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Ratings based on 29 Verified Reviews
They paid and stayed. We double-checked.
4.2 Room cleanliness
3.7 Service & staff
4.3 Room comfort
4.1 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified ReviewsThey paid and stayed. We double-checked.
by Chan yuen yee
Posted Oct 6, 2015 on Hotels
by A verified traveler
Amazing hotel ruined by locationPosted Apr 26, 2015 on Hotels
We stayed here for our honeymoon. The place itself is fablous. We stayed in a villa with private pool and everything seemed new and nice. However the location is the biggest disadvantage. It takes around 30min to Patong. There are not much shops or things to do around the hotel. So we ended up renting motorbike for two days(100m from hotel) to get around. Having said we stayed in villa with private pool, the main pool of the hotel was also for our private use. We've come across literally 2 more couples during our 3 nights stay. Not many people seems to stay here and it gets scary during the night. If you want quite, peaceful place (I am not sure why you'd come to Phuket for peace though!)then this is the place but otherwise i would choose somewhere near busy beach.
by A verified traveler from Hong Kong
Modern villa at quiet seasidePosted Jan 4, 2015
Location: The location is about 5 minutes drive from the main road. However, all the major attractions on the island can be reached in about 30 minutes.
Well maintained property with friendly staff. The 3-bedroom villa has generous space over 3 floors and a private pool. The on-site restaurant provides basic breakfast and decent dinner offerings.
by Solomon
Posted Dec 30, 2014 on Hotels
by Mark from New Zealand
Below Par Baan Yamu, disappointing.Posted Dec 6, 2014 on Hotels
For a hotel that is a long way from anything that is happening in Phuket the rates are high. the reception staff were unable to find our booking and appeared to be completely disorganised and uninterested. The 'pool villa' was spacious but poorly furnished. There were no bedside tables in either of the bedrooms. The overhead 'rainshowers' did not work and the handles had been removed, we were reduced to using a handheld shower piece, impossible for anyone to use effectively. A request to reception to have both showers repaired resulted in nothing happening. They simply weren't interested. The included breakfast provided consisted of stone cold greasy fried eggs, cold plastic chicken sausages and bacon that closely resembled jerky, it was nothing short of cheap and appaling. The outward appearance of the place is immaculate...shame they couldn't invest in a Maintenance man. The restaraunt prices rival that of the most exclusive restaraunts in Phuket but the location and standard do not come close to meeting the required level. For us, we would recommend you look elsewhere for accomodation, it just isn't up to the standard for the prices they charge in all sections of their business that we expereinced.
by Ling Ling from Hong kong
完全不體貼關心住客的須要及心情Posted Nov 26, 2014 on Hotels
這是我一家第二次來渡假的酒店,我訂的是3房連泳池別墅,酒店安排的是4房別墅. 一進屋內,第一時間見到的竟然是一條蛇,約一呎長,它急速逃竄.這樣的情況下,必然是睡得不安心,但酒店竟然以太晚安排不到為理由而拒絕換房(當時是早上3:00).原本我 housemaid 是被安排睡在大廳 sofa上,但由於害怕蛇出沒關係,我要求酒店把第4房間開放給我們,竟然也被拒絕,理由是房間只是雜物房,沒有睡牀,housekeeping 又沒有鑰匙. 到早上,我發現所謂的雜物房原來真是一間有兩張單人牀的睡房,我馬上找經理理論,得到的回應是,已upgarde 了我們住4戶別墅,但因訂的是3房,所以第4房間不開放.再者已派人跟進蛇情況,蛇是怕人的,應該已走了.另外酒店已fully book,無房換,最終就的一句 I am so sorry. 但游泳池只得3位日本人在游泳,我不可能相信是 fully book.
by A verified traveler from Victoria, Aust
Beautiful apartment, woeful locationPosted Oct 4, 2014
Pros: The rooms were spacious and well appointed, the view of the grounds was good and the pool very luxurious. Restaurant manager was very hospitable.
Cons: Location, staff friendliness
Location: Worst location of the 3 premises we stayed in Phuket, there is no beach, no shops (nearest is a 4km plus drive by taxi to 7-11 store)
The apartments are spacious, grand and very comfortable, it has a beautiful pool, one bar, one restaurant and was VERY quiet. The location is terrible with no attractions, beach or facilities other than those within the complex accessible. The staff were generally not that willing to help or go out of their way to assist or provide advice. The restaurant provided good food at reasonable rates and the manager was very polite and helpful. There is a small gym, a broken table tennis table and a beach volley ball court but not really much for kids to do at all apart from use the pool. The surrounding areas were very run down and not welcoming at all which was a huge contrast to the first part of our holiday at a resort a Khao Lak. I would not return to this location for a holiday.
by Keith from Korea
Quite placePosted Sep 24, 2014 on Hotels
Quite place
by A verified traveler from Freiburg
Dieses Hotel befindet sich "am Ende der Welt"Posted Sep 12, 2014
Pros: Das Design.
Cons: Ja, verraten Sie den Kunden mehr über die Lage.
Location: Es befindet sich "in the middle of nowhere" - man kann rein gar nichts dort unternehmen.
Dieses Hotel ist zwar sehr schön designed, allerdings am Ende der Welt gelegen. Es hat keine Strandabschnitt, ist von der Küstenstraße von einem sehr dreckigen Stück Meeranstoß getrennt. Es gibt weit und breit rein gar nichts an Unterhaltung: Weder Kneipen noch Nachtleben, nicht einmal ein vernünftiges Restaurant. Dieses Hotel bietet bei angeblichem 5 Sterne Standard ein Frühstück bestehend aus: 1 Instantpulverkaffee, Toast, Eierspeise und 2 Schnitzen Ananas und Melone - das war´s ! Dafür kostenloser Straßenlärm von der Küstenstraße. Spitzenhotel, was das Design angeht aber erbärmlichste Lage aller Zeiten. Nach Phuket Town ca. 1 Stunde Fahrt, zu den Stränden ca. 1,5 Stunden. Was soll das, ein solch schönes Hotel an einen derart ab vom Schuß gelegenen Ort zu bauen, haben wir uns gefragt. Zudem: Derzeit sehr laute Bauarbeiten an einer Hotelerweiterung. Keinerlei Hinweis von Expedia vor der Buchung - nett.
by A verified traveler
Posted Aug 1, 2014 on Hotels


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DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS - Lynn and Cynthia Remsing have a 7-acre front yard in this small, increasingly affluent Tarrant County city now dotted with $1 million mansions.
But theirs is like none other in the community of 2,400 surrounded by Arlington.
What started out as an after-school project by their two children has evolved into the Remsings' livelihood. They produce tons of commercially rare - or just plain delicious - varieties of onions, garlic, okra, seedless tomatoes, corn, leeks, artichokes, rhubarb, blackberries and strawberries.
In fact, Lynn, who has become a natural proselytizer for niche agriculture, takes particular pride in that his fruit has "no shelf life."
It is sold the day it's picked, and he recommends eating it quickly to enjoy the freshness that commodity varieties often lack because they're bred for transcontinental hauling.
Lynn and Cynthia left their jobs to become full-time urban farmers. He gave up a white-collar career with a national paper company in 2001, and she retired from AT&T three years ago to intensively cultivate the plot with scaled-down but high-tech equipment that they also sell.
Lynn, who grew up on a North Dakota farm and studied botany in college, even designed and built one machine: a two-person strawberry picker, slowly self-propelled by an 8-horsepower Honda engine.
His wife handles sales, back-office duties and pitches in during heavy harvests.
The two ventures, Gnismer Farm Equipment and Gnismer Farms, complement each other, Lynn said. (Gnismer is Remsing spelled backward.)
Farming around urban areas in Texas has been upstaged by producers in California, Florida and Mexico in recent decades, with the result that "fresh" produce in local supermarket bins could have been shipped 1,500 miles.
If conventional wisdom holds that North Texas can no longer compete, Lynn begs to differ. He's convinced that with the right approach, the right equipment and the right skill set, a person can make farming pay even on expensive Metroplex land.
Laura Miller, a commercial horticulture specialist who serves Tarrant County for the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, says Lynn not only has made his venture work, but has been more than willing to share what he's learned with others.
The Remsings' produce business, including the pick-your-own berries unit, caters to an expanding "eat local" trend, Miller said. Yet there are still few farmers like them, and demand outstrips supply.
In an upcoming newsletter, Miller rattles off other urban and semi-urban producers in the area: Homestead Farms, a goat dairy, vegetable and grass-fed beef venture in Keller, and Roanoke's Henrietta Creek Orchard, a pick-your-own apple and peach farm.
Moreover, the Cowtown Farmers Market in Fort Worth offers products grown within 150 miles.
Gnismer Farms has been careful as a niche, urban grower by producing high-value crops, like a tiny Italian garlic variety used to flavor bottles of olive oil.
"Otherwise you can't justify it considering the cost of land," Miller said.
Revenues come from its fruit stand sales, pick-your-own business, deliveries to restaurants and stores, and a special arrangement with a large Arlington employer whose workers place orders online and receive weekly drop-offs from Cynthia. Retail prices are competitive with major supermarkets, the Remsings say.
"It's hard work, but this is a lot more satisfying," said Lynn, 60, interviewed when the temperature hit 102 degrees.
"And there's no one to answer to."
Before expenses, produce sales are in six figures, he said. Equipment sales this year so far have tripled because of demand from niche farmers and, if the current trend continues, will top $1 million for the year, he said. The Remsings won't disclose profits.
The Remsings' venture is not without the risks all farmers face.
A freeze knocked out 60 percent of their strawberry crop, in which they had already invested about $56,000 for planting, plastic sheeting and drip-irrigation tape.
"We recouped only $16,000," Lynn disclosed.
"Things vary, but you look at a seven-year average," he said. "Here's the gamble: If you don't know what you're doing, it's a hobby."
He also had waged a five-year fight with the Tarrant Appraisal District to get an agriculture exemption. A district agent couldn't believe that anyone could make money on 7 acres, but Lynn presented five years of records proving that the family could. The exemption was granted, reducing property taxes from $15,000 to under $10, he said.
Aside from growing interesting varieties of produce without heavy use of chemical fertilizer or pesticides, the Remsings are also bringing Dalworthington Gardens back to its roots as a New Deal planned community that sold, on easy terms, small plots of 2- to 5-acre subsistence-farming homesteads.
In the mid-1930s, a few residents farmed full time, while many families had at least one breadwinner commuting to Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington, the three cities that form its name.
To compete with cheap produce from California and Mexico, Lynn says he has to "work harder and smarter."
Miller says the farmer is always trying new things to make the most of his small holdings.
"It's pretty amazing. I would never have thought of intercropping my corn with asparagus here," she said, referring to planting two crops in the same field together.
Now Lynn is working on technologies that permit tomatoes to be planted 40 days earlier in the season to compete with hothouse producers at a fraction of the growing cost.
Asked whether neighbors in Dalworthington Gardens have a problem living next to a working farm, Lynn replied: "Actually, the rich people - the doctors and the lawyers - come and bring their children. It's the Joe Blows who grew up in the country and say they could do it themselves but don't."
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Skip to comments.The Modern American Revolution - Truckers ride on DC
Posted on 10/10/2013 6:18:24 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
This month ALL Americans have an opportunity to participate in a nationwide protest.
None of us can ever say we couldn't do anything to make a difference because there is an option available to EVERYONE. On See moreSee More
Looking forward to see how this protest goes.
Another shutdown? Some 10,000 truckers expected in DC
I think I just heard Glenn Beck say he is going to be there. Here is the website the trucker gave out on Fox and friends this morning:
last I heard was 3000, 10000 is even better.
Do it for the Children!
Forward this link to your entire email address list(s) and ask them to forward it to their lists. See how far it can go over the Net.
pretty good site.
I hope truckers show up and shut the city down, bikers too.
Go truckers.
Your typical trucker has produced more worth for the country in one week than most congresscritters has produced in their sorry life. (The only reason that "most" replaced "all" is because a few critters were doctors or businessmen...and as such, actually produced value sometimes in their lives.)
And - take a typical trucker's value to the country and divide it by the Obamadork's value to the country - and you have a very good start at defining infinity.
Off to Drudge it went. Now to Rush, Sean and Glen.
if you don't move product the economy stops.
If we all send it to Durdge, Malkin, Levin, Rush, Glen, Sean, Greta, et al. perhaps we can get it out there.
My Flag is hung, my tank is full, and I am ready!
Thank you for the notice...I wish i had gotten it sooner, but I'm In! :-)
There wont be a protest. I mean, if you are there in person, sure - but Americans think they know whats going on by watching TV News. And on TV news, there will be no more coverage of this than there was of the March for Justice - or the throng of a million that converged on Washington on 9/12/09 to protest Obamacare.
last I heard was 3000, 10000 is even better
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For plain numbers, why not a million???
However, around the DC area about 100, well placed can do wonders.
A 4 car 1 Tractor Trailer accident can tie Rush Hour traffic up for hours, add a serious injury or death and the shut down time is undetermined, no matter what the time of day.
Coordinate an 'accident or major breakdown' On 395, 495 (beltway so need a couple), 66W, GW and BW parkways and a couple more select routes etc, around 430 and the area will be in complete gridlock with ALL major police forces overloaded.....
Throw in a Metro/Metro bus 'breakdown' and the Duchy Of Grand Fenwick can march in backwards and control the area without a shot being fired...
For best results, add 1-2 inches of snow or a heavy, steady drizzle....
I had wondered at the time how say 5 'bushwack teams' would have been in place, how much more effective the 2 idiots in the Chevy would have been.
Thankfully, that was their plan and op so......
Duchy Of Grand Fenwick can march in backwards and control the area without a shot being fired...
I mean 'OFFICIAL' shot, not counting the many of us who may/will assist in the 'repel boarders' drill.
The Pay Our Military Act was signed into Federal Law by Obama on 9-30-2013.
Obama KNEW that death benefits were covered when he signed the bill into Law on 9-30-2013 !
This documents that Commander in Chief Obama CHOSE to punish, after death, those who had given their last full measure of devotion by dictating that Funeral Expenses be denied to HIS dead Warriors.
Obama has thus shown himself to be a ghoulish tyrant who is more than willing to inflict maximum pain on his own people, to borrow an expression that Obama used recently against his fellow tyrant in Syria.
Please post on this thread the hotlinks to any news articles on the 26 slain Warriors that Obama has refused to pay funeral expenses for, prior to Obamas yesterdays CYA legal action.
Obama must be held accountable for this ghoulish Dereliction of Duty as the Commander in Chief.
by dictating that Funeral Expenses be denied to HIS dead Warriors.
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Oh BO they are NOT your Warriors, THEY are OUR Sons and Daughters....
Watch some 'WAG' come up and claim the "FISHER FOUNDATION" can't 'give'/donate their money because they receive funds supposedly going to support "Fisher House".
Of course when the Susan Koman(???)Group was found 'pushing' their funds to 'support' groups that supported/performed infanticide, it was not an issue.....
This whole group of THUGS needs to be visited by either 'Freedom Fighters', 'Tar and Feather experts', 'Pitchfork Wielders', and even (gasp) 'Night Riders' to clean house and run them ALL out of town.
I hope this happens!!! I'd love to be there but I've got a very sick wife at home who needs my help, but I'll certainly be there in spirit!
As Commander in Chief, Obama is responsible for the well-being of ALL of our Nation's Military Personel, ESPECIALLY the Warriors.
Obama owns this latest Dereliction of Duty, lock, stock and barrel.
Yup, as someone said, "If you bought it, a trucker delivered it". I don't like truckers that 'drag race' at stop lights with one in each lane on a two lane road. Especially loaded gravel trucks.
Obama owns this latest Dereliction of Duty, lock, stock and barrel.
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Where does it say I don't agree with you 100%?
I question that butthole saying "MY troops, MY parks etc" while in essence yes the 'responsibility' lies there and like HST said, "The Buck Stops Here".
WE built those Memorials, We 'loaned' you our Sons and Daughters and YOU are DISRESPECTING their memory and service with YOUR pettiness.....
Yesterday Reid gave the mayor of DC (another jewel in the crown of Idiots)a message "Don't screw it up" as the Mayor was berating the Senate for blocking monies etc...
I guess you can interpret 'Don't screw it up' as "STFU, we know what we are doing" or 'Get back in the kitchen Boy' but naturally only a select few (preaching to the choir)will highlight that thugs remarks.
Rest of post didn't make it.
It included that I thought Reid was a big-time bigot; on the order of Lyndon Johnson.
Just curious, random thought: I wonder what the various "militias" around the country are planning (in the way of peaceful protests, of course).
Pardon my very clumsy writing.
My intent was to clarify that if one is to take the oath to be Commander in Chief, then he also has to be held accountable for the well-being of ALL personnel under his command.
I concede that raising the word "his" to caps was done by me to add sarcasm to Obama's claim this past July in a speech: "-—my Military, who are fighting for ME." (Emphasis was his).
Obama cannot have it both ways: MY Military, but not my dead Warriors.
I hope this clarifies any doubt as to my intent.
DC would $h!t themselves if the "M" word would show up.
You can't divide by Zero.
It's undefined, lol.
I hope this clarifies any doubt as to my intent.
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I figured that was what was going on, just had to respond lest I act like an "R" and not 'make' someone explain a statement which makes them 'look' bad.....<: <: <:
Like the kid trying to sell a newspaper and the person says
"I can't read"
and the kid says
"Well if you buy the newspaper, people may THINK you can".
Thanks for replying. Understood!
As Ernest Hemingway once said: "Communication is at best an imperfect thing."
There was coverage already on FoxNews (forget the exact show(s)) the other night.
I'd be surprised if there wasn't any coverage on FoxNews tonight and/or tomorrow night and possibly through the day tomorrow.
BTW, there's a new evening schedule which began this week on FoxNews: Greta Van Susteren has moved to 7 ET, Bill O'Reilly maintains his 8 ET slot, followed by Meagan Kelly inserted at 9 ET and then by Sean Hannity moved back to 10 ET.
That's the only aspect of this I don't like. No reason why innocent people should be harmed by being denied necessities. Sounds like something vicious that Obama would do to maximize pain during the government shutdown.
Are Truckers Really Going to Shut Down Washington, D.C. This Weekend?
On Drudge right now.
Hi Lucky...just talked to my trucker husband who said he's been hearing some chatter today on the CB about this...I wish them great success!! Thanks for keeping us informed about it...hope to see lots of pics...(and thanks for your weekly silliness thread, too).
just visited, liked, and invited all my facebook "friends" to the page.
"A 4 car 1 Tractor Trailer accident can tie Rush Hour traffic up for hours, add a serious injury or death and the shut down time is undetermined"
So, you're all for something deadly happening, huh? Make it nicely more inconvenient, won't it? And thus bring Congress to its knees?
I can't believe no one has called you on this.
This potential, along with the massive inconvenience to regular people far away from the actual government, causes me much misgiving on this plan.
A 4 car 1 Tractor Trailer accident can tie Rush Hour traffic up for hours, add a serious injury or death and the shut down time is undetermined
So, youre all for something deadly happening, huh?
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Of course not.
I merely stated a FACT.
I probably should have 'bracketed' it but I was trying to point out that FEWER trucks, well placed would cause more 'grief' since an accident as I described does exactly as I described it.
At 739 this AM, the WashPost reported an overturned tractor trailer shut down ALL LANES of 495 @ Landover Rd. MDSP unsure HOW LONG BEFORE OPENED UP.
In the same 'Alert', they cite an accident on Balt/Wash Pkwy@175 with SOUTBOUND lanes are bumper to bumper and UNKNOWN how long before open - saying several hours.
ONE (if not both) of these was still going on at NOON, saying it happened at 4AM.
I am NOT sure, but I thought that the truckers had planned this BEFORE the shutdown.
'They' allowed the Immigration thing to go on because it was pre planned...we shall see....
And you are correct, it inconveniences the 'wrong people' but I think the original plan involved circling the Capitol and White House but they probably scrapped that 'bad' idea giving the present circumstances.
If you get 20-30(ea) rigs to hit the Beltway in both directions from 95 S in Md and N in VA, just doing the speed limit can/will tie the area up for hours and if they are doing the speed limit and staying out of the left lane they 'just happen to be there' and not exiting....
And all they'll do is PO a lot of people. The way you wrote made it seem you were looking for ways to increase the efficiency of the disruption.
(BTW, the 175 was a pedestrian fatality. It was bad but I'm sure it finished before the truck issue. Why a pedestrian on the highway I don't know.)
I sure hope there's a lot of video of this because the MSM won't show it at all.
My guess is awesome.
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With just under two weeks until the 27th annual Survivor Series pay-per-view on November 25, a pre-recorded episode of Raw came to us from the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, England.
Plenty of questions remained involving the Wyatt Family and their targeting of CM Punk and Daniel Bryan. Would fans get any answers to their questions and, more importantly, would Punk and Bryan finally form a united front against their attackers?
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La Porte redirects here. Is the correct spelling La Porte or LaPorte?--126.96.36.199 20:39, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
- The usual spelling I've seen is "LaPorte" (for this particular town's name). Anthony Dean 01:30, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
It is spelled LaPorte
I spent the first 20 years of my life in La Porte and I can tell you for certain that it is spelled "La Porte" with a space, as evidenced by the city's own website at http://www.ci.la-porte.in.us/
The LaPorte Herald-Argus refers to the city as "LaPorte," as does the city's chamber of commerce, historical society, the Associated Press and the county of LaPorte (http://www.laportecounty.net/information.html).
The State of Indiana web page (www.in.gov) also shows LaPorte spelled without the space. Fact is, this is a debate being won by those who want to spell it "LaPorte." The spelling "La Porte" with a space has turned into an anachronism.
I've lived in LaPorte my entire 17 years and... we've always spelled it "LaPorte". Ryan Magley 03:09, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
- They called it "La Porte" back when I lived there during my childhood, for about the same duration. (It had a space officially during my tenure of the La Porte Hi-Times student newspaper, at any rate.) I say let's settle this by swordfight. --ItsWalky! 02:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
- Also, it's totally awesome that I'm considered a famous resident. --ItsWalky! 02:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Huh? Why is the author of some mediocre webcomic listed as a "noteworthy resident"? I'e never even HEARD of this webcomic!
- Yes you have. (Your editing history kinda gives it away.) --ItsWalky! 06:04, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, it was fun while it lasted. --ItsWalky! 01:35, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
- The daily newspaper in La Porte (The Herald-Argus) recently made the decision to uniformly spell the name of the city as 'La Porte' with a space. Spelling it as 'LaPorte' leads to much confusion and a natural progression to 'Laporte' which is universally agreed as not an acceptable way to spell the name. Let me explain the progression: 'LaPorte' becomes 'LAPORTE' when written in upper case, which in turn becomes the unacceptable 'Laporte' when translated back into lower case. Providing a space between 'La' and 'Porte' generally prevents the confusion.--Bennycat 21:19, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
The official website for the city of La Porte http://www.cityoflaporte.com/ recognizes the spelling as La Porte as does the local news paper. Also any map I have ever seen has had La Porte and not Laporte. The meaning comes from a french word which also has the space between it La and porte meaning "the door." Most if not all public official places recognize the name with the space and it should be left alone. Jascar (talk) 22:01, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Wiki needs some love[edit]
I have been updating the wiki to the best of my ability. La Porte's wiki is in a sad state when compared to wikis of other towns. So much more information could be added. Please help expand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmk812 (talk • contribs) 09:33, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
- It's great that you're adding information and have an interest in the La Porte wikipedia page, but some of the material reads like a tourism brochure, which is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 12:44, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
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So, why do you play RTS games ?
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Posted 22 August 2000 - 03:36 AM
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Posted 22 August 2000 - 03:40 AM
I think you see what I am asking. So now it''s your turn. Why would any designer bother improving the genre of RTS for you ? In which direction should they improve it ?
Make it exactly like Myth. =)
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Posted 22 August 2000 - 09:30 AM
I myself am not all that interested in games that reproduce historical battles/events because I already know what the outcome of those events are supposed to be. I''ve never had the desire to walk in another''s footsteps, even if those footsteps were supposedly made by great men. I prefer to play games where the outcome is unknown, where even the possible outcomes are unknown or relatively vague.
What I like in any Strategy game is the strategy. Discovering tactics to give your forces an edge. Finding your enemies weaknesses and exploiting them. Victory through intelligence and knowledge. The environment is irrelevant whether it be Sci fi, fantasy, or simulation, so long as there are plenty of strategy and tactical aspects to keep the replay value high (as well as quality implementation, but as far as I''m concerned that goes without saying).
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Posted 22 August 2000 - 10:07 AM
Original post by ahw
So, why is it that you like RTS games ?
I don''t
Reason being: They''re are far too many and mostly on the first-generation ones are original and any FUN. If you''re going to make one, take hints from the greats--LOTS of hints, but DON''T copy them. Do something radically different, using past successes and a very loose guideline.
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Posted 22 August 2000 - 11:28 AM
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Posted 22 August 2000 - 11:57 AM
Where can RTS be improved?
Trim the last traces of sim out
Use more recognizable art, the units need not look realistic at all. The warcraft/starcraft style is superior because no two units look alike. The art does not stand alone, good art does not always mean good game art.
Smaller armies, slower paced battles, Myth has this down
reduce emphasis on economics
elminate pointless tasks
Good RTSs that will be coming out:
Strifeshadow (ethermoon.com), expected release in december.
Warcraft III (Blizzard.com) expected release late spring.
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Posted 22 August 2000 - 07:17 PM
Generally it comes down to something interlectual thats motivating me to play these games. Also an interest in stiring up the can of worms to see what happens if i do this or that (Curiousity). But overall i like just being able to test the water for ways of winning and then applying my smarts to see how i can make best use of it.
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Posted 22 August 2000 - 07:52 PM
As far as depth, I hear ya. The more shallow the game, the wider the audience. (Funny enough, the more shallow the audience the more likely they are to treat your game like a 30 second commmercial and toss it in short order... no brand loyalty whatsoever...)
My suggestions (sorry it''s so long, I''m trying to avoid working )
1) Less death via micromanagement. Starcraft''s awesome, but some units are nearly unusable because of micromanagement problems (Ghosts and Templars, anyone?)
2) More detailed AI controls. My damn Ghost should be able to HOLD FIRE when I''m sneaking around an enemy base. TA had control of firing and manuever, with 2 easy buttons, and that went a long way.
3) Rush busters: Some players only know how to mass a bunch of troops and send them your way. This isn''t strategy (interesting strategy, anyway). Splash damage and area effect weapons need to be available early game to prevent this.
4) Quicker endings once you''ve practically won. You shouldn''t have to hunt down every last player''s unit on the board to win. Dark Reign''s base timer (must not lose your primary base for more than 3 minutes) is an awesome idea
5) User customizable units. Take the Quake route: Let your community help build your game, and thus do a lot of the work and share in a lot of the joy of creating it. Huge possibility of loyal fan base here...
6) Better backstory. Man, if I hear that four factions crap again I''m gonna start stranglin'' designers...
7) Indirect strategy. Taking a page from Chris Crawford, you only get so many interesting interactions if direct conflict is your ownly option. As we can see, many weapon and unit ideas have already been exhausted because of this. So think of indirect ways of conflict that supliment the battle.
8) More between-game game. I''d love it if the games felt less like levels and more like something cohesive.
9) Espionage and deceit. The Germans may well have lost WWII because they believe that the allies were going to land at Calais instead of Normandy. The Allies used fake radio transmissions, inflatible tanks, and a dead soldier with invasion documents to do this. Why can''t I?
10) Better notion of supply without the tedious micromanagement. Wars in RTS games play out more like viral infections than real conflicts. You can''t, for instance, surround a force and starve it rather than attack it directly.
Okay, I''ll stop now
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Posted 23 August 2000 - 04:10 AM
BTW, StarCraft has been ruined by fastest game speed and the pump-rush....Wow, I got more zerglings in 2 minutes than you did. I win. Want to play again? And somehow, 500 games and 1000 minutes later this is still fun!?!?!?!
Edited by - Eck on August 23, 2000 11:12:44 AM
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Posted 23 August 2000 - 08:49 AM
Original post by Eck
BTW, StarCraft has been ruined by fastest game speed and the pump-rush....Wow, I got more zerglings in 2 minutes than you did. I win. Want to play again? And somehow, 500 games and 1000 minutes later this is still fun!?!?!?!
Sorry for the OT post, but yeah, what''s the deal with those damned Big Game Hunter maps. A billion resources at startup, no need to tactically expand, and an infinite rush... It''s all folks play on Battlenet these days.
Does this suggest people don''t want resource management in their games? If not, then what other ways are there to create vulnerability and the necessity of defense points? That''s strategy!
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Posted 23 August 2000 - 09:55 AM
But then, what is it that they like in being able to quickly build up an army, then rush it on the enemy and crush it before anything has ever happened ???
On a grand strategy level, this kind of victory would be excellent if they occured INSIDE a bigger picture ( a war). But if I play a one off battle, I want to learn something . I know if I build more unit than you and rush them to eat your gatherer I am gonna win. But WHAT IS THE FUCK!NG POINT ???
Is it just to satisfy my juvenile ego ? Then I guess I have passed this stage, ''cause I personnaly don''t have anything to prove. I play chess against people who can kick my ass whenever they want, but they don''t and instead I learn new things. That''s what I''d like to find in computer RTS.
Why the heck do designers bother doing nice games to see this kind of stupid strategy dominate the scene.
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Posted 23 August 2000 - 10:06 AM
Original post by ahw
Atypical Alex : so what would make you happy in a RTS.
Hmm... I''d have to say MUCH, MUCH less resource management than in most RTS games and MUCH, MUCH more strategic combat and just combat in general. I think that Shogun: Total War is a great example of this. You didn''t have to worry about mining some trivial mineral...instead, you just lead literally thousands of troops into an all-out battle that looks, feels, and sounds VERY cool. But there was also a great level of strategy, because organized formations and planned attacks worked so much better than an unruly samurai mob
Just my thoughts, hope they help.
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Posted 23 August 2000 - 10:39 AM
But they were the exception, as most armies of the time still fought in a "mob rush" way. BAsically the general would have different troops and hurl them at the face of the enemy trying to beat it... maneuvers and formations were almost non existent it seems.
Kind of makes me wonder : we haven''t even passed the level of ancient warfare in our RTS !
(I mean look at it, what do you do when you play a classic RTS like Starcraft : gather troops of some types and rush them at the enemy ... )
I''ll agree with you for Shogun. Though I didn''t play the game, I am so happy to see the ideas I am dreaming of implemented.
Strategy on one side, and tactics on the other side. (your resources, armies, diplomacy, etc, and your armies battling on the field on another side.)
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Posted 23 August 2000 - 06:38 PM
Original post by ahw
Kind of makes me wonder : we haven''t even passed the level of ancient warfare in our RTS !
(I mean look at it, what do you do when you play a classic RTS like Starcraft : gather troops of some types and rush them at the enemy ... )
The Terrans are about the only side that you see violate the mob rush norm. If you happen to play a mid- or lowtech game, it''s cool to see siege tanks form a devastating battle line against a mob of zerg at a chokepoint.
But you''re mostly right. There''s a lot less tactical manuevering than I think there should be...
Just waiting for the mothership...
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Posted 23 August 2000 - 06:48 PM
Original post by ahw
Is it just to satisfy my juvenile ego ? Then I guess I have passed this stage, ''cause I personnaly don''t have anything to prove. I play chess against people who can kick my ass whenever they want, but they don''t and instead I learn new things. That''s what I''d like to find in computer RTS.
I think it''s two things: big booms, and ego. Lemme explain "big booms theory:" the more stuff blows up, the grander and more awe inspiring the force, the more massive and impenetrable an army looks, the more this personality type seems to get off on it.
And I also think it''s juvi ego. True, they''ve learned a system: a timed build order, a machine-like efficiency (build 3 of these, then one of those, etc.)
You know the real shame: Designs that support a time/motion efficiency. I''m not sure how to get around this, but the entire game often turns on precise build choices in the early game. To me, this isn''t strategy. It''s upper management... which, as a game developer, you can guess how I feel about...
Just waiting for the mothership...
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Posted 24 August 2000 - 02:53 AM
Original post by Wavinator
I think it''s two things: big booms, and ego.
Hehe, I call it the Ork effect (I have been playing Warhammer 40K Waaaaaay too much in my times). Basically Orks like big gunZ that do noise, with massive decorations, big Explosions, Speed, and Fight.... Adrenalin rush if you prefer.
And once in a while, I must admit I just enjoy this way too much, but *NOT* in RTS. I play FPS if I want my adrenalin fix, and I play RTS to feel more like a resaonable clever person
The link that you make between management and strategy is sadly a fact of life. When I looked up the "Art of War" by SunTzu on Amazon.com I found a lot of books that were as well on management techniques and marketing strategy.
I fuck!ng hate that, but hat can you do about it.
As well, the fact that you can win by making the right choices at the beginning is normal. What is abnormal is that there is only one way to start a game if you want to win. In chess there is more or less one way to start, but you can always adjust your tactics to you enemy if you start bad. I mean unless you are against a master, you still have a chance if you don''t follow the basic strategy.
Anyway, a good game should offer us alternatives, different ways to win. I don''t want of a game where you have to do a trial and error until yo find the One strategy, and after that all you have to do is do it the quickest possible before your enemy.
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Posted 24 August 2000 - 05:30 AM
Other points: I also like historical wargames, but don''t play many as I can''t afford to buy much these days. (Anyone point me to some good abandonware/freeware ones? Email or post here) What really interests me is to do something like win as the Germans in WW2, or Iraq in the Gulf War, or to defend Carthage from the Romans... the challenge of succeeding where the real-life general did not, with pretty much the same resources available.
But in simpler RTS games, I think the ''RT'' element is an important one. In turn-based games, you have infinite time to think. Real time games put you under some pressure, force you to make quick decisions, split your time, etc. I think this is a good added dimension. Any idiot can do something complicated, given enough time to work it out. So, the pressure of limited time helps to really show who is the best thinker. Again, look at chess, and how they use the clock in tournament play.
The ''S'' element of RTS is obviously the main one, although it is really more about Resource Management and Tactics than strategy, usually. But I like having a variety of different means at my disposal to beat an enemy. I like having to outthink or out-guess the opponent. I like planning ahead the units I need to build for my preferred method of attack. I like contemplating how best to construct base defences, maximising the effectiveness of turrets/guard dogs/walls etc. There''s a lot of thought, and a lot of tradeoffs due to the time/money resource balancing. There is also very little that is ''random'' and so I feel in control: meaning I feel good when I win and I need to think harder when I lose.
I would certainly be interested in games that combined a strategic/operational map with a tactical map. This helps to unify the campaign/story, removing that ''game level'' feel. You then also get the opportunity to deploy delaying tactics (send a force that you know can''t win, but will at least delay their expansion), massed attacks (put all your resources in one place at the expense of others) etc. I''ve seen some games employ some of these ideas, Age of Wonders and Lords of the Realm (or was that Lords of the Castle? I forget) for example, but no game seems to do it amazingly well. I guess the problem with such hybrids is that a lot of good turn-based players wouldn''t adapt to the real-time tactical map, and vice versa.
How would I improve RTS games?
1) Interfaces have to get better. In many of these games, micromanagement is part of the fun, and that needs to be streamlined.
2) Units need to be reasonably generic, while maintaining identity. I have already argued elsewhere against very specific ''counter-units'' which are usually just used as a game balance hack.
3) Remove/reduce the reliance on resource gathering units. These units become the weak link in most of these games, allowing a thoughtful opponent to cut your resources off very easily. (eg. In C+C, destroy harvesters, destroy refinery, destroy construction yard.) A fixed amount of resources at the start, with perhaps periodical reinforcements ("If I can just make it through another 5 minutes, the reinforcements might just save my ass!") instead of buying stuff as you go along.
4) Strategic level decisions: at an incredibly basic level, simply give the player X credits to split between 2 or more missions. They will have to evaluate the mission briefs and allocate resources accordingly.
And many more, if you gave me an extra hour or two to think about it
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Why cant i talk political trash with/without consequences?
Nothing feels better than shunning a countries arrogant leader and then whipping his ass on the battlefield
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Posted 24 August 2000 - 06:14 AM
Another thing I personally like is slower game speed. I''m not good at clicking on little buttons to queue up some units to build while trying to fight someone. That''s just dumb.
I also would like less mission based gameplay, and more of a persistent, large world where you and a few or a lot of friends can play. It would turn it into a territory game more like a real war. I think that would be fun.
On that same note, game maps need to be less restrictive and more restrictive at the same time. There shouldn''t be absolute game boundries. You should be able to sneak around someone''s base. They shouldn''t be able to put it on the edge of the map, and they are invincible. The more restrictive part comes from random crap on the ground. When you go outside and walk around, there is always a bunch of shit that some people have left in your way. Same thing with game maps. They shouldn''t be all just a green tile or something. TA and Myth have done a very good job of doing this though.
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A state legislator wants to make it easier for Virginians who can't go to the polls on Election Day to obtain an absentee ballot.
Sen. John C. Miller, D-Newport News, has proposed that voters be able to request and receive an absentee ballot by email. They still would have to return the completed ballot by regular mail or by hand.
Currently, only voters who are in the military or are overseas can use email to request and receive an absentee ballot from Virginia election officials.
During the General Assembly's 2012 regular session, Miller sponsored a bill to allow any registered voter to use email to apply for an absentee ballot.
Under Senate Bill 188, if election officials approve the application, they could email the voter an absentee ballot. The voter then would print out the ballot, mark his or her choices, and submit it by regular mail.
SB 188 passed the Senate but failed in a House subcommittee. Miller says he'll push for it again next year.
"In Virginia, you cannot be emailed the ballot," Miller noted. Instead, election officials must send absentee ballots by snail-mail. That's expensive, wastes paper and requires a lot of employees, the senator said.
"It costs $1 for each absentee ballot sent out," Miller said. "We could save half a million by using electronic applications." (In the 2008 presidential election, about 507,000 Virginians voted absentee.)
Certain state officials aren't the only people clamoring for the General Assembly to make it easier to vote absentee.
In February, members of the Student Government Association at Virginia Commonwealth University presented their legislative priorities to state lawmakers. Student leaders also were in favor of SB 188.
"This bill will provide Virginians with easier access to absentee ballots and therefore easier access to voting in all elections," said Tiffini Smith, an SGA officer. "It would allow military families and college students to receive absentee ballots electronically, which is vital to getting a greater and better represented response in elections."
Many states go much further than Virginia is contemplating in accommodating absentee voting. In Colorado, Mississippi and a dozen other states, voters can actually cast absentee ballots by email, according to the Federal Voting Assistance Program's website.
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Mikey Garcia on Russell's Performance, Facing Juanma
By Chris Robinson
On Saturday night, inside of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, rising featherweight star Gary Russell Jr. (22-0, 13 KO's) stayed on track with a dominating 10-round decision over Vyacheslav Gusev (20-3, 5 KO's).
Russell was simply too fast and precise with his punches, as his methodical Russian opponent never found a way to break through or really make the fight competitive.
Always one to give a fair assessment of potential foes, recently-crowned WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia gave credit to Russell when asked of his performance.
"He looked good," Garcia told me shortly after the fight. "Used his right a lot; jab and right hooks. [He] had speed. He did the adjustments that were needed after he hurt his hand. He did what he needed to do to win."
Russell was born with rare gifts that you just don't see in the normal pugilist, including some of the fastest hands in the business.
Garcia was asked how you fight and defeat a fighter with Russell's traits and he didn't seem to be too intimidated.
"You got to use what you have," said the 24-year old champion. "You can either apply a lot of pressure or time him to catch him in an exchange."
As interesting as a matchup as it is, the ongoing promotional feud between Top Rank, who oversees Garcia's career, and Golden Boy Promotions, who has Russell in their stable, would likely prevent such a meeting from happening anytime soon.
A more realistic option for Garcia may be former two-division champion Juan Manuel Lopez, the talented Puerto Rican southpaw who is looking to restore the luster from his career that was taken with his two stoppage defeats to Orlando Salido in 2011 and 2012.
In a report by BoxingScene.com's Jhonny Gonzalez, Lopez's side expressed interest in a duel with Garcia while hoping that the champion would be willing to accept a catch-weight of 128 pounds.
"I'll fight him, even at 130," Garcia replied. "I'll beat him with skills and technique."
Asked if he felt that those two bruising wars with Salido took a lot out of Lopez, Garcia seemed unsure.
"I didn't see his last fight so I don't know how he looked," Garcia stated. "He may need a fight or two to get the rust off."
Why does he want to fight Juama? That's a random ass person to call out and he's with Top Rank.Comment by HeroBando on 03-03-2013
[QUOTE=pigsfly;13106699]anyone who agrees with this just don't know boxing. Russell is not slick. he's fast with a high work rate (& he can box at times) he's more of a joe calzaghie kinda fighter. he's not slick at all in…Comment by Godsfly on 03-03-2013
[QUOTE=PurePugilist216;13106434]Maybe its because he was fighting a can who wouldn't even attack when Russel only had one hand, I hope to never see that guy in the ring again. He literally got beat the last 3 rounds with one hand.…Comment by PACnPBFsuck on 03-03-2013
Damn, I just realized that GR jr is with GB, but he's calling out JuanMa, not happening.Comment by STEELHEAD on 03-03-2013
[QUOTE=PurePugilist216;13106434]Maybe its because he was fighting a can who wouldn't even attack when Russel only had one hand, I hope to never see that guy in the ring again. He literally got beat the last 3 rounds with one hand.…Post a Comment - View More User Comments (24)


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Design of a Microreactor for Microwave Organic Synthesis through Microwave Heating Simulations
W. H. Lee[1], K. Jensen[1]
[1]Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
We will present the issues of a microreactor setup designed for microwave organic synthesis and demonstrate how COMSOL Multiphysics® is used to understand the mechanism of microwave heating and improve the microreactor design. The RF Module was used for the electromagnetics and solid heat transfer simulations of a CEM Discover microwave unit, while the Heat Transfer and CFD Modules were used the ...
Electromagnetic Modeling of Induction Tool Responses in Layered Earth Formations
N. Shakya [1], L. Sun [1],
[1] Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, USA
Introduction: This study presents the 3D electromagnetic model in layered media using induction logging tool. This algorithm utilizes electromagnetic wave frequency domain (EWFD) interface of Maxwell equations. Electromagnetic methods are popular tools for the measurement of resistivity (or conductivity) of the Earth formation. The purpose of our study is to show the effect of conductivity and ...
Numerical Optimization Technique for the Optimal Design of the Surface Plasmon Grating Coupler
C. Caiseda[1], V. Aksyuk[2], I. Griva[3]
[1]Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon, PR, USA
[2]National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
[3]George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
The optimal design of the grating coupler for surface plasmon generation is revisited for its interdisciplinary importance in the efficient use of energy, and the strong dependence of the energy convergence rate of the system on the design. This work contributes a comprehensive gradient based numerical optimization technique to optimize both geometry of the grating and parameters of the ...
Scattering of mm-Waves by Turbulent Structures in Magnetically Confined Fusion Plasmas
O. Chellaï [1], S. Alberti [1], I. Furno [1], T. Goodman [1], M. Baquero [1]
[1] Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Suisse
In magnetically confined fusion devices, electron cyclotron resonance heating (80-170 GHz) is characterized by a local RF-power deposition at the electron cyclotron resonance [1]. A mm-wave RF Gaussian beam is launched from a dedicated antenna and propagates through the highly turbulent scrape-off layer (SOL) at the edge of the confined plasma. Turbulence in the SOL is characterized by ...
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M. Surita[1], M. Patel[2], and S. Marwaha[1]
[1] Department of Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering, SLIET , Longowal (Deemed University), Punjab
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The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the microwave coagulation therapy (MCT) that can be used mainly for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. In this treatment invasive technique are used in which thin microwave coaxial antenna is inserted into the tumor and the microwave energy heats up the tumor to produce the coagulated region including the cancer cells. We have to heat the ...
Design Of Magnetoplasmonic Resonant Nanoantennas For Biosensing Applications
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The study of plasmonic structures continues to be at the forefront of research in nanotechnology and condensed matter physics. Here, we present a numerical model we have created and verified to characterize the frequency dependence of the effective magnetic permeability and permittivity of a core-shell (CS) nanostructure composed of a magnetic core and a plasmonic shell with well-controlled ...
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A. Singh[1], S. Maini[1], and M. Anupma[1]
[1] Department of Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology , Longowal (Deemed University), Punjab, India
The electromagnetic fields have a great influence on the behavior of all the living systems. The human body itself is a source of naturally generated electric and magnetic fields. When external signals of comparable strength flows through the human body; the nature of changes that such signals could induce in natural electrochemical processes and voltage is a subject of interest and of ...
Modeling of Through-the-Snow Electric Field Propagation for Rescue Systems
N. Ayuso[1], V. Bataller[1], A. Muñoz[2], D. Tardioli[1], J. A. Cuchí[1], F. Lera[3], and J. L. Villarroel[1]
[1]Aragón Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
[2]Advanced Research Laboratories of I3A, Walqa Technological park, Huesca, Spain
[3]Institute of Material Science of Aragón, CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Propagation models for avalanche rescue systems are studied here. The paper focuses on the through-the-snow electric field propagation at ISM frequencies, comparing several models (air model, snow model, three-layered model) and using different solving method (geometrical optics, numerical solution in Matlab and FEM with COMSOL). The simulation results are fitted to experimental data, finding ...
Analysis of Microwave Radiation for Heating
J. Crompton, S. Yushanov, L. Gritter, and K. Koppenhoefer
AltaSim Technologies, LLC.
Columbus, OH
Microwave heating is an important process for many commercial, industrial and household applications. In microwave heating applications, the energy is introduced directly into the volume of the material. As a consequence the quality of the process is highly dependent on the uniformity of the electromagnetic field distribution. Thus, developing a uniform electromagnetic field inside the ...
Design and Simulation of MEMS-based Piezoelectric Accelerometer
Siram Sai Krishna[1], Nuti Venkata Subrahmanya Ayyappa Sai[1], Dr.K.Srinivasa Rao[2]
[1]Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
[2]Professor & HOD, Dept. of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
The Micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) technology provides us a platform to interface between mechanical and electrical components. In this paper, we have designed MEMS accelerometer based on piezoelectric property, and simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics®. The design, which has PZT kept in the annular diaphragm, provides good sensitivity. When this accelerometer is subjected to stress ...