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A few years ago, UCSF Dentistry's Dr. Sam Huang (D'85) was awarded part of a US$20,000 educational grant to develop a strategic educational initiative between UCSF and the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada.
From this grant developed new alliances and connections with other universities to form the International e-Portfolio project, through a newly-created Diastemas website.
UCSF dental students have been participating in this in the simulation curriculum for the past four years, and the School will be incorporating CAD/CAM 3-D images in the project.
Explains Dr. Huang: "The Project fell under the CCSIP - Canadian California Strategic Initiative Partnership. Dr. Karen Gardner from the University of British Columbia and I, representing UCSF and California, were co-authors of this educational grant to develop initiatives to incorporate digital learning in dental schools and beyond. Several other international dental schools were present, but UCSF was the sole California representative. We created a program for educators in Canada and California to discuss teaching methods and ideas as it applies to digital learning in the dental school environment. I presented information on 3-D technology and CAD/CAM, while Dr. Gardner presented ideas regarding portfolio education and how it can be linked with technology. As a result of this Initiative, UBC and UCSF led the development of the International e-Portfolio Project which created the Diastemas website. The website is an international interactive repository of dental portfolios and where international communities of dental students share ideas and experiences. UCSF has incorporated this in our Operative simulation curriculum. With the addition of CAD/CAM technology, we are moving forward to include 3-D Interactive Portfolios in our CLE."
Adds Huang: "New schools have joined our community which include the University of Australia, Birmingham University in England, University of Monterrey Mexico, University of Hong Kong, University of Saskatchewan, and of course UBC and UCSF."
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I've been a long time member of Ars under "zodder". I have no way of retrieving new login info under that username so I created this username. Is there a way to combine my history/beerology/etc or verify that I am zodder? Thanks.
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Can you still get mail at the rochester.rr.com email address you registered with?
Thanks. I might be able to. Is it the z***** or jp*****?
I sent login details to it, if you can access that account you should be good. Let me know.
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First Time on a TransAtlantic
Destination: Transatlantic
Embarkation: Southampton
The ship is only 2 years old and is a beauty. The cabin is typical, but has a nice flat screen TV with Apple software. Celebrity must have a business relationship with Apple, since the computer room has only Apple products, and Apples for sale on the ship.
The only bad (terrible) issue on the ship is the computer network. I felt sorry for the IT staff, since they were understaffed and there were many problems getting onto the network. One day there were over 30 people in line to get help logging on. The hardware simply can't handle the load, and most of the time I could not get connected. Computer connectivity is a problem on most ships we've sailed on but never seen anything as bad as this, and the ship is only 2 years old.
The staff was extremely friendly and well trained. The food was excellent all around. The cafeteria layout was well laid out and More resulted in few lines. They have done away with trays, but large plates are available, so it was not a problem.
The weather was fantastic every day, with calm seas. We had never been on a transatlantic before, so we were pleasantly surprised.We disembarked early, but understood that there were long lines later on. There were only two customs agents for US citizens, and one liked to chat.
The fitness center was fantastic, with latest LifeFitness equipment. Staff was always available as well as towels, etc. Essentially no waits for the treadmills, etc.
My wife went to the spa several times and, although expensive, she said the treatments were terrific.
The specialty dining restaurants did not appear to be busy, and we were approached to go to the Tuscan restaurant for a 30% discount. Excellent food.
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Tobolsk. The seasons
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Tobolsk is a small Siberian town sited on a high bank of the Irtysh river down from confluence with Tobol river. Founded in 1587 by Cossacks leader Yermak it was the capital of Siberia in the olden days and one of first Russian towns here. Being prosperous town on the route from East to West with active economical and cultural life Tobolsk began to decline when the general railroad bypassed it in 1890s.
It is the only town in Siberia and one of the few in Russia which has a stone kremlin. It was built at the turn of 17th and 18th centuries. Lots of famous people passed these walls and left or didn't a trace here. The last Russian Emperor Nicholas II and his family were exiled there before being executed in 1918. By the way, the Tobolsk prison has a good reputation -- nobody has escaped it ever for all years the prison exists.
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Through my photographs I write my part of history – history of the time in which we live, history of people who are close to us. And every photo – a portrait, an event or a cityscape – is a thin slice of the present-day life about which later it will be able to say – yes, it was so.
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dianaglasgow Extraordinary. I really knew nothing about Tobolsk, but it so much of Russia, frozen in time. You've done beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.


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LOS ANGELES -- You've probably seen the viral video of a twerking girl's coffee table candle accident. It turns out there was a bit more to the story.
The video, entitled, "Worst Twerk Fail EVER - Girl Catches Fire!" was viewed more than 9 million times in just six days on one YouTube account alone, in addition to many more on Facebook and other social media.
But it turns out it was all a gag by ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
Kimmel released the unedited extended version, which contains a surprise ending you didn't see in the initial video.
And the woman behind the fire isn't Caitlin, as the video purports. It's Dapne, a professional stuntwoman.
Kimmel said he didn't send the video to any TV stations, tweet it or plant it on any news sites. He simply put it on YouTube and let the internet work its magic.


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DEFRA research has suggested that transferring farm support from lowland to upland areas would create a huge 'multiplier' benefit for areas like the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales.
Analysis by the agency indicates that for every three euros per hectare of subsidy transferred, 33 euros per hectare of benefit would accrue to hill and moorland farms.
The research findings are being used to strengthen the case for a redistribution of farm support to help preserve a hard pressed and increasingly marginalised farming heritage.
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron said: "Redirecting funding to help hard-pressed upland farmers who are living on marginal incomes would also have wider benefits.
"In addition to producing food, the Lake District's upland farmers help to protect our beautiful landscape and the work they do can prevent flooding problems downstream. The suggested transfer of support is an investment which would reap very tangible benefits for wider society. The farmers who would benefit will put an awful lot of buck back into the economy."
The research was welcomed by the Country, Land and Business Association (CLA), which said increased payments would make 'a significant difference' to those farming in the harshest areas of the north.
Douglas Chalmers, CLA North director of policy and public affairs, said: "The Defra analysis confirms that farm business incomes will increase significantly and keep up with earnings growth in the wider economy.
"These benefits will then ripple across greater numbers of upland farms, with significant effects on our environment and remoter communities.
"Our moorlands and uplands are managed environments and many of the farming families and businesses who manage them for us are on a financial knife edge."
l The Rural Payments Agency has paid out more than £750,000 to upland beef and sheep farmers. The agency has so far made Uplands Transitional Payments for 2014, the final year of the scheme, to 440 farmers – 99 per cent of those who are eligible.


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WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. - A minivan crashed into the side of a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in West Melbourne.
The crash happened around 5 a.m. Wednesday on Coastal Lane.
According to Lt. Rich Cordeau, the driver, a man from Coral Springs, had pulled off the road to rest.
"He was tired and pulled off the road and next thing he knows he crashed into the building," Cordeau told Local 6 News partner Florida Today.
Cordeau said the driver of the white Dodge Caravan didn't remember how he crashed.
No one was injured.
Police have not filed any charges against the man.
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I was a waitress at Po Folks the summer before my freshman year at Georgetown, and I had a regular customer who would come in for coffee. She was one of my grandmother's dearest friends, and she let me know that her grandson, John, was also attending Georgetown in the fall. My grandmother reminded me to look for John Kirk if I ever needed transportation home from school. I quickly dismissed this information thinking that I would never meet this fellow who was surely not my type.
My roommate (Michelle Struckman Fox, '99) wanted to go to a Knight Hall volleyball party the first night we were on campus. I was reluctant, but she convinced me that we would only stay for a few minutes. She dragged me down behind the dorm and I watched her talk to her new friends. I saw a handsome guy who was wearing a Northern Kentucky University shirt, and I decided to make small talk because I was also from Northern Kentucky. I introduced myself and found out that his name was John Kirk. I squeaked and immediately ran far away, leaving him very bewildered.
John tracked me down at opening convocation and sat down next to me. He then proceeded to poke me in the knee and fight for the arm rest during the entire event. He walked me to Knight Hall afterwards and offered to edit one of my papers for Dr. Allen's class. My paper really didn't need much editing, but I threw in some split infinitives and spelling errors, printed the paper, and ran to Collier Hall. Apparently, "Hey Baby, can I edit your paper?" was an amazing pick up line because I have been with John Kirk ever since. I also got an A in Dr. Allen's class.
The love lesson in our story is to always listen to your grandmother and Dr. Allen's assignments can ignite romance.
We married in 2000 after John finished a year of law school and I completed my teaching internship. We have two children who are geniuses. Thank you Georgetown for this blessed and beautiful life!


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Ohagamiut, Alaska
Ohagamiut (Urr'agmiut in Central Alaskan Yup'ik) was a Yup'ik village along the Kuskokwim River in the Bethel Census Area of the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Alaska, located between Crow Village and Kalskag. It was abandoned in the 1940s as residents relocated to Kalskag, Aniak, Bethel and other towns. Ohagamiut is sometimes confused with another Yup'ik village on the Yukon River called Ohogamiut.
Ohagamiut has also been called Okhogamute. The first reference to the village comes from Russian explorers who traveled down the Kuskokwim River in 1818.[1] The first Roman Catholic mission in western Alaska was established at Ohagamuit in 1892. The first census of Alaska completed in 1884 by Ivan Petrof showed Okhogamute having a population of 130.[2]
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- ^ Petrof, Ivan, (1884). "Report on the Population, Industries, and Resources of Alaska" Reprinted from U.S. 10th Census, Reports [1880] Washington, U.S. Census Office
Coordinates: 61°34′04″N 161°51′49″W / 61.5677778°N 161.8636111°W
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Dallas -- Regency Centers Corp. has closed on an off-market acquisition of Preston Oaks, a 103,503-sq.-ft. infill neighborhood center anchored by H-E-B Central Market. National retailers include Gap, Pier 1 Imports and White House Black Market.
Located in the Preston Hollow neighborhood of Dallas, Preston Oaks serves a market of 109,000 within a three-mile radius. Average household income is $144,000. The market's population swells to 118,000 during the day.
"Preston Oaks fits Regency's standards for a dominant shopping center, including infill location, market-leading anchors and population density," said Stuart Brackenridge, VP acquisitions and dispositions for Regency Centers.
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To the Editor, Jewish Daily Bulletin:
In your issue of September 28 you have an article on the attitude of Mr. William Randolph Hearst, by Mr. A. J. Berkowitz, which I think, does Mr. Hearst an injustice. In his Chicago paper, the Herald and Examiner, an interview with Mr. Hearst was published on September 27, which to most fair-minded readers, was a most satisfactory statement about his German experience and his attitude regarding the German situation.
I think it is a great mistake to create difficulties where they do not exist.
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Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown that advanced pancreatic cancers in mice can't survive without continued expression of a mutant oncogene that "rewires" key metabolic pathways to fuel the cancer cells.
The findings, published in the April 27 issue of the journal Cell, suggest that some of these altered metabolic pathways might be potential targets for future drugs to treat the deadly cancer.
The investigators report that when they experimentally shut down the expression of the Kras oncogene in mice, the pancreatic tumors rapidly shrank, and, in some cases, left no visible signs of cancer. This outcome, they said, provides evidence that advanced pancreatic cancers are "addicted" to the Kras oncogene for their continued growth.
"This experiment allowed us to demonstrate that pancreatic cancers in their native setting are dependent on continued oncogenic Kras expression for tumor maintenance," says Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD, co-corresponding author of the report along with Ronald DePinho, MD, formerly at Dana-Farber and now at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Kimmelman said they also discovered that oncogenic Kras "basically reprograms the glucose metabolism of the cell by regulating the expression of key metabolic enzymes, some of which might provide novel therapeutic targets." If that is the case, then attacking these pathways might be more feasible than attempting to block Kras directly, since Kras has proven frustratingly difficult to hit with designer drugs.
It is estimated that pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma will be diagnosed in more than 43,000 people in the United States in 2012, according to the American Cancer Society, and more than 37,300 will die from the disease, which has a 5-year survival rate of only 5 percent.
It has been known that the Kras oncogene is an important driver of pancreatic cancer, unleashing chaotic proliferation of cancer cells, but a key question remained as to whether cancer cells that developed spontaneously in the pancreas needed Kras to survive.
To clarify this point, Kimmelman and colleagues created a genetically engineered mouse model in which the mutant Kras gene in the pancreas could be turned on and off at will through dietary manipulation. In addition, the tumor suppressor gene p53 was "knocked out" to model the loss of p53 that occurs in pancreatic cancer.
Next, the scientists removed an antibiotic from some of the rodents' feed, which inactivated the Kras oncogene. Scans and histology showed tumors beginning to shrink within two or three days and were diminished by an average of 50 percent after a week. PET scans revealed that the remaining tumors were no longer consuming glucose, meaning they were inactive. In addition, malignant changes in the tumors' tissue environment caused by the Kras oncogene had been reversed.
In collaboration with the laboratory of Lewis Cantley, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the investigators then determined how Kras oncogene activity enabled the tumors to survive and grow. "We found that Kras is regulating glucose metabolism in pancreatic cancer," Kimmelman says.
The researchers showed that the oncogene – which regulates the activity of multiple genes in cells – "reprogrammed" gene pathways that are involved in utilizing and processing glucose, which serves as fuel for cells. For example, experiments revealed that Kras activity shunted glucose building blocks into a pathway called the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) – a previously unknown connection. Importantly, suppressing these key metabolic enzymes regulated by Kras resulted in a significant impairment of tumor growth.
"These results suggest that it may be possible to attack tumors by inhibiting some of these enzymes," Kimmelman explains, though he cautions that it remains to be seen whether the enzymes can be reduced without having unwanted effects on the body.
Still, this research may ultimately yield new avenues for treating various cancers that are driven by the hard-to-target Kras oncogene.
Kimmelman is co-first author of the report, along with Haoqiang Ying, MD, PhD, of the DePinho lab, and Costas Lyssiotis, PhD, from the Cantley lab. The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health.


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Life of Pi [videorecording] / Fox 2000 Pictures presents a Haishang Films/Gil Netter production ; produced by Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark ; directed by Ang Lee ; screenplay by David Magee.
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Human-animal relationships -- Drama.
Ocean travel -- Drama.
Orphans -- Drama.
Storytelling -- Drama.
Shipwreck survival -- Drama.
|Life of Pi [videorecording] / Fox 2000 Pictures presents a Haishang Films/Gil Netter production ; produced by Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark ; directed by Ang Lee ; screenplay by David Magee.
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|Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu.
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|Rating: PG; for some scary actions sequencesCHV rating: PG.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
Based on the novel by Yann Martel.
Special features: A remarkable vision; theatrical trailer; sneak peek.
English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish subtitles.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); closed-captioned.
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital (English), Dolby surround (French, Spanish).
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|A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
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|Academy Awards (2013) for: Best Achievement in Cinematography; Best Achievement in Directing; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score; Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Golden Globes (2013) for: Best Original Score - Motion Picture.
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Visions of Harmony: Study in Nineteenth Century Millenarianism
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Prophetically, the Island of Utopia is set in or near the Americas – More, characteristically, forgot to ask exactly where. And it was in the Americas that the most extensive, long-lived, and most fantastical, utopian experiments were conducted. The New World's open spaces provided a constant challenge to the quirkier side of the European social and moral imagination until the end of the 19th century. Most of the early settlers came in quest of some new life. Most wished to live out some version of the privileged worlds they had been denied access to in their home countries. But there were others who came with ambitions to fabricate wholly new worlds, cities on a hill, where life could be made better, happier or morally more complete. In the Catholic South such experiments were largely confined to various attempts to reconstruct the primitive apostolic Church. One Franciscan, with an annotated copy of More's book in his habit, went so far as to take some at least of the 'features in the Utopian commonwealth' and test them out on the Indians of Michoacan. The famous Jesuit 'reductions' in Paraguay – the subject of The Mission and now, improbably, of a Jesuit comic-book – though far from traditionally utopian, operated with the same sense that out there in the tropical rain-forests man could retrace his steps and begin again. In the North, such utopian communities were private ventures: and they proliferated – Oneida, New Harmony, Equality, True Inspiration. There was even one called Utopia. 'We are all a little wild here,' Emerson wrote to Carlyle in 1840, 'with numberless projects of social reform. Not a reading man but has a draft of a new community in his waistcoat pocket.'


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The Guardian identified the pair as Tom Sauer, 23, Dutch-Russian, and Tom Fancett, also 23, British. The U.K.'s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), which coordinated the rescue with the 1,072-passenger luxury ship, said the two were racing the 7.3-meter PS Vita from the Canary Islands to Barbados as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (TWAC).
In a message posted on the TWAC Web site, Sauer explained how he and TeamTom co-member Fancett were changing places in the boat when suddenly they were "rocked by an enormous wave, the size of which [they had] never seen before."
"Our boat was thrown over and capsized. The cabin flooded." The Toms managed to get into their life raft as they watched the PS Vita sink.
According to the MCA, Falmouth Coastguard received an alert from an emergency locator beacon some 480 miles southwest of the Canaries, after which the Coastguard sent an alert to all vessels in the area. Crystal Serenity, which was also on a transatlantic voyage (from Europe to the Caribbean), was the closest, at about 120 miles out. The ship changed course and steamed through the night to reach the stranded rowers, who posted on the TWAC Web site that they floated for some 10 hours.
Cruise Critic readers have provided firsthand accounts of the rescue. "Unreal evening!" posted either-oar on the message boards. "[Early] this morning, the ship was way off course with spotlights on the water. Eventually we located an inflatable raft with two souls aboard (screaming their heads off). We hung over the rail and watched the entire rescue. I can't imagine what their fate could have been."
"The Captain and crew did a remarkable job rescuing these two men, who are now in the shops getting clothes," added marienbad, who also witnessed the event. TeamTom and Crystal Serenity are now en route to St. Maarten, where the ship is expected to arrive Sunday as originally scheduled. We've contacted the West Coast-based Crystal for comment, but have not heard back at the time of publication.
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Gabrielle Riel
La Maison Riel
St John Beach, St John
January 30, 1917
Dear Esteemed Leaders and Residents of the Second Life Steamlands, Aetherchrononauts and Historic and Alternate History Communities:
I would like to invite you to participate in the St John Mardi Gras Parade by creating a parade float. Floats can be created on behalf of a community or by individuals who enjoy building and would like to contribute to the parade.
The parade will take place from Monday evening, February 27 until Wednesday morning, March 1.
Community Leaders: could you please send this invitation to your residents via group notice and any other communication methods you use for your community?
If you are interested in participating in the St John Mardi Gras parade, keep reading below! If you have any questions, the best way to reach me is via email at email@example.com .
Gabrielle Riel
St John 1917 Mardi Gras Float Building Specifications
In St John, we have "the always marching parade" which means the floats are automated and moving at all times during the Mardi Gras celebration.
If you would like to create a team (Krewe) to build or sponsor a float, you are welcome to do so; however you do not have to be in a Krewe in order to create a float. Krewes can be community-based or simply a group of friends.
Our parade is meant for visitor interaction. We encourage people to ride the floats. This keeps the parade active for visitors, no matter their actual time zone. Think of the floats as moving works of art.
Creators, you can make your float simple or elaborate. Think creatively! Additionally, please build your float with at the very least a nod to vintage style as St John's theme is set 100 years ago.
Video Instructions: https://youtu.be/iCwhQRdZ2pU?t=4m30s
Note about video instructions: I created this video for the 1916 St John Mardi Gras Parade. I am also using it for the 1917 St John Mardi Gras Parade, so keep in mind that the dates that I mention in this video are incorrect for 1917.
Each of these specs is essential! If you do not follow these instructions exactly, your float will not work!
1. Create your float base as a rectangle with the following size coordinates: X = 6.0, Y = 0.5, Z = 4.0.
2. Rotate the base 90 degrees on the X Axis. The front of the float is +X, which is the Second Life vehicle default.
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* The float must have full permissions.
* The float can be no more than 30 prims.
* Please set your float base as your root prim. I will add the scripts to the base for the parade.
* Keep in mind that you will probably need poses in the build for riders. I recommend two or three poses per float.
* I have several full perm sitting and standing poses for floats. Contact me if you need some.
* Sculpties and mesh are ok, just keep in mind that linking them can increase your prim count.
* Scripts are ok, but keep in mind that more scripts = more lag. Also, please do not place your scripts in your float base.
* You must drop a full permissions copy of your float on me, Gabrielle Riel by 5:00pm SLT on Friday, February 24.
* Be prepared to fix your float and provide a new full perms copy to me as soon as possible if I find that the rotation of the base is incorrect.


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CAIRO (Reuters) - Days before a presidential election he seems certain to win, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi released a detailed, colour-coded rendering of "The Map of the Future", designed to reassure Egyptians he is serious about attracting investment in their battered economy.
But the idea is nearly 30 years old and was never implemented because of its high cost.
Like much of the programme Sisi has hinted at in media appearances, the map draws on practices from the era of President Hosni Mubarak, prompting more accusations that the former army chief is a product of the old regime.
Sisi, who was Mubarak's military intelligence chief before ousting elected Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi last July, has set out a bare-bones economic vision underpinned by age-old dominance of state institutions, including the army, and the hard work of ordinary Egyptians.
But voters and investors - even those supporting Sisi - have been left mostly with vague plans to remedy the economy, suffering from corruption, high unemployment, and a widening budget deficit aggravated by fuel subsidies that could cost nearly $19 billion in the next fiscal year.
The centrepiece of Sisi's platform - the map - involves the state building cities in the desert to enable a burgeoning population to live on 100 percent of the land. Egyptians currently occupy six percent.
"The vision aspires to achieve unprecedented rates of development and effect a quantum leap in the Egyptian economy after the way is cleared by the new administrative and investment maps for the provinces," his platform said.
Farouk El-Baz, a geologist who once worked for NASA, told Reuters he drew up the plan in 1985 - in the fourth year of Mubarak's 30-year rule when Egypt's population was 50 million compared to the current 85 million.
The "development corridor" that Baz designed includes a railroad, an eight-lane highway, water and electricity lines and fully developed towns and cities on 10.5 million acres of untouched land west of the Nile.
Sisi's project appears even larger, with 48 new cities, eight airports, fish farms and renewable energy projects generating 10,000 MW of power.
Baz told Reuters Mubarak was not initially interested in the plan. Baz then spent years lobbying the government only to have the plan dismissed in 2005 after a ministerial committee found its $23.7 billion price tag exorbitant.
Days after declaring his candidacy for president in March, Sisi turned to Baz and in four private meetings they discussed the corridor, Sisi's keystone, Baz told Reuters.
Sisi has said he will rely on contributions from Egyptians living abroad, foreign investment and continued Gulf aid already at $20 billion to finance the project's cost, which he estimates at $140 billion.
"They're almost suggesting that concerted state efforts in certain realms will magically solve Egypt's problems," said Nathan Brown, an Egypt expert at George Washington University.
"That's not a programme."
Sisi has consulted with international experts including Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, World Economic Forum head Philipp Roesler and Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.
His outreach suggests he is aware of the magnitude of the challenge and wants to rescue an economy hammered by street protests and political violence since Mubarak's fall in 2011.
"The key to my vision is decisions and approaches that open the doors to modernisation, labour, development and diligence before all Egyptians equally. It is the first of its kind," Sisi said in the opening to his electoral programme.
"You don't usually find the same person supported by the extreme left and the extreme right at the same time, and by the rich and the poor," said Abla Abdel-Latif, a member of the committee that advised Sisi in preparing his programme.
"So he has the political will and the tools to try and do things, and the programme that he's presenting is actually taking care of things."
Contradictions between past and present statements makes it difficult to pin down Sisi's intentions.
In 2006, he wrote that the Middle East's economic problems had been made worse by attempts "to sustain government controlled markets instead of free markets".
Nowadays Sisi has largely avoided using free market rhetoric, referring to the private sector mostly in appeals to help protect the poor and implement state-led development plans.
A national project on this grand scale draws comparisons to the High Dam in Aswan, a legacy of President Gamal Abdel Nasser to whom Sisi is often fondly compared.
Under Nasser in the 1950s, the state took on the role of provider and protector, implementing a welfare state buttressed by the Arab world's biggest army.
Subsidised food, housing, education, healthcare - and dreams of Egyptian glory symbolised by the High Dam - won Nasser legendary status, but lavish state spending proved unsustainable.
The public sector has since ballooned and the military - with a budget shielded from oversight - has accrued a business empire some estimate at up to 40 percent of the economy. Sisi says it is more like two percent.
His map plays well with a domestic audience eager for visionary leadership, though outsiders are less impressed.
"The general concern is that he believes the state can solve a lot of problems, although part of the issue in terms of state manufacturing is that it has problems of its own, so there is a risk he could just be layering on more problems," said Ahmed Badreldin, a partner at private equity firm Abraaj Capital.
Investors are unlikely to return to Egypt without knowing what will happen to a weakening currency, a changing tax regime and a huge subsidies programme slated for reform.
"We need to have a clear strategy in these three segments ... regardless of the change of government," said Ahmed El Sheikh, PepsiCo's business unit general manager for North East Africa.
"So I know I'm going to take a hit in an evolutionary manner instead of (a) revolutionary (manner)."
Although diplomats don't doubt that Sisi is determined to improve the economy and create opportunities for Egyptians, the lack of a realistic plan raises concerns.
Investors agree that the economic team Sisi puts in place will be at least as important as any specific policies.
Given Sisi's long army career, he may rely on military advisers. After all the military is believed to control a vast economic empire ranging from automobiles to tablet computers and has been seen as more efficient than Egyptian governments.
But some doubt that will be enough.
"Sisi is a child of cronyism and militarism, so will find it hard to mount a convincing reform agenda," said Daniel Broby, chief executive of investment boutique Gemfonds.
Additional reporting by Shadia Nasralla and Tom Perry; Editing by Michael Georgy and Giles Elgood


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Do It Yourself Artists Have What It Takes
Part of our philosophy here is that anyone has what it takes to be an artist. You don't need to be formally trained—although sometimes that helps—to express yourself in an artistic way.
That's why we make our studio space open to any and all do it yourself artists on our "Do It Yourself Weekends." These do it yourself art weekends happened roughly once a month, but sometimes the space is too busy to allow that so sometimes it's only once every other month.
The idea behind them was simple. We have tons of artists within our community who love creating art, but they don't always have the ability to go out and purchase all of the equipment, the accessories, and they wouldn't know exactly how to set it up even if they did. So how can we get these artists, who are dying to produce their work, into our studio space? That's where the "Do It Yourself Weekends" came into play.
Once a month, or once every other month, we open up our studio space to the full neighborhood, and for a nominal fee you can use all of the equipment. We usually charge around five dollars for an entire day of studio time. Where else can you find a deal that good? And obviously word has gotten out because the last few weekends we have had so many people we've had to put some time restrictions on certain activities.
These weekends are great because they solidify a community of local, independent artists. Our do it yourself weekends aren't just about making art, although that certainly was the catalyst to start them. They've not turned into something much more. Locals will come in just to get a glimpse of what's going on and see a few artists at work. They may buy a few pieces from the gallery upstairs or they might go out back to the BBQ.
That's right. Our little gatherings of local artists have gotten so big that we actually have cookouts now. It's not a continual cookout obviously, but either Friday evening or Saturday afternoon we will have a cookout for all of the people who are milling around. It keeps them interested longer, and the smell of the food actually helps attract people from the area too.
All in all, it's a great event that is well worth the time and effort to put it together. We have sculptors, painters, printmakers, graphic designers, and just about any other kind of artist you can think of. You name it and odds are they are here.
Our next objective is to try and organize a block party weekend at all of the surrounding businesses so that we can generate more attention for everyone. A few of the local businesses are closed on the weekends when we have these, but if we could get some of them to stay open and have a full block event, the exposure would be great. I'm sure it will be a great success and after our initial run, we'll have even more local businesses joining in.
Local Artists Organize Camping, Survival Trips for Inspiration
Inspiration. What does it mean? The answer to that question is different for every person alive. Some people get their inspiration from the strangest places possible—especially artists.
I recently ran across an art collective who claims they organize a yearly camping trip to get inspiration for their work, and I was very interest. So, I pulled one of the artists aside to see if I couldn't get a little more information, and here's what I was able to uncover.
Surviving Outdoors as an Artist
As you might imagine, the outdoors, trees, rivers, etc., are a big subject matter for artists. The landscape is a classic subject matter that never goes out of style and artists regularly use nature as an inspiration for their work.
But, according to the artist that I spoke with, very few artists know what it's like to be in nature. They see it from their windows, for airplanes, from other pictures, etc., but none of them have experienced nature.
I thought this was an interesting point. How many of us could actually go out and experience nature, survive in the wild with just a few hand tools. This is what this art collective is aiming to do.
It's part of a new and growing trend called "method art creation." Similar to method actors who take on the role of their character during the entire film or recording process, these artists want to go out and experience what it is like to live in nature to get inspiration for their art.
They are making it a week long trip, so every person brings nothing more than what they can carry on their person. In other words, they brings bugout backpack and anything that doesn't fit, doesn't get brought. See more about how difficult this is to accomplish.
Art Produced from Survivalism
My next question to the artist was, "How does this process affect your artwork?" I thought that experiencing the harshness of nature, that it might make for darker pieces with a lot of negative or dark tones involved, but he said it really depends on the trip itself.
If the trip was nice and sunny, then it usually makes for brighter pieces, but if it ends up raining or storming, they obviously the pieces are affected.
My Thoughts
I'm not sure if I would ever do a trip like this. I mean, I enjoy hiking and occasionally camping, but I don't think I would ever be able to survive in the wild. Drinking water like a real survivalist straight out of the river would be tough. I don't know if they have any kind of water purification or not, but even eating food would be tough.
Most people bring one of two emergency food bars, but those only last a day or two and they are outdoors for up to seven full days.
It might be a little extreme for me, but these artists are definitely committed to their craft and I can't wait to see some of the work produced from their latest trip.
Artists Raise Funds for Victims of Handgun Violence: Push for More Secure Safes
I was recently visiting family in the Chicago area and saw an interesting flyer I thought I'd let my readers know about.
As I'm sure many of you know, Chicago is one of the hardest hit communities from gun violence in America, yet it rarely receives much attention from those usually calling for tighter gun control regulations.
Well, the locals are taking matters into their own hands since the rest of the country has seemingly forgot about them—or so the flyer says.
Donating Money to Charities
There is a large group of local artists who are looking to raise funds to support those families affected by the terrible gun violence plaguing the city and the entire surrounding area. There are sometime 10-15 murders a day on the streets of Chicago from gun violence.
All of these children have families: mothers, fathers, grandparents, and usually siblings.
What is left of these families that are being torn apart due to gun crimes? Artist have banded together to sell their work and donate the proceeds to local charities that help out the victims.
Beyond their role in helping victims financially, they also want to see some reforms take place that help prevent these kinds of crime. Due to a recent Supreme Court ruling, Chicago can no longer outright ban all handguns, which is what the artist say they would prefer, but they have a second best option they would like to see implemented.
I met up with one of the artists to talk about their plan.
More Secure Gun Safes are the Answer
In order to stop gun crimes and prevent future deaths, we need to make absolutely certain that guns are not being stolen and trafficked throughout the streets of our city.
Marcus Gill, a local artist, says requiring gun owners to safely and securely store all of their firearms in a large wall gun safes is one possible solution to the gun crime epidemic.
"A lot of these guns are being stolen and robbed from people's homes. If we lock them up inside the house, these criminals won't be able to get them. That will keep huge amounts of guns off the streets," says Gill.
Some self-proclaimed "second amendment advocates" say this will do nothing but harm law-abiding citizens who legally own firearms for self-defense.
"If you make everyone lock their guns up in their homes, how will they be able to protect themselves in the event of a robbery? The answer is, you won't. You are preventing men and women from keeping their children safe," says Steven Willard, a pro-gun local.
Willard says he isn't opposed to using high-security gun safes to protect firearms. In fact, he says he owns many quality liberty safes and other brands where he secures most of his guns.
But requiring all of them to be locked up at all times he says will not stop the crime problem and it will only hurt families trying to protect themselves.
None of this changes the wonderful act, however, of these local artists, who are selling their artwork and donating all of the proceeds to local charities.
People are suffering and these artists are doing what they can to help.
Fracking Protest: Artists Rally for Clean, Softened Water with Filters
Artists have long used their medium to encourage and facilitate social change. This is part of what makes art edgy and provocative. Even today, artists throughout the world are making bold steps and statements for human rights.
Chinese artists have long called for free speech and ability to criticize the government.
This is something so many American don't truly appreciate and take for granted: the ability to use their medium for any kind of artistic expression for which they choose. All throughout the world, governments censor the speech, the press, the arts, of everyday citizens. This leads to a lack of expression, a lack of thought, and a lack of culture generally, all of which are fundamental elements of the artistic process.
California Artist Gather Against Fracking
Given their long history of advocating for social change, it's natural that artists in America, given their wide rights of freedom of speech and expression, would still be protesting what they see s injustices in there country, in society, and in their neighborhoods.
Recently a group of California banned together to protest fracking, which is a process of extracting natural gas and oil through high pressure well-stimulation.
The artists want to ban the drilling technique, which they view as harmful to the environment, but unlike most protests in modern America, these artist were not just protesting something, they were also making a stand for something else.
Too often protests are just "against" something and are never "for" anything. They are just "anti" events full of negativity and offering no solutions. This was not the case at the recent California artists rally.
Advocate for Water Softeners State Wide
While fracking was the specific issue that brought these artists together, they have since come out in favor of Fleck home based water softeners for every home in the state of California.
With the recent drought in California, they say that by providing each home its own reverse osmosis water filtering system the state will be able to save millions of gallons of water annually. If you can't change the conditions of water falling from the sky, your next best bet is to change the uses of that water.
Governor Brown has made several steps to curb the use and consumption of water in California, but the protestors say none of them will be as affective as requiring all businesses, hotels, and private residents to use water softening systems in their home.
The systems will more efficiently and effectively distribute the water throughout private homes and restaurants statewide, and since the home is where most water is used, it only makes sense to limit how much water people can use in their homes with their families and children.
So far the artists have not been successful in their call to ban fracking on a state-wide basis or for softeners for all homes and businesses. They have, however, been successful in getting several cities and municipalities to ban fracking completely within their limits.
This is seen as a big step in the right direction and half-way to the end goal of giving each home access to clean water that is filtered and free of any bacteria, germs, and pollutants.
Local Artist Get Involved with Beer of the Month Clubs
Art and beer? Why not?
That's what a few local artists are saying in the Portland, Oregon region and it's quickly becoming a regional sensation.
I recently took a trip down to Portland to visit some friends and enjoy the city. The Pacific Northwest is one of my absolute favorite areas in the country. The people are so energetic and full of life, there is always something going on and places to go, and the scenery is absolutely gorgeous.
And the nice thing about Portland is it's right by another one of my favorite cities to visit-Seattle.
Anyway, I was up there on a recent trip and I saw a bunch of artists outside painting, sculpting, and freehand drawing surrounded by beer.
This obviously isn't something you see everyday, so I had to go investigate, and the story is pretty incredible.
As it turns, out there are things called a craft beer club that send out different beers to a list of subscribers each month. These people pay a monthly fee to be on a distribution list and each and every month they get a new case of beer sent to their house.
No, this isn't a new case of Budweiser; it's a new custom, craft beer that most people wouldn't otherwise be able to experience because of the regional distribution of so many breweries.
So, how does this relate to local artists? Well, a group of brewers who started out making beer in their basements with homebrew kit supplies they cobbled together from friends had recently got picked up into a large beer of the month catalog.
For their premiere run, they wanted to include something special into each of the cases—a custom piece of art that was specific and unique to their hometown and their brewery.
So they enlisted a bunch of local artist for a day of fun, food, art, and beer to celebrate this new milestone of success for their business. It was really cool to be able to experience it. There was probably a few hundred people that turned out for the event, which lasted 3 to 4 hours (and I got there well into it).
The entire event was really a microcosm of why I like Portland so much. All of the businesses, all of the artists, all of the citizens, they are all intertwined. They all form a larger community that interacts and supports everyone else.
While most people wouldn't necessarily or automatically associate beer and art together, the brewery nonetheless thought to bring in the artist community for their new accomplishment.
Not only does this help the artists, but it also helps the brewer because the event turned into a big day for business. I mean, look at me. I had never heard of this brewery before. I had never been there before. If I hadn't seen such a strange site outside when I walked passed, I probably wouldn't have ever gone there.
But, as a result of their event, I went there, bought some beer, and even made a few purchases so I can make beer at home with my friends.
Portland is a great example of where local artists and businesses work together to create a great atmosphere for both.
Appreciating Chinese Art While Teaching English Abroad
As any good student of art history knows, fine art isn't something limited to the West. In fact, the ancient art that has come from the Orient far predates anything found in Europe.
My love and appreciation for all theses art was the primary motivating factor that led me to teach English abroad—and to go somewhere that was a distinctly foreign culture to my own. Being the son of European immigrants, most of Europe did not fit this description, as I have been there numerous times to visit family members and do some sightseeing.
However, I have never been anywhere in Asia. I had never been to China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, or anywhere else. Everything was completely foreign to me—and that was precisely the appeal of it all.
Now that I had the idea in my mind to do some traveling abroad, the next hurdle that presented itself, was how am I, a struggling artist living in San Francisco going to afford my way all the way to a different country to take in their culture and art in any meaningful way?
After doing some digging, the answer appeared to me with bright lights, clear as day. I found a number of organizations that offer PAID programs to teach English in Hangzhou and elsewhere.
There it is! That's the ticket! Are you telling me that I can actually get paid to go overseas, live out a lifelong dream, and learn all along the way? Sign me up.
It didn't take much time at all and I was on my way to mainland China to teach a classroom full of eager students who wanted to learn how to speak and write in English. Don't get me know, this wasn't something that just anyone could do. I always excelled in English, all throughout high school and college. And, in fact, I have a minor in creative writing, so this was something that was right up my alley. But, all in all, if you get the certification to teach English in Baotou, and you meet all the other requirements, you can do the same thing.
So, off I was to a new land, full of learning, adventure, and a new culture I had never experienced.
After teaching for a few months, a few of the other schools affiliated with my placement organization came together to have a mid year teacher meet up. It was great to get together with other teachers who are doing this for the first time, just like me. I spoke with some of the teachers from the programs to teach English in Nanjing, China and they had many of the same experiences that I had, which was reassuring to hear.
When you are new at something, you wonder if it's just you making the mistakes or having the problems or questions that you do, but really everyone is thinking the same thing. It's never easy your first go at something, so it was great to connect with these other teachers to hear about the experiences they had with their students.
Even though I'm not quite done with the program yet, I have been to so many different art museums and exhibitions. China and the surrounding regions are scaling up big time the amount of money they invest in cultural activities, so it is a booming place to be. Very exciting stuff!
Artists Partner with CPA Review Course Companies
The modern world of art goes way beyond the traditional studio. Art and design is in everything that we do, own, and operate. Companies like Apple take great pride in their designs and the fact that they hire artists with all types of backgrounds. In fact, Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying the best programmers, computer technicians, and creative people are artists. People who paint, draw, play music, and create designs work on much more than art projects.
This month I had the opportunity to talk with a local artist who is partnering with two companies that specialize in creating professional review courses for the CPA exam. Todd worked with Gleim CPA review and Fast Forward Academy on their newly redesigned courses in an effort to modernize them and bring them up to date for the next generation of certified public accountant candidates.
Todd started his project with Gleim. They were in the process of designing a user interface that allows CPA candidates the ability to access their study questions, quizzes and videos while reading the textbook. This is an important design feature that allows users to access all areas of the review course at once. Todd said that his experience as an artist was essential for this new project. His eye for design helped him organize a layout for the course that would accomplish everything. He was also asked to help redesign the Gleim cpa review discount books. Needless to say they loved his work and are in the process of planning a new project for him.
Gleim isn't the only company that was impressed with Todd's work however. Fast Forward Academy is a newer professional review course company that is trying to establish itself as one of the most modern companies in the industry. They strive to provide the best user interface and sleek design that will allow students to learn and remember information faster. Although Todd hasn't started work with FFA, he is in the process of working out a deal with the company to start their first project together. The Fast Forward Academy cpa study course will no doubt increase its market share because of Todd's great work.
As you can see, there is a need for artists of all kinds outside of the traditional art communities. Who else is going to design mainstream products, websites, and services other than true artists? An engineer or accountant would be able to create something so beautiful that consumers want to purchase and use it. Only artists can do this. So for all of you reading this with no idea where their art education and background can lead them; think corporate America. Think tech companies. Think outside the box. There are opportunities for all of us out there.


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Celebrity Wrestlemania doesn't get any scarier – or funnier – than the Monster Brawl, in which four contestants from the Creature Conference and four from the Undead Conference battle it out in the ring to take the title of the most powerful monster of all time. Representing the CC are Massachusetts' nefarious necromancer Witch Bitch, Louisana's slimy bog dweller Swamp Gut, Tennessee's very own Werewolf and, adding some continental glamour to the group, the mythical Cyclops from the Ionian Islands of Greece. The UC's creepily cosmopolitan line-up consists of Transylvania's Lady Vampire, Ingolstadt's Frankenstein, Egypt's Mummy and, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the one and only Zombie Man!
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Roger Roemmich, chief investment officer of ROKA Wealth Strategies, got the idea for his new book, "Don't Eat Dog Food When You're Old: How to Solve the Retirement Cash Flow Puzzle," when he was walking out of his neighborhood convenience store and saw another older customer rip open a bag and start munching.
Roemmich, 66, says his personal retirement planning involves continuing to work. His standard answer to the question, "When are you going to retire?" is "When you are driving home from my funeral, you know I'm retired."
For people who don't think they want to work quite that long, Roemmich offers what he calls the "CAMP" plan, which requires nailing down good plans supporting these pillars of retirement.
Cash flow. Roemmich stopped asking clients to create budgets because nobody ever did it. Now he asks people more basic questions. He asks clients, "Are you saving anything?" If they are, he subtracts that amount from their income and calculates how much money they need based on that number. Then he asks for the amount of money that Social Security says his clients can expect in retirement, and he wants to know how much savings they have and whether they are lucky enough to have a defined benefit pension. From these basics, he calculates what they are likely to be able to spend in retirement. It takes a lot more savings than it used to, he points out. And a lot of people don't understand that. "My dad retired in 1990 when a six-month CD was paying 7.5 percent. ... He could count on making $15,000 a year from $200,000 in savings. Today, somebody who has saved $200,000 is likely to be getting $2,000 in interest from the same safe investments," Roemmich says.
Aging. Predicting how long you are going to live is an inexact science, but Roemmich says, "People view retirement as a sprint -- three to five years and they're through. But I'm seeing research that suggests that in 10 years, we are going to lick heart disease and cancer. If that's the case, most people are going to live into their 90s and beyond. They have to look at retirement as a marathon."
Medical needs. Participation in Medicare Advantage and Medigap plans is low, and even fewer people buy long-term care insurance. Roemmich says anyone contemplating retirement must think through how they expect to pay for both routine health care costs and how they will manage to fund catastrophic care.
Purchasing power. Even if inflation is low, it will have a significant impact on every retiree's spending. Roemmich says one good plan is to delay taking Social Security until you're 70, when you can collect the maximum, plus cost-of-living adjustments. Another consideration could be a longevity annuity that kicks in additional regular income when you are in your 80s. But whatever you do, "If you don't have a plan for inflation, your plan is impaired," he says.
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Drupal's core search module requires an absolute match between the query word and a word e.g. in a node
in order to return the node as a result to the user. In the Greek language words tend to have many forms that
depend on many factors (e.g. grammatical), a fact that almost completely ruins the core search of Drupal.
The proposed solution
Stemming is performed to all words in the search query and to all words in all searchable content types (e.g. nodes etc..)
Initial Drupal implementation
by Vassilis Spiliopoulos (http://users.iit.demokritos.gr/~vspiliop/)
Port to Drupal 6, 7
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From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemming):
Stemming is the process for reducing inflected (or sometimes derived) words to their stem,
base or root form - generally a written word form. The stem need not be identical to the morphological
root of the word; it is usually sufficient that related words map to the same stem, even if this stem
is not in itself a valid root.
As a result, the search returns more results (in contrast to none in many cases, if no stemming is used).
The algorithm used is described in the master thesis of Georgios Ntais
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Optimization Panelists Light Path to Manufacturing Revival
Technology Innovation Key to Agility and Competitiveness
By Jim Montague, Executive Editor
Because economic dangers seem to loom around every corner, it's good to have a few experienced guides to help us avoid them. Luckily, a tailor-made squad of broad shoulders to stand on showed up in Chicago this week at the Rockwell Automation Manufacturing Perspectives media event, just before the opening of the company's 20th annual Automation Fair. The panel's theme was "Optimized Plant and Supply Networks: The Next Frontier," and was moderated by John Nesi, vice president for market development at Rockwell Automation.
"The four main keys to successful manufacturing today are keeping the pipeline of innovations open and viable, managing rapidly diversifying markets and workforces, maintaining efficiency and improving production, and keeping up on sustainability," reported Nesi.
First up, Nagesh Nidamaluri, senior general manager at Mahindra & Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd., reported that his company's 13 greenfield auto plants in Chakan, India, already are working with the company's IT department to connect the manufacturing execution system (MES) on its huge and expanding plant floors to its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
"We're connecting all of our many varied components and production equipment with IP addresses, which gives us the flexibility to be lean and expand as needed," explained Nidamaluri. "This method also gives us visualization for our plant managers, so they handle production in real-time, and shift or expand production lines more quickly in response to supply-chain issues and other situations."
Nidamaluri added that traditional IT versus control engineering conflicts mostly are resolved by the fact that he oversees both departments, and so he's been able to encourage them to work together. "We're even merging our digital manufacturing capabilities to the point that we're creating a digital bill of materials, and we're hoping to seamlessly link it with our MES system instead of relying on the old Excel worksheets."
Fritz Quitmeyer, director of manufacturing and controls engineering at AAM, formerly American Axle & Manufacturing, added, "Production data needs to be treated as a natural resource that's mined, refined and put to work. This information can be used to optimize operating systems, perform proactive maintenance, identify quality issues or just reduce costs. All this data can come from sources that are in-house, but instead of using it to react to situations, we can now use it to improve capacity ahead of time. It's been six years since we implemented a new controls architecture based on ControlLogix controls and EtherNet/IP networking on final assembly applications at about 10 sites. This approach has taken us from 52 weeks to 26 weeks to design and build a new manufacturing system, and from 24 weeks to six weeks to launch it on a plant floor."
Similarly, Stolle Machinery Co. recently worked with Rockwell Automation to develop a telemetry program, and add remote sensing functions to assist users of its "body making" machines, which extrude and form aluminum beverage cans after they arrive from an upstream cupping machine. "These machines can produce 3,000 cans per minute and need to run 24/7 for weeks at a time, and so we're trying to come up with a way to go from preventive maintenance to proactive maintenance. That's why our project goal was to drive and secure more intelligence," said Robert Isaman, CEO at Stolle. "We're also trying to have our customer standardize on just five can designs, instead of the 36 types they've been making worldwide, which should increase their satisfaction and keep costs down."
Likewise, Marquis Management Services operates several ethanol refineries in the midwestern U.S., and so it's also seeking long-term sustainability and to be the low-cost provider in its industry. "We're on the process side, but we also have a lot of data to collect and analyze to better predict operating parameters and reduce variability," explained Jason Marquis, president of Marquis Management Services. "Even small, 1% improvements in production can mean millions of dollars in savings, and so with help from Rockwell Automation engineers, we're creating multivariable process control models that can help us produce the highest-quality product at the lowest cost."
For example, because many bio-refineries are located in remote, small towns, Marquis is even connecting key, offsite engineers with these facilities by giving iPads to some of its some local operators, which gives everyone access to the data they need. "This is also empowering people who have been using mostly wrenches for much of their careers," added Marquis. "Now, instead of the maintenance guy having to radio in from the field and then wait for actuations to come out from a central control room, he can take the iPad into the field and make direct adjustments as needed."
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Travel destinations can change your life and offer new perspectives on how you view design. Inspiration is abound everywhere in the world, and this post is the first of two showing the design influences of other cultures. I have chosen European countries in this installment: France and Scandinavia. Both are vastly old yet offer very different inspiration when it comes to interiors.
While France is certainly a modern country, their design sensibility has remained a touch more formal and rooted in tradition. The revolution did very little to sway the classic lines of a delicious bergère chair or Versailles-inspired opulent mirrored side table, and for that we should be glad. There is something truly elegant in everything they do, whether it's pastries or an ornate crystal chandelier.
Shopping List: 1. Antique Flemish and Clear Glass Taper Candelabrum 2. Set of 4 Idyllic Bridges Framed Prints Wall Art 3. Avril Font Noir Accent Chair 4. Andre Eiffel Tower Table Lamp
Northern European countries that make up Scandinavia are just as old as France but have historically had a more modern approach to interiors. Even as early as the 18th Century, Scandinavian design has had a simplicity of form and color as can be seen in the above image.
Perhaps it's due to the long, dark winters that have resulted in Scandinavian's love of brighter, stark white decor and simple but elegant lighting. Regardless, there is a freshness to Nordic homes that seem unencumbered by the past. I love that the traditional Scandinavian exteriors mask a "shock of the new." Don't be fooled though - this minimalism can still reflect beauty and craftsmanship.
Shopping List: 1. Couture Polished Chrome Black Pendant Light 2. Robert Abbey Rico Espinet Buster White Globe Table Lamp 3. Set of 2 Azzo White Plastic Side Chairs 4. White Finish Beveled Rectangular Wall Mirror
These two travel destinations in Europe - France and Scandinavia - just barely scratch the surface of the design inspiration that's bursting from overseas countries. If you need a new perspective on design, may I suggest hopping on a plane?
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So, without further ado, here's what's coming up on Passions. You'll not see our usual speculation, but that shouldn't stop you from adding your own ideas below in the comments section. In fact, I'd love to see what you come up with. Let your imaginations fly!
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