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Brussels, 7 April 2008
Commission Decisions on Mobile Communication Services on Aircraft - Frequently Asked Questions
What is meant by mobile communication services on aircraft (MCA)?
It means in-flight phone calls, e-mail type data communication and messages sent or received by passengers using their own everyday mobile phones. It does not include aircraft-specific phones, such as those integrated within the aircraft seat that are made available by some airlines, nor does it cover operational communications made by and to the aircraft's crew.
This service is currently limited to GSM1800 technology. The generic term mobile communication services on aircraft (MCA) is preferred to the previously used "GSM on-board" because other mobile technologies such as 3G could also be deployed in the future, depending on market demand.
What are the technical requirements for airlines that wish to offer mobile services to passengers during flights?
Airlines need to install MCA equipment, which is being produced by several mobile equipment manufacturers. This consists of a "picocell" (a very small mobile base station or mobile "mast") and a "Network Control Unit". The Network Control Unit stops onboard phones trying to connect directly with land-based cellular networks, which are not designed to deal with high-speed movement. Until now, the potential disturbance to land-based mobile networks was one reason for prohibiting mobile phone use in planes.
The other reason was the risk of high-power transmissions from mobile phones in aircraft interfering with on-board navigation and avionics equipment. This risk, already small, is made remote by the MCA service, which introduces a controlled environment inside the cabin forcing all mobiles to connect only to the MCA system. Mobile phones need to use much less power to connect to the base station that is only a few metres away and on board the aircraft itself, rather than a base station that is on the ground. Furthermore, each aircraft offering this service undergoes stringent aeronautical testing before the MCA equipment is installed to ensure that the aircraft is capable of supporting the MCA service without safety consequences.
The third element in the MCA system is a satellite link connecting the aircraft to public phone networks on the ground. The same satellite link is already being used for operational communications with the crew of the aircraft.
Why was it necessary for the European Commission to get involved in MCA? Could these services not be dealt with by national authorities?
As planes in Europe typically cross several borders during flights, coordination at the European level is the only way to enable one of the first truly pan-European communication services. In order to ensure that new pan-European business innovations like MCA have the opportunity to be assessed by the market, undue regulatory obstacles and delays to commercial deployment need to be removed. A particular difficulty within Europe has been the heavy national bureaucracy involved for operators in having to deal with 27 or more national administrations at once, often requiring different solutions to very similar problems.
In August 2007, the European Commission has already taken similar steps to encourage the development of pan-European mobile satellite services (IP/07/1243).
So, concretely, what has the Commission done?
The starting point of the EU's involvement in MCA was the funding of the WIRELESS CABIN research and development project between 2000 and 2002, which delivered the technological development required to make in-flight telephony a realistic proposition (see http://wirelesscabin.triagnosys.com).
Now that the technological solution has been developed, the Commission aims to simplify and speed up market access for MCA operators by removing as much "red tape" as possible. For this purpose, two measures have today been adopted by the Commission:
The full texts of the legal instruments adopted today are available at: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/radio_spectrum/ref_documents/index_en.htm
The on-going certification of MCA systems with respect to air safety has also been undertaken at EU level, via the European Aviation Safety Agency. The Commission has furthermore encouraged national security authorities to share their know-how and views on elements of MCA related to justice and home affairs.
Has the Commission consulted stakeholders while preparing these measures?
In October 2007, regulatory aspects of MCA in the EU were discussed at a workshop between all stakeholders in Brussels, including national and European regulators, operators, airlines and consumer representatives.
Representatives of the Member States and national regulatory authorities were fully involved in drafting final versions of the measures adopted today and gave very broad support to the proposed approach.
Further information on the Workshop with stakeholders is available at:
What is the pricing policy applicable to MCA? Is it one fixed price or
does it depend on the country the aircraft is flying over?
Who will determine the cost of calls made on board?
How will the caller and receiver be charged for the calls?
What about customers using pre-paid cards?
Does the EU's Roaming Regulation of June 2007 apply to calls made to/from MCA?
The EU Roaming Regulation (IP/07/870), which will be reviewed before the end of 2008, has been adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers in June 2007 primarily to deal with the issue of roaming on terrestrial networks. The definitions of the Regulation therefore do not apply to MCA, even though it is in many respects similar to a roamed service.
The EU Roaming Regulation expresses a very important single market principle that the European Commission would like to see broadly applied and that can be defined as follows: irrespective of location in the EU, one and the same communication service should not be more expensive for the consumer than in his or her home country unless there is a clear justification (such as additional cost for the operators). This principle of course applies not only to the situation of using a mobile phone in another country, but also to the use of a mobile phone in an airplane crossing several EU Member States.
In a market economy, prices for communication services should first of all be determined by market forces. This applies especially to MCA, which is still a nascent service and still has to find to its business model(s). The Commission therefore finds it preferable to give commercial forces the chance to work. However, it is clear that the take-up of MCA would be best served if mobile network operators pursue from the beginning a transparent pricing policy and avoid prices which would be considered excessive by consumers or even represent shock bills. The European Commission will keep a close eye on how this market develops.
Who will provide in-flight mobile phone services? How can I find out more
about it?
Will all mobile devices be allowed on board?
The commercial systems currently envisaged are focussing on MCA services for GSM phones operating in the 1800 MHz frequency bands, which over 90% of air passengers are estimated to carry when travelling. The legal instruments adopted today by the Commission address this technology at first, but will be extended to other standards if there is demand for them.
A minimum altitude restriction of 3000 metres will apply to the use of
this service. Does this rule out the use of mobile phones on many short-haul
flights altogether?
What is the Commission doing for passengers who do not want to be
disturbed by mobile phone use during flights?
Will aircraft flying outside EU airspace have to switch off their mobile
phone service? Would this make calling on the plane unreliable?
In any case, airlines and MCA operators are unlikely to launch the service on given routes without the guarantee of reasonably continuous operation for the passenger.
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What you are doing is trying to disprove that there are categorical moral imperatives. You can always find a grey area in some idealized scheme that you fine tune to a certain set of preconditions.
You can defend torture, you can defend torturing children, you can defend mass murder, you can defend wiping out entire cities at once and you can even defend genocide all on perfectly sound moral logic. What's more you could even justify it by using some arbitrary "scientific" measuring stick like utilitarian calculus over a pre-decided temporal interval and a certain degree of secondary consequences.
That is if you keep strictly to the scheme and divorce yourself from reality completely. Which is not something you should even want to do.
One (wo)man's terrorist is another (wo)man's freedom fighter. That I think is a non-trivial case of moral relativism that is not so easy to dismiss. Especially when you put it in a historical perspective, but let me not succumb to Godwin's law already.
There are many pragmatic problems with torture and some are by design. For example getting false information can be a goal, instead of an unwanted consequence of torture. It can be politically useful to get some "intelligence" as proof or confirmation of some preconceived assessments. Bribes, black mail and other instruments on the political repertoire can be used to further that goal, like a justification for wars, bombing campaigns or extra-judicial executions by UAV or something of the sort. (In which case it can be considered wise to prepare some after the fact justification when things go terribly wrong.) Unintended consequences of torture are perhaps illustrated to some effect by the biography of Ayman Al Zawahiri in whose case torture might not have worked out all that well in a utilitarian scheme of things.
But while you cannot make a categorical statement about (or decision on) torture, which admittedly is an extremely unpleasant and uneasy thing to realize, the objections, logical, pragmatical, emotional etc. are so overwhelming that you should not even take it into consideration, legally or illegally. And conjuring up schemes whereby you would consider it belong to the intellectual domain of Hollywood script writers.
Torture? Yeah right!
Back in the Catholic Inquisition times, religious authorities had successfully extracted the truth from their confessioners ( got the sarcasm? ). So, if you say that torture is a good way of having people to tell the truth, I won't blame the Catholic church anymore for killing millions of people who confessed witchcraft. When pain is being inflicted, you confess whatever the torturer wants so you can scape from the inflicted pain.
The issue with this one is always the shadow of a doubt that your information about the individual is wrong. Regardless of how cast iron you think your information about him is, there is always a chance that YOUR information is wrong. The guy might even think that his information would prevent some egregious act of terrorism, but HIS information might be wrong. I find it difficult to justify torture...ever.
I think it's the second time someone says that it's a waste of personnel. Come on, how many people does it take to torture one guy? (not a joke)
Sure, you need a lot of guys to catch him, but after that, you don't need more than let's say 3-4 guys. And I think they do have people in charge of interrogation. So, they don't waste their time they're just doing their jobs.
Of course, they have a great chance of getting inaccurate information, but if you really think about it, it's not really a waste of time and personnel.
Getting false information or false confessions can be a goal of torture. Getting false intelligence is contingent upon political aims and false confessions together with the admission of secret evidence allows you to bypass law to get rid of certain people burdened with uneasy facts, not suitable for publicity, and/ or create necessary illusions of safety, decisiveness, effectiveness.
As was claimed here before the Spanish Inquisitors were not torturing people to get to the truth of the matter, they already decided upon the truth and just wanted a matching confession. Well it seems from what we know under the Bush regime torture was mainly used for (the Obama regime is much more secretive) it is not an area of great innovation in this regard.
You are right that torture is known among intelligent experts to be about the worst method conceivable to retreive reliable information. (Another one, only slightly more reliable is throwing money around, thinking you are going to buy reliable actionable intel in no need of any verification or further checking procedures instead of local gossip.)
But I do hope, mainly for your sake, that I'm not mistaken if am going to assume that it is not so that your entire objection to torture would be that it's not effective and costs too much manpower.


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It's nice to see that you show your appreciation for all the hard work that we translators do with this contest!!
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Kphotoalbum is an offensive name as it is no language neutral naming scheme.
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What about Kimdaba
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Its also translatable :o)
I don't see how kimdaba follows international naming scheme's, the only common factor in every language is that it means nothing (although it could be something offensive in some language, like the .kut extension of a kde application in de past, wich was quite offending to Dutch users. I can't imagine that kphotoalbum would mean something offensive in another language...)
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JetBlue and its public and private supporters in Massachusetts are preparing to launch a big advertising and marketing campaign to convince residents in the central and western parts of the state to buy tickets and help JetBlue become profitable here. The company's CEO will address local businesspeople at this week's Central Mass Business Expo.
JetBlue will begin service Nov. 7 with one daily flight to Orlando and another to Ft. Lauderdale, both in Florida. If those flights don't turn a profit, JetBlue is under no obligation to stay in Worcester.
"If people in Central Massachusetts want service, this is their opportunity," said Edward C. Freni, director of aviation for the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates the airports in Worcester and Boston. "It's critical they support this service."
Initial ticket sales for the traditionally busy months of November and December have been strong, according to JetBlue. The concern is whether demand will continue into next spring and summer, after the snowbirds who head south in the winter return home.
With service set to begin in just a few weeks, the tone of the JetBlue discussion has changed. JetBlue and Massport are making it clear that enthusiasm alone is not enough to sustain the airline in Worcester.
"We took a chance on Worcester, and we hope they'll jump on board and take advantage of our convenient service," said John Checketts, JetBlue's director of route planning, in an email. "Quite frankly, the local community has to fly local to make Worcester Regional Airport a viable market for the long-term."
Over the next few weeks, residents in and around Worcester will begin to see ads promoting JetBlue on television, on radio, in print and online — ads funded by public sources. The airline is benefiting from nearly $1.2 million in incentives.
Massport has agreed to waive $349,000 in fees and is contributing $150,000 toward marketing. The agency also requested a $350,000 federal grant. The city and state governments each are spending $150,000 on marketing expenses, and the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is contributing in-kind donations valued at $20,000 to promote the appearance of David J. Barger, JetBlue's president and chief executive, at the business expo on Wednesday afternoon.
Chamber President and CEO Timothy P. Murray, who participated in negotiations with JetBlue when he was lieutenant governor earlier this year, said Mr. Barger was invited to the expo because he's a dynamic speaker from whom any business can learn. His visit to Worcester is also a key part of the strategy to promote JetBlue to local businesspeople.
A spokesman for Mr. Barger said he plans to speak about "JetBlue's unique place in the airline industry and his vision of success in Worcester."
Many factors distinguish JetBlue from its competitors, including that it was founded just 13 years ago and is much younger than most airlines. Despite a weak second quarter, JetBlue also has been making — not losing — money. It increased its annual profit last year to $128 million, from $86 million.
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Lower-cost airlines like JetBlue have been successful in recent years, while larger legacy airlines have struggled. Many big airlines have merged to try to cut costs and boost revenue. Researchers at IBISWorld expect the domestic airline industry to grow 5 percent annually for the next five years, after staying flat for the past five.
"Low-cost airlines weathered the storm in 2009 and are in favorable positions," they said.
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With 5 percent of the market, JetBlue is the 6th biggest domestic airline, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. It ranks below Delta, United, Southwest, American and US Airways.
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"It's a huge coup for the community, said Mark S. Sixel, an airport consultant, about JetBlue's upcoming service in Worcester. "JetBlue is an excellent carrier."
JetBlue looked at Worcester Regional Airport at the urging of Massport, which was quickly trying to fill the gap left by Direct Air, a charter service that halted all flights and financially collapsed in 2012. It helped that Massport and JetBlue executives already had a good working relationship.
The first JetBlue plane at Boston Logan International Airport took off in 2004. Since then, JetBlue has grown to roughly 120 flights a day, using 17 gates. It plans to grow its business at Logan to 150 daily flights, according to a report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"I don't think anybody in their wildest dreams would have been able to predict the success that they've had since they came to Logan Airport," said Massport's Mr. Freni.
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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama will sign an executive order in his first week in office that sets in motion the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the highest-profile symbol of the Bush administration's detention policies, two individuals familiar with Obama's thinking said on Monday.
They declined to say precisely when he'd sign the directive, but they said it could be within hours of his Jan. 20 inauguration.
The order would set out the procedures for shutting the prison at the U.S. Naval base in Cuba, a process that's likely to take a considerable period of time, the two individuals said. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
TrackPass Coming To Nationwide Series
Sometimes, things just happen right out of the blue in NASCAR TV/media land. While on a conference call listening to ESPN preview their Sprint Cup Series coverage Tuesday afternoon, some information arrived from Turner Sports.
This season, fans of the Nationwide Series have been able to listen to free team scanners on select races provided by Nationwide through the NASCAR.com website. Turner is now expanding its services for the series with the introduction of the TrackPass RaceView feature.
Shown in the picture above, this NASCAR.com offering has been a paid service for Sprint Cup Series fans for several years. Now, NASCAR.com is offering a Nationwide Series version for free during three events this season.
Saturday night at Indy, August 13 at Watkins Glen and September 9 in Richmond there will be lots of free online bells and whistles. RaceView offers virtual video on every entry in the field, including six camera angles on each car.
There is also in-car audio, position tracker, live telemetry and real-time race statistics for the entire event. RaceView has always offered a ton of information and this Nationwide Series version is no exception.
"Research has shown that RaceView complements the television viewing experience," said NASCAR's Director of Digital Media John Martin. "We're excited to support ESPN's broadcast of the NASCAR Nationwide Series. We continually look for ways to provide fans with the content they want to see, where they want to see it."
Also good news for online NASCAR veterans is that this Nationwide Series version is designed to operate on all current editions of Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer running Adobe Flash Player.
Hopefully, a positive response to this may allow for it to expand next season. Perhaps, we may even see a RaceBuddy-style live video application like fans enjoy currently for the Camping World trucks. It's been a big boost for that series.
We all know that the Nationwide Series is in the middle of an identity change with new rules for the driver championship and Sprint Cup Series cross-over drivers. Carl Edwards has already announced he is going to scale back his Nationwide Series efforts for 2012.
Supporting this series with additional online components will just help with the exposure and interactivity for fans who desire more interaction with live sports. ESPN's television production will be unaffected as that network continues to telecast the remaining races.
If you have any questions or comments about this topic, just click the comments button below to add them. We appreciate the interaction with Turner Sports and can probably answer questions about RaceView in a timely fashion. Thanks for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
14 comments:
- Charlie said...
After I read your article and saw that Track Pass will be available for the Nationwide race I went to Nascar.com and clicked on the main tab TRACKPASS and came to a page where you can Preview Track Pass. I tried the Preview feature and it worked. Do you happen to know that if the Preview works for me now, it means the real Track Pass will work on Saturday with the setup I tried it on. My main operating system is Firefox 3.6.18 and it worked fine for the Preview.
I am looking forward to trying out Track Pass Race View.
Thanks Turner/Nascar.com
- July 26, 2011 at 11:57 PM
- Photojosh said...
Cartoon cars? No thanks. Call me when they get some video. I like what they've done with the trucks, I will admit that. But the rest of it is a joke.
Just because NASCAR can't sort out smart use of the internet with it's TV partners doesn't mean that I'm going to waste my life watching Trackpass.
- July 27, 2011 at 12:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'll check it out when they have it for N'wide.
I use to have a subscription but they recently started charging for it. Eons ago, they had it free for cable internet subscribers but they've stopped it. I think it went to $9 a month & don't have the money right now to do the yearly thing. I might look into getting it later when I have a few extra bucks especially if they add to it. But had to pass on the increase right now.
It was nice to be able to access PRN/MRN especially the Dover races since they're delayed for the Pick 'em Ups. As well as the driver radios.
- July 27, 2011 at 12:42 AM
- GinaV24 said...
I use regular trackpass with pit command but not raceview. I'm not into the cartoon cars either. But it does allow me to listen to the scanners and follow drivers positions on the track better than the ticker on the screen and I can listen during the commercials.
I'm glad to hear that they are offering this as a trial for the Nationwide series and hopefully for the trucks for those folks who follow the series more closely than I do.
- July 27, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Anonymous said...
I happen to be "into" the cartoon cars because I enjoy following my favorite driver on the track. So I guess I am a bit strange that I am "into" the cartoon cars.
- July 27, 2011 at 10:29 AM
- John in Chico said...
Let me get this straight. I watched all the TNT races with the NASCAR.COM feeding, how many, 8 in-car cameras as well as the racing from a couple angles. We get that same thing but with fewer cameras with the Speed Truck races and even when Speed televised a Nationwide race last year. But if any of this is on FOX or ESPN we get a cartoon? Not working for me when I know what they can do if they want to.
Not watching a cartoon.
- July 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM
- Roland said...
Yeah just not into the cartoon cars either. Seems pretty lame. All I need is the scanner, and more often than not its available for the Nationwide race.
- July 27, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- William said...
Track pass will be great when they allow you to control one of the cartoon cars with your mouse and virtually race the real cars on the track.
- July 27, 2011 at 4:29 PM
- OSBORNK said...
To me, it's just a total waste of bandwidth.
- July 27, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- GinaV24 said...
William, slot cars!
- July 27, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
Wish it would have been RaceBuddy instead of TrackPass. But I will give it a shot.
- July 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- William said...
Did the NFL NBA or MLB ever consider cartoon renditions of their live games for viewing online?
Here is a serious suggestion. If NASCAR wants to improve the sport, find some way of letting the viewers listen to their driver through the tv instead of the broadcasts, like direct tv did a few years ago. I would be more willing to put up with commercials and seeing the front runners so much if I was thrown a bone and allowed to listen to my driver. As of now I am paying $60+ a year to do just that.
Another suggestion for the broadcasters networks, taken from my kids Mario racing video game, show the car numbers going around the edge of the screen in the order they are racing and in relative distance from each other, let me be able to see where my driver is at a glance, not stare at the slow ticker for 60 seconds only to have the restart it or take it away for an in car or commercial.
- July 27, 2011 at 6:02 PM
- Dot said...
A few years back I watched the cartoon cars on the computer. One of them went off the track and right through a building in the infield. I can't believe after offering Race Buddy, nascar.com/BSPN would even show animation when the real thing is available. They need to get out of Pong age.
- July 27, 2011 at 8:47 PM
- Ginny said...
Interesting to learn that Nationwide scanners have been available to Trackpass subscribers. It would have been nice if they'd used some of those subscription fees to send an announcement.
My high speed internet isn't really all that high, so RaceBuddy's video feed doesn't work all that well. The RaceView "cartoon cars" that some complain about are just fine for me. If my connection is real bad, sometimes they drive through the infield and mix it up with the fans in the stands. I laugh a bit and then switch to scanner only, which is what I like the best anyway.
I'm happy to have TrackPass for Nationwide as long as it's included in the price and they don't charge separately. I'll be really pleased if they follow that by bringing it to the truck races.
- July 28, 2011 at 9:53 PM


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Violence against women (VAW) and HIV/AIDS are major public health problems that adversely affect sexual and reproductive health. They intersect with each other in important ways. Research exploring these intersections in countries in different regions of the world documents an undeniable link between VAW and HIV infection. This involves multiple pathways, either directly through rape/sexual assault or indirectly through fear of violence and difficulties for women in controlling and negotiating safe sex and condom use. Violence in childhood may also increase sexual risk behaviour and thereby risk of acquiring HIV.
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BERKELEY — Cal's Academic Performance Rate (APR) score for football, which last year had a four-year average that ranked worst in the Pac-12 Conference, is inching higher.
Results that will be released next week show a substantial hike in Cal's most recent one-year score. The football team's 2012-13 score of 969 jumped 46 points from the 2011-12 single-year score of 923, and boosts Cal's four-year average from 935 to 938. That mark might still be the lowest in the Pac-12 because the program's low scores from the previous three years remain part of the equation.
The NCAA gave Cal permission to release APR scores for football ahead of its May 14 unveiling of results for all schools and sports nationwide. A spokesman for the athletic department said the school received permission to release the scores ahead of the official announcement date as evidence of the academic progress being made.
Cal men's basketball will see a drop in its four-year average because a perfect 1,000 score from 2008-09 is being displaced by the latest single-season mark.
The APR measures academic eligibility and retention or graduation. It is different from the Graduation Success Rate results, which are revealed each fall and strictly charts graduation figures.
Athletic director Sandy Barbour told a media round-table Monday that the improvements are the result of changes in the support structure and the academic culture within the athletic department.
"It's every day, everything you say to them," said Barbour, explaining the new emphasis.
Barbour said Cal's low scores primarily reflected a failure by the athletic department to require athletes to meet expectations. "I do not lay this on the student-athlete."
Credit for the improved 2012-13 football mark is shared by former coach Jeff Tedford, who was fired after the 2012 season, and coach Sonny Dykes, who took over before the 2013 spring semester.
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
clucky little bento lunch
- turkey sandwich
- cheesey chicken decoration
- fruit section: strawberry, pitted cherries on a chicken pick, cantaloupe
- cucumber slices
- pretzel sticks
The cheesey chicken was fun and simple to make. :)
I used a bird shaped mini cookie cutter and some itty bitty mini cutters for the beak and feet detail. The crown is from a tiny star cutter. The eyes were made using a teeny straw - actually, a stir stick, like you find for stirring coffee.
Click here for more information on where to find the bento supplies made to make the cute little chicken. :)
24 comments:
- Mom_Of_Three said... [Reply to comment]
I LOVE THE CHEESY CHICKEN!! And thank you for showing the kit that has the stuff to do it! I often see some of the things people do with their bentos and wonder what combination of cutters they had to have to do it. I'm just getting started and LOVE you blog because you include things like that!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:31 PM
- Ludicrous Mama said... [Reply to comment]
I noticed that their prices were $.20-$1 more per item (for the same item, on the ones I looked at) than Jlist. Is the shipping difference good enough to make it worthwhile? Not waiting 2 months seems good, but I'm willing to wait 2 months to save $10-20 in price differences on my order!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- Laurie said... [Reply to comment]
I've ordered from them, and they are WONDERFUL! I have this set, actually. Very cute chick!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:35 PM
- Kathryn Crafts said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks so much for sharing the bento supply shop info!!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- Ludicrous Mama said... [Reply to comment]
But maybe with the 5% off... plus I don't mind supplying you with prizes for us readers! I'm just afraid I'll drop another $100 that I have to shamefully hide from my husband... While he's happy coming up with MTM ideas with me, he still rolls his eyes at me when I make them!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Astrid said... [Reply to comment]
Man... now I want a whole bunch of new toys! Do... not... need!
- September 9, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Chantale said... [Reply to comment]
This is so cute! I love the tiny little feet. I also love the way you separated the compartments in the bento box to suit this lunch. Nice!
- September 9, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- sherimiya said... [Reply to comment]
Cheep cheep! Cuties!
- September 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM
- Erica said... [Reply to comment]
Oh my goodness...how cute! That chicken in adorable! I love your blog! My kids lunches have never been the same since I found your blog...they love their new bento style lunches.
- September 9, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- Kim said... [Reply to comment]
OMGosh that chicken is adorable! And thanks for the link to the new store (and nothing wrong with getting back something for yourself!)
- September 9, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Ludicrous Mama, it's hard to beat JList's prices. :) I'm a very satisfied JList shopper - but a lot of peeps have been asking for some other shop recommendations and so many others are WAY overpriced (like double JList prices, youch!). It seems stock and available items varies a lot, too. I've never seen this particular line of cutters before on JList. Maybe they have had them and I just missed them though, that's possible.
- September 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- Mommyof2girlz said... [Reply to comment]
Aww the little chick is so cute! I love All Things For Sale..hmmm it's been awhile since I've ordered, guess I should pop on over..lol
- September 9, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Jaime said... [Reply to comment]
Enjoy the pennies you earned off my order! I had no idea about that site! I am new to Bento box lunches - I love them!
- September 9, 2010 at 7:29 PM
- Jenn @ BentoForKidlet said... [Reply to comment]
Aww the cheesey chicken is so cute!! :D
- September 9, 2010 at 8:20 PM
- Liz D. said... [Reply to comment]
I LOVE this cutter set! They're sold out at the website posted (All Things For Sale.) :( Does anyone know of another source?
- September 9, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- Kelly Polizzi said... [Reply to comment]
lol such a cute little chickie. I have that set too and haven't ever used it until this morning for my lion sandwich. Thanks for the link to that site. I will be ordering from them!
- September 9, 2010 at 10:51 PM
- Alex said... [Reply to comment]
Cool, thanks for the tip. I already placed an order!
- September 9, 2010 at 11:30 PM
- Jayme said... [Reply to comment]
Too cute! Just what I need, more cutters ;)
- September 10, 2010 at 1:54 AM
- Randi said... [Reply to comment]
Adorable! I'm new to your site and it's fantastic ... just shared it with a friend on facebook. Thanks for all the fun ideas.
- September 10, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- afroedge said... [Reply to comment]
Bummer! That chick set is sold out on the site, along with those adorable little animal fork/picks. Any other sites?
- September 11, 2010 at 12:55 AM
I emailed them and asked they said that they will have more in start to mid OCT :-)
- September 25, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Allison said... [Reply to comment]
Where do you find pitted cherries???
- October 16, 2010 at 10:04 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Allison, they are just regular cherries that I pitted myself using a cherry pitter. This is the one I use: http://amzn.to/cE427E
- October 17, 2010 at 9:59 AM
- SugarFoot Designs said... [Reply to comment]
Which bento box is featured here? Super cute!!!
- February 8, 2011 at 10:58 PM


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Robin Partington Architects' 14-storey 'warehouse style' building mooted to replace controversial twisting tower fraught with planning problems
Robin Partington Architects has replaced Stirling Prize-winner Amanda Levete on a high-profile skyscraper scheme in east London.
The former Foster + Partners and Hamiltons star has been parachuted in to work on the Huntingdon industrial estate project in Shoreditch one year after Levete's controversial 23-storey tower (pictured above) was abandoned.
It is understood Partington has drawn up a shorter 'warehouse style' brick alternative for the sensitive site between AHMM's Tea Building and artist Rachel Whiteread's studio.
Thought to be 14-storeys in height, the residential-led scheme for developer Londonewcastle will include retail and gallery spaces at ground floor.
A planning application for the development, alongside an affordable housing scheme by Peter Barber Architects on nearby Fleet Street Hill, is expected to be submitted early next year.
Levete's 107-apartment twisting tower was pulled from planning last November after being branded an 'alien' intrusion on the post-industrial district's landscape. Barber's plans were withdrawn at the same time.
Robert Soning of Londonewcastle claimed the new project resolved the 'objections and issues' of the previous proposal.
Describing the development as a 'warehouse style' building with a 'lot more use of blocks', he said the scheme was 'very different in terms of materials, look and feel, and space'.
Partington won the job following a bulk and massing exercise which, Soning said, 'Slowly grew into something we all felt was really exciting.'
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Exploring Representation
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In this section, you will take a look at your own, rather than your students', approach to a task and your ideas about various ways of representing it. As you work through the activity, pay attention to any mental or visual images that you think of, and any diagrams, sketches, equations, or special forms of numbers that you use. The more experience you have in making use of the connections between various representations, the more effective you will be in incorporating the Representation Process Standard in your classroom.
Typical Week
Have you ever had the feeling that your typical week has a disproportionate amount of work and very little time for yourself? How might you use data to show your family why you need to free up more hours for fun? How might you represent your use of time and compare it to our "typical teacher"?
The following activity involves analyzing some of your own personal information about how you spend a typical week.
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The role of location in digital life is changing as growing numbers of internet users are adding a new layer of location information to their posts, and a majority of smartphone owners use their phones' location-based services.1
A new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet Project sheds light on three major aspects of how location figures in digital life:
- Many people use their smartphones to navigate the world: 74% of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location.
- There is notable growth in the number of social media users who are now setting their accounts to include location in their posts. Among adult social media users ages 18 and older, 30% say that at least one of their accounts is currently set up to include their location in their posts, up from 14% who said they had ever done this in 2011.2 This trend is also showing up among younger users. An earlier Pew Internet survey of teens ages 12-17 found that 16% of teen social media users have their accounts set up to automatically include their location in posts.3
- There is a modest drop in the number of smartphone owners who use "check in" location services. Some 12% of adult smartphone owners say they use a geosocial service to "check in" to certain locations or share their location with friends. That is down from 18% of smartphone owners who reported doing that type of activity in early 2012. A plurality of these geosocial service users (39%) say they check into places on Facebook; 18% say they use Foursquare and 14% say they use Google Plus, among other services.
Taken together, these trends show the ascent of location awareness and the role it might play in the life of users—and the technology companies that are scrambling to provide more alert-style applications that tell people who and what is near them.
Local is a bigger part of the broader social media landscape, and the rise of local services is strongly tied to the increase in smartphone ownership. The majority of smartphone owners say they are making use of their phones' location-based services, and the share of all adults who do this continues to grow along with increasing smartphone adoption.
Yet even as most smartphone owners use their phones' abilities to get location-specific information, data from earlier surveys also shows that mobile users of all ages say they have turned off location-tracking features at some point due to privacy concerns:
- As of September 2012, almost half (46%) of teen app users say they have turned off the location tracking feature on their cell phone or in an app on a phone or tablet because they were worried about other people or companies being able to access that information.
- As of April 2012, in response to a question measuring a somewhat different behavior, over a third (35%) of adult cell app users said they have turned off the location-tracking feature on their cell phones.4
About this survey
The findings in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International from April 17 to May 19, 2013, among a sample of 2,252 adults ages 18 and older. Telephone interviews were conducted in English and Spanish by landline and cell phone. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling is plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. More information is available in the Methods section at the end of this report.
- Our definition of a smartphone owner includes anyone who says directly that their phone is a smartphone or who says that their phone operates on a smartphone platform common to the U.S. market (56% of all adults). For more information, see: https://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Smartphone-Ownership-2013.aspx ↩
- Change in question wording over time. See "Survey questions" at the end of this report for details. ↩
- "Social media users" are defined as online adults who use social networking sites or Twitter. As of May 2013, 72% of internet users use a social networking site like Facebook, and 18% use Twitter. https://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/social-networking-sites.aspx ↩
- https://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Mobile-Privacy/Main-Findings/Section-2.aspx For more information about Americans' online privacy and anonymity practices in general, see "Anonymity, Privacy, and Security Online" (2013), available at https://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Anonymity-online.aspx. ↩


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|This course involves a survey of the types of sentences that provide alternatives to incarceration of offenders in prisons. We will examine intermediate punishments such as intensive supervised probation, restitution programs, house arrest and electronic monitoring as well as explore a variety of community treatment programs. Prerequisites for CRIJ majors: Successful completion of the lower-level CRIJ courses (or equivalent courses) required for the CRIJ major. Prerequisite for non-CRIJ majors: Junior standing.
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I have been trying to get this game to work and I can't figure out what's on, or supposed to be on, disk 2(D2). It asks for D2 and I can't find any reference to D2 on the net. Is this a Hatari emulator bug? or is there really a disk two? Any one know what's supposed to be on disk two?
Thanks for any insight/help.


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Sanitary Bulk Bag Conditioner Loosens Bulk Solid Material
Flexicon Corporation has introduced a new Sanitary Bulk Bag Conditioner for loosening of bulk solid material that has solidified during storage and shipment, allowing bulk bag unloaders to discharge it through bag spouts.
An optional hydraulically-actuated, variable-height turntable allows conditioning of the bag at all heights on all sides. The number and pressure of hydraulic ram actuations, the height of the turntable, and the number of 90-degree rotations are user adjustable.
The sanitary model is intended for bulk bags containing solidified bulk food and other contamination-sensitive products that cannot be loosened using pneumatically-actuated flow promotion devices integral to bulk bag dischargers. Carbon steel models with durable industrial coatings are offered for general industrial applications.The unit measures 87 in. (2210 mm) H X 133 in. (3378 mm) W X 78 in. (1981 mm) D, and accommodates bulk bags of all popular sizes. It is fully enclosed on all four sides for operator safety and includes full-height doors that are interlocked to disallow operation of the system when the doors are open.


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As in title, what is the technique involved for this scene:
Scene starting from 0.43 to 0.48 secs, orbiting camera view with subjects at standstill.
My best guess is they had many cameras all taking a still shot all at once. Post processing stitch the still frames together. But the scene lasted for 5 seconds. In a 30 FPS video, we will need 150 still shots or 150 cameras!! How did they hide the cameras so well in the dark background? Not practical at all?
Hope someone can shed some light? Thank you all.


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Panel Discussion - Piper, Driscoll, and Ferguson
From Gospel Translations
Desiring God 2008 National Conference
This panel discussion featured Sinclair Ferguson, Mark Driscoll, and John Piper, with questions by Justin Taylor. Here's what was asked:
- Pastor John, anything in particular from Sinclair's message that stood out to you or convicted you?
- Sinclair, how did you come to believe the gospel?
- How do you avoid the extremes of either indulging in controvery or neglecting it to a fault?
- What have you learned, Mark, from those who have criticized you?
- Sinclair, how do you use the psalms to minister to your own soul?
- Pastor John, in Matt 12 Jesus says that people will have to give account on judgment day for every careless word they speak. How is that not massively discouraging?
- Mark, how do you counsel people from the cross?
- What alternative do people offer who are trying to get rid of the substitutionary atonement?
- Sinclair, can you say something about the importance of the doctrine of union with Christ? Any resources you recommend on this subject?


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photographic prints & cards
ALL of these images are available as a TRADITIONAL PRINT, CANVAS WRAP, mounted on METAL or under ACRYLIC for brilliant color and sharpness. Canvas wraps, metal mounts and acrylic mounted photos arrive complete and ready to hang. All images are also available as a set of 10 ART CARDS.
Print sizes: 10x6.7 - 14x9.3 - 20x13.7 - 26x17.3 - 30x20 - 36x24 - 45x30 inches. Art cards are 5x7 inches. Thanks for visiting our web home!


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Official complaint policy for the university
In a spirit of continual improvement, Cardinal Stritch University recognizes the value of information provided by students, employees, and others in assessing the University's performance. Most issues of concern are resolved informally and relationally, consistent with our Franciscan values of caring community, compassion, and peacemaking.
When addressing a problem or issue informally and relationally, individuals are asked to speak to the person most directly responsible for the matter. If the issue cannot be resolved at that level and an individual wishes to pursue the issue further, he or she may move up the "chain of command," one step at a time, from individual faculty or staff member, to department chairperson, and finally to the appropriate dean or vice president. The Student Success Center is available to advise students and members of the community as to the appropriate people and procedures. The Human Resources Department is available to advise employees regarding resolution of concerns.
When concerns cannot be resolved informally, or additional review is required or requested, complainants are invited to file the grievance procedure best suited to their particular situation. Links to specific grievance procedures are provided below.
The formal complaint process is reserved for times when the complainant believes that informal processes have not yielded an appropriate resolution and there has been a significant violation, or exists a significant flaw, in the University's standards, policies, and procedures such that the complainant believes he or she is not being treated fairly and/or the situation creates unnecessary hardship. Where there are grievance procedures, the complainant is expected to utilize those first, engaging in a formal complaint only when a relevant grievance procedure does not exist, or when the formal complaint process is the final step of the grievance procedure.
The University has established grievance processes for the following issues:
Complaints Process
The online complaint form goes automatically to the Student Success Center. Complaints cannot be made anonymously. The Student Success Center determines if a grievance or other resolution process more appropriately applies. Cases are referred back to appropriate grievance coordinators as appropriate, with clarification and support to the complainant.
If a formal grievance process doesn't apply, or is exhausted and doesn't preclude a formal complaint, the issue may be referred to the complaint committee, which is comprised of a broad range of academic and administrative areas of the University.
Filing a Complaint
Individuals must follow procedures as outlined in the University's Student, Faculty, or Employee Handbooks, and University Catalogs. The University regularly reviews its policies and procedures in each of these areas to ensure their clarity and consistent application, compliance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, as well as best practices. It is the complainant's responsibility to familiarize him/herself with these policies and seek further clarity and assistance from the appropriate University department, where necessary. The Student Success Center is available to assist students and community members in determining the appropriate process; the human resources office serves this function for employees.
Grievances and complaints must be in writing, and must not be anonymous, using the electronic submission form or by printing and mailing a completed copy of the complaint form.
Whether through a grievance or complaint process, an impartial examination of the situation will occur and a response to the complainant will be provided in a timely manner. After the decision is rendered, an analysis will be done by the department(s) involved to clarify or improve processes as appropriate.
An aggregate report, containing data from formal complaints and grievances, will be prepared semi-annually by the senior director of student success. This report will highlight trends, and potential areas requiring further review.
Individuals filing a complaint will be treated with dignity, and their privacy honored to the extent possible to investigate and resolve a complaint. Retaliation against an individual filing a complaint in good faith is strictly prohibited, and will result in disciplinary action for any employee or student engaging in such retaliatory behavior.
Thank you for your submission! Somebody will get back to you shortly.
If you have an immediate question you can give us a call at (414) 410-4000 or (800) 347-8822


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Museum Collection Databases
From GODORT
This page lists databases produced by states or their political subdivisions that provide access to museum collections. These databases often have historical notes and images of items in their collections. This page was last checked for broken links on March 28, 2015.
Return to the State Agency Databases page.
- Alaska
- Alaska State Museum Collections Search - Searchable catalog of the Museum's 32,000 cataloged objects including Alaska Native material, historic artifacts, works of art, and natural history specimens. Alaska Native material, amounting to more than 15,000 objects, is the most outstanding part of the collection. Database may be searched by object name or id. Collection may also be browsed.
- Ohio
- The Ohio Historical Society Online Collections Catalog Search the records of more than 230,000 items in the Society's library, newspaper,manuscript, audio visual, state archives, history, natural history and archaeology collections.
- Ohio Historical Markers Markers identify, commemorate and honor the important people, places and events that have contributed to the state's rich history. Search by several means. View the markers adn photos of the sites.
- Pennsylvania
- Historical and Museum Commission
- Documentary Heritage A digital sampling of the historical documents in the PA State Archives
- Historic Markers Since 1946, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has administered a program of historical markers to capture the memory of people, places, and events that have affected the lives of Pennsylvanians over the centuries since William Penn founded his Commonwealth. Search for historic markers by Title, County, Keyword or Category.
- Historical and Museum Commission


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We've got a great collection of new picture books at the library!. You can click the cover or the link in the title of the book to reserve a copy.
Book summaries are from Amazon.
Baby Bear by Kadir Nelson
This simple story works on so many levels: as the tale of a bear who finds his way home with the help of his animal friends; as a reassuring way to show children how to comfort themselves and find their way in everyday life; and on a more philosophical level, as a method of teaching readers that by listening to your heart and trusting yourself, you will always find a true home within yourself—and that even when it feels like you are alone, you never really are.
Biscuit Loves the Library by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
It's Read to a Pet Day at the library! There are so many fun things to see and do! Biscuit plays with story-time puppets, visits with friends, and listens to recorded books. Before he goes, a librarian helps him find the activity that he loves most of all.
Cats vs. Dogs by Elizabeth Carney
Chocolate or vanilla? Creamy peanut butter or crunchy? Cats or dogs? On some matters in life, every kid must take a stance. Ever since the first youngster in history had a pet, cats vs. dogs has been a hotly debated issue at recesses and lunch tables worldwide. Which one's better? Smarter? This reader presents the facts in fun and informative fashion. Kids will love the stimulating Level 3 text as they decide the answer to this question for themselves.
Do Not Open! The Story of Pandora's Box by Joan Holub
When Pandora receives a shiny, gold box that says "Do Not Open!" she is so curious that she ignores the warning and opens it! Hundreds of bugs are let loose to fill the world with trouble. Pandora feels horrible until she finds something else in the box that can help: a fairy called Hope.
Don't Play With Your Food by Bob Shea
Rah! Buddy's a monster, and he's hungry! Time for all cute little bunnies to hop into his mouth. "Oh no!" they say. "There are cupcakes in the oven!" They offer Buddy some, and he becomes too full to eat the bunnies. He'll have to come back tomorrow. And so it goes between Buddy and the bunnies--they take him swimming, after which he is too tired to eat; they take him on all the rides at a carnival, after which he is too dizzy to eat; they even form a Buddy fan club . . . and who could eat their own fan club? Eventually Buddy realizes that the bunnies have tricked him. The bunnies aren't food at all--they are friends!
The bunnies' seemingly naive offers of friendship are a charming--and clever--mode of survival in this sweet and silly story about a not-at-all-scary monster.
Ei Ei O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm by Judy Sierra
Once upon a time, Old MacDonald didn't have a farm. He just had a yard — a yard he didn't want to mow. But under the direction of the wise (and ecologically sensitive) Little Red Hen, Mac learns to look at the environment in a very different way, and whole new worlds start to bloom with the help of some mud, garbage, horse poop, and worms! Judy Sierra's spirited verse, paired with Matthew Myers's exuberant illustrations, yields a fresh take on a children's classic, complete with raised-bed gardens and an organic farmers' market—making this a perfect story for armchair gardeners and devoted locavores of all sizes.
Flip Flap Farm by Alex Scheffler
What do you get if you cross a pig with a turkey? Why, that would be a purkey! And a sheep with a rabbit? That would be a shabbit, of course! A very silly but absolutely compelling book that will charm the whole family.
How Hippo Says Hello (coming soon) & How Gator Says Good-Bye by Abigail Samoun
How many ways can Gator say "good-bye?" Find out, as he travels from China, Japan, and India, to Egypt, Russia, and France, and finally to Argentina and back home again to San Francisco. It's hard to leave friends, but learning how to bid someone farewell in seven different languages is easy!


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Oceania Cruises -- Taking it to the Next Levelby Paul Motter, CruiseMates Editor | March 3, 2008
One of the cruise world's most unique success stories tells us how they plan to expand upon their initial achievements with a brand new ship design.
Oceania Cruise Lines' Humble Beginnings Back in 2000, Renaissance Cruises had eight identical ships in its fleet -- simply named R1 through R8. All were built within a short period of time, subsidized by loans from the French government. Although Renaissance had a solid fan base for the casual atmosphere, destination-focused cruise line, it was not enough to fill eight ships all the time.
After a number of questionable decisions by the founder and CEO led to his eventual removal from the board of directors, Renaissance quickly fell on hard times and soon after 9/11 declared bankruptcy. All eight ships went into receivership. The former president of the company (not the owner), Frank del Rio was very familiar with these ships and also knew exactly what had been successful and what had gone wrong.
Del Rio joined up with a former Crystal Cruises executive, Joe Watters, and formed a new cruise line, eventually deciding on the name Oceania Cruises. They originally wanted it to be Oceana, but P&O Cruises informed them the name was already trademarked for one of their ships. Del Rio and Watters agreed to add the "i" and always marry the word "Cruises" to the name.
Getting other former Renaissance management involved, Oceania Cruises started by leasing back just one of the R-ships from the receivership. They named it "Regatta." Hardly changing the no-frills physical structure of the ship at all, they focused on the strengths of Renaissance; port intensive itineraries, a casual onboard atmosphere and far above average cuisine. They recreated the cruise line for travelers who want to see the world in comfort, but do not care much for typical cruise ship production shows and passenger games.
Oceania Cruises Grows Up Oceania Cruises found success almost immediately, much of their base coming from former Renaissance fans. Within two years they leased another one of the R-ships naming it Nautica. By now their cruises were selling out months in advance, most of them ten to 21-day itineraries in faraway places like Europe and South America. Within three years they had leased back a third R-ship, naming it Insignia. They also undertook a project to upgrade the onboard experience with new furnishings and additional service personnel.
By now, other cruise lines were catching on to the success of Oceania's model. Princess Cruises took three of the former R-ships; 688-passenger R3 became the Pacific Princess, sister ship R4 is now the Tahitian Princess and R8 is the Royal Princess. Royal Caribbean International acquired two of the R-ships and created a new cruise line; Azamara Cruises.
The current, smaller (680 passengers and 30,000-tons) Regatta-class vessels of Oceania are still known for two simple things, comfortable staterooms and good food offered in four different onboard restaurants, none carrying a cover charge. There is very little in the way of onboard entertainment or elaborate public rooms, other than for dining.
By 2007 Oceania Cruises was a solid success story, and they received a large cash infusion from Apollo Management, who would soon also invest in other cruise lines (Regent Seven Seas and NCL). Oceania used some of this cash to purchase the ships they were leasing, but with this new partner Oceania also became obliged to grow. The announcement that Oceania will build at least two, possibly three, newer and larger Oceania-class vessels from the keel up was made at the Seatrade convention in 2007.
The New Oceania-Class Ships The two new "Oceania-class" vessels will debut on September 30, 2010 and July 30, 2011, respectively. The option for a third vessel is for a May 30, 2012 delivery. The ships will be built in Fincantieri's Sestre Ponente shipyard in Genoa, Italy, at a total cost of $1.6 billion including the option for the third ship. The interior designers for all of the public spaces, suites and staterooms are a well-known (in the cruise industry) Norwegian company specializing in luxury ships, Y&S Architecture and Interior Design of Oslo. Fincantieri Shipyards is designing the superstructure.
The new ships are basically twice the size of the Regatta-class ships. 782 feet long, 105 feet wide, 66,000-tons and with a draft of 24 feet. They will carry 1252 guests in 626 staterooms which in total will average 50% larger than cabins on the current ships. 96% of these staterooms will have teak-floored verandas. In a twist from what usually happens when a cruise line introduces larger ships, the Oceania-class ships will have a higher staff to passenger ratio than the current ships, with 780 staff members to serve the 1252 guests.
With diesel-electric engines powering twin screw propellers, the new ships will be capable of traveling 20% faster than the current Regatta-class ships. Two bow thrusters will add maneuverability.
There will be six open-seating restaurants, including the same concept eateries as on the current ships, the classic steakhouse Polo Grill and the gourmet Italian restaurant, Toscana. Two additional specialty restaurants will be a French bistro and a Pan-Asian eatery. Altogether, the six restaurants will be capable of seating 150% of the guest capacity at once, meaning the wait time sometimes encountered on the Regatta-class when many passengers choose to dine at the same time should be reduced significantly.
Public spaces will feature a museum quality art collection including many rare nautical antiques. There will be new nightlife areas, including a martini bar (Martinis), a crow's nest bar with a commanding view called "Horizons," and an outdoor bar called "The Patio" along with a poolside grill with an ice-cream and milk-shake bar. There will be a state-of-the-art main theater for production shows and a culinary arts center for onboard cooking demonstrations. The casino will be greatly expanded in addition to a separate card room.
The new ships will feature "the best of" the current ships with a more refined atmosphere featuring rich, dark woods, Italian marble, granite countertops, wool carpets and leather furniture. The color palette is described as a mixture of dulcet tones accented by earthen and jewel tones. Here is the color palette for the new ships is below.
Oceania-Class Ship Facts
Oceania Class I -- Debuts Fall 2010 Oceania Class II -- Debuts Summer 2011 Guest Capacity -- 1,256 (Double Occupancy) Tonnage -- 66,000 (estimated) Builder -- Fincantieri; Sestre Ponente, Italy Length -- 782 feet Width -- 105 feet Draft -- 24 feet Cruising Speed -- 20 knots Propulsion -- Diesel Electric, 2 controllable pitch propellers Restaurants -- Six Open Seating Restaurants:
- The Grand Dining Room -- Continental Cuisine
- Polo Grill -- Steak House
- Toscana -- Gourmet Italian
- Asian Restaurant -- Asian Cuisine
- Terrace Caf� -- Casual Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodations -- 628 Guest Staterooms and Suites:
- 4 Owner's Suites
- 6 Vista Suites
- 12 Oceania Suites
- 120 Penthouse Suites
- 440 Veranda Staterooms
- 20 Ocean View Staterooms
- 26 Inside Staterooms
Deck-by-Deck Highlights
Deck 15:
- Horizons -- Observation lounge and nightclub
- Sports Deck
Deck 14:
- Spa and Fitness Center
- The Patio
- Library
- Polo Grill -- Classic Steakhouse
- Toscana -- Gourmet Italian Restaurant
Deck 12:
- Guest Suites
- Culinary Arts Center
- Enrichment Center
- Waves Bar
- Swimming Pool and Jacuzzis
- Waves Grill & Milkshake Bar
- Private Dining Rooms, Wine Cellar and Veranda
- Terrace Caf� -- casual buffet restaurant
Decks 11 through 7:
- Guest Staterooms and Suites
Deck 6:
- Upper Hall
- Martinis
- Casino
- Card Room
- Grand Bar
- Grand Dining Room -- Continental cuisine
Deck 5:
- Main Lounge
- Reception Hall and Lounge
- French Restaurant -- Country French cuisine
- Asian Restaurant -- a fusion of Asian cuisines


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So the makeup application rule goes as follows:
Either make your eyes or your lips the focus point of your face. Not both at the same time. However, Samer Khouzami or Scott Barnes are makeup artists who know how to bring those two features together in the most cohesive and beautifully blended way.
This post is about the eyes. Now be warned, for most people who don't use a lot of liner, don't try this look if you're not a heavy makeup user, or as your first day time experiment. I do this look often, but if you're a minimalist, wait for an evening event, or practice on a weekend.
Right. Let's start….
- Start with foundation.
- I contour the top of my forehead and my chin to 'shorten' my face as I have a long face.
- Define the cheekbones and I didn't contour my nose on the side, but rather on the top. This is where the sun would naturally 'tan' your face. Gives it a less harsh contoured look.
- Blend out.
- Blend Blend Blend.
- Blend out.
- I applied my Kryolan foundation. To make a look 'flawless', brush your moisturised skin with some makeup powder, and then apply your foundation. This will make it stick and give it a more velvety look.
- After you're done with the foundation, contouring and blending process. Set with the Derma Color Fixing Powder from Kryolan.
- Time to highlight the brow bone. Use a light shimmer or matt light color to do this.
- Highlight the inner corner of your eyes.
- With a round edge brush, simply add a warm brown shade in the crease of your eye. It must not look extremely contrasting, but rather make the color as 'natural' as possible.
- Move the brush from the inner crease corner out past your eye.
- Carry on with the crease color down under your bottom lash line.
- Time to line the eyes, I love to use the Kryolan paint pot with a tapered eye liner brush. Make sure its clean, so that it'll make gliding a lot easier.
- Slightly pull your eyelid towards your hairline and start with the lining from the inner corner of your eye and with a steady hand, draw the line, going well past your eye. This takes practice, to make it look right. The trick is to have a light hand, more so than a steady one. Let your lashes guide you.
- At the end, don't stop, pull the brush up and out. This will give it that 'feathered' look.
- Top lash line done.
- Now line your inner water line
- And apply liner under the lash line too, Starting from the inner corner out over connecting to the outer corner.
- Fill in between your lashes if need be to avoid empty spaces.
- Start with mascara, first on the top before applying it the conventional way from the inside. I first do this as it adds volume. I also move the brush around from all angles, ensuring that each lash is coated.
- Time for brow shaping, I like to brush my eyebrows before I shape them, which is what any makeup artist should do.
- Using a matt dark brown eye shadow, begin from the outer half of the brow and extend the brow line by using a tapered brush. I may have black hair, but I use a dark brown, as this doesn't make the brows look too harsh or tattooed on.
- Now draw a line underneath the inner brow line.
- Blend that line upwards and make a neat brow shape.
- My next step is the lips, choose a subtle color, you can either use a lipstick, gloss or balm. As long as it has a slight shine to it. I believe a slight shine on the lips finishes the makeup look. You can have a full face of makeup, but if your lips are dry or untouched by some product, it throws the whole face off and comes off across as unfinished.
- Kryolan lipgloss.
- Topped with a bit of MAC lipstick.
- Start with the blush.
- You don't have to make a funny fish face to apply your blush, because that it not how you look naturally. Throughout most of the day, you may have a slight smile, or serious face. That's all you need. Sometimes if you 'fish face', you can distort the look once you relax your facial muscles.
- Start from the apple of the cheek up towards your ear.
- Blend
- Bend
- Lashes applied
There you have it.
This whole process probably takes me about half an hour, but I have done it in 20. BUT! If this is your first time and you're not used to making long cat eye lining looks, I recommend you to practice!
Another tip to remember is not to use those normal liquid eye liners for this look. The liquid causes mistakes to happen quickly, opt for the paint pots and a brush. Its paste consistency works far better. There is more control with it. I only use liquid eye liner to cover the eyelash glue once its dry.
If you're applying makeup on a client, make sure to smooth out the foundation to the ears and down the jaw to the neck line and set with powder. Take a photo, with a flash and without to see if some 'blush' is needed on those areas. You don't want it to look like a mask.
Remember that you are working with your or someones face, so you are seeing the gradual change, but a photo shows you the instant end product. So take photos! Take selfies and judge it from there.
MuchLuv, BeBlessed