is important to assess a range of
cardiovascular conditions to determine whether αvβ3 and αvβ5 integrin receptor expression is
particular to certain disease processes. If successful, these preliminary data will permit
the more detailed exploration of specific disease areas and novel therapeutic interventions.
At present, fluciclatide is not licensed or approved for clinical use and is being used here
as an Investigational Agent to explore the pathophysiology of aortic stenosis.
We hypothesise that 18F-fluciclatide can identify the expression of the αvβ3 and αvβ5
integrin receptors in vivo in man in two major cardiovascular disease areas: acute
myocardial infarction and aortic atherosclerosis. Specifically, we hypothesise that
18F-fluciclatide will:
1. Demonstrate selective uptake within the region of myocardial infarction in the early
phase of recovery (1-3 weeks).
2. Bind in both the infarct and remote regions of patients with substantial myocardial
infarction in the later phases of recovery (6-12 weeks)
3. Be taken up into aortic atherosclerotic plaque.
Following acute myocardial infarction, there is intense up regulation of αvβ3 and αvβ5
receptors that initially helps regulate angiogenesis and the restoration of vascular
integrity and tissue perfusion in addition to delayed expression that is associated with the
development of fibrosis within the infarcted myocardium. We will therefore assess patients
two and nine weeks after acute myocardial infarction. Because it will not be possible to
undertake direct histological confirmation of angiogenesis or fibrosis in this population,
we will compare these findings to patients with established collateral coronary blood flow
from a chronic coronary artery occlusion as well as cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of
established and stable myocardial fibrosis.
6.1.1 Study Schedule
On days 14±7 and 63±7 following an acute myocardial infarction, 30 patients will undergo
blood sampling and positron emission and computed tomography scans with 18F-fluciclatide.
Following injection of 18F-fluciclatide, patients will be monitored using our standard
clinical approach, including observation of haemodynamic parameters, and this will continue
throughout their study visit until departure. They will also undergo cardiac magnetic
resonance imaging with assessment of gadolinium perfusion and late enhancement on day 14±7
and again between 6 to 12 months after the myocardial infarction. We will specifically
recruit two equal sized and matched populations of patients (n=15 per group) in whom the
infarct-related artery has been, or has not been, revascularised with percutaneous coronary
intervention. In addition, we will similarly assess, on a single occasion, 10 age and
sex-matched patients with a chronic (>6 months) occlusion of a major epicardial vessel.
Blood samples will be assessed using standard clinical biochemical and haematological
profiles such as full blood count and urea and electrolytes. In addition, markers of cardiac
ischaemia, fibrosis and angiogenesis will be assessed. Additional serum, plasma and DNA will
be stored at -80 degrees Celsius for future potential analyses.
6.1.2 Study Interpretation
Given that the vessels will be fully established, the collateral arteries and any infarcted
myocardium of patients with a chronic occlusion will not express the αvβ3 and αvβ5
receptors, and will act as negative controls. We also anticipate that those with an acute
myocardial infarction and an unrevascularised complete coronary artery occlusion will have
more intensive uptake of 18F-fluciclatide at both day 14 and day 63 because of greater early
neovascularisation and more extensive infarction. Patients with complete revascularisation
are likely to have modest angiogenesis and fibrosis, and we therefore anticipate less
intense 18F-fluciclatide uptake at both time points. Although we will not have a comparator
of histology, the cardiac magnetic resonance imaging will provide us with data on the extent
of the myocardial infarction (day 14) and fibrosis (6 - 12 months), left ventricular
function, degree of myocardial perfusion and presence of microvascular obstruction. We will
also assess the entire infarct group (n=30) to determine whether the extent of
18F-fluciclatide uptake correlates with magnetic resonance measures of left ventricular
function and remodelling following infarction.
We intend to use the images obtained from 10 age and sex matched healthy subjects recruited
from a co-existing study titled 'The identification of in vivo angiogenesis and fibrosis in
aortic stenosis using positron emission tomography' (R&D 2012/R/CAR/23, REC 12/SS/0204).
These will act as negative controls as comparators for healthy myocardium. It is a similar
study involving the use of radiotracer 18F-Fluciclatide in patients with Aortic Stenosis.
These patients will have undergone a single CT-PET scan and an MRI scan with assessment of
late gadolinium enhancement and will have consented for their data to be used in this
current study.
Patients with acute myocardial infarction will have a high prevalence of concomitant aortic
atherosclerosis. In Dr Dweck's Fellowship, we were able to exploit this association and
undertake secondary analyses of 18F-sodium fluoride uptake in aortic and coronary
atherosclerosis [Dweck et al, 2012b]. This generated some highly innovative findings that
informed our understanding of atherosclerosis and the role of calcification.
6.2.1 Study Schedule
We will use the datasets obtained from the patients above to explore the uptake of
18F-fluciclatide within the thoracic aorta. Atherosclerosis will be identified using
computed tomography and magnetic resonance images obtained of the thorax at the time of the
study scans. No additional image acquisition will be required. This will provide pilot data
to inform subsequent dedicated studies focused on acutely inflamed atherosclerotic plaques,
such as patients with recent transient ischaemic attacks or strokes attributable to carotid
Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
The primary outcome is heart function determined by ejection fraction (in %) 6 months following a heart attack.
6 - 12 months
William SA Jenkins, MBChB
Principal Investigator
University of Edinburgh / NHS Lothian
United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee
April 2013
August 2015


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3rd- 5th February, 2010
Rennaissance Hotel & Convention Centre, Mumbai
With 1067 delegates in attendance, representing 490 companies and 25 countries, the Mumbai Conference was a great success! The speaker program included 77 of the world's experts in all disciplines related to the main topic of sustainable cities, as well as tall buildings. Also part of the conference were various technical tours, social-networking events such as the welcome reception and conference dinner, and an accompanying exhibition.
Full Conference Report
Report from the Remaking of Mumbai Federation newsletter on the conference, in English, Hindi and two other local languages.
Speakers and Presentations
There were 72 presentations over 24 sessions during the 3 days. Each day began with an opening plenary presentation, then continued with 3 simultaneous tracks. Keynote speakers included: Charles Correa, David Nelson of Foster & Partners, Dr. Ken Yeang, William F. Baker of SOM, Cathy Yang of Taipei 101, Mumbai Metropolitan Commissioner Ratnaker Gaikwad, Alain Robert (the French tall building 'Spiderman'), and many more.
List of speakers in alphabetical order
Attendance Statistics and Feedback
This section shows the overall attendance statistics, including the list of all conference attendees and the delegate feedback received about the conference. Statistics include the attendance breakdown per country and profession and shows which companies registered the most delegates.
Press Coverage
The Conference was attended by journalists from many media outlets including The India-wide Times of India, The Economic Times, DNA Mumbai, TV9 Channel, Elevator World, Lifestyle Magazine, Property Times and many more. The event resulted in an unprecedented amount of media coverage in India, both leading up to and after the event.
Conference Website Archive
This section contains the pre-event website, which was used to promote the event and handle registrations. Interesting information includes: news announcements leading up to the event, promotional brochures, information on sponsorship, biographies of speakers, venue details, and much more.
All images © CTBUH / RoMF


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More than a thousand Narnian years have passed since the Pevensie children walked through a wardrobe and into the fantastic kingdom of Narnia, and yet, in the storybook's real world, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are only a year older. Aware that the actors playing the children in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe would soon grow up, filmmakers moved quickly to re-create the kingdom with all its digital mythological creatures and talking animals.
Visual effects supervisor Dean Wright, who received an Oscar nomination in 2006 for the first film, began working with returning director Andrew Adamson that same year on Disney's sequel: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. This time, knowing the film would have 1600 visual effects shots, Wright split the work with co-visual effects supervisor Wendy Rogers who, most recently supervised visual effects for the animated feature Flushed Away and, before that, had worked with Adamson on Shrek.
"The work on this film is markedly more complex than the last film," Wright says. "We have more characters, a greater variety of characters, and the interaction between humans and CG characters has been amped up."
After 1300 years, only two of the previous film's main characters still exist in Narnia: Aslan the magnificent lion who created Narnia, and the evil White Witch played again by Tilda Swinton. This generation of Narnians-the Minotaurs, centaurs, satyrs, and various animals-resemble those from before, but they're grittier, wilder looking. As the story opens, evil uncle King Miraz and his army of Telmarines hold the rightful ruler of Narnia, Prince Caspian, under siege. But, help is on the way. Using Susan Pevensie's magic horn, Caspian summons the children, who return to Narnia and help the Old Narnians reclaim the kingdom.
As the story progresses, the children meet four main Narnian characters: a large swashbuckling mouse named Reepicheep (Eddie Izzard), Bulgy Bear (David Walliams), a badger named Trufflehunter (Ken Stott), and, of course, Aslan (Liam Neeson).
"This show represents the most shots MPC has ever taken on and certainly the highest complexity," says Greg Butler, visual effects supervisor. "We had furry creatures, exacting performances, crowd work, environment work...a bit of everything."
The Narnians appear in the foreground, midground, and in armies in the background, each built to jump into a hero role if needed, with dynamic fur and a facial performance. For the real animals, deer, foxes, wolves, cheetah, tiger, boar, bullmastiff, German shepherd, rabbit, and other species, the crew referenced photographs and videotapes, building and rigging the models in Autodesk's Maya, using Pixologic's ZBrush for displacements. Although MPC received the 3D assets from the first film, the Narnians had changed enough and the studio's technical approach varied enough that modelers rebuilt the creatures from scratch with two exceptions: Modelers used the griffin and Minotaur leg models built by Rhythm & Hues as a starting point for Caspian.
A standardized rigging approach helped speed the character setup process. "We can build a quadruped or biped pretty much in a day as a starting point," says Butler. "We check it out in animation, and if there are no changes, animators can be working on it two days later." For muscle dynamics, the studio used Autodesk's cMuscleSystem, a Maya plug-in developed by Comet Digital. Custom deformers jiggled the skin.
By contrast, the process of creating mythical Narnians began on set. The crew filmed actors wearing tracking markers on green stockings, with witness cameras-two cameras on either side of the film camera-to give rotoscopers and leg animators side views. Then, the animators performed CG models of goat legs for fauns and satyrs, a bull body and legs for Minotaurs, and half a horse for the centaurs that compositors spliced onto the actors.
In the previous film, to raise the stunt actors playing centaurs horse-head high, the crew put them on platforms covered in green, but that limited their range of motion. This time, the actors wore Powerisers-springy curved metal devices that gave them height and mobility-on each foot. "It just helped make the world feel a little more vibrant," says Rogers.
Sometimes, a little too vibrant. "The Powerisers gave an element of the ups and downs of horses walking, but sometimes the actors were too zealous," says Greg Fisher, who, along with Adam Valdez, co-supervised a crew of 75 keyframe animators and 18 crowd animators. "We needed to make a centaur feel like one creature, not a horse with a human stuck on its neck. If the live-action actor moved around too much, it was difficult to get the blend from the human to the CG horse. An actor can do a sharp turn on the spot, but the back end of the horse had to spin around 180 degrees."
For the Telmarine army and background Narnian satyrs and Minotaurs, animators worked from human motion-capture data adapted and reconfigured, in the latter cases, to fit onto rigs for goat legs and four-legged quadrupeds. Giant Studios did the motion capture for MPC and for Framestore CFC's Telmarines, including capturing horses and, for MPC's background centaurs, stunt actors strapped onto a horse's neck.
At one point during the design process, the 22-inch-tall Reepicheep began looking like a tall, thin rat. A combination of sculpting, skinning, a pose guide for animators that gave him a little bend in his back, a belly, and an apron of fur that hangs between his legs turned the creature into a more endearing, if rather large, swashbuckling mouse who appears in approximately 100 shots. "We also took liberties with limb length and position," says Butler. "He had to sword fight. And, to keep him from looking too cartoony, we kept the movement of his face fairly far forward."
The challenge for the Reepicheep animators was in tuning a performance that could run from aggressive to mocking to mild. "Trying to retain the mousey qualities even though some of his lines are quite aggressive was the fun bit," says Fisher.
Bulgy Bear, on the other hand, was consistent in his timidity. "He's always trying to find his inner bear," Fisher says. "He tends to stick his hand in his mouth to cover his nervousness, but as the movie progresses, he starts to stand up for himself."
For the mouse hair, Bulgy Bear's coat, and for fur on the other Narnian creatures, MPC used its proprietary Furtility program, which they had revised for 10,000 BC and revamped further for Caspian. To make the fur program artist-friendly, the studio had developed a texture-map based grooming system using Maya's paint tools rather than guide hairs. "The interactivity was really good," Butler says, "especially for small and medium-size fur."
Although Butler initially thought the trees would be most difficult to render, fur rendering proved harder. "We had to light different types and styles of furry creatures, including versions of real things on set in all kinds of lighting conditions," he says. On set, the production captured HDRI maps using Hoyt Yeatman's HDR camera, which captures bracketed images simultaneously from four directions. "The results were great," Butler says. "We could use those maps for reflection maps, and we could also run them through an algorithm that produced CG lights with the same colors, intensity, and distribution as the HDR map described on set. We could ask for 64 lights or any power of two, and it generally gave us good ambient lights. Then we added CG key and rim lights for fine control."
The biggest problem for the studio to solve, however, was the volume of work. "It wasn't one specific effect or part of the show that was hard," Butler says. "It was the sheer amount and variety. But, we had a plan and saw it through in a fairly short production schedule."
Framestore CFC: Aslan, Trufflehunter
Two of the main dialog characters, Aslan and Trufflehunter, landed at Framestore CFC where Jon Thum supervised a visual effects crew of approximately 120 who created that studio's 550 shots. Each of the characters had close to 150 shots, and each had particular demands. For Aslan, the studio needed to achieve the same level of sophistication as had Rhythm & Hues in the previous film, and more interaction with the actors. Trufflehunter had important acting scenes and interaction with environmental elements.
"Lucy and Aslan interact physically," says Rogers. "They hug each other and roll around together, and then they have a subtle emotional dialog. In some cases, Aslan has to emote in close-ups without speaking. The work in the first film was quite stunning; they set the bar high. But Framestore did an excellent job to meet and, in some cases, exceed that work."
"We use a network-based system with a variety of filters that perform small operations on the fur," says Mike Mulholland, CG supervisor. "Each filter can accept texture maps that control length, width, scraggle, bends, noise on the fur, and how clumps interact."
Even so, creating interaction with the actors was difficult. For the scene with Lucy, a crew member wearing a lion's head played the role of Aslan. "She pushes his fur around and puts her arm through the mane," says Thum. "We used simple shapes to push our fur out of the way rather than trying complex actions because you go crazy when you try that. Unfortunately, our CG lion couldn't completely occlude the guy with the lion's head, so we had to paint in live-action areas of her clothes and some of her face."
The studio started on the shot early, knowing how difficult it would be to track Lucy, track and remove the man wearing the giant head, animate the lion with the proper weight and timing for the tumbling scenes, cause the hair to react properly, and paint the missing parts. "These shots were the first ones turned over to us because the interaction was so important," Mulholland says. "And they were some of the last ones we delivered."
As did MPC, Framestore CFC used the HDRI images from Hoyt Yeatman's camera. "We got four images at different exposures, proper 360-degree images, stitched and calibrated," Mulholland says.
For texture and shader reference, the crew turned to the first film and footage of Zion, the real lion that had been Rhythm & Hues' model, to build Pixar RenderMan shaders for Aslan's fur. "To handle the long fur, we calculated our own fur occlusion per frame," Mulholland says. "It's like ambient occlusion, but we are doing that hair-to-hair to get shadowing deeper within the fur. Because we calculated it per hair, as the hair parted and moved, the occlusion changed." The process is quick-Mulholland estimates it takes between 10 and 15 minutes for the calculations, which they then fed into RenderMan.
For rigging, Framestore CFC also used the cMuscleSystem on the body, but their own muscle system, FCmuscle, for Aslan's face. "We did have shapes on top," says Mulholland. "You need both mixed together, but the animators mostly drove muscle groups rather than shapes." A shared GUI between Aslan and Trufflehunter helped animators move easily from one to the other.
Trufflehunter's most demanding action scene found the three-foot-tall badger running through two-foot-tall ferns. "We had tons of interaction with plants in the plate," says Thum, "plus we had to replace the plants with CG ferns." In addition, during the sequence, Prince Caspian slings the badger onto his shoulder.
On set, the actor carried a badger-shaped black bag that the studio replaced with the CG badger. "We pretty much designed the badger ourselves, so that was quite tricky, but once he was made, he was easier than Aslan," says Thum. "One thing that was difficult, but that we solved early on, was how to get his eyes to read." The solution was replacing the black fur around his eyes with a grayish ring animated in compositing when Trufflehunter is shadowed.
In addition to Aslan and Trufflehunter, Framestore CFC created dryads made from petals with Side Effects Houdini particles, unwrapped a magic tree, which provided a portal from Narnia to the real world, built a London Underground station that transitions procedurally with Maya scripts from the real world into Narnia, and used Massive software to send an army of Telmarines into a river. "We ended up doing the interactions with the river surface using 2D elements," says Thum. "It was painstaking to put all those elements in, but it worked quite well."
Weta: Bear, Werewolf, Ice, Backgrounds
With Weta Digital's award-winning The Lord of the Rings and King Kong experience in blending live-action and CG characters into miniatures, the studio was an obvious choice for the big sequences during which the Narnians try to sneak into King Miraz's castle. The studio also encased the White Witch in ice and handled stand-alone shots for which they created a bear and a werewolf.
For the characters, Weta used a new companywide facial system that creates target shapes that preserve volumes. "For Gollum, we did that with artistry and careful consideration," says Guy Williams, visual effects supervisor. "Now, target shapes slide over bones and muscles, and the volume preservation happens automatically. All the animator does is tweak the final shape."
The system creates the animation blendshapes after riggers line up muscle end points based on a human or canine face (so far) with a specific creature's geometry. The volume preservation takes place after animators working in real time within Maya create the facial performance. "This facial system gives us so much more control," Williams says. "We can spend more time on performances than on the mechanical aspects."
That was especially important for a werewolf that pokes his nose out of a hooded cloak and delivers a sinister speech.
Weta's bear is not a typical Narnian; it threatens little Lucy. "It's an angry bear looking for food," says Paul Story, animation supervisor. "We had to exaggerate the animation to sell the weight, but other than that, he was straightforward."
The werewolf, however, was not so straightforward. On set, an actor wearing a cloak delivered the werewolf's speech, so Weta needed only to fit the CG wolf's muzzle inside the hood; but during the sequence, the werewolf throws off his cloak and fights with Edmund. Production started with an actor wearing a prosthetic upper body and head, and green pants to enable CG leg replacements. "As we went forward, we wanted longer arms, so we replaced those," says Williams, "and then because the CG face could do more than the servo, we replaced that. We tried to save the cloak, but it compromised the performance." For the fight, an actor in a blue suit provided the animators with reference motion for interaction with Edmund.
During that sequence, the White Witch appears inside an ice wall. To create the ice, Weta rendered 20 passes in RenderMan that allowed compositors working in Apple's Shake to control the diffusion. By setting various ray depths for the passes, they built the volume more efficiently than by raytracing an entire volume all at once. "We do the math in the comp," Williams says. "The result is still accurate, but we don't have to fire 64 rays to get diffusion through the depth."
Tilda Swinton's image, augmented with CG to give her an ethereal look and then composited, floats inside the icy wall. But she reaches through the wall for Caspian. "We basically rotoscoped Swinton's hand off the plates and then treated it with 3D ice elements to connect it to the wall," explains Colin Always, compositing supervisor.
Some of the studio's slickest work, however, was in blending miniatures shot in various scales into a seamless background. "We had a few shots with a 10th-scale miniature in the foreground attached to a 24-scale set with a 100-scale miniature on the other side," says Williams. The 10th scale was of castle towers, the 24-scale castle was 20 feet tall, and the 100-scale landscape was the size of a basketball court. Once Weta received plates with shots of these miniatures, it tracked the cameras using Science-D-Visions' 3D Equalizer, pulled that information into Shake, and used the camera moves to drive two-dimensional transformations.
"We used standard 2D transforms as well as corner pins and warps," says Dan Lemmon, digital FX supervisor. "Essentially, we compute the difference between two plates and try to figure out, using these tools, how to slot the plates together. We also used Maya to slot various pieces together manually." In addition, Weta augmented the backgrounds with set extensions, and composited MPC's Narnians into the shots.
Meet Me at the River
To create a river guard, the production brought in Scanline fairly late during the process. "We were impressed with their simulation tools," says Rogers. "The river guard is one of those amazing effects where you try to wrangle a natural element to do your bidding. It's a force of nature temporarily formed into a vaguely anthropomorphic shape that responds to Aslan's bidding."


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- 1 Multi Touch Introduction
- 2 Software to make it work
- 3 Different ways of DIY multi touch
- 4 Webcam, plastic cardboard box and some tracing paper
- 5 Digital Whiteboard (WIImote)
- 6 Colored dye in a plastic bag
Multi Touch Introduction
What is multi touch?
Multi-touch (or multitouch) denotes a set of interaction techniques which allow computer or mobile users to control graphical user interface with more than one finger at either application or system level. The term Multi-Touch is a trademark of Apple, Inc. Apple Trademark List[1]
Multi-touch consists of a touch screen (screen, overlay, table, wall, etc.) or touchpad, as well as software that recognizes multiple simultaneous touch points, as opposed to the single touchscreen (e.g. computer touchpad, ATM), which recognizes only one touch point. This effect is achieved through a variety of means, including: heat, finger pressure, high capture rate cameras, infrared light, optic capture, tuned electromagnetic induction, ultrasonic receivers,a transducer microphones, laser rangefinders, and shadow capture.
Many products using multi-touch interfaces exist and are being developed. Multi-touch is used on portable devices including the Apple Inc iPhone, HTC Hero, Microsoft's Zune HD, Samsung Memory, and the Palm Pre, as well as desktop products such as the Microsoft Surface and the DELL Latitude XT2
DIY multi touch
Hobbyists have developed extremely low cost touchscreen technologies using webcams, projection of image, and software that senses touch patterns via the webcam. Multi touch screens larger than 50" are possible at costs under $100 to $400 depending on the projector & equipment used. DIY multitouch screens of extremely large size (wall sized or larger) are also quite possible and very cheaply constructed and posted in numerous places on the web.
Software to make it work
All of the projects depend on some software to make all the components work with your pc.
WIImote connection
Some projects depend on a WII remote to connect it to your pc and get it working:
1. Get your pc to communicate with your WIImote, there are loads of guides out there, but most of the time it is just straight forward like connecting any other BlueTooth device. 2. Install the software that will track the infrared dots: http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/WiimoteWhiteboardv03.zip 3. have fun!
Different ways of DIY multi touch
I will explain some ways to make a multi touch device.
Webcam, plastic cardboard box and some tracing paper
Short explanation
This is a very easy way of making a multi touch input device which is very effective and accurate. The downside of this project is that you have to control on 1 screen and look what you are doing on the other screen this can make coördination difficult, this doesn't matter though for some applications like drawing.
What do you need?
- Sheet of hard plastic
- Cardboard box (the same size as your plastic)
- Webcam (or WIImote, see NOTE)
- Software (free, open source software that is of course)
How to Build
Take the webcam and tape it to the bottom of the cardboard box. Make a hole in the side of the box, so that the usb-cable can still go to your computer while the webcam is inside the box. Next take some tape to make the inside of the box dark and only let the top open. On this open top put a sheet of hard-plastic. Tape the plastic to the box and put a sheet of tracing paper on top and yes that's all you're done.
This project might also be possible with the use of an WIImote, although i haven't tested it there is the same technology in a WIImote as there is in a webcam the only problem might be that the infrared blips might be to weak to wreckonise for the WIImote.
Digital Whiteboard (WIImote)
What do you need?
- WIImote
- Beamer
- Something to mount the WIImote on
- Projection screen / wall to project on
- infrared LED Pen(s) (these can be bought at: WEBSITE LED)
Short explanation
This is one of the most expensive multi-touch projects as you really need a beamer (for a project without beamer see the NOTE section). But really this is a very fun thing to build and can also be a very easy project which can be the base for a lot of other projects and some really practical things you can do with it. The idea is to make the WIImote track your infrared LED's after a 4-point calibration of your screen and thus making the entire surface you want (multi)touchable.
How to build
Set up your WIImote somewhere in front of the thing you are going to project on, with all of the corners visible to the WIImote (the viewing angle is about 45* horizontal and vertical) and in a way you won't be in the line between your LED pen(s) and the WIImote. You might want to test a bit with this as it is the best for your touching resolution to get the corners of your projection area just inside the corners of the WIImote reach. After start up the software mentioned earlier in the SOFTWARE section and after a short 4 point calibration you are ready to control your pc with your pen(s). Multitouch is not available for windows and is only available within multitouch applications. See the SOFTWARE section for more info.
This project can also be done with multiple WII motes to make sure you are never in front of the viewing capabilities of your WIImote. The program suggested in the SOFTWARE section is capable of supporting multiple WIImotes.
Demonstration movie
Colored dye in a plastic bag
What do you need?
- Glass table (or any other clear see-through material table)
- Plastic (watertight) bag
- Some dye (can be bought at any hobby/(art)paint shop
- Webcam
Short explanation
The dye in the bag reflects the light in a certain way, if you touch the bag in a certain place the light will be directed differently and this difference can be measured by the webcam under the bag.


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13-year-old Rebecca Black is the latest viral sensation. Her music video, "Friday," has topped 28million. It's also subjected her to a massive amount of online ridicule. Certainly, she's crying all the way to the bank.
Here's Black's first TV interview, on Good Morning America. On Friday. Her dream? To perform with Justin Bieber — whose music she topped on last week's iTunes sales chart.


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MEN�S MINISTRY of Crystal Coast Assembly of God will hold a fish fry dinner fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 1-2 at Swansboro Food Lion parking lot. Plates $7.
MEN�S MINISTRY of Crystal Coast Assembly of God will hold a fish fry dinner fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 1-2 at Swansboro Food Lion parking lot. Plates $7.
MAYSVILLE United Methodist Church, Hwy. 58 presents Four In Christ quartet in concert at 6 p.m. Nov. 16. Information call 910-389-7947.
CATHOLIC Daughters of the Americas will hold a Chinese Auction fundraiser on Nov. 2 at Infant of Prague parish hall. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets $15. Call 910-358-2056.
QUEENS CREEK UM Church, Hubert hosts its Holiday Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 2. Vendor spaces available. Call 910-358-7782.
ANTIOCH Presbyterian Church, 1770 Pony Farm Road hosts its annual Holiday Bazaar/breakfast at 7 a.m. Nov. 2 with home canned/baked goods. Quilt raffle at 11 a.m.
HOMECOMING at 11 a.m. Nov. 3 at Oak Grove Church, N.C. 50S in Pin Hook. Fall revival at 7:30 p.m. nightly Nov. 4-8 with speaker Brent Penny.
USHER Anniversary at 3 p.m. Nov. 3 at Evening View MB Church with the Rev. Kevin Jarman and congregation of Mt. Mariah.
MEN�S DAY at 11 a.m. Nov. 3 at Union Missionary Baptist Church with dinner served. Men wear black suits, white shirts and red ties. Call 910-324-5500.
PASTOR�S Anniversary/Appreciation program at 3 p.m. Nov. 3 at Clinton Chapel Memorial AMEZ Church, Pollocksville, honoring the Rev. Michael Burden. Call 910-934-3984.
VERONA United Methodist Men meets for breakfast at 8 a.m. Nov. 3 in the church fellowship hall. All faiths welcome. Call 910-347-1979.
QUARTERLY service at 11 a.m. Nov. 3 at Hartsville PB Church, 507 Country Club Road with speaker the Rev. Joseph Hines Jr. Dinner served after service. Call 910-455-8862.
FINAL REFUGE Church hosts guest speaker Shawna Revels of Raleigh at 11 a.m. Nov. 3 at Jacksonville Commons Senior Center. Call 910-577-3229.
TAR LANDING Baptist Church, 3884 Richlands Hwy., presents Men of Faith in concert at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3. Offering received.
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Sailors return for 70th birthday of NYC's Intrepid
NEW YORK (AP) — About 300 former crew members of the battleship-turned-museum the USS Intrepid returned to it on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of its commissioning during the height of World War II.
The Navy veterans served on the aircraft carrier between 1943 and 1974, when it was decommissioned.
The 27,100-ton vessel has been a tourist attraction since it opened as the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the West Side of Manhattan in 1982.
World War II veteran Joseph Barry, of North Carolina, remembered his first sight of the Intrepid a few weeks before its Aug. 16, 1943, commissioning in Virginia.
"I couldn't believe anything that big could possibly float," said Barry, 88.
But he said his commanding officer told him "it would not only float, but she was about to go to sea and win the war."
The Intrepid took part in several campaigns in the Pacific Ocean Theater and was damaged five times by kamikaze aircraft, museum president Susan Marenoff-Zausner said.
Barry, then a radioman first class, remembered the sound of gunfire from Japanese planes getting closer, first "boom, boom, boom," then "bang, bang, bang" and finally a rapid "bat-bat-bat-bat-bat."
"There was no place to hide," he said. "Just grit your teeth and keep copying transmissions."
The Intrepid was modernized after the war and became an anti-submarine carrier. It participated in the Vietnam War and was the recovery ship for two space missions.
William Bradler, of Ohio, joined the Navy in 1959 and served as an aviation machinist on the Intrepid during a European cruise in 1960-61.
Friday was his third time returning to the ship since it became a museum.
"I can relive my youth when I'm up here," said Bradler, 73. "If I'd just smell that jet fuel and hear those engines I'd be back in 1959 or '60."
The era included some good times when the Intrepid was docked in New York in the early '60s. Bradler and his buddies were waved past the line at the city's hottest nightclub, the Peppermint Lounge.
"We were in our uniforms so they let us go in, and we actually did the twist in the Peppermint Lounge," he said. "So that was quite a thing."
Some of the oldest veterans attended the ceremony in wheelchairs, assisted by children and grandchildren.
Daniel Kaszubski, of western New York state, accompanied his 89-year-old father, John Kaszubski, and said he was overcome by emotion at the sight of the Intrepid and the thought of his father's service.
"It brings tears to my eyes," he said.


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12 U.S. Code § 90 - Depositaries of public moneys and financial agents of Government
All national banking associations, designated for that purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be depositaries of public money, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary; and they may also be employed as financial agents of the Government; and they shall perform all such reasonable duties, as depositaries of public money and financial agents of the Government, as may be required of them. The Secretary of the Treasury shall require the associations thus designated to give satisfactory security, by the deposit of United States bonds and otherwise, for the safe-keeping and prompt payment of the public money deposited with them, and for the faithful performance of their duties as financial agents of the Government: Provided, That the Secretary shall, on or before the 1st of January of each year, make a public statement of the securities required during that year for such deposits. And every association so designated as receiver or depositary of the public money shall take and receive at par all of the national currency bills, by whatever association issued, which have been paid into the Government for internal revenue, or for loans or stocks: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall distribute the deposits herein provided for, as far as practicable, equitably between the different States and sections.
Any national banking association may, upon the deposit with it of any funds by any State or political subdivision thereof or any agency or other governmental instrumentality of one or more States or political subdivisions thereof, including any officer, employee, or agent thereof in his official capacity, give security for the safekeeping and prompt payment of the funds so deposited to the same extent and of the same kind as is authorized by the law of the State in which such association is located in the case of other banking institutions in the State.
Any national banking association may, upon the deposit with it of any funds by any federally recognized Indian tribe, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof in his or her official capacity, give security for the safekeeping and prompt payment of the funds so deposited by the deposit of United States bonds and otherwise as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for public funds under the first paragraph of this section.
Notwithstanding chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41, the Secretary may select associations as financial agents in accordance with any process the Secretary deems appropriate and their reasonable duties may include the provision of electronic benefit transfer services (including State-administered benefits with the consent of the States), as defined by the Secretary.
In text, "chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41" substituted for "the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended" on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
R.S. § 5153 derived from act June 3, 1864, ch. 106, § 45, 13 Stat. 113, which was the National Bank Act. See section 38 of this title.
1996—Pub. L. 104–208 added fourth par.
1979—Pub. L. 96–153 added third par.
1950—Act Aug. 18, 1950, permitted national banks to accept and give security for deposits of funds made by agencies or governmental instrumentalities or States or political subdivisions thereof and by their officers, employees or agents.
1930—Act June 25, 1930, added second par.
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- 95% rayon, 5% spandex.
- Center back to hem: 24" (61 cm).
- Dry clean.
- Imported.
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S.
Asymmetric Shirred Beaded Dress is rated out of 5 by 2.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Rayray1974 from Amazing Color and FIT! This dress received one compliment after another. It fit perfectly. I loved the material. The color was stunning and was just what I was looking for and wanted. I wore to the Margarita Ball in Dallas, Tx. But this dress could easily be worn for other occasions. By far my favorite dress from Bebe.
Date published: 2012-11-12
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RIVERA ARAVENA, Carla A.. The truth is in the facts: tension between objectivity and opposition. Radio cooperativa during the dictatorship.Translated byCristina Labarca Cortés. Historia (Santiago) [online]. 2008, vol.4Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0717-7194.
The following article analyzes the different journalist strategies followed by Radio Cooperativa that allowed its positioning as an opposition media within the communication industry during the dictatorship. The construction of its identity was built upon a discourse of objectivity promoted during the military regime. The radio's success was due to its strategy of informing about facts that were silenced in a context of repression and censorship. This transformed information into a political theme that was not influenced by political parties. To accomplish this, several archival sources were revised including the Vicaría de la Solidaridad Archives, Cooperativa Radio archival materials as well as Colegio de Periodistas records.
Keywords : Radio Cooperativa; journalist strategies; journalistic objectivity; radio identity.


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RVIA Boosts Tech Training With Online Library
September 3, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on RVIA Boosts Tech Training With Online Library
The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association's (RVIA) Standards and Education department is in the process of creating an online, controlled-access technical library that will be available to participating technicians, invited subject matter experts, and others.
According to a press release, the focus is now on populating the online library with the Recreation Vehicle Service Training Council (RVST) Standard 2011 edition serving as the index for the collected technical information. RVIA has hired an RVST librarian to specifically find wanted technical information, but more importantly, to serve as a resource for RVIA supplier and manufacturing members who will be able to manage their own information in this library.
"This program has been under development and we are finally at the point where we are recruiting members to participate," said Sharonne Lee, RVIA's director of technical information. "With a dedicated librarian that can lead this activity, we believe this library will evolve to become an important tool for our industry's service technicians."
In addition to the technical library, RVIA is also developing a one-year pilot program aimed at working directly with service technicians at their employment locations to boost the awareness of and participation in industry technician training and certification programs. This program is scheduled to be in place by October 2013.
Two in-field representatives — one in the Northwest to cover Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and one in the South Central to cover Texas and Louisiana — will collect contact information at dealerships, learn the training that each tech has received to date, and work with the service managers to determine what the technician training needs. Service training will be coordinated with RVIA supplier members with the goal to bring training directly to the dealerships. Research has found that service managers like the RVST training, but sending technicians away for a week at a time is not feasible.
"Remember the old days when the RV industry had slow times during certain times of the year? That is no longer the case," says Bruce Hopkins, RVIA vice president of standards and education. "The industry is extremely busy throughout the year now, and new ways have to be found to get the RVST training to the dealerships. We think offering training on site is the way to go."
He added, "The overall goal of the library and in-field program is to increase RVST training and certification. RVIA has never tracked training in the past and technicians don't currently have an available mentor to help them plan and obtain the training they want and need. These programs are designed to resolve these issues."


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Ganassi signs Ryan Briscoe to run Indianapolis 500
Ryan Briscoe will return to the Indianapolis 500 this year in a car fielded by Chip Ganassi Racing.
The long-rumored pairing wasn't completed until last weekend at Barber Motorsports Park, and will be formally announced by the Ganassi organization Friday.
But Ganassi confirmed the hiring Thursday night to The Associated Press, and said Briscoe will drive the No. 8 Honda with sponsorship from IT services and consulting company NTT Data.
"A guy like that shouldn't be sitting on the sidelines," Ganassi told AP. "He sat on the pole last year at the speedway. He should be in the race."
Briscoe won the pole for the 500 last season driving for Penske Racing and tied his career-best fifth-place finish. The Australian parted with Penske at the end of the season — AJ Allemendinger is scheduled to drive Briscoe's pole-winning car next month at Indy — and doesn't have any IndyCar rides currently lined up beyond the 500. The deal with Ganassi is currently only for the Indy 500.
Briscoe has seven career victories in the IndyCar Series, including a win last year at Sonoma. He drove for Ganassi in 2005, but was injured late that season in a crash at Chicago that brought his time with the team to an end.
Briscoe has seven career starts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and three top-10 finishes. He was fifth last year and in 2007.
Ganassi had room to field a fourth driver in the Indy 500, which was won last year by Ganassi driver Dario Franchitti. Graham Rahal's departure from the organization left an available car, but Ganassi said he wasn't looking for anyone until he found out recently that Briscoe didn't have anything else lined up.
"We weren't actively trying to do a fourth car," Ganassi said. "It was a case of maybe if something happens, we'd consider doing it if it wouldn't take away from the team. We don't think this is going to take away from the team, and we are just going take these opportunities as they come and look at each situation individually."
Briscoe was with the Level 5 Motorsports team that won its class last month at the 12 Hours of Sebring ALMS race. He could also run the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Level 5.


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Kitty Kelley writes 'heartwarming' text on Kennedy
NEW YORK (AP) - Kitty Kelley's next book project will be "heartwarming." Promise.
The author of gossipy best sellers about Frank Sinatra, Jacqueline Kennedy and others is providing the text to "Capturing Camelot," a collection of photographs by her friend Stanley Tretick.
Tretick, who died in 1999, covered the White House for Look magazine while John F. Kennedy was in office. He took many pictures of the president and his children that helped define JFK's image as a family man.
Thomas Dunne Books is releasing "Capturing Camelot" in November. The publisher announced Wednesday that Kelly, who manages Tretick's estate, would contribute an "insightful, heartwarming essay" about the photographer and the president.


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Season Finale Pregnancy Spoiler: The Field Narrows!Steve Marsi at . Comments
Monday, we told you about an item posted by EW regarding a character's "shocking" pregnancy being revealed on the upcoming season finale of one popular, hour-long drama.
The only question, of course, is which show, and which character. We weighed in with a bunch of possibilities last week, and it looks as if some of them are still on the table.
EW just nixed some of our predictions (The Vampire Diaries) by releasing a short list of contenders, though our top two guesses (Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy) remain.
A couple of possibilities we hadn't considered.
The big season finale pregnancy takes place on one of these:
- Grey's Anatomy
- House
- Bones
- Chuck
- Gossip Girl
- Smallville
- Glee
- Lost
Which of the above shows do you think will end its season with a pregnancy shocker - and which character(s) do you think will be involved? Share your theories!
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.