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After eating our meal, our kids played in the indoor playground while we sat around and talked. Since it was our anniversary the next day, I bought everyone a milkshake (yeah, I know, I live on the edge) and toasted my beautiful wife on our soon to be anniversary day.
A young lady Chick-Fil A employee came over and said, "Sorry to eavesdrop but I hope you guys have a wonderful anniversary tomorrow."
After thanking her for the kind words, I exclaimed, "I love this place."
One of my best friend's son got married this summer and my daughter was the flower girl. At the rehearsal dinner that night, I sat near a young lady in college, a business major focusing on marketing. Somehow her part-time job at Chick-Fil A came up so I began asking her questions. Specifically, how does Chick-Fil A display a consistent high degree of courtesy to their customers, not just in one locale, but in any location you visit (I had mentioned it didn't matter what state we were in, NJ, PA, MD, WV, FL, or SC, my family had similar experiences in all Chick-Fil A-s). Most fast food restaurants focus on quick food at a cheap price. Chick-Fil-A food is good, but what makes it a place to "write home about" (or a least a blog) is the detail it places on customer service.
She said that Chick-Fil A puts a heavy emphasis on customer service. Interviews are extensive for a fast food restaurant. They want to make sure they have employees that place the customer needs first. Candidates spend time in a classroom setting before ever stepping in behind the counter to deal with customers. Quick, cheap, good food doesn't mean anything if the customer doesn't feel welcomed.
Based on my experience and my discussion, here is what I learned and how it relates to the classroom.
1) Customer First
In our classrooms, what is our emphasis? If it isn't the good and care of our students, then it doesn't matter how well we present our material. The latest technology doesn't mean anything if the student doesn't feel welcomed in your classroom. A great unit goes to waste if the student believes you are more concerned with the content of your lessons than on them.
You don't teach content or technology. You teach young people.
2) Know Who You Are
The famous ad campaign for Chick-Fil A is a cow holding the sign "Eat More Chickn". And they do fast food chicken well. There isn't much deviation. If you see a new menu item, it isn't going to be a beef, fish, or pork product, its going to be chicken. As a young teacher, I didnt know what I wanted to be and looked to be like teachers I admired. I tried to be the tough teacher, the fun teacher, the teacher-friend, the aloof teacher, the erudite teacher, and in the end, I didnt do any of them well.
I finally decided to just be me, and do me well.
3) Enhance the Experience
Chick-Fil A will deliver your food to your table instead of making you wait upfront and this allows you to spend more time with your family. They come by to fill up your drink. A manager makes their way around to see if all is well. And of course the 7 foot cow could come around offering high fives at any time. Very different than a trip to McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, etc.
How do we enhance the classroom experience for our students? It doesn't have to be in ground breaking ways. Some ideas. Give high fives to your students as the enter or leave, give out a "student of the week", allow them to have the class stuffed animal on their desk if they are having a rough day.
The more a student wants to be in your class,
the more they will be engaged in your class.
4) Listen to Your Customers
Chick-Fil A's tracks well any complaint or compliment to the location and time it occurred so they know what manager and employees were on duty at the time so they know how best to remediate or congratulate the team. How well do we listen to our students? Do we supply a mechanism in our classroom for your student to share their opinions (be it a formal survey or informal discussion).
Overcome the insecurity of hearing negatives about you.
Practice what you preach.
Practice what you preach.
Just as your corrections improves your students,
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text: THE 1969 edition of the "American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language" listed the definition for "computer" as "a person who computes." These days, 10 years after the birth of the personal computer, it's hard to imagine any dictionary making a similar mistake. Just as computers have permeated our lives, the language of the technology computerese has infused our spoken words and thoughts."Technobabble" is a serious and thoughtful, albeit humorous, chronicle of the computer industry's language and of that language's infiltration into our daily lives. John A. Barry illuminates the genesis of technobabble, explores the ways that new words are coined and proliferate within the industry, and attempts to discern the rules of the technobabble's style and grammar. Technobabble arises out of necessity, writes Barry: It's a shorthand for commonly used phrases or concepts. There is a logic to technobabble, he adds: With technobabble, verbs are freely turned into nouns and nouns into verbs. The act of installing software on a new computer is called "the install." Across the country, third graders are taught "keyboarding" and "mousing" in addition to reading and writing. Familiar words take on new meanings. In technobabble, "couple" and "dope" are both verbs, respectively meaning "to join together" and "to treat silicon with arsine or phosphine to alter its electrical properties." A "bug" is a problem with a program. "Floppy" is not an adjective but a noun describing a rectangular object used to store information. For neophytes, the hardest part of technobabble to learn is the vast collection of "TLAs" and "FLAs" (three- and four-letter acronyms). Once coined, an acronym takes on a life of its own, freely used both as verb and noun, or as the root for other words. Some acronyms, such as "SPOOL" (Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line) and "Modem" (Modulator/Demodulator), have been used for so many years that few people realize the words' origins. Barry also follows the way that words in their own right have been twisted into being acronyms: IBM's new line of workstations are described as "POWERstations," the letters in "POWER" allegedly meaning "Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC." (RISC itself is another acronym, meaning Reduced Instruction Set Computer.) He pokes fun at the industry's lawyers and copywriters, who insist on using acronyms in ways that make no linguistic sense when the acronyms are spelled out (for example, calling the n ew POWERstation a "RISC computer.") These days, technobabble allows companies to describe products that do not exist with such unintelligible precision that customers delay purchasing the products of the babbler's competitors. If you had the choice of purchasing a word-processing program today or waiting two months for an "integrated, solution-based text-management and document retrieval system," what would you do? But the most revealing part of "Technobabble" is its chronicle of the way that all of us, from the most computer literate to the most technophobic, have been influenced by technobabble: * The 1980s saw the rise of "networking" as a social phenomenon, as people sought to make new friends and interconnect within the business community much as their computers do. * With its heavy reliance on "smart bombs" and "C3I" (command, control, communications, and intelligence), the war in the Persian Gulf was accurately nicknamed "The Nintendo War." * People no longer tell their problems to their friends, they "brain-dump." People do not take vacations, they take "downtime." People do not chat, they "interface." "Technobabble" is a remarkable opus, categorizing and tracing the etymology of literally thousands of computer terms now in common use. In the process, Barry gives the reader an eclectic lesson in the history of the computer industry and a revealing look at the way that techies think. Gleaned in part from Barry's article "Computer Illiteracy," which appeared in InfoWorld, and column "/lex," which appears in SunWorld magazine, "Technobabble" is an insightful and humorous reference that would make a welcome addition to any computer bookshelf.

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This is the Blog of Andy Yourglivch bringing you Art, Culture, Literature, Music and Poetry direct from Norwich. A Fine City full of Fine Arts. To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wildflower... hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour...
Friday, 4 November 2011
Music for All Souls at UEA Chaplaincy
The programme for the evening was Officium Defunctorum (Requiem) in six parts - Victoria, Usquequo Domine - Guerrero and Versa est in Luctum (funeral motet for Philip II of Spain) - Lobo. A wonderful selection of music from the Renaissance period.
This event was a live event not a recording and proved that music is a miracle. Please save the UEA School of Music. The singing throughout the concert was of the highest quality in the splendid setting of the UEA Chaplaincy and with the added bonus of being given the history and background of the music between pieces. Please show your support and attend future events as well as signing the petition to save the UEA School of Music.
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Something completely different for todays posting as I have been busy making a few changes on the right hand side.
Also I have added some emoticons to my blog just to make it look more fun.
I love looking at other people's blog to see how they are set up and to see what they are doing.
For people who aren't aware of it, I am Pat's carer and so there are times where I don't get to post daily. So at times I can go for almost a week without posting.
For you as a reader, clicking and loading my site and finding I haven't posted can be a let down. So over in the right hand side, I had added a subscription feed. This way when I have posted you can be notified and go and see what I am doing for that day.
You will not be receiving SPAM through subscribing.
I use a blog feed myself as I have favourite blogs I like to visit regularly. Saves a lot of time loading up the pages only to find no update has been posted.
My sister Susan has a blog and she's a whiz at it, she was telling me last night via email that she had thought of me when writing her post.
Some of her features I have been wanting for a while, so last night I started to set them up and finished it this morning.
You can read all about the feeds and how they work at Susan's Art& Stuff as its explained so well.
Also another blog that is lovely to visit is my brother's blog Just Cruisin Snapshots Mick's blog has photos from around Australia and close to home in Adelaide.
Until next time....hoo roo
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Links, Feeds and Subscriptions
Something completely different for todays posting as I have been busy making a few changes on the right hand side.
6 comments:
- Susan Borgas said...
Thanks for the shout Sis! Glad the post was of some help to you as I am sure it will be to many others as well. *thumbsup*
- Sun. Jul. 22, 12:45:00 pm 2007
- Lucky-1 said...
Yes, thanks for putting the links up and your page and explaining about the whole idea of it.
- Sun. Jul. 22, 02:33:00 pm 2007
Emoticons! I NEED emoticons for my blog! Please tell me how! :-)
- Sun. Jul. 22, 06:02:00 pm 2007
- Lucky-1 said...
Easy Kimble:)
Click on Art & Stuff on the post and it'll take you to Susan's blog and the link is there:)
- Sun. Jul. 22, 06:36:00 pm 2007
- Scarecrow said...
Ooooooo Lucky!!!
I'm with Kimble! Thank you!
And Susan!
You know you've created a monster here with these emoticons don't you. lol
BTW I've already got a link to Mick's photo blog on my photo blog! :)
- Tue. Jul. 24, 01:45:00 pm 2007
- Lucky-1 said...
Glad those emoticons are going to be well used;)
Yes I was amazed to see Mick and you linking on the photo blog side and us on the vegie side.
Makes cyber space smaller than what it used to be.....lol
- Tue. Jul. 24, 04:27:00 pm 2007


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Welcome to Twin Peaks : momentum-space signatures of An- derson localization
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Quantum Systems with structural disorder present big challenges when is comes to understanding their phase-space dynamics. In particular, Anderson localization is well known to sup- press classical diffusion of (matter) waves in real space — but much less was known about its momentum-space signatures. Recently, a new signature of strong Anderson localization has been discovered numerically for ultracold atoms following a quantum quench : a twin-peak signal in the particles' momentum distribution. This structure combines the familiar back-scattering peak with a coherent forward-scattering peak [1]. The forward peak appears to be a genuine signal for the onset of strong localization, surviving in the presence of weak magnetic fields. Later, non-perturbative calculations in a quasi-1D setting [2] have confirmed that the forward peak can serve as a reliable signature of Anderson localization, which promises to hand us a valuable detection tool especially in cold-atom experiments.
[1] T. Karpiuk et al., PRL 109, 190601 (2012)
[2] T. Micklitz et al., arXiv:1311.2268 (PRL accepted)
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CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. – Julia M. Lane, a longtime Cortlandt Manor resident, died Jan. 14 at her home. She was 81.
A resident of Cortlandt Manor since 1971, Lane moved from the Inwood section of Manhattan to share a home with her brother, sister-in-law and three nieces.
She was born April 22, 1931, to Ellen "Nellie" Cotter and John Lane. Prior to her retirement in 1983, she worked for the New York Telephone Company for 35 years. She rose from telephone operator to group chief.
She was a longtime parishioner of St. Columbanus Church in Cortlandt Manor. She loved to laugh, read and do crossword puzzles. She appreciated art and good films and had a knack for investing, her family said. Her greatest joy was her family.
Lane was predeceased by two brothers, William, in 2004, and John, in 2007. She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Mary Ann (Frank) Mattiola, of Cortlandt Manor, and Patricia Lane, of Bronx, N.Y.; four nieces and a nephew.
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Nestled into Loring Park this winter under the Downtown Minneapolis skyline, you'll find a skating rink that will bring Minnesotans together to enjoy one of our long-standing outdoor winter traditions. When you take part in skating on the rink during Holidazzle and throughout the winter season, know that VEIT was part of the group that helped make the rink possible.
VEIT helped provide the foundation for the skating rink, bringing in trucks of sand that leveled the surface and prepared the space for the skating rink. The rink will be free and open to the public beginning Friday, November 27 at 5 p.m. during the opening of Holidazzle. It will run during posted hours throughout Holidazzle, then will continue to be available throughout the winter.
The skating rink itself is a collaborative effort by the Minneapolis Downtown Council, Minneapolis SafeZone Collaborative and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
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Friday, November 27 through Sunday, December 20
Thursdays through Sundays
Thursdays and Fridays: 5 pm – 9 pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 11 am – 9 pm
"This provided VEIT an opportunity to have a positive impact on Downtown Minneapolis in a way other than construction work,†VEIT President Greg Boelke said.
VEIT has been part of the Minnesota community for generations, and in pairing with Holidazzle the organization is able to take part in a family holiday tradition that has become a staple of Minneapolis winters here over the past two decades.
Founded in 1928, VEIT is one of the largest specialty contracting and waste management companies in the Upper Midwest. Their corporate offices are located in Rogers, Minn., with regional offices in Duluth, Rochester, Bismarck, N.D., and Milwaukee, Wis.
VEIT provides earthwork, demolition, underground utilities, deep foundations, commercial diving, dredging, roll-off dumpsters and industrial waste landfill services to general contractors, private industry and municipalities.
At Holidazzle, VEIT saw an opportunity to take part in an event and an ice rink initiative that represents the cornerstone of winter sports traditions, Boelke said.
"In many ways, Holidazzle has become the kick-off to the holiday season here in Minneapolis,†Boelke said. "Holidazzle is special because it helps bring back fond childhood holiday memories that many of us hold dear.â€
Boelke said he hopes the skating rink will help provide a happy and cheerful holiday experience for all those who take part.
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Ollie, the three legged golden retriever puppy has become a worldwide Instagram star, and with good reason. Born without one of his front paws and forearms, Ollie doesn't let his disability slow him down. His good nature, playful disposition, and of course his Golden Retriever Puppy cuteness make him a joy to watch. Just ask his 49,200 instagram fans!
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Investors should not ask about returns
No matter how much investors would like to know, for many financial products they should not be asking how much returns they will get.india Updated: May 19, 2013 23:37 IST
No matter how much investors would like to know, for many financial products they should not be asking how much returns they will get.
A few days back, I read a column on a financial advise website whose title was 'That's all fine, but what return will I get'. The author said that the questions that investors were asking and the answers they were geting have diverged a great deal. As the title says, the thing that investors want to know is what returns will they get. However, what they are told by advisors is a lot of stuff about the investment process itself, which doesn't give them the answer to the question they want answered.
Of course, this is a universal problem and as an investor you must have faced it too. Financial advisors in different systems solve it differently. In that article, which was from the UK, the idea was that something called structured products was the solution. In India — and elsewhere, I'm sure — some salesmen's idea is to quote a number that is likeliest to close the sale while not being acommitment.
Even so, this is one situation where I think the fault lies with the investor. If you want to know what return you will get, stick to financial products where you are given an enforceable commitment, in black and white. Which means fixed deposits in banks, various small savings schemes run by the government and the post office and so on. Asking for an estimate or an informal promise on returns from any product that is inherently linked to a market — be it stocks or anything else — is inviting trouble. Either, you won't get an answer or you'll get a dishonest answer, simply because no real answer exists. In fact, if a salesman is willing to give such an answer, then that itself indicates a problem.
If you are planning to invest in a mutual fund, or any other market-linked financial product then the process that is followed and the earlier track record is actually the best you have — no matter how hard is it to get used to the idea.
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tower a high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter.
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park an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
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building(s) a structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc..
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administrative division an administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level.
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island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
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post office a public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed.
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lake a large inland body of standing water.
- Ferguson, Lake (6.3km)
stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
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Scholarship CenterMarine Corps Scholarship Foundation, Inc. The Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, encourages needy and deserving children of Marines and former Marines to begin or continue their college education in all fields, especially nursing. Awards range from $500 to $2500. Total family gross income cannot exceed $37,000. Amount Awarded: $$500 to $2,500Deadline: February of each year.Contact Information:
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In what's sure to be a thrilling series, the Golden State Warriors are about to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals. Here's how to stream every game on any device, as well as a few ways to catch the games if you don't have a cable subscription. Before we dive into […]Read More


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The Garridos have both pleaded not guilty to 29 felony charges, including kidnapping, forcible rape and false imprisonment in connection with the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard.
The couple allegedly snatched Dugard, who was 11 at the time, on the morning of June 10, 1991, as she waited for a school bus near her South Lake Tahoe home, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
Dugard, now 29, is believed to have been held captive for 18 years in a series of makeshift sheds and tents in the backyard of the Garridos' home on Walnut Avenue in unincorporated Contra Costa County just outside of Antioch.
While living on the property, Dugard gave birth to two daughters allegedly fathered by Phillip Garrido.
Prosecutor Bill Clark said today that his office is ready to set a date for a preliminary hearing, but that he believed the defense would ask the judge to further delay the hearing.
The district attorney's office does not plan to offer either defendant a plea deal in the case, Clark said.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A Louisville couple whose teenage daughter had her feet severed on a ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom have sued the park. They also want a judge to order the park not to destroy a cable that investigators believe tore off the girl's feet.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that Randall and Monique Lasitter filed the lawsuit today on behalf of 13-year-old Kaitlyn Lasitter. She remains hospitalized, in good condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Doctors at Vanderbilt reattached Kaitlyn's right foot after the June 21st accident but couldn't save the left because of the severity of the injury.
The lawsuit claims the park failed to maintain the equipment and ensure riders' safety.
It seeks unspecified damages.
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On 27 April 2008, Arizona Opera presented a slightly updated production of Verdi's La Traviata in the southern city of Tucson. The stage director was Thaddeus Strassberger, who has mounted opera productions in numerous theaters both in the US and abroad. Here, he concentrated on making his characters real and true to life. For example, since Violetta was in the last stages of tuberculosis, he had her inject herself with opiates to dull the pain.
Alexandra Deshorties as Violetta, after having just injected herself with an opiate, in Arizona Opera's 'La Traviata'. Photo © 2008 Scott Humbert
Alexandra Deshorties was a valiant Violetta who raged against the death that stalked her. She made you see the legendary courtesan as a flesh and blood woman who sang Verdi's exquisite music with stylistic grace. Sean Panikkar played her true love, Alfredo, with intense emotional commitment and opulent virtuosity. For him, the often omitted cabaletta, 'O mio rimorso', held no terrors whatsoever, and he tossed it off with seeming ease. We can hope to hear a great deal more from both of these young artists.
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Home Project Overview Location Amenities Home Lumiere Residences, Pasig City Lumiere Residences, located at Pasig City, is a premier condo community project of DMCI Homes—a company of innovative builders and engineering experts that develop modern day living solutions for urban…
In line with DMCI Homes' search for innovations to improve the urban dweller's condo living conditions and to add to the already successful implementation of the single-loaded corridors, DMCI Homes has designed another innovation that integrates natural light and ventilation in their building design features. Called Lumiventt, with lumen referring to light and ventus to wind, this system allows the free flow of natural light and ventilation around their high-rise structures.
Maricielo Villas DMCI Homes will rise on an 18,522-sqm lot. The development will house five Spanish Mission-themed, medium-rise buildings, blending with the establishments in the area all conforming to the motif of 18th century colonial period.
The concept of green architecture is currently defining today's real estate development. This is the signature feature in the projects of DMCI Homes that has always been incorporated into the company's residential projects and enjoyed by their residents.
DMCI Homes is the country's premier triple A builder/developer that offers modest income earning families optimum value for their money by providing homes with exceptional features and amenities, world-standard level of craftsmanship borne out of almost 55 years' experience in the construction and development industry.
Urban living can be easy if that home is ideally situated, affordable, accessible, and secure. DMCI Homes' untarnished track record proves that such desirable living environments exist and thrive.
D.M. Consunji, Inc., being the construction affiliate of DMCI Homes, has been building local and international landmarks and residential communities all bearing exceptionally fine workmanship that can only come from its 55-year experience as a builder.
DMCI Homes' business philosophy is highly influenced by the group's founder David Consunji, who has built an empire relying only on his core competence, Austria says. DMCI is well known for building landmarks such as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Shangri-la Hotel Makati, etc…
"We are happy to have become quite known for offering resort-inspired condominium homes," says Alfred Austria, president of DMCI Homes. "It is not just a marketing concept but a genuine lifestyle that our residents have found out to be enjoyable and truly beneficial to their well-being."
MANILA, Philippines – There is nothing quite like moving into a home right at the heart of the metropolis yet surrounded by lush landscapes, natural light plus a lot of amenities for the whole family. All these come together at Tivoli Garden Residences, a project of DMCI Homes.
DMCI Homes' grand clubhouse features amenities that are open for different activities. There's a fitness gym, game room, receiving lobby, view deck, and an air-conditioned multi-purpose hall for friends and families who enjoy group activities.
DMCI Homes' newly launched project, The Redwoods, presents an answer to urbanites' quest for an ideal living environment in Quezon City. In the heart of Fairview, the mid-rise condominium village can be home to those who choose to be city dwellers. Spacious and well-designed, the units are ideal for start-up families, entrepreneurs and professionals.
DMCI Homes said it has already posted several offices worldwide to directly apprise OFWs of a best-option package encouraging as well as guiding them to wisely invest their hardearned money in buying their dream house.
Featuring DMCI Homes' signature building design — the single-loaded corridor and central garden atriums —the project takes away the cluttered and claustrophobic image associated with most condo developments. DMCI Homes has stayed true to its commitment of assuring every homeowner's health and well-being by bringing in better air circulation and lighting to common areas and individual units.
With the purchase of a condo unit, residents also get to enjoy DMCI Homes' signature, first-rate building features. These include lower ground floor parking, professional property management service, scenic elevators, roof deck service area, 24/7 security and single loaded hallways with landscape atriums.
Building on its heritage for construction innovation, DMCI Homes came up with the design solution to create residential developments where young middle-income families can live in comfort and safety. The Lumiventt Advantage is a feature found in at least four of its projects: Tivoli Gardens, La Verti Residences in Pasay, Royal Palm Residences in Taguig, and Flair Towers in Mandaluyong.
DMCI Homes has been building the most comfortable, resort-type communities for urban dwellers. Whether they are situated in Quezon City, Taguig City, Mandaluyong City, Pasig City or Paranaque City, each of the DMCI Homes' developments into which resort-type amenities and facilities have been integrated includes wide open space all around the housing structures, gardens with koi ponds, rows of trees and thick foliage.
Semirara, the country's largest local coal company, is engaged in the exploration, mining, development and sales of coal resources. It supplies coal to the 600-megawatt Calaca coal plant in Zambales, now owned by DMCI.
DMCI Homes is the country's premier triple A builder-developer that brings serviced, themed communities within reach of urban families who once had limited residential options, but still aspire to achieve a comfortable, enriching quality of life proximate to their place of interest. For inquiries on DMCI Homes projects, call 502-8116 or visit the website: www.dmci-homes.com.ph.
For now, DMCI Homes will still focus on what it does best – building medium-rise developments which constitute 70 percent of its projects.


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By John Mintz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 6, 2005; Page A01
Millions of Americans will be required to show passports when they reenter the United States from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean by 2008 under new rules announced yesterday by the State and Homeland Security departments.
The new policy, designed to thwart terrorists from exploiting the relative ease of travel in North America, means that Americans who lack U.S. passports will have to obtain them to travel between the United States and neighboring nations. It also will require Mexicans and Canadians to present either passports or another official document to enter this country, with details to be determined.
Currently, U.S. citizens in most cases need to show only driver's licenses to reenter this country from Mexico and Canada, though officials said that since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, some officials at border crossings at times have asked for additional documents.
"We're asking people to think of travel in and out of the U.S. [in this hemisphere] in the same way they would travel to and from Europe," said Elaine K. Dezenski, deputy assistant secretary for border and transportation security at the Department of Homeland Security.
Some travel industry executives predicted that the initiative could lead to long lines for foreigners entering this country and could discourage U.S. youngsters from traveling on school trips, or spontaneously, to Canada and Mexico. Much smaller percentages of young people have passports than older people do, industry officials said.
An increasing amount of travel planning is being done only days or weeks before a vacation begins because of Americans' harried lifestyles, and the new rules could discourage U.S. citizens without passports from taking quick jaunts to Canada and Mexico, tourism officials said.
"For the last-minute traveler, this could be a problem," said Hank Phillips, president of the National Tour Association, which represents the tourism industry. "We're concerned about this, but we're taking a wait-and-see attitude, because security is a top priority."
Michael Palmer, executive director of the Student & Youth Travel Association, which represents tour operators, said yesterday that the new rules also could "drastically" reduce the number of Mexican and Canadian students who visit the United States.
"I can see the student travel business [from Canada into the United States] almost drying up," said Doug Ellison, who owns a large youth travel firm outside Ontario. The regulations also will discourage Canadian cross-border shoppers, he said. "If you don't want us to come, you're giving us a good reason not to," he said.
The changes, to be phased in over the next three years, were mandated by the intelligence reform law approved last December and have been expected for months.
Sixty million Americans have U.S. passports, and officials expect to issue 10 million more this year. More citizens are obtaining passports every year because of the perceived desirability of having citizenship documents, said Maura Harty, assistant secretary of state for consular affairs.
The new policy was needed to tighten security for travelers around the Western Hemisphere in part because of heightened concern that terrorists could smuggle equipment or operatives into the United States from neighboring countries, officials said. U.S. officials also want to reduce their reliance on state driver's licenses because of the ease of obtaining fraudulent licenses.
State and Homeland Security officials are distributing cards to U.S. and foreign travelers in this hemisphere, warning that "all travelers to and from the Americas, the Caribbean and Bermuda will soon be required to have a passport or other accepted document that establishes the bearer's identity and nationality to enter or reenter the United States."
The rule's first phase will go into effect Dec. 31, 2005, requiring all U.S. citizens traveling by air or sea to or from the Caribbean, as well as Central and South America, to have passports. The next phase, which will apply these rules to all air and sea travel to or from Mexico and Canada, will begin a year later.
The last phase, which will affect the most people by far, will take effect on Dec. 31, 2007, and will apply the requirement to all air, sea and land border crossings with Mexico and Canada.
Phillips of the National Tour Association predicted long lines at land border crossings in the first months after that, however thorough the planning, because the vast majority of the 1.1 million people entering the United States every day arrive by land.
U.S. officials said they will decide later whether to accept as valid entry documents a number of types of official papers used by some Mexicans and Canadians who cross into this country frequently. Among these are the border crossing card and the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) card, given to some Mexicans; and other papers given to some Canadians under the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) and Nexus frequent-visitor programs.


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• Open for Business: How quickly can Georgian bureaucracy reconstitute itself after conducting a wild "Rose Revolution"? The Monitor's Scott Peterson found out during a visit to the parliament Tuesday, just three days after demonstrators had stormed the place (page 1). Instead of just slipping through the gate as he did on Sunday, Scott found Tuesday that all the usual security measures had been restored.
First there were the X-ray machines, then two separate identity card checks. Finally, Scott and his translator were given small "receipts" that had to be signed by the person they were meeting - the same time-consuming measures in place before the revolution.
• Study in Contrasts: Baghdad doesn't feel like a city under siege, says World Editor David Scott, who recently returned from a trip to Baghdad (this page). Traffic is heavy. Businesses are bustling. There's construction going on. But then come the reminders that, for brief moments almost every day, there is conflict.
"A pair of Bradley Fighting Vehicles can be seen occasionally sliding into a traffic rotary, and the goggled machine gunner on top is crouched over his sights, swinging his weapon at this target and that. Or, you'll be eating dinner or breakfast, when a thump, thump, thump can be heard in the distance," says Dave. "One night, we climbed to the hotel roof, looking for signs of where the mortar fire was heading. We could hear it but couldn't see it. As one CPA official told me a few days later, 'When it's sustained fire, you know it's us going after the bad guys.' In this case, it was an empty warehouse being pummeled."
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Spirit Immediate Trumpet Opening
Spirit announces an opening for lead or upper second trumpet. Brass players interested in the position would be joining current brass members that are experiencing a strong winter season. This year's brass staff of 12 instructors includes veteran teachers and brass experts. This brass team has a wide variety of experiences and has shown extremely high levels of success within the drum corps, collegiate, professional, and high school band worlds. Our 2009 summer production is shaping up quickly and has proved to be an exciting and fresh process for our corps. Those interested in the position should contact corps director, Joel Vincent at director [at] spiritdrumcorps [dot] org
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Vanessa Hudgens & Rosario Dawson: 'Gimme Shelter' NYC Screening!
Vanessa Hudgens is stunning while attending a screening of her latest film Gimme Shelter held at Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday (January 22) in New York City.
The 25-year-old actress was joined at the screening by her co-stars Rosario Dawson and Brendan Fraser.
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Vanessa recently made an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she talked about celebrating her birthday. Watch the video below!
In case you didn't know, Gimme Shelter hits theaters on Friday (January 24)!
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Room temperature negative differential resistance in terahertz quantum cascade laser structures
The mechanisms that limit the temperature performance of GaAs/Al 0.15GaAs-based terahertz quantum cascade lasers (THz-QCLs) have been identified as thermally activated LO-phonon scattering and leakage of charge carriers into the continuum. Consequently, the combination of highly diagonal optical transition and higher barriers should significantly reduce the adverse effects of both mechanisms and lead to improved temperature performance. Here, we study the temperature performance of highly diagonal THz-QCLs with high barriers. Our analysis uncovers an additional leakage channel which is the thermal excitation of carriers into bounded higher energy levels, rather than the escape into the continuum. Based on this understanding, we have designed a structure with an increased intersubband spacing between the upper lasing level and excited states in a highly diagonal THz-QCL, which exhibits negative differential resistance even at room temperature. Furthermore, this result is a strong evidence for the effective suppression of the aforementioned leakage channel.
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- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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- Applied Physics Letters
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- Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
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- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Research Org:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
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- United States
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- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 42 ENGINEERING; negative resistance; low temperature instruments; excited states; aluminum; high temperature instruments
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England cricketer Claire Taylor, the first woman to be named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, retired from international cricket on Friday.
The 35-year-old batsman made her announcement a day after helping England beat Australia by 34 runs to win the women's quadrangular one-day series.
Taylor played in 15 Tests, 126 one-day internationals and 27 Twenty20 matches during her 14-year England career.
Her most successful year was in 2009 when England won the World Cup and she was named player of the tournament for her 324 runs at 64.80.
Taylor, whose unbeaten 156 against India in 2006 remains the highest one-day international score by a player of either sex at Lord's, said: "It's the right time mentally and physically for me to step away from the international game.
"Fitting in all the training amid an ever busier working life is becoming unsustainable," added Taylor, a management consultant. "There just don't seem to be enough hours in the week.
"Physically I seem to need to spend more and more time in the gym recovering from injuries rather than training to get fitter. I'm getting old, I guess.
"The squad I'm leaving has huge potential over the next couple of years and I wish them well for the future."
Clare Connor, the head of England women's cricket and a former England captain, said: "Claire has earned the respect of all who have played with her, against her, or who have had the pleasure of watching her.
"Her tour de force was her 76 not out from 53 balls against Australia at The Oval to secure England a place in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009.
"The power, precision and clinical nature of that innings delivered a message on the biggest stage as to the enormous progress made in the women's game."
Taylor is the third leading female cricketer to announce her retirement in recent days, following Australia all-rounder Shelley Nitschke and New Zealand captain Aimee Watkins.
England star Claire Taylor retires
England cricketer Claire Taylor, the first woman to be named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, retired from international cricket on Friday.


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Do you realize that copper expands 67,000 times when it changes state from solid to vapor in an arc flash incident? This pressure wave can cause eardrum damage, concussions or consequential falls, and it can also damage surrounding equipment or tear protective clothing. This blast damage is sometimes forgotten when discussing arc flash.There are two primary types of physical hazards from arc flash when working around electrical equipment: shock and burns. Most people can relate to an electrical shock from personal experience. When I was a child, I would receive a shock if I unplugged the household vacuum and accidentally touched the plug prongs. I didn't get hurt, but wow! I respected the power of electricity after that. Obviously, the electrical systems that we design and work around have much higher voltages and current levels than my childhood home, so the risk for injury is far greater.In recent years, electrical burns have received greater attention and emphasis from OSHA, NEC, insurance companies and other groups. My father-in-law is an electrician at a large extrusion company, and over the years he has helped me better understand and appreciate electrical burn hazards.Three factors affect the severity of arc flash burns:
Anyone who has been through arc flash training and seen videos or pictures of victims can testify to the severity of arc flash burns. It's not a pretty sight, but it's an important reminder of the hazards involved that motivate us to follow needed safety measures.Facility managers and electrical technicians need to understand the risks of arc flash and properly quantify the electrical hazards. OSHA requires equipment owners to properly label all equipment in compliance with NFPA70E, and the National Electric Code (NEC) mandates that electricians mark the highest voltage contained within the enclosure on the cover or door. This enables qualified electrical workers to calculate the magnitude of the hazard and then select the personal protective equipment (PPE), tools and procedures rated for the nominal system voltages. This process also helps in developing the complete system design needed for short-circuit/coordination studies.Some questions you need to ask yourself, because your job and the well-being of others depend on it:
Please post below and share your experiences with arc flash, and what you do to address it.
Great topic to discuss! Anyone that is exposed to the hazards of electricity should have a complete understanding of what it takes to comply with the rules under NFPA 70E (Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace). The 70E is great resource for understanding the minimum safe work practices for electrical work - hazards that we all are exposed to when working on and around generator power systems.
I was involved in an arc-flash incident back in the mid 80's. It was just a "little old 400-amp switch" that I was upgrading a portion of the controls on, and didn't think that a No. 14 wire would be that hazardous....until it accidentally contacted the 480-volt bus and caused an arc flash event that burned my arms and face. But hey - if you blow yourself up do it in a hospital across the hall from the emergency room (which is where I was). That event was one that created my motivation to understand and comply with the rules and work practices for safe electrical work. (A week and half in the hospital will do that to you). Interesting side note: the hospital couldn't turn it off - it was too critical of a circuit and would require too much coordination to de-energize (after all, it had an emergency generator on it for back up power!). But when the switch blew up and was laying in the floor that didn't seem to be the issue.
So for everyone out there that wants to take care of their employees or themselves - understand the hazards of electricity before you begin work on it. It is one of the fundamental requirements to being a qualified electrical worker. And get the 2012 edition of the 70E and follow its guidance.
One of the problems we face all the time is working around switchgear that has not had an arc flash study performed - and there are no labels to tell us what the [arc flash] hazard is for the gear. It's those situations that really require us to be on our game and understand what we are doing, because if you don't understand it, even "a little old switch" can cause you great harm.
And before you work on it - turn it off.
Great comments Ron! You can't appreciate some of the aspects of the arc flash until you are up close and personal with one. Some still think that all of these rules and guidelines just slow them down. I was doing a site inspection of some MV gear at a remote pumping station for a large multinational pipeline company. The task was to be simple, remove power open the doors and inspect.
The first step was to open a non-load break isolation switch feeding a VFD's isolation transformer. I was super impressed that the site had all of their arc flash labeling done and that they were fully compliant with NFPA-70E. In fact, I was VERY thankful! Even though I am very experienced with MV gear and working around MV, I was still unqualified related to this site; its practices and procedures. (I teach classes on arc flash safety and NFPA-70E compliance). I commented, as we were going through our pre-work meeting, how impressed I was with their practices! One of the points of the pre-work meeting was the discussions on the flash boundaries- which, at points of the system, >800 inches! So, even more reason to treat this site appropriately.
After I had signed the forms indicating that I was briefed on the hazards and understood my role as an unqualified guest, we then proceeded to execute the plan per our pre-work meeting. One of their qualified team members put on his arc flash suit (appropriately suited for the arc flash incident energy on the equipment containing the switch). He alone walked to the equipment to open the switch. I, along with two other people where outside the arc flash boundary, in an outer room protected by a metal door with a large pane of safety glass which permitted a safe observation point.
What still lingers in my head, that moment were time seems to stand still, is the sight of molten copper on the floor glowing through all of the smoke and arc gases and the form of a hulking guy in a flash suit bursting through the smoke tearing towards the door.
Moral here is - the rules and guidelines in NFPA-70E save lives!! A mere 10 years ago we would all have been standing in the electrical room chatting as the electrician, in his regular greasy work clothes, opened the switch. In this situation, under similar circumstances, we would have all been seriously injured or worse.
All you have to do is look at the history of automobile safety to know how far behind we are in relationship to working with electrical energies; air bags, energy absorbing bumpers, seat belts etc. !! I remember getting into my father's old pickup truck where the starter button was on the floor. No interlocks- no safety features... this was state of the art then! Look where we have come. We need to continue to promote the ongoing efforts of safety standards like NFPA-70E to refine safety to its highest level.....my kids are counting on it! (They sure were glad that I made it home that day - could have been a totally different outcome if not for the NFPA-70E guidelines and a corporate body willing to stand behind it!) Glad you survived to tell your story too!
One big thing to remember is that 99% of the people working in the vicinity of electrical equipment know how dangerous it can be. There's a bit of education necessary for everyone in every workplace (perhaps even in homes) to understand that something as simple as closing a breaker can result in an explosion. Education and use of safety procedures religiously is important, and generally not well-enough done.
I am a PSSR for a Caterpillar Dealer, Power Systems Division. When inspecting an Automatic Transfer Switch for the first time, I get all the information for the switch (Model, Serial Number, Volts, Amps...) and make a lable for the outside of the ATS cabinet. The less we as service personnel need to open that cabinet, the better! Some education to our customers about arch flash goes a long way also. THINK SAFE, BE SAFE!
Very timely topic.
May I add that you, as the supplier of the genset and/or emergency power system, can do many things to help isolate and minimize the damage in the event of a arc flash.
For example, you have seen the "2-breakers-in-series" convention being used very often today by consulting engineers. You can do that or, much cheaper, a breaker in series with a no-load disconnect switch. If it is in swgr, you can add a "ground and test device" in series with the breaker. This device racks in like a breaker but has provisions for shorting line-to-load, line-to-ground, load-to-ground, or open. Contact your breaker vendor to find out more.
To limit the damage/reduce the incident energy level, you could add differential relaying zones. This is often used to protect generators, especially MV generators, but you can also put the entire switchgear into a zone. Differential relaying is fast, but still relies upon the clearing time of the breaker. So it is not perfect, but if you are close to the next level of incident energy, maybe differential relaying could help.
Be safe,
Good topic.
I always wonder about ATS's. They are much easier to open, and be exposed to, arc flash energy than any switchboard.
Add to that, some generators are classified as "unsafe at any distance" due to the generator's ability to sustain an arc without shutting down/tripping. That is how I have seen them modeled by some engineers.
What is the arc flash potential of a 80 Kw generator ,480 volt and 120 amps. Hourse Power of engine is 20% more than HP needed to run generator under full load.
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Under the Coalition Government which came to power in Britain in May 2010, major changes in the community supervision of offenders are underway in England and Wales. Under the new contract for electronic monitoring (EM) (the third since 1999), the government is planning a huge increase in the use of GPS tracking by 2015. Using GPS tracking could well come to be seen as a more reliable and credible way of 'doing' offender management. The government is planning to create the largest and most advanced electronic monitoring (EM) scheme in the world, using combined GPS tracking and radio frequency technology.
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The New York Times, citing unnamed federal officials, reported on Tuesday night that investigators were looking into whether the pilot deliberately crashed the plane.
East Hartford Mayor Marcia Leclerc said it "might be premature to state" that the plane was intentionally downed but acknowledged "there are concerns" based on details provided to investigators by a flying instructor who was aboard the plane, as well as the crash site's proximity to the headquarters of aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.
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The instructor and a student were the only people aboard the plane when it crashed at about 3:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday during flight training originating at the Hartford-Brainard Airport, police said.
The student was killed and the instructor is being treated at the Bridgeport Hospital's burn center, Leclerc said. Authorities have not yet released the names of the two men on board the plane.
East Hartford Police Lieutenant Joshua Litwin said at a Wednesday news conference that the plane had two sets of controls but that he did not know which person was flying the plane at the time of the crash.
Asked about reports that the plane was flown into the ground on purpose, Litwin said officials had not ruled out anything, including terrorism. But he cautioned that the investigation was still "in its infancy."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are all involved in the investigation, along with local and state police, Litwin said.
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A model at the centre of the viral time-lapse video that revealed the true extent of behind-the-scenes photo-wizardry in the fashion and beauty industry, has been named as Sally Gifford Piper.
A model from New York, Sally starred in the video shot by her director husband Tim Piper that lifted the lid in a spectacular way on what's truly possible in picture editing.
Though the video first went online in 2011, it only went viral recently, and Sally has been inundated with questions and comments about the revealing clip.
Sally told Entertainment Tonight that she had no problem with her imperfections being caught on camera and added that she's fighting for a more realistic representation of women in the modelling industry.
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Sally said: "I feel really angry about the pressure on women and the reality is that most of us don't look like these perfect women," she said.
That Sally is naturally beautiful only helps prove her point, showing that expectations on women's appearance to be doll-like, with unnaturally long, thin limbs and neck, mean that even the most stunning models are transformed with make up, clever lighting and of course, airbrushing.
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And that without these tricks, no one can look as 'good'.
She explained: "I got attention for the right thing, I think, as opposed to getting attention for being perfect,
"I got attention for being imperfect. So it's a little less pressure."
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Omnitrend's Universe
by Thomas R. Carbone
and William G.M. Leslie III
by Ray Berube
I first saw Omnitrend's Universe color advertisement in the pages of ANALOG. The text of the ad promised that "using high-resolution graphics, and more than 30 custom displays -- distributed on four disks -- Omnitrend's Universe allows you to experience the life of a starship captain..." As an avid role-playing gamer and Traveler fan, I was immediately intrigued. So, when asked if I could find the time to review Universe, I replied that I would make the time! Little did I know how much time would eventually be invested in reviewing this game.
Before plunging into the log of my five-year journey through the Universe, I'd like to call attention to some "cosmetic" features of the game, and then briefly outline the idea behind Omnitrend's Universe.
The first thing that sells a game is usually the price or the reputation of its designers. Here, Omnitrend takes a big gamble. The designers (and the first page of the manual lists Mr. Carbone, Mr. Leslie, and a host of others) are not familiar to me. Then again, neither is Omnitrend Software. Names like Infocom, Scott Adams, Adventure International, Sierra OnLine, Activision, Carol Shaw, Larry Kaplan, Epyx and others ring a bell and sometimes a gong with adventure enthusiasts. So adding a hefty price tag and an unknown group of designers to a new product is taking a gamble. Omnitrend felt the game was worth the gamble, and they were right. Universe should help to establish Omnitrend and its designers. It will admit them to that privileged club of quality game producers.
One of the most important cosmetic aspects of a game is its packaging. Infocom recognized that early on, and Omnitrend has followed their example. Universe is beautifully presented in a thickly padded, self-standing binder. This binder contains the game's instructions, a manual of operations, a disk sleeve for each disk and ample room to include any documentation the player decides to add (and add it you will!). The folder is clearly divided and organized to facilitate referencing and play. The paper is a high quality, glossy magazine stock, and typesetting is clear and easy to read. I used looseleaf reinforcements on the pages to prevent tearing, and with all the use the pages are put to during play, I recommend it. Fine, you say, but nice packaging doesn't make a game. Agreed, but in this case it enhances the game's playability, so it is more than just a pretty box.
A word about the cost of Universe and then on to its playability. The game lists for $89.95, but some incidental expenses (which are suggested in the manual but considered necessary by this reviewer) will push the cost to over $ 100.00 for the game. I bought the reinforcements and a package of looseleaf filler, and suggest you do the same. In addition, the manual suggests that the player copy the disks to protect them from damage. I say it's necessary! You will need six blank disks: four to copy the game disks, a player disk you'll have to create and, finally, another disk to copy the player disk (more on why later). All this copying is made much less tedious by using Brian Moriarty's Black Rabbit 2 (ANALOG Issue 9 or the improved version in the ANALOG Compendium). The progress of the game relies on menu selections, and disk swapping is constant. You'll cry if you don't copy a game disk and while inserting it for the umpteenth time you damage it. Your game is now worthless, so please make the copies!
The premise of Universe is very simple. You are part of a fringe star group hundreds of light years from Earth. Your society depends on regular assistance packages from Earth which arrive via a one-way hyperspace booster system. Suddenly these packages stop arriving. Chaos and decline threaten your civilization, but hope springs out of confusion. It is believed a hyperspace booster of similar design to those which allowed contact with Earth has surfaced in your star sector. Find the booster and you'll save your civilization.
Sounds easy, but wait! No one knows where the booster is, and as you begin the game, you don't even have a space ship. So you're a long way from grabbing that booster and saving civilization. This is where Universe begins and, right from its opening graphics, it grabs you.
The game allows you to enter into a mortgage and buy a ship and the barest minimum to outfit it. But star travel is expensive! In order to fund your search for the booster and keep your ship flying, you'll have to engage in mining or passenger transport or trading or contract work or even pirating innocent vessels. It is here in this realm of real experience that Universe overwhelms you. It is filled with detail and depth of experience. I can't imagine anyone playing Universe to the point of completely exploring all of its aspects! You can find the booster, but... that's just a lure to get you into becoming a starship captain. Once you own your ship, the game is exploration, gambling, warfare, experiencing a Universe.
How does Omnitrend achieve this wonderful feat? By a very structured and logical set of menus which guide the player but present new possibilities at each selection. What is a menu? Well, as a main frame business programmer, I'm very familiar with menudriven data base systems, but it's not a common feature in adventures for the computer. So I'm going to break down the organization of Universe by delving into its menus.
Included in the appendices of Universe is a skeletal flowchart of how the game's logic proceeds. It is not very detailed but can be used to understand the menus. Most computer gamers are familiar with simple menus usually found after the title screen. Some examples are: select joystick or paddle; select one or two players; press start for a new game or option to restore a saved game. In Universe this concept is carried further. For example, the Flight Menu consists of nine options and many of these lead to further menus and even more options. Docking Control leads to Parts Removal, Purchase Parts and Place Parts. Sounds a little overwhelming? Well, at first glance it is. To play Universe a thorough reading of the manual and careful pre-play planning is a necessity. Now on to play action.
Play begins by booting the Construction disk, and after some impressive titles and opening music, the first block of text appears. This early text sequence doesn't allow for any real decisions from the player. You meet a bank loan officer, mortgage your ship, and are sent to the shipyards to choose a starship. From this point on, you are in control of your destiny! On arriving at the shipyards you encounter the first menu, a list of ten ship designs. Each design can be called up and examined in detail. The screen, through a graphics window, presents a three-dimensional view, an overview and a side view of the design while a text area provides statistics such as cost, size, visibility, integrity and specific features. It's a good idea to study each ship design carefully. Some are more suited to mining or pirating than others and a poor choice can spell disaster later in the game. After selecting a design, the game requires you to create a player disk. This is a tedious task comprised of disk swapping that lasts for more than ten minutes! As the manual suggests, be patient. There's a lot of data being transferred. As soon as you complete your player disk, copy it! Otherwise, should you meet with an untimely accident like death later on (in the game, I mean), you'll have to re-create your player disk. With a copy you can pick right back up with the next section: Flight One.
The Flight One disk in conjunction with the Flight Two disk contains all of the menus needed for space operations. You select locations for equipment installation, hire crew members, buy fuel, weapons, additional equipment such as scanners, rescue pods, etc. You must become familiar with the operation of every part of your ship. In order to enter hyperspace, you must understand how your drive works (and there are several drives to choose from). Here is where the menus allow you total access to every part of your ship. You can select to operate or study drives, weapons, scanners, mining systems, computer controls, orbital shuttle functions and more from just ONE flight menu! The ship is yours to exploit fully.
From passenger transfers to orbital shuttle repairs, the Starport menu covers just about any activity that might take place on reaching a distant star system. I can't begin to delve fully into each area of these menus in this limited review. In fact, I've played Universe steadily, six to eight hours a day, for over a week to do this review, and I'm still discovering new elements of the game! The Starport menu allows you to buy, sell and trade goods and services. It contains the activities of customs clearance, transfer of passengers, even repair and fueling of your shuttle. Outside of some unsavory activities omitted, it covers all the ground needed for exciting starport intrigue.
To conclude, Universe is a blend of text and graphics adventure. Though in places its pace is slower than most shoot-em-ups or text adventures, the richness of detail is unmatched. And when you're in a fire fight, nothing happens slowly.
If you buy Universe, you'll find months of playing pleasure ahead of you. Even though its price tag is a bit hefty, you get your money's worth and more. Let's face it, if we can shell out forty bucks for Dig/Dug and be bored with it after a week, we can surely invest $89.95 or so for a game we'll still be playing throughout the year.


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- The Fencing Academy of Westchester in Hawthorne recently earned medals at the 2014 Junior Olympics in Portland, Ore.
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