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The Cloud's People Challenge
Hitching your IT wagon to the cloud carries organization and personnel implications. This means the deployment of a cloud-based environment requires doing new things that are bound to cause initial discomfort.
This is certainly the case if you are one of those organizations with a sprawling IT department operating in separate silos. In such scenarios, different teams own different components of your IT environment, and they don't necessarily work together to meet common goals.
Teams could be separated by function, so you might have some folks working on security and business continuity, while another group handles network infrastructure, and yet another handles databases and related applications. Even worse, you could have separate teams performing the same functions but in different locations with different equipment and application versions.
Employees organized by function or location don't necessarily report to the same managers, so you end up with organization issues not only in the IT infrastructure itself but also the people who run it.
Things can get pretty messy in corporate IT. Often poor growth planning and mergers are the principal causes. Systems that should be communicating operate independently while policies and processes vary from one location to another.
You could have separate teams performing the same functions but in different locations with different equipment and application versions.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out this kind of hodgepodge setup is an efficiency killer that potentially exposes an organization to security risks and data loss.
But try to fix it, and you may actually hit some roadblocks. Especially if you mention the cloud.
This is where you run into personnel issues, with people trying to protect their jobs. It's a natural reaction but left unchecked, it is detrimental to day-to-day operations and future strategic planning. A poorly designed IT infrastructure managed through separate IT fiefdoms will surely encumber any organization's growth.
So any plan to move IT assets to the cloud has to cover the question of how to get IT personnel buy-in. A downsizing in personnel may be in order, but not necessarily so. That of course depends on how much of the technology you keep in house, in a private or hybrid cloud environment, and the level of service you get from your cloud providers.
For some companies, there is an opportunity to shift the focus of the IT staff away from day-to-day functions to strategy. And that, when you think about it, is one of the benefits of the cloud – refining your strategic focus.
Taking the Next Step Into the Cloud
As 2011 draws to an end, it's impossible not to wonder what the New Year has in store. Without getting into the usual prognostications, the question of what's in store for cloud computing is inevitable.
For two to three years, the IT industry has talked up the cloud, and vendors such as Microsoft and IBM have been touting their cloud-focused technology. Elsewhere, technology that was available over the Internet has become cloud technology. So you see Salesforce.com and Amazon reposition themselves as cloud vendors for services that in some cases already were available before all the talk about the cloud.
In other words, for years you could get services over the Web that now are considered "cloud," so what exactly, then, is the difference and why all the discussion?
The difference, as I see it, is businesses are coming to a point now where they have to decide whether to replace technology fundamental to their operations with cloud services, as opposed to just using a cloud-based application or two.
The very data you store in the cloud could be the data that saves your business it you ever have to recover it following a catastrophic event.
A lot of companies already have embraced the remote storage and backup services that now are usually referred to as cloud storage. But as fundamental as storage and backup are, I would hazard to guess a lot of businesses still view it as more of a side thing you don't think about (which is precisely why a remote or cloud approach is ideal).
It's easier to move something to the cloud that you think about much, anyway. Now comes the trickier question of whether companies are willing to trust the productivity applications they use daily to what, let's face it, to many people is still an abstraction.
And that, I believe, is the question that more and more decision makers will grapple with in 2012. They'll be bombarded with marketing from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and companies they haven't even heard about to make a leap to the cloud. And if you work with an IT services provider, chances are the provider will be pushing cloud services as well.
Of course, you'll wonder about reliability and security as you weigh the pros and cons of cloud. And those are legitimate worries. But when you think about it, if you already use cloud data backup and trust your data to sit out there, isn't it time to consider other cloud services as well? Remember, the very data you've agreed to store in the cloud could be the data that saves your business it you ever have to recover it following a catastrophic event.
And that's some food for thought as you enjoy your holidays. Happy New Year!
Office 365: Is It Worth Switching?
Users of Microsoft Office applications may wonder if they should migrate to the productivity suite's cloud-based counterpart, Office 365. For a few bucks a month per user, Office 365 provides an attractive alternative to desktop-based applications.
Of course, before you flip a switch to turn off your legacy applications, it would help to consider a few pros and cons. You see, nothing is ever that simple.
First, let's look at a couple of pros.
For one thing, Office is familiar. Anybody who has used a PC in the past couple of decades surely has used Office applications at one point or another. We're talking about Word, Excel and PowerPoint primarily, though Office has grown over the years to include applications I don't even know about. (I use a Mac, so that's my excuse.)
Anybody who has used a PC in the past couple of decades surely has used Office applications at one point or another.
With the products' familiarity in mind, presumably the switch to Office 365 would be fairly painless for your average user.
From a business standpoint, the cloud-based version of Office spares you the potentially taxing duties of maintaining multiple instances of Office in different computers, which often are using different versions of the product. With Office 365, maintenance and updates are done for you.
Microsoft charges small businesses $6 per user monthly for the service, while enterprises pay a monthly fee that starts at $10 per user.
On the negative side, when you switch productivity applications to a cloud-based environment, you are taking a risk. Microsoft offers a 99.9 percent uptime financial guarantee, meaning the vendor will refund you for outages, but that's little consolation when you're prevented from doing your work because a server somewhere in the cloud decided to act up. Be warned: Outages already have taken place.
Another thing to watch out for before switching is the setup. Though it should be a relatively simple process, setting up Office 365 requires proper configuration to ensure users get access to the tools and features they need. You don't want users realizing they have been barred mistakenly from a certain resource after you've already made the move.
And that brings us to a final, but important, point: Office 2010 has some capabilities that Office 365 doesn't offer. Before committing to the cloud-based service, be sure to find out which components you won't have access to and decide if that makes a difference to your business.
One way to find out, of course, is to take advantage of Microsoft's 30-day free trial.
Beyond 2012: It's a Cloud-centric World
Honestly, it gets a little tiresome to see all the predictions in the IT industry at this time of year, especially since many predictions amount to nothing more than safely drawn conclusions of trends already in full swing.
So I will spare you the prognostications and, instead, invite you to dream a little. Clearly, 2012 will see an acceleration of the adoption of cloud computing and virtualization, and users will continue bringing personal mobile devices to work, putting pressure on IT departments to figure out how to manage and secure all those smartphones and tablets.
But if you look beyond 2012, the main question becomes, "How much cloud?"
Short of a catastrophic event that derails the adoption of cloud computing, the cloud ultimately will dominate the IT landscape. Sure, there will be plenty of fits and starts, but as companies get comfortable with cloud-based resources, eventually those resources will become the norm.
So for the holdouts out there, what I'm saying is, resistance is futile.
Short of a catastrophic event that derails the adoption of cloud computing, the cloud ultimately will dominate the IT landscape.
However, it's important to stress all clouds are not created equal. A good deal of cloud-like or cloud-aware resources will be deployed in-house in hybrid private/public cloud environments.
With such big names as Microsoft making a big push into the cloud with things like Windows Azure and Office 365, and Google trying to push back Microsoft with its own cloud offerings, it's hard to imagine a future where the cloud isn't at the center of it all.
If the public cloud infrastructure is stable enough – and that's a big if because, let's face it, serious continuous investment will be needed to keep it so – we will see companies that have made a name for themselves with on-premise solutions replace those solutions with a strictly cloud-based approach.
Or at the very least, you'll have offerings designed to be "cloud-aware," which means they will be developed to play with cloud-based resources through easy integration.
Lenovo, for instance, has a hosted applications service that detects laptops hardware capabilities such as processing power, memory and battery life, to optimize the services delivered to those laptops. Hewlett-Packard, meanwhile, has introduced cloud-aware printing solutions designed to allow devices to use printers in the cloud without all the usual configuration steps.
[OK, here I must throw in an aside because printers are usually the biggest pain in the neck a computer user will deal with. I don't care who makes it, a printer will act up sooner or later and frustrate the hell out of you.]
But let's say this stuff works – remember, I invited you to dream – we are looking at a world down the road where computing becomes more useful, flexible and efficient. If your iPhone can access a cloud-based printer to print something or the technology does all the hard work for you when configuring a laptop, you will enjoy new levels of IT usefulness and flexibility.
Hell, one could say you'll be floating on clouds.
Cloud Innovations Give Users the Power of Choice
Technology is supposed to make your life better. It makes you more efficient and productive, and allows you to do things your way.
That's the theory, anyway. And for a long time, before the advent of cloud computing, IT companies didn't always deliver on that promise. At times, they didn't even come close.
Operating systems often were clunky and just short of intuitive, desktops were poorly organized and the technology didn't always work as promised. While PCs were still the new thing, tech companies could get away with this because, well, users didn't know any better.
But that's in the past. With stability achieved for the most part, IT companies have to work a little harder to deliver new improvements.
As such, cloud computing is proving a gift from the heavens for the IT user. Once you're in the cloud, dropping technology that stinks is as easy as getting it in the first place. You don't have to be stuck with a faulty piece of equipment or temperamental application because you paid for it upfront.
This forces IT companies to innovate.
Once you're in the cloud, dropping technology that stinks is as easy as getting it in the first place.
Take, for instance, OS33, a vendor making a name for itself with a fresh approach to desktop computing. OS33 offers a cloud-based customizable IT platform that essentially lets you replace your desktop with a "webtop."
The platform spares you the intricacies of integrating technology from multiple vendors and the physical infrastructure that has been the bane of many an IT administrator. OS33 takes pretty much everything you use, from servers to operating systems to security and storage, and turns it into a hosted cloud platform.
Assuming you have a stable Internet connection, this is an ideal approach for a user or business that doesn't want to waste time figuring out which IT piece does what and how, as long as it just works.
From a user standpoint, the most powerful thing OS33 does is to allow you to organize applications, documents, email and Web links however you want. Your webtop becomes a true reflection of how you do your work. You can add tabs and panels at will that take you to the computing resources you use. So instead of cluttering your desktop with a hodgepodge of icons and links, you can set up your webtop neatly.
Beyond that, OS33 is working with its service partners to deliver cloud services that take complexity out of IT administration. Among those services is Cloud Drive, which allows the company's service partners to unify storage capabilities from Amazon and Microsoft into a single solution.
Along with OS33, a host of cloud service vendors is out there coming up with innovations that will forever change how you use technology. And most importantly, you don't have to stick with an application or solution if it doesn't fit your needs because, in the cloud, you have the power.
Cloud Computing: Why Go It Alone?
Cloud computing is all about making choices. Among those choices is whom to trust to deliver and manage the services that best suit your day-to-day needs and support strategic endeavors.
You have three basic choices:
- Manage the services yourself
- Let the service vendor handle it
- Use an IT service provider
The first option would prove counterproductive in most cases. While you could manage a private cloud efficiently enough, so long as you have the staff, the point of cloud computing is to minimize internal IT resources. Current IT workers could be put to better use on strategic projects rather than manage day-to-day tasks handled in the cloud.
Presuming you hire a reliable provider with a good track record, you should enjoy more uptime, improved security and timely technology updates.
The second option, to let a vendor manage the service, is fine for a single cloud service. But say you have several business applications in the cloud, as well as data backup and recovery, and an Exchange server. If you source each of these services from a different vendor, you are dealing with different billing cycles and requirements, service policies and customer service approaches.
That's costly and far from ideal.
The preferable approach, especially for small and midsize businesses, is to hire a company that specializes in service delivery. There is a legion of IT-focused companies out there that handle cloud services, and some are positioning themselves as aggregators who manage services from multiple vendors for their clients.
Service providers come in different shapes and sizes, much like their clients, so due diligence is required to find one that best suit your needs. As a rule, stick to a company that is local or has a presence in your area, even if that means they hire third-party local technicians for troubleshooting. The point is you want someone who can respond quickly should something go wrong.
The benefits of hiring an IT services provider are manifold. Chief among them is reduced costs and the ability for you to focus on your core business. Because the service provider takes on the responsibility of keeping your IT environment in top form, you can unburden your staff from daily and unpredictable troubleshooting tasks. Cost reduction comes from economies of scale service providers enjoy that are simply not available to end clients.
In addition, presuming you hire a reliable provider with a good track record, you should enjoy more uptime, improved security and timely technology updates. Cloud-based updates generally are automated, so your provider simply has to monitor the process and act to prevent any problems whenever there are signs of trouble.
Sure, you could go it alone into the cloud. But why would you?
As Data Traffic Soars, You Need a Cloud Strategy
All right, folks, expect to see a ton more bad cloud-related puns in coming months, as the trend toward moving IT assets to the cloud accelerates. You might say cloud business is about to soar. (See, I warned you!)
Cisco Systems, the networking giant, has released a study predicting that global traffic generated by cloud services will reach 1.6 zetabytes by 2015. That would represent a 12-fold increase from the traffic generated in 2010.
What's a zetabyte, you say? Glad you asked. One zetabyte is roughly 1,000 exabytes, 1 million petabytes, or about 1 billion gigabytes. Let's say your laptop has a 500-GB hard drive – it would take some 320,000 laptops to handle 1.6 zetabytes.
Considering the world's population of 6.8 billion souls, 320,000 laptops isn't that impressive, I grant you. But what if I tell you that 1.6 ZBs is only one third of the 4.8 ZBs of traffic Cisco predicts data centers will generate globally by 2015? And what if I tell you that number is still only part of the amount of data floating around the digital world? Suffice it to say that by 2020, the total volume of data generated in the digital world is expected to reach 35 zetabytes.
Between email, databases and business, media and collaboration applications, a whole lot of information is being created every second.
It would take way too many zeros to tell you how much that is in gigabytes. The point is it's a lot.
What does it mean to you, though? For starters, you need to understand that data volumes are growing exponentially. Between email, databases and business, media and collaboration applications, a whole lot of information is being created every second. And don't forget the smartphones and tablets that are increasingly finding their way into corporate environments.
All of that puts pressure on businesses to get a handle on who is using the data, where and for what. There are security, privacy and management implications that a business ignores at its own peril.
And don't forget cost. You reach a point at which adding physical servers and storage becomes prohibitive, and that's when you really need to start thinking about cloud-based resources if you haven't already.
Interestingly enough, one of the main reasons data volumes are growing so fast is the transition to cloud services. Every time you send a file into the ether, it generates traffic data several times the size of the file itself. So it's a self-feeding thing. As the cloud generates more traffic, in many cases you'll be better off using the cloud for management and cost reasons.
And what all that means is that if you don't have a cloud strategy yet, it's time to sit down and get serious about it.
Cloud Computing Will Make Tough Decisions Look Quaint
Remember when we didn't use cell phones or email? It's like wondering what we did before the ATM. Did people go around with big wads of cash in their pockets because they couldn't get a quick hundred whenever they wanted?
As cloud computing asserts itself in our lives, try to imagine what we'll be looking back on years from now, wondering how we ever got by without this or that. If you think we're dependent on technology at home and in the office, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Like it or not, more and more of our lives will become dependent on the public cloud – to the point that virtually everything we do will have something to do with the cloud.
Take a second or two to absorb that thought.
Got it? OK, now let's continue. Accept the cloud is here to stay, privacy and security concerns notwithstanding. It will affect us in ways we can only start to imagine, so you might as well get ready.
Like it or not, more and more of our lives will become dependent on the public cloud – to the point that virtually everything we do will have something to do with the cloud.
It's no longer impossible to image using your smartphone to control the lights, heat and air conditioning. You can turn your TV on and off with it, flip through channels and schedule recordings of your favorite shows. A few months ago, I was at a family function when one of my cousins whipped out his Blackberry to turn on the lights at his place of work – 70 miles away.
I remember scoffing at LG's refrigerator with a built-in TV some years back, but now I see the company was simply ahead of its time. You can find those units at Overstock.com now, but they seem to be discontinued. Ah, the price you pay for being ahead of your time!
Now I see the introduction of the Nest thermostat, designed by Tony Fadell, who also designed the iPod. Rather than scoff, I marvel at it. Here you have an iPod-like device that learns your habits to adjust temperatures throughout the day to your liking.
Siri, the iPhone's new voice-command technology, gives us a glimpse at the possibilities. You can tell Siri to give you reminders throughout the day. So long as you keep your iPhone close, you'll never have an excuse to forget anything again. You can tell Siri to call your mother or text your business partner. Someone already has figured out how to get Siri to control a thermostat. (Hey, it gets cold in New England this time of year, so forgive my thermostat obsession!)
Will Siri be able to remotely start your car or unlock your office doors? Using the Internet of Things, will Google give us technology to turn on coffee pots remotely? Will your car eventually drive itself and take orders from a GPS system that processes information in real time from traffic lights and highway sensors for optimal routing?
I'm going to guess yes on all of the above, though some of these things will take a while. But when they happen, we'll look back on decisions like whether we should replace our Exchange server with a cloud-based service and think them quaint. As painstaking as these decisions are today, we'll look back and say, "Times were simpler then."
Addressing Data Control Concerns in the Cloud
Cloud computing raises some serious questions about data. Who controls the data, how can you be sure it is secure, and what happens if your cloud service provider has an outage?
You could write a book trying to address each of these questions. But since we have limited space here and you have enough demands on your time, I will do my best to address the major points. In this blog, we'll tackle control and leave the other two questions for future entries.
Unless you have a private cloud environment, you effectively relinquish, or at the very least share, control of your data. This is a nerve-wracking reality in cloud computing scenarios.
You could lose a lifetime's worth of sleep worrying about the potential for errors, malicious activity and system malfunctions – especially if your company handles sensitive information protected by regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Sarbanes-Oxley (or Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act) and Gramm–Leach–Bliley (or Financial Services Modernization Act).
Unless you have a private cloud environment, you effectively relinquish, or at the very least share, control of your data.
Run afoul of any of these regulations, and you're inviting trouble. To prevent that, any company using cloud solutions must take great pains to ensure that whoever controls the data knows what they're doing. Make sure your service provider uses security methods such as authentication and identity management, access control, encryption and secure deletion.
Before signing up for any cloud-based services handling private data, be sure to research the provider's background and track record. Ask for customer referrals and contact the customers to hear about their experiences with the provider.
Of course, no amount of research will ensure a 100 percent trouble-free cloud computing experience, so trust plays a role. And since trust is earned, entering into a contract with a provider requires a leap of faith.
But contracts exist for a reason, and in this case they provide protections to your and your provider. The worst thing you could do, of course, is to enter into some kind of arrangement where no contract is signed.
A contract with a cloud service provider must stipulate that your data should be available only to authorized users within your organization, and that the provider will do everything it reasonably can to prevent leaks or breaches.
Furthermore, the contract must require that data you delete because it is no longer needed, or isn't required to be archived per government regulations, is indeed deleted – not only from the original files but also in any database or backup system where it is replicated. This is an important point; we all now how hard it really is to delete data.
Control over data is one of the biggest concerns business decisions makers have about the cloud. The best you can do is pick a reliable cloud services provider to the best of your abilities and protect yourself through a well-written contract.
Let the Cloud Support Your Business Growth
With the economy stuck in a rut, planning for business growth may feel like wishful thinking. Even the 2.5 percent GDP growth the government reported for the third quarter isn't good enough to start solving our economy's persistent unemployment problem.
Still, it makes sense for companies to be thinking about the future and ensure their IT infrastructures can support business growth. You have to believe that at some point the economy will start to improve in a meaningful way – hopefully sooner than later.
And when that happens, from an IT perspective, there is no good reason anymore to allow aging equipment and obsolescent software to hinder growth, as was often the case with legacy environments.
From an IT perspective, there is no good reason anymore to allow aging equipment and obsolescent software to hinder growth.
With cloud computing, you are always ready for growth. Cloud services are elastic, allowing companies to quickly add or reduce capacity as needed. In other words, your organization is not restricted by the size or performance of physical servers, or by the need to add data management systems or new business applications.
For your cloud services provider, adding a virtual server to meet business growth requirements is a simple matter. Depending on the provider and the setup, it could take minutes to hours to, at most, a day or two. Deploying an application, or adding users to an existing cloud service, could be as simple as flipping a light switch.
Whether you are adopting a new cloud service or adding capacity, you don't have to build or expand your IT infrastructure. It already exists, be it in the Internet-based public cloud or your own private cloud environment. In a private cloud environment, adding capacity could be a simple matter of turning on previously unused nodes.
Rapid deployment and provisioning are among the most attractive benefits of cloud services adoption. Of course pricing also typically is very attractive, but decisions made strictly on price aren't always the best. That's a big topic, though, and we will explore it in a future blog.
As any successful business decision maker knows, you always have to keep an eye on current day-to-day operations and the other on the future of the business. And since the future of the business is intricately linked with a company's IT strategy, it makes infinite sense to make cloud computing an integral plank in that strategy. With the cloud, managing IT to accommodate business expansion has never been easier.


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Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Penang, Penang
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Great for families
- Collect nights
Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Penang, Penangfrom $121
- Deluxe Room, 1 Double Bed, Garden View
- Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed, Garden View
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- Garden Deluxe Sea View Twin
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What's around Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Penang, Penang
- On the beach
- Ferringgi Beach - 1 min walk
- East Wind Watersports - 5 min walk
- Eden Parade Shopping Centre - 6 min walk
- Batu Feringghi Night Market - 11 min walk
- Tropical Spice Garden - 35 min walk
- PKSA Penang Water Sports Centre - 2.4 mi / 3.9 km
- Floating Mosque of Tanjung Bungah - 2.6 mi / 4.2 km
Getting around
- Penang (PEN-Penang Intl.) - 28 min drive
- Free area shuttle
- Free shopping center shuttle
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 304 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 8 floors
- Check-in time 3:00 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-in/out
Required at check-in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- One child stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Free children's club
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
- Discounted offsite parking
- Extended parking
- Free area shuttle within 15.00 km
- Free shopping center shuttle
Payment types at the property
In the hotel
- Children's club (free)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 5 restaurants
- 3 bars/lounges
- 3 coffee shops/cafés
- Beach bar
- Poolside bar
- 24-hour room service
- Barbecue grills
- Beach umbrellas
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Children's pool
- Fitness facilities
- Golf course on site
- Outdoor tennis courts - 3
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Golf lessons on site
- Miniature golf on site
- Playground on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Ecotours nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Pool sun loungers
- Tennis on site
- Spa tub
- Pool umbrellas
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Year Built - 1973
- Elevator
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Garden
- Picnic area
- Terrace
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
- Wheelchair-accessible parking
- Chinese
- English
- Japanese
- Malay
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board
- Pillow menu
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Bidet
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 32-inch LCD TV
- Premium TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Special features
CHI, The Spa has 11 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include hot stone massages, Swedish massages, facials, and body wraps. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub.
The spa is open daily. Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa.
DiningSpice Market Cafe - This café specializes in international cuisine.
On Site
- Fitness facilities
- Golf course on site
- Outdoor tennis courts -
- Sauna
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Tennis on site
- Golf lessons on site
- Miniature golf on site
- Playground on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Ecotours nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort and Spa, Penang, Penang's small print
Also known as
- Rasa Sayang
- Shangri-La`s Rasa Sayang Resort And Spa
- Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa Penang/Batu Ferringhi
- Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Penang George Town
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- Shangri-La's Rasa Sayang Resort Penang George Town
- Rasa Sayang Penang
- Shangri Las Rasa Sayang Hotel
- Shangri Las Rasa Sayang Resort
- Shangri-La`s Rasa Sayang Hotel Batu Ferringhi
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Some facilities may have restricted access. Guests can contact the property for details using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check-in or check-out:
- A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property. Exemptions or reductions might apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- A tax is imposed by the city: MYR 3 per accommodation, per night
- A tax of MYR 10.00 per accommodation, per night is imposed by the country of Malaysia and collected at the property. Permanent residents and Malaysian nationals are exempt from the tax. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for MYR 180.0 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of MYR 89 for adults and MYR 45 for children (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
Recent reviews
Superb 9.0 From 717 reviews
great view and service. I was torn between going out to experience the local culture and food (which are great) or stay at the hotel and enjoy the equally great view and facilities. What a tough choice to make every day.
The hotel is very good as is the service form all staff. However the area, Batu Ferringi is disappointing with little to offer in terms of a night life. It appears more suited to families with children.
Overall the hotel was fine but given its name there were aspects just not up to expectations for example on checkin which was a Long process (not sure why) we were issued with room keys and when we got to the room they would not work! In the room the master switch was located way into the room thus when you wanted all the lights on, typically as you enter you could not do this. The sound from the tv was not clear making that experience poor.on the positives the beach bar was great ambience and nicely located to the beach.
I had originally made a bad review of the place. There was a significant delay in checking in at the hotel, and my room at first did not have AC, which put me in a fowl mood I will admit, and made my first impressions very negative. However, after sleeping in the room and staying there the entire next day, my reaction changed. The first thing to understand is that this is a beach hotel. It may be 5 stars, but that is not 5 stars in a city. It is 5 stars on a beach where family, kids, and general mayhem abounds. So while the room was a (bit) worn and dated, after I accepted that the hotel was all and all fairly nice. It was right on the water, it had a wonderful pool, the breakfast buffet was standard breakfast buffet food, but the fine dinning restaurant there was really a 1 star Michelin restaurant, even though it was not scored as such. I never left the property, except to go to the airport. Everything was contained. A few points - the AC does not work if you open the balcony doors - not unacceptable, but still not the best ; the hotel bar is not open until 2 pm; make reservations at the fine dinning place in the hotel - by western standards its super cheap for what you get.
The stay was exactly what we wanted, from beginning to end. Superb staff and highest quality of service, beautiful landscaping, very high quality spa facilities.
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Premier League: Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City battle for title
We analyse the Premier League title credentials of Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City.
By Rob Parrish - Follow me on Twitter @skysportsrobp
Last Updated: 08/03/14 12:05pm
Sir Alex Ferguson's description of the 2002/03 Premier League title race offers the perfect summary of the 2013/14 contest as Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City battle for glory.
The legendary Scot can now look on from a much more relaxed and detached viewpoint, with his retirement only soured by the fact that Manchester United's defence of his final top-flight crown has ended with barely a whimper.
With 10 games to go - 12 for City after their Capital One Cup exploits and a weather-induced postponement - a mere six points separate the leading four clubs.
With respective managers Jose Mourinho, Brendan Rodgers, Arsene Wenger and Manuel Pellegrini all eager to play down their chances, and with the former indulging his carefully planned attempts to unsettle his opponents, further verbal sparring can be expected.
Away from the trash talk and purported mind games, the final third of the season promises to unfold in spectacular fashion on the field.
Here, Sky Sports looks at the four clubs who remain in the frame to lift the Premier League trophy at 5pm on Sunday, May 11.
Points: 63 Sky Bet odds: 6/5
Form: Chelsea have been close to flawless since the turn of the year, with only the frustration of a home stalemate against West Ham and a below-par display in a 1-1 draw at West Brom seeing them drop points. Everton, Manchester United, Liverpool and - most critically - Manchester City have all been beaten in their last 10 matches to lift Jose Mourinho's men into top spot.
Fixtures: The first key test comes on Saturday evening, live on Sky Sports, when Tottenham travel to Stamford Bridge. Arsenal then make the trip across London on March 22, before what could prove to be a pivotal meeting in the season is scheduled for Anfield on April 27 when the Sky Sports cameras will be in attendance. The Blues' remaining games are all against sides currently in the bottom half.
Prospects: As the odds reflect, Chelsea are now in pole position to claim their first Premier League crown since 2010 and their third under Mourinho after his back-to-back triumphs in 2005 and 2006. A favourable fixture list, in-form players and a manager with title-winning experience are a potent cocktail, but continued involvement in the Champions League may test even the deepest of squads.
Mourinho's view: "If I win every game until the end of the season, all 10 - which we won't - maybe we are not champions. If they (Man City) win all 12 games they have, they are champions. They have their destiny in their hands."
Points: 59 Sky Bet odds: 5/1
Form: Since their narrow defeat to Chelsea on December 29, Liverpool have matched the leaders stride for stride, with seven wins and two draws in their last nine games. Brendan Rodgers' side have been in blistering form in front of goal, averaging three a game over their last 10 matches and have now outstripped the much-heralded Manchester City forward line, albeit having played twice more.
Fixtures: A trip to Manchester United on March 16, live on Sky Sports, is next on the agenda for Liverpool, and while the fading champions are not the force of old they remain a potent foe. The Reds' other key tests will come at Anfield, against Tottenham (March 30), Manchester City (April 13) and Chelsea (April 27), with the Sky Sports cameras in attendance for every game.
Prospects: A lack of European action has clearly aided Liverpool's cause, with a reduced fixture list enabling Rodgers to select his strongest side throughout the top-flight campaign, although City and Arsenal are likely to be only 90 minutes away from being in the same position. Liverpool's defence remains a concern, with just three clean sheets in their last 10 and 14 goals conceded.
Rodgers' view: "We just want to keep winning games. There are 10 games to go now and we'll just see where it takes us. Everyone speaks about Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal, and rightly so. They're the three teams that have been up there for a number of years."
Points: 59 Sky Bet odds: 20/1
Form: The weakest of the top four. After being blown away by Liverpool's four-goal blast in the opening 20 minutes of their 5-1 defeat at Anfield, Arsene Wenger's men have been held at home by Manchester United, thrashed a Sunderland side who had one eye on the Capital One Cup final and then lost in limp fashion at Stoke. Prior to that, though, the Gunners had won six and drawn one.
Fixtures: The next four Premier League matches will determine if Arsenal's title challenge can recover from their current blip. The north London derby with Tottenham at White Hart Lane on March 16, live on Sky Sports, is followed by a trip to Chelsea (March 22), a home meeting with Man City (March 29) and then a clash with Everton at Goodison Park (April 6), with the latter two matches also live on Sky Sports. All of which come after their FA Cup quarter-final against Everton and the Champions League second leg away to Bayern Munich.
Prospects: Given the manner of their recent defeats to Liverpool and Stoke, where defensive vulnerability was followed by attacking impotence, and their forthcoming schedule, it is easy to see why the bookmakers are offering such generous odds on Arsenal ending their trophy drought. A recovery is not impossible and the Gunners have proved the critics wrong before this term.
Wenger's view: "March is the month: we play Spurs, City, Chelsea, Bayern, Everton in the cup. We have a great opportunity to show that we are strong, which is what I think. At the end of March we will know much more."
Manchester City
Points: 57 Sky Bet odds: 11/8
Form: One defeat and two draws in 15 Premier League games is hardly cause for concern, but a run of just one goal in three top-flight matches did raise eyebrows, particularly after the previously devastating displays from Manuel Pellegrini's men. One piece of silverware has been secured after a Capital One Cup triumph over Sunderland based on two moments of individual brilliance, rather than a composed team display, but a UEFA Champions League exit to Barcelona seems likely.
Fixtures: City's critical spell comes in late March and early April when back-to-back away games against Manchester United (March 25) and Arsenal (March 29) are swiftly followed by a trip to Liverpool (April 13), with all three games live on Sky Sports. Pellegrini's men have two further top-flight matches to fit into their schedule, while their continued FA Cup involvement could add further congestion in the closing weeks.
Prospects: As Mourinho is so keen to point out, City have their fate in their own hands, but every manager in the world would prefer to have six points on the board over the promise of two games in hand, regardless of a superior goal difference. With one trophy banked, some pressure is off Pellegrini's shoulders, but the Etihad hierarchy will have their eyes on more significant prizes.
Pellegrini's view: "We will evaluate the season when the season ends in May. I don't think top players or an important group can be satisfied with one trophy. We are the only club that has the chance to win all the competitions. If you have the chance to do the first, you must do it."


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Date: Sep 19, 2014
Press Release Number: 192-2014
PATH weekend service continues between New Jersey and New York, with station access at Newark, Hoboken, Journal Square, Harrison, Newport and Grove in New Jersey and Christopher, 9th, 14th, 23rd and 33rd streets in New York Ferries will remain as an alternative means of transport across Hudson River
Extensive PATH rail work to implement a federal safety mandate and continue post-Superstorm Sandy desalination efforts will continue late Friday night through early Monday morning with closures of the World Trade Center (WTC) and Exchange Place stations, a process that will continue weekends throughout 2014.
PATH riders will be able to travel between New Jersey and New York from all other PATH stations on weekends, including Grove Street, Newport and Journal Square in Jersey City. Riders from Newark and Harrison will need to transfer at Journal Square for trips into New York. On weekends, service between New Jersey and New York will run on the Journal Square to 33rd Street (via Hoboken) line during the closures of the World Trade Center and Exchange Place stations.
On Saturday, trains on the Journal Square-33rd (Hoboken) line remain on a 10-minute schedule. To accommodate passengers attending the New York Red Bulls home game in Harrison, N.J., there will be additional service running between Newark and Journal Square in both directions from approximately 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Due to construction activity occurring this Sunday, the Newark - Journal Square line will operate on a 30-minute schedule between 10:00am and 7:00pm. The Journal Square-33rd Street (via Hoboken) line will be on a 20-minute schedule from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Riders are encouraged to allow extra travel time and check for weekend schedule changes which are posted on the Port Authority website, PATHAlerts and Twitter, and are also available on the Toll Free Information Line: 1-800-234-PATH (7284).
The WTC and Exchange Street PATH stations will reopen for the Monday morning return-to-work rush hours. Alternative ferry service between Jersey City and Lower Manhattan will operate on Saturday and Sunday.
Unless stated otherwise, riders who would normally use PATH between New Jersey and Lower Manhattan on weekends can use alternative ferry service that is available on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., at the Paulus Hook Terminal in Jersey City and the World Financial Center Ferry Terminal in New York.
The ferry is for PATH weekend riders as an alternative to service typically provided at the Exchange Place and World Trade Center stations. PATH is in the midst of a weekend outage schedule for an array of projects, including but not limited to post-Sandy desalination, track repairs, life safety/security work, lighting and communications, as well as recovering schedule time lost due to Superstorm Sandy to implement Positive Train Control safety improvements.
The ferry fare will be the same as a PATH ride, $2.50 one-way, or $5.00 roundtrip, paid via cash, credit or debit card at either terminal ticketing booth. This cost is below the typical cost of a ferry ride across the Hudson River. Children age five and under ride free. Riders can also board with bicycles, and will be subject to the ferry's additional $1.00 charge.
Additionally, passengers can now purchase weekend PATH and ferry tickets using the NY Waterways Smartphone App. The mobile ticketing app is available as a free download for iPhones and Android phones. Tickets purchased through the mobile ticketing app are activated by passengers immediately in advance of boarding, whereupon a boarding pass will be displayed on the passenger's phone. Purchasing tickets through the mobile ticketing app is a great way for riders to avoid lines at ticketing booths.
Travel time between terminals is approximately seven minutes and ferries will depart every 15 minutes, beginning with the 8 a.m. departure from Paulus Hook. The last ferry will depart Paulus Hook at 9:45 p.m. and the World Financial Ferry Terminal at 9:53 p.m. One boat will be traveling back and forth between these two terminals.
Additionally, PATH has an agreement with NJ Transit to cross-honor PATH passengers who show their SmartLink card or Metrocard on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail at the Exchange Place, Newport and Hoboken stations during the upcoming weekend closures.
Those needing to connect to PATH trains may go to the Grove Street station – which is approximately a 12-minute walk and the closest open PATH station from the Paulus Hook Terminal. The closest entrance to PATH is at the intersection of Christopher Columbus and Marin Boulevard. Please note, Grove Street does not have an elevator and is not ADA-accessible.
Newport, another nearby station, is ADA-accessible and equipped with elevators. To get to Newport, you can take the NJ Transit Light Rail from Exchange Place to Newport. As an alternative, passengers can walk north on Washington Boulevard to the Newport station, which is about a 20-minute walk.
For those traveling from Manhattan to Jersey City, the World Trade Center Ferry Terminal is located at end of Vesey Street on the Hudson River, in close proximity to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 2, 3, E and R subway trains and M20 and M22 buses.
For ferry alerts and advisories, please see the NY Waterway website's alerts and advisories page: http://www.nywaterway.com/AdvisoriesAlerts.aspx
PATH riders also may seek information on alternative service from the Port Authority Website, PATHAlerts and Twitter.
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Tuscaloosa City Council members say they want more information about possible new retailers before agreeing to $18 million in tax rebates for a proposed shopping center. The Anniston-based developer behind "The Shoppes at Legacy Park," a proposed $62 million shopping center on a 16.25-acre tract in the former Cedar Crest neighborhood, is seeking a tax split with City Hall to help offset the costs associated with its completion.
Tuscaloosa City Council members say they want more information about possible new retailers before agreeing to $18 million in tax rebates for a proposed shopping center.
The Anniston-based developer behind "The Shoppes at Legacy Park," a proposed $62 million shopping center on a 16.25-acre tract in the former Cedar Crest neighborhood, is seeking a tax split with City Hall to help offset the costs associated with its completion.
The City Council's Finance Committee is expected to resume debating the economic incentive request from Alumni Construction & Development LLC, after four new council members take office Nov. 4. The committee delayed a vote on the request at its Oct. 22 meeting.
A key factor behind the request is the cost of the land, estimated at about $1 million per acre, which the developer and others associated with the development industry said is abnormally high for a shopping center site.
If approved as requested, the package would allow Alumni Construction to keep up to $18 million in sales and property taxes in the next 25 years. If the $18 million figure is reached before the 25-year mark, then the rebates end. If the $18 million cap is not met at the 25-year mark, then the developer will not be able to extend it.
According to estimates, the development could bring 500 new jobs and mean an increase of about $33.7 million in tax and licensing revenue to City Hall and the local school system during that time, company officials said.
Last week, Bed Bath & Beyond and Cost Plus World Market were announced as potential tenants in the development. If completed, Bed Bath & Beyond could serve as one of the six anchor stores in the new development, while World Market could fill another, smaller space in the development that is bordered by McFarland Boulevard to the east, Dr. Edward Hillard Drive to the west and 13th Street East to the north.
Outgoing Councilman Lee Garrison, who was chairing his final Finance Committee meeting before leaving office next month, said the City Council needed more information from the developers before a sound decision could be made.
Garrison said the council needed to know the names of all the major retailers. Each of them — like Bed Bath & Beyond and World Market — are expected to be new to the Tuscaloosa area, and Garrison said knowing which new businesses are planned for the area would aid the City Council in gauging how successful the proposed shopping center will be.
"If you want us to all work together," Garrison said, "we all need to be singing from the same sheet of music."
In addition to Bed Bath & Beyond and World Market, the site is planning to hold anchor-store tenants with a sporting goods business, a specialty grocer, a shoe retailer and a pet supplies provider.
Occupants meeting each of these categories have signed letters of intent with Alumni Development, company officials said.
While none of the unconfirmed stores were announced Oct. 22, the Finance Committee did hear the names of some possible examples of the retailers that could be coming to Tuscaloosa.
Retail Strategies, a
Birmingham-based consulting firm that performs market research, analysis, strategic planning and retail recruitment services for cities across the country, has been contracted by the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama to assist in its economic recruitment efforts.
Robert Jolly, principal for Retail Strategies, presented an in-depth report to the Finance Committee indicating there was a significant shortfall — Jolly called it a "gap" — in the Tuscaloosa area for retail spending at stores that fall into the categories that Alumni Development is proposing to bring.
And if there is a gap in purchasing, that means local governments are missing out on tax dollars.
Using data compiled from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census and estimates from the developer and its own internal resources, the retail gap for the types of stores Alumni Development is proposing to bring to the Tuscaloosa market totals at least $276.9 million, Jolly said.
But if the development is complete, the shopping center could offset this retail shortfall by $49.6 to $67.2 million.
Jolly said the spending gap in the Tuscaloosa area specialty grocer market is $249 million each year.
And if a Whole Foods or Fresh Market, for example, occupied the specialty grocer spot, it could put an annual $9.45 million to $10.5 million dent in that loss.
Likewise, the gap for the sporting goods market is about $10.9 million, Jolly said.
But a Sports Authority or Dick's Sporting Goods could fill that gap with between $7.125 and $9.5 million each year, according to Jolly's data.
Jim Page, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, is in favor of City Hall offering the incentive package and said it would help prevent millions in sales tax revenue from leaving the city and county.
Page claimed data existed that showed West Alabama residents routinely traveled to Birmingham and Hoover to shop at stores that Tuscaloosa does not offer. Anecdotally, he said those shoppers also would eat at a restaurant or possibly catch a movie in the Birmingham area while there and not spend those dollars here.
"We're losing money today," Page said. "It's common-sense and logic that if we keep people here, there will be more money for everybody."
Some council members were concerned whether Alumni Development's project would cause businesses now in operation to go out of business.
Garrison and others asked whether Pet Supplies Plus in the McFarland Plaza shopping center could survive the competition should a Petco or a PetSmart come to the Alumni Development project.
Jolly said both businesses should be able to thrive and referred to his data that showed an existing pet supplies retail gap of $3 million, and whichever business fills the Alumni space should bring between $2.1 million and $2.8 million.
"This is a partnership between the city and the developer" Jolly said. "(The retailers) want to be here. I know they're waiting for this site.
"This is the site for them."
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This happened to me on Wednesday night. I thought I'd share this story because it illustrates both the sensitivity of U-Verse VDSL to sources of interference and also illustrates an ad-hoc troubleshooting procedure that may help find these things.
I'm watching TV on Wednesday night, and about 8:30 I get a picture freeze. Not entirely uncommon, I see it a few times a month. Usually comes back within 10-15 seconds. Not so in this case. I wait 2-3 minutes, picture is still frozen. So I think there might be some sort of outage. I go to the computer and try to bring this forum up ... no Internet either.
So I browse the forum on my smartphone. No mention of any outage. So I bring up my 2Wire RG's web interface. No VDSL connection ... go look at the RG, blinking red broadband light. Uh oh. Not good.
I watch the RG for a few more minutes, and the line is going up and down. It'll go blinking green, then solid green, then get a solid service light and be up for 10-15 seconds. But then it loses it again and goes back to a blinking red broadband light.
I log into the RG and look at the C53 page for DSL diagnostics ( http://192.168.1.254/xslt?PAGE=C_5_3 ), there's a huge number of retrains listed there. Normally, my line connects with a Max Rate of about 49,000 kbps. The first retrain initially showed a max rate of 43,000, and each subsequent retrain is going down. I have about 10 retrains listed, and the max rate is down to 37,000 on the most recent one.
I look at the bitloading during a brief period where the line was up and there's a large notch/hole in the graph in the 100 kHz - 300 kHz range, which is way down low in the spectrum. This is some sort of interference, and because the max rate is going down with each retrain, that means the interference is getting worse.
So now I have to try to track down this interference, because at this point I have no TV and no Internet. I go outside and look around and see if there's anyone doing anything odd, like running a generator or something. Don't see anything. I figure the interference must be coming from somewhere inside my house but I have no idea where.
The first thing I try is to see if there's power line interference that's causing it. I have the RG on a UPS, so I unplug the UPS from the wall and let the RG run on battery power. This isolates the RG from any power problems. No dice - line keeps going down, and at this point, it really isn't coming up. The broadband light is cycling between flashing red and flashing green, but I'm not even briefly getting the service light anymore.
So I think maybe the interference could be coming through Ethernet connections. I disconnect the Ethernet connections to the RG, no change. Only thing left is the VDSL line itself, and I have a home run on that directly to the NID. The only other thing in that path is the alarm system, I even go so far as to shut down the alarm system and remove power from it just to test, but it didn't make any difference.
So I figure there must be some other component in the house that's doing it. Fine -- go outside to my circuit breaker box and start turning stuff off. A/C, Furnace, Water Heater, Dryer, Washer, Dishwasher/Garbage Disposer, all major stuff. I leave only 4 breakers turned on, they're the ones for outlets & lights.
Go back inside -- no change. Line is still down.
OK, go back outside, shut off the last 4 breakers. Now I have no power in the house, but the RG is still up on the UPS.
Line comes up in about 20 seconds and stays up.
So I think Wow, I have it isolated. Turn all breakers back on except the 4 for lighting and outlets. Go in and check the RG, line is still up. So I start going back outside and turning the last 4 breakers on one at a time and checking the RG between each one. Living room - no problem. Garage/bathrooms - no problem. Bedrooms 2 & 3 - no problem. Turn on the master bedroom - line goes down. Turn the breaker back off, line comes back up.
OK, so now I have to divide up the master bedroom. I figure the likely source is the TV/STB/Slingbox/Popcorn Hour area, so I unplug the whole power strip there and turn the breaker back on. Line stays up. Cool, so at this point it's isolated in that mini-entertainment center.
I unplug everything from that power strip and plug the strip by itself back in. I wait 3-5 minutes just to make sure, but the line stays up. I then start plugging devices back in one at a time and waiting 3-5 minutes between each one to see what happens.
Line goes down about 2 minutes after I plug one of the Slingboxes in.
I go to unplug it and the power supply brick of the Slingbox is way hotter than normal. I figure the power supply has gone south. Line comes back up by the way.
So I go check the RG's parameters -- totally normal. 49,000 kbps max rate, smooth bitloading graph. I have found the culprit.
This troubleshooting procedure took me about 2 hours to go through. The amazing thing is what this illustrates:
• The Slingbox has absolutely no physical connection to the RG or any of its wiring. It's on a different power circuit, it isolated from the rest of the network by a switch, and any other cables only connect to the TV. The interference here was completely via RF, and was being received by the telephone wiring acting as an antenna.
• VDSL and the 2Wire RGs are highly sensitive to interference from a variety of sources, including sources that are too weak to affect anything else. But even these weak sources are enough to cause VDSL to fail.
• Troubleshooting this type of interference is time-consuming and beyond the scope of AT&T premises technicians. Interference of this type will require the homeowner to troubleshoot.
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Thanks, I downloaded a fresh version - rather than using a USB key to copy from my desktop machine. All went as expected.
Relative to my dsl retrains.... things have degraded considerably from my previous bitloading graph. It seems to be related to incoming line or connector, as after I put the cable back into the plastic mounting box, things got worse.
I was suspicious of the data cable AT&T supplied. So I made my own and the bitloading graph on my previous posts were from using that cable. If I re-plug in the AT&T (12 ft) cable, things get worse than they are now.
Technician is coming out tomorrow. Could I have a bad Universal Station protector? or poor grounding on the telephone line (from pole to house) in the NID?
Here is my current status:
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This observation has nothing to do with our previous interactions. But I have noticed an interesting anomally on both your pgm screens and the RG screens - relative to MAC addresses of the TV set top boxes. i. e. they differ by a value of +1. You will see the difference in the below screen shots. I'm just curious why this is and how it works. You'll notice the MAC adrr that ends in :04 on the Channel/Streams screen, now ends in :05 on the COAX/HPNA screen. The set top box displays :5 as it's MAC adddress - very curious???
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Yes, the U-Verse boxes have two physical network interfaces, one is the Ethernet interface and the other is the coax/HPNA interface.
The MAC address of the coax/HPNA interface is reported in the Coax/HPNA tab, while the MAC address of the Ethernet interface is the one reported in the Channels/Streams tab.
In many STBs, the two MAC addresses are nearly identical except for the final octet, but in others they are not.
As far as your line goes, you have bad interference on the line as well as at least one, possibly more than one bridge tap. The technician needs to have the I&R group come remove all the bridge taps and condition the line.
Interesting on the MAC addresses, makes sense since both the RG and STB have coax and RJ45 connectability.
On my line problems - argh... what is a bridge tap and why would I have more than one? (is that a 3M scotchlok?)
Thank you sir!
wow, nice explanation on the troubleshooting of your interference problems. will need to remember this. of course, next time the problem will be entirely different ....
thank you SJ
A bridge tap is a extra length of wire attached to your pair somewhere in the middle of the run that is not terminated anywhere. Bridge taps interfere with xDSL services and have to be removed for proper operation.
Bridge taps are usually left over from a different customer who used to use that pair.
Thank you again. AT&T tech came out this morning and determined this... they installed a new line on the poles this past week and had me "dual connected", not the correct term for this, but this is done so people don't lose phone service when they install a new main line. Good for POTS, but plays havoc with Uverse lines - ARGH! He corrected the dual connections and things look good. I've noticed I have the fastest max rate I've ever seen, also the largest value for noise margin - YEA! I included screen shots below for reference.
OOPS.. here is the stats page.
I just got done with my fifth visit from a technician. We were getting internet and phone, but the router stopped sending a signal for TV to the receivers at night. I was just about to fire ATT when i discovered a shorted outlet in our house (which is ungrounded as well). Turns out that the short was knocking out my TV signal. It would only happen at night when we turned the lights out....meaning more current was going through the electrical short. When ATT finally sent someone with brains, we discussed the issue and we simultaneously discoved that the coax was grounded. This is a no-no as any house electrica interferance will backfeed up the ground wire. I fixed the outlet short and also removing the yellow ground wire where the 2 wire connects to coax has fixed the problem. Uverse needs clean power to work right and if you are in old home take note.
Good job on your part. Glad you got an educated tech and the problem is now resolved. Enjoy.
That bitloading graph and stats look MUCH better. This looks to be properly working service, and you should have few if any problems now.
Hi - interesting observation/solution relative to having the coax grounded. When I had both Comcast and Direct TV, they grounded the coax splitter. I have grounded the AT&T coax splitter as well.
My ground wire is connected from the coax spiltter to the cold water pipe.
It was my understanding that having it grounded would pass the interference TO ground, not the opposite.
I welcome further information/discussion on this.
I know this is an old post but I'm having a similar issue with "dirty electricity" line interference in the house and maybe someone can point me in the right direction.
I noticed while watching live or recorded tv from my wireless receiver the show freezes intermittentely. I moved the WAP within 10ft. of the TV with no success. I began to notice that while my TV is freezing my furnace is running too.
So where do I start? What should I be checking for first?
I've purchased some ferrite magnets for the WAP power cord hoping I can reduce some noise but I haven't tried it yet. Anyone else have suggestions?
I'll give the AM Radio test a chance tonight and will also try to relocate the gateway power supply to a different outlet using a long extention cord. Also, the furnace is not an oil burner type, it's a 2 yr. old high efficiency Lennox gas furnace.
I'll post my findings.
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Nader to picket Torrington Wal-Mart on minimum wage hike resistance on Saturday
Ralph Nader and his supporters plan to picket outside of the Wal-Mart in Torrington Saturday morning -- and then at stores in Avon and Waterbury -- to protest the retail giant's failure to support an increase in the nation's minimum wage.
The Torrington event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., but if the weather is bad the protests will be postponed.
"This will be the start of a process that will go across the country," promised Nader, the political activist, former presidential candidate and native of the town just to the north of Torrington, Winsted.
In a telephone interview Wednesday, Nader said, "Wal-Mart finally supported the last minimum wage increase, which was passed in 2009 under Senator Ted Kennedy's leadership. I keep urging them to do it again and they keep saying they are discussing it. I have never seen a corporation with more tone deaf leaders."
He noted the dramatic disparity between Wal-Mart workers' and CEO Michael Duke's relative rates of compensation. The CEO earns $11,000 an hour, plus benefits and perks. "By 11 a.m. on Jan. 2, assuming that he came to work on time, he had made more than his workers can make in a year. This is unchartered territory for hierarchical greed," Nader charged.
In a Jan. 17 open letter to Duke, Nader wrote: "Wal-Mart has about one million workers, give or take, in the U.S. who are making less per hour, adjusted for inflation, than workers made in 1968. This is remarkable for another reason -- today's Wal-Mart worker, due to automation and other efficiencies, does the work of two Wal-Mart workers from 40 years ago. A federal minimum wage, inflation-adjusted from 1968, would be $10.50 today."
"That is our mantra, 'Keep up with 1968,'" Nader said. 'We have the lowest minimum wage among Western countries."
He noted that the present federal minimum wage is $7.25. In Western Europe and Ontario, Wal-Mart must adhere to minimum wages of $10.25 or more, as well as providing benefits.
"Raising your workers' wages to a $10.50 minimum would cost your company less than $2 billion (deductible) on U.S. sales of more than $313 billion," he wrote in his open letter.
"You need to do something authentic that people can relate to," he cautioned.
"When I met with a Wal-Mart representative I said, 'You have stores in Ontario and you have to pay $10.25," he said on the phone. "I asked if they were making a profit. He answered, 'Oh, yeah.' Right across the border in the U.S., they are paying $7.25 an hour and I asked him why they weren't paying $10.25. They have workers with no benefits, with no union, whose schedules they mess up by saying, 'Come in at this time, come in at that time ... .'"
"By contrast, Costco starts employees at $11.50 and gives benefits," Nader said. "When I talked to the Costco CEO, he said the wage reduces turnover and increases productivity and, besides, his workers need the money to live. When I presented that to Wal-Mart, they said they have a different business model--yeah, a business model of gouging workers."
On Tuesday, Sen. Tom Harken (D-IA) and Rep. George Miller (D-CA) announced that they would introduce the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, which would increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 by 2016. The bill would also raise the minimum wage for tipped employees from $2.13 to 70 percent of non-tipped minimum wage.
Harkin told the Huffington Post, "When you see what's happened to CEO salaries and compensation since the 1970s, and what's happened to the minimum wage, it's just startling ... We can't continue on this way. We need a higher minimum wage."
But Nader had faint praise for the two legislators.
"This illustrates the decay of the Democratic Party," he said, adding that he had urged that the issue be part of the Democratic platform during the last election. "They all agreed it would be a good issue, but they all said same thing, 'There is no point coming out on this unless Obama leads the way'--and he didn't lead the way, even though it was the right thing to do. What did the Democrats have for poor men, women and children? The party has lost its energy in the past 10 years--even [Tuesday's] press conference had no fervor."
Nader said the nation's crumbling economy had revealed the schism. "Now we have a disengagement between corporate profits and people. The nation has two economies--the stock market breakthrough and the declining lifestyle of workers. The two economies are veering in separate directions."
Nader said President Obama "had lifted the taboo" of talking about minimum wage when he mentioned it in his State of the Union speech and recommended an increase to $9. "Now, we can talk about it and go beyond his $9-an-hour absurdity," said Nader. "Miller and Harken said during their press conference that they wished the increase could be more but that it wouldn't get through. My question was, 'Why not set a proper moral standard and make the others drag you down?' It's not only too low, but they take their sweet time before they reach that level--2016--as if people can wait! Why give corporations another four years? Democrats have no passion for the issue."
There is plenty of popular support for increasing the minimum wage. A USA Today/Pew Research Center poll showed that 71 percent of Americans support the president's proposal for an increase in minimum wage.
Nader noted that even some conservatives support the increase, including former Republican presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum--until last year's primaries. "I predicted in an article that the candidates would pay for what they said in the primaries. That's why this issue is so important," he concluded. "It illuminates the decay of the political system."
He said the picketing at Torrington's Wal-Mart would be "informational." "Because you can't picket in malls in Connecticut we are not looking for large numbers," he said. "[The effect] will be evaluated by the content of the signs. It will be a message to Wal-Mart's top executives that this will spread around the country."
From Torrington he will travel on to Avon and Waterbury for more picketing.
For more about Nader's thoughts on Wal-Mart and other issues, see his Web site at www.nader.org.


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Weekly Fraser Valley Sport fishing column; June 2 to 9, 2014
Come on, Jack, he said. Hurry up Well miss the good fishin if we sit here much longer.
What makes you think theyll rise in all this heat? I asked him.
Theyll rise, all right, he answered. Moons down about noon.
Whats that got to do with it, I said.
Never mind about that, said Bob. Just take my word for it
Youll have to think up a better one than that, I told him
Bob shrugged his shoulders and told me the story His grandpappy had been a market hunter and fisherman in South Georgia when Bob was a youngster. From him Bob had learned that the time to go after fish or game was when the moon is directly overhead or underfoot.
The above are the words of John Alden knight from his book Moon Up Moon Down; and his explanation of solunar (Solar/lunar) theory.
Early in my sport fishing journey, I spent many evenings staring at a full moon on fishless weekends. It did not take too many years before I decided that the moon obviously had some sort of effect on fish.
My first accurate insight into the effects of the moon came from family member, Fred Belding. Fred informed me that due to increased light, providing the sky is clear, fish feed aggressively all night for last five days up to a full moon. By the time the moon is full, (again a clear sky is the determiner) fish are so full that they go off the bite. This feeding also occurs for five days after a full moon; with the most aggressive feeding occurs during the third evening on either side of the moon. Wanting to understand more of the effects of the moon, I attained a copy of Moon Up Moon Down. Though somewhat of a academic read, the book did supply a good explanation of the moons effect on fish, along with other factors such atmospheric pressure, sun position, tides, and both positive and negative ions.
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Fishing on our lower mainland lakes is good. For wet (sinking)
Fly Fishingtry: Chironomid, Wooly Bugger, Zulu, Baggy Shrimp, Dragonfly Nymph, Doc Spratley, or Halfback Nymph. For dry (floating) Fly Fishingtry: Griffith Gnat, Renegade, or Elk hair Caddis. For kokanee try: Bloodworm, San Juan Worm, Red Ibis, Red Spratley, or Kokanee killer.
The bass and pan fishing is fair to good. For bass try: Big Black, Clousers Deep Minnow, Leftys Deceiver, Dolly Whacker, Wooly Bugger, Pumpkinhead, Gomphus Bug, Popin Bug, Foam Frog, Chernobyl Ant, or Stimulator. For Pan fish try: Wooly Bugger, Bloodworm, Chironomid, Micro Leach, Halfback, Pumpkinhead, Dolly Whacker, Tied Down Minnow, Popin Bug, or Chernobyl Ant.
Our interior lakes are good. Try: Bloodworm, Chironomid, Pumpkinhead, Big Black, Micro Leach, 52 Buick, Sixpack, Butlers Bug, Dragon Nymph, Green Spratley, or Baggy Shrimp, for fishing wet. For dry fly action try: Lady McConnel, Big Ugly, Black Gnat, Ton Thumb, or Irresistible.
Our lower mainland creeks and sloughs are slow to fair. For cutthroat and rainbow try: Professor, American Coachman, Mickey Finn, Tied Down Minnow, Rolled Muddler, Bordens Special, Dolly Whacker, Czech Nymph, Stone Nymph, Big Black, Zulu, Soubou, Hares Ear Nymph, Stimulator, or Irresistible.
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I am still taking a break from my normal routine; however; I did come across a Bike Cruller today that answers a request posted early in the life of this thread. I hope you enjoy it with your morning coffee.
This was the first Bike Cruller in this thread.
When asked if I had a picture of the entire bike I replied I did not. I have been searching and following various sources and threads I follow. I found these two over on 8Negro.
I have some feelers out but can tell you nothing about the bike beyond posting these new pictures. I will let you know when and if I know more.


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More than a dozen Lakeland College students and two faculty members joined Associate Professor of Biology Paul Pickhardt Tuesday for an hour-long walk in Grether Woods behind campus to commemorate Earth Day.
The idea for Lakeland's inaugural Earth Day Walk belongs to a trio of students, led by Nicole Cox, who developed the concept when assigned to promote an event for a communications class. Students were armed with plastic bags to pick up litter while also learning about the Grether ecosystem.
"I wanted it to be an event that's related to something I'm passionate about," said Cox, a sophomore. "Once we started planning it, it wasn't about the assignment anymore."
As students strolled and picked up trash, Pickhardt gave walking ecology lessons. He talked about the budding trout lily, which will soon produce beautiful yellow flowers, while the sound of wood frogs provided the soundtrack. Pickhardt also warned of the impending poison ivy that will carpet much of the Grether floor.
Pickhardt pointed out and talked about numerous species of trees and plants. He discussed the Emerald Ash Borer's devastation of Wisconsin's Ash trees, praised the taste of maple syrup from the sugar maple tree and raved about the flavor of hickory nuts from the Shagbark tree. Pointing to tiny holes in the sugar maple tree, Pickhardt explained that a yellow-bellied sap sucker will peck those holes so syrup will surface and attract insects. When the bugs come to feed on the syrup, the birds pick them off.
He also showed the group what a pileated woodpecker can do to a dying tree, putting his entire hand inside a large hole the bird had created four feet off the ground.
This time of year, the Grether Woods hold about a half-dozen temporary pools of water that for a few months are home to frogs, salamanders and all sorts of other life. Chest deep at some points, these ponds will dry up by mid-summer, but their role in Lakeland's ecosystem is significant.
Pickhardt's pride in and love for the 50-plus-acre Grether Woods – located just a short walk from the natural sciences classrooms – is palpable. He takes many classes into those woods for real-world, hands-on research and course work.
"Lakeland is lucky to have this property," said Pickhardt. "I really enjoy it back here."


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