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Free Breakfast in Class program approved
January 27, 2011 at 10:37 am 54 comments
I've gotten a lot of emails about this story this week, so I figure I'll post it. It didn't rile me as much as it did some people. I guess when we are in a school district that is something like 80% (?) low income, things like this are going to happen, as dysfunctional as they are in some schools.
My son's school offers free breakfast in the morning to basically anyone who wants it. It is certainly utilized by kids who come early, but I doubt it's more than 20% of the school. The repulsive looking food I've seen might have something to do with that.
Clearly the motives of an in-class breakfast are to "force" some kids to start the day with the benefit of some calories in them. Hard to believe there are some parents who can't even get their kids a piece of toast in the morning, but sometimes I find it challenging myself. The theory is good, but CPS is already operating on minimal school time. Taking 10 minutes (that will likely stretch out to 15) is even less learning time from our pathetically short school day.
I guess I feel a little self-conscious about being part of the anti-breakfast movement. Blaine school lead a protest, trying to get school to choose to opt out completely, but pointing out that they are only 25% low income. CPS pointed out that ""We understand you have 1,100 signatures, but we have 410,000 students we need to consider," Richardson-Lowry said." Well, that's a valid point. And what about the 25% low income who DO attend Blaine? I guess the argument is that if the parents drop the kids off a little early, they can get the free breakfast already. (I assume they must offer it there too?)
My biggest issue with this is the food and packaging waste that will definitely be generated. I bet CPS has a rule that they must all get it placed in front of them. I bet half the kids don't eat the food. I bet the amount of edible food that ends up in the trash will be depressing. I saw it happen when I helped do afterschool tutoring. The amount of apples and oranges that went straight to the trash was ludicrous. The school finally set up a plan to collect it and donate it.
From the article, it says the program is starting in schools with 80% low income or higher, which makes sense.
Here's the article:
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Obviously, most people support providing breakfast for children that need it. I absolutely don't have an issue with that, but I don't need or want this, so I resent the "mandatory" nature of this program. One thing the article did say that I hadn't heard before was that "individual students" may opt out so that's what we'll be doing. I actually like making and eating breakfast with my daughter and I don't want to give that up, regardless of the "psychological benefits of a breakfast with classmates". What about the benefit of having breakfast with your family? I certainly don't want to take away the opportunity to eat for kids that want/need it, but that option already exists under the current program. The fact that it will be a "bagged breakfast" in the classroom (rather than the current 'hot breakfast' program in the cafeteria) makes me wonder what they will actually be serving. I don't want my daughter eating something out of a package everyday.
The other issue I have is the waste (as you mentioned) and the cost to an already beleaguered budget, not to mention the class time that will be lost. What will they be giving up to accommodate this program? Reading circle? Writing workshop? Or are they planning to extend the school day (yeah right!)??
Here is a link to another Trib article that has a bit more information: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-mandatory-school-breakfast-01220110126,0,1352037.story
I don't see that this takes any time out of the school day – as you mentioned, one needs to get there early. There are so many kids malnourished with Cheetos considered to be a breakfast food. For some, the school meals will be the best meals of the day. Whatever they serve must be better. Several students took advantage of the breakfast plan at our school. Wouldn't it be up to the server to make sure they took a realistic amount of food? You will never be able to control what they eat. I don't see a downside.
CPS Mom, schools already serve breakfast before school to anyone who wants it, free to low-income students and for a fee to others. Under the new program, that will end. Instead, the first ten or fifteen minutes of the school day will be turned into mandatory but free breakfast for all. People aren't objecting to the schools serving breakfast, they are objecting to taking time out of an already short day in order to do it. And, when CPS already has the shortest school day and shortest school year in the country, there is no instruction time to spare.
CPS Mom — I don't think this will be a "before school" program. This new program is designed to take place in the classrooms as the first activity of the day (not a "show up early if you want to eat" program). That is the issue that most parents have and that is the downside. I am a parent and I feed my daughter. I don't want or need the school to do it.
For families that need the assistance and want to take advantage of the breakfast program, that already exists at the schools. The current program IS a before school program. The new program that was just approved is designed to take place during the school day, in each classroom (not in the cafeteria like it is now).
I agree that some students need this and for them, it should be provided. I used to live in Rogers Park and would take the Howard El to downtown. Every morning I saw parents feeding their kids a bag of Hot Cheetos and a $.10 "juice" (i.e. colored sugar water) bought from the newspaper stand in the El station. Nice breakfast huh?
However, pre-packaged sugar donuts & french toast sticks aren't what anyone needs for breakfast. The kids need protein to get themselves through the morning.
And, I'm sure the teachers don't want to have to deal with the food/mess/clean up that will take much more than 15 minutes of instruction time each day.
I personally think that this whole push is mainly about a politically connected food company (or companies) that is lobbying for a contract to provide breakfast for 100% of CPS students and will make millions doing it. Good ol' CPS
CPS also did not want the low-income kids to be stigmatized by having breakfast at school, but before classes. Better to have everybody eat breakfast at the same time.
@CPSMama: I personally think that this whole push is mainly about a politically connected food company (or companies) that is lobbying for a contract to provide breakfast for 100% of CPS students and will make millions doing it. Good ol' CPS
You hit the nail on the head — there is some underlying reason this was pushed through with little warning/notice. Someone is getting something out of it…
So, no working parents use the before school breakfast option as a way to drop kids off at school a little earlier? The late start times at many schools concern me – how am I supposed to get to work on time?
oh – to clarify, my question stems from a conversation on NPN basically saying that there is a stigma attached with eating the free breakfast. I had assumed that there were many kids who took advantage, disadvantaged or not. I must have been mistaken.
At our school (Wicker Park magnet school), lots of families utilize the early drop-off/breakfast as a way of being able to drop kids off a little early. I haven't heard of any stigma being attached to that…parents like it because school doesn't start until 9am. It's hard for working families because there is no before-school option and drop off isn't until 8:50. Seems like that will be going away.
At our school, I don't believe there was any stigma associated with going in the building and eating the free breakfast that they started last year. In fact, it was a problem for parents that had already fed their kids before school because they wanted to go in and eat the donuts and sweet cereal with their friends and ended up eating two breakfasts when parents didn't even know they were doing this. I am told that they got rid of the donuts, but I am not convinced that the choices are only good for you items at this point. I don't think the individual student opting out will work – at least not for younger kids. They see their friends eating, they will want it, too. It will make them feel left out if they don't take the extra food. I sure wish they would have extended the school day by 15 minutes in order to add this. I don't want kids to go hungry, but I don't want to take away the little learning time currently provided either. Seems totally wrong to me.
I have volunteered in my son's classroom many times, and that 15-20 minutes will take up valuable time that the children do not have enough of to begin with. More and more, I am seeing homework come home that was never even discussed in class b/c there was not enough time. Math centers will be cut short, the little time a teacher could give one on one attention will be cut short, I do not think this a good thing for our children. My son's bus sometimes drops them off early and he sits with the early breakfast program-never once has he said anything negative about the program or anyone in the program.
Obviously there is a need for breakfast for some children, but it should be early, not during class time. What about children with allergies? What about children that had breakfast and their parents don't want them to eat these bagged breakfasts? I have a seven year old son that just might (gasp!) not listen to me, and help himself:)
Well, I guess we'll opt of this program and in a purely selfish way I'm hoping that everyone else in my child's class will too. That way the teacher wouldn't have to deal with losing more time. As it is, the morning routine is currently challenging due to boots, snowpants, etc.
I do understand that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" but I'm sure that what will be served cannot be considered a real breakfast in any way shape or form.
This is a serious issue and I am GREATLY concerned.
This is about time. Time parents need to get to work by dropping their kids off to school even a few minutes early.
And it's about time taken away from classroom learning! They are cheating us and our children out of time.
Kids DO need breakfast. But they don't need time taken away from them. And they don't need their parents to be stressed out about getting to work.
It is a travesty that this was snuck in under the wire and goes back to the point that we need EDUCATORS on these boards, not businesspeople with secret agendas.
cpsobsessed — YES. For me, it's a timing issue. Add more time to the school day, and I am A-OK with it! Actually, as a former teacher myself, I think kids NEED to eat breakfast and I am all for forcing kids to eat. However, I am really concerned about the issues of working parents and classroom time.
I wonder what teachers think. I know that for the younger grades, at least, this will turn into 30 minutes of breakfast time for sure!
I am torn, so I shouldn't come across so strongly. I think breakfast is extremely important. I just worry that we need further concessions — like longer class days — to make up for a decision like this.
So, my mind is not made up. I would love to hear from teachers.
There are two food contractors currently connected to CPS's federally funded lunch and breakfast programs – Chartwell (which is an arm of Chartwell-Thompson) and Preferred Meals. While the reimbusement rates on the lunch and breakfast program are better than those on the summer nutrition food program – the bridge feeding program used in the summer, they are pretty bare bones in the reimbursement – I don't see there being any political connection to be gotten or necessarily a whole lot of extra profit to be made. Chartwell and Preferred might be lobbying for more business, but I would be surprised (since they already have contracts) that there would be a significant political angle to it all – esp. given the state of flux that the entire bureaucracy of CPS and the city are currently in.
Additionally, this back and forth about mandatory breakfast has been floating around for at least two years – it started with voluntary breakfast for all but I think because of the high subscription and the recession etc… there is a push to make it mandatory (maybe this changes the reimbursement rate or something).
I think the way it currently works is fine – arrive to school early if you want or need a free breakfast. Food belongs in the cafeteria. The school day is too short already. Somebody is going to get rich off this mandatory breakfast scam. What a huge waste of money. Stigma? I think parents have the sigma issue, not the kids.
I know that at my kid's school that the non-mandatory breakfast has been attributed to cutting down the number of disruptive kids, increasing their attention spans/patience. etc… My sense was that the teachers/administration were sort of stunned that access to breakfast could make such a huge difference in behavior and the kids being ready to learn. I think it has been a positive experience. However, I'd rather have it be voluntary than mandatory.
I'm not a teacher, but my husband is (high school) and my son's elementary school has had the in-classroom breakfast for a year now.
Yes, it was preferable to have the breakfast before school–I don't think there was any stigma (but my kid's so little he wouldn't know) and a good number of kids who arrived early ate. My kid is a Hobbitt, so yes, he had a second breakfast (and still doesn't weigh 40 lbs).
Teachers don't like having it in the classroom because of the time and the mess (although the littles still eat in the cafeteria).
My husband is rather upset about the breakfast in high school. Not only does it make 1 period of the day shorter than others (and he's NOT at one of the SEHS talked about here), but his kids need that instruction time. Also, it's one more reason for kids to skip class or come in tardy–they won't be "missing anything."
While I'm here, I want to comment on the "shortest school year" stat that's trotted out time and time again. Illinois requires 180 school days–as do many other states. MOST school district in the state (and in those other states) have 180 school days–unless they have a few extra built in for snow days. So a significant number of school districts around the country have the exact same number of school days as the CPS. It is rare, however, to have FEWER than 180 days.
In the beginning of the year my daughter was in a magnet school that did the bagged breakfast in the classroom method and it wasn't the worst thing that ever could've happened. There was fruit, milk, cereal and, yes,on occassion a packaged pb&j waffle bar thingy but not twinkies or hot cheetos. And am I wrong in assuming that some of the loudest objectors to what's being served have served a pop tart or two in the morning themselves? Or does everyone serve half a grapefruit with whole grain toast-hold the butter-with a sprig of mint leaf all the time? Monthly menus are provided so there's no secret as to what the kids are eating so there's transparency-even if you think the menu sucks.
My daughter has since transferred into a classical school where they do hot breakfast before school and that works too. Full disclosure, I am a stay at home parent that fixes breakfast every morning (and sometimes it's milk & cereal) so I don't need the program but it is nice to have the option. I don't need it so I don't use it. No big deal. Just like I don't need some of the other services that I pay for like dental care or whatever else it is they sent home with my daughter.
It's interesting that some parents are concerned about what this does to their getting to work on time. I don't think parents work schedule is CPS's primary concern. They're not a babysitting service.
Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with a good number things that CPS does but we can't fight them at every single turn. I think they really meant well with this. It's gonna be hard to take us parents seriously if we're seen as chronic complainers and/or naysayers(sp?). If CPS is for it then we must be against it?
I work full time and am a single mom, but I provide all meals for my daughter (she does not eat hot lunch). She is allergic to milk so we don't do cereal (unless it's with soy milk, but that is rare) and she has some health issues that require a restricted diet. So yes, I cook oatmeal, scrambled eggs, etc. and she actually does love grapefruit and eats it often. I just would rather cook for her and send her to school with a belly full of food that I provide. I haven't heard anything about how they'll deal with issues like that, but we don't have a need for this service so I will just have her opt-out.
I just wish it wasn't taking time out of the instruction/learning day. That's the issue for most folks as far as I know. It will be interesting to see how this is actually implemented in the schools and what strategies are employed to make this work.
The article says that they'll be rolling out the program to an additional several hundred schools that have 80% low income or more…..I took that to mean CPS as a whole has 80% low income, not that only schools with 80% low income will be doing it. My impression is that all schools must participate. I am going to call our school today to find out.
I agree that CPS is not a babysitting service, however the before school breakfast provided a few precious minutes in the morning that can help. I'm fine with paying for before school care, but many schools do not offer it. It seems that it would be nearly impossible to find someone to step in for that hour in the morning to bridge the gap. As a family with two working parents, we are concerned with what the solution will be if our son ends up getting into one of the schools with a late start time.
@23, it is my understanding that all elementary schools will have to implement this, but they are starting next month with the schools that have the most low income students and all schools must implement this by June 30th. So, in essence, Hawthorne may not have to implement this until next year.
@24, your concern is different from the whole free breakfast program. Many schools with late starts do offer children the opportunity to either play outside or enter the building about 1/2 hour before school starts (with supervision). There are also after school programs, if near the school, that may offer before school care as well as the after school care. So, it may work out for you anyway.
I agree the biggest issue with this mandate is the time it will take aware from teaching/learning. I do provide a healthy breakfast and no, we don't have pop tarts in the house. I guess I will defer concern about the quality of the food until I see it.
CPS has 175 days of instruction now that school improvement plan days, whatever they are, were moved to full days instead of half days. I prefer the full day off over the half day off, but these kids are not in school 175 days a year, and it's not like American school kids are off the charts in terms of academic achievement. 180 days really isn't enough, not when our kids are lagging in everything except self-esteem.
I suspect there's a fix in there somewhere. There's a reason that the board didn't publicize this.
Finally, if ten minutes a day is no big deal, why does the CTU refuse to extend the school day just ten minutes more?
I'm just so angry about this. Kids learn better when they have a full nights sleep, and not all kids come to school with that. So how about if the first two hours of the school day are set aside as nap time? Is that what's next?
Our school is working towards being exempt from this whole thing. Hopefully our principal will be able to work a miracle here and save us the ten school days and the entire half a year we'd lose by 8th grade because of what I consider to be a foolish policy. Of all the problems and issues CPS has…..this is what they focus on?
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A funny comment from the Tribune comments:
"Another critical issue is financing for the $41 million program."
When I typically take 410,000 kids out for breakfast, I make sure I can pay for it first.
October of last school year, my daughter started refusing the oatmeal I was making for her breakfast. She had discovered the free breakfast at school. I looked at the menu that had been sent home, and I saw all the scrambled-eggs-and-turkey-bacon-type options and thought it looked like they were making a better effort than I was. So I said okay, she could eat breakfast at school. It took me a few weeks to figure out that she was eating Frosted Flakes with chocolate milk followed by donuts. Every day. A look back at the menu found in teensy tiny print at the bottom of the page …also available a selection of Kellogg's cereals and (whatever their code name for "donut" was — something like "power breakfast"?)
She was in kindergarten at the time — a kid in a candy store. She's not allowed to eat CPS breakfast anymore.
We're talking breakfast program here and new schools in another post – I guess Illinois is saved from financial ruin and and CPS is flush so I say get to your Alderman and put your neighborhood needs in front of the board while the ink is freely flowing. I wonder who is going to want the new mayors job of cleaning this up.
The overwhelming majority of food served will not be natural and it will be high fructose corn syrup and preservatives I am certain I don't want my child eating. What can parents who don't want their children served this packaged, preservative laden food served to their children?
I'm not that bothered by what they will serve. Most days it will probably be better than what my kids get at home.
What I am bothered by are the assumptions made by BIC, that are not explicitly said but definitely in the air:
1. Poor people don't know they should give their children breakfast.
2. Poor people do not understand good nutrition.
3. Poor people are lazy and can't get to school on time for the universal breakfast.
4. Poor people should be lucky they are getting a free breakfast and not question when they have to eat it or what is in it.
5. Poor children do badly in math and science because, their parents don't care enough about their well-being to feed them.
6. If we feed your poor children that's enough, we don't have to think about the rest of the family that's hungry too.
7. We won't increase your food stamps or welfare checks so you can buy more food, your poor therefore not equipt to make the right decisions.
I believe in social security, welfare program, medicare and other social safety nets. If you have never needed it, good for you, but I'm glad they are there if I need them. But I don't believe supplying breakfast to 410,000 CPS students will solve the fact that kids are not succeeding in CPS because of inherent issues due to poverty. And one of the issues is people think you're stupid.
And to your point, JP, not everyone believes that poor children deserve an education. Apparently, it's better to feed them French toast sticks than to teach them math. They ain't gonna need that book learnin' to ask if you want fries with that.
Maybe Rahm is reading this post right now and will reverse the foolish and costly mandatory breakfast policy. Rahm…are you listening?
Re: breakfast choices. What has more nutrition…Hot cheetos or Fruit loops? I'm serious…
If you haven't been to Fed Up With School Lunch, the time is now.
She's another Chicago blogger with a lot to say about the food that's served to our children.
I'd rather they spent the money on books and security. I have absolutely no faith in what they will be serving to the kids, and how exactly are you supposed to ensure your child doesn't eat the sugary processed will live on a shelf for a decade if needed junk? I'm starting to wonder more and more whether a return to the city really is best for my child.
I'm an intermediate level teacher. If this program comes to my school, I plan to teach the children how to get the food, take care of the garbage when they are finished and hopefully be able to recycle some of the leftovers. While they are busy setting up, eating and breaking down, I plan to read to them from interesting books at their grade and developmental level.
in the cps montessori classrooms the kids help prepare and clean up after snack time. Maybe this could be a good thing after all.
Teacher you sound wonderful. A voice of calm and reason. That's why you are the professional here!
My child is in kindergarten and has been eating breakfast at home and again at school in the classroom (with friends, I suppose). I wasn't as concerned initially, until his December 2010 pediatrician appt in which he gained almost 4lbs in 3 months!! This is not a growth spurt but IS a girth spurt. I am concerned about chilhood obesity and how this impacts instruction time. However, his teacher has a nice system in place in which the kids clean up and recycle quickly with the help of an asst and parents.
My son gets breakfast every morning for preschool – he loves it. Actually the fruit, the low fat cereals, skim milk, and yogurts (without high fructose corn syrup) are eaten by almost all the kids in the class. Kids seem to enjoy it andI I see the teachers using the time to teach table manners, sharing, and skills like how to open the packages the food comes in by themselves.
True my son has already eaten a first breakfast at home with me at 6:30am but the one at 8:45 with his friends at school is the one that he looks forward to.
Blaine is slipping in the ranks. Why does Bell have almost an extra hour of school? We need to adapt the 80/20 principle, and stop worrying/spending so much on the bottom 20% that don't care, and will likely end up doing nothing. Why are we letting them drag the entire CPS system down? It's pretty pathetic that there no descent non-magnet high schools in CPS. Looks like the elementary schools will be next.
Has anyone considered that a child may have a food allergy to the goods being given? My child has an allergy to food dye. One specific food dye "Carmine" can cause an anaphylaxis reaction and kill him. I learned this past week my child has been eating these meals with out my knowledge since May 1st to opt out I had to write a note from home and It also required a prescription from my child's doctor, which required me to pay for a doctor's visit stating why if my child was to be feed these meals he would require an alternate meal to be provided OR to let me send him a breakfast to school so he does not feel isolated or stand out because he is not eating it like everyone else. CPS is making money off of this deal is the bottom line. They are reembursed more than they pay for the meals.
Rice Krispie treats for breakfast.
There are no rice krispie treats on the menu. There are rice krispies the cereal.
to me it is more the point of the decision of what to feed your child should be left up to the parent and not the school. Additionally, my child is on the Fiengold diet due to allergies and does not eat anything processed what so ever because my child also has a problem with nitrites/nitrates and BHT type preservatives. I also do not buy into the fact that people can not feed their children at home. Every month I clip coupons and watch food sales so I can buy food and donate it to food shelters. I can buy 10 boxes of cereals for $10 and use $10 coupons I clipped and get it for free only paying the tax. I have also done this for other food, tooth paste and toiletries donating to shelters. The large companies basically give away tons of product just to get you in the store to buy other things. So it can be done. The retailers are also reimbursed at a higher cost by these companies so they are happy to give it all away. CPS makes money off of this program at the expense of our children. It is a cash cow for CPS because they re-reimburse at a higher cost than what CPS pays for it. They are giving our children 45 mins recess next year so they all do not become obese. http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/notebook/index.php/entry/1032/In_the_News%3A_Breakfast_in_the_Classroom_program_could_mean_extra_revenue_for_CPS
Wow, GMan, classist much?
As a fifth grade teacher in Chicago, my class is investigating the additives, high fructose corn syrup, and many words that don't sound nutritious in the school breakfasts and lunches. We came to the conclusion that if a plants becomes malnourished, frail or diseased, botanists give them nutrients. In U.S. schools, we give our children chemicals. Letters to the First Lady are on their way. I wonder if she knows that these selective food venders are making a fortune by skimping on the quality of the food.
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Friday featured performances by Astro and Dënver, both prominent players in Chile's alternative electro-pop scene. Astro began the evening with their contagious jungle beats and quirky spunk. With his lion-like mane, lead singer Andrés Nusser thrust himself upon a crowd of screaming onlookers, much to the dismay of security. Dënver followed Astro with a mellower set, rich with eighties-nostalgic tunes that left the audience bleary-eyed and swaying.
Alex Anwandter opened Saturday night at MFEST with his hit single "Cómo puedes vivir contigo mismo?", kicking off an exciting night of high-energy tunes from one of Chile's most internationally-renowned pop artists. Anwandter's funky dance moves stole the show, and his catchy lyrics had the enthusiastic crowd singing along to every verse.
Gepe took the stage next and kept the night rocking with choreographed dancers in colorful costumes. Known not only for club-worthy electronic beats but also soulful ballads, Gepe slowed things down mid-show with a creative acoustic cover of Anwandter's song "Casa Latina". Anwandter and Gepe's impressive MFEST performances illustrated just how far these two artists have come in recent years.
Sunday closed with De Saloon's blaring rock and Gondwana's bright, reggae-funk tunes, capping off an excellent week at Matucana 100. For those sorry they missed MFEST, Gepe will be playing at Lollapalooza April 6 and 7. You can follow Alex Anwandter, Astro, and Dënver on twitter or Facebook for news about their upcoming shows.
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This report, commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, sets out the findings of an independent evaluation of the Community Participation Programmes. The programmes provide funding to encourage local people to become involved in the regeneration of their neighbourhoods and help residents gain the skills and knowledge so they can play an effective role in local strategic partnerships. Grants of up to 5000 pounds are provided to local community groups.The finding show that giving groups small sums of money upfront with no strings attached has been a crucial factor in delivering results. The profile of groups has been raised locally and people have become involved in neighbourhood and borough wide activities. The training has resulted in people becoming involved in decision making for the first time. The Programmes are making valuable developments in small groups, new start-up groups and developing the whole sector.
The report highlights the need for Central government to provide more effective incentives to ensure that Local Strategic Partnership partners and service providers take community participation seriously, reflecting this in the next round of Comprehensive Performance Assessments, in Local Area Agreements, in LSP performance management exercises and other appropriate vehicles.
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Rendez-vous right now for Vietnam 2030
Digital economy, a genuine opportunity for Vietnam
With a domestic market of 86 million people, a GDP growth rate (CAGR) at more than 5% during the last 25 years, a GDP per capita less than US$ 1200 (2010) (1) and a 35 year socio-political stability, Vietnam has a strong potential of economic development. While 84% of its GDP (2010) is still equally created in industry & services (2), I believe that the country should anticipate the digital economy in the next 20 years.
A pool of local entrepreneurial talent and multinational corporations
If I have any doubt about its preparation, then Intel, IBM, Nokia, Cap Gemini, Hitachi sweep it away with important investments in Vietnam facilities in recent years. They do bet on this country of which 60% of its population is less than 35 years old (1), born & grow up in the middle of computers, Internet, Google, Facebook. Sometimes, a high level of entrepreneurship creates a bit of staff turn-over in big corporations, but then the relatively optimistic expectation enables "try & fail" thinking, which is good to find the best local models.
Future challenges
I'm not utopian, I don't believe in perfect situation either. The country still has some tough challenges in labor productivity, infrastructure, financial system, SoE restructuration to achieveits 2020 targets. However, as the Spanish poet Antonio Machado said, "We make the road by walking".
See you in Vietnam!
You can follow me at @VietnamFocus
- www.gso.gov.vn
- McKinsey & Co. 2012
- Grant Thornton IBR 2010, 2011, 2012
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Featured Post: Guarding Our Eyes (Part II)
Guest Contributor:Amanda Beth
Read part one here.
This is probably the number one complaint I hear from people, they want to know how to hear from God. If we want to experience all God has for us and want to know Him and recognize His voice, we have to do as He says and keep our eyes, our hearts, and our minds pure.
"The man who says, 'I know him,' but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did."
– 1 John 2:4-6
The popular phrase "What Would Jesus Do" is what we should apply to everything we do. Would Jesus watch the garbage we watch for entertainment today? Would Jesus read the magazines and books we find so entertaining? If we want to grow and hear His voice, and receive the fullness of the life that Jesus died to give us, we have to guard our eyes, our minds, and our hearts.
I encourage you to lay down whatever God shows you is hindering you from growing closer to Him. Romans 14:23 in the Amplified Bible says that whatever doesn't originate and proceed from faith is sin, meaning that whatever is done without a conviction of its approval by God is sinful. If we don't have God's approval on something we should lay it down. The more we lay down, the more we receive, so the benefits are definitely in our favor. My prayer is that nothing would hinder us from grow closer to God each and every day.
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
Amanda Beth is a wife and mother of four children, and author the upcoming book: YOU CAN HAVE A HAPPY FAMILY – Steps to Enjoying Your Marriage and Children. She's been married for 14 years and experienced a transformation in her life and marriage since she surrendered her heart to Christ ten years ago. Every Monday, on her website, she shares the reasons and benefits behind the Truths in God's Word. You may follow her on Twitter.
Thank you Amanda for such a great message and for sharing your personal story of how righteous living is truly better living!


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The abundance of fresh summer fruit inspires Tamara Novacoviç to make simple desserts like this one.
By Tamara Novacoviç
The abundance of fresh summer fruit inspires me to make simple desserts like this one. It looks elegant, it is light and guarantees to satisfy every palate.
Being fortunate enough to have home grown organic strawberries, I enjoy walking through the garden in the morning, stepping onto fresh, damp soil and dewed grass and picking one by one. I don't like using this lovely, plump, seductive fruit in baked cakes, I somehow cannot escape the feeling of destroying them while baking. That's why I most often eat them fresh from the garden, sometimes with a bit of honey drizzled over them, or with creams like this one. Just the other day I made lovely cream using mascarpone, some vanilla and whipping cream. If you want to add a bit more tang to it, you can use some lemon zest or substitute mascarpone for sour cream.
There are no exact measures in this one, just play with your dessert and put less or more strawberries or cream in serving glasses.
- fresh strawberries
- whipped cream
- mascarpone
- vanilla extract
- some powdered sugar
- grated white chocolate
- lemon balm/mint leaves
- Wash strawberries, cut in slices.
- Combine softly whipped cream with mascarpone, vanilla and some powdered sugar (depending on how sweet you want it to be).
- In serving glasses, layer strawberry slices. Put the cream over them, alternating with strawberries.
- Finish with some grated white chocolate and lemon balm or mint leaves.


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So many positives right now.
My sons being more respectful and helping around the house.
My daughters outside with sailor and a rugby ball just playing, giggling having fun. Amazing to see a bond forming.
Last night made a passing comment to my sailor that I was hungry so at 10pm I was sitting on the bench as he made us pancakes, feeding me lol
I got up this morning and due to physical pain and bloating I was feeling so blah, unattractive, fat even. Getting dressed in my trusty ripped knee old jeans and a hoody I tied my hair up in a messy bin. Certainly not the picture of sexiness lol. I came down stairs and the way my sailor looked at me blew my mind. Telling how beautiful I am.
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. Applicants Now Pay N 200,000 To Get Jobs
The Federal Civil Service which was regarded as being highly principled in the 1970s and early 80s is currently being plagued by a number of issues. Apart from the indolent nature of some of the civil servants, corruption has also been discovered to have eaten deep into the structure of the service. Presently, the government cannot confidently claim to know the exact population of those in the civil service. No thanks to the many "ghosts" that receive salaries at the end of every month.
Though recruitments into the Federal Civil Service should be done without a fee, Street Journal has found out that things have changed as a wave of corruption has taken over the air in the civil service. It was also found out that though recruitment is normally done by the Federal Civil Service Commission, Ministries and extra-ministerial departments are allowed to recruit, especially those below GL O8.
With "connection" being the main criterion used in recruitment in the civil service in Nigeria, it is a general belief that recruitment processes in the federal civil service lack equity and transparency. The wave of corruption sweeping across almost all the Federal Ministries now has to do with the existence of an employment racket that holds sway. Street Journal found out that the employment cartel has a membership that cuts across all ministries. This has been made possible by the fact that standard personnel requirements are not often put into use in the recruitment process. Rather, federal character principle and quota system among other things come up when recruitment exercises are to be carried out. These systems put quota ahead of merit most times.
Investigations have revealed that not only are the employment racket members insiders in the Federal civil service, some of them belong to the senior cadre. It was also found out that though most of the ground work is done by the junior staff, they are actually fronts for the big bosses, on whose tables the buck stops most of the time.
While the junior staffs are the ones that "rap" the applicants and convince them that things could be done in their favour, the ratification would be taken care of by those at the senior level.
There is always a "business boom" when it is time to employ. Though many go through the formalities of writing tests and attending interviews, a number of those who paid their way through would be assured of being employed ahead of some of those who should get there on merit. This of course is done with minimum reference to human resource requirements.
Street Journal found out that to enter Federal Ministries, graduates are charged between N 150,000 and N 200,000 by "employment touts" who of course are also on the government's payroll. Though some pay in instalments, the amount is usually paid upfront and within a short time, employment letters are given to those who are able to afford them.
While trying to find out why people would be willing to pay for employment in the Federal civil service where the pay is considered low by many, Street Journal found out that a number of factors have been responsible for the decadence over the years.
Many people have seen jobs in the civil service as the type that would afford them the time to venture into other things, private business inclusive, a feat that can hardly be done in private employment. The mere fact that pension and other entitlements would be paid after the retirement has also made the service attractive to many. A part of the Civil Service Act stipulates either 35 years of service or the attainment of the age of 60 years as mandatory period for retirement. Many thus see it as a way of getting permanent revenue from the government as against what obtains in the private sector.
A number of people have also opted to pay their way into the civil service due to frustration. Some parents and guardians whose children and wards have been unemployed for long have been known to patronize such employment rackets. Those who paid to get in are also assured of steady promotion and easy rise as long as they are ready to continue to grease palms.
The fraudulent practices of recruitment ends up affecting the productivity of the civil service since the competence of any labour force is determined by the calibre of employees recruited.


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An Introduction to Organisational Behaviour for Managers and Engineers
A Group and Multicultural Approach
Book Description
If you understand organisations then you are more powerful, in that you are then able to further your own interests and/or those of the organisation. It then makes sense that all engineers as part of their undergraduate degrees, or their subsequent professional development, have to study organisational behaviour as part of their management training. This is a major requirement of Engineering Council UK (ECUK) for those wishing to become chartered engineers.
This book aims to support courses that go towards meeting the ECUK requirements for management and business training, with coverage of team and group working, and further discussion of international cultural difference, which are major features of engineering degrees today. Chapters also cover key issues for maintaining a healthy working environment within an organisation, such as motivating employees, managing stress and dealing with organisational politics, as well as subjects to provide a greater understanding of company management including leadership and organizational structures.
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The premiere of Ryan Murphy's Pose on FX earlier this month was a rare, game-changing moment in television history. The show, a glittering musical drama about the contrasting worlds of New York City ball culture and Trumpian greed in the 1980s, has the largest cast of transgender actors to have graced our screens in a scripted show. There's plenty of voguing, of course, as well as the high production dance numbers and costumes we've come to expect from Murphy, whose previous projects include Glee and American Horror Story, but the show is also a classic New York story of aspiration, class, and subculture set in the shadow of the AIDS crisis.
In celebration of Pride month, Condé Nast Traveler sat down with activist, actress, and devout Buddhist Angelica Ross, who stars in Pose alongside Janet Mock as the quick-witted, no-nonsense Candy Abundance, to talk about getting to know New York through the lens of the show, traveling as a trans woman of color, and the one trip that changed her life.
You only recently moved to New York from L.A. What was it like to getting to know the city through filming the show?
It was such an interesting way to see the city. When I'm not filming Pose, I'm obviously in modern day New York, and then when we're filming I jump back to the 1980s. I think of shows like Sex and the City, where New York was basically a main character, and I feel the same about Pose. Only in New York, in that time, could these elements come together to tell the story that we're telling. It's almost like Downton Abbey: You've got the people who live upstairs and downstairs, or, in this case, uptown and downtown. You have the ball community's desire to be in mainstream society (and you see just how out of reach that looks), and then the richness, opulence, wealth, and greed of the Trump era. The show leads to a conversation around privilege and class, about who deserves to have their dreams come true and who doesn't.
It's such a New York story.
Yeah! And it's interesting that, while the show is set in the '80s, a lot of it is similar to my story coming up in the '90s. The struggles that my character Candy struggles with are the ones I personally had. And some of the conversations that we're having [now and in Pose] show that as much time has moved forward, we haven't as much. But I've never felt more capable of making change than I do now. I feel almost like a lion that's been woken up.
From what I gather, you've always been a traveler?
My mom would always say to me "settle down somewhere," because I was always moving. I've lived in New York, Los Angeles, and South Florida. When I was in the military, I was stationed in Japan. That part of my story, my journey, put a scent of Buddhism in my nose. I'd love to able to return to Japan, on my own terms, now in my true identity. I also know I need to break my fears and challenge my own self by traveling, but traveling while trans—traveling while black and trans—is a whole other experience. Sometimes I don't know if I'm safe in certain parts of the world, and that's unfortunate.
For the LGBTQ+ community, and especially for trans people, safety can be a real concern when choosing where to travel. How do we encourage people to keep visiting new places and experiencing the world while still staying safe?
I have to give advice that I also need to follow myself. I'm a free spirit and I travel alone a lot, but I'm recognizing more and more that it's not always a safe thing to do. I'm aware that I still have to be careful. Finding friends or other people who have visited or lived in certain areas [of the world], or even connecting to LGBTQ+ communities at events and community spaces to see what life is like for them, is a great thing to do. Plus, why would I not want to have a night or two indulging within my community in a foreign place? I think that's wonderful.
I'm also trying to find a way to foster the free spirit that says "you shouldn't be afraid to step outside your house; you shouldn't be afraid to see the world." It's just that for folks like us, we have to see the world while also seeing it for its current condition—and making adjustments. I do feel the pulse of humanity trying to move forward, though. You see [this energy] in different parts of the U.S.; places that are starting to get stronger about protecting and standing up for our communities.
How much has travel fueled your activism?
I've received letters from people [around the world] about how bad things are, but I've also received letters from people about how, despite the odds, they're creating community, they are striving and thriving. It's really inspiring to me. I've been traveling all my life, from Wisconsin to Japan, but in the beginning I was running away from myself. The way I travel now marks a new chapter. I recognize how far we've come, and [try to be] a global citizen when I'm traveling.
Has there been a single moment or experience during your travels that felt transformative?
My good friend Janet Mock invited me to her wedding on an island in Hawaii, so I took the opportunity to extend the trip because I hadn't taken a vacation in a super long time. The island changed me. I experienced a freedom that week that I will never forget: Not only did the weather and the sun and the mountains and the water embrace me, but so did the men, so did the culture. This one guy took me around the island on the back of his moped, and I was able to see Hawaii with someone who knew the place. I felt free. Until then, there weren't many times when I was not thinking about my trans-ness and what other people thought of me.
I also realized that nature—the mountains—restored me in some way, and when I got back to L.A. [where I was living at the time] I needed to take this feeling with me. I realized I didn't have to travel so far to find that sort of peace and refuge—that I can find it where I am, if I'm willing to see the beauty of my home.
With that in mind, why will you never stop traveling?
It's the only way that we're all going to connect. We have to be willing to leave our comfort zones to try and understand how other people see the world, and how other people are living. It was a struggle for me to get my documents to match my identity, but it didn't stop me from traveling. No wall, no barrier, and no border should make people afraid to travel and get to know each other.


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When I look back I am amazed to see how technology has put me in contact with people I would never have known. For instance when I started writing, I only had a few followers and they were all relatives. I didn't know Terri St. Cloud which means I didn't know Pam, or Dani, or Sorrow, or Molly, or Mandy, or Stephanie, or Patty. And I hadn't read Mothering Mother so I didn't know Carol O'Dell, had never been in a writing group before, had never been brave enough to submit my writing for critique, let alone publishing, and I didn't have the beret-wearing friends known as Le Chat Noir. I'd never talked on the radio, never had my name in the author section of a book, never heard people say, "you ARE a writer, even if you don't know it" instead of something more ego-busting like, "go put THAT in your blog" accompanied by a mean face and hurtful look.
So here's to ME! And to writing! And to being brave! And to keeping at something for 5 years. That's a pretty good record for me.
Today was the first day back to the writing group since the holiday break. Remember how before cell phones with keypads that take pictures when you'd start back to school and couldn't wait to share all your new clothes or fancy gadgets. It was the same with us, except we shared about our lives and filled in the blanks of the past month. There was a hush at our table upon learning the death of someone close to two of our members, but mostly there was laughing and heartfelt support from each of us to each of us. I truly am blessed to be a part of this group.
In order to get our thinking caps back in working order, Carol suggested we make a list of things we love. As I crawled back into bed yesterday morning - the coldest we've had so far - after coercing the dog to go outside to pee without me, I made the list in my head. My poor short term memory makes that exercise kind of pointless but it did make for an easy transition back to the land of nod. I'm not sure I could come with 1000 things I love (a la 1000 Awesome Things) but my list wasn't too shabby. Maybe I'll start it here then move it over to my sidebar and keep it going.
Things I Love ...
1. My Sweetie
2. My kids
3. My grand daughter
4. Amazing Gracie
5. My sisters
6. My aunts, uncles, and cousins
7. Silly old hound dogs
8. Kitties
9. Rib eye steak cooked medium rare
10. French bread for dipping
11. Panera's Broccoli Cheese Soup
12. Quilts
13. Books
14. Long hot showers
15. Writing
16. Feeling loved in return for loving
17. High mass with organ music
18. Communing with God in the holiness of the great outdoors
19. Babies
20. John Denver songs
21. Flannel pjs
22. The sound of the ocean lapping the beach
23. Birds singing outside my window
24. Sitting on Buck Bald and taking it all in
25. The Grand Canyon
Okay. I think that's enough for now.
Today I'm grateful for blog friends I've never met face to face but who have encouraged and inspired me. I'm grateful for my writing group buds. And I'm grateful to Weneki and Just Jenni who convinced me I should try blogging.
Wishing for you an opportunity to do what you love,
Merry ME


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1) What is MYTouchnGo?
MYTouchnGo is Touch 'n Go's new customer portal that helps you manage and keep track of all your Touch 'n Go cards and devices. You can also view your e-statements and rebates, register your cards, change your details and so much more!
2) What are the features are on the MYTouchnGo portal?
You will be able to do the following:
1) Register your cards and devices to protect your balance
2) Update personal details
3) View Card History
4) Transfer ownership of cards/devices
5) View rebates
and much more coming soon...
3) When will MYTouchnGo be available?
You will be able to start using the MYTouchnGo Portal from 31 January 2015 onwards.
4) Where can I find MYTouchnGo?
You will find the sign up/login button to the MYTouchnGo Portal on the top right corner of our official website: https://www.touchngo.com.my/
5) What do I need to do to use the MYTouchnGo portal?
To create an account, you will have to register online and create a login ID and password. Due to our Single Sign On process, you will only need to create one account to manage all your Touch 'n Go cards, devices and services. Its so easy!
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We encourage you to register your card in order to protect your card balance in case of a lost card and to enjoy the various services provided in the Portal.
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No. We have enhanced our registration process and improved security to serve you better hence, the old e-Statement login ID and password is no longer applicable. As such, we would require you to take 5 mins to re-register yourself on the new MYTouchnGo Portal after 31 January 2015.
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Your e-statement will be available until 31 January 2015 on the old e-Statement portal. You can access the old e-Statement portal until 28 February 2015. However, your card transactions will be updated only until 31 January 2015.
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Should you choose not to re-register your Touch 'n Go cards on the MYTouchnGo Portal, you will still be able to use your card. However, your details may not be available for us to deactivate the card and refund of card balance if the card is reported lost or stolen.
Further, you will not have easy access to all the latest services provided through your MYTouchnGo account.
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To register and create an account, please go to the Touch 'n Go website (https://www.touchngo.com.my/) and click on the MYTouchnGo "Sign Up" button on the top right corner and follow the instructions.
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When you create an account, you will be required to enter a card serial no. or device no. That card or device is automatically registered to your profile. You can also register additional cards and devices under your account.
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To register additional cards and devices, please log in to your account and go to the "Cards and Devices" tab. There will be an option to add cards or devices to your account. Follow the instructions accordingly.
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You will be able to unsubscribe from any promotional materials or change your preferences via the accounts settings tab.
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You can view your recent transactions and download a statement of your transaction history from the "History" tab under your account.
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You will be able to view your latest transactions on the MYTouchnGo portal within 48 hours from time the actual transactions took place.
19) How much transaction history can I view online?
You will be able to view your transactions over the last 90 days (3 months inclusive of the current month)
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Currently, the only rebates available are festive rebates.
22) Can I use the portal to apply for rebates?
Unfortunately, we do not offer that service at this time. The rebate information at MYTouchnGo Portal is for viewing only.
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If you are eligible for rebates, kindly visit any Touch 'n Go Hub or other service counters to redeem your rebate into your Touch 'n Go card.
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You can check the rebates voucher creation date and voucher validity date in the "Rebates" tab of your MYTouchnGo portal account. You can redeem the rebates anytime within the validity period.
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You can now transfer the ownership of your registered generic Touch 'n Go card or Touch 'n Go device to any other registered user.
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In order to transfer ownership of your card or device, both the transferor and the transferee must have a registered account in the MYTouchnGo portal and ownership transfer is only allowed for active Touch 'n Go card and devices.
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Go to the "Cards and Devices" tab. Select the option to transfer ownership of any of your registered cards or devices and enter the new owner's NRIC, name & email address and answer the security question correctly.
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You will receive a message upon completion of transfer and the new owner will be notified via e-mail.
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Kindly visit our website for detailed tutorials on using the MYTouchnGo Portal.
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Season's Greetings for the NHS!
Friday 18 December 2015
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NHS Under Pressure
'Hospitals have never been so busy,' stated Nick Triggle, BBC's Health Correspondent, as the NHS reaches the end of another long year. With an ageing population and an onset of long-term lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, the NHS's resources are already being significantly stretched. It is now common knowledge that NHS England have been failing to meet their target of seeing 95% of patients within a four hour window, and so the added pressures of winter and its related illness are causing fears as to how health organisations will cope over the next few months.
Experts are now saying that a lack of community services in which to release patients is adding to the pressures – according to the BBC, leading research group the Nuffield Trust have said that the NHS needs to 'urgently invest in extra beds in care homes and other community settings to relieve the pressure on hospitals.'
Delayed discharges, otherwise known as 'bed-days lost,' have increased by more than 30% in the past five years to around 160,000 in October of this year. In some areas, one in five beds are occupied by patients that are medically fit enough to be discharged but have nowhere safe to be released to.
Rather than focus on the potential wreck of the NHS, however, particularly at what is supposed to be a festive and cheerful time, we should look at the potential to save it. The NHS does not have to be crippled in doom and gloom, as healthcare services in Scotland are currently proving to us.
What's the solution?
NHS England are now looking to Scotland in an attempt to meet their key performance indicators (KPIs) and decrease the number of 'bed-days lost.' Despite experiencing a difficult winter last year, Scotland's health services are currently in a much better position: their waiting times in particular are lower than they were last winter, especially compared to those of England, Wales and Northern Ireland whose statistics are all worse than they were this time last year.
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Environmental Governance Field Study
About This Class
Following completion of the Environmental Governance in the Developing World course, students may participate in an additional field trip to Southeast Asia. This trip will enable students to experience directly environmental conditions in the region and to meet leading environmental scholars and activists. Prerequisite: Environmental Governance in the Developing World.


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A standard, Category 6, outside cabin. Beds are arranged parallel to each other instead of in an �L� pattern which would be consistent with the size of the cabin, and provide additional �move around� space. The upper bunks are located on the walls, above the beds, taking valuable space away from the cabin when the beds are joined together forming a queen sized. The lamp in the end table is actually twin lamps, permanently glued to the tables The glass shades rattle!
The bureau, instead of being placed flush, against the wall, is cate-cornered, again, taking up valuable floor space. There is NO couch, just a small chair. A 19 inch TV is provided, larger than is normal in a standard cabin. A refrigerator is located below the TV, but, it is not there to benefit passengers! It was installed in an attempt to provide the line an additional source of income�the pay bar! Closet space is voluminous! Enough for a cruise length of months! However, the ship only sails 7 day Caribbean cruises! The space would have been much better utilized for walk around space rather than storage! Celebrity acknowledged the situation in subsequent ships, offering more floor space, less storage space, in accommodations dubbed, and marketed as �Deluxe�. Standard Ocean View cabins on Mercury and Galaxy retain the original Century design. (Both cabins are the same size, but the deluxe has better utilization of space, much in the style of the new Royal Caribbean Ships, in fact, virtually identical to them).
The introduction to Century: the Grand Foyer! We walked on board without even noticing! It just doesn�t make much of a statement! Note the marble floor. Shiny, and without carpeted thorough fares. The elderly and those with less then agile mobility are provided with no alternate means of traversing this slippery area! Seniors not wishing to risk hip injury should avoid this ship!!
The Grand Foyer. Looking down from the upper lever, the white wall is actually made up of projection Television Screens. Although less than a year old at the time, many images were already indelibly �burned� into the screens, ruining the effect! It is surely worse now! The wall is also fronted by three story waterfall. Don�t expect to see it operating much, it tends to be messy on a moving ship!
The Grand Foyer, showplace of the Century! The white lights on the ceiling change color during the day�white, simulating daylight, red: dusk, and blue: evening. If the designers had opened the space up by adding windows, simulations wouldn�t have been necessary! Overall, this is one of the poorest executions of an atrium ever placed on a ship. It serves no purpose, and is neither a crossroads, nor a place of meeting. The Boulevard Shops, surrounding the Foyer, are excellent though. But, don�t expect to find a liquor shop! Any liquor bought on board is only delivered the last day of the cruise, and is not available for in cabin consumption!! Why do you think they included the stocked refrigerator in all cabins?? For your own beverages?? NOT ON YOUR LIFE!
In a move illustrative of the exact attitude of the Cruise Line, Century sells Feminine hygiene products in the Grand Foyer!! Note the arrows! This is not in a shop!! It�s right in the Foyer! Class at it�s lowest!!
The famous Celebrity Rendez-Vous Lounge. This room was so dark and claustrophobic, eventually I refused to even sit in it while waiting for dinner. Probably the most uncomfortable room, in which, I have been, anywhere! For art, there is a ladder leading to the ceiling. It wasn�t until the last day that my wife realized it to be art, and not a remnant of another careless Century workman.
The Grand Restaurant. This is actually a beautiful room! However, the apparent spaciousness is deceiving. Unlike chairs on other ships, here, there are no armrests! Fill the dining room with passengers, and you get a crowded space. So crowded, in fact, that diners, unlucky enough to be situated along the path of passing waiters, are constantly jostled in their seats. Despite claims to the contrary, there is NO formal training of waiters here: dishes are constantly presented and removed improperly, even to the extent of waiters reaching across one diner to reach the adjacent diners place setting. Food, although not bad, is far from being superior to that available on other lines. There is no OFF MENU ordering, and even minor requests such as �omitting onions� are next to impossible to achieve; the waiters often simply scraping the offending items off of foods instead of preparing the foods properly in the first place! Much has been said about Celebrity�s spending twice the amount on food versus other, competing lines; the inference being that because it costs more, it must be better! Not true! Celebrity utilizes an outside food service. On a cost accounting basis, of course food prepared by an outside caterer costs more than if it was prepared in house! If Celebrity had the funds to take the food preparation in house, they would have! They didn�t so had no choice but to contract it out! With Royal Caribbean now in the picture, and funds now available to �do it right� let�s see what the future holds. Due to Celebrity's choice of an archaic propulsion/power system, the diesel engines cause severe vibrations throughout the entire rear area of the dining room; vibrations that only cease when the ship is in port. The forward, balcony, portion is vibration free but suffers from the unrelenting tunes of a player piano played at a volume not conducive to conversation. Once again, an "upscale" line would provide the talents of a pianist, not a computer programmer, to provide background dinner music!
Fortunes Casino. Unremarkable except for what is missing: Chairs at the slot machines! There are a few, on heavy bases. But for the most part, it is standing room only! Sure it looks spacious, but just as in the dining room, and the line in general�.it�s a false impression!
This is an open carpet seam, shown relative to a shoe, located along the heavily trafficked corridor leading past the photo display to the Rendez-Vous Lounge and Dining Room. Everyone passes through this corridor. This seam was ignored for 4 days of our cruise, despite being an obvious �trip� hazard, particularly for ladies in high heels. It was only repaired AFTER I was seen taking this photograph! TOO late!! Such sloppy maintenance was typical aboard this ship with numerous broken mirrors and such everywhere!
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