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1 Virtual Office Solutions Tools for the Anywhere, Anytime Workforce Time Warner Cable New England Unum October 6, 2009 Maine Digital Government Summit
2 Agenda What are virtual office solutions? Case: Time Warner Cable New England Case: Unum Q&A
3 What are virtual offices? Tools for the Anywhere, Anytime Workforce Telework Anywhere/anytime Access to systems and data Solution fit Apply enabling technologies Tools For organization and employee needs
4 Trends and Drivers Potential pandemics Cost savings and staff efficiencies Staff retention and attraction; retirement; diversity Economic Development in rural and industry areas Work life balance Greener
5 H1N1 Swine Flu: Is Government Ready to Telework? (Aug. 28, 2009 Government Technology) Some states' emergency plans for pandemics include teleworking as a strategy, while others don't. The first step should be identifying mission-critical personnel and equipping them with the technology and policies to do their job remotely. - Cindy Auten, Telework Exchange
6 Empowered End Users A New Generation Innovation The next generation of information workers will expect a highly visual, connected, contextual information workplace they can take anywhere. Source: Forrester
7 State Government s s Challenges Flat or declining tax revenues, budget shortfalls Operational expenses on the rise Aging infrastructure Multi-generational workforce
8 Challenges Parallel Investments
9 Benefits of Telework Continuity of business as part of a disaster recovery or emergency plan Fewer people on the road means improved air quality and less traffic. Facilitates optimum utilization of facilities. Reduces absentee rates. Promotes health and wellness. Employees are free to be more creative and will have access to more perspectives. - Telework: Risk Versus Rewards, GovTech, 5/9/09
10 Challenges of Telework Meetings can become a challenge. Information sharing can be difficult. People - both in and out of the office - can feel alienated. Puts sensitive data at risk. Managers may find it hard to manage those working out of the office.
11 Strategies Establish relationships between employees. Manage deliverables. Engage in more dialog around employee development and goals. Trust until you have reason not to.
12 Value to Government Supports green initiatives Increases customer satisfaction Increases responsiveness Speeds decision making Fosters collaborative culture across all staff Increases efficiency through new tools Assists in recruitment
13 TWC New England TWC s New England Division Call Center Pilot program in 4 th Quarter of 2008 Full Program rollout in 2 nd Quarter of 2009 Work from Home (WFH) program Virtual Agents Goals: Allow flexible staff expansion Increase productivity and performance Address the changing workforce Continue high levels of customer service
14 TWC New England Rollout Best practices through Maine Call Center Association Benchmarked UNUM Qualifying and supporting employees Technology solution Virtual Desk Tops for agents Soft phones Connecting via VPNs over Ethernet To centralized blade servers and telecom Security, manageability, reliability, scalability and optimized total costs
15 TWC New England Outcome and Lessons Learned Customers get the prompt attention they need TWC has the availability of agents without space limitations Increased Customer satisfaction through immediate available staffing during high severity outages Employee Satisfaction
16 Unum Remote Access Services
17 Unum Remote Access Services Present Approach Solutions & Services A look at Unum s Contact Center The Next Generation Pandemic Plans Questions
18 Remote Access Unum in 2003 to Present 2003 Confusing, non-standard, inflexible & expensive Expensive Proprietary Dial Solution (MCI/WorldCom) Nortel and Cisco VPN (Virtual Private Network) Clients Unmanaged, difficult to support, no standards (Installed on Non-Unum assets) Corporate billed (200), employee paid, expensed through the company Expensed difficult to track & expensive to administer ($75 per report) All expecting support from Unum Contact Center Initiative to deploy Home Agents Need for a more stable full time home solution Present Standard Services for the Mobile Workforce and Work at Home Employees Standard Software & Hardware Consolidated and simple cost model Reliable Standard solutions Mobile Workforce Users with Unum Mobility Client, Cisco VPN Client and Secure ID Card Work at Home Standard Remote Users» 297 Employees enrolled in the Standard User Service Plan Enhanced Remote Users (Contact Center Driven)» 729 Employees enrolled in the Enhanced User Service Plan
19 Unum s Approach Developed Standard Services and Support Deliver a standard, secure, flexible, supported and cost effective Remote Access Solution Define policies and procedures Develop Supported solutions for the mobile workforce and Teleworkers Mobile Workforce/Occasional Teleworker Standard Remote User Full or part time home Enhanced Remote User Full time home Decided on Cable as the preferred connectivity Negotiated Agreements with Comcast National, Time Warner New England and TW National. Bundled Service for easy budgeting Followed all IT Security And Human Resources Policies
20 Work at Home Standard User & Mobile Workforce Standard User Solution End User Requirements Extended hours or fulltime work from home High-speed internet access to Unum systems remotely Residential broadband service Support from 4 a.m. 8 p.m. Monday - Friday Corporate Billing of Broadband Services Fixed Monthly Chargeback for Broadband Service, Support and Linksys Router Unum Mobility Client license fee and Secure ID card Technical Solution Unum Mobility Client and Cisco VPN Client Software DSL or cable modem access Adheres to Unum Security Guidelines Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless Router (with firewall capability and security) Secure ID Card Security All traffic is tunneled to Unum» Split-Tunneling is not supported Telephony software no additional charge to employee if desired. Mobile Workforce Same Technical Solution without corporate provided Internet
21 Work At Home Enhanced User End User Requirements Require extended hours or Full-time work from Home Require optimal performance when accessing Unum systems remotely Call Center Agents, Field Office Sales Reps Corporate billing of Broadband Service Dedicated Business telephone line if required Technical Solution Cisco Hardware VPN Router Business Class DSL or cable modem access Adheres to Unum Security Guidelines Webcast exception Solution does not support Multicast Split Tunneling configured for access to Webcast vendor site only (Unicast) Permanent VPN connectivity New deployed Cisco Dynamic Multi-Point Virtual Private Network (DMVPN) Best Cost routing vs Primary/Secondary/Tertiary design Increased our Capacity from 500 users to 2000 (scalable in increments of 1000) Support from 4 a.m. 8 p.m. Monday - Friday Proactive fault determination and resolution Telephony Solution included Cisco Telephone or Software that integrates with a Unum provided Business Telephone line if desired
22 I V O L U M E O N K T L 1 I LN AE RN X TD X LD K L0 K L1 K L2 K C 3 H R1 X TD X CD H R 2 X T D X PD H P1 H S E R I E S Enhanced Remote User Design * 0 # Cisco IP Phone Cisco Cisco 8XX VPN Router Cable Modem Standard UPC Desktop Comcast MFP Unum Enhanced Remote User Time Warner Portland Level 3 Chattanooga Level 3 Columbia Cisco IP phone is not applicable to Call Center Remote Agents. Deployed for all non-agent enhanced users. Performance and reliability is based solely on the Service provider. Unum can not assure QOS over the internet. Portland VPN Router Chattanooga VPN Router Columbia VPN Router UnumProvident Corporate Network
23 Unum Contact Center Initiative 2003 Goals Employee Retention, Increased Productivity & Coverage Diversity Started as a reward for high-performing agents Agents must be within 2 hours of the office Specific Home Office Requirements Room size, door, desk, chair, windows CC Managers do site surveys and periodic visits Recognized 10%-15% productivity increase Present 63% of Contact Center Agents are Home Goal is 75% Deploying any eligible agents including new hires Maintaining 10-15% productivity increase Relaxed the 2 hour limit in special cases CC maintains optimal coverage if campus environments compromised Hazardous weather Building outages Experiencing turnover of agents deployed for extended time Agents feel isolated and detached Other Departments have adopted the program Human Resources involvement Employee eligibility forms Manager tutorials & guidelines Employee assessment
24 Next Generation Move to Voice Over IP Remove business lines and migrate to VOIP solutions Replace Avaya IP Softphone application and business telephone line with Cisco IP Telephones. Cost savings for the business & IT Cost savings for the business line can be re-invested in the redundant solution if desired Eliminate Long Distance Expense currently paid by IT. Contact Center Pilot on-going Evaluate voice quality for Agents Redundant Enhanced User Solution Solution to implement a second high-speed internet connection to the teleworkers home for fault tolerance and failover Test and Certification of the Cisco 881 router Alternate Services include DSL, Cable and potentially cellular internet Video Support Address some of the isolation and detachment issues Bandwidth for reliable video a major concern Cisco VPN Client Replacement Juniper Network Connect Client will replace Cisco VPN Client Added capacity for more concurrent connections Home Wireless support Unum provided & supported wireless router (Linksys WRT54G2) Standard Wireless settings in Unum Mobility Client
25 Unum Remote Access Pandemic Planning Leverage the existing Cisco VPN client and Juniper Network Connect infrastructures to increase capacity to 10,000. Secure ID cards Temporary expiring passwords Radius Authentication for the Juniper Client All laptops equipped with the Unum Mobility Client & Cisco VPN Client All Desktops have RAS software package ready for install. Juniper Network Connect Client being deployed. Employees must have High-speed Internet access at their homes. Support only Wired connections Telephone Service Licensing is available to deploy Cisco IP Softphone software to employees. Remote call forwarding can be implemented to forward employee s extension to home or cellular telephones The Enhanced Work at Home solution can be leveraged to provide a hoteling solution Limitations Internet Service Provider (ISP) Capacity Bandwidth constraints on the ISP network Campus Internet Capacity
26 Questions Contacts Kevin Egan Director, New Business Development Time Warner Cable Business Class Joe Aube Systems Consultant Unum
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Post-game specials from the LIRR, but who pays?By
My unintentional week of coverage concerning the new Barclays Center wraps up today with a look at an announcement from the LIRR. The MTA, as we know, will run extra service along the 2, 4 and Q lines after events at the Barclays Center in order to clear out the crowds, and this week, the agency announced plans to increase LIRR service out of the Atlantic Avenue Terminal as well. With extra train service and a dearth of easy parking in the area, everyone from the MTA to Brooklyn residents are hoping that relatively few people will drive to the Barclays Center.
"If you are planning on attending a Nets game or going to see JAY-Z, Barbra Streisand, Justin Bieber, The Who or any of the other top acts at Brooklyn's hottest new venue, we will have plenty of trains to get you there and get you home at the end of your evening," LIRR President Helena Williams said in a rather canned statement. "The LIRR's new Atlantic Terminal is just across the street from the Barclays Center, so using the LIRR is definitely the most convenient way to go."
The MTA has released a brocher detailing post-event service [pdf], and here's a detailed breakdown of the plan:
The LIRR's enhanced late-night service from Atlantic Terminal will feature eastbound trains departing approximately every 15-25 minutes after an event. Following Nets games, the last train from Atlantic Terminal will depart at 11:55 PM on both weeknights and weekends. Following evening concerts and other special events, the last train from Atlantic Terminal will depart at 12:41 AM weeknights and weekends. NYPD and MTA Police will be on hand to assist customers arriving at the Center.
There is, of course, a catch: These extra trains will essentially operate as shuttles, ferrying riders from Atlantic Avenue to Jamaica, where Long Island-bound travelers will have to catch the next scheduled train to their ultimate destinations. Still, as the MTA's brochure illustrates, the increased service is designed to ensure that riders make it to their connecting trains in time. The shortest layovers in Jamaica will last all of two minutes, leaving very little margin for error. Island-bound riders who can't get to Jamaica will have to resort to 2 or 3 train service back to Penn Station.
I was curious about the extra service. Who pays for it all, I wondered. The issue isn't without controversy as the WMATA and Nationals have run into a dispute this season over service for games that run late. Metro has asked the Nats to pony up nearly $30,000 per hour when the team wants the D.C. subway to run later than normal. In New York, the system's closing too early isn't the issue but frequency is.
In New York, the MTA picks up the bill for extra service. The only exception concerns special service to Belmont for which the New York Racing Association pays. Officially, the MTA says it's just part of the agency's overall job. "Our subway, bus and commuter rail services remove cars from road, help improve the environment and support the economy. If thousands of people want to travel to a sporting event, a concert, a parade or just a nice day in the park, we are there to make their trips as safe and efficient as possible," the MTA said to me in a statement. "Of course, the main reason we add extra trains and buses following sporting and other special events is to increase capacity in order to accommodate everyone, including regular customers who are not traveling to or from an event."
I'll leave you then with a question: Should the MTA pay for this service? It comes, after all, out of taxpayer and fare-payer pockets, but at the same time, the extra service goes a long way toward keeping cars off the road. One of the reasons why the Yankee Stadium parking lots, for instance, have been so empty is due to the increased Metro-North and subway service. It seems then that the few extra trains are beneficial to everyone. It's a win-win a relatively marginal cost.
31 Responses to "Post-game specials from the LIRR, but who pays?"
For an off peak improvement, with all those fixed costs, what you are really talking about is electric power and the crew on the trains. Which isn't much compared with the track, signals, stations, car maintenance, pensions, workman's comp, health insurance, etc.
Only on the LIRR would it even be a question that the farebox will more than cover the marginal cost.
Maintenance scales with distance driven, so add that. That's on both the FRA for requiring every EMU to be maintained as if it's a locomotive, and the LIRR for having steam-era work rules.
Post-game specials don't need to be profitable for the TA to be worth it. They just need to not result in a bigger loss per-rider, and I don't see why they aren't reasonable. The TA is absolutely right that it's better than stuffing even a fraction of that many people into cars.
Shuttle trains running after events should be very full. Since this doesn't extend operating hours and as Larry mentioned, only requires extra crews and power cost, The LIRR should actually gain revenue from these full trains.
The toughest part will be checking tickets on packed trains to ensure everyone is paying. In San Francisco for Caltrain Service after Giants games the trains are standing room only, and the conductors are unable to walk through the trains to check tickets. This forces them to check all the passenger tickets manually before people board the platform.
Getting a universal transit card for the region fare gate entry to the very busiest stations like Atlantic Ave, Penn Station and Grand Central would help ensure fewer lost fare revenues.
At Willets Point (LIRR), and probably Belmont too, the MTA does ticket checks as you exit the station, and then before going to the platform on the trip home. For NJ Transit service to the Meadowlands, you put your ticket through the usual machine in switching between the Hoboken/Port Jervis and Northeast Corridor lines.
Weeknight trains currently leave at 9:42, 10:08, 10:28, 11:14, and 11:55. (also 5 trains in that time frame on weekends)
a 10-car LIRR train holds 1055 seated people.
They'll probably only need 2 or 3 more sets of trains.
Ten car trains don't fit at Atlantic Terminal.
WRONG, Track 1 and Track 2 can fit 10 cars easily.
Track 3 and Track 4 can fit 8 cars.
Track 5 is 6 cars.
and Track 6 is 4 cars.
People actually allow walk through the cars if Car #9 and Car #10 cant platform in.
I think it's a win for everyone. Long Islanders and those from Eastern Queens get extra service, and the MTA gets (hopefully) good will for helping that segment of the population, one that often thinks poorly of mass transit.
I don't have any problem with matching capacity with demand. That's the point of the system, to my mind. I would query whether there will be much farebox recovery though. I bet most people using the LIRR to get to the place likely buy monthly passes thatn cover travel to and from the fare zone encompassing Manhattan-Brooklyn and thus will pay no additional fare. The LIRR runs trains to Shea, which I think pick up casual users who want a quick trip from Manhattan, whether they may be Manhattanites or people transferring from Jersey trains. However, the LIRR route to Barclays won't touch Manhattan, and thus the riders will be pretty much limited to Long Island people, and Long Island train-friendly people at that, whom are pretty much the people you;d expect to already be in possession of a monthly pass.
I'd expect that some people from Long Island who do not normally commute to Manhattan to take the train to the game.
After all, they aren't going to want to take their cars to the borough their ancestors fled from a generation or two ago. Too risky.
Good point. The Long Islanders who occupy the imaginations of the people who comment on this site would have a host of problems driving into Brooklyn. For example, their cars might be jarred by the rough Brooklyn roads, which could knock their monocles off and cause an accident. The mustache wax they use is generally unavailable outside of Brooklyn Heights. Most of these figment Long Islanders spend their days playing golf at exclusive country clubs and tooling about on their yachts, luxuriating on teh copious subsidies provided by downtrodden people in New York City, and may be skittish about associating with them. Finally, they have probably never heard of Jay-Z, and since all the promotional activity didn't register with them, they may be completely unaware that a new facility even exists, or assume that it is way down market compared to their palatial Nassau Colliseum.
My wife grew up on Long Island. Her siblings don't like to drive their car to Brooklyn. They generally volunteer to host all the holiday gatherings where they now live, in New Jersey.
Something about being stuck on the highway for four hours on Mothers' Day on the way to vist Grandma during their childhoods.
It's perversely easier to drive into and park in Manhattan than it is in Brooklyn.
I am aware of a story of a medical specialist being summoned to a hospital in Brooklyn from a hospital on the upper east side. He drove down, figuring he'd drop into the doctors' lot for the Brooklyn hospital. That tiny lot was fuklly occupied, there was no nearby street parking and this $500/hour specialist lost about an hour just getting his car sorted so he could see a patient for 20 minutes.
Marty Markowitz says Brooklyn is where New York begins. It is actually where New York ends. Because there is no southern suburbs (the ocean is there), Brooklyn is the only borough you have to drive through another borough to get to from outside the city.
I know. I had to teach my kid to drive, and you aren't allowed to drive in NYC until age 18 unless you are in a dual control car. I had to drive through Manhattan to New Jersey, or through Queens to Nassau, for several weeks.
I have to ask: do you have an orgasm every time you write several paragraphs of crude sarcasm that completely miss the point?
Sorry, I'm sitting here by the pool in Long Island and I'm having trouble hearing you over the din created by the strolling violinists. Mineola is absolutely enchanting this time of year.
While it's good that they're adding service in the form of shuttles, it would be nice to see them do what Metro-North does with Yankee Stadium in the form of "post-game direct" service. I can see the platforms get awfully crowded if 1000+ people are trying to transfer all at once. At the least, they could do one direct Babylon train and one direct Huntington train making all stops. They could leave right at the end of the game the way Metro-North post game direct trains leave.
Metro-North can run direct trains from Yankee Stadium because they only have four places to send them: Stamford, New Haven, Croton-Harmon, and Poughkeepsie. There are ten potential eastern destinations on LIRR from Atlantic Terminal. One direct train to each is more service than they are adding and more service than they need to add. Probably also more service than they practically can add, considering you only have two tracks leading east out of the terminal and only six tracks in it.
LIRR could take an example out of Metro-North's book and run some of their shorter branches as shuttles only off-peak, which would solve the destination problem, but that'd require a change in mindset that isn't happening and I don't know that the track and switch setup allows for that to be done on Long Island the way it is on the New Haven Line.
The MTA should definitely pay for it. I don't see how it is any different then peak service — we don't demand that Midtown Manhattan employers pay for the extra service provided at that time.
But, like the tax-expenditure-subsidized, employer-paid transit passes that we already have, there are further ways to encourage transit use. For example, you could have some kind of deal where every ticket to an event at Barclays Center includes a free subway, bus, or LIRR ticket. This could be structured as a bulk purchase of transit service, with an appropriate discount.
The MTA should definitely be the one paying for this. It's their job to figure out where demand from their services is going to be, and to get enough service to meet that demand, this is just a particularly predictable situation. The increasing demand for services, like an increase in ridership, is always good for the MTA since it increases the fare revenue, but also increases the public's appreciation for great transit.
"The shortest layovers in Jamaica will last all of two minutes, leaving very little margin for error. "
I wouldn't sweat this one. In general, I've found LIRR very good about holding trains a couple of extra minutes at Jamaica to allow the scheduled connection.
Curious to see how ridership actually turns out, and whether there's going to be a Nets fanbase on Long Island (given MSG is better situated for Long Island fans) or attendance will mostly be for concerts and other events.
There's the chance that the Islanders might move to Barclays, which would definitely fill these LIRR trains up since it would be the only realistic way for Long Islanders to get to the arena.
Other than that I doubt the Nets will have a significant fanbase from Long Island (even if they played in Nassau County 40 years ago)
Even without the Islanders – there already almost 200 events set for the first year in the Barclay's. The Nets(without the playoffs) are only 41 of them.
The seating capacity for hockey at Barclays is only 14,500, because they stupidly built it so that you have to take out basically four whole sections of floor-level seating to fit a rink into the building:
I think from a pure revenue standpoint, the increased amount of suites and premium-level seating would probably make up for the decrease in overall capacity (16,250 at Nassau Coliseum), but if I were an Islander fan (and if there were such a thing as Islander fans), I would be upset at the decreased availability of reasonably priced tickets.
If the Nets are winning… ppl from Long Island will go… but otherwise yeah – I think for "other events".
"Island-bound riders who can't get to Jamaica will have to resort to 2 or 3 train service back to Penn Station."
Indeed, the brochure suggests that "For those planning to stay in Brooklyn even later, LIRR service to Long Island is available at Penn Station in Manhattan," and mentions the 2 and 3. Maybe I am being too pedantic when I say that if you miss the last train of the night, you've also missed the last 3 of the night in Brooklyn. (Of course, this lack of precision is of no practical consequence.)
I don't know whether LIRR would be helpful in that case, either = this is from personal experience, but I remember looking at the departures board at the LIRR concourse late at night. The train I was going home left at 1 or 2 AM. The train after that left at about 5 or 6AM.
This was only for Penn to Jamaica, so I don't know how horrid LIRR service on the outer reaches is at night.
The late night service cut in 2010 is planned to be restored in March 2013.
I don't remember what that service was, but I would guess at least one train an hour all night.
This is off-topic, I know, but there is nowhere else here where I can post it to be seen.
Today, I happened to be on East 47th St. again.
Last weekend, a workman told me that the new Grand Central entrance there will be opening on Monday (the 17th). Today, it was still not open, and a workman told me that it will open Monday (the 24th).
The only reason that I'm making a big deal out of this matter is that it shows how the MTA does not even give accurate information to their own employees, much less to the public.
Why not pay? That's what the transit system is for… I used NJ Trasit to the Meadowlands Stadium and Metro North at Yankee Stadium. I preferred both to driving…. and the trains were packed at both.

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Mega Man
|Mega Man
|Game Developer
|Game Publisher
|Release Date
|December 17, 1987
|Available for
|NES, Gamecube, Playstation, PSN, Mobile Phone
|Game Genre
|Part of
|Mega Man Classic Series
|Previous Game
|Next Game
|Mega Man 2
[edit] Overview
Mega Man marks the start of a benchmark Capcom franchise Mega Man is a 8-bit platformer in which the player takes control of the main protagonist, Mega Man in search to destroy a set of 6 Robot Masters, gain their signature weapons, and enter Dr. Wily's castle. Mega Man has a heath bar that, and when it is depleted, it's game over. However, enemies in the levels sometimes drop energy so Rock can replenish part of his health back. Each different Robot Master has their own unique level, and fight pattern. The player's job is to figure out which weapons work the best on which Robot, making it easier to defeat him, and move on with the game. All Robot Masters have a weakness, but one must be destroyed with Mega Man's Mega Buster.
After that's said, and done Mega Man must travel through a few more stages in Wily's Castle, defeat the Mini-Bosses inside, and take on Dr. Wily. These levels are played in a straight pattern so you cannot pick which level you do first. Before you take on Wily, you must defeat the Robot Masters you previously defeated as final test. When the player does fight Wily, he will usually have to fight a robot crafted from Dr. Wily rather than take the man on himself. This fight typically in split into 3 different parts with no health regeneration in-between. The player must get through the whole fight in one life. When that is completed, Mega Man has saved the day, and the game is over.
[edit] Game Story
Rock, a newly created housekeeping robot, has just been built along with his sister, Roll, by the scientist named Dr. Light. Light has been working along side of his colleague, Dr. Wily on 6 more robots that would be built to perform tasks that seem burdensome for many humans. However, Wily is secretly scheming, and, eventually, steals the 6 robots, and causes havoc to the city. His plan is to take over the world, and achieve total domination. Little does he know, Rock had a strong sense of justice he was waiting to use.
Rock volunteered to take on Wily, and save the city if Light could transform him into a robot that could fight. Dr. Light accepted the task, and got to work on transforming Rock into his new persona, Mega Man. Mega Man was equipped with the Mega Buster, and ready to rock.
Mega Man's first task is to defeat the 6 Robot Masters, and defeat Wily at the end. To do this, the player must gain the Robot's powers by defeating them, and using the weapons against each other. After Mega Man completes his first task, he must go into Wily's castle, and take on the mini-bosses inside. Wily's castle is a linear gauntlet with no breaks until the end. The only checkpoints come after a level is completed. Before the fight with Wily, the 6 Robot Masters appear again, and Mega Man must prove himself by finishing them once again before he can kill Wily. After that, Wily and his mechanical creations are the only thing in the way from Mega Man from saving the day. With no problem, he defeats the Doc, and keeps the city at peace. Forever....?
[edit] Robot Masters
Note: DLN stands for Dr. Light Number. Mega Man and Roll were DLN. 001 and 002. After this game, the rest are labeled DWN because the other robot masters were Wily's creations.
DLN. 003 Cut Man
DLN. 004 Guts Man
DLN. 005 Ice Man
DLN. 006 Bomb Man
DLN. 007 Fire Man
DLN. 008 Elec Man
[edit] Box Art
Mega Man has been know to have one of the worst box arts ever to be released, which shows a man in his late 30s' in a yellow and blue jumpsuit with a blaster in his hand in a strange pose. It has been voted the worst box arts in popular magazines such as Nintendo Power occasions.
[edit] Legacies
Mega Man marks the start of many Mega Man staples and traditions. Among these traditions are:
- Sniper Joes, a generic enemy found in levels, have appeared in many sequels.
- Mets are an enemy that has appeared in almost every Mega Man to date, coming in several forms.
- During certain cut scenes, Dr. Wily, in his trade mark saucer, would raise his eyebrows up and down, then fly away.
- The Devils are a series of monstrous robots made of strange goop that can fly to one area and reform itself. These robots appear in every series besides the Star Force series in different forms.
- Mega Man's ability to copy weapons from other robots are the main source of power in the Classic and X series weapons, turning Mega Man's suit and armor different colors.
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Cat. & Reference: All in a Day's Work
Things I cataloged today:
A textbook for English speakers learning to read and write classical Chinese prose.
A two volume set of books on the history of roads in Spain.
A book about an Ancient Roman silver drinking vessel with homoerotic bas-relief decorations and the scandal that ensued when it was acquired for the British Museum. (I'm pretty much scandalized.)
A book on the Ethiopic book of Enoch (which I had never heard of because I'm apparently not up on the pseudoepigrapha).
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Missing piece to protect the speaker?
Ive just change the screen on my iPhone 4. Its like im missing something where you ear go. The speaker im guessing. Is there supposed to be something in the "hole"? Like some protection?
Off course I cant remeber my self? - and I dont have any parts left..
So, am I missing anyting?
And If so, where to get that little part?
PS. I cant see on the screen ive replaced if theres missing anything, cuz the glass broken there.
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Deluxe Reports $27M Operating Income
Friday, April 24, 2009
Press release from the issuing companyST. PAUL, Minn. -- Deluxe Corporation reported first quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.56 compared to $0.52 in the prior year period. Adjusted EPS excludes the impact of several significant items described below which aggregate $0.32 per share. Operating results were better than expected in each of the three business segments due to favorable shifts in product mix, lower spending and earlier than expected savings from the Company's cost initiatives.
Reported diluted EPS of $0.24 on net income of $12.5 million in 2009 includes the impact of several significant items including asset impairment charges of $24.9 million ($0.40 per share) related to the write-down of goodwill and a trade name within Small Business Services, as well as restructuring-related costs of $2.4 million ($0.03 per share) associated with the Company's previously announced actions. The impairment charges resulted from the effects of U.S. market conditions on our assessment of fair value in relation to these assets. Results for the first quarter of 2009 also include a net benefit of $9.3 million ($0.11 per share) from gains on long-term debt repurchases during the quarter. Diluted EPS for the first quarter of 2008 was $0.52 on net income of $27.3 million.
"We are extremely pleased that we were able to deliver solidly on our commitments during the quarter despite a continuation of the economic challenges," said Lee Schram, CEO of Deluxe. "We made good progress on our strategic transformation while maintaining a strong focus on our cost reduction initiatives and implementing spending controls. We also reduced our debt level meaningfully and continue to manage all aspects of our business in a disciplined manner."
First Quarter Performance
Revenue from continuing operations for the quarter was $339.5 million compared to $377.1 million during the first quarter of 2008. The 2009 period had one less business day which accounted for an estimated $5.4 million reduction from the prior year. Small Business Services revenue was $18.5 million lower than the previous year driven primarily by continued economic softness. Financial Services revenue was down $11.9 million from the previous year and Direct Checks revenue decreased $7.2 million both due primarily to lower order volumes.
Gross margin was 61.9 percent of revenue compared to 62.1 percent in 2008. The restructuring - related costs reduced our gross margin by 0.8 percentage points in the first quarter of 2009. Gross margin benefited from our cost reduction initiatives and favorable product mix.
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense decreased $20.7 million in the quarter compared to 2008. The decrease was driven by benefits from cost reduction initiatives and lower spending. As a percent of revenue, SG&A decreased to 46.7 percent from 47.5 percent in 2008.
Operating income was $27.2 million compared to $55.5 million in the first quarter of 2008. Operating income was 8.0 percent of revenue compared to 14.7 percent in the prior year. The restructuring-related costs and asset impairment charges reduced operating margin by 8.0 percentage points of revenue in the current quarter. Benefits from cost reduction initiatives and lower spending more than offset the impact of the revenue decline.
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First Quarter Performance by Business Segment
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Financial Services revenue was $102.0 million compared to $113.9 million in 2008. First quarter order volume was down 10.5% compared to last year due to lower check writing and turmoil in the financial services industry. The benefit of a price increase implemented in the fourth quarter of 2008 helped to mitigate the impact of continued pricing pressure. Operating income in 2009 increased to $19.6 million from $19.0 million in 2008 as cost reduction initiatives and lower spending more than offset the impact of the revenue decline.
Direct Checks revenue was $44.2 million compared to $51.4 million in 2008. First quarter order volume was down due to the continued decline in check usage and a weak economy which is negatively impacting our ability to sell additional products. Operating income was $14.2 million compared to $14.7 million in 2008.
Cash Flow Performance
Cash provided by operating activities for the first quarter of 2009 totaled $63.0 million, an increase of $32.9 million compared to last year. The increase in 2009 primarily relates to significantly lower incentive compensation payments as well as benefits from working capital initiatives in the current period, several of which have also reduced the Company's exposure to credit losses from customer accounts receivables.
During the quarter, the Company made open market repurchases of an aggregate $31.2 million principal amount of outstanding 5.0% senior unsecured notes due 2012 and 5.125% senior unsecured notes due 2014. In connection with the repurchases, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $9.8 million, representing the difference between the net carrying amount of these securities and the total repurchase price of $21.2 million, plus additional interest expense of $0.5 million related to accelerating the amortization of derivative losses associated with the notes. In addition, the Company also reduced the amount it has outstanding under its credit facility by $9.8 million during the 2009 quarter.
Business Outlook
The Company stated that for the second quarter of 2009, revenue is expected to be between $325 and $340 million, and diluted EPS is expected to be between $0.41 and $0.49. Adjusted diluted EPS is expected to be between $0.43 and $0.51, which does not include an estimated $0.02 of restructuring-related costs. For the full year, revenue is expected to be between $1.3 and $1.385 billion, and diluted EPS is expected to be between $1.70 and $2.00. Adjusted diluted EPS is expected to be between $2.05 and $2.35, which does not include an estimated $0.35 related to asset impairment charges, restructuring-related costs and net gains on repurchases of long-term debt. The Company also stated that it expects operating cash flow to be between $175 million and $200 million in 2009 and capital expenditures to be approximately $40 million.
"We continue to expect that the economic climate will not improve during 2009, but are hopeful that the pace of decline is slowing," Schram stated. "Our focus for the year continues to be on leveraging new revenue streams from our recent acquisitions and e-commerce initiatives, stabilizing core check revenues and continuing to drive improvements in our cost structure. We believe these activities will position us to deliver better margins once the economy begins to recover."
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Robert Foster shed his blood for the Republican Party. Literally.
It was a tense scene, a blend of public service and patriotism that had him squirming as fellow Republicans watched, somewhat in awe. They'd even shot video, scored it with Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" and had a hearty laugh enshrining the moment in history by posting it to YouTube.
Foster said he'd never given blood before. The pinch of the needle sort of freaked him out but, as the Jacksonville Young Republicans' political affairs director, he said he felt a duty to participate in a recent GOP-sponsored blood drive.
It was the type of community service effort both major parties are doing to boost their profiles with voters as the 2010 campaign season heats up and the public looks for solutions and change in politics.
In the past week, the local GOP collected 28 pints of blood for the American Red Cross. Duval County's Democrats packed Easter baskets for needy children and hosted a group of Estonian parliamentarians who were in town as part of the International Visitor Corps of Jacksonville program.
Foster said the goal is to humanize the political system at a crucial time, one in which people who have never paid attention to issues like health care reform and government spending have taken passionate positions. He said when the emotions subside and issues cool down, he would like to see the same people remain engaged as voters.
"When you're strictly political, you're only high-profile in campaign season," Foster said. "We want to be high-profile 365 days a year."
Duval County Democratic Party Chairman Travis Bridges has been sending volunteers to the Clara White Mission downtown to assist with feeding the homeless. It's a humbling public service, he said, and one that helps political operatives keep focus on the idea that politics is about helping people.
That's a notion that can get lost easily in raucous legislative forums or news reports about crooked party finances, he said. …


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Dumfries and Galloway COUNCIL
2007 Results
18 Conservative
14 Labour
3 Lib Dems
2 Independents
(Conservative/Lib Dem minority administration)
24 Conservative
20 Labour
14 Independents
5 Lib Dems
3 Green
ScottishElections.org.uk Prediction
Conservative 18-20
Labour 13-15
Independents 3
Lib Dems 1
Dumfries and Galloway covers the south western part of Scotland from its borders with Ayrshire and Lanarkshire down to the Scottish border with England. The major population centre is Dumfries, which is also home to the council headquarters, with other notable towns including Stranraer and Lockerbie.
Dumfries and Galloway has been covered by two Holyrood constituencies since 1999, although the boundaries of these were redrawn in 2011. The western half of the council is currently covered by the Galloway and West Dumfries seat (previous Galloway and Upper Nithsdale), which is a longtime SNP/Conservative marginal seat with an SNP victory in 1999, being gained by the Tories in 2003 and held since. It is currently held former Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson. The eastern half of the council is now the Dumfriesshire constituency (formerly Dumfries), which has been consistently held by Labour's Elaine Murray since 1999. Part of the council area also makes up the constituency of the sole Scottish Tory MP David Mundell.
24 seats are needed for an outright majority on Dumfries and Galloway Council, so only the Conservatives are fielding sufficient candidates to achieve this.
The Conservatives, unwilling to work with Labour or the SNP, formed a minority coalition with the Lib Dems in 2007. Whether or not this could form the basis of a new administration after May is first and foremost dependent on whether the Lib Dems will hold any of their seats here. If not, a Conservative minority may be the most likely outcome.
Stranraer and North Rhins (3 seats)
2007 Result Lab / Con / SNP
Candidates Con / Ind / Lab / SNP
Labour had a substantial lead here in 2007, but their sitting councillor Willie Scobie is now defending his seat as the independent candidate against a new Labour candidate. Scobie topped the poll here in 2007, and also stood for Labour as a Holyrood constituency candidate just last year.
The Conservative and SNP votes are each large enough to get their single candidates elected, leaving the third seat to be battled out between Labour and Scobie. With his personal vote and high profile from last year, Scobie seems the favourite to beat the new Labour candidate.
Wigtown West (3 seats)
2007 Result SNP / Lab / Con
Candidates Con / Ind / Lab / SNP
Again, the sitting Labour councillor is standing as an independent against a new Labour candidate. The SNP actually narrowly topped the poll here in 2007, but have opted to stand just one candidate again.
The Conservative and SNP candidates are pretty secure to be re-elected with another Labour/Independent battle for the third seat. Although as the ex Labour councillor here has less of a profile than the previous one, he will benefit from a likely large excess of SNP preferences, allowing him to hold his seat as an independent.
Mid Galloway (3 seats)
2007 Result SNP / Con / LibDem
Candidates Con(x2) / Ind / Lab / SNP(x2)
The SNP and Conservatives polled the largest share of the votes here before, but with each standing only one candidate, the LibDems managed to gain a seat too. However, the Lib Dem councillor has stood down without a replacement, so the seat has already been abandoned although it would almost certainly have gone to a second SNP or Tory anyway.
The SNP and Conservatives will hold on seat each, with the third seat being very close between the two, but probably slightly leaning towards the SNP on their slight lead last time.
Dee (3 seats)
2007 Result Con / Ind / SNP
Candidates Con / Grn / Ind(x3) / Lab / LibDem / SNP
The Conservatives easily topped the poll here before, but have actually cut their number of candidates from two down to one. The sitting independent is defending her seat whilst the SNP are the only other party who polled above 10% here last time (making the LibDem decision to contest this seat but not the previous one even more confusing).
There should be three easy holds for the Tories, SNP and sitting independent.
Castle Douglas and Glenkens (3 seats)
2007 Result Con / SNP / Ind
Candidates Con(x2) / Grn / Ind / Lab / LibDem / SNP
Another strong Tory ward, although poor vote balancing last time lead their two candidates to come first and last respectively in first preferences.
The SNP and Conservatives will hold their seats, whilst the Conservatives will be trying to gain a second seat off of the independent. If they can correct their vote balancing issues, they should gain it easily.
Abbey (4 seats)
2007 Result Con / SNP / Con / Lab
Candidates Con(x2) / Lab(x2) / SNP / UKIP
(2008 By-election Con hold)
(2011 By-election Lab GAIN from Con)
This is one of a number of wards across Scotland to have seen, not one, but two by-elections since 2007. This ward was strongly Tory in 2007 but Labour narrowed the gap on first preferences in each by-election until they won on transfers in the 2011 by-election. The sitting councillors (now two Labour, one Conservative, one SNP) are all defending their seats, joined by a new Conservative and a UKIP candidate.
One hold for each of the three parties is assured, with Labour defending their by-election gain against the Tories for the final seat. The by-election results suggest a trend towards Labour over time, so they seem best placed to win the final seat.
North West Dumfries (4 seats)
2007 Result Lab / Con / Lab / SNP
Candidates Con / Lab(x3) / SNP
One of the most severely undercontested seats across Scotland, at least two Labour candidates are guaranteed victory here regardless of votes cast. That being said, Labour dominate this ward and won nearly three quotas of first preferences last time, only failing to get a third candidate elected due to transfer leakage to the SNP.
Two Labour seats are guaranteed, and the Conservatives should be able to hold their own without problems. The SNP vote is a little precarious, making the last seat fairly competitive between them and Labour, especially with fewer candidates to move transfers around this time.
Mid and Upper Nithsdale (4 seats)
2007 Result Lab / Con / Lab / SNP
Candidates Con(x2) / Lab(x2) / SNP / UKIP
Labour narrowly topped the first preferences ahead of the Conservatives, and the SNP were again quite fortunate to win a seat here last time, polling under half the first preferences of both Labour and the Conservatives.
Labour should hold their two seats and the Conservatives their one. The SNP seat looks vulnerable to a Conservative gain given the limited transfers to be gained, with the absence of a Lib Dem candidate this time making it something of a tossup between the two.
Lochar (4 seats)
2007 Results Lab / Con / SNP / Con
Candidates Con(x2) / Lab(x2) / SNP
Another very undercontested ward, with the Conservatives and Labour each assured of at least one seat due to a lack of competition. The SNP won the third seat here rather than the fourth as in the previous two wards, but the party vote was still well behind that of Labour and the Conservatives. On top of that, the SNP incumbent is standing down.
The Conservatives and Labour are guaranteed one each. The Conservatives are likely to hold their other seat, and the last seat is going to be competitive between the new Labour candidate and the SNP candidate, although the SNP are more likely to reach a quota with their one candidate.
Nith (4 seats)
2007 Results Lab / SNP / Con / Lab
Candidates Con(x2) / Ind(x3) / Lab(x2) / SNP
A strong Labour ward, with both the Conservatives and SNP being fairly competitive. The three independents are all new candidates.
All four current seats here should be easily held.
Annandale South (4 seats)
2007 Results Lab / LibDem / Con / Lab
Candidates Con(x2) / Ind / Lab(x2) / LibDem / SNP
The strongest Lib Dem ward in the council area, this will be their best hope for a defence. Labour topped the poll last time with the Conservatives second, whilst this is the weakest ward in the council for the SNP.
Labour will hold their two seats and the Conservatives their seat. The Lib Dems polled close to a quota of first preferences last time, but are likely to slip back on the general national swing. However, they are still considerably closer to a quota of preferences than the Conservatives were to two, however, so a Lib Dem hold seems fairly likely.
Annandale North (4 seats)
2007 Results Con / Lab / Con / LibDem
Candidates Con(x3) / Grn / Lab / LibDem / SNP
The Conservatives topped the poll here by a long way, with the other parties languishing close together far behind. The Lib Dem seat is being defended by a new candidate, whilst the other three incumbents are defending theirs.
The Conservatives' two seats should be safe, although being short of two quotas in 2007 does make a third seat seem unlikely. Labour should hold their seat fine, therefore the Lib Dems are defending their seat against the SNP who were only very marginally behind them in 2007 and seem likely to gain it.
Annandale East and Eskdale (4 seats)
2007 Results Con / Con / Lab / Con
Candidates Con(x3) / Ind(x3) / Lab / LibDem / SNP
The strongest Conservative ward in all of Scotland, they won well over half of the first preferences here in 2007. However, one of their incumbents is standing down, whilst another is defending his seat as an independent.
Graham's personal vote is questionable, especially considering he polled third of the three Conservative candidates last time despite having the advantage of being first alphabetically. Neither the SNP nor the Lib Dems are really in contention here either, so three Conservative holds and a Labour hold seem the most likely outcome.


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I simply love Audrey. She's the greatest :)ReplyDelete
Okay, that's really funny. I agree that it IS sort of fascinating about knowing someone's last name, if you would only normally call them by their first name. Conversely, as a teacher, all of us called each other by our last names, since we were in front of the kids all the time. But then after school, it was weird to call each other by first names.ReplyDelete
LOL! She sounds like she has an amazing memory and is a great speller! You have to get her trained for the national spelling bee! I can see where that can get annoying, but it makes for a very cute (and funny) blog!ReplyDelete
Gotta love that! Such a great skill, and although it's a bit strange she has a real conversation starter!ReplyDelete
And thank god she's not asking for age and weight and marital status, too. "Hello Jane Smith, age 38, 154 lbs, separated-since-March."
What a hoot! Ours is equally inappropriate... "Where do you live?" Since Zach is fascinated with maps and roads, he will ask anyone who glances in his direction... And don't think a street name is sufficient... he wants the number too!ReplyDelete
The girl has SKILLS! And with a memory like that? Spelling bee -Shmelling bee.ReplyDelete
Vegas baby!
Oh Please, I'm sure I'm not the only parent of a child with Autism who accidently memorized the movie Rainman (Dibbs,Sally,Sally Dibbs - the pancake waitress) and often fantasizes about turning my kid into a card counting cash-calf!
Am I?
I know we are supposed to teach them to use their "super-powers" responsibly, blah, blah, but.....Mama needs a new pair of Choo s! (and to replace the wheel bearing on the real left wheel) Mama can dream.
Too funny. Hey, that's a smart kid. She is going to keep you on your toes. ;o)ReplyDelete
I have really grown to love Audrey.ReplyDelete
That is HILAROUSReplyDelete
WHat a sweetheart
oh, aren't we having an interesting summer!!? Hopefully she'll move onto something else, at least she's spelling! And if she's enjoying herself.....yeah, oy! LOL!!ReplyDelete
I had a friend who had a son (who was about 4 at the time) who was autistic. He was obsessed with anything "moving" such as ceiling fans and water fountains. Well, he was able to memorize the names of every single ceiling fan that Home Depot sold. So much so she would go to Home Depot just so he could enjoy the fans. The employees loved this little boy and actually GAVE my friend a free ceiling fan!
I just marvel at the memory skills these kids have!
And the little yearbook that was put together is wonderful! I have the ones that my kids received from their elementary school years. They're a hoot to look back on!
Audrey's too funny. While going to the bathroom the other day she was spelling my name... L-A-U-R-E-NReplyDelete
Lynn, when are you going to tell her most people have a middle name too!?!
@Aimee: don't think that I haven't thought of Vegas. I just don't know if Audrey's talents extend to counting cards...I need to figure out a way to cash in on the spelling...ReplyDelete
@Reener: a free ceiling fan??? If I got a freebie for everyone of Audrey's obsessions, my house would be equipped with escalators and chocolate fountains.
Lauren: you are FORBIDDEN to clue Audrey in to middle names!
OK, Audrey and Jaylen need to get together. They would probably be able to construct something amazing, something the likes of we here on earth have never seen! What it would be, I don't know, but they both are so brilliant with ridiculous memories.ReplyDelete
Jaylen's thing is house numbers. Anyone who we've ever known, is defined by their house number.
This is hilarious! If she asked me my last name at the park...I'd be smitten!ReplyDelete


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I dropped the phone in the toilet then pulled it apart to let it air dry while putting it back together I smashed the #7 connector on the board, now I have no service and cant figure out how to fix it? Anybody have an idea? Was wondering if I could just solder the to connections together but I dont even know if solder is conductive. Help.
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