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Managing Medical Science Liaison Teams (PH177)
Budget, Staffing and Compensation Benchmarks
Build a Global MSL Presence with Team Benchmarks and Metrics
A cornerstone of physician outreach and education in the United States, medical science liaison (MSL) teams occupy a strategic role that is rapidly expanding worldwide. In addition to thought leader management, MSLs now support a number of internal clients as they take on market access and emerging healthcare issues. These trends lead MSLs in exciting new directions — but they also call for new team management strategies.
Use this report to build or establish your MSL team in the shifting global healthcare landscape. Benchmarks and best practices focus on key points of MSL operations: structure, budgets, staffing and compensation. Showcasing data for the US and other countries, this study contains strategic recommendations that apply to MSL teams across the industry and in regions around the globe.
Expand and Focus Your MSL Team
As the MSL role expands, teams address workflow and elevate efficiency. Right-size your MSL teams with in-depth per-team benchmarks. Then, compare education and experience metrics to identify your ideal MSL candidates, and retain quality liaisons using real-company compensation data.
Win Critical Resources
MSL success depends on strong resource support. Benchmark budgets for MSL teams in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific, and allocate resources to better meet KOL and company needs.
Align MSL Structure with Company Needs
Consider the benefits and drawbacks of different territory alignments with six case studies, and navigate the promotional firewall to increase coordination between MSLs and commercial teams.
Overcome Globalization Challenges to Maximize Impact in New Markets
US-based MSL teams are sophisticated groups that have reached a point of operational maturity. Learn how to adapt the best parts of the US model to MSL groups in other markets.Back to Top
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MSL Budget, Staffing and Compensation Metrics
Chapter 1: The Global Expansion of Medical Science Liaisons
Chapter Benefits
Develop global MSL standards to accommodate the increased globalization of medical affairs teams.
Translate the mature US MSL model to manage market-specific regulations for other teams.
Drive collaboration between US and affiliate MSL teams to improve training and share best practices.
Expand the US MSL's ability to respond to emerging life science industry issues, including CER, PROs and patient-centered marketing/communication
Evolve the MSL role to communicate health outcomes research to payers and physicians.
Chapter Data
14 charts focused on MSL team operations, supported therapeutic areas, and outsourcing. Throughout the chapter, data are broken out by company type — Top 20, Top 50, small/biotech and device/diagnostic — and by specific countries.
Percentage of companies with MSL operations (by company type and by country)
Therapeutic areas supported by MSL teams (by company type)
Percentage of companies that outsource MSL work (by company type)
Percentage of companies planning to outsource MSL work in the future (by company type)
Chapter 2: Building and Funding a Successful MSL Team
Chapter Benefits
Structure MSL teams based on market size and MSL activities to bolster productivity.
Determine funding levels for specific MSL team activities.
Respond to the unique needs of MSL teams in small companies and small markets.
Compare the benefits and drawbacks of seven different territory alignment strategies.
Navigate organization firewalls to strengthen cross-functional coordination.
Provide adequate team resources to better meet KOLs' needs and cultivate strong relationships.
Identify which factors influence budget setting and budgetary needs for MSL teams worldwide.
Discover how medical device MSL teams' needs differ from those of pharmaceutical teams.
Chapter Data
80 charts focused on MSL team structure and budgets. Data are broken down by company type — Top 20, Top 50, small/biotech and device/diagnostic — and by specific countries.
Percentage of companies with dedicated MSL teams
Level of executive overseeing MSL activities
Average age of departments handling MSL activities (by company type)
Major company division overseeing MSL functions
Factors used to establish annual MSL budgets (by company type)
Average percentage of MSL funding contributed by specific functions (by company type)
Percentage of MSL budget dedicated to different spending segments
Average MSL budgets (by country and by company type)
Global MSL budgets (by company type)
MSL budgets for Top 20 companies, by country (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan)
MSL budgets for Top 50 companies, by country (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan, Australia, Mexico)
MSL budgets for small/biotech companies, by country (United States, United Kingdom, France)
MSL budgets for device/diagnostic companies in the United States
Average spending per MSL (by country and by company type)
Average global spending per MSL (by company type)
Global spending per MSL for Top 20 companies, by country (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan)
Global spending per MSL for Top 50 companies, by country (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan, Mexico)
Global spending per MSL for small/biotech companies, by country (United States, United Kingdom, France)
Chapter 3: Staffing, Developing and Compensating a Robust MSL Team
Chapter Benefits
Match MSL headcounts with strategic criteria including product portfolio size, number of KOL relationships, territories covered and available resources
Examine the global distribution of MSLs and benchmark team size (number of teams and MSLs per team).
Understand which factors contribute to the decrease or elimination of MSL teams.
Identify and define the ideal MSLs for working with both specialist opinion leaders and primary care physicians.
Benchmark education, experience and training requirements to develop highly skilled MSLs.
Use real-company MSL salary benchmarks to attract and retain MSLs with competitive compensation.
Chapter Data
64 charts focused on MSL team staffing and sizes. Data are broken down by company type — Top 20, Top 50, small/biotech and device/diagnostic — and by specific countries.
Criteria used to establish the number of MSLs employed (by company type)
Average number of MSLs (by country and by company type)
Number of MSL teams per company (by company type)
Average number of MSLs per team (by country and by company type)
Reasons for decreasing or eliminating MSL teams (by company type)
Level of education attained by MSLs working with specialist opinion leaders (by company type)
Level of education attained by MSLs working with primary care physicians (by company type)
Average years of healthcare/pharma industry experience for MSLs working with specialist opinion leaders (by company type)
Average years of healthcare/pharma industry experience for MSLs working with primary care physicians (by company type)
Frequency of MSL training (by company type)
Average compensation for MSLs who work with specialist opinion leaders, by experience level (no experience, 2 years' experience and five years' experience)
Compensation for MSLs who work with primary care physicians, by experience level (no experience, 2 years' experience and five years' experience)
MSL Key Finding Excerpt
The following is a key finding excerpted from the full report's Executive Summary.
Expand MSL Teams into Europe to Meet Emerging Regulatory Challenges
A primary factor contributing to the growth of MSLs worldwide is global regulatory change impacting life sciences companies' relationships with medical researchers, physicians and other medical providers. Certainly, addressing physicians' needs for medical information remains MSLs' top responsibility. But drug and device companies have begun to leverage field-based liaisons' ability to communicate complex medical information into opportunities for growth amid stricter regulatory policies.
In the United States, life sciences companies have developed standard operating procedures for MSLs to operate within the guidelines set forth by both government entities and the industry itself. These guidelines include the 2003 Office of Inspector General's Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and the 2009 PhRMA Code for Interactions with Healthcare Professionals. Detailed SOPs outline how field-based representatives — sales and medical alike — can responsibly and compliantly work with key opinion leaders, physicians, nurses and mid-level healthcare providers.
Similar regulations are cropping up outside of the US. For instance, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry will require disclosure of physician payments for member companies by 2013, similar to the Sunshine Act that passed in the United States. Drug and device companies now find that their European and even some Asian affiliates have had to develop similar SOPs in response.
Pharma companies anticipate stricter regulatory policies in Europe, especially, but also around the world. Life sciences companies have begun to build medical affairs organizations similar to those in the United States. Because US regulations are relatively strict already, these internal structures have proven to be good models for organizing compliant medical communications. This is especially true at the field level through MSLs. Cutting Edge Information collected robust data detailing the field-based liaison teams' growth in Europe across all company sizes. Primarily, Top 20 and Top 50 companies fuel the MSL role's worldwide expansion.
Figure E.3 [figure included in full report] shows the aggregate staffing levels for surveyed companies in the United States, Europe and Asia. The data show that, on average, surveyed companies of all types have 48.4 full-time MSLs on staff in the US. But these companies have sizable European MSL headcounts as well. On average, companies have 25.0 MSLs working throughout Europe. Primarily, these MSLs are housed within the five major European markets (Germany, United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy). Some larger companies have expanded into Scandinavia and other parts of the continent. Incidentally, Figure E.3 also shows a growing number of MSLs in Asia. The data also show an average of 11.4 MSLs per company in Asia. These companies are primarily based in Japan, but some have begun to expand into China and India.
Life sciences companies allocate sizable budgets to support European MSL teams as well. Survey data shows that, on average, companies surveyed allocate $11.7 million for US MSL operations. European MSL budgets are not quite half as high, as shown in Figure E.4. European budgets currently average $5.0 million. The aggregate data for Asia shows that across all companies, MSL budgets average $2.2 million.
Perhaps the most important reason to expand MSLs into Europe is that companies are training these field-based liaisons to communicate health outcomes data to payers. This trend is not particularly recent in the United States. However, the emergence of MSLs in Europe, combined with the life sciences industry's emphasis on building payer relationships, puts liaisons in a uniquely valuable position. Companies now focus on establishing relationships between liaisons and managed care organizations, health insurers and other payers. They hope to gain a better understanding of payers' needs when it comes time to apply for a new product's reimbursement. In Europe, payer relationship management is a high priority for drug and device companies. MSLs' ability to communicate not only complex medical information, but also complex health economics data is a particularly valuable skill set that life sciences companies need to employ.Back to Top


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Long Beach - (WALK) U.S. taxpayers will provide $72 million to elevate at least 32 power transmission and distribution substations at flood-prone sites on Long Island and in the Rockways, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The governor made the announcement Friday as he toured a substation in Long Beach, flooded after superstorm Sandy struck on October 29, 2012.
"Sandy Revealed serious weaknesses in the management and operation of the power utility on Long Island. Now we are investing in giving Long Island ratepayers a stronger and better utility that will be ready for the next storm," said Cuomo in a statement.
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The following section we will approach it from several points of view, initially giving a general vision on the origins of the optical fiber and how they are determining in its development, the organisms that regulates it at the moment and the manufacturers whom there are behind this industry that advances slow but with firm step.
Also we will be able to see in several articles of press published lately on the optical fiber this technology is Vista by the present society and as the habits of this one society can influence their development in the future. But we will not contribute single words, also we will reflect in numbers the present situation and its possible future situation basing to us on these numbers.
In years 50 the first tests with optical conductors began to take place, but until the following decade the fibers with glass covers did not begin to be used. These fibers along with the discovery of the laser in 1962 by Theodore Maiman produced a great impulse for this technology, that, really consolidated in the 70 with the construction on the part of Donald Keck, Peter Schultz and Robert Maurer (in Corning Glass Works) of optical fibers of hundreds of meters with crystalline clarity.
Fig: Comparison of the required time to obtain a film of 2 hours of duration
The first tests with these types of fibers made them in AT&T in Atlanta in 1976. These tests consisted of the fiber cable installation of 600m of length, each one of these cables contained 144 fibers. The installation of these cables was made in already existing conduits standard, reason why they had to support the own conditions that established these conduits, like closed curves and conditions to be under earth. After a first year of tests, the commercial service of voice, data communication and video began, and it did in the city of Chicago connecting two offices of commutation of the company Bell Telephone Company through 2.4 km of underground optical fiber cables .
Fig: Evolution the optical fiber (in black copper cable)
Within the world of the optical fiber several organisms or organizations exist who try to govern the evolution of this technology, in order that the effort in its development goes in a same direction and this way to standardize the new discoveries and improvements that are taking place during the time.
These organisms usually are associations of companies that try to combine efforts with the purpose of improving the technology, although on the other hand, also exist some organisms at governmental level of which they try to protect the rights of the users of these technologies, as well as controlling the intentions of certain companies that can take advantage of to create monopolies within the world of the telecommunications.
Main manufacturers and equipment in which they are specialized.
In order at the moment to include/understand better the movements of the market, he is forced to watch towards the manufacturers and suppliers of services based on optical fiber. The nobody best one than they to see the intentions of market that has this technology.
In most representative the following points we will enumerate a collection of detailing as they are his main actions within the world of the optical fiber, and as it is his positioning with respect to "the broadband" in general.
A form to see what really it is being carried out in any aspect that modifies the form to think, to live or to act of the world is the press. It is an instrument by which currents of opinion, debate and states of crisis "are created" on present subjects. Due to this, it is important to take what reactions and the news cause east type of technology in the population.
In order to begin we will take I articulate published in the supplement of technology of the Country this same year. In we can verify as they are not always the great companies or technology suppliers that make decisions, in one of the cases that it details I articulate (Nuenen in Holland), were the own associations of citizens those that financed the optical fiber implantation, since, no of the operators did at first.
If we return the glance towards point 4.1.1 we will see that the cradle of the optical fiber is E.E.U.U, this fact is determining so that it is the country of more implantation of this technology, also is remarkable that the great fiber unfolding in this country had to the televising services like motor, and that all the other services that grants the fiber network took advantage of to be entering the market gradually.
If we watched towards east, the country that excels on the rest is Japan, and in the old continent every time they are being plus the installed kilometers of cable, but the technologies xDSL still are dominant. Respect to the African continent, the implantation is minimum due to the great cost that represents east type of unfolding and, still more, if we consider the rents of the African countries.
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Within the range of technologies available to transmit information (data, voice, video, etc.) we have two referring world-wide ones, that they behind have to two powerful impellers. By a side the technologies xDSL that have more implantation in Europe, and on the other hand, the optical fiber that is the dominant one within North American territory.


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When I get to my locker I see Gerard talking to "Soph" ick. I shudder a little, just to be mean. I know it wasn't right but she stole my man, well kind of, in a way, right? Suddenly I felt some one tapping my sholder, it was he the man (boy, thing) who was dating the most whorish girl in the school.
"Jackie, you okay?"
"What sorry I was lost in my thoughts"
"you look like shit"
"thanks, I got thrown out last night and my clothes were on the front lawn when I woke up this morning"
"why didn't you come over and ask to stay with me?"
"I did, well I was going to, but then little miss whore was there and I didnt want to be in a space where she had been for more than 5 minutes, which reminds me, its been four right now, see yah latter"
"What the hell?" he asked as I walked away I payed no attention to his question
"What's her problem?" whore-y mc whore whore asked
"I don't know"
"I think she's jealous of what we have Rardy-kins, and that when she sees us together it reminds her that she could never have something like it"
"yah know what I have to get to class, i'll see you later, k Soph?"
"Okay, tootles"
"hey, guess what" Gerard tried whispering to Jackie
"I don't want to talk to you" I sternly answered back
"you were right" he whispered despite my comment
"what?" I said lightly, excited that he realized that she was a whore and that he was really in love with me
"yeah, you were right, it was a teacher who shot himself, a senior teacher, uhh...I think it was...uh...it was Mr. T our English teacher, well every seniors englishe teacher for that matter" my heart sank for two reasons. 1 because of Gerard's answer and 2 that was my favorite fucking teacher. He was so cool, its not even funny.
"Oh" was the week reply I gave him. We didn't talk for the rest of class, thank god it was lunch next. 40 minutes of freedom, peace and quiet. Though I had no money for lunch I didn't care, I wasn't even hungry. Gerard "exited" the class room before I, so when I got out of there he was waiting. I tried to ignore him nut he grabbed my arm, hard, holy crap he was strong.
"Jackie I need to talk to you" he sounded soo sincere
"You have ten minutes" why did I have to be such a bitch I thought
"well can we go somewhere more secluded?"
"Fine" we walk out side to the back entrance, no one ever went there, surprisingly. It had a nice view of the road and the fence that kept us in this hell. Okay maybe it's not that nice, but I liked it.
"Okay can what happened yesterday?"
"What do you mean?" I asked playing dumb
"why did you get kicked out?"
"Oh, because when I went home my step dad was there. He didn't believe that school was ended early for seniors. So he hit me and kicked me out. I went to the park and started thinking about how my life sucks ass. I wanted to jump but the only thing I could think about was you..." oh shit, did I just say that. Oh fuck now he's going to know, well maybe its not that bad. I looked at him and he just looked back waiting for me to finish "uhh...umm and uh when I say all I could think of was you I mean being my best friend. So I went to your house, and I saw 'Soph'" I paused to make a face "and the fact that you didnt tell me you were going out neigh that you were her boyfriend pissed me off. I felt like the only thing thats keeping me alive wont even tell me he has a girl friend and a skanky one at that..." Gerard stopped me
"oh im sorry"
"No your not, and its been ten minutes, I have to go." I said getting up whipping off my butt and left. I didnt know where I was heading I just knew it was some where away from Gerard.


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Court reporting is a unique skill that few outside the community fully grasp. This documentary's goal is to open up the steno community to a wider audience, to reveal the opportunities available, introduce the interesting personalities involved, and share the battles they face.
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A new Leetsdale-based theater company - Well Played Productions - will launch its premiere production this weekend with the help of four professional actors who also happen to be good friends.
Jonathan Surmacz said he and his wife, Elizabeth Matthews, have an extensive acting background and came up with the idea to perform Maltby and Shire's, "Closer Than Ever," in hopes of drawing draw some attention to their long-time dream of a permanent theater in the Sewickley Valley.
"There needs to be a theater here and we would love to start it," said Matthews, who moved to Leetsdale with Surmacz 10 years ago.
The musical revue also stars the professional players of Leah Hillgrove and Danny Siford, longtime friends of Surmacz and Matthews. The show is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, two nights only at the Broadstreet Playhouse in Leetsdale, formerly the First United Presbyterian Church at 200 Broad St.
Siford, originally from Whitehall, has a master's degree in psychology, but attended the Boston Conservatory of Music. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he appeared in more than 20 shows at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and CLO.
Leah Hillgrove of Peters Township, attended Gannon University and has performed in numerous productions in the region including Nunsense at the CLO. Hillgrove's mom, Rosette, was a vocal teacher at Duquesne University and her dad is Pittsburgh Steelers commentator Bill Hillgrove.
"We are just the luckiest people to have gotten these two," said Surmacz, who is production manager for the Conservatory of Performing Arts department of dance at Point Park University, where he also graduated.
And the timing couldn't be more perfect. The venue being used for the performance happens to be up for sale and Matthews and Surmacz are hoping this first production will draw audiences and bring in some donations.
Surmacz said everything has been coming into place, though not everything has neatly fallen onto the calendar. He said the show's availability left them in a holding pattern as they waited for the rights, then suddenly things opened up and it was go time.
"We said 'let's just do it,'" he said. "'Let's go for it.'"
Matthews, who also attended the Boston Conservatory of Music, said she has performed parts of the revue, but never a full production. Preparing for show-time has been a community effort. The building's owner, Denny Campbell, not only loaned out the venue, but has also allowed the actors to make adjustments for the set. Economy Electric donated the electrical supplies needed to run the power. Neighbors, Beth and Matt Carroll, have helped with the project and Mike Jehle, who has done lighting in the past, has lended his talents.
Leet Township resident Jeff Canter will share his talents, making a special singing appearance.
Charles Wilson, musical director, is also the musical director for Sewickley United Methodist Church. He was a dancer in New York in the mid-1970s before moving here and earning his master's degree in music.
"A lot of the people from the community have been willing to help for free," Matthews said.
Hillgrove and Siford are also donating their talents. It helps that Surmacz and Hillgrove have known each other since high school, and Siford and Matthews since middle school. The four have been in various productions together in the past.
Siford now lives in New York, but has been in town since Monday learning the score. He said there are 20 songs, but as one who acts and sings, including past performances off Broadway, he'll be ready. Hillgrove said her friends were gracious enough to work around her crazy schedule so that she can be in the show.
The show is about being in your 40s and life changes, something the four say is easy to relate to. Matthews and Surmacz have two daughters ages 18 and 14 who study theater, and a 2 year old adopted son. They said the show touches on relationships and the choices we make, with a running theme of doors.
"The doors of life," said Hillgrove, who is a single mom.
"Everyday is another door," Surmacz added. "The people who don't open doors sometimes miss out."
The show is not for children, but Matthews has worked with the youth, helping in recent years to produce a Quaker Valley Middle School play. She said the goal is for the theater to become a permanent fixture in the community, and also offer an outlet for adult and youth productions, mentoring opportunities and even dinner-theater events.
"I feel that if we owned this space, we could make it completely fabulous," Matthews said.
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Gerard Rafie, VP of San Francisco-based software house Calypso Technology, said that some hedge funds will continue to require systems that can support their sophisticated trading activity, delivered in a smaller package than the systems traditionally used by the banks. "We have worked with Sky Road to develop an offering that meets their requirements, and we expect to see continued uptake of this in 2007," he said, referring to his company's partnership with Sky Road, a Downers Grove, Ill. trading infrastructure company.
Additionally, Rafie continued, larger asset management companies find that the sizable derivatives positions on their books require more investment in support systems. "Traditional buy-side solutions have not been developed for derivatives trading, so these asset management companies are turning to solutions like Calypso to handle their requirements, particularly for derivatives processing," he said.
At the retail level, Adnane Charchour, CEO of Jersey City, N.J.-based Scivantage, a provider of Web-based front- and middle-office brokerage systems, said he anticipates about a 30 percent increase in industry spending from 2006. "The hot topic right now and in the immediate future is security and identity theft in the e-brokerage space, in addition to risk management," he said. "Another one is continued customer service improvement-how to improve communication between financial advisers and their customers."
David Chapman, CTO of New York-based consulting firm Finetix, said there will be continued interest in cross-product platforms and in mobile or "on the road" technological offerings. "In 2007, we're definitely seeing an increase in IT spending in that we see technology as a business-driving force, especially in terms of automated trading," he said.
Peter Sibirzeff, managing director of Stockholm-based trading technology company Orc Software's U.S. division, pointed out that U.S. market structures are undergoing rapid changes with, for example, the arrival of penny price quotes in options, which will require major system development and capacity upgrades. "We are working hard at providing good solutions," he said. "I don't think there's any market in the world that has as much strain as the U.S. equity options market."
Sibirzeff added that with multi-asset-class trading becoming the norm, exchanges are broadening their mandates-as the International Securities Exchange did with the ISE Stock Exchange, which introduced its full-fledged displayed market this month. "This also puts additional strain on the users that want to reach these liquidity pools and who now have to connect to more markets," the Orc executive noted.


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I only saw the last three fights so I won't rate it overall. I don't know how anybody can rate the main event. Silva basically admitted to throwing the fight. Does White fire him? Will fans accept him fighting GSP? He does not want a re-match? Really the finish the more like a weirdly booked WCW work the boys angle. I don't know if there has ever been a weirder UFC show and main event in their history.
Tom Mehs
Thumbs Up....
Under normal circumstances Id say Edgar fight, but with the pop that happened in my house.... Silva and Wiedman...
No real stinkers on the PPV.. but if I had to pick Id say Kennedy and Gracie...
But what a great way to end Silvas reign...
Mike Kulyk
Thumbs up
Best Fight Frankie Edgar vs Charles Oliveira
Worst fight Tim Kennedy vs Roger Gracie
It's not everyday you get to witness history, Silva deserved everything he got for the lack of respect he showed Weidman.
The Edgar vs Oliveira fight was so awesome, one of my fave fights of the year so far.
I worry about Chris Leben's life after fighting just please retire Chris.
Wade Haugen
I know one might say Anderson did a job here, since one might interpret his antics as a "wink" to the crowd that he's jobbing like Andre's 30 second losses to Ultimate Warrior or something, but the problem with that idea is he's been clowning like that for years. Thing is he'd get away with it, because as legitimately talented as he is at evading punches like that, everyone from Forrest Griffin, Demian Maia, and Rich Franklin would be so confused and intimidated by Silva and his antics of "you are beneath me you can't even hit me" that they stay back and allow themselves to be defeated mentally, standing there with shaking fists waiting for Silva to engage them in the traditional fashion, while getting picked apart.
If there's anything Chael Sonnen revealed the blueprint to in their first fight, it wasn't so much the wrestling, but the effectiveness of being completely stone confident against Anderson Silva. This is only the second time in recent memory where Anderson Silva's opponent wasn't anxious or tense. Everything about Chris Weidman building up to this fight said he wasn't intimidated and was focused on winning. But you figured him being young and on this grand stage for the first time, and being face to face with the "greatest of all time" would crush Weidman's psyche and he'd falter as soon as he actually got into the ring.
But it didn't work, even at the weigh-in when Silva's antics began, Weidman seemed confused but never intimidated. And once the actual fight started Weidman's stony façade was legit and he wasn't intimidated. So when Silva started the same antics he used so effectively against Stephan Bonnar, Cote, and everyone else, Weidman didn't flinch, instead he abandoned his takedown attempts and went right after him. And it wasn't too much longer before Weidman connected and knocked him out. And that final punch was for all the years of frustration of seeing Silva clowning on his opponents for so foolishly falling for this stupid and childish tactic. I don't mean to take away from Weidman's accomplishment because he did so much and proved himself, but what he did was the obvious thing to do, and because of the mental game and lack of focus from most, no one did it before.
Big thumbs up.
Best match: weidman/silva
Worst: none on main card, all good battles
Even before the main event I think the level of expertise on display
was awesome and card was a success.
Gracie you know has world class bjj, but his body language was awful &
it materialized in the fight. Maybe too much of a weight cut, and he
is in no mans land as 205 is too heavy for him.
Weidman showed both skill and composure, silva while still the best
all time looked one or two hairs slower, maybe what meltzer said about
Father Time & world-class-reflexes proved true and he can't get away
w/ these antics anymore. This may be a replay of penn/Edgar fights
where penn could not recover once he slipped up.
George Vlahos
Lake Zurich, il
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Canada's Loblaw (NASDAQOTH: LBLCF) announced plans to buy Shoppers Drug Mart for $12 billion. That marries Canada's largest grocery chains with one of its largest drug chains. The move was spurred by Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT).
To the North
Our northern neighbor is a large, natural resource rich, and relatively sparsely populated country. According to United North America, despite Canada's larger physical size there are over nine times more people in the United States. That said, with a population of nearly 34 million as of 2011, its an enticing market for U.S. companies.
In fact, as you cross the border, you'll see U.S. chains dotting the landscape, from retail stores to restaurants. Wal-Mart, for example, has been in the country for years. Target is just starting its incursion. That's got Canada's giant grocery chain Loblaw a little concerned.
Loblaw has more than 1,000 grocery stores across the country. Its top-line has been in slow motion over the last five years, growing from $30.8 billion Canadian to $31.6 billion Canadian. Earnings were growing between 2008 and 2011 on slow top-line growth and margin expansion, but fell in 2012 as profit margins contracted from 4.4% to 3.8%. The grocery business is a notoriously low margin one.
Watching Wal-Mart expand its grocery presence in the United States, including adding grocery items to its big-box format as well as opening smaller grocery only stores, had to be worrying to Loblaw. That move has put the squeeze on U.S. grocery profit margins. As Target is starting to move north, with plans on having over 100 stores open by year end, Loblaw management clearly chose to act.
Shoppers has over 1,200 drug stores. These are smaller stores, often in local neighborhoods. The combined companies will have a notable retail footprint that will be hard for either of the U.S. giants to replicate. And it will span both large and small formats. Although Shoppers' top-line has been growing slowly in recent years, its bottom-line has moved steadily higher over the last decade. And Loblaw will likely add more food items to Shoppers' shelves to get customers in the doors more frequently.
Both Shoppers and Loblaw rose on the news, so investors obviously like the deal. Shoppers shareholders should probably sell to lock in an over 20% windfall. Because of the large industry positions of each company, there could be government concerns about the linkup.
Loblaw, meanwhile, instantly becomes a more competitive player with its hands in smaller markets that have largely eluded big box retailers. Assuming the deal goes through, that could shift growth into a higher gear. It's a Canadian retailer definitely worth watching.
Across the Border
What about Target and Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart isn't new to Canada. In fact, it's the largest retailer in the world. With a keen focus on low prices, it has been expanding its global empire into countries as far reaching as China and several African nations. The U.S. market has probably been the weakest link of late as a slow economic recovery continues to hinder its core lower income customers.
That's not good news for Wal-Mart in the near term, but it is financially strong enough and so well run that it's only a matter of time before it works through its domestic problems. Meanwhile, it's growing nicely overseas.
The shares are up some 50% since late last year, and the price to earnings ratio is around 15, slightly higher than its five year average. So the shares are hardly cheap, but nor are they wildly expensive. Investors looking for a global retail play would do well to consider it.
Although Target's PE of around 17 is several percentage points above its five year average, the push into Canada opens up a new growth phase for the company. It has long been the only major domestic competitor to Wal-Mart, using chic stores to compete on service instead of price. Bringing that model into a market where it has no exposure today should provide a notable boost to the top-line and offers years of expansion opportunity.
Target's revenues have been trending higher since 2005, and the company's profit margin is a full percentage point above Wal-Mart's. The stock's 2.4% yield is identical to Wal-Mart's. Although Target is relatively more expensive than Wal-Mart, its Canadian expansion efforts make it worth a look for growth-oriented investors.
Attacking and Defending
As Target joins Wal-Mart in Canada, Loblaw is trying to cement its market position. The Shoppers deal is a good move and should position the company well. It's worth a look. Wal-Mart is the best choice for global retail exposure, but Target, while expensive, should see notable growth as it starts to move into new markets.
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1Institute for Multidimensional Air Quality Studies, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston TX 77004, USA
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Abstract. Speciated atmospheric mercury observations collected over the period from 2008 to 2010 at the Environmental Protection Agency and National Atmospheric Deposition Program Atmospheric Mercury Network sites (AMNet) were analyzed for its spatial, seasonal, and diurnal characteristics across the US Median values of gaseous elemental mercury (GEM), gaseous oxidized mercury (GOM) and particulate bound mercury (PBM) at 11 different AMNet sites ranged from 148–226 ppqv (1.32–2.02 ng m−3), 0.05–1.4 ppqv (0.47–12.4 pg m−3) and 0.18–1.5 ppqv (1.61–13.7 pg m−3), respectively. Common characteristics of these sites were the similar median levels of GEM as well as its seasonality, with the highest mixing ratios occurring in winter and spring and the lowest in fall. However, discernible differences in monthly average GEM were as large as 30 ppqv, which may be caused by sporadic influence from local emission sources. The largest diurnal variation amplitude of GEM occurred in the summer. Seven rural sites displayed similar GEM summer diurnal patterns, in that the lowest levels appeared in the early morning, and then the GEM mixing ratio increased after sunrise and reached its maxima at noon or in the early afternoon. However, sites in Utah (UT96, UT97) and New York (NY95) showed a distinctly different pattern, with the lowest mixing ratios appearing in the afternoon and the highest mixing ratios at night. Unlike GEM, GOM exhibited higher mixing ratios in spring and summer. The largest diurnal variation amplitude of GOM occurred in spring for most AMNet sites. GOM diurnal minima appeared before sunrise and maxima appeared in the afternoon, and the variation in magnitude for all seasons at most monitoring sites fell in the range of 0 to 2 ppqv, except the Utah sites (up to 5 ppqv). The increased GOM mixing ratio in the afternoon indicated a photochemically driven oxidation of GEM resulting in GOM formation. PBM exhibited diurnal fluctuations in summertime instead of wintertime, although the PBM mixing ratio in summer was not as high as in winter. The summertime PBM diurnal pattern displayed a daily maximum in the early afternoon and lower mixing ratios at night, implying photochemical production of PBM in summer. The marine sea salt aerosol uptake of GEM and GOM was not apparent in the PBM data collected at coastal sites, with PBM being higher at inland sites.
Citation: Lan, X., Talbot, R., Castro, M., Perry, K., and Luke, W.: Seasonal and diurnal variations of atmospheric mercury across the US determined from AMNet monitoring data, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 12, 10845-10878, doi:10.5194/acpd-12-10845-2012, 2012.


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Tapas tonight: bacon-wrapped figs, avocado and shrimp salad, and chicken kebabs with spices and honey.
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Tapas tonight: bacon-wrapped figs, avocado and shrimp salad, and chicken kebabs with spices and honey.
From the main blog.
Spanish Tortilla (Tortilla de Patatas a la Española), page 168.
Wooo, boy. The last time we tried making a tortilla, well, the results were so pathetic that I couldn't even bear to photograph more than the lumpy mound obscured by a big bowl of gazpacho. I would wager that the pan that M made it in was partially to blame because it was much wider than the 10-11 inches that The Book of Tapas recommends, and so it required more eggs than initially called for to bind the potatoes together…making it into a misshapen mess.
This was a much more aesthetically pleasing affair, though I've been told that an onion-less tortilla is a sad tortilla, and this recipe in TBOT did not call for them. Then again, we just needed to master the damn flip—now that we have, it's time to venture into the more adventurous tortillas in the book.
As ugly as it was, it still was delicious, so at least we had that.
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If you find yourself in Fairfield County, New Haven or West Hartford, go to one of the locations of this fabulous local chain. They completely deserve this distinction because it's always a fantastic dining experience.
Mussel, Bacon and Mushroom Tapas, page 275
Mussels, bacon and mushrooms—say what? You steam the mussels for a few minutes until they open and then skewer them with bits of bacon, anchored by a simple cremini mushroom. And it works. We had high-quality bacon from Niman Ranch that was packed with flavor, and the bacon and the mussels together just…was bliss. All it requires is the skewers need to be baked for about 10 minutes to let the bacon cook (and somehow the mussels didn't taste tough). Utter bliss. Odd as anything, but utter bliss.
Fried Date and Bacon Pinchos (Pinchos de Dátiles y Bacon Fritos), page 343.
Given how elaborate tapas have become, especially in American iterations of the concept, it's positively refreshing to see a book on the subject show the idea of making impromptu dishes by wrapping things in bacon. Dates work especially well, because their sweetness nicely coincides with the savory of the bacon. The fact that it doesn't take long to make only solidifies it as the perfect bar food.
Migas, page 348.
Fried bread. Chorizo. Bacon (though the recipe called for pork belly; Fairway happened to be out of it). What's not to like? This is not a light tapa at all, but it represents the best of why this cuisine works: rich little bites that pair well with that Spanish red or sherry and help you keep your cool while you wander around all night from cafe to cafe, seeing where the night will take you.
Sobrrasada Tapa (Tapa de sobrasada), page 361.
This was by far the easiest of the the three tapas I made for brunch on Saturday, as what could be easier than letting some sobrasada sit to make it more pliable and then mixing it with chunks of butter to melt on toast? The toasted almonds lend a nice crunchy texture, and overall this was my favorite of the three to eat.
You could also make this with regular chorizo, but I don't know that it would be quite as tasty only because it would be not as easy to meld the chorizo and butter together.


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|The IGP Mugello sweet chestnut
One of the most typical products of the province of Florence is the sweet chestnut, and especially the variety produced in the district of Mugello. In 1996, the Mugello sweet chestnut was granted the prestigious IGP (Protected Geographic Indication) status by the European Community.
This recognition protects and enhances the chemical-physical, taste-and-smell and nutritional qualities of food and agricultural produce which has a specific geographic origin. IGP certification requires producers to apply and adhere to a strict set of production rules and that the produce be submitted to checks by the certifying body who must verify that the entire production stream conforms to the rules. This means that monitoring begins in the chestnut woods and ends with the IGP Mugello sweet chestnut packed and ready for sale. The towns with IGP status are Borgo San Lorenzo, Dicomano, Firenzuola, Londa, Marradi, Palazzuolo sul Senio, San Godenzo, Scarperia and Vicchio.
Nutritional values
The nutritional label of the IGP Mugello sweet chestnut highlights its food value as a modern-day source of nourishment while still coming from centuries-old Mugello traditions. Chemical analysis shows that the sweet chestnuts are nourishing and easily digested, they are rich in carbohydrates (especially starch) and similar to wheat and rice (which gave rise to their post-war name of "poor people's bread" and, today, "cereal on a tree"). Fresh sweet chestnuts have quite a high calorie count (180 Kcal per 100 gr. of product) which is, however, much lower than that of walnuts, almonds and other dried fruit (about 600 Kcal per 100 gr.). There is a good content of fibre and sugar and low fat (of which very few "bad" saturated fats and many "good" unsaturated ones). They are also rich in mineral salts (especially potassium and, to a lesser extent, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron). Antioxidants of the vitamin E family have also been found (oddly enough widely used in anti-aging beauty creams) and a high content of polyphenyls.
The IGP Mugello Sweet Chestnut Association
Set up in 1998 with the aim of promoting awareness of the quality of the IGP Mugello sweet chestnut, it is composed of producers who are enrolled in the IGP Mugello sweet chestnut register and whose product comes from the origin denomination area. The register counts some 150 companies, more than half of which belong to the association. The members harvest from some 350 hectares with a production potential of over 300,000 kgs.The aim of the association is to promote the product in major national and international food and agriculture fairs by means of guided tasting, enabling the consumer to know the product better and distinguish the IGP Mugello sweet chestnut from others on the market. Furthermore, it also combats promotion of false information and gives advice on the various stages in the production stream on current laws and how to develop strategies to enhance a product so uniquely typical and traditional.


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Robert Walls
In a 259-game career, Robert Walls played in three premierships (1968, 1970 and 1972) for Carlton, captaining the team in 1997 and 1978 before ending his career with Fitzroy. He coached the Lions between 1981 and 1985 before switching back to the Blues and steering them to the 1987 premiership. Walls writes weekly for The Age.
Bombers have a long way to go
Robert Walls TONIGHT the Bombers will try to stop the rot. Four losses in a row have taken the gloss off what was a flying start to the season.
Robert Walls
When Bombers meet Blues, think No.17
Robert Walls Tonight's loser may miss the chance to play finals footy in September.
Robert Walls
Top Bombers must play blinders
Robert Walls Watson, Lovett and Stanton have to perform or the high-flying Crows will cruise through to next week.
Sam and Ted's excellent adventure
Robert Walls SYDNEY coach John Longmire has done a fine job in his short two-year tenure in the hot seat. But can he steer his team to a premiership flag tomorrow? The bookies and popular opinion think not.
Sam and Ted's excellent adventure
Robert Walls Grand final outcome rests with unlikely pair.
Defensive Dockers put Dons to test
Robert Walls The Bombers will be truly tested in Perth on Friday night. Season-opening wins over the cocky Crows and demoralised Demons have been good for confidence and percentage, but now they face Fremantle,...
Blues fans can dare to dream of a flag
Robert Walls The Blues sit six and four after the first 10 rounds. That's exactly the situation they were in 12 months ago. Back then it was "top four or bust", and bust they did.
The Blues have gone backwards under Malthouse
Robert Walls The Carlton board needs to come clean. Is a premiership a possibility, or has that plan been scrapped?
Robert Walls
Former greats find that coaching grates
Robert Walls Coaching does strange things to usually sane men. The highs are high, the lows low. Frustration builds, excitement boils over. The sacrifices are great, the satisfaction is short.
Controversial sub rule is kicking goals
Robert Walls It's back to the days of long kicks, fewer handballs and more contested marks.
It's fight or flight for blue and whites
Robert Walls The Kangaroos are on a winning streak, but their mettle is about to be tested.
Resilience, culture are keys to Sydney
Robert Walls Since 1996, the Swans have played finals football in 13 of 16 seasons.
Robert Walls
Flat Blues must swing the changes
Robert Walls Tonight we'll learn a little bit more when the embarrassed Blues take on the confident Dockers in Perth.
Five reasons why Essendon can win the flag
Robert Walls Last year the Bombers, under James Hird's watch, jumped from 14th on the ladder to eighth.
Robert Walls
Wild and woolly
Robert Walls Against hot Hawthorn, Carlton has one last chance.
Robert Walls
Low profiles can reap high rewards
Robert Walls North Melbourne and Richmond should learn from the Hawks and Saints and look beyond the 'big names' in their search for coaches.
Robert Walls
Dockers' youth strategy produces results
Robert Walls Fremantle put a number of measures in place late last year that have given the club real direction.
Robert Walls
Cats should keep close eye on the Saints
Robert Walls Just what is the mental state of the competition's two undefeated teams St Kilda and Geelong?
Robert Walls
Puzzling times for coaches
Robert Walls Not all coaches will still be in their positions in 2010 - count on it.
Ablett may be fighting against weight of history
Robert Walls Chances are 2010 will be Geelong's last chance to win a premiership for some time.


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luke-pearson is clearly basing Hilda on cardboardlife, which is cute if you know why it is cute
Luke Pearson forever
today i have seen two separate covers for this book, Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis. this one by Luke Pearson and another by Jonathan Burton. i prefer Luke's take, maybe because i have been a fan of his work for some time now, maybe because it is more interesting, maybe because the typography is better. the other one is worth looking at, however, and can be seen on The Fox is Black.


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Breast Cancer Health Center
Breast Cancer Risk: Does Soy Help?
Complexity of Cancer
Ads for soy supplements make a wide range of health claims about the products. Studies examining the role of soy in reducing hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms have been mixed, however, and most have not shown a protective benefit for lowering cholesterol and preventing Alzheimer's disease and osteoporosis.
Trock says it is not surprising that the soy studies and most other studies examining the role of specific foods in cancer risk have failed to show clear associations.
"Cancer takes decades to develop and it is influenced by many things," he notes. "People want to know in simple terms what they can do to reduce their risk, and we can't always tell them. We have to get across the idea that cancer is a complicated process. If we are lucky we may find that a single food or a single nutrient is protective, but so far that hasn't happened."


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Google Apps digests Postini, doubles enterprise email inboxes
Google has assimilated the hosted security and compliance features it picked up in its $625m acquisition of Postini into its corporate email service and more than doubled the capacity of inboxes to 25GB. The free Gmail inbox offered to common webplebs remains at 3GB. The Postini deal completed last month and today Google said …
4000 character whitelist limit
I hope they've removed this, I have postini at work, once your whitelist hits 4000 characters it rejects any more, nice bit of code, I expect it's stored in a varchar.
it's the contacts stupid
the reason I haven't OK'd migration off exchange 4 2 of my clients is gApps contact management, or complete lack of. Until they get proper contacts (bi directional synch, indexes, DATA FIELDS for christ sake...) they're dead as an enterprise tool, imho.
Try to email a developer.
RE 4000 character limit
Once when I though I recognized the cause in a program I tried to email the company, but got no where.
Then I googled a bit, and found a personal blog by one of the companies programmer working on the product.
When I sent him a short email detailing how to replicate the problem, and my guess as to the cause and solution and he fixed it the next day!
Only worked for me once, but it did work. :)
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Categories > Celebrities > Simple Plan > You Suck At Love
I woke up the next morning alone, with nothing but a text on my phone. Chuck had stayed the night before, at least... he'd been there before I fell asleep.
I sighed at the thought of the conversation I'd had with Chuck the day before, "Well done, Ri. There goes the rest of your dignity." I said to myself, leaning over to grab my phone off the table beside my bed.
Unlocking the device, I saw that the text was from Chuck. Fucking good.
'Sorry I left, got a call from P, wanted to talk about some band stuff. I told the guys to come keep you company. I'll see you later on. Love you xxx'
I smiled at the end of the message, but I then frowned when I remembered who 'P' was... Though, I was appreciative of the fact he hadn't actually written his name. Chuck always had been over-cautious when it came to sensitive subjects.
Well, I guess I'm going to have to be sociable today... Yippee.
I got up from my bed, grabbing a pair of black skinny jeans and a Blink-182 t-shirt. After putting those on, reluctantly however, I got Chuck's Role Model hoodie out of the drawer and slipped it over my head, snuggling into it and smiling at the familiar scent.
I stared at myself in the mirror, "Fuck... You sure do look like shit, Riley." I sighed and put my hair up in a messy ponytail. Wasn't going to bother making an effort, the guys a used to that by now.
Not long after, I heard the doorbell ring, and seeing as my mum wasn't home, I had to go get it. As I made my way down the stairs, one of them started knocking, then eventually rapping hard on the door.
I sighed and hopped to the bottom of the stairs, yanking the door open to reveal David, his fist in mid-air.
I frowned at him and he gave me a sheepish grin, "Sorry..."
I smiled and he stepped towards me to wrap me in a tight hug. Then, stepping to the side, he revealed my two other friends, Jeff and Sebastien. Yeah, I only have four friends. So what?
I hugged the bald man first, then Sebastien, "How you doing, Ri?" He spoke in a French-Canadian accent. He'd always had the most French accent. It was adorable.
I shrugged in response and he lightly patted my shoulder.
Davide then spoke up, "So! What are we gonna do?"
I looked to the other guys, and realised that we were all still stood in the hallway.
"I don't care, you guys pick." They all looked at each other shrugging.
Sebastien then spoke slowly, "T.V..?"
I chuckled and nodded my head. But before I was given a chance to reply, David had lifted me over his shoulder, screaming, "I've got her!" He ran into the living room with me still on his shoulder, Sebastien and Jeff following us. Being David, however, running doesn't always end well for him.
He'd tripped up over his own feet, flinging the two of us onto the carpet, him on top of me. He immediately straddled my legs and started tickling my stomach viciously.
I hit his chest repeatedly, "David! Get off me!" I could barely even breathe, and he knew this. It happened on a pretty regular basis. He just doesn't usually fall over.
Sebastien and Jeff then got to their knees and joined David in trying to practically kill me. each of them earning a hit from me.
My eyes were watering as I was laughing too hard, wheezing with the blonde lump on top of me.
"Fuck off, guys!" I yelled helplessly, all anger being clouded by my laughter.
I started kicking my legs, eventually resulting in David leaning off of me onto the floor, in fits of giggles as he lay next to me on the carpet.
I looked at him with a pissed off face, "You really are an ass, you know that?" He grinned at me and rolled over, pulling me into a hug. I immediately had to forgive him now, those had been the rules since I was five, I just couldn't help myself.
Jeff then laughed loudly, "Right, come on! T.V time!" He walked over to the flat screen and pressed the button, then falling back onto the big chair with the remote. The guys treated my house like their own home. But, to be honest, they'd spent enough of their lives here for it to be considered that. So it was pretty fair.
David stood up, picking me up and carrying me to the sofa, throwing me down onto it, "Fuck you, Desrosiers." I pouted.
He just grinned and grabbed a blanket, sitting down next to me, Sebastien coming to sit on the other side of me, then placing the blanket over the three of us. I snuggled into the two guys. It was always like this, except Chuck would usually be here next to me with David and... He... Would be sat as far away from me as he could get. If he was even here. Usually he just didn't bother anymore, and when he did bother, he was only here because of the four guys.
I sighed, and pushed the thought of him out of my head, just focusing on trying to enjoy the time I was spending with the guys I loved.
I looked at the screen, watching the brightly coloured animations of Family Guy flicker, trying to forget. But it was the kind of thing that kept niggling at the back of my mind. And it bugged the hell out of me.


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Working on the Towline
It takes a lot of big truck traffic to keep The Johns Hopkins Hospital supplied in bulk medical supplies, chemicals, linen and equipment. Two years ago, a huge, 22-bay loading dock tucked behind an inconspicuous driveway off the 1700 block of East Fayette Street was built to accommodate those deliveries. It replaced a three-bay dock on Jefferson Street.
"This is probably one of the largest receiving facilities in health care," says Ken Grant, vice president of general services. "You're not going to find many with this kind of capacity."
But in exchange for the coveted space, Grant's group traded proximity. Now they would have to transport all those deliveries two blocks north to the main hospital.
The solution lies three stories under Orleans Street where a vast, gray tunnel houses a quarter-mile of towline. Mechanized carts, big enough to hold a unit's worth of linens, get attached to the line, a chain in the floor that operates 24/7. Each type of cart is identified by a tag that also determines its destination.
"We turn over 82 of them a day," says Roland Powell, linen group leader, of his carts full of sheets and blankets. "For every cart we send over, they send one back from the floor. It's an ongoing process."
If the two-block trip seems amazing, just wait until the new clinical buildings open in 2011. A 30,000-square-foot kitchen will be serviced by the towline, which will then stretch for two miles.
"It's really unique to have all of your back-of-the-house functions together like this in a cluster," says Grant. "You add it all up, between linen, trash, food and supplies, we're estimating about 2,000 carts and 400 miles of cart traffic every single day. It's like walking to New York City every day."
Grant and his team, along with Facilities, worked with an outside firm to help them come up with the best system for Hopkins. "You'll find it at the Army distribution centers, maybe at FedEx," he says, "but you won't find this in any hospital."
The new tunnel also is restricted to employees who work there, which makes for a more efficient system. "In the old world," says Grant, "these 2,500-pound tugs would pull the carts through the tunnels where you have patients, staff, visitors, all trying to maneuver through at the same time." Now a camera system makes sure that the general public doesn't stray into the area and also pinpoints problems should the system shut down.
Steve Cawunder, towline operations manager, makes sure the towline is running almost all the time. "We're figuring about once a year all these wheels have to be greased and checked and whatnot," says Cawunder, who ran the printing department for 35 years before switching jobs. "There's two big electric motors—they're about 19 horsepower apiece—that drive this whole thing. Every four months we make adjustments."
Bill Kennett, senior director of supply chain management, says he's pleased about how cooperative employees on the line have been. "We have the trash guys moving linen carts and the linen guys moving trash carts. Everything has worked out.
"There's no weight limit on what the towline will pull," he continues. "But there's a weight limit on what our guys can push."
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Blackened Catfish
Serves 4| Hands-On Time: | Total Time:
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- kosher salt and black pepper
- 4 6-ounce catfish fillets
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Heat broiler. In a small bowl, combine the paprika, oregano, cayenne, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon black pepper.
- Place the fillets on a baking sheet. Lightly coat both sides with the oil, then rub with the spice mixture.
- Broil the fish until opaque throughout and slightly charred, 3 to 5 minutes per side.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 256Calories From Fat 137
- Fat 15g
- Sat Fat 3g
- Cholesterol 93mg
- Sodium 356mg
- Protein 27g
- Carbohydrate 1g
- Sugar 0g
- Fiber 1g
- Iron 2mg
- Calcium 24mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101 .
Quick Tip
Make it a meal: Serve the fish with grits (cooked according to the package directions) and green beans sautéed in butter and garlic.
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High in vitamin C, these hard, tart berries are grown in bogs in colder regions of North America and Europe. They're almost always eaten cooked, as in the classic Thanksgiving relish.


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Newly remodeled, this spacious & immaculate king-size suite has lovely views of the ocean from your perch above the trees. Sunny and bright with a cathedral ceiling with fan, a breakfast kitchen,New Full-Size Bed, double and single futon, and a sparkling new bath with an oversize shower. Take the 2 minute walk to the ocean's edge and watch the beautiful sunrise or stroll the quiet roads of the South End for an evening walk. We also include for your convenience a town parking sticker which allows free parking at all town beaches and the downtown shopping and dining areas. From your vacation home here in the beautiful South End you are only minutes from 3 lovely beaches, 10 minutes from the downtown area with its shops, galleries, and restaurants, and also the commuter rail station should you choose to go to Boston for the day. Internet access available.
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