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This past spring Theaster Gates created an installation at the Milwaukee Art Museum called To Speculate Darkly: Theaster Gates and Dave the Potter. The installation was centered on a Dave Drake ceramic pot. Dave Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was an enslaved potter in antebellum South Carolina. He was, and is still, unique in that he not only made 40-gallon pots (any experienced potter can tell you how hard this is to do), but in that he wrote couplets on these pots and signed his name. Dave did this at a time when it was illegal for slaves to be literate.
Theaster, a potter and performance artist from Chicago, felt a deep connection to Dave. His installation included a slide tunnel, which showed typical art historical slides, drawing attention to the exclusion of Africans and African-Americans from the art historical ceramics canon; a Dave pot in the center of the gallery; ink drawings; a wall of speakers made out of ceramic Kohler sinks; and a video. The video showed a choir singing Dave's poems, which Theaster had put to music. The exhibition highlighted Dave's work, exploring the power of the words that gave Dave a degree of ownership over his pots. At the same time, Theaster was exploring the question of who came to the museum. He wanted his installation to be widely accessible as it touched on a history and issues that are pertinent to many different communities in Milwaukee.
The installation closed in August, but the Dave pot and the ideas that it espouses are still with us. Inspired by Theaster's work and Dave's awe-inspiring work, the Chipstone Foundation decided to team with the Milwaukee Art Museum to create the Dave Project, and take Dave's story on the road. As we were brainstorming the shape the project would take, we kept focusing on Dave's poem. We reflected on why Dave had chosen to write on clay and not on paper; coming to the conclusion that it was because clay pots as big as the ones that Dave made, were permanent, whereas paper was not. Dave thus used his couplets, each about fifteen words, to make his mark and leave his thoughts to future generations. He found a way to be heard and be remembered. We pondered this and decided, as part of the Dave Project, to ask Milwaukee to create couplets in the vein of Dave the Potter.
In other words: if you had ten to fifteen words to leave your mark, what would you say?
The Dave Project is going around Milwaukee discussing Dave's story, while having different communities reflect on their own lives. The first of these events occurred this past Sunday, October 24th, at the Lynden Sculpture Garden. Chicago poet Orron Kenyetta performed a piece that he had written commemorating and speculating on Dave's life. He then ran a poetry workshop, allowing the participants to not only discuss Dave's words, but also create their own couplets.
Jeremy Stepien, Director of Education at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, led the second part of the event, which consisted of cutting out pot shapes out of clay slabs and inscribing a couplet onto the clay. This part was especially rewarding as you could experience what it feels like to work with clay, while also giving your thoughts a voice.
Although in Dave's time clay represented a degree of permanence, we believe that is not necessarily the case anymore. We at the Chipstone Foundation believe that the Internet is the permanent medium in contemporary times. Therefore all of the Dave Projects events are being filmed (including the one that just occurred) and once completed, the film will be screened and placed on Chipstone's channel on Artbabble.
Sunday's event was a great success. We want to thank both the children and the adults that attended for sustaining a lively discussion and creating interesting couplets on clay. The Dave Project will continue on to different locations around the city. Please visit the Chipstone Foundation Facebook page for details on times and locations.


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A while back I heard an NPR story about bacteria growing in reusable grocery bags, and now there's a piece from WaPo's health blog about bacteria fround on 3-D glasses you get at movie theaters:
In its July issue, Good Housekeeping magazine tested seven pairs of 3-D glasses, three that were wrapped and four unwrapped, and found that none of them were bacteria-free.
Well, duh. Bacteria are everywhere! When working with cell culture in lab, everything is done in a special "hood," a box with fans and filters specifically designed to prevent anything outside from getting in, I wear gloves, and spray everything with ethanol, and I even have high doses of antibiotics in the media. Stuff still gets contaminated every once in a while.
What matters is what kinds of bacteria are present, and if they are actually pathogenic. The NPR story goes to great lengths to explain that the bacteria found in the grocery bags are basically benign, but the WaPo piece...
While most of the bacteria (collected via swabs that were sent to an independent lab) was deemed harmless, one set of glasses bore Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, which can cause pinkeye and other infections.
And some strains of E. coli can cause severe food poisoning, but there's billions of non-pathogenic E. coli in your gut right now. They then say you should wipe the glasses with alcohol swabs, but in the very next sentence is
Even if you don't think to take any such measures, though, your risk of getting sick from movie glasses is pretty low[...]
Ugh. So, there are bacteria in your grocery bags and on your 3-D glasses, which are harmless, but you should wash them anyway, but if you don't it doesn't matter. My take: after you wipe the glasses with alcohol swabs, you'll probably just re-contaminate them with the S. aureus that's already on your nose.

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Weekly Jobless Claims Jump 22%
Initial jobless claims for the week ending Nov. 10 jumped to 439,000 a 22% increase over the previous week's 361,000 revised figure. This follows three consecutive weeks of single-digit decreases.
Source: Author, data from Department of Labor
The four-week moving average came in at 383,750, a 3.2% increase over last week's 372,000 revised average.
Information from the Department of Labor showed three states reporting an effect from Superstorm Sandy. In New York, power outages contributed to a decrease in claims as state systems were unable to take claims. New York's number decreased 2,241. Connecticut and New Jersey reported increases in initial claims due to Hurricane Sandy. In New Jersey, the "separations" were primarily in the construction, accommodation and food service, transportation and warehousing, and manufacturing industries. New Jersey's total increase was 5,675, while Connecticut clocked an increase of 1,783.
Although this week's data may be distorted due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, its 400,000+ number puts claims solidly above what economists look for as a sign of an improving labor market. Initial jobless claims this high have not been recorded since the week ending April 30, 2011.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured employment rate was 2.6% (3.33 million) for the week ending Nov. 3 (most recent available data), a 0.1-percentage-point gain over the prior week's revised rate.
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We left our annual vacation planning too late last year. As November rolled around with no destination in mind, I knew that it would be next to impossible to put together a proper itinerary and get reservations at decent hotels. So we decided to reduce our vacation dates – since no time to plan means you can't visit multiple cities – and go back to Rajasthan. This time, we chose to visit Bharatpur. Famous for its bird sanctuary, it's one of the few cities in Rajasthan that we haven't been to yet.
Most of the hotels were, as I had feared, booked or way out of our budget, so we settled on the Falcon Guesthouse. It had got some rave reviews on TripAdvisor, and even though there were no pictures of the place online, I hoped that at least some of those reviews were genuine.
The real charm of the guesthouse is the owners. The rooms themselves are very basic and functional. They owners, though, are warm and welcoming. They treated us like house guests rather than tourists. They're knowledgeable about the bird sanctuary and the surrounding areas. They're genuinely interested in the people who stay with them. They make interesting and fun conversation. And the food there is absolutely yummy! I would heartily recommend it to anyone visiting Bharatpur.
Most people who visit Bharatpur go there mainly for the bird sanctuary, and we were no different. We didn't visit any of the other sights in town – the Lohagarh fort or the palace – we had eyes only for the birds.
If you're driving down, you can take your car a little way into the sanctuary and proceed from there on foot, on bicycle or on a cycle rickshaw. The driver of the cycle rickshaw doubles up as the guide. Make sure you take one of the authorized cycle rickshaws – you'll recognize them by the little yellow sign that tells you they are authorized guides – because those guys sure know their birds. And they will help you get as close to them as you can so you can take some good pictures. And did I mention that they've been trained by the World Wildlife Federation? So yes, you want to do at least one trip into the sanctuary with them.
Almost all our visits to the park bar one – when we took a cycle rickshaw – were on foot. You'll have tons of bird sightings every few steps along the little path that winds through the sanctuary. Even if you're walking along with no idea about where a bird perched high above you on a tree, one of the cycle guides will happily point it out to you as he rides along with his set of tourists.
Take your time. Take out your binoculars and just watch the birds at play, at rest, hunting or foraging for food. The peace and quiet, broken only by birdsong and the flapping of wings, makes this a serene spot to visit.
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We hoped to see pythons, but they proved to be elusive. We did see one particularly lazy snake, though – it had a squirrel dancing all around it, but just gave it the royal ignore and slowly, languorously, crossed the walking path and disappeared into the bushes.
It was good fun to walk around the sanctuary, spotting birds, sitting on a bench watching them groom themselves or catch fish. In fact, being able to walk around the sanctuary made it a completely different experience from zipping through a wildlife park in a jeep with pesky, noisy tourists scaring the animals away. Most people we saw around us were serious bird watchers, pointing out birds, standing and admiring them through their binoculars, and capturing them on camera with lenses that gave my poor little 55-250 mm lens a serious complex!
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The Rules of Director Jail
Show business does not (yet) have its own judicial branch empowered to imprison and, if necessary, torture people who commit unspeakable crimes against studio profits. It does however, have an even more effective tool at its disposal — director jail.
In today's LA Times, Patrick Goldstein reports on the redemptive journey to freedom of director John Lee Hancock; imprisoned for the crime of directing The Alamo, Hancock was apparently granted some kind of work release furlough and allowed to make The Blind Side; that film's surprising box office success this weekend has apparently restored him to full movie director citizenship.
Was a time when the rules for director jail were simple: when there was a big bomb, someone had to pay and the person attached to the film who had been the biggest pain in the neck to studio bosses was it. After two simultaneous disasters, Orson Welles, for example, found his big-time career as a director effectively brought to an end and had to struggle for the rest of his days, working when he was allowed, under probation and heavy official supervision.
But today, as with so much in our society, the rules are much murkier. For the citizens of Hollywood, director jail still exists as a looming deterrent against bomb-making, but what gets you there can be very unclear; some directors these days are allowed to make bombs forever, while others seem to be imprisoned after making a hit. Is anyone safe? Has the world gone mad and is it just by Fortuna's whims that any one of us has not found ourselves dragged off and locked away in the dankest, bug-infested cell in movie dungeon?
Well, the rules are more complex, more flexible, with many loopholes but they still do exist. Here's our guide to what it takes to get in to and stay out of Director Jail:
The Law: The general principle remains the same since time immemorial; every director has a bank of capital built up by their hits. Each successful film earns a credit. Every movie-losing film costs you one credit. A bigger hit may earn more credits however, as a bigger flop costs more. When your account gets to zero credits, you are sent to director jail.
The case of the aforementioned Mr. Hancock remains one of the most straightforward, classical cases of movie justice. He began his film career with The Rookie, a modest success made on a modest budget, which earned him two credits. But he then went on to make The Alamo, a huge flop on a huge budget, which cost both his credits, earning him his jail sentence. Likewise Michael Bay had ample credits in his account to weather the debacle of The Island.
The Grosses Speak Law: Whether the film is good or not, whether the director could have been replaced by a monkey, matters not at all if the film is successful. Bret Ratner the titular visionary behind the abomination of the Rush Hour trilogy, which combined grossed the better part of a billion dollars worldwide, has earned himself enough credits to stay out of director jail forever and ever.
The Beholder Codicil: However, the twist of the modern world is that perception matters far more than the actual facts. Even if Bret Ratner's career were nothing but a string of bombs, in a business where, as William Goldman said "nobody knows anything" you can in fact fool all the people all the time. Unshakable belief in yourself and the ability to play the part of great auteur on a grand scale can, if needed, be everything and can keep one out of director jail for a very long time.
The Laughingstock Law: A couple decades back, Renny Harlin was the Bret Ratner of his day. A high-profile, on-the-town action auteur, with a starlet wife and who, with Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger under his belt, could do no wrong. Until he did something very wrong; he made a movie that was not just a flop, it was so bad it made everyone involved with it look like abject maroons. The director jail authorities saided out to Cutthroat Island and carried Renny Harlin off for an extended vacation.
The Franchise Killer Act: No substance sustains life in Hollywood more than a successful film franchise — a series which can keep the spigots of cash flowing forever. And for the director who would kill a golden goose, no punishment is too great. Having made Speed and Twister in the 90's, Jan De Bont could have coasted for decades. But then he followed up Speed with the franchise killing Speed 2 - a sin which he just might have been gotten away with as it was his franchise to kill after all - but then he went on to bring down the might Lara Croft with The Cradle of Life, the third installment of her series. De Bont has not been heard from since.
The Coolness Exemption: In many instances, coolness creds can override profits and can keep a director out of director jail. There is a long line of entertainment poohbahs for whom being cool is almost as important as being successful, dying to work with anyone who can confer secondary cool. Donnie Darko, for instance, may have barely grossed a million on a $6 million budget, but its status as cult icon and ultimate cool film has created a long list of poohbahs wanting to work with director Richard Kelly. Even after the massive flop of his star-studded follow-up Southland Tales, Kelly continued to walk the streets. However, having now made an uncool flop with The Box, he may soon find there is a cell being readied with his name on it.
The Big Cool Friend Exemption: Director jail can also be avoided, or postponed, if a director can produce big movie star friends. Kevin Smith, for instance, whose bombs should have sent him to the movie guillotine long ago, remains at liberty thanks to his ability to get a long line of big name actors from Ben Affleck to Seth Rogen to vouch for him by appearing in his movies.
The Oscar Exemption: So long as smell of trophies cling to an auteur, they can buy their freedom indefinitely. Paul Thomas Anderson's films may always been more favored by critics than popcorn eaters, but so long as his genius-of-the-cinema creds remain off the map, so will never see the inside of a cell in director jail.
Now defunct: there used to be a disgrace to the entertainment industry law which carried with it a 20-year sentence, but since the term "disgrace to the entertainment industry has become an oxymoron, the law has been unenforced for years.


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IZSLER – Auditorium AV Distribution Revamp for Interactive Videoconferencing – Italy
The IZSLER Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute needed to revamp the AV distribution system for their 99-seat/6-speaker auditorium in order to respond to the broadening of their conferencing requirements and wanted to further develop the potential of the auditorium infrastructure via innovative AV solutions.
Exhibition Hub − Video and Sound Distribution for Immersive Exhibit − USA
A traveling exhibit needed a simple to use, easily transportable long-distance Pro AV extension solution to create 360-degree immersive rooms with projected video on floor-to-ceiling walls and audio.
Gaming PC Production Line – Process Optimization & IT Maintenance – Europe
A well-known computer manufacturer specializing in pre-built gaming PCs was looking for an assembly line solution to optimize the machine preparation processes at its 300+ capacity plant. They wanted an over IP solution that could reduce the amount of repetitive operations that were extremely time-consuming.
Fishing Trawler – AV Signal Distribution & VSAT Support – Europe
A major seafood company updated the bridge control room and onboard systems of one of its fishing trawlers with an AV distribution solution for high-resolution output from radar equipment, various vessel monitoring systems, and oceanographic and atmospheric data visualization to help ensure both safety and efficient operations.
Unione Confcommercio Milano – Conference Room AV Distribution Revamp – Italy
Unione Confcommercio Milano, one of the largest business associations in Italy, wanted to upgrade its 490-seat conference room, Orlando's Hall, from analog to digital with a high level of AV interoperability in order to meet the needs of a modern-day 562sqm meeting space.
Airport Cargo Surveillance Center – AV Distribution & Video Walls – Scandinavia
An air cargo service supplier required a solution to visualize all transportation processes on several video walls, with feeds including flight radar, cameras, logistics, and news, with centralized control from a web user interface so operators could easily rearrange the video wall outputs.
Manufacturer – Multiple Workstation SCADA System Access – Italy
An Italian SI, who develops and builds computerized numerical control (CNC) work centers with multiple operator consoles, wanted to build a SCADA PC system with access from 5 different operator consoles that were allowed exclusive access to control machine tools on a one-at-a-time basis.
Alessandro Manzoni Hospital – AV Distribution & Unified Communication – Italy
The Alessandro Manzoni Hospital in Lecco, Italy, was looking to upgrade the AV infrastructure in their administrative building, by equipping the auditorium with an AV distribution system that was simple to use for professors and lecturers as well as functional enough to cope with the diverse AV transmission needs of guest speakers.
Courthouse Conference Room – Media Distribution & Control – Italy
The Ministry of Justice in Rome was looking for a media distribution system for a 38-seat conference room equipped with multimedia terminals, which is its primary meeting space at the State Courthouse where the National Prosecutor meets Italian state officials and foreign officials.
CRABCC – Video Distribution and Streaming Solutions for Training and Operating Room – Italy
A research center in Italy that studies new surgical techniques, reconstructive medicine, and video-assisted robotic surgery was looking for surgical training video distribution and steaming solutions to demonstrate complicated medical procedures to students.
Olympus Corporation – Long-range Over IP Video Transmission – Japan
Olympus Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography equipment and was established in 1919. Olympus recently developed a videoscope known as IPLEX GAir for use in pipe inspection applications in industrial locations such as petroleum and power plants. Olympus was looking for a solution that enables remote control and video transmission of the scope, which is inserted up to 30 meters to inspect long, complex pipes. Since there are only a limited number of engineers who can inspect these infrastructure facilities, Olympus needed a reliable method for inspecting remotely without going to the site.
The modern-day production line: producing lighting solutions in Belgium
To optimize the production line, new terminals are installed, each consisting of a keyboard, display and mouse. Each connected to different computers, the ATEN KVM switches allow factory workers to access information on-site, while computers are securely stored in a separate dust- and interference-free room.
Mitel – Training Room with multi server access – France
Mitel is a manufacturer of VoiP systems and market leader in business communications. The company powers more than two billion business connections around the world. The mission is "to help businesses and service providers connect and collaborate" as Mitel guarantees innovative services to its customers worldwide. Mitel rebuilt one...
Ekklesia – Italian University – Italy
A renowned Italian university has established itself as a prominent institute for higher education since it's founding almost 70 years ago. Resulting in the enrollment of over 19.000 students, divided over seven departments.
Ekklesia – Conference hall Pisa – Italy
A well-known Opera building has undergone a complete renovation since 2015. ATEN was approached last year to update the video systems of the conference hall in the adjacent museum. In cooperation with Ekklesia and Allnet.
Intos – KVM switch for 4K multi-tasking – Germany
Working in software development, people are multi-tasking on daily base. Developing, testing and working requires to use multiple computers and operating systems at the same time.
Flying Samurai Productions – Media Creation – Australia
A media creation studio located in Victoria, Australia, was looking for a desktop KVM switch solution to support 3D animation and video production work in 4K. The client needed to work seamlessly on multiple projects at the same time using applications designed to fully utilize multiple monitors simultaneously.
Oaks Baptist Church – Media Distribution – USA
Located in Grand Prairie, Texas, the Oaks Baptist Church was looking to update their aging video switching system and projectors in their Sanctuary. They needed a system that would be effective, functional, and reliable for many years to come, with the option to further expand the system to meet future requirements.
Online Bank – OOB Server Management – Asia
An online bank located in northeast Asia was looking to upgrade the serial console servers it uses for out-of-band (OOB) management. ATEN met the challenge with 45 serial console servers that provided secure in-band and OOB network access to serial consoles for 24/7 availability of remote access to network devices.
Spica – Centralized AV signal distribution for courtrooms – Spain
Over 50 years of experience with projects in various industries, from governments to maritime industries, has made Spica a household name in the AV market and a valued ATEN partner.
KidsHouse – Digital Signage & Surveillance – Slovakia
A health and fitness center located in Bratislava was expanding its premises and increasing the range of leisure and entertainment activities for customers. The expansion involved three new activity areas spread across two floors and required a digital signage and surveillance solution to display instructional videos and television content, as well as provide centralized monitoring and surveillance of the activity areas.
Sanlih – Server Room – Taiwan
Sanlih Entertainment Television is a nationwide cable TV network that owns 6 TV channels and produces 4,000 hours of programming per year, making it one of the largest TV content creators in Taiwan. To provide its employees with an efficient and optimized work environment, various network and equipment setups were improved.
Telecom Control Room – AdviceWeb – Italy
An international telecommunications company needed a new operation center with three control rooms. The company assigned AdviceWeb as dedicated system integrator. After careful analysis, helped by ATEN distributor Allnet Italia, AdviceWeb chose for a KVM over IP solution. ATEN's KE-series guaranteed compliance with all the requirements imposed by the end-user.The KVM over IP transmitter is, among others, equipped with a local video output. It integrated easily with the installation's already present videowall controller. This same controller now also hosts the ATEN Matrix Manager Software (CCKM), which manages the operators' access permissions to the various machines.
Henkel – Conference Room – Serbia
Henkel, a multinational company with leading products in the Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care, and Laundry & Home Care sectors, established a new facility in Kruševac, rbia, to expand production. This included establishing a new conference room at the factory.
TusData – Classroom & Digital Signage – Turkey
Tusdata, a medical training center located in Ankara, Turkey, was planning to move its main facilities to a new location in a high-rise building. In order to continue providing the best medical training in Turkey for physician candidates preparing for placement examinations in the health sciences, the school required a network of online classrooms on five floors, plus a digital signage system across eight floors.
Epson – Multifunction Showroom – Taiwan
Epson established a high-end showroom with ATEN Modular Matrix and Video Extender solutions to showcase its flagship projectors with various interactive applications.
ATEN – Multifunction Meeting Room – Taiwan
As a leading provider of IT connectivity and management solutions, including integrated KVM, professional AV, and intelligent power solutions, ATEN established a state-of-the-art war room to serve multiple functions, such as a meeting room, conference room, a training space, and an experiential zone for its employees, partners, and customers to experience the ATEN solution on hand.
Air Traffic Control GECI, Spain
The airport authority renewed their monitoring room and installed a new ADS-B system (Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast). For this project they approached GECI, a global system integrator focused on transportation, energy and infrastructure in civil and military services.
Computer installation lines, Germany
A branch office of Computacenter, the leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services and solutions in Europe, needed a way to quickly and easily install and update servers, desktops and laptops. The installation process happens in a hall at around 160 workbenches with up to 8 or 16 simultaneous computer installations per bench.A KVM switch per bench broadcasts the installation steps to each of the computers taking files from a central storage system.
Meeting rooms for luxury watch designer, Switzerland
Sunrise, the leading challenger in the Swiss telecommunications market, installed 4K matrix switches in over 80 meeting rooms at the headquarters of a Swiss luxury watch designer. Each room also required central control to manage the entire setup at once.The main objective was to create flexible meeting rooms, where participants can easily share multiple video sources directly to two or three TVs/projectors. Either locally or remotely in combination with a 3rd party video conference system. The perfect AV distribution solution was found in ATENs 8x8 4K HDMI matrix switch with its easy to control webGUI.
New Startegy – Meeting Room – Serbia
New Startegy, a consulting firm located in Serbia, decided to upgrade their video presentation system, which involved the installation of a 3x3 video wall to provide stunning 4K visual experiences. The ATEN solution included the VK2100 Control Box, VK112EU 12-Button Keypad, VM6809H 8 x 9 4K HDMI Matrix Switch with Scaler, as well as VE811 HDMI HDBaseT Extenders.
Control room, oil platform, Italy
An Italian SI specialized in process-automation of industrial plants, with a focus on DCS, SCADA/HDMI, PLC, needed several computers to be safely stored in a server room, while still be accessible from 5 different control rooms.In cooperation with a consultant and reseller, both active in the IT market and control room business, the ATEN team installed several KVM over IP extenders.
Telecom operator, datacenter, Germany
Merging a technical and customer service department lead to the rearrangement of several server parks, located in 3 different cities. The central maintenance center, in charge of all datacenters, manages a mass amount of servers simultaneously, thanks to multiple KVM over IP switches. A custom management system helps the IT managers to automate many daily operational processes. Only in case of irregularities, the IT managers are notified to check what is going wrong. They can take immediate action, over IP or on-the-spot.
Security Control Room, Australia
The ATEN CE624 HDBaseT 2.0 KVM Extender provides the most reliable long-distance transmission of video, audio, USB and RS-232 signals available on the market. Ideal for applications where convenient remote access at up to 100 meters is required, such as transportation and security control centers, medical facilities, and extended workstations.
Yungching Realty Group – Showroom – Taiwan
The Yungching Realty Group is one of the leading realtors in Taiwan. In order to celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2018, they built a state-of-the-art showroom, which they named the iPlus Smart Innovation Center. The aim was to provide the public with an innovative service experience and assist them to make the best decision when investing in real estate.
Three control rooms for city surveillance, Italy
The State Police in Turin required a new control room to monitor crowd behaviour and detect incidents during large public events. With the help of ErreElle Net, an industry specialist, several videowalls and flexible workstations are setup through ATEN's KVM and AV signal distribution hardware.ErreElle Net combined the forces of a hardware-based videowall processor with flexible workstations powered by a virtual KVM over IP matrix system, and a hardware automation system. The State Police in Turin has since been able to improve its operational flexibility providing operators eyeballs on different urban areas, allowing them to inform agents in the field in no-time.
VIVE Cooking School – Cooking School – ANZ
The VIVE Cooking School is one of the hottest cooking schools in Sydney, Australia. It's a platform for passionate home cooks of all ages. VIVE was looking for a major upgrade to show the close-up details of chef's demonstration to students via live streaming video.
Military School - Muti-purpose Meeting Space, China
The military school in Beijing is a central educational institution. The school needs a cutting-edge multi-function meeting space for academic exchanges and video conferencing meeting or seminars.
Elevens Bar & Grill - Digital Signage, UK
Elevens Bar & Grill desired a state-of-the-art solution of the 4K control and distribution system for the twenty screens across the two floors. The solution has to be user-friendly for staff at the venue, yet with the option to expand at a later stage should expansion is required to facilitate a potential increase in the number of video sources or displays.
Nan-Hu Elementary School – Classroom – Taiwan
Nan-Hu Elementary School is one of the first e-Learning schools in Taipei, Taiwan. Their e-Future classroom prides itself on taking the best advantage of the high level of technology adoption and know-how among younger students to encourage a new kind of participation in learning. The school was looking for a major upgrade to its e-Future classroom to solve device control issues and to improve the interactive learning experience.
Medytox – Multiple Meeting Space, Korea
As a leader in the Korean pharmaceutical industry, Medytox has greatly strengthened its internal infrastructure for critical product launches, corporate seminars/training and crucial clinical trials. The company requested various AV management and IT control solutions for various meeting spaces.
Artear – Video Walls, Argentina
As an innovator in the broadcasting industry in Latin America, Artear decided to build a state-of-the-art newsroom. This major project involved the creation of two large video walls to display up-to-the-minute content 24-7 for news editors and marketing content creators, and also to display in real-time the content streams from live channels, social media platforms and outside broadcasting vehicles.
Ayase Heart Hospital – Media distribution, Japan
Ayase Heart Hospital, one of the leading medium-sized medical facilities in Japan, wanted to build a comprehensive, state-of-the-art image transmission system to further raise the quality of its service. The hospital also needed a tailored solution with easy-to-use management software to control the media distribution.
Government Institution - Presentation Environment, Spain
A new conference room enhances the organization of international conferences at the headquarters of the institution. To fit all presentation requirements, a flexible and easy-to-use media distribution solution was sought for by the system integrator.
Levira - Network Operations Center, Estonia
Headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, Levira is one of the largest TV playout service providers in northern Europe and the main TV and radio broadcast transmission provider in Estonia. The company also operates one of the biggest data centers in the Baltic countries. Levira is developing a state-of-the-art Network Operations Center (NOC) to manage its key media services, playout and transmission of TV channels to cable TV, data center and cloud services. Once complete, the new NOC will monitor outgoing video signals, environment, equipment health, and the network traffic status of all Levira operations.
A flexible media distribution upgrade, Germany.
The Jameson Distillery Pub is one of the biggest Irish Pubs in Cologne. Customers can enjoy traditional Irish food and drinks while they watch their favorite sports or participate in a fun karaoke session.To enhance the experience, Jameson Distillery Pub has a digital signage setup of 13 screens inside the pub and 2 big screens outside, all managed from a centralized matrix switch. As they searched for a new and future proof switch they quickly found out that ATEN's modular matrix switch perfectly fits their needs.
5 Star Hotel, Hong Kong
A 5 Star hotel in Hong Kong has recently created a multi-purpose function room to be used by its international guests. The function room requires a minimal yet sophisticated A/V installation that will echo the hotel's sleek design and focus on quality.
Primary School, Hong Kong
A primary school in Hong Kong is looking for a major upgrade to its A/V multimedia system. The school requires up to 1080p signal transmission from 6 different sources (VGA and HDMI) to 1 website and 13 displays (VGA and HDMI) across their campus.
The Bierkeller, UK
Three jointly-owned pubs located in an entertainment complex were looking for a way to control the 60 televisions located across their three venues.
Optoma - Multi-Purpose Meeting Room, Taiwan
Optoma is known worldwide as a premium designer, manufacturer, and retailer of audio-visual products for home theater, office, and personal use. In view of the gap between user experience and up-to-date technology, Optoma corporate headquarters decided to renovate its meeting room with a high-performance presentation and conferencing system, it turned to its technology partner ATEN for assistance. Because of the complexity of the system, Optoma's most important requirements were ease of use and minimal user distraction. These key value points demanded intuitive, automated controls that could quickly shift among various lighting environments, source feeds from computers, and a wide variety of mix-and-match audio-video outputs.
Bullhorn - Digital Signage, UK
Bullhorn recently moved into a newly built office and would like to set up a new information broadcasting system. This system will broadcast SKY/BBC TV programs or company related digital contents to the office. They would like to reduce the amount of cables and power adapters, and have the easiest way possible of controlling the switch from a single handheld device.
A flexible and future-proof presentation environment. Spain
Governmental institution in SpainA new conference room enhances the organisation of international conferences at the headquarters of the institution. To fit all presentation requirements, a flexible and easy-to use media distribution solution was sought for by the system integrator.ATEN's modular matrix switch turns out to be a perfect match. With its large amount of in- and output ports, ability to use multiple interfaces and Seamless switching technology, the VM1600 modular matrix switch is not only flexible but also a future proof solution.
Large-scale video distribution contributes to an immersive experience. Italy
Old Wild West is a restaurant chain that immerses its guests in the lost world of the wild west. To enhance this experience, Mr. Curreri from Agenzia Curreri was asked to set up a media distribution setting with 4 to 8 monitors in each subsidiary, so they could easily distribute their private channel, "Old Wild West Channel".Mr. Curreri evaluated the AV market to find the best solution among the main AV manufacturers. He found that ATEN's wide range of solutions suits his needs. At this moment, Old Wild West can count on ATEN to deliver high quality video to 333 screens across multiple subsidiaries with a plan to install additional devices in more restaurants.
A flexible and future-proof presentation environment, Germany
The EA European Academy is a non-profit, interdisciplinary research institute founded in 1996 to study the relation between society and technological development. Science and innovation open many paths to social change. The Academy maps future scenarios and shares potential impacts with policymakers and business leaders.The EA European Academy often brings together multiple stakeholders to present and assess research outcomes, which requires a flexible and easy-to-use presentation system. Visitors and researchers use laptops, tablets and smartphones to show their findings on a large videowall. ATEN's HDBaseT matrix switch turns out to be an excellent, high quality media distribution solution for EA's meeting room setup.
Wireless video extension at Plopsaland De Panne, Belgium.
Plopsaland De Panne is one of six theme parks owned by the Studio 100 group, one of the largest independent global family entertainment companies worldwide. Plopsaland De Panne combines the magic of the Studio 100 characters with the pleasure of top attractions. Plopsaland De Panne recently opened a new hit, Prinsessia's Castle, which houses a romantic restaurant / foyer which is often used to host business conferences. For this room they were looking for a solution to enhance the unique experience by extending Full HD content over 4 displays. After a quick scan of the market, they found out that ATEN could offer the perfect solution.
The Medical City - Media Distribution, Philippines
Founded in Metro Manila as part of an international healthcare conglomerate, The Medical City (TMC) is one of the largest tertiary care providers in the Philippines. A few years ago, TMC decided to create the Philippines' most advanced training center for minimally-invasive-surgery (MIS). Called CASSTI, this center features MIS operating rooms, virtual reality stations, and various simulation and lecture halls, all of which are connected to monitors in remote class- and seminar-rooms which are dispersed across an area of a couple hundred meters.
Financial Institution - Control Room, Singapore
A major financial services and trading corporation from Singapore recently decided to expand and update its system of news and data feeds. The upgraded system would need to consolidate control of all company video walls into a single, centralized system with distributed security, access, and reconfiguration controls. The key aim of this project was providing convenient, intuitive control of data and station feeds among all floor traders, while also integrating company marketing and signage channels into a centralized monitoring and control system available only to the chief trading officer.
Cooking School - Classroom, Japan
In order to enhance the teaching-learning experience, a cooking school in Japan decided to use cameras to transmit close-up video of what the instructor is cooking and broadcast it to monitors for students to see. The teacher will also need to switch to a real-time view of digital recipes, so a seamless switch between cameras and data on a PC will be critical.
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television - Server Room, Japan
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS Television) is one of the major TV stations in Japan. The company was founded in May of 1951 as Radio Tokyo. It was the first commercial broadcast station in Tokyo area. In 1955, the company's new building was constructed in Akasaka and television broadcasting had stated ...
Changwon - Data Center, Korea
The Changwon City Government Data Center consists of various rack mounted multi-platform servers; and each server rack is installed with an 8/16 port KVM switch with LCD console. To increase overall work efficiency, the Changwon City Government needed a complete KVM over-IP solution with security to effectively achieve their data center management goals ...
Petrovietnam - Video Wall, Vietnam
Petrovietnam built a large conference room for holding annual shareholder meetings. For real-time monitoring and management of the meetings, all video sources for conferencing, presentations, and surveillance are centrally managed in a control room ...
Police Office - Meeting Room, Malaysia
At a police department in Malaysia, officers gather for regular meetings to discuss local security, intelligence, and government guidelines to solve problems and formulate strategies ...
K Training Command - Training Room, Korea
A training organization in Korea provides various training courses and education development programs for the Navy. However, the training room in the military base is too old to accommodate their current training needs. Therefore, the organization wants to renew their training facilities and look for innovative A/V installation solutions to improve their training efficiency ...
Theater - Digital Signage, Japan
A theater in Japan was equipped with 8 video source devices, each of which was connected to one monitor along with speakers at entrances and corridors via ATEN HDMI extenders – to broadcast program-related information ...
Casino - Security Monitoring, Asia
A world renowned casino in Asia has surveillance cameras located at various locations in the casino for security monitoring. The feed from these surveillance cameras needs to be monitored locally in the server room as well as on a 4 x 4 Video Wall in the control room ...
National United University - Server Room, Taiwan
Established in 1972, National United University is a state-funded university located in Miaoli City, Taiwan. The University established a second campus in 2014. This resulted in the need for a new service room to store all the additional student administration details ...
Chain Store - Digital Signage
A chain store installed several large-sized HDMI TVs for displaying commercials in several shops varying in scale. The chain store utilized ATEN professional audio/video extension solutions to deliver HDMI TV advertisements to multiple TVs; the audio signals of the TV advertisements were extracted and sent to an audio broadcasting system at the arcade ...
CC2000, KN4124v, KL1000, Japan Digital Serve Corporation, Japan
Japan Digital Serve Corporation (JDS) was established in 2000 to support the digitization of cable TV. In recent years, they have been making a strong effort to provide advanced services for cable TV companies throughout Japan. In 2010, they initiated the "Cable Gate Service" to create and operate a mobile site. In 2011, JDS used cloud computing to offer an "Integrated Cloud Service". By supporting cable TV companies in various aspects, JDS enriches the digital multimedia experience of service subscribers.....
University - Digital Signage, Malaysia
A university in Malaysia wants to construct a new mosque on campus for its students' prayer times. The university installs a digital signage system in the mosque to broadcast religious programs. In addition, the university also needs a A/V extension solution to satisfy the following requirements ...
University - Classroom Broadcasting System, Thailand
A university in Thailand that has 55 classrooms wants to upgrade their video broadcasting system from analog to HDMI to offer its students an improved educational experience. In addition to recording and saving teaching videos using an HDMI camera and video conferencing system in each classroom, they need HDMI signal distribution devices that meet the following requirements ...
University - Classroom, Hong Kong
One of the universities in Hong Kong has various classrooms with multiple electronic devices. Students are allowed to use them for events and usually leave without closing the devices. As a result, the electrical expenditures increased and staff had to walk from classroom to classroom in order to switch the devices off, which consumed a lot of time ...
Government IT Department - Server Room
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YangZhou Broadcasting Television Network - Server Room, China
YZBTN's network coverage encompasses Yangzhou City, providing Internet access to over 50% of residents as well as broadband digital TV access to 98.5% of residents. The company adopted ATEN's Over-IP data center solution to successfully reduce IT costs, save space and ensure efficient management of its continuous expanding infrastructure ...
Lion Travel - Digital Signage, Taiwan
Lion Travel agency built the Lion Travel Group building in 2010 in response to the rapid growth of sales personnel and employees. Located at the first floor of the building is an open space coffee bar, which is used by employees to relax and receive guests; the coffee bar is also rented out occasionally for various activities. To meet the needs of these external activities, Lion Travel installed a modernized professional audio and video system, eliminating the trouble of renting or borrowing stereo equipment ...
KWANG IN - Metro Station Digital Signage, Korea
The Sin Bundang Line is an important route on the Korean capitals metro system, carrying a high volume of passengers daily. Since the metro stations cover a wide area, the content to be broadcast in each location is different; thus in order to lower the maintenance and troubleshooting frequency, the HDMI splitters needed to be high stability, high quality and high security products ...
HyperNet - Meeting Room, Taiwan
HyperNet CO., LTD. is a broad-band application and conference center systems integration planning company. Since being established in 1994, HyperNet has focused on importing the newest technology products related to and specializing in conference systems setup and comprehensive multimedia integration. HyperNet has five service locations in Taiwan and China, providing customers with professional conference integration services ...
Mining Company - Remote Management, Sweden
A leading European mining company is looking for a solution to consolidate remote monitoring and remote control methods for various types of analytical server. All servers need to be controlled via two operators and monitored on a 14 screen video wall in the control room with access over IP when requested by HQ in Stockholm, Sweden ...
Media Center - Server Room, Kazakhstan
Central Asia´s largest media center was opened in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. The media center occupied 80 thousand square meters of space, equipped with modern facilities serving for various types of studios - broadcast channel, television program, social program, news submission, and five large movie theaters. The ever increasing automation of production control and broadcasting brings more and more content stored on media servers, to be edited and ready to be played out on demand, and highly relies on different applications to manage the complex workflow ...
KESCO - Server Room, Korea
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Convenient Store - Store Management
A convenience store chain wants to manage and run their stores more efficiently. Their aim is to control cash register transactions, protect store inventory from being pilfered by shoplifters and develop an effective training scheme for new staff. Due to cash and product losses, the management wants to implement a POS in combination with a DVR to monitor cashiers and customers in the store premises. There is also a high turnover for cashiers, and the store wants to train newly hired staff by letting them watch DVD recordings when there aren't many customers around ...
Yuzu TV - Server Room, Japan
Established in 2009, Yuzu TV is a local cable TV station in Saitama, Japan. Yuzu TV introduces FTTH (Fiber To The Home)which uses fiber-optic cable to provide TV, computer, internet and telephony services. With the high-quality communication and services of FTTH, Yuzu TV is able to provide low-cost, high quality, and convenient access of IT communication services to the local residents ...
Government Institution - Office Desktop
As the Internet has developed, so have security requirements for government institutions' computer hardware and software. Information protection and security control need to be considered in order to avoid endangering national security and personal interests, caused by the leakage of confidential information ...
PC Manufacturer - Product Testing
In recent years the popularity of tablet PC's has replaced the use of traditional desktop computers and laptops. S Company, a manufacturer of personal computers decided to launch a new line of Tablet PC's. To ensure quality, S Company conducts rigorous testing before delivering products to the market. With HDMI being the most popular audio and video interface, S company's new Tablet PC will allow users to use an HDMI interface via external dock ...
Power Corporation - Control Room
A national thermal power corporation has total 90 workstations in a room. Those workstations are used by 30 simultaneous users for coding and programing. They need a KVM switch to ensure the connection between Dell workstation, USB keyboard & Mouse, and monitor working smoothly in order to conserve space ...
Oil & Gas Service Company - Control Room
An Oil & Gas Equipment & Service Company helps oil companies to find oil and gas reserves offshore worldwide. They required video extensions for operators to access data from their systems/computers that are situated in the control room ...
LCD Panel Manufacturer - Production Line
L Company is one of the leading LCD panel companies, which has several plants across the world including manufacturing plants and module assembly plants. L Company is seeking for an Over-IP KVM solution to increase the productivity, manageability and safety ...
Rapid Transit Corporation - Data Center
To shorten the traveling time and expand the living territory of urban residents, K Rapid Transit Corporation was commissioned by the City Government to build and operate a new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system that offers a reliable, convenient and comfortable transportation service for residents. For the MRT system's construction, a data center was built at the main station for centralized management of servers performing complex administrative tasks for the whole system; while 37 server rooms were set up at each MRT station to consolidate servers performing necessary tasks ...
Transport Terminal - Digital Signage
Terminal 1 of an Airport plans to display real time information for passengers in the Customs area, which is 100 meters away from the server room They need a solution that can work over this distance and simultaneously display pertinent information into multiple screens ...
Iruma Cable Television - Server Room, Japan
Iruma Cable Television Co., Ltd (or Iruma TV Ltd.) was established in 1990 to provide information communication services. It is located in Iruma, Saitama-ken, with Iruma its major area of service.
China Life Insurance - Data Center, Taiwan
Clark Lin, the manager of the System Engineering Department at Chinalife, said: "For every enterprise, a merger represents an opportunity for a revamp of corporate thinking so it takes a long time for everything to come together. The company's IT operations can't be suspended for a long time or have two separate systems running parallel to each other So, we were tasked with the challenge of setting up an all-new data center within one month ...
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|Letter to USCF Life Members
|October 7, 2009
Life Members who have not responded to the letter regarding Chess Life Magazine
mailings, the postcard that was sent out in July and the cover wrap around
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SNOW HILL – Citing liability issues, four Worcester County Commissioners rejected official involvement in a kayak and canoe launch to be built at the old Ocean City dump site on Ayres Creek.
"The actual concern was the $5,000 deductible per incident the county would be required to pay for defense costs if there is a suit to defend," county spokesperson Kim Moses said after the commissioners rejected the proposal on Tuesday. "The insurance carrier is not going to defend the county from a claim that is less than the amount of the deductible, making it more cost effective for the county to simply pay small claims. The second part of their concern was the greater risk of small claims due to the nature of the site being a former dump."
The new low-impact Ayres Creek Water Trail has been in the works for two years. The Maryland State Highway Administration approved a $49,000 grant for a gate, parking, a wooden walk to the water, and the launch, but that money has sat unspent and will soon be taken away if the project is not constructed. Ocean City has asked the county to lease the site for $1, and assume liability.
Commissioner Virgil Shockley said he had a problem with making the taxpayers of Worcester County liable for the site, though he supported to concept of the canoe launch. However, some of his colleagues disagreed.
"I didn't see anything in that area that would cause any concerns with reference to liability," said Commissioner Bud Church, who visited the site.
Ocean City leases the skate park and ball field property in the resort from Worcester County for $1 a year, and has taken on the liability for that site, which could be more concerning than the proposed kayak launch.
"I have a lot more concern about the liability in Ocean City with the skateboard park and the ball field with people sliding into home," said Church.
Commissioner Jim Purnell said he has concerns over the environmental state of Ayres Creek because of the landfill.
"That creek today is not what it was years ago, nowhere near that," said Purnell.
Dr. Roman Jesien, science coordinator for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP), told the Commissioners that MDE signed off on the capping of the landfill, and the removal of all contaminants. Monitoring wells have also shown no problems.
"I think we have to go with what the state regulators are saying about that site," said Jesien.
One official at DNR says he has not heard of a single lawsuit over a boat launch in his 16 years with the agency, said Jesien.
Users would be kept in the boat launch area and not permitted to access the other areas of the landfill site. Ocean City has said it would clean up any areas where the landfill cap is not working well.
"It'll provide a boon to the area in terms of additional non-consumptive uses," said Jesien. "There's just not a lot of places in the Ocean City area where people can come in and have access to a place like this."
The county should not take on open-ended liability for property owned by Ocean City, Commissioner Judy Boggs said.
County attorney Sonny Bloxom confirmed that Ocean City would still be responsible for the former landfill if the county leased the kayak launch site.
If the liability is so low, Commissioner Bobby Cowger wondered, why was Ocean City not willing to take it on?
"There's something hidden there that someone's not telling us," he said.
If anyone other than the Maryland Coastal Bays Program was pushing for this kayak launch, said Cowger, MCBP would be all over the commissioners for allowing a project in wetlands.
"Just because it's something that the Coastal Bays wants you're willing to turn your back on environmental issues," Cowger said to Jesien.
The landfill is an environmentally sensitive area full of toxic materials, Cowger said after the meeting.
"It has no business being used at all until it's cleaned up," he said.
The Coastal Bays program complains about developers and the county commissioners in the local press all the time, said Cowger.
"I'm tired of getting blasted in the papers," said Cowger.
In an interview after the meeting, Cowger said, "If it were a developer or someone else they'd be screaming, 'you can't go in there.'"
That is a double standard, Cowger felt.
"That's not right and I'm not going to stand for it," he said. "It needs to be a level playing field. They don't need to be saying, it's okay for us and nobody else."
Church said while he agreed with Cowger about being criticized, he was not willing to vote down the proposal.
"I'm going to put myself above that," said Church. "I'm not going to close my mind to a project I think it worthwhile."
Commissioners Boggs, Cowger, Purnell, and Shockley voted against taking on the liability for the kayak launch.


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Rumor has it that this summer has been one of the coolest on record in the San Francisco Bay area with even more fog than usual. Luckily, we missed most of it, but I am not gloating. Instead, we witnessed record breaking heat and torrential rains in Europe, 100 percent humidity on the East coast and the excuse to wear fleece in Iceland. This has, indeed, been a season of extreme weather (although, for Iceland, I think extreme is more the norm).
Now we are home and experiencing some of that chilly San Francisco weather, but I can't say that I mind. After all, summer is winding down, school is starting, and my New England DNA has me programmed to look forward to a brisk autumn season. Not only does the fresh air beget fires and woolies, it also invites cozy, rustic cooking. And what better way to start the season than with a casual, comforting Sunday supper?
Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
The heat of sausage mingles with earthy broccoli rabe and sweet red bell pepper. I like to serve this dish straight from the skillet, accompanied by a salad of mixed greens, fresh country-style bread and a glass of Côtes du Rhône. Serves 4.
1 pound orecchiette pasta
1/2 pound broccoli rabe, washed, ends trimmed
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 pound hot Italian sausage, crumbled
1 large garlic clove, minced
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 red bell pepper, stemmed and seeded, diced
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/4 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese, plus extra for serving:
Cook pasta in a large pot of salted, boiling water until al dente; drain and set aside.
While the pasta is cooking, bring another large pot of salted water to boil. Add broccoli rabe and blanch 30 seconds; drain. Plunge broccoli rabe into a bowl of ice water. Cool and drain again. Lay in one layer on a kitchen towel to thoroughly dry. Cut in 1″ pieces.
Heat one tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add crumbled sausage to the skillet. Sauté over medium heat until golden brown and cooked through. Transfer sausage to a plate lined with a paper towel.
Pour off all but one tablespoon of accumulated oil in the skillet. Add garlic and crushed red pepper flakes. Sauté until fragrant, 30 seconds. Add red bell pepper, broccolil rabe, pepper and salt. Sauté one minute. Add sausage and cook until heated through.
Remove skillet from heat. Add cooked pasta and cheese to the skillet; toss to combine. Serve with additional grated cheese on the side.