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Paul McCarthy, Ship of Fools, Ship Adrift 2, 2010, rigid urethane foam, steel, wood and carpet, 600 x 365 x 730 cm. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
The 17th Biennale of Sydney
announces details of artist projects that will premiere at THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age presented from 12 May until 1 August 2010 at leading cultural institutions, contemporary art spaces and heritage sites. David Elliott, Artistic Director, has selected 166 artists from 36 different countries to contribute works.
Seventy (70) artists will premiere new work in Sydney including a major installation by Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto presented inside the abandoned Power House on Cockatoo Island. The installation comprises light-box mounted prints from the artists Lightning Fields series, presented on stage-like platforms that ascend towards a thirteenth-century Japanese sculpture of Raijin, the Japanese God of Thunder. The work results from Sugimotos recent experiments of photographically imaging electricity on large-format film and explores the relationship between light, energy, power, and the dawn of life itself.
Also on Cockatoo Island, British artist Isaac Julien presents a major new nine-channel video work, Ten Thousand Waves (2010), which explores diaspora and migration through a story that entwines legend with the realities of modern China. Ten Thousand Waves is inspired by the tragic deaths of over 20 Chinese illegal migrant workers who drowned in England in 2004 while picking cockles in Morecambe Bay. The installation traces the workers back to their origins, culture and history and uses the image of water the sandy waters of Lancashire, the Yangtze River and the Shanghai Bund as a symbol of danger, trade, modernity, mystery and economic power. A ghostly protagonist leads the viewer through a story that examines from a poetic and artistic standpoint the motivations of need and desire that drive people to undertake perilous journeys to achieve a better life.
London-based three piece band the Tiger Lillies premiere their new post-punk neo-Brechtian opera Cockatoo Prison (2010) about crimes and societys attitude towards them. Fronted by Martyn Jaques, the performance draws on the complex history of Cockatoo Island as a brutal former penal colony and considers ways in which crime is regarded and power is dispensed within contemporary society. Joining the band on stage, an ensemble of percussionists behind bars play the part of prison inmates.
Influential American artist Paul McCarthy premieres a major new installation at Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay, entitled Ship of Fools, Ship Adrift 2 (2010). McCarthy is known for his work critiquing and exploring western societys obsessions mass media, popular culture and icons of consumer, entertainment and art industries. His new sculpture is a contemporary rephrasing of the medieval allegory of the Ship of Fools, depicting a world of power without principle as the ship and its denizens hurtle obliviously towards their own destruction.
At the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chinese artist Shen Shaomin has created new work that continues the artists Bonsai series. These tortured living installations reference the contrived and controlled nature of this traditional art form as a comment on the despoliation of nature and the environment, and the painful aspects of beauty and control in society. On Cockatoo Island, Shen will also present a new installation, Summit (2010), conceived in part as a response to the global financial crisis and the apparent failure of capitalism. The work features a hypothetical meeting of the corpses of the most significant communist leaders in history, their bodies arranged in a pentagon formation.
Berlin-based French artist Kader Attia fills one of the cavernous spaces in Cockatoo Islands Turbine Hall with a 312-square-metre patchwork of corrugated iron and scrap roofing materials reflecting improvised dwellings and shanty towns across the world. A microcosm of contemporary reality, Kasbah (2010) looks at how the other half lives in a world where poverty is at such a scale that almost half the worlds population subsists on less than US$2.50 a day.*
One of the oldest houses on Cockatoo Island will host a new work by Melbourne-based artist Rosslynd Piggott. Shelter (200610) responds to the islands layered history of punishment, sadness and labour to create a flowing series of poetic spaces and images intended to transform the sites dark residue into a beautiful, haunting and memorable experience. New and mysterious elements are introduced to alter the once domestic rooms and the viewers perception of them. The work is both a conciliation and acknowledgement of the spirits who lived there.
New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based artist Daniel Crooks premieres a new video on Cockatoo Island, Static No.12 (seek stillness in movement) (200910), which takes as its subject the slow and graceful movements of a man taking tai chi exercise in a Shanghai park. Crooks study of this gentle martial art is a meditation on the movements themselves, as the sequence of tai chi forms appear and disappear in a molten assemblage of attenuated body parts. The bodys movement spreads horizontally across the frame and the viewer is astonishingly aware of the entire span of the practitioners compelling routine.
Also at Cockatoo Island, Australian artist Peter Hennessey presents a vast new sculptural work, My Hubble (the universe turned in on itself) (2010). This life-size re-enactment of the Hubble Space Telescope a space-based observatory that has revolutionised astronomy by providing deep and clear views of the universe is constructed out of plywood and steel. Visitors are invited to play with the world the telescope depicts, to modify and create their own universes that they can then view, reflected in the eye piece located high in the air.
Australian artist Brook Andrew presents a contemporary war memorial titled Jumping Castle War Memorial (2010). This seven-metre-wide bouncy castle is designed as if it were an attraction for children. But it is presented with a catch: only adults over 16 will be allowed to jump on it. On closer examination, we see its plastic-enclosed turrets contain skulls that represent those often forgotten peoples who were the victims of genocide worldwide. The diamond black and white pattern references Andrews Wiradjuri culture and represents the experience of cultural amnesia and hypnosis. The question is posed: to jump or not to jump?
Chinese collaborative artist duo Sun Yuan and Peng Yu present Hong Kong Intervention (2009) at the MCA, a work that inserts itself into the everyday lives of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong. For the project, the artists invited 100 Filipino workers to take a toy grenade and photograph this object in their favourite spot at their place of work. These photographs are then shown alongside a portrait of the participant with their back turned. The work incorporates a playful yet sinister humour in its format as a game and many of the contexts in which the grenade was placed by the workers communicates their creative wit. It also addresses the emotions and issues underlying the relationships between the migrant workers and their Hong Kong employers, and examines the phenomenon of workers living away from home, integrating themselves into the families and homes of others.
Seoul-based artist and designer Choi Jeong Hwa will create a new site-specific intervention in and around the Sydney Opera House. Using brightly coloured moulded plastic goods, he will transform part of the Opera Houses iconic silhouette. In another work, titled The unbearable lightness of being (2010) and shown in the Royal Botanic Gardens, he presents a large lotus blossom in the gardens Main Pond that inflates and deflates in emulation of the cycles of nature.
The Royal Botanic Gardens will also be the location for a new work by Australian artist Fiona Hall, entitled The Barbarians at the Gate (2010). This work introduces a group of beehives into the gardens. Painted in military camouflage patterns associated with different countries, one of the hives will contain a live colony of Trigona carbonaria, also known as the Sugarbag Bee. To allude to the sprawl of human and botanic traffic around the world, each hive is given a stylised roof to reference its particular country. Hall is thereby creating a microcosm of the colonial-era nation-building processes of introducing people, plants and animals into new habitats, forever changing the ecology of a particular place. Feelings of paranoia follow as the foreign becomes the nation while, as before, the barbarians (are) at the gate.
Performance artist Marcus Coates presents a new installation, A Ritual for Elephant and Castle (2010), at Artspace. The piece involves footage of a live musical performance with London-based music collective Chrome Hoof in 2009, alongside scenes of Coates, accompanied by a stuffed buzzard and a trombone, responding to redevelopment plans in the area of Londons Elephant and Castle. We see him engaging with the local inhabitants in a shamanistic act of comic yet sincere public service. Artspace also hosts SuperDeluxe@Artspace, which includes an exciting 12-week evening program of live music performances, films, PechaKucha Nights and unexpected happenings.
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One of a kind trinket bowl created by kiln-fusing glass to metal. Display your jewelry and tiny treasures in this handmade copper dish with vitreous enamel interior. "Bergdorf Brunch" combines layers of salmony pink transparent over a creamy nut brown opaque. Finished with an oxidized copper rim and back.
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Dairy-Free Italian Ice Cream Pie
This recipe for dairy-free Italian ice cream pie is a modern variation of an old Italian recipe for tortoni, a creamy semi-frozen dessert. A mix of cherries, chocolate, and rum gives this rich nondairy pie a festive appearance and fine flavor.
Preparation time: 25 minutes (including time for the ice cream to soften)
Freezing time: 1 hour
Yield: One 9-inch pie (8 servings)
1/2 gallon vanilla nondairy ice cream
1/4 cup light rum
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 small jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped (reserve 1/4 cup of the cherry juice)
6 ounces carob chips (find them at natural foods stores) or dairy-free chocolate chips
9-inch ready-made, dairy-free chocolate crumb crust
Leave the nondairy ice cream out at room temperature until slightly softened, about 10 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the nondairy ice cream, rum, vanilla, cherries, cherry juice, and carob chips. Stir with a large spoon until the ingredients are well blended and the mixture is smooth. (A stand mixer with paddle attachment is quicker and easier than mixing by hand. Chill the bowl first before mixing to keep the ice cream nice and frosty.)
Pour the mixture into the pie shell. Cover with foil and place in the freezer until hardened, about 1 hour. Slice and serve.
In place of maraschino cherries, you can substitute 1/4 cup fresh or canned pitted cherries (any kind) and 1/4 cup of their juice. (If using fresh cherries, add an extra 1/4 cup of nondairy ice cream in place of the juice.)
Per serving: Calories 606 (from Fat 272); Fat 30g (Saturated 9g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 513mg; Carbohydrate 74g (Dietary Fiber 1g); Protein 5g.


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Upscale hotel within easy reach of Bangkok Riverside
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- Bangkok Riverside - 1 min walk
- Khaosan Road - 7 min walk
- Bangkok National Museum - 9 min walk
- Thammasat University - 10 min walk
- Temple of the Emerald Buddha - 18 min walk
- Grand Palace - 19 min walk
- Wat Ratchanadda - 22 min walk
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- Bangkok (DMK-Don Mueang Intl.) - 39 min drive
- Bangkok Thonburi Station - 25 min walk
- Yommarat - 4 min drive
- Bangkok Chitrlada Station - 5 min drive
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- This hotel has 68 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 5 floors
- Check-in time 2:00 PM-midnight
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Guests arriving late won't be able to check in until the next morning.
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- Government-issued photo ID required
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built - 2011
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DiningBabble and rum - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
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Rollaway beds are available for THB 1177 per night
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This place is in a great location and it will exceed your expectations. Rooms are nice, beautiful pool and very attentive staff. Second stay in this hotel and we will go back!!
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Short side trip from Singapore
Very friendly and welcoming. Staff is happy to answer questions, recommend restaurants, arrange tours or taxi. Room was comfortable though at times seemed to have a musty smell which got better once the air conditioning was on for a while. Huge selection for breakfast at a very reasonable price. Grand Palace and Wat pho is easily walkable. Other sights not too far and taxis or tuk-tuks are very reasonable.
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Fantastic Hotel! Highly Recommend!
Fabulous stay at the Riva Surya! Very helpful and friendly staff!! Wonderful location, delicious breakfast, very comfortable rooms and very nice pool overlooking the river. Highly recommend the Riva Surya - would definitely stay here again!
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A good place to begin or end your trip in Thailand
My preferred hotel in Bangkok. Of course expensive....
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Everyone so friendly/helpful Riverside room incredible view
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Sure. And if they had avoided the tests and you had died of something the tests would have found, they could very easily be facing a malpractice lawsuit. It's not greed generally that causes this, but a CYA due to lawsuit lottery.
Is it disrespectful to my wife for me to be lusting after her and want her to wear sexy underwear that says "unwrap me"? Is it disrespectful to herself to want to be viewed as sexy and want to wear underwear that tells me to unwrap her?
I do the same thing. Most of my friends considered this weird behavior, and obviously so does our government.
Yeah I get tired of hearing people whine about crap like this. It's much like complaining about cell phone companies yet continuing to spend $150 a month on your phone. Obviously, the process didn't deter this guy from throwing money at Microsoft so why should they give a crap?
...is ensure that were I a voter in these locations I would be voting for Jean White and Jeffrey Hare. Would make my decision quite easy in fact.
Agree. Was considering purchase before seeing that. Poor choice there although I did laugh when I read it...
Since when does innovation mean adding a paywall?
I found it particularly interesting that he rails against choice and yet produced an application that adds choices (Shady for Mac OS X). I guess apple isn't the be all end all?
Feel free to tell David how you feel. His site actually has comments turned on for this post:
It's from the patent itself which was linked in the article
LOL get a clue. And please refrain from repeating the same inane drivel over and over again. It hurts my eyes.
cell phone companies have been treating customers like garbage for decades. and yet the sheeple keep coming back. I don't buy that pissing of your customers is always a bad business model.
The advantages of the invention are numerous. Several advantages that embodiments of the invention may include are as follows. One advantage of the invention is that the distribution of information takes place in an automated fashion, which is particularly advantageous when large numbers of users are involved. Another advantage of the invention is that the parties involved in the distribution can control the distribution process so that only approved distributions occur. Still another advantage of the invention is that updates to previously distributed information can also be automated. Yet another advantage of the invention is that the information being exchanged is useful for enabling registered persons to efficiently contact the persons associated with the information using a mechanism which they have prescribed. Another advantage of the invention is that contact and additional information can be distributed to users in a common format. Still yet another advantage of the invention is that an administrator can control the distribution and use of corporate (i.e., business entity) information.
The many features and advantages of the present invention are apparent from the written description, and thus, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such features and advantages of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation as illustrated and described. Hence, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to as falling within the scope of the invention.
Anyone have a link that i can download this thing without having to install stupid freaking itunes? I can listen for free, but can't put the damn thing on my mp3 player without a software download? Really?
You need to add a step in between 1 and 2:
"Do you best to comprehend post"
Are you being willfully ignorant, or just trolling?
Do you not have any friends who share your likes and dislikes with books? Do you not know of any online resources that can link you to people who have similar interests? If your answer is no to these questions, I can't help you out. But don't expect me to help support the local bookstore just because you find it worthwhile.
This will generate a whole new concept movie shop. A place that sells DVDs/BluRays etc and the Digital conversion service together. I can see it now. You go there to buy your movie and they then offer to digitize it for you for a small fee. Perhaps they offer volume discounts - i.e. buy three movies get free digitization!
Then you get to stand there and open your brand new DVD and hand it over so they can put it on the cloud for you. You actually end up walking away with no physical need for a disc, seems like a fabulous deal to me!
Interesting that you chose a book where the kindle edition actually costs more than buying it new. I realize amazon is charging slightly more for its new hardback, but if you look you can buy it from other sellers new for almost $4 less than the Amazon kindle edition.
There was never a point in time that I thought yahoo was innovative. The website annoyed me from the first time I happened across it. I still don't understand how it ever gained the users it did.


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Brunswick Street spills from the alfresco Brunswick Street Mall, across Ann Street and New Farm, into a burst of stores, cafes, bars and clubs. It is home to a multicultural assortment of dining options.
The cafes, bars and clubs set amidst this street add to its lively appeal. You can visit the popular The Empire Hotel, Glass Bar, Gertie's and a host of other venues that make a night out on the street very entertaining.
The range of fashion on offer includes local and national designer boutiques, as well as art galleries and homewares stores. Each store showcases unique and innovative designs.


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Sean Peisert
Sean Peisert is a computer security researcher at UC Davis. He is particularly interested in computer forensic analysis, intrusion detection, vulnerability analysis, security policy modeling, electronic voting, and empirical studies of security.
Peisert received his Ph.D., Masters and Bachelors degrees in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He was a 2007–2008 I3P Fellow and consults a bit. Previously, he was a postdoc and lecturer in the Computer Science and Engineering department at UCSD, was a computer security researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), and co-founded a now-defunct software company.
Peisert's home page is http://www.cs.ucdavis/edu/~peisert/
He is currently a Program Committee Co-Chair of IEEE/SADFE-2009
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Oregon Zoo's Baby Elephant Owned by Entertainment Company
(PORTLAND, Ore.) -- All the fanfare surrounding the birth of a baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo last week soon turned to peanut-throwing at zoo officials, after news emerged the calf would become the property of an elephant rental company when it turns 30 days old.
Looking to quell worry, executive director of the Oregon Zoo, Kim Smith, said Tuesday the elephant was always intended to remain at the zoo and that they were in talks to negotiate the ownership of the unnamed calf.
"Ownership doesn't really mean anything," Smith said. "It's not something that bares where this animal lives. This animal lives here."
The zoo said it had previously entered into a breeding loan agreement with Have Trunk Will Travel, a group that rents elephants to the entertainment industry. Under the rules of the contract, the 2nd, 4th and 6th offspring of the Have Trunk Will Travel's male elephant, Tusko, would become the property of the group.
The new calf, which was born on Friday, is the second offspring.
Smith said Have Trunk Will Travel has always been committed to keeping the calf at the zoo, where she can bond with her mother, however she stopped short of saying that was guaranteed.
"There has never been a question of where she was going to go, not once, not ever," Smith said of the elephant.
The discovery of the contract, which was first reported by the Seattle Times, prompted outrage among animal lovers.
"It would be very sad if the Portland Zoo gave up the baby elephant especailly [sic] to such a traveling side show! Separating it from her mother is bad enough," Jerry Loos wrote on the zoo's Facebook page.
Another poster, Rachel Davis, said if the claims were true, she would never visit the Oregon Zoo again.
"These regal creatures are among the most intelligent and sentient on the planet! I hope to high heaven that this isn't true," she wrote.
Have Trunk Will Travel did not immediately return a request for comment.
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What would you call a motorcycle that doesn't tip over, drives like a car, is fully enclosed and has room for two passengers?
Non-existent might be a good descriptor.
A company called Lit Motors has a different name for such a vehicle: the C-1, which it hopes to start selling by late 2013, with full production coming in 2014. Is this the urban transportation vehicle that can finally gain public acceptance and start changing the way we commute in cities?
Yes. Assuming it really, truly, doesn't tip over.
When I hear the word "gyroscopes," I think of the Segway Personal Transporter, which was introduced in 2001. Remember that little invention, which at the time was described as "world changing"? Of course, the only thing it changed about the world is the way tourists explore San Diego. The C-1 is different, though. It's car-like enough for regular drivers to feel comfortable in, unique enough to garner the attention of potential buyers, affordable enough for regular people and efficient enough to justify a purchase. That seems like a winning combination.
Plus, it has gyroscopes.
The proposed fully enclosed 2-passenger electric motorbike uses an electronically controlled gyroscopic stabilizing system to stay upright when stopped or turning or even when struck from the side in an accident. Like a Weeble Wobble.
The vehicle will incorporate electric hub motors in both wheels, which are claimed to bring the C-1 to a top speed of about 120 mph and provide a driving range of 150 to 220 miles per charge.
In all truth that's where it starts to feel a little fishy to me. For such a small vehicle, where exactly are those batteries, gyroscopes, drivetrain and suspension parts going to go? Even if they did all fit, and all work as advertised, what about price?
Plans call for an initial run of production vehicles to be available at a price of about $24,000 by late 2013, with that price going down to $16,000 once full production gets under way in 2014. There's no word on how many vehicles the company can, or hopes to, produce. Or how the C-1 will handle on snowy, slushy New York mornings. Or what happens when the gyroscopes go out and these things start tipping like cows on prom night in Arkansas.
If the Lit Motors C-1 is real, and lives up to its promises, would you be interested?


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Let's say I have three aligned monochrome layers that I would like to transform into the Blue, Red and Green channels of a single image.Is there an easy way to do that?
Why do you want to do this?
You should use the Image>Apply image command. Set the destination layer or channel by making it the working layer or channel. Select the source from the Apply image dialog. The source can be either an entire layer or just a channel from the current document or another loaded document. So you could create a new layer and copy your source layers to individual channels. -R
At the time, the images with moving water made me think that he had some method whereby he passed a single holder through the camera back almost in one motion. I suppose the curators have a very good idea of the exact method. It's a shame other photographers didn't try the same thing elsewhere.
This is the result after loading the different images into RGB channels and experimenting with a curves adjustment layer.In the scanned images which is the red, green, and blue channel?


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MadPiglet thinks Pope Benedict XVI is being a little intense with the whole resigning thing:
Giving up the papacy for Lent seems a little extreme. Couldn't he just give up coffee or something?
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These days you can't swing a cat on television without hitting a scattered LGBT character or two on just about any given night. Sundays give us The Good Wife's bisexual Kalinda while Revenge has bisexual Nolan and Shameless has a gay son. Modern Family and The New Normal offer up gay dads while freshman series Go On and Chicago Fire feature full-on lesbian characters in those ensembles. And of course, there are tried-and-true, beloved lesbian and gay characters on Glee, Grey's Anatomy and Pretty Little Liars.
But then there are the shows that should so obviously feature LGBT characters that the omission of them becomes a distraction. For instance, how can an excellent, Emmy-worthy series about a fairly liberal family set in the Bay area be completely devoid of gay characters? It's like that feeling one gets watching the now classic Fried Green Tomatoes and knowing that Mary Stuart Masterson's and Mary Louise Parker's characters were totally getting in to the "secret sauce" with each other at the Whistle Stop Café, even if Hollywood tells us otherwise. The omission just becomes annoying and blatant.
That got us thinking that there are plenty of shows that could use queer characters. Since this is SheWired, we're positing that the following shows could use a lesbian character (s). And since The L Word's Shane (Kate Moennig) is pretty much the most recognizable lesbian character of all time, we thought we'd inject her in the following shows just to see what it might look like.
Here are the 10 shows we can't believe don't have gay characters.
10. The Vampire Diaries:
The CW could take a cue from ABC Family with its continual line-up of LGBT characters on shows like Pretty Little Liars, Secret Life of The American Teen and Greek and the upcoming The Fosters. And The Vampire Diaries could also take a page out of True Blood's script. All those gorgeous vamps and not one sexy gay lady vampire among them? Where are the lesbian vampire queens, and bisexual slayers?


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Webcast Wednesday: The Origins of Welfare Reform
Price, former special assistant for Urban Affairs in the Nixon White House, is currently CEO of Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.
The fifth Nixon Legacy Forum, "The Origins of Welfare Reform," focuses on President Nixon's plan to tackle national unemployment, eradicate poverty, and help millions of Americans find dignity in work. Price says the plan is "arguably, Nixon's most important domestic policy initiative, which I was deeply involved in."
The forum is co-presented by the Richard Nixon Foundation, the Nixon Presidential Library, and the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, and is part of the oral history project for the National Archives.
The panel will give special focus on the work of Urban Affairs Adviser and later Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and will feature the key officials who formulated the president's plan and shepherded it through Congress. Panelists include Price along with the 72nd Treasury Secretary and Nixon Deputy Director of OMB Paul O'Neill; former Deputy Undersecretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Robert Patricelli; and former HEW program analyst Jodie T. Allen.


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Texas Irish Foundation via Crowdrise
May 16, 2013
BENEFITING: Texas Irish Foundation
EVENT DATE: May 05, 2013
Started by members of the Texas Irish Cycling Team in Dallas, TX, the mission of The Texas Irish Foundation is to support, through donations and our active involvement, those charitable organizations about which we are passionate: women & children in need, medical research for debilitating diseases, the homeless and those men and women who have served in our country's armed forces.
The Texas Irish Cycling Team is recognized as a tight-knit, well-organized and team-first cycling club. However, our proudest achievement, that is less well-known, is the priority the Texas Irish and its sponsors place on fundraising for charitable causes. The Texas Irish was founded on the principle of being active in and giving back to the communities in which we live. Since our founding in 2006, members of the Texas Irish Cycling Team have raised over $400,000 for charity.
100% of the money raised by our fundraisers in 2013 will be given to the charities listed below. The Texas Irish Foundation's goal for 2013 is to raise a minimum of $150,000 for our charities:
- Passion for Children's - Children's Medical Center of Dallas
- Genesis Women's Shelter
- National MS Society
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
- Center for BrainHealth
- Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance
- Wounded Warriors
- The Bridge - A Homeless Recovery Center
- Humane Society of Dallas
- The Peruvian American Medical Society
The Texas Irish Foundation operates free of overhead or administrative costs of any kind. Any and all incidental, maintenance or professional expenses associated with the Foundation will be borne by the Texas Irish Cycling Team and paid from membership dues and team sponsors. Accordingly, 100% of all donations raised by and for the Foundation will go to our identified charities.
On behalf of all the members and sponsors of the Texas Irish Cycling Team and its beneficiary organizations, we are incredibly grateful for your support and your generous donation to the Texas Irish Foundation. Thank you!
Click here for more information about "The Texas Irish Foundation."


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Pre-Order Campaign
Camp Manna Crew,
To bring you up to speed, the last year has been spent navigating our distribution options for the film. We ultimately landed on a strategy which enables us to distribute through the three major pay-per-play platforms: iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and Google Play. We're stoked about this approach and excited about the opportunities that it presents.
The next month will consist of a number of parallel marketing efforts preceding Camp Manna's release. Our PR firm (WIT PR) is working with the production team to publicize to our target markets through press releases, interviews, podcasts, etc., and at the same time, our digital advertising campaign will be working to expose the film to audiences online.
But we still need your help!
Like with every indie film, every little bit counts. Now is our biggest opportunity to gain exposure and we're encouraging everyone to engage their personal networks. To make this possible we have created a press kit just for you. It is filled with artwork, and imagery specific to your character.
Please feel free to use these assets to share your work and the film!
The Press Kit
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Apple iPod nano
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Once again, Apple has come up with a design that turns heads. Enter the iPod nano. But this was a relatively easy one for the designers, if not the engineers: They took the full-size iPod and made it really, really slim. We measured it at just 80 cents thickthat's 3 quarters and a nickel, or 0.27 inches for you traditionalistsby 5 dimes long (3.5 inches) by 2 pennies wide (1.6 inches). According to Apple, that's 62 percent smaller than the now-discontinued iPod mini the nano is replacing. It weighs just 1.5 ounces, and it really does fit in the smaller front pocket of your blue jeans without the slightest bulge. A few things changedsome compromises in the name of miniaturization and some actual improvementsbut the end result is a spectacular product. Sure, it doesn't have an FM tuner or voice recording, but it does have an unsurpassed interface, a color screen, excellent sound quality, and an undeniable cool factor. Plus, it's flash-based, so you don't have to worry about skipping or dead hard drives.
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"Going on meds doesn't mean I am going to die. It means that I am not letting the virus attack my immune system without a weapon to defend itself. I am going to try to control it and not let HIV run free inside of me." -- Robert
I wanted my third blog to be about my experience starting HIV/AIDS medication. When I was first diagnosed I was told time and time again that my counts were always good and I didn't need to start taking medication right away. This helped feed the denial of my HIV status. Not having totake medicine on a daily basis and keeping busy made it easy to sweep my diagnosis under the rug.
In 2007 I switched my infectious disease doctor because I lost my health insurance and my job. I was limited with the options I had and chose to go to the Jonathan Lax Center and Philadelphia Fight, located in Center City Philadelphia.
The first time I walked into the Lax Center I didn't know what to expect. It was different than the previous doctor's office I went to. I remember walking in and being greeted immediately with a hello from the woman behind the desk. It was welcoming and warm and from that moment on I knew I found my home. I was waiting for five minutes and was already laughing with the receptionist and other patients. It was the next step towards accepting my HIV status.
I remember being introduced to my doctor for the first time. He was different from the other doctors I went to before. He was compassionate, caring, he listened and answered questions I had. He made me feel like I was important and not just another patient. He filled me with confidence and gave me the hope I needed to continue this fight against HIV/AIDS.
I had just lost my job, I had no car and I needed a change. A big change. I remember the doctor sitting me down after a few months and asking me about the possibility of starting medication. Like many who are about to start meds I was hesitant, especially after being told my counts were so good for so long. I had convinced myself that starting meds was the beginning of the end.
He explained the different kinds of meds and how much they have advanced over the years. I looked at starting meds as my chance for change. So I started taking Atripla [efavirenz/tenofovir/FTC]. It was a single pill once a day. Who could argue with that? The doctor informed me that there was a possibility of some side effects and that some are normal. He then gave me a prescription to get filled, and out the door I went to embark on this new adventure.
I remember coming home anticipating the worst in regards to side effects, but also looking forward to the vivid dreams that Sustiva [efavirenz, Stocrin] in Atripla can cause. Well, after a few days of taking Atripla I noticed a rash appearing. It was itchy. I called the doctor's office and told them I was breaking out in a rash. I was told it was somewhat normal and to keep an eye on it. I also made an appointment for the next day.
When called back to his office I showed the doctor my rash. By then it was all over my chest, back and legs. He then did something I never expected. It was a Friday so he handed me his cell phone number and told me to call him directly if it was to get worse. I left reassured that I'd found the best doctor I possibly could find.
The following night I went to bed as usual. I woke up about 3am and was having an itching attack. I couldn't sleep. I ended up falling asleep submerged in a tub full of hot water. It was the only thing that stopped the rash from itching. My partner found me in the morning and was scared out of his wits. He thought I was dead. I know it isn't funny but, I laugh about it now.
I called the doctor and told him it was getting worse. He advised me to go to the emergency room. I was having an allergic reaction to the Sustiva in the Atripla. I was admitted and hooked up to tubes pumping fluids into my body.
When I was alone in the hospital room after everyone went home, I would ask myself, Is this it? Am I going to die? It was just me, a little TV and a singing frog on crutches my friend Lori brought when she visited. I would think about all the people, places and things that led me to where I was that day. I was scared. I never was in a hospital over night before. I ended up staying there for three days. I stopped taking Atripla and never got to experience the vivid dreams.
I entertained the idea of starting meds for the second time this past December. Since the prior medication and my body had a bad reaction, I was very hesitant to start medication. This time around, I was put on Truvada [tenofovir/FTC] and Isentress [raltegravir].
So what makes this time different? Well for one I am in a better place altogether -- mind, body and spirit. I have a stronger support system via POZIAM and now TheBody.com. I also have read tons of positive feedback from long-term survivors about taking medication.
I know most HIV/AIDS drugs have side effects and they usually aren't the most pleasant. I remember reading the following: weight gain, nausea, diarrhea, crazy dreams, loss of weight in my face, arms and legs -- No, not my soccer legs!
Seriously, I know these things could happen but I can still live with these side effects. Isn't that something to be grateful for -- just being alive? So I remember looking at the little blue and peach pills and asking them to help me fight this virus. I said a short prayer and swallowed them.
I have been taking Truvada and Isentress now for a little over 2 months and have experienced very few side effects. I have only had problems falling asleep and staying asleep. My partner will tell you I have also become a super bitch. I disagree!
When I got my first blood results since starting my new meds, I found out my CD4 count was 330 and for the first time my viral load was undetectable.
Read more of POZIAM, Robert Breining's blog, at TheBody.com.


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Sydney Science Forum - Rewriting Himalayan History: Ancient oceans on the top of the world
15 October 2012
Take a journey to the top of the world when Professor Jonathan Aitchison, Head of the School of Geosciences, presents his Sydney Science Forum: Rewriting Himalayan History on Wednesday 17 October.
Find out how his team's research is rewriting the history of how the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau formed to become the world's largest elevated region, including the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
The Himalayan mountains are the classic example of what happens when two continents collide - geology textbooks will tell you that the Indian subcontinent collided with Eurasia 55 million years ago and produced the Himalayas.
However, new evidence collected and analysed by Professor Aitchison and his team indicate that the collision might have happened around 20 million years later - only 35 million years ago.
"We've spent the past 17 years working in the Himalaya and Tibet, looking at how this mountain range formed. It's a really important system to study as the massive mountain chain had a profound effect on global climate systems when it formed, diverting atmospheric circulation patterns and leading to the establishment of the Asian monsoonal weather pattern," said Professor Aitchison.
"As the highest landmass on Earth, the Himalayas still have a huge impact on our weather systems. So understanding how and when they formed is of fundamental importance as it affects our understanding of the rates of numerous global processes," explained Professor Aitchison.
He and his team have found that India experienced multiple collisions as it travelled north, with the final collision between India and Asia occurring considerably later than originally thought.
"We looked at a number of indicators to determine when the mountain range formed. Examining the youngest marine rocks that were deposited between India and Asia showed that the collision between these two land masses happened around 35 million years ago. Obviously, once India and Asia had collided there was no longer an ocean between them and therefore no new marine rocks, so looking at the last marine rocks in the area gives us an indication of when the area last had an ocean above it," said Professor Aitchison.
"We also looked at the age of the youngest subduction-related volcanic rocks along the southern margin of Asia. Subduction is when one tectonic plate moves below another tectonic plate as they converge, typically resulting in volcanic activity, like what we see around the Pacific 'ring-of-fire'. Once the Tethys Ocean, which used to lie between the ancient continents of Gondwana and Laurasia, had disappeared as oceanic crust north of India subducted beneath Asia, there was no more volcanism of this type, so the youngest such rocks also give us an indication of timing."
To determine the timing of formation of the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau the team also looked at the relative positions of India and Asia through time and regional geological patterns.
"Examining the appearance and nature of coarse-grained sedimentary rocks also helped us work out the timing. When tectonic plate collisions occur, pushing up mountain ranges, large amounts of coarse sediment are shed as gravels off the new mountain chain."
Find out how his findings are rewriting geological history, when Professor Aitchison presents the results from his research group's work, including that of some of his talented students over 16 years in Hong Kong and now at the University of Sydney.
"The Himalayas are the geologically modern laboratory that we use to understand processes that might have affected much older rocks, like the ancient eroded mountain chains in Australia. We use the Himalayan system as our modern day example to understand ancient mountain systems," said Professor Aitchison.
"Working in the Himalayas is brilliant. It is like a dream come true, with scenery on steroids! However, conditions can at times be a little difficult as we are working at altitudes up to 6000 metres above sea level. At 5300 metres, where we spent most of our last trip, the atmospheric pressure is about 500 millibars compared with 1000 millibars at sea level, which can make breathing a little more challenging. But it is a truly remarkable area to work in."
Join Professor Aitchison as he reveals his amazing geological discoveries, accompanied by breathtaking photos of the Himalayan scenery, taking us on a journey to the top of the world.
Sydney Science Forum - Rewriting Himalayan History: Ancient oceans on the top of the world
Date: Wednesday 17 October 2012
Time: 5.45pm - 6.45pm
Venue: Eastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney
Cost: Free
Contact: Katynna Gill
Phone: 02 9351 6997


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the large, 3 ft (1 m) high, 10 ft (3 m) long, yellow and black vertically striped cat. Called also Panthera tigris.
tiger heart
the striped and mottled myocardium of young cattle affected by a malignant form of foot-and-mouth disease.
tiger snake
tan to olive, with creamy yellow cross bands, venomous Australian snake. Envenomation is characterized by muscular weakness, flaccid paralysis, pupillary dilatation, restlessness, myoglobinuria, and a high serum creatine phosphokinase. Called also Notechis scutatus. Western tiger snake is called Notechis scutatus occidentalis.
tiger stripe
see reticulated leukotrichia.
tiger stripe colon
the striking lesion of parallel lines of hemorrhages and congestion in the colon of cattle with rinderpest, acute mucosal disease and bovine malignant catarrhal fever. Called also zebra marks.


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Snort IDS: Several signatures are available in the Emerging Threats Snort IDS rulesets:
Service providers should become suspicious when protocols such as SMTP or SSL are detected flowing inbound to user networks over non-standard ports. There are IDS signatures in the Emerging Threats rulesets for this purpose. Check out the ?unusual-client-port-connection? class of EmergingSnort rules for examples.
A number of methods exist for collecting and aggregating IP accounting information from switches, routers, or probes. One popular solution which is implemented on many network devices is Netflow. Netflow was developed at Cisco in 1996 and allows for visibility into large network segments which would be impractical to monitor with packet capture methods. Netflow records contain several fields of interest to us in detecting reverse-connect proxy bots: Timestamps for the flow start and finish time, Number of bytes and packets observed in the flow, Source & destination IP addresses, Source and destination port numbers, IP protocol, Cumulative TCP flags.
1. High resolution netflow may provide generic proxy and stepping stone detection methods.
2. Sampled netflow may also be used to detect policy violations and large or long duration flows.
3. Watchlists of known bad IPs such as proxy bot controllers can be used to look for suspicious flows.
4. Baselines of typical activity per system or per segment can be created based on metrics such as: bytes transferred per day, number of unique IP addresses contacted per day, and the number of packets per day per port/protocol.
5. Monitoring for deviations from these baselines can help identify systems whose personality changes abruptly such as one becoming a spam sender or proxy.
1. DNS query logs can be monitored for clients attempting to resolve known bad domains.
2. Statistics can also be maintained to create baselines of DNS resolution activity and to monitor for increases in resolution attempts either by client or by domain. This is especially useful in monitoring MX (mail exchange) record queries for detecting spambots or proxied spam attempts.
1. Known bad domains can be squashed at the DNS level by using blacklisting or poisoning techniques on your internal DNS servers or security devices which support this feature. There is also a benefit to forcing internal clients to use DNS servers under your control so these blacklists can be enforced.
2. Many threats can be mitigated by developing a security policy which includes approved applications and ports/protocols required for people to do their jobs and implementing technical controls to enforce these policies. Firewall filters can be of some help, but many recent threats require application-layer inspection using proxies or Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS).
3. Use best practices for restricting outbound mail. Makes the proxy bot less useful for external abuse.
4. Deploying Intrusion Detection/Prevention Devices (IDS/IPS) technology internally to monitor for insider abuse. This will also cover the case of an external party proxying attacks through an internal asset.


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Offspring Rock Band Part 2
For Part 1, please click here.
I was just reading the Victoria Beckham profile in Vogue - that article is coming next - when I came across the most amazing detail:
For Romeo's birthday, as a surprise, the (Beckham) family took him to hang out in Justin Bieber's studio while he was recording his Christmas album. Bieber sweetly sent the boys signed guitars afterward, but Romeo's was signed to "Pax" (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's son). "So we got one of the Jolie-Pitts' guitars," says his mother; such are the perils of the dailymail.co.uk celebrity lifestyle.
Brange loves Bieber too.
I'm telling you. Give in. Justin Bieber has conquered the world.
Anyway, as you know, for a long time now, I'm been dreaming of a Celebrity Offspring Rock Band featuring Maddox Jolie-Pitt on lead vocals. But with this new information, I feel like we might have to modify the plot points in the screenplay:
The son of Hollywood's Royal Couple starts a super group after falling in love with the daughter of another star union. He calls it First Sons & Daughters. The only problem - her mom used to date his dad. And the guy on drums, appropriately named Rocco, doesn't get along with anyone. Rounding out the four-piece is the wild child son of two well known musicians. Kingston is probably the most talented of them all but he's constantly threatening to go solo. Suri Cruise meanwhile keeps trying to get in on the action, having been personally trained by her father and Celine Dion. Crushing hard on Roc, whose mother keeps trying to join the group, Suri convinces him that his skills are being neglected. Things are further complicated when Maddox must cut short rehearsal time to break up a fight that has broken out between his brother Pax and Romeo Beckham. Pax has long held a grudge against Romeo for stealing his prized Bieber guitar when they were younger and for being made first trombone over him in music class. After issuing an edict at home, forbidding his siblings from fraternising with any Beckhams, he came home early one day to find his sister Shiloh inspecting a new tattoo she'd had inked just above her hipbone: two simple letters - R.B. - were enough to send Pax over the edge.
Will Maddox be able to hold it together? Can he keep the parents from interfering? Why can't he stop thinking about the girl with the glasses and Violet eyes? How will he manage his music life, his love life, and still make it to the Super Bowl to play the half time show?
Someone needs to write this book. I would totally read it on my iPad (but not on paper).


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Robert's Top 5:
5) The smackoff beatdowns against a Vikings blog. Franklin and I each took a turn going toe-to-toe with Vikings Gab ("Gab" – really?) in some trash talking and posted the exchanges. In both instances, the Ranter CLEARLY won and to be honest, it wasn't even close (here's the first, and the second). We were actually kind of surprised how unfunny, uncreative and derivative the Vikings blogger was. What really became clear was the obnoxiousness and general mental imbalance of Vikings fans as a whole. Just read this comment posted after Franklin's smackoff. I mean, WTF.
"Nice job, Adam. You're still undefeated. Imagine… actually trying to defend the Packers in an exchange like this. I would give the guy an A for effort, but since he lives in Minnesota, he's a traitor, so I give him nothing!"
"Nice job, Adam. You're still undefeated. Imagine… actually trying to defend the Packers in an exchange like this. I would give the guy an A for effort, but since he lives in Minnesota, he's a traitor, so I give him nothing!"
4) November 21 at Minnesota. The Packers had escaped a near-miraculous comeback by Brent at Lambeau earlier in the year and you know he was eyeing this next matchup more than anything else. Could he provide the Vikings with more magic? Answer: Not even close. The Vikings scored a FG at 6 minutes in the 1st quarter and the Packers scored the next 31. Favre was all over, going 17-38 for 200 yards and a pick while Rodgers had over 300 yards and 4 TDs. That win would put the Vikings out of it, get Childress fired and put Favre squarely in the rearview of public interest for good.
3) The 49er game on 12/5. Met up with @michaelcainlaw and @71sweet71 among others at Stadium View before layering up to see a 34-16 whooping put on by the Packers. Witnessed the debut of James "Neo" Starks and saw the GREATEST touchdown by Driver in his career (did you know he woke up that morning with food poisoning, too?). And then there was TurboDumps.
2) BJ Raji's TD in the NFC Championship Game. I knew we would win this game beyond a shadow of a doubt and early on it was looking like that would be the case. But in came 3rd stringer Caleb Hanie to replace Todd Collins who had replaced Jay "Hanes Her Way" Cutler and somehow the Bears were within a TD early in the 4th quarter. It was looking like a classic Bears "despite everything that went wrong so far, we could still win this" game. If Twitter was any indicator, Packer nation was beginning to freak out. And along comes BJ Raji with an INT-TD followed by his best Susan Boyle impression. Folks, I was so fricken relieved and giddy it wouldn't have been surprised if I peed my pants and I would not have cared.
1) The Super Bowl. What an incredible, odds-defying year. So happy for the players and so proud of the organization. To be a fan of the Green Bay Packers and experience all the drama and storylines and naysayers along the way only come out victorious in the end has to be right up there with the best feeling in the world. I can't help but smile just thinking about it. World Champions, baby. World Champions.
Franklin's Top 5:
5) I like roller-coasters. If there was a season that was as much of a roller-coaster ride, please let me know...I'll wait. For those who would prefer a safer, more predictable season, the ferris wheel is that way.
4) Thanks to Mary, (@gbpf127) Season Ticket Holder and Horticulturist extraordinaire, I was able to attend the 49ers game with a good friend of the Ranter who lives in Appleton. The ensuing pregame festivities at Stadium View with Robert, and those mentioned above, was how Packer gameday should be: beer, food, friends…and a shot or two. Robert detailed the game perfectly, so I won't go into that, however I would like to thank Mary once again. I threw out a tweet and by the end of the day was buying Mary's fantastic tickets. Her generous nature allowed me to go to the game and meet up with good friends and watch some great football.
3) The week before the NFC Championship game I got an email from Robert. No subject, no text, just a solitary JPEG attachment called "PackersWallpaper". Following a quick click of the mouse…I had to spend the next 10 minutes wiping coffee off my desk, monitor, and keyboard. Still makes me smile when I see it.
2) Living in Minneapolis, I know, and, yes, have even befriended numerous Vikings fans. I hosted a small gathering for the 2nd matchup between the Good Guys and the Bad Guys. True the outcome of the game couldn't have been more satisfying, but the really enjoyable part of this day, aside from a guest bringing a large quantity of Spotted Cow, was the look on the Vikings fans faces through the course of the game. The utter despair, disheartened stares made for a joyous afternoon….then it turned to pity as the other Packer fans and I tempered our celebrations. You know things have gotten bad, when your hated rival pities you. I say we tempered celebrations, but the smug, satisfied looks on our faces belied how much this victory meant to all present. (Addendum: I had a few cocktails with the some Vikings fans recently and the level of their dejection and utter lack of hope is semi-disturbing…and fully-hilarious. It couldn't happen to worse organization.)
1) The capper on the season: Ben Rothlisberger's pass falls to incomplete to Mike Wallace….the ensuing three-person, bouncing man-hug that sprayed beer over fellow patrons of The Herkimer was a thing of glory! I would have worried that we were annoying the surrounding Packer fans, except they were doing the same thing. A bar full of celebrating Packer fans is a beautiful thing 1) to admire and 2) be a part of. Not to mention the fine folks at Herkimer provided everyone with a giant brick of communal cheese from which to partake during the game, can't ask for much more that, can you?


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A sign on the wall outside of the new 227,000 square foot service center underneath the Cleveland Clinic's parking garage says it all: Service to our patients starts here.
"That is our motto," says Jeff Pepperworth, senior director of materials management for the Clinic, one of the nation's premier medical treatment and research facilities. "We are picking an average of 70,000 units a day and many of those are critical to the treatment of a patient."
To live up to that motto, the Clinic went through a logistics version of healthcare reform: Pepperworth and his team visited leading medical centers in Europe, where materials handling automation is more commonly used, to design a system with capabilities that are similar to a just-in-time manufacturing environment and a direct-to-consumer e-fulfillment operation. The end result is a state-of-the-art distribution and order fulfillment center that went live in September 2008. The facility manages the delivery of product from five unique operating departments – everything from pharmaceuticals and surgical kits to meals, linens and nursing supplies - to 14,000 employees located in buildings across the 168-acre campus. The system components include:
• Eighty RFID-enabled automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) that identify and deliver more than 1,100 RFID-enabled carts.
• Light-directed picking from seven horizontal carousels with a total of 7,200 storage locations, a vertical carousel and carton-flow rack. The facility also has 850 pallet storage locations.
• Conveyor, lift trucks, reach trucks and man aboard lift trucks for materials transportation.
• Information and automatic identification systems including ERP and warehouse management systems and bar code and RFID technology.
• Automatic battery charging to ensure that AGVs are always in service.
"If we don't get the right product to the right place on time, it has an impact on how we care for our patients," says Pepperworth.
Bringing materials handling up to speed
Founded in 1921 by four local doctors, the Cleveland Clinic today is the largest hospital system in Northeast Ohio, and also includes facilities in Canada, Florida, Las Vegas and one being built in Abu Dhabi. One of the largest and most respected hospitals in the country, its main campus near downtown Cleveland has 26 health institutes, 1,300 beds, 3.3 million patient visits and more than 50,000 hospital admissions a year.
U.S. News and World Report ranks it as the fourth-best medical institution in the country, as well as No. 1 for the 15th straight year for the treatment of heart disease; its urology, digestive disorders and rheumatology departments are ranked No. 2 in the country, and overall, it has 12 specialties in the top 10.
Several years ago, the Clinic launched an ambitious initiative to add 1.5 million sq ft of clinical space to the hospital, including new cardiac and urology facilities. The clinical expansion led to the need for additional support space, including warehousing, logistics support and advanced material delivery systems.
"We had no automation," says Pepperworth. What's more, there was no centralized facility for operations. Each department had its own infrastructure, and they were located in different facilities on the campus. The common denominator was that each storage area dated to the 1960's and was located in the basement of the different hospitals. Receiving was done above ground and materials were then sent to the storage areas by freight elevator. Inventory management and picking were paper-based. Tuggers and carts were used in the tunnel system to deliver products to elevators. "With the increase in the volume of patients we anticipated, we couldn't just add labor to solve the problem," Pepperworth says. "We needed to upgrade our systems."
The Clinic set several goals for the new warehouse, including:
• Centralize materials management: The new facility would bring together materials management for the linen department, patient food, waste management, pharmaceuticals and surgical supplies, general supplies and the facility's retail operations under the management of one system under one roof. In this case, that roof is uniquely located below ground, underneath the Clinic's employee parking garage and is linked to the main hospital by a series of underground tunnels. "There aren't too many warehouses that sit below an eight-story parking garage," says Pepperworth. "But when we did our analysis, we determined that we could not take away space above ground that could be devoted to medical care."
• Develop a system that can handle vertical and horizontal travel: Since the warehouse is located underground, the system had to manage the delivery of product to depots, or central queue areas on the warehouse level (horizontal delivery) and then track the delivery of the product to the right department and/or individual on specific floors in the facility (vertical delivery).
• The ability to respond quickly to demand: The Clinic wanted to maintain several days of inventory for most products, which called for accurate inventory management and a system to quickly replenish supplies as needed.
• The ability to scale up or down according to patient levels: Unlike a manufacturing operation that may have predictable demand, or a retail operation that has known seasonal spikes, people don't get sick on a predictable schedule. The original goal was to create a materials handling system that could support a 1,300 bed main campus. Initial plans called for picking 30,000 items a day. Since then, however, the Clinic's patient load has grown as a result of bringing new facilities online. "The system has been able to flex to meet the growth in patients," Pepperworth says, adding that the warehouse picks an average of 70,000 items per day and has picked up to 150,000 items on peak days.
• Implement with no shutdown: Last but not least, the Clinic needed to continue to operate on a 24/7 basis while implementing new systems.
A new model
From the start, the team was working without a template: As far as Pepperworth and his colleagues knew, no other U.S. medical facility has implemented the type of warehouse the Clinic had in mind. Instead, they visited health care facilities in Europe and other industry warehouses in the United States where automated materials handling systems were already up and running. As a result of those visits, the Clinic selected a variety of automated materials handling solutions to meet the goals for the new facility.
At the heart of the system is the fleet of 81 AGVs, each capable of moving up to 1,000 lbs of product. Regardless of the department, product ready for delivery to the hospital is stored on carts that are automatically picked up by one of the vehicles and then transported through the tunnel system to a depot where carts are staged. Clinic delivery personnel pick up the carts at the depot locations and then deliver them to the right floor, department and individual within the hospital.
The AGVs are enabled with an RFID reader that scans an RFID tag on the bottom of every cart. Through that scan, the AGV verifies that it is picking up the right cart for delivery; the RFID tag allows the system to track the location of AGVs as they move through the tunnels. The Clinic has also installed RFID readers at the entrance to the trash area and applied RFID tags to small high-value assets. If the asset accidentally gets thrown in the trash or in the soiled linen, the RFID reader will identify it before it gets thrown away.
The Clinic also installed opportunity battery charging stations throughout the tunnel system and storage areas. In between moves, an AGV will go to the nearest station for a battery charge.
While AGVs are the most visible materials handling technology, they aren't the only automation in the facility. Horizontal carousels are used in the primary materials management area to store and pick items with a relatively small cube, including personal patient items like toothpaste and combs as well as medical supplies like syringes and gloves. Horizontal carousels are also used in the separate pharmacy area, where they provide both space-saving storage and an additional measure of security. A vertical carousel, on the other hand, is used to store all documentation, literature and pamphlets.
Finally, to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the order fulfillment processes, the system captures data throughout the delivery process. In addition to an RFID scan by the AGV, associates scan a personal identification barcode and a barcode on the cart when they pick up a cart at one of the staging depots. They are also required to scan a barcode to verify that they are at the right floor when they get off the elevator, and to capture an electronic signature, much like a UPS delivery person, to confirm delivery to the right individual.
According to Pepperworth, the system was operational from day one. "We were open for daily tours almost as soon as we went live," he says. He gives credit not just to the automated systems, but to the commitment of the Clinic's materials handling crew, which successfully transitioned from manual to automated systems. "Our workforce had an average tenure of 23 years," says Pepperworth. "They were not familiar with automation and technology but they learned the new systems and were dedicated to patient care, and that showed."
And as the Clinic continues its mission of delivering quality healthcare, the warehouse is supporting that mission. "One of the most interesting things about what we do is that all of our departments are servicing an immediate need because we're dealing with human lives," says Pepperworth. "Consumer products just don't have that same impact."
(This article was originally published in the March 2010 issue of Modern)
About the AuthorBob Trebilcock Bob Trebilcock, editorial director, has covered materials handling, technology, logistics and supply chain topics for nearly 30 years. In addition to Supply Chain Management Review, he is also Executive Editor of Modern Materials Handling. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Trebilcock lives in Keene, NH. He can be reached at 603-357-0484.
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