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Edythe Abdullah, John Barnes, Luther Coggin, Wilfredo Gonzalez, High Greene, Ann Hicks, Joannie Newton, Joy Korman, Katherine Robinson, Bruce Taylor, Kevin Twomey
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Chair Taylor asked Dr. Courtney Hackney, chair, Department of Biology, to introduce Mr. Evan Judd.
Dr. Hackney spoke about Mr. Judd as a student who took advantage of the many opportunities within the Department of Biology. He announced that Mr. Judd planned to attend Boston University as a Ph.D. candidate. Mr. Judd the spoke to trustees.
Mr. Judd talked about his plans for research and noted that his experience at UNF guided him to this decision and prepared him to be competitive.
Chair Taylor asked Ms. Faith Hall, Director of Alumni Services, to say a few words about the award.
Ms. Hall stated that this award was given to individuals who were not UNF graduates but who demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the university. She congratulated Trustee Newton as the recipient and thanked her for her numerous and varied contributions to the institution.
President Delaney introduced Mr. Moon as the university's new director of Athletics, mentioning that he had accomplished a lot in a short time. He asked Mr. Moon to introduce Mr. Driscoll.
Mr. Moon presented Mr. Driscoll as the new basketball coach, stating that he was well respected by his peers and voted a top 10 assistant coach in NCAA Division I. Mr. Driscoll was invited to say a few words to the Board.
Mr. Driscoll spoke about plans for the basketball team, which included relationship building with the campus community and the local area. He also elaborated on his intent to inspire well rounded athletes who would leave the university as better people.
Chair Taylor asked Provost Workman to introduce Dr. Falbo.
Provost Workman introduced Dr. Falbo as the inaugural director for the Center for Community Based Learning and stated that Dr. Falbo would present a brief report on the state of the center.
Dr. Falbo offered appreciation for the opportunity to speak about the center, stating that it was a pleasure to be involved with the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). He addressed four short-term priorities, including (1) completing the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools review process with revisions to the QEP, (2) focusing on establishing the center and developing its infrastructure, (3) investing in faculty enrichment, curriculum and research, and (4) connecting or reconnecting with area nonprofits and schools.
Chair Taylor called the regular Board of Trustees meeting to order, dispensing with the chair's report. He turned the meeting over to President Delaney.
See Item 1.
President Delaney stated that he and Provost Workman conducted a series of meetings with faculty which included a review of programs. He stated that there was consensus that UNF's offerings were in line with a metro area of 1,000,000 and a university with 15,000 to 25,000 students.
President Delaney talked about the prospect of purchasing the ADT building. He stated that this consideration made sense since the university owned all other buildings on adjacent properties.
Chair Taylor addressed those in attendance and offered opportunity for open comments. No one asked to address the Board.
Chair Taylor stated that all items on the consent agenda were approved by their respective committees. He asked for a MOTION. A MOTION was offered by Trustee Robinson and seconded by Trustee Gonzalez. The consent agenda was approved as presented.
Chair Taylor asked President Delaney to speak about this item.
President Delaney stated that an opportunity like this did not come along very often. He remarked that the administration spent considerable time discussing this project, concluding that although this wasn't the best economic time, this venture did offer the potential for academic synergy and the possibility of a vibrant museum.
Trustees discussed the university's plans to generate revenue from the museum, including admissions, sponsors, donations and endowments. Consensus was that the success of these affects could not be determined until after the decision was made to involve the university. Perception of the venture was discussed, noting that the Legislature had not raised any flags and the campus and local community should be made aware that risks were minimal.
The Joan Mitchell piece was discussed concluding that, although this piece was not counted as part of the collateral, the university would benefit from its exhibition.
Trustees expressed concerns about the logistics of the venture, specifically that students would be drawn downtown. Other concerns were discussed including how the economy might affect donors. Trustees encouraged the administration to ensure that the community was aware of the experimental nature of this venture and that they understood the strategic objectives.
Trustees expressed the importance of taking advantage of this unique opportunity which would connect education to the arts, as well as provide UNF with a downtown presence. Also noted was the manifestation of the university's commitment to the community.
Trustees discussed the possibility of weakening fundraising for the university. The administration responded that there was differing sets of donors for the museum and the university. The museum would bring a new circle of friends.
Trustees discussed the museum's board of directors, noting that there were shared members on that board and the UNF Foundation Board. Trustees noted that this would be a great opportunity for MOCA board members to become more familiar with the university.
Trustees asked for clarification on juried exhibitions for local and regional art. Also trustees asked about art exhibitions for socially and economically disadvantaged people. Dr. Debra Murphy, chair, Department of Art and Design, clarified that programs were in place for autistic children and preschool programs. She stated that the university would like to use the museum as an important outreach for the Quality Enhancement Plan, presenting a tremendous opportunity for students.
Trustees discussed the advantages of this transaction, which included the acquisition of some valuable art, added value to the university and to the museum, and minimal risk with significant upside. Also, trustees remarked on how tragic the loss would be for the city to lose the museum.
President Delaney reported that this DSO would be reviewed within 15 months and the administration was recommending approval by the full Board.
Chair Taylor stated that in improved economic times, this venture would be self-evident. He recognized efforts on behalf of President Delaney and the administration, noting that financial piece was structured with minimized risks. Trustees pointed out that the loan would be collateralized.
Trustees clarified two things that would need to be addressed immediately, (1) the positive advantages for UNF and Jacksonville, including how the venture related to the institution's strategic plan, and (2) articulate clearly the protection of financial interest of the university's resources.
Chair Taylor asked for a MOTION to approve establishing and certifying the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville as a University of North Florida direct support organization. A MOTION was offered by Trustee Gonzalez and seconded by Trustee Abdullah. The MOTION was approved as presented.
Chair Taylor asked for a MOTION to approve a revolving line of credit for the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Coggin and seconded by Trustee Abdullah. The MOTION was approved as presented.
Chair Taylor asked for a MOTION to approve the assignment of the lease on the Museum of Contemporary Art building to the University of North Florida and the agreement with the City of Jacksonville regarding various works of art previously gifted to the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Gonzalez and seconded by Trustee Abdullah. The MOTION was approved as presented.
Chair Taylor asked for a MOTION to delegate authority to the President to execute all of the necessary documents required to establish the new direct support organization, execute the revolving line of credit for the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, and sign all agreements with the City of Jacksonville and the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. The MOTION was offered by Trustee Robinson and seconded by Trustee Barnes. The MOTION was approved as presented.
Chair Taylor asked Trustee Twomey to speak about these items.
These reports are provided as information only. No further action was required.
Trustee Twomey stated that the cash flow summary on the treasurer's report was consistent with the past except for the funding balance with the UNF Financing Corporation. He noted that these funds were winding down as construction continued. He asked Vice President Shuman to provide additional insight.
Vice President Shuman stated that the significant change from the previous report was that cash items that had liquidated, specifically Evergreen in the amount of $1 million and Sawgrass in the amount of $6 million.
Trustee Twomey stated that the university was moving along well against the budget with appropriate reserves. He asked Vice President Shuman to provide other commentary.
Vice President Shuman mentioned that the budget reduction of $3.4 million was reflected in the numbers provided in the meeting materials. She noted that divisions were below expected spending which was a result of controlled spending.
Vice President Shuman reported on the auxiliaries, noting that Continuing Education had eliminated expenses and was projecting additional dollars.
Trustee Twomey asked Vice President Shuman to speak about this item.
Vice President Shuman reported that the College of Education and Human Services building was ahead of schedule and on budget with planned occupancy in May. Also, the Student Union building was on schedule and on budget with expected occupancy beginning in May and concluding in August. She spoke about Osprey Fountains, noting that this project was on schedule and on budget with planned occupancy in August.
Vice President Shuman talked about the progress of UNF Hall, mentioning that Phase II was complete and Phase III was underway with occupancy scheduled for June. She noted that the last phase would be completed in July.
Vice President Shuman reported that there were no concerns with change orders. She mentioned that these were listed in the meeting materials.
Chair Taylor asked Provost Workman and Vice President Serwatka to present this item.
Provost Workman called to mind a discussion with Dr. Terry MacTaggart where the university talked about engaging in a strategic plan that would realize the institution's full potential. Provost Workman stated that the university responded by creating a task force to define a new vision, mission and goals statement, with a focus on becoming a university of national quality. He noted that the task force was now at the point of preparing the strategic goals by creating benchmarks or performance indicators derived from a number of sources
Provost Workman indicated that, as a result of the work from the task force, a draft list of peer aspirants had been identified. He yielded to Vice President Serwatka to discuss the method for selecting the individual institutions and to discuss the metrics for these universities.
Vice President Serwatka stated that the university worked with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to identify universities that resembled UNF, based on a set of compositional variable. He noted that NCHEMS returned a list of 280 universities with distance scores ranging from 100 to 900. (The variables used in calculating these distance scores are included in the meeting materials.)
Vice President Serwatka stated that the Office of Institutional Research used a different set of performance variables to identify schools that performed as well or better than UNF, developing a matrix to identify the top 20 schools. He noted that the top 20 schools were reviewed by a panel, including the executive staff and representatives from faculty, which selected 10 proposed peer aspirants.
Vice President Serwatka spoke about the proposed list – specifically about Miami of Ohio, Portland State University, The College of New Jersey, and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. He then provided commentary for a slide show which revealed comparative data on this proposed list.
Provost Workman stated that the purpose of this exercise was to determine benchmarks and set targets which would integrate with the strategic plan.
Chair Taylor clarified that the outcome of the exercise would be a holistic approach in evaluating UNF according to the strategic plan. He noted that this would parlay into prioritizing the budget process and improve the institution in measurable ways.
Chair Taylor announced the Trustee Barnes would be attending a conference with the Association of Governing Boards and would bring information back to the Board. He then adjourned the meeting.
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I had to explain this to a fellow guildee last night, so I though it would make a good post and great information to any tank coming up on the LK fight.
First, you have to decide what role you're going to fill; Main tank or off tank. And this decision actually has a lot to do with what class you are, and how good of a player you are.
You want situational awareness. There a LOT going on during this fight, and you've got to keep track of a lot as one of the tanks.
Main tank engages LK and positions him. LK will spawn wave after wave of ghouls. It's your job to pick up and hold aggro on these as well as the LK.
Offtank picks up the Shambling Horrors as well as one or two of the Ghouls.
Main mechanic - Necrotic Plague - stacking dot that thins out the ghouls and horrors. The plague jumps targets, and as it does it gains a stack becoming more powerful. It's up to the raid to manage the stacks and make sure it does not fall off. It's also the job of the healers to make sure this DOT does not tick on a player as it will kill them instantly (you have only a few seconds to get into the proper position for it to be cleansed off you and it jumps to a new target).
TRANSITION PHASE 1 (LK 70% hp)
Everyone moves to outer ledge, finish off horrors and ghouls if you have any, and then lose the disease by having a player get out of range of everybody else and cleanse it off. Here's where it gets tricky for the tanks. The spirits that start to spawn do a conal silence effect. This means your tanks are going to be silenced - this also means they cannot taunt. We chose to bypass this by having the main tank stand off to the side out of the cone and taunt mobs to the off tank. This allows the main tank to freely engage the LK at the start of phase 2 with no spirits also beating on him.
PHASE 2 (LK 70ish %)
This is the hardes phase, due to the RNG factor of Defile placements and well as valkyr paths.
Main tank engages LK and the entire group moves to the middle. Off tank must be careful with positioning as you will likely have spirits up still. Make sure you don't silence your raid. A Valkyr will spawn and select a target - all dps must move to kill the Valkyr before she drops a fellow raid member off the platform. Stuns and snares DO work, make sure you apply them.
During the Valkyr, one raid member will be targeted for Defile, which puts an aoe where ever the player happens to be. As the main tank has the LK targeted, it's help full to call out who's going to get hit, and hopefully people can move away from them ASAP.
As a tank, the main thing you need to be concerned with during this phase is placement of the LK as close to the center as possible with out getting in defiles, as well as dealing with Soul Reaper. This deals 50.000 shadow damage to the tank and increases the LK's haste by 100% for five seconds. If you're not prepared for it, you will more than likely get instagibbed. Blow what ever cooldown you have to live through this.
Warrior tips:
I find as a warrior tank that you can take 3 Soul Reapers before you need to worry about having your off tank pickup the LK. On the first one, blow Shield wall, second pop Last Stand, and on the third pop your corroded skeleton key (4 piece tier 10 bonus works too) and enraged regen. After which you will be out of cooldowns and should call for the off tank to pick up the LK right after you get the fourth Soul Reaper (you'll take the damage of the debuff, but will not have to worry about surviving the haste buffed LK).
DK Tips:
You are a one man army. This is all you! DKs are perhaps the best suited tank to deal with Soul Reapers. If you're a good little DK and are specc'd into the blood tree, you're golden on this fight. Dealing with Soul Reapers is cake, because you always have a cool down up and don't have to worry about another tank taunting. You can chain your Vampiric Blood, Anti Magic Shell, and Icebound Fortitude and have them come off of cooldown in time to continue popping them. (It's rather OP that the Anti Magic Shell makes you immune to the shadow damage suffered by Soul Reaper)
The off tank in this phase should help kill the Valkyrs after his spirits are dead.
Everybody off the platform again and get into the same setup as on the first transition phase, where one of the tanks taunts spirits to the other one.
PHASE 3 (LK 40 ish %)
Main tank drags LK to the complete edge of one side of the map, and the off tank drags any remaining spirits on the platform and finishes them off with the DPS.
Main tank waits for vile spirits (Can't miss it, LK stops and raises Frostmourne and spirits come out of the sword.) and then hauls ass to the complete opposite side of the map. Off tank should run around and try to soak up any of the spirits heading for raid members. Rinse and repeat until LK is down to 10% at which point he kills all of you, and then you get your free kill after being resurrected by the NPC.
Monday, August 30, 2010
How to effectively tank the Lich King
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Oh, and just in case anyone was wondering, Soul's been a happy camper for a while now.ReplyDelete
Congrats, man!
A warrior offtank specced into safeguard means that your MT never needs to blow a cooldown and can pretty much solo tank the LK. 30% damage reduction for 6 seconds (soul reaper lasts 5 seconds) completely solves the problem.ReplyDelete
You have to watch your threat though.
Congrats on your kill!
Wow, I would have never thought of that. To date we've been using myself as the MT with either my warrior or DK and Pally and warrior off tanks.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the neat tip!
Awesome tips! We are actually working on LK now (only to phase 2 atm), and I know our DK tank is going to enjoy this!ReplyDelete
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Apple Pie Cocktail
1/2 Bacardi Rum. (1 1/2 oz Flor de Cana Extra Dry Rum)
1/2 Italian Vermouth. (1 1/2 oz Cinzano Rosso Vermouth)
4 Dashes Apricot Brandy. (1 teaspoon Vedrenne Liqueur de Abricot)
2 Dashes Grenadine. (1/2 teaspoon home made Grenadine)
4 Dashes Lemon Juice. (1 teaspoon Lemon Juice)
Shake (or stir? I'd lean towards stirring.) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Sort of an elaborate Rum Manhattan, I guess. Really quite an enjoyable cocktail.
No real idea what it has to do with Apple Pie, however. Anyone have an idea?
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Oscar Losers Take Home $45,000 Gift Bag
(LOS ANGELES) -- Everyone wins at the Oscars this Sunday. While a few of Hollywood's best and brightest will get to walk away with a coveted golden statuette, the nominees who don't can console themselves with a gift bag worth more than $45,000.
This year's goody bags include a $12,000 trip to Australia, condoms, a $600 acupuncture appointment and a package of 10 personal training sessions valued at $850. Circus lessons for the nominee's children worth $400 are also included, as well as a $5,000 facelift procedure, an $1,800 one-year membership to Heathrow Airport's private VIP service, a $3,000 stay at the St. Regis Punta Mita Resort in Mexico, and Windex.
Distinctive Assets, a marketing firm, will be delivering the goody bags to the nominees who did not win. For 11 years, the firm has given consolation gift bags to Oscar nominees in the major categories who come home empty-handed.
"It was a way for us to reach the exact talent we wanted [major nominees] without having to deal with the immense production challenges of the Hollywood/Highland area during Oscar week," Distinctive Assets CEO Lash Fary told ABC News.
Nominees in the major categories – including best actor, best actress and best director – as well as the host, Seth McFarlane, will all have the gift packs delivered the morning after the awards, either directly or through their management.
"Even Hollywood's most acclaimed stars are disappointed over this particular loss," Fary said. "And when our consolation gift shows up the next day, we like to think it is welcome distraction."
Unfortunately, the losing nominees of other events, such as the Latin Grammys, Grammys and CMA Awards, do not have the same comforting packages.
"We are actually onsite gifting the presenters and performers as their official thank you for the show," Fary said.
Until Sunday night, no one will know for certain which stars will be nursing the sorrows with a $795 water filtration system and a diet valued at $411.96.
Maybe they can use their $204 custom candle package to have their own Oscar award crafted.
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When Elaine Sweet picked up a bicycle at age 63, she knew it wouldn't be as easy as the cliche makes it out to be.
"The first time you learn how to ride a bike, someone pushes you for a block and let's go," says Sweet, of Ashland.
Friends of hers went on a few introductory rides offered by the Siskiyou Velo bicycle club, and they ushered Sweet into the world of group riding, with all the rules, tips, safety measures and camaraderie that comes with it.
Less than two years later, she's a regular in the club's Slo-Mo's group, true pedal pals enjoying this age-old way to keep fit and enjoy the outdoors together.
"I really like it," Sweet says. "I wouldn't do it on my own. It's the fun of doing it with other people. It makes me feel much more comfortable. I wish I found it sooner in life."
Sweet will spend most of her Saturdays this spring helping others find their inner cyclist by being an instructor during a series of free group rides designed to get adults back on their bikes.
Now in their third season, these free, adult-only rides introduce participants to the nuances of safe group riding in a slow-paced and relatively short format along the Bear Creek Greenway from Central Point to Ashland.
It's also a way to learn about the 360-member Siskiyou Velo club, based in Ashland, and decide whether it's worth it to pay the $15 annual dues and get all the benefits that come from membership.
There's no better place to give cycling a second chance than the Greenway, says Phil Gagnon, the club's president and, at 81 years old, one of its inspirations.
"A lot of these people are scared to death to be riding on these roads," Gagnon says. "They feel safer on the Greenway. It's a great place to teach you how to ride in a group."
This isn't quite the same as jumping on your hand-me-down Schwinn and pedaling with your pals to the ice cream parlor. Participants must wear helmets, carry a spare inner tube and, as a non-club member, sign an insurance waiver.
Before the season's first ride, scheduled for Saturday, April 6, trained bike mechanics will inspect riders' bikes to ensure they meet minimum safety standards.
During the rides, instructors will focus on various techniques and etiquette of group outings. For instance, those who see glass on the Greenway will yell out "glass" so others can avoid these tube-punchers, Gagnon says. When approaching someone on the path, such as joggers or dog-walkers, they'll yell that they are passing and thank those who move over for them, he says.
The group will ride mostly in single file for safety and courtesy reasons and will absolutely stop at all stop signs and red lights, Gagnon says.
At red lights, riders are taught to move out of a bike lane and into a vehicle lane, because studies show drivers lose sight of cyclists in bike lanes at lights, Gagnon says.
Riders are taught to cross streets in pairs "and not like a pack of wildebeests getting into water full of crocodiles," Gagnon says. "If you don't make the light, we'll wait for you.
"We want to train you to ride in a way that's predictable so people in cars know what you're doing," Gagnon says.
The overall goal is safe cyclists enjoying an outdoor pursuit while improving its image.
"To many, cycling is seeing young people in Spandex pants going fast and scaring people," Sweet says. "That's not what we want to be. We want to teach people to be safer."
That's one of many club messages Lorna Chateauneuf has taken to heart.
The 65-year-old Talent woman dumped her mountain bike in favor of a road cycle last April as a way to get in shape and get outside.
"I'm an outdoor person, but I'm not athletic," she says.
She joined the Slo-Mo's and has ridden with them ever since, taking in aspects of the Rogue Valley during group road rides that she's convinced she would have otherwise missed.
"It's really wonderful to enjoy this valley on a bicycle," Chateauneuf says. "It takes you to places you would never go. It's different when you're in a car, where you can't experience as much."
Just last week, the allegedly non-athletic Chateauneuf completed a three-day series of rides spanning 75 miles with some of her fellow Slo-Mo's.
"It was really neat to see that I was able to do that," Chateauneuf says.
Reach reporter Mark Freeman at 541-776-4470, or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/MarkCFreeman
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When Elaine Sweet picked up a bicycle at age 63, she knew it wouldn't be as easy as the cliche makes it out to be.


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London: Facebook and Twitter deleted the accounts of cyber activists who targeted Visa and other Internet payment sites that sought to block the WikiLeaks website after its release of US diplomatic cables.
Facebook confirmed it had removed the activists` Operation Payback site on Thursday because it was promoting a distributed denial of service attack -- an illegal form of freezing websites. Twitter declined to comment.
The swoop against Operation Payback`s self-described campaigners for Internet freedom followed their online attacks on credit card giants like Visa and MasterCard.
The campaign reappeared on Twitter later in the European afternoon using another account. Experts said the outages were unlikely to have much effect on the pro-WikiLeaks cyber campaign as activists were using separate chatrooms to organize.
A representative of one of the groups involved in the online campaign said on Thursday that more cyber attacks in reprisal for attempts to block the WikiLeaks website were likely.
On Thursday, supporters of WikiLeaks were plotting attacks on online payment service PayPal and other perceived enemies of the publisher, which has angered US authorities by starting to release details of 250,000 confidential cables.
Amazon was also cited as a target.
"The campaign is not over from what I`ve seen, it`s still going strong. More people are joining," a spokesman calling himself "Coldblood" told BBC Radio 4. The speaker, who had an English accent, said he was aged 22 and was a software engineer.
Neither "vigilantes" nor "terrorists"
"Anonymous has targeted mainly companies which have decided for whatever reason not to deal with WikiLeaks. Some of the main targets involve Amazon, MasterCard, Visa and PayPal."
The websites of credit-card giants MasterCard and Visa have already been brought down through distributed denial-of-service attacks that temporarily disable computer servers by bombarding them with requests.
In a statement on Thursday, MasterCard said although there was a limited interruption of some online services, cardholders could continue using cards for transactions worldwide. Its main processing systems were not compromised, the statement said.
AnonOps also claimed responsibility for bringing down Visa Inc`s site, which was temporarily unavailable in the United States, but later restored.
In an online letter, Anonymous said its activists were neither vigilantes nor terrorists. It added: "The goal is simple: Win the right to keep the Internet free of any control from any entity, corporation, or government."
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet said the Swedish government`s website was down for a short time overnight in the latest apparent attack.
Sweden has issued an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over sex crimes and he is in jail in London, awaiting an extradition hearing.
Assange, a 39-year-old Australian, has been hailed as an advocate of free speech by supporters, but now finds himself fighting serious sexual allegations made by two women in Sweden.
Assange will have another court appearance next Tuesday and his supporters assert he is being victimized for his work.
More Secret Cables Released
In the Internet Relay chat channel where activists coordinated the attacks, conversations were short and to the point. Participants asked what the target should be and reported progress. Some bemoaned the fact that paypal.com remained up despite efforts to bring down its transactions server.
"The only thing most of these CEOs understand is the bottom line. You have to hit them in the bank account, or not at all," said one participant called Cancer.
WikiLeaks is continuing to drip-feed cables into the public domain despite the legal woes of its founder.
Those released on Thursday showed US diplomats reporting that the illicit diamond trade in Zimbabwe had led to the murder of thousands, enriched those close to President Robert Mugabe and been financed in part by the central bank.
Assange`s online supporters hit the corporate website of MasterCard on Wednesday in reprisal for its blocking of donations to the WikiLeaks website.
"We are glad to tell you that http://www.mastercard.com/ is down and it`s confirmed!" said an entry on the Twitter feed of a group calling itself AnonOps.
"Coldblood" said a battle was under way to protect the Internet. "I see this as becoming a war, but not your conventional war. This is a war of data. We are trying to keep the Internet free and open for everyone, just the way the Internet always has been," "Coldblood" added.
Assange`s main London lawyer has denied that the WikiLeaks founder ordered the attacks.
"It`s very hard to get hold of anyone from WikiLeaks. The only (person) you could really get hold of was Julian, but unfortunately he`s not available at the moment," said "Coldblood."
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The Oakland Raiders finalized an agreement Tuesday to send Carson Palmer to the Arizona Cardinals.
Arizona is sending the second of its two sixth-round selections this year (176 overall) to Oakland in exchange for its seventh-round pick (219 overall). In addition, Arizona has agreed to terms with Palmer on a new contract.
It's a two-year deal worth $16 million with $10 million guaranteed. Palmer can earn an additional $4 million through incentives.
The Raiders acquired quarterback Matt Flynn from the Seattle Seahawks on Monday for undisclosed draft picks.
USA TODAY Sports reported Friday that Palmer turned down a paycut from $13 million to $10 million to remain with the Raiders, an indication of how badly he wanted out of Oakland. He was willing to consider a backup role for a contending team. The San Francisco 49ers were his top choice for such a role, though the Cardinals' willingness to pay him starter money surely helped facilitate this trade.
FANTASY IMPACT: Things look a lot brighter in Arizona
MORE: Raiders trade for Palmer's replacement
MOCK DRAFT 3.0: What else does Arizona need?
Palmer wanted to leave the Cincinnati Bengals after the 2010 season and got his wish after being shipped to Oakland midway through the 2011 season after he failed to report to Cincinnati. The Bengals received a 2012 first-round pick last year and a second-rounder that will be used in next month's draft.
The Raiders went 8-16 in Palmer's 24 starts in Oakland. He wasn't able to keep them in playoff contention in 2011 after essentially coming off the couch to take over for injured Jason Campbell. Still, Palmer threw for more than 4,000 yards last season for the first time since 2007 and completed over 60% of his passes for the eighth time in his 10-year career (he didn't play as a rookie for the Bengals in 2003).
The Cardinals cut Kevin Kolb, who signed with the Buffalo Bills over the weekend, on March 15 and expressed confidence in Brian Hoyer and recently signed Drew Stanton. But given the chance to pick up a quarterback who was a No. 1 overall draft pick and allow him to throw to Larry Fitzgerald, they jumped at the opportunity.
Arizona began preparing its new depth chart Monday afternoon by cutting quarterback John Skelton, who went 8-9 in 17 starts over the past three seasons.
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Welcome to The Port Hills Electorate... Conservatively speaking...
This is my first post, so I will state here and now, from the outset... I am NOT the current Conservative party Candidate for the Port Hills Electorate, due to unforeseen circumstances involving the limited time available prior to the latest elections. However I do aspire to represent the Conservative Party of New Zealand in this, my home Electorate for the next elections.
My philosophy towards government is relatively simple and takes it's main direction from a speech given by Abraham Lincoln during the Gettysburg Address... in that, "Government should be, Of the People, By the People and most importantly FOR the People". As far as my interpretation of this statement goes, this means that the "Will of the People" should govern the Nation... If we "The People" want or don't want particular legislation bought into law... then we have the INNATE right to BE LISTENED TOO.
We should not need to hold public marches, to protest a piece of legislation that is un-wanted by 80%+ of the PEOPLE, most definitely when the 80% had made their opinion apparent PRIOR to the legislation becoming enacted. I mean to LISTEN! I am talking here of course about the colloquially termed "Anti-Smacking law", in which I personally know 2 families from this electorate, that have been destroyed due to false accusations and un-warranted investigations.
Subsequently, the investigations have proven the 2 families innocent of any wrongdoing, however the associated stress of losing... yes you have read correctly... LOSING... the children during certain phases of the investigation, and the treatment and stigma handed out by the several investigative branches involved, Courts, Police, CYPS etc. have forever broken these families.
I recently viewed some statistics online (prior to the 2011 elections) that cited some Court/Police figures. At the time the figures stated some 400 arrests/investigations having been conducted under the "Re-Written" law, with 2... yes ONLY 2 prosecutions resulting, it was further alluded to that both prosecutions would have more than likely been upheld under the previous iteration of the "Anti-Smacking Law".
As a caring Humanitarion one wonders what support was offered to the OTHER 398 UN-Prosecuted but ACCUSED families... A BIG FAT ZERO! lose your children for several days, have other parents told some "reasons", associated stigma and not so much as an apology???
ANY Law which is UNJUST, should NOT be a LAW.
Conservatively Yours,
James West.


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The Miss World pageant, which is now underway in China, has added a new wrinkle: the Miss World Beach Beauty. This year's Beach Beauty, who gets an automatic berth in the competition's final round, is Miss Ireland, shown here along with some of the other contestants. Innovation–the key to progress!
Miss Ireland, by the way, is reported to be the daughter of "music legend Chris de Burgh." Naturally, I've never heard of him. Maybe the Trunk can enlighten us.
BIG TRUNK adds: Rocket Man, we'll have to turn to our readers on this one. Reader James Phillips advises: "You've heard of Chris de Burgh, you just do not realize it. He wrote and performed 'The Lady in Red.' He actually is a better singer and songwriter than that song would reflect. And that's his daughter? Golly."
But Mr. Phillips was not content to let it go at that. He has sent us de Burgh's lyrics to "For Rosanna," i.e., Rosanna Davison, the current Miss Ireland. The song appears on de Burgh's "Into the Light," released in 1986.
This is for Rosanna, sweet girl of mine,
A song for the baby who changed my life,
I'll never forget when I saw you first,
I thought that my heart would burst,
With the love that I have.
As I watch you sleeping in here tonight,
And I hear your breathing so soft and light,
I cannot believe all the things that I feel,
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It's the love that I have.
Oh how my heart it is shining,
Oh how my heart it is shining,
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Hi segask,
I have a similar situation where the thread to the valve leak very slowly (even though I used teflon tape) and tighted it very tight. I am starting to wonder if it is possible to over tightening it and possibly caused a crack (I used a wrench)?
Anyways, just curious if you found out if the small leak plugged itself up (got better) or if the leak got worst over time or if the small leak remained the same and you considered it good enough since it was out doors (in my case, the spinkler valve)?
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Saturday, February 12th 2011, 8:53pm
Saturday, February 12th 2011, 10:52pm
Everyone is entitlied to their opinion of course so i'll voice mine.
Ive been in business for about 17 years doing irrigation only.
In my 17 yr career ive never been taught or told to wrap teflon tape "Backwards' of the thread direction.
I just did some online research to verify, and i cant find anywhere that says wrap in the opposite direction of the threads.
Ive ALWAYS wrapped teflon (3/4" wide or larger) in the SAME direction as the threads.
For plastic to plastic, usually 2 to 3 complete wraps (tight wraps) around the male end.
Hand tighten for plastic to plastic plus a 1/4 to half turn with a wrench.
For plastic to metal, use a HIGH quality pipe liquid teflon or pipe thread sealant. Hand tight plus a 1/2 to One complete turn with a Offset pipe wrench.
It has always been my understanding that if you wrap teflon tape backwards, it will bunch up and not thread into the fitting properly
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Location: Seattle
Sunday, February 13th 2011, 2:56am
That should be a given!!
Agreed .... with the one exception that I use both goop and tape on any metal joining, and avoid like the plague metal male to PVC female.
john flavia
Friday, July 13th 2012, 11:57am
Friday, July 13th 2012, 1:09pm
john flavia
Friday, July 13th 2012, 1:22pm
Thanks... I'll try that first as it's the easiest. Then if that doesn't work, I'll try the teflon paste.I layer of tape definitely won't do it.
Try 3 or 4. Brass threads are sharp and can cut right through it.
I haven't used paste in a while but can't see why you couldn't.


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Malverne Mel revels in shadow
Elizabeth Hughes joined the 150 Malverne residents in a large groan and then a quick boo when Malverne Mayor Patricia McDonald announced early Saturday morning that groundhog prognosticator Malverne Mel saw his shadow and that six more weeks of winter were coming.
The six year old Malverne resident was not disappointed, however.
Bundled up in a heavy coat and hat and drinking hot chocolate, Hughes said that she was at the Church Avenue gazebo at 7 a.m. because she "loves animals and wants spring to come," and was happy that she came even though it was cold and winter was about to continue.
It was Hughes' first s time at Malverne's groundhog day, but she hoped that it was not her last.
Sheldon Wayne was at his 21st groundhog day. He has been coming ever since he moved to Malverne in 1992,
"I keep coming just because I love it," he said. "I can't ever tell what Mel is going to predict, and it doesn't always come out right, but I just like to come."
At about 7:15 a.m. Mayor McDonald picked up Mel and conversed in groundhog for a moment.
She then proclaimed that Mel had seen his shadow and had told her so.
"Six more weeks of winter," she said. Sorry!"
After Mel's prediction, Malverne residents enjoyed a free movie screening of Groundhog Day, a woodcarving demonstration at the gazebo, and a story time for kids at the Malverne LIbrary.


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Sponsored by JMU's College of Business, CyberCity is designed to introduce 8th, 9th, and 10th graders to potential careers in the field of computer information systems. The event took place June 19-22 in Zane Showker Hall.
The program targets students who may not consider college or a career in technology as a real possibility due to economic or family situations. The goal is to help attract a more diverse group of students to a career in STEM: science, technology, engineering, and math.
Teachers accompanied students and attended separate workshops highlighting ways they can incorporate technology into their curricula. Forty students and twenty teachers attend the yearly event. Students stay in dorms on campus, and enjoy meals at the dining halls. The students also learned about business fundamentals, business ethics, and business etiquette.
CyberCity's topics and hands-on activities for 2013 were presented by JMU professors, alumni, students and business leaders. New topics this year included:
- Introduction to Reverse Engineering
- Creating Android Apps
- Spot a Fake, Card Security
- Lego Robotics
- Robotics in the Classroom
Program Co-director Dr. Harry Reif says, "We are delighted to again offer the CyberCity experience to interested students. This experience gives students hands-on exposure to the latest in technology. For many students, this will be their first visit to a college campus. We hope that CyberCity will have a lasting impact on the participants."
CyberCity Awards Won:
2012: Finalist, Governo's Technology Award
2010: Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology President's Diversity Award
2008: Shenandoah Valley Technology Council Award
Click here to view photos from the event, and click here to see a clip from WHSV.
Published: Monday, June 24, 2013
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott is aiming to update China's president Xi Jinping on the latest developments in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 before he departs Beijing on Saturday.
As a final gesture before heading back to Australia at the end of his trade mission, Mr Abbott says he will seek the latest details from the Australian search co-ordinator, retired defence chief Angus Houston.
If there's any material change since Friday, he said, he would pass it on.
"What I have tried to do is keep the principal foreign leaders updated whenever there's been significant change," Mr Abbott told reporters in Beijing.
Mr Abbott's efforts in selling a trade deal to China appear to have been significantly assisted by Australia's search for MH370.
He said there had been appreciation at every level of the Chinese government.
But he played down prospects of an imminent breakthrough.
"While we have a high degree of confidence that the transmissions that we have been picking up are from flight MH370's black box recorder, no one should underestimate the difficulties of the task still ahead of us," he told reporters in Beijing.
Mr Abbott said the search area had narrowed considerably.
But trying to locate anything 4.5 kilometres under the ocean thousands of kilometres from the Australian mainland remained a massive task.
"It is likely to continue for a long time to come," he said.
Mr Abbott said numerous signals had now been detected, giving a high degree of confidence these were coming from the aircraft's black boxes.
"Given that the signal from the black box is rapidly fading, what we are now doing is trying to get as many detections as we can so that we can narrow the search area down to as small an area as possible," he said.
Submersibles will then be used to conduct a sonar search of the seabed.
Mr Abbott couldn't say when that might be.
In the latest update on the search on Saturday morning, the Joint Agency Co-ordination Centre (JACC) said no new acoustic signals have been detected in the previous 24 hours.
But the search was continuing with nine military aircraft, one civil aircraft and 14 ships in the search area.


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This is all very true. The military has a whole section on 'spiritual fitness' that soldiers are required to take. Atheist fare poorly on this test and are often sent to chaplains for 'evaluation and guidance.' This is very much against the US Constitution. The vast majority of Chaplains in the military are Evangelicals. The Army has bibles sent to them covered in camo colors. These were burned once it became public knowledge, but the wholesale indoctrination of soldiers is widespread and rampant. Some are preaching to the Afghans and Iraqis in direct violation of an order not to. One of the manufacturers of guns going to Afghanistan has bible verse nuimbers stamped into the metal as a serial number. The Afghans noticed this before it came to light in the media. All of this is fodder for the Islamist. The Air Force Academy has been overrun with evangelicals who promote others in their 'church group' and discriminate against people who are protestant, catholic, or jewish ( lots of overt anti-semitism, too) This has lead to the formation of The military Religious Freedom Foundation
which defends and protest against religious/atheist persecution in the military. Most of the members and complaintants are Christians who are not the 'right' kind of evangelical and are being stomped on. They are working with atheist, catholics, jews, moslems, and whatever else to prevent this kind of discrimination.
Do not be fooled. American Theocracy is on it's way. People just don't think it can happen here. You call yourself the land of the free enough and people start thinking it's all true even as your freedoms are being drained away.
Although the odds of running into unfortunate situations like this might be likely given any environment in the US where you're around people (I don't know much about demographic analysis or the statistics that have been found with it.), maybe your odds are better because you work for a Christian organization; despite what they say about their open-door policy.
In my teen years I went on quite a few Habitat for Humanity summer trips with church groups, and, unsurprisingly, there was a fair share of Christian dogma in the atmosphere.
I'm not sure how the ReStore functions, though. Is it volunteer work you're doing or a paid job? As an aside, I'd be interested to know how many individuals in the administration are Christian, and how that compares to the population in your city.
I've now become lost in wonder.
In short, that sucks dude and I'm sorry about that!
Dr. Terence Meaden,
"Atheism is the highest intellectual condition......"
Only to thoughs who actually educate them selves, but i guess that goes with out saying for just about anything. Not all Atheists are educated, they just dont believe and thats good enough for them.
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If you've been web surfing for a while and click on search engine ads regularly, you've probably encountered "Made for AdSense" websites. These sites entice with ads or sponsored links that turn up near the top of the search results for keywords with high click through rates. When you click on the ad to visit the site, however, you are greeted by a landing page that is full of other ads and very little content. What happened? The owner of the site may pay a little money to the search engine every time his ad is clicked in Google, but he more than makes it back from the web surfers who land on his big page of advertising when they click on THOSE ads.
As a group, these folks are known as arbitragers. Google's guidelines for webmasters specifically discourage made for AdSense (MFA) websites, but the monetary rewards are still seductive. While arbitragers make money from their MFA sites – and, let's face it, so does Google – they degrade the user experience. If a searcher clicks on an ad expecting to reach a site that's highly relevant to her search and lands on a page with more ads instead, what does that tell her?
It sends a message that search engine ads can't be trusted to deliver relevant content. In the future, this web surfer will be less likely to click on ads or sponsored listings. Multiply the one web surfer by everyone who has had this experience, add to that the percentage of Google's revenue that comes from advertising, factor in the long term, and you have an equation that is not good for the search engine's eventual bottom line.
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Google is aware of the problem. Not surprisingly, it has begun taking steps to correct it. Actually, it started making some moves toward fixing the problem a year ago, when it began using a quality score system to help calculate an advertiser's minimum bid for keywords. At that point, Google only figured in the historical performance of the keyword and the relevance of the ad's text.
That changed in December. At that time, Google started examining a site's landing page and considering its relevance to the keyword. The landing page's relevance then began to be factored into the quality score as well. Remember, this quality score was still being used to calculate an advertiser's minimum bid for keywords.
In mid-July, Google adjusted that algorithm once again. Unfortunately, it has provided few details as to what the change entails. In its "Inside AdWords" blog, the company would only state that "From time-to-time, we improve our algorithms for evaluating landing page quality (often based on feedback from our end-users), and…we're launching another such improvement. Thus…a small number of advertisers who are providing a low quality user experience on their landing pages will see increases in their minimum bids. It is important to note, however, that the vast majority of advertisers will not be affected at all by this change, as they link to quality landing pages."
The idea behind this tactic is to make it less profitable for those running MFA sites to continue using AdWords. If the price they pay to lure web surfers to their sites goes up, then they net less of a profit when the ads on their sites are clicked. Indeed, Peter Hershberg, managing partner at search engine marketing firm Reprise Media, figures that "The first advertisers that Google is going to focus on are the pages that only feature AdSense or some other contextual advertising product."
If Google does that, it may actually lose money in the short term. But the search engine is focusing on the long term, to judge from its Inside AdWords statements: "Although it is counter-intuitive to some who hear it, we'd rather show one less ad than to show an ad which leads to a poor user experience – since long-term user trust in AdWords is of overarching importance."
Some have suggested that there's a more sinister reason behind this change. At least one observer is wondering whether Google has tweaked the algorithm specifically to target sites that show ads from Yahoo or its other competitors. That seems unlikely; if too many advertisers who feature those kinds of landing pages found their quality scores going down, someone would spot a pattern. After all, SEOs and advertisers talk – and when the topic is changes being instituted by Google, you can bet they'll talk about all the possibilities, spinning theories like a team of science fiction writers working on a new TV series.
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In fact, some AdWords users are already seeing some kind of effect from the program. Changes to algorithms never happen without some bumps along the way, or so it seems. This one is no exception. A number of advertisers have reported what can only be described as hyperinflation on AdWords, and many insist that they aren't running MFA sites.
E-consultancy wrote about the experience of Trevor Ginn, head of consulting at Auctioning4U. The company is based in the UK, and helps its customers sell goods on eBay. In one week, Auctioning4U saw its average click costs rise by 2000 percent. Ads that originally cost less than 50 pence per click now cost more than five pounds.
Ginn isn't alone. Graywolf, a regular blogger on SEO topics at Threadwatch, has seen many of his keywords turned off due to low quality. In a post that included a screen shot of the situation to prove his point, he explained that two of his keywords, originally running in premium positions with a double digit click through rate, have suddenly "become low quality and have had their bid prices jacked up to $1.00 and $5.00! How do you go from premium position to low quality overnight? How can you justify the price doubling or increasing by a factor of 10 overnight?"
If Google's strategy was working, one would assume that the increased bids were caused by a low quality score, which, given the timing, would be due to the landing pages being of low quality. Except that doesn't appear to be true, at least in Ginn's case. E-consultancy looked at his landing page, and it appeared to give a description of Auctioning4U's services, which was reasonable and relevant given his ad. In the case of Graywolf, by his own description, his landing page isn't ad-filled at all – it's a single product with the product's description and a "Buy Now" button, which goes through a redirect page and then to the merchant's web site. Assuming the ad mentioned the product, it's hard to see how the landing page could be more relevant.
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Google instituted this change very quickly, which caught a lot of advertisers flat-footed. But it looks like Google tripped up more than just the MFA site owners it was trying to catch. Some of the problem may have to do with how Google determines what is relevant. Al Scillitani, search marketing manager at Fortune Interactive, wonders how well any bot can calculate a relevancy score. "If the bot does not recognize a synonym of your word or if it is taken out of context, will this affect your quality index score?"
It could be a real problem for those who have landing pages set up that include rich media such as Flash. If a search engine spider can't crawl the landing page, it can't deliver a valid score for the landing page. So those who create landing pages will have to take SEO a lot more seriously than they have up until now.
Some SEOs discussing these changes on the forums have said that Google's latest move will really hurt the small time advertisers. There are a lot of tricks to advertising in AdWords and making your ad stand out. The new algorithm makes it more likely that your ad will be deactivated due to low quality if you do not get everything just right. Since a small advertiser probably won't want to spend the time learning all the tricks (they're too busy working on the rest of their business), they're likely to stop advertising with Google.
So how do you avoid this problem? Google has posted guidelines pertaining to landing pages and site quality. Not surprisingly, the first guideline is "Provide relevant and substantial content." Perhaps it should have added "in an easy-to-crawl format." If you read through them, you'll see that most of the guidelines seem to be common sense. If these changes help get rid of MFA sites, a lot of people will benefit, from searchers to legitimate publishers who use AdSense to legitimate advertisers; but so far, the implementation leaves something to be desired. Let's hope this flight doesn't turn into a disaster movie for too many AdWords users.


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San Juan is the capital of, and at about 442,000, the largest city in, Puerto Rico. It has one of the best harbors in the Caribbean. The city will celebrate its 5th Century in 2008 or 2021, depending if they count from the founding of Caparra or the act of moving the Caparra settlement to Puerto Rico isle (Old San Juan)
San Juan is the oldest city under the United States dominion. San Juan is in the north-east of Puerto Rico, and features distinctly century-old architecture, such as Spanish military forts built from the 1540s to 1800s, an active harbor, and a very active economic area in the Hato Rey district. San Juan has magnificent beaches, hotels, plazas, historic sites, museums, etc.
San Juan has a land area of 122 sq km and a water area of 29.11 sq miles. The population of San Juan is around 442,000.
San Juan is a tropical city, with temperature that ranges in winter from 67˚F to 97˚F (19˚C to 36˚C) in summer. San Juan is normally sunny, but has a tendency to receive rain from April to November in the afternoon. Be also mindful that San Juan and the rest of Puerto Rico have the possibility of having tropical systems such as hurricanes from July to November. Cooler temperatures are found inland in the mountains.
San Juan is a Latin American city with Spanish-based culture, mixed with African traditions and Taíno culture. Museums of modern art exist abroad. The citizens of San Juan (called Sanjuaneros) are very festive, as on the rest of the island. San Juan has bars and discotheques all-around the city, from Old San Juan to even the southern part of the city that stay open to 3:00-4:00 AM. San Juan has become very modernized as of late, with its first Metro line (called Tren Urbano) and buses. Like most large cities, however, there is a small population of vagrants and beggars lining the streets.
San Juan is the financial capital of Puerto Rico. There are facilities for petroleum and sugar refining, and pharmaceuticals.
Get in
By ferry
Island Hi-Speed Ferry [5] serves pier 2 in Viejo San Juan from Vieques and Culebra in high season.
Ferries del Caribe [6] operates an international passenger and vehicle service from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The overnight journey requires WHTI-compliant [7] documentation and there are strict rules regarding vehicle transportation. Fares payable in USD.
By plane
San Juan is served by Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (IATA: SJU), a large international hub airport about 14 km away.
All major US Airlines operate scheduled services to various destinations on the mainland, with seasonal air charters operating additional routes.
Scheduled services within Puerto Rico include:
Scheduled international services include:
Seasonal international air charters include:
Most travellers opt to rent a car here or take a taxi (fixed fares of $10-16 to most points in the city). If you have more time than money, you can take public bus B-40 to Rio Piedras and connect onward to your destination in the city with another local bus or elsewhere on the island with a público (best only attempted in the morning).
Get around
If you're planning on staying in and around San Juan, you can survive on public transport and taxis. (see notes below)
Rental Car
If you're planning to head off elsewhere, it makes sense to rent a car, e.g., at the airport. From Isla Verde to Old San Juan, you will encounter truly challenging traffic--with major jam-ups at rush periods and frequently undisciplined drivers. Parking can also be difficult, e.g., hotels frequently charge guests $10 or so per day; some charge for each time you exit their facility; a parking ramp above the bus station in Old San Juan can be full by noon on weekdays.
By ferry
A public ferry crosses the Bahia de San Juan every 15-30 minutes from Viejo San Juan to Cataño, home of the Bacardi Rum plant. $0.50(USD) per person.
By taxi
Taxis can be found hanging around hotels and the east end of Calle de la Fortaleza in Old San Juan. In theory, they are supposed to be metered (the rates are posted on doors) except for a selection of common tourist routes with fixed fares. In practice, cabbies are well aware that tourists tend to have no idea what those fixed fares are and charge according to what they feel like. For reference, the official fares as of January 2009 are:
Authorized taxi stands at the airport and cruise ship piers often write up vouchers. for travel between those two points that cost more than the above fare on days cruise ships are dropping off and taking on passengers.
Metered rates apply for areas between and beyond tourist zones.
Additional Fees
For any issues with cabs, contact the Tourist Transportation Department at 787-999-2100 ext. 4502 between 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.
By bus
San Juan has a comprehensive but not very tourist-friendly bus system, which is currently being reworked to better fit the new train, so all information is in flux. Passengers are normally very friendly locals going to/from work; rush hour buses can be very full. Some buses have been refurbished, while others show definite lack of maintenance. Visitors may find that routes directly to/from places of interest do not exist, that one more transfer (with waits) are involved. If you have little time to see/do what you'd like, you may be better served using a taxi or hiring a car for a few hours or the day. Check with AMA [8] (Spanish only) or inquire about routes and times.
Bus stops are marked PARADA and may or may not contain tiny panels listing what buses stop there and where they go. Fares are $0.50-0.75, payable in exact change only (stock up on those quarters!). Useful routes include B-21 (Condado to Old San Juan) and A-5 (Isla Verde to Old San Juan via Mirimar). Frequencies on most routes are low and you may have to wait for up to an hour, especially on Sundays. However, on the B-21 line, frequencies are every 20 to 30 minutes on weekdays. Old San Juan, near the harbor front, has a major bus station for catching numerous routes. When you see your bus coming, be sure to wave/flag it down otherwise it will just pass you by!
There are also vans that are like group taxis with specific routes called "guaguas." You can inquire about longer trips outside of San Juan at the guagua terminal in Rio Piedras, or just ask a driver. A trip to Fajardo can run less than $5.
By train
San Juan now served by a rapid transit rail system called "Tren Urbano" (Urban Train) [9]. The line connects San Juan to the towns of Guaynabo and Bayamón, but it studiously avoids points of interest like Old San Juan, Condado, Isla Verde and the airport, and is thus in practice useless for most tourists. If you want to give it a spin anyway, you can:
- Take the Acua Expreso ferry (temporarily discontinued) from Old San Juan to the financial district, where you'll find the "Hato Rey" station right next to the ferry dock.
- Take a city bus to a station, e.g., from the Old San Juan bus terminal to Sagrado Corazon.
There are discounted fares for students, children and elderly people on both the buses and the train.
Spanish is the dominant language in San Juan. English is also widely spoken and understood (approximately one-third of the population speaks English "Very Well" or better according to the 2000 U.S. Census). Most businesses within the tourist area's of the city are fully fluent in English. In addition, English is taught as a foreign language in high school, with most high school students understanding basic English. Be prepared to use some high school level Spanish to transportation drivers to communicate about luggage, restaurants, or anything not a normal tourist spot.
Check out the beaches in Condado and Isla Verde.
A popular point of interest is Old San Juan, a 7-block area that has become popular for tourists as well as residents. The narrow streets of old San Juan are packed with people so it is recommended to experience Old San Juan by foot in order to avoid too much traffic. You can take a taxi for less than $20 from most hotels but for .75 you can also take the B21 bus which picks up from many locations near the hotels and is very easy to use.
Check out the parks in San Juan.
Their are various employers in Puerto Rico. Among them are government, pharmaceutical, and tourist based businesses.
San Juan has a wide range of accommodation, but few budget options of any kind. European-style youth hostels do not exist in the city. Colonial-style city hotels are clustered in Old San Juan, while the big beachfront resorts are mostly out in Condado and Isla Verde.
You'll be looking at $100/night for even a basic hotel room, and well north of $300 for a five-star resort. However, discounts are available in summer (low) season.
There are a number of vacation apartments which are walking distance to the beach, comfortable with fully equipped kitchen for saving money meals. You can find these individually-owned apartments in either condos in front of the beach in Isla verde or in areas in Ocean Park and Condado walking distance to beach.
You might not have the daily housekeeping service but this option is good to receive a more authentic stay rather than in the sterile unchanging hotel. These accommodations can vary from $50-$80
Mid Range
Stay safe
San Juan is a city. Just use common sense when going around. The touristic areas, like the Old City, Condado and Isla Verde tend to be very safe. However, an area called La Perla, which is nestled below the upper part of Old San Juan and the Atlantic, has a nasty reputation, especially after dark. (See Old San Juan)
Use caution when riding a bicycle around the city. Because the city has become so popular, traffic has increased and the roads are more crowded. They can be windy and often unpaved. Be sure to pay attention to the roadway on which you are riding and the traffic.
Pedestrians need to use similar caution in Old San Juan. While traffic usually is slower, the streets are narrow, and sidewalks very narrow, sometimes crowded, with occasional trip hazards.
Brothels were shut down in the not too distant past, so those once in their employ have moved to the waiting in front of the hotels. They usually won't harass you, however, if you don't instigate conversation.
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Congress: Fear Chinese Networking Companies! But Ignore That China Makes All Our Networking Equipment!
from the where's-the-smoking-gun? dept
Huawei has hit back hard, claiming that the report is "libel" and "utterly lacking in substance." They also note that it appears to just be political, calling it "an exercise in China-bashing and misguided protectionism." Indeed, some commentators are noting that this has all the indications of blatant protectionism, rather than a legitimate concern, with some pointing out that the Intelligence Committee seems to consistently ask Huawei to prove a negative and then bashes the company for failing.
But again and again, throughout the report, the pattern emerges: an allegation is made, Huawei denies it, without providing evidence deemed detailed enough to substantiate the denial, and the Committee is unimpressed.As that writeup notes, Huawei has not been found guilty, but is repeatedly asked to prove its innocence, and being unable to prove conclusively that it hasn't done anything, the Intelligence Committee insists that the threat is just too great.
It is, of course, quite possible that something nefarious is going on with Huawei and ZTE. But there doesn't appear to be any detals in the report that actually proves anything. Instead, it's all just baseless allegations, followed by Huawei (and ZTE) not providing enough details to convince investigators that they're innocent. Given Congress' history of grandstanding, this certainly raises some questions.
But... an even bigger issue is that the whole focus on Huawei may be kind of silly. Yes, it's a Chinese company, but as others have noted, basically all of our electronics products are made in China, and if that country really wanted to do something questionable, why not sneak in trojan horses there as well?
One fundamental failure of all this official hand-wringing is that it neglects the fact that many if not most of the components, with the exception of certain higher-value chips like those from Intel, are manufactured in China. Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks in the U.S., Alcatel-Lucent in France and Ericsson in Sweden, all use Chinese-made parts and carry out at least some portion of the final assembly of their equipment in China.Furthermore, that same report notes that, if this is just kicking off a trade war between the US and China over telco products, the US companies may get hurt a lot more than the Chinese:
Might China respond with its own restrictions against U.S. telecom firms like Cisco and Juniper? Is this the first shot of a telecom trade war? We'll see.Yes, it's entirely possible that Huawei and ZTE are doing something bad -- but you'd think any report claiming that would have a lot more evidence than what's in this report. Of course, considering it's by the same FUD-spewing folks responsible for CISPA, perhaps we should get used to the fact that FUD without evidence is their standard operating procedure.
If that happens, expect Cisco to be hurt more than Huawei. U.S. sales account for only 4 percent of its overall revenue, whereas Cisco's operations in Asia, the Pacific Rim and China account for more than 16 percent, and China was its second fastest-growing market in that region after Japan.


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I have certainly done a lot of reading on the internet. I skip around to various topics from the daily news, to genealogy, and researching European culture. My latest focus has been on how European's live and how they perceive Americans. The hope in doing so is to try and understand more about my Irish and German roots and their philosophy about life.
In my German family, simple living and that approach to life has been handed down by each generation. My aunts and uncle in Napa, California, are my link to the past. A past in which they knew and were brought up with grandparents who were our original German immigrants. Those immigrants came from simple times with basic needs. They worked hard to satisfy the basics and succeeded in doing so. They did not want or long for much more. Their reward was in their hard work, praise to the lord, and shared good times with family and friends transplanted from the old country.
Even with my own grandparents, I recognize that they did not desire many material possessions. My grandfather was from Irish Catholic descent and my German grandma was from the line that I mention above. The desire for technology did not exude from them at all. When they purchased a car, it was out of need and not luxury. When they purchased a television it was out of a desire for daily entertainment but not an excessive amount. My grandparents never had an answering machine, VCR, DVD player, or even a computer.
My grandfather (Richard J. Flanagan) lived to be 88 years old and passed away in 2000. He had only gotten Cable TV during the last 3 years of his life because reception from the roof antenna had waned. He also finally got a gardener for his yard. He was not a believer in having someone else maintain his yard when he could and had a passion for doing it himself.
As I look back on my relatives that I was so close to, I realize that their simple ways enriched their lives. They did things for themselves and did not complicate their lives with lots of "things". A lot of what they learned came from their immigrant relatives. Those immigrants were Europeans who worked to transplant their lifestyle here to the United States. They did so quite successfully. Later and present generations of my family may not be able to say that their lives remained so simple, yet enriched.
My ancestor immigrants on my mother's side of the family were also big on education, reading, and writing. It was distinctly important for every family member to read and be able to write letters of correspondence. My great grandfather, Herb Borchers, wrote letters, a diary, and needed to be able to read music and lyrics. He was in the church choir and played the piano and organ. It can be very challenging to learn songs if you can't read and write.
In my Flanagan Family, it is clear that knowing how to read and write has been a tradition going back to at least 1773 (and before) when my ancestor, Richard Flanagan of Termonfechin, made his first entry in the farm accounting books. He could certainly read, write and do both well. He also passed this tradition of learning along to his descendants. My own parents always stressed the value of an education and I am only now realizing how necessary it is in life.
As I explore more about my heritage, I will journal about it here in my blog.
Journaling my genealogy research online seems to be the right thing to do for the future of my research rather than hiding it away in some box or drawer in my home. This blog is more of a diary of my research which expands as I go. Know that a post from last year may have more updated research in a different post. I love the discovery process which has resulted in such wonderful success in finding my roots. If you comment and are looking for a response, please leave me an email address.
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Nov. 22, 2012 04:27 PM
MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/22/12 -- The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, accompanied by Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, today announced the Government's intention to introduce legislation to address concerns about high-risk accused persons found Not Criminally Responsible on account of mental disorder who may pose a threat to the safety of the public if released into communities, and victims' requests for greater involvement in this area of the justice system.
"Our Government is listening to victims, as well as the provinces and territories, who are telling us that the safety of the public should be the paramount consideration in the decision-making process involving mentally disordered accused persons," said Minister Nicholson. "We are committed to ensuring that our laws are strong and clear enough to protect Canadians in situations where dangerous accused found Not Criminally Responsible pose a risk to the public."
"Victims deserve to be better informed and be more involved in the process," said Senator Boisvenu. "Our Government is strongly committed to protecting the safety of Canadians and ensuring victims have a greater voice in our justice system."
Access to treatment would not be affected by the proposed reforms.
The Canadian criminal justice system exempts persons from criminal responsibility if, at the time they committed conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, they were suffering from a mental disorder that rendered them incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of their actions, or of knowing that it was wrong. Such a person is neither acquitted nor found guilty. Instead, they are found Not Criminally Responsible on account of mental disorder. They may be discharged in the community, released on conditions, or kept in custody in a mental health institution. Persons found NCR are not incarcerated in prisons.
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