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Game #105: Jays at Rays pregame
Toronto (52-52) at Tampa Bay (39-65)
at 7:10 p.m. ET at beautiful Tropicana Field
Today's lineups:
Reed Johnson, LF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Alex Rios, RF
Troy Glaus, 3B
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Dustin McGowan (7-5, 4.45 ERA)
Akinori Iwamura, 3B
Brendan Harris, 2B
B.J. Upton, CF
Carlos Pena, 1B
Delmon Young, RF
Jonny Gomes, LF
Greg Norton, DH
Dioner Navarro, C
Ben Zobrist, SS
PITCHING: RHP Andy Sonnanstine (1-6, 5.57 ERA)
NOTES: Two days after optioning him to Triple-A Syracuse, LHP Gustavo Chacin had his option voided and was placed back on the 15-day disabled list. He'll continue rehabbing at Triple-A, but will remain on the Major League roster, which means he'll still be building up his big-league service time and receiving his big-league salary. … RHP Jesse Litsch, who spent time as the Devil Rays bat boy in the 2001-02 seasons, will take the mound at the Trop in front of a host of family and friends on Tuesday. Litsch is from nearby Pinellas Park. … STAT OF THE DAY: Toronto's rotation has posted a 3.54 ERA since Burnett landed on the DL a second time. The rotation has a 4.50 ERA this season.
entering Monday
1. Boston 64-41 (–)
2. New York 56-49 (8)
3. Toronto 52-52 (11.5)
4. Baltimore 49-55 (14.5)
5. Tampa Bay 39-65 (24.5)
entering Monday
1. Cleveland 60-45 (–)
2. Seattle 57-46 (2)
3. New York 56-49 (4)
4. Minnesota 53-51 (6.5)
5. Toronto 52-52 (7.5)
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According to Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com, Troy Glaus could be the next big slugger on the block. He says that JP would be willing to listen to offers, and that the Jays could get a substantial return. The Angels are a likely possibility, and if we could get a guy like Wood/Aybar (as I mentioned in previous posts) + a pitching prospect like Joe Saunders in this deal, with maybe another class A prospect, I could see a deal working out. It would give us a great deal of budget room…
I love troy as a player so it would hurt to let him go so show us some stats on wood/aybar please
Litsch will have friends and family for his start tomm night. In other words half of the crowd will be from Litsch's family. A non arriving crowd is what happens down here. You can here conversations going on in the stands if you listen carefully as the game is being played. Tropicana Field has absolutely no atmosphere.
if you want stats garry you can go get em all i know is they are both cant miss prospects and the angels have often refused to give them up, but were glaus to be traded one would certainly be involved.
I called ******** on the Chacin situation the moment it happend, and look.. two days later the decision was voided. Managment still has not given us a reason why it was voided and i'd really like a explantion.
was the void due to player union presure?
Their just going to lie to us anyway.
Ionly found woods BA 262 we have john ford griffin same type of player If JP trys to trade glaus he is going to want to much so there wont be any deal anyway,By the way on woods that is just my opinion what do the rest of you guys think.
Better go out and talk to him arnie tell him if he buys the beer i'll leave him in.
Dustin buys the beer.
It dosen't matter how bad the pitcher is we seem to have a way of making him look good I wonder why that is.
If McGowan wins this game he is at 500. Marcum is 2 games over 500. thank god they belong to the Jays.
I am now watchin the blog to see what happens upton made me shut of my TV McGowan pitched a good game now he has to watch and see if the bullpen can blow it for him ,
Once again they can't drive in the insurance runs when are these bats going to come alive and stay alive.
Garry, can you tell me for a batter, what OPS stands for? I would appreciate it.
Yes, If I was LA, I'd do that trade in a minute-both unproven major leagers. Saunders does not even have a great minor league record.
Why trade Glaus? Who's going to step in and hit 30 Hr's and knock in 100? Where does that production come from?
It would likely cost us more to sign someone capable of those numbers than what we already pay Glaus-a proven commodity.
The Jays aren't looking to save money-they're looking to win-this year or next year.
IMHO Glaus is an important part of that.
The cancelling of the outrighting of Chacin to AAA was likely because some other team tried to claim him off of waivers.
You're right about Marcum and McGowan-they're great young pitchers and we're fortunate to have both of them. IF Marcum had gotten normal run support he could be sitting at 13-4. Remember, he had 6 games in which he gave up a grand total of 2-3 runs ( total in all 6) and never got a decision.
OPS means on-base plus slugging percentage
Thanks indigo
On-base plus slugging, or OPS, is a baseball statistic which is calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
Both the ability of a player to get on base and to hit for power, two important hitting skills, are represented, making it an effective way of measuring the offensive worth of a player.
An OPS of .900 or higher in Major League Baseball puts the player in the upper echelon of offensive ability. Typically, the league leader in OPS will score near, and not necessarily below, the 1.000 mark.
woops-sorry Indigo
I had already clicked post by the time I saw you'd answered Freedom's question
**** it's tied
Thanks also to you gsummer for explaining in more thoroughly.
Oh just great we are going into extra innings.
Thanks ingido.
How far of was Towers now how does everybody think McGowan feels now I would think just like Towers did.
I for one dont think it helps a team when a manager gets throwen out of a game you lose all close calls.
After reading what Jordon posted tonight on Chacin, I might have been wrong in my suggestion another team tried to pick him up off of waivers.
Jordon posted" He'll continue rehabbing at Triple-A, but will remain on the Major League roster, which means he'll still be building up his big-league service time and receiving his big-league salary."
I had assumed Chacin would still be getting his major league salary even if he had been optioned to AAA, since I had assumed he was on a major league contract. I hadn't even thought about major league service.
Considering that Chacin only gets $395,300.00 per season-makes this a pretty nasty move by The Blue Jays, if that is in fact what they tried to do.
I think an explanation is in order.
If we can't win against this bullpen, we do not deserve a chance to be in the playoffs.
Come on Vernon, show us why you got the big bucks
Garry & Ukgocats: Although I realize this is all speculation, I'd definitely take Wood over Ford-Griffin any day. Wood is six years younger than Ford-Griffin and a left-side of the infield guy to boot. Whereas Wood is still a good prospect, I'd say Ford-Griffin's time may have come and gone. You don't see many 28/29 year old OFs break into the Majors and make much of an impact….
As far as the Jays "disrespecting" Chacin by optioning him to Syracuse, I really can't say I feel sorry for Chacin. This is a guy who's focus is suspect at best and who got caught drinking and driving. If anything, I think Chacin's got a lot to prove to the Jays' organization rather than the other way around….
And did anyone else just see Wells pop up with runners in scoring position AGAIN. What's with this guy?
If anyone's interested, this page shows Wood's stats: http://beta.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Brandon%20Wood&pos=3B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=457420
I agree with our assessment of Griffin. I also agree Wood might be a good prospect. alhough, I'm a bit suspect of him, considering LA are looking for a power hitting 3rd base guy-why don't they move him up?
And I don't agree trading Glaus for him.
Hey, we had a runner on 2nd base and Rios, Glaus nor Wells could bring him home.
gsumner: Although Wood had a very brief stint with the big league club (he just got sent back down), I think the reason the Angels aren't giving him a chance this year is because contending teams don't usually like to break in a rookie this late in the season. If you're looking to win in the post season, I think most teams would prefer a veteran at third than a fresh faced rookie….
As far as Glaus goes, I like him, too, but he's injury prone and is also the most moveable piece the Jays have to offer. He's solid defensively, hits for power, and has experience on his side. Although I doubt JP will do much (he's in love with this team as is), I'd love to see a big shake-up involving Glaus. Time to get some fresh blood, but that's just my opinion….
And on another note, great bunt by Zaun!
Bases loaded, one out and of course the Jays blow it. Where's the clutch hitting on this supposedly hard-hitting team?
Man oh man — what a brutal game for the Jays. But how about Crawford? He just destroyed the Jays — he's an incredible player, I wish the Jays had someone as exciting to watch as him on their team!
I think the major shakeup I'd like to see is a new manager.
Maybe Towers wasn't 100% accurate in what he said, but there does seem to be a motivational problem on this club-and that goes back to Gibby.
Well hemgold if we had your guy and a few others some of us like we might have won.
As long as JP the ego triper and gibbons the pitcher killer are in charge of this team we will never see the playoffs.
I for one am sick and tired of kidding myself that we are going to make it.
It seems that Ted Rogers knows nothing about baseball if he did he would have got rid of these two buffoons by now and don't leave Whitt behind please
I agree that a new manager would be great, but I really don't think the Jays can win with the lineup they've got now — they're too slow and reliant on the long ball. If the Jays don't move someone, the only changes we'll see next year are MAYBE a new SS (and the FA pickings are slim) and maybe Lind in LF instead of Johnson. I don't know about you, but I think those two small changes aren't enough to transform this team into a true contender….
Garry: What's frustrating about this team is that there are too many players that have not and will never be asked to do the small things: i.e. bunt a runner over. Glaus, Wells, Overbay, and Thomas are guys who have never been asked to bunt in their career, so they don't do it. But then if they don't jack one out of the park or hit a double, they're just rally killers. Don't get me wrong — I love these guys as individual players, but all of them together on one team makes for a really one-dimensional offense. If the Jays don't hit it out of the park, they just don't win games. A sparkplug other than Johnson is REALLY a pressing need….
hem.gold I'm with you all the way but we still need new managment we are more one dimensional there also,But don't get your hopes up from gibbons to the owner they all think the same.
If I was going to trade anyone right now, it'd be Thomas. I do agree with speed being an issue, and having two big guys like Glaus and Thomas is a problem. I think we need one of them. This same lineup last year was number 2 or 3 in batting in the AL without Thomas. We're now in the low 20's. What changed?
If you review what we have though, it does look bright for next year. Our pitching, in my view is stronger than I've ever seen it and will only get stronger next year, with Ryan and Davis Romero back, and Brandon up to normal speed.
We have depth in starters and relievers-as good or better than Boston or anyone else.
I think we're solid in the outfield, with Lind being the 4th outfielder.
We're strong at 1st, 2nd, ss and (imv)-3rd base. I like Johnny Mac. Sure it'd be nice to have more power at ss, but we'd likely give up some defense to get it. I'm not sure that's a good trade off.
I would like to see them give Santos a look at ss; he does have the power.
Injuries is what go us this far behind this year. I think we've had over 700 man games of injuries so far. To be fair a lot of guys have jumped in and done a great job. But just having Johnson back and leading off shows you what we've missed.
I guess overall, my point is, I'd do some minor tweeking, not massive change-with the exception of Gibby. I really dislike how he somehow forgets to handle the pitching staff-it's like hes simply not even in the dugout.
But thats just my opinion.
hey I don't know about you, but any other manager would ask Overbea and Wells to bunt. I agree with Thomas and Glaus-but not Wells and Overbea.
In 2007, the team BA was .284, it's now .259. Why?
Last year the team OPS was .811, now it's.752. Why?
Last year the team era was 4.37 and the hwip was 1.37. This year it's 4.17 and 1.3. So pitching's improved.
This confirms your theory of poor speed. Last year we stole 65 bases, or about .4 per game. This year to date, we've stolen 28 or .27 a game.
And guess who the main culprit is?
Last year Wells stole 17 bases; this year to date he's stolen 5.
I think the other "spark plug" we're missing from last year is Wells.
His BA, Hr's,OBP, slugging, SB everything is down dramatically.
What a frustrating end to a game, but without Johnny Mac, the score would have been a lot more uneven than it ended up. Power or not, he's hitting .274 on the season, and he does a lot more with his bat than shows up on the stat sheet. Next year, I would love to see one of our young guys come up and play behind JM, and learn what he has to teach. I don't think there's anyone in the league with better footwork or a faster release than JM, plus, he uses a lot of smarts out there to get the job done. I hope they pay him some decent money next year, because he's one of the guys that's earning his keep this year.
So sorry i haven't posted again. I'm on vacation and i don't have a computer with me.
I also haven't been able to watch the games but it seems to me like the road woes have begun. I probably won't be able to post again for a few days so take care and keep the comments coming guys.
Have fun
The Philadelphia Phillies bolstered their rotation by acquiring right-hander Kyle Lohse from the Cincinnati Reds for minor-league pitcher Matt Maloney on Monday.
Lohse, 6-12 with a 4.58 ERA, was considered one of the better starting pitchers available in a very weak starting-pitching market.
**I can understand JP turning down this deal for Towers. Maloney is only a AA pitcher with a weak record.
You make some interesting points. Can't say I agree with them all, but hey, that's what these blogs are all about!
I completely agree, though, that this year's version of Wells is a train wreck and it's really effected the dynamic of the team. However, I wouldn't consider him to be a "spark plug" guy, because I tend to think of him more as someone who's meant to drive in runs. Spark plugs need to be more like Johnson or even the Cat (when he was playing last year — he's having a brutal year this year): guys who grind out every at bat, get on base in any way possible, and do the little things. They set the plate for guys like Wells to bring them home. For example, I wish the Jays had someone like Chone Figgins — he doesn't drive people in, but he gets on base and causes havoc. I can't think of the last time the Jays had a guy like that on their team….
I also agree that the pitching staff is really shaping up nicely. What a surprise, too! The only problem, however, are guys like Burnett and Chacin. Although I don't know them personally (obviously!), they seem like they need to work on their focus and it's really brutal that they can't stay off the DL. I mean, come on, what's the use of "good stuff" if you're going on the DL three times a year? The Jays have a real problem putting together winning streaks, and I think a lot of that has to do with people like Chacin and Burnett being unable to stay off the DL. There's no consistency.
Sorry for the novel writing — I've got tons to say! One last thing, though, about Santos. I'm still not convinced he's worth a spot on the 25 man roster, but if it's a choice between him and another guy like Clayton, might as well give him a chance. His low batting average, high strike out rate, and poor fielding don't inspire lots of confidence….
Anyway, sorry again for the long post. Have a good day everyone!
And I've got to say, I'd give up Towers for Maloney any day. There's no way the Jays are keeping Towers after this season, so why not pick up a young lefty for him who seems capable of pitching deep into games and racking up some innings? His walks are a little high, but he's got lots of K's and an ERA under 4.00. If anyone's interested, here are his stats for this year:
The Yankees and Dodgers have agreed to a deal, pending medical reviews, that will send reliever Scott Proctor back to the Dodgers for utility infielder Wilson Betemit.
The Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers have agreed in principle to a trade involving Eric Gagne, and the Red Sox are now negotiating with the former Cy Young winner to get him to accept the trade.
The Rangers are set to receive prospects in the deal. Boston is not on Gagne's approved list of 12 teams to which he can be traded.
After missing much of the past two years with injuries, Gagne has returned to form this season, with 16 saves in 17 chances and a 2.16 ERA
**Actually when I saw the Proctor/Betemit trade by the Yanks, I thought the Yanks would get Gagne, which is why they dumped Proctor. So I was surprised to see Boston got him instead.
Just what the Sox needed-another strong reliever.
Man oh man — it's not over yet, but it's looking like the Braves and the Rangers are the biggest winners at this year's deadline. The Braves picked up another reliever from the Royals to go along with the lefty reliever and Teixeira. I guess the Braves are a team that wants to win NOW at ANY cost.
But so far, I've got to say the Rangers are the biggest winners. Not only did they pick up a solid young catcher (Saltalamacchia) but a whole bunch of great pitching prospects from both Atlanta and Boston. After years of good hitting but no pitching, the Rangers might be a pretty strong team in a couple of years….
I agree with you on the Rangers, who finally seem to be doing trades that help them.
The trades look like they'll benefit all 3 parties-Boston, The Rangers and Atlanta-who did another deal with KC for a reliever.
Yup, it seems like everyone's a winner — Boston's bullpen is now ridiculously good. I can't believe it.
Overall, though, I have to say this was another pretty underwhelming trade deadline. Other than the Teixeira deal and maybe the Gagne deal, there was mainly just some minor tinkering here and there. I wish the Jays had done something, even dumping Towers, but I guess there's no harm in seeing what their lineup can do now that everyone's trickling back from the DL….
I'm sure they tried on Towers. In retrospect the Phillies might have turned them down to get Loshe versus Towers-who knows.
Frankly, I was surprised they didn't move Stairs, to give him the chance to be on a contending team-unless they plan to sign him next year.
It's clear though, the team to beat in the AL is Boston-their pitching is now staggering-it's so good.
The dark horse for the playoffs could be Atlanta, they went a long way to help their case, and now put out a power house lineup. Their issue is whether they have enough pitching or not-but I'd hate to pitch against them.
The surprise to me was the Yanks. As weak as they are in the bullpen, I was surprised they moved Proctor witout having a strong replacement.
Maybe they're just going to wait for those really good prospects they have in AA to make it.
Towers for Maloney would have been a great deal Josh will not be with this team next year and Maloney is 6-3 in his last 10 in AA BALL HE IS ONLY 23 Toronto had nothing to lose and lots to gain if that is who philly offerd to Toronto.
I guess Gillick liked Lohshe more than Towers. Who could blame him. Towers has pitched well as of late but. There were some Glaus rumors but obviously the Jays didn't get value in return. J.P. I am sure listened but didn't pull the trigger. If the Jays got something in return I think it would have been a good move to deal Glaus. Jays can finish strong and who knows maybe end up passing the Yankees. Jays got by Boston last year, why not aim for the Yankees if your the Jays.
Does Jesse Litsch remind anyone else of a certain Rocket Roger that used to toil for the Jays back in the golden years?


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Julie arrive early Thursday morning. She was feeling pretty good, so she skipped a nap, and we got right to the sightseeing!
We had such a great time together, and I'm so glad she came. Here are some pictures of us, and of the places we visited. Because I've never done my OWN touristy trip, I took the classic touristy pictures so that I can have my own when I move!
One of the Rockefeller buildings. Big!
After getting our TKTS tickets to "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" -- fantastic-- we headed to Washington Square Park to meet Dash and Elizabeth!
Julie had a red eye on Wednesday night, then we got right to our sightseeing on Thursday after some breakfast. She got a well-earned nap that afternoon.
Yes, we walked all the way from Battery park to the Empire State building...
with one stop for lunch :)
After the Empire State, we went to Grand Central Terminal. After that, we did finally hop the subway to the Met. After getting a good taste of that, we walked through the park down to the Moma where we met Staci. After the MOMA we went to Burger Joint, my new favorite random restaurant. It's in a ritzy hotel, but in a dark hallway you see the sign above, and you know it's going to be good.
On Saturday we slept in a bit to recover from the million blocks we walked. We had brunch, and walked around, and here we are standing in line for Magnolia cupcakes. Though in the end they're really just cupcakes, it is very fun to stand there and go in and choose a little cupcake. We got some banana pudding too, it was yummy :)
On our way home Julie noticed this fabulous window box... I loved it! Had to take a picture! I really am so glad that she came- it was so fun to have her see what my life is like here in New York. I hope I can go see her in California and get a taste of her life!
Thanks for coming Julie! I'm so glad we had time together and so many laughs and good conversations (and good food!).
Thanks for coming Julie! I'm so glad we had time together and so many laughs and good conversations (and good food!).


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Influenza has officially reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with 7.3 percent of deaths last week caused by pneumonia and the flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.
That is just above the epidemic threshold of 7.2 percent. Nine of the 10 U.S. regions had "elevated" flu activity, confirming that seasonal flu has spread across the country and reached high levels several weeks before the usual time of late January or February. The other region, the Southwest and California, had "normal" flu activity last week.
This year's flu vaccine is 62 percent effective, scientists reported on Friday in the CDC's weekly publication.
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In Boston, flu cases are 10 times higher than they were last year, causing Mayor Thomas Menino to declare a public health emergency on Wednesday. A total of 20 children have now died from this season's flu, up two from the previous week, the CDC said. That compares to 34 during the full 2011-2012 flu season, which was unusually mild, and 282 during the severe 2009-2010 season.
No data is available on how many children have received flu shots this season, but in the past it has fallen far short of public health experts' recommendation that everyone 6 months and older be vaccinated.
From 2004 to 2009, fewer than 45 percent of children were vaccinated against the flu, researchers led by Dr. Katherine Poehling of Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, reported this week in the journal Pediatrics.
According to the most recent CDC data, 37 percent of Americans - 112 million people - had received the flu vaccine as of mid-November. Of the 135 million doses produced this year, 128 million have been distributed to doctors' offices, drug stores, clinics and other facilities.
That has resulted in spot shortages, said CDC's Bresee. "You may have to call a few places" before finding one with vaccine, "but it should be available."


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This chapter describes server load balancing (SLB) as implemented in the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) module. It contains the following major sections:
•Server Load-Balancing Overview
•Real Servers and Server Farms
•Configuring Traffic Classifications and Policies
•Connection Limits and Rate Limiting
•Operating the ACE Strictly as a Load Balancer
Server load balancing (SLB) is the process of deciding to which server a load-balancing device should send a client request for service. For example, a client request may consist of a HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) GET for a web page or a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) GET to download a file. The job of the load balancer is to select the server that can successfully fulfill the client request and do so in the shortest amount of time without overloading either the server or the server farm as a whole.
The ACE supports the load balancing of the following protocols:
•Generic protocols
•Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
•Reliable Datagram Protocol (RDP)
•Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
•Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Depending on the load-balancing algorithm—or predictor—that you configure, the ACE performs a series of checks and calculations to determine which server can best service each client request. The ACE bases server selection on several factors including the source or destination address, cookies, URLs, HTTP headers, or the server with the fewest connections with respect to load.
The ACE uses the following predictors to select the best server to fulfill a client request:
•Application response—Selects the server with the lowest average response time for the specified response-time measurement based on the current connection count and server weight (if configured).
•Hash address—Selects the server using a hash value based on either the source or destination IP address or both. Use these predictors for firewall load balancing (FWLB). For more information about FWLB, see Chapter 7, Configuring Firewall Load Balancing.
•Hash content—Selects the server using a hash value based on a content string in the Trusted Third Parties (TTP) packet body.
•Hash cookie—Selects the server using a hash value based on a cookie name.
•Hash header—Selects the server using a hash value based on the HTTP header name.
•Hash URL—Selects the server using a hash value based on the requested URL. You can specify a beginning pattern and an ending pattern to match in the URL. Use this predictor method to load balance cache servers.
•Least bandwidth—Selects the server that processed the least amount of network traffic based on the average bandwidth that the server used over a specified number of samples.
•Least connections—Selects the server with the fewest number of active connections based on server weight. For the least-connections predictor, you can configure a slow-start mechanism to avoid sending a high rate of new connections to servers that you have just put into service.
•Least loaded—Selects the server with the lowest load based on information obtained from Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) probes. To use this predictor, you must associate an SNMP probe with it.
•Round-robin—Selects the next server in the list of real servers based on the server weight (weighted round-robin). Servers with a higher weight value receive a higher percentage of the connections. This is the default predictor.
Note The hash predictor methods do not recognize the weight value that you configure for real servers. The ACE uses the weight that you assign to real servers only in the least-connections, application-response, and round-robin predictor methods.
For more information about load-balancing predictors, see Chapter 2, Configuring Real Servers and Server Farms.
This section briefly describes real servers and server farms and how they are implemented on the ACE. It contains the following topics:
To provide services to clients, you configure real servers (the actual physical servers) on the ACE. Real servers provide client services such as HTTP or XML content, hosting websites, FTP file uploads or downloads, redirection for web pages that have moved to another location, and so on. The ACE also allows you to configure backup servers in case a server is taken out of service for any reason.
After you create and name a real server on the ACE, you can configure several parameters, including connection limits, health probes, and weight. You can assign a weight to each real server based on its relative importance to other servers in the server farm. The ACE uses the server weight value for the weighted round-robin and the least-connections load-balancing predictors. For a listing and brief description of the ACE predictors, see the "Load-Balancing Predictors" section. For more detailed information about the ACE load-balancing predictors and server farms, see Chapter 2, Configuring Real Servers and Server Farms.
Typically, in data centers, servers are organized into related groups called server farms. Servers within server farms often contain identical content (referred to as mirrored content) so that if one server becomes inoperative, another server can take its place immediately. Also, mirrored content allows several servers to share the load of increased demand during important local or international events, for example, the Olympic Games. This sudden large demand for content is called a flash crowd.
After you create and name a server farm, you can add existing real servers to it and configure other server-farm parameters, such as the load-balancing predictor, server weight, backup server, health probe, and so on. For a description of the ACE predictors, see the "Load-Balancing Predictors" section. For more detailed information about the ACE load-balancing predictors and server farms, see Chapter 2, Configuring Real Servers and Server Farms.
You can instruct the ACE to check the health of servers and server farms by configuring health probes (sometimes referred to as keepalives). After you create a probe, you assign it to a real server or a server farm. A probe can be one of many types, including TCP, ICMP, Telnet, HTTP, and so on. You can also configure scripted probes using the TCL scripting language.
The ACE sends out probes periodically to determine the status of a server, verifies the server response, and checks for other network problems that may prevent a client from reaching a server. Based on the server response, the ACE can place the server in or out of service, and, based on the status of the servers in the server farm, can make reliable load-balancing decisions. For more information about out-of-band health monitoring, see Chapter 4, Configuring Health Monitoring.
The ACE uses several configuration elements to classify (filter) interesting traffic and then to perform various actions on that traffic before making the load-balancing decision. These filtering elements and subsequent actions form the basis of a traffic policy for SLB. This section contains the following topics:
•Classifying Layer 3 and Layer 4 Traffic
•Applying Traffic Policies to an Interface Using a Service Policy
To permit or deny traffic to or from a specific IP address or an entire network, you can configure an access control list (ACL). ACLs provide a measure of security for the ACE and the data center by allowing access only to traffic that you explicitly authorize on a specific interface or on all interfaces. An ACL consists of a series of permit or deny entries with special criteria for the source address, destination address, protocol, port, and so on. All ACLs contain an implicit deny statement, so you must include an explicit permit entry to allow traffic to and through the ACE. For more information about ACLs, see the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Security Configuration Guide.
To classify Layer 3 and Layer 4 network traffic, you configure class maps and specify match criteria according to your application requirements. When a traffic flow matches certain match criteria, the ACE applies the actions specified in the policy map with which the class map is associated. A policy map acts on traffic ingressing the interface to which the policy map is applied through a service policy (globally to all VLAN interfaces in a context or to a single VLAN interface).
Class maps that operate at Layer 3 and Layer 4 for SLB typically use virtual IP (VIP) addresses as matching criteria. For details about Layer 3 and Layer 4 class maps for SLB, see Chapter 3, Configuring Traffic Policies for Server Load Balancing.
In addition to Layer 3 and Layer 4 class maps, you can also configure Layer 7 class maps for advanced load-balancing matching criteria, such as HTTP cookie, header, and URL settings. After you configure a Layer 7 class map, you associate it with a Layer 7 policy map. You cannot apply a Layer 7 policy map to an interface directly (see the "Creating Traffic Policies" section). For details about Layer 7 class maps for SLB, see Chapter 3, Configuring Traffic Policies for Server Load Balancing.
A parameter map combines related HTTP or RTSP actions for use in a Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map. Parameter maps provide a means of performing actions on traffic that ingresses an ACE interface based on certain criteria, such as HTTP header and cookie settings, server connection reuse, the action to take when an HTTP header, cookie, or URL exceeds a configured maximum length, and so on. After you configure a parameter map, you associate it with a Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map. For details about configuring an HTTP or RTSP load-balancing parameter map, see Chapter 3, Configuring Traffic Policies for Server Load Balancing.
The ACE uses policy maps to combine class maps and parameter maps into traffic policies and to perform certain configured actions on the traffic that matches the specified criteria in the policies. Policy maps operate at Layer 3 and Layer 4, as well as Layer 7. Because the ACE considers a Layer 7 policy map a child policy, you must associate each Layer 7 policy map with a Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map before you can apply the traffic policy to an interface using a service policy. For more information about configuring SLB traffic policies, see Chapter 3, Configuring Traffic Policies for Server Load Balancing.
To apply a traffic policy to one or more interfaces, you use a service policy. You can use a service policy on an individual interface or globally on all interfaces in a context in the input direction only. When you use a service policy on an interface, you apply and activate a Layer 3 and Layer 4 policy map with all its class-map, parameter-map, and Layer 7 policy-map associations and match criteria. For more information about using a service policy to apply a traffic policy to an interface, see Chapter 3, Configuring Traffic Policies for Server Load Balancing.
To help protect system resources, the ACE allows you to limit the following items:
•Maximum number of connections
•Connection rate (connections per second applied to new connections destined to a real server)
•Bandwidth rate (bytes per second applied to network traffic between the ACE and a real server in both directions)
For more information, see Chapter 2, Configuring Real Servers and Server Farms and the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Security Configuration Guide.
You can operate your ACE strictly as an SLB device. If you want to use SLB only, you must configure certain parameters and disable some of the ACE security features. By default, the ACE performs TCP/IP normalization checks and ICMP security checks on traffic that enters the ACE interfaces. Using the following configuration will also allow asymmetric routing as required by your network application.
The major configuration items are as follows:
•Configuring a global permit-all ACL and applying it to all interfaces in a context to open all ports
•Disabling TCP/IP normalization
•Disabling ICMP security checks
•Configuring SLB
To operate the ACE for SLB only, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Configure a global permit-all ACL and apply it to all interfaces in a context. This action will open all ports in the current context.
host1/Admin(config)# access-list ACL1 extended permit ip any any
host1/Admin(config)# access-group input ACL1
Step 2 Disable the default TCP/IP normalization checks on each interface where you want to configure a VIP using a load-balancing service policy. For details about TCP normalization, see the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Security Configuration Guide.
host1/Admin(config)# interface vlan 100
host1/Admin(config-if)# no normalization
Step 3 Disable the default ICMP security checks on each interface where you want to configure a VIP using a load-balancing service policy. For details about the ICMP security checks, see the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Security Configuration Guide.
host1/Admin(config-if)# no icmp-guard
Step 4 Configure SLB. For details, see the remaining chapters in this guide.
To start configuring SLB on your ACE, proceed to Chapter 2, Configuring Real Servers and Server Farms.


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AP Readers' Rule: Quickly Skip to the Final Paragraphs; Article Cites $60 Billion Per Year In Medicare Fraud At End
Longtime readers of Associated Press dispatches have long since learned that many of the most important facts of a story — especially facts that put the government, bureaucrats, and leftists in a bad light — are often found in its final paragraphs. This is a way for the wire service to boast that it really did report all important facts while usually ensuring that harried broadcasters and other users of AP content who attempt to digest it down to a couple of sentences will probably will leave the meaty and incriminating stuff on the cutting room floor.
Such is the case with a report on the arrest of dozens of Medicare ripoff artists in various US cities. While the details of the arrests are indeed important, the final three paragraphs of AP writer Kelli Kennedy's report are the real jaw-droppers, especially in the context of the president's and Congress's dogged determination to set a statist takeover of the entire health care system into motion before the end of this year (bolds are mine):
32 accused of $60M in Medicare fraud in 3 states
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Federal agents arrested 26 suspects in three states Tuesday, including a doctor and nurses, in a major crackdown on Medicare fraud totaling $61 million in separate scams.
Arrests in Miami, Brooklyn and Detroit included a Florida doctor accused of running a $40 million home health care scheme that falsely listed patients as blind diabetics so that he could bill for twice-daily nurse visits.
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the indicted suspects lined up bogus patients and otherwise billed Medicare for unnecessary medical equipment, physical therapy and HIV infusions.
Indictments were issued for 32 people in all, but the status of the other suspects wasn't immediately known.
(Final three paragraphs)
Including Tuesday's arrests, a Medicare Fraud strike force formed by the Justice and Health departments has now charged suspects accused of bilking Medicare of more than $1 billion in less than two years.
The pilot strike force, which started in Miami in 2007, has indicted more than 460 suspects in Medicare fraud scams. The program is now in Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius also announced Tuesday the operation will expand to Tampa, Fla., Baton Rouge, La., and Brooklyn.
Cleaning up an estimated $60 billion a year in Medicare fraud will be key to President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul. HHS and DOJ have promised more money and manpower to fight the fraud.
So of all the fraud that is occurring, the feds have caught less than 1% of it ($1 billion divided by 2 years divided by $60 billion equals 0.83%).
Beyond that, Kennedy also avoided giving that $60 billion any context. That $60 billion in fraud represents an almost impossible to fathom 12%-plus of all Medicare spending, based on these references:
- The 2009 Medicare Trustees' Report said that total Medicare spending in 2008 was $468 billion. $60 billion is 12.8% of that amount.
- A May 2009 report (PDF) from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation predicts that Medicare spending in 2009 will be $484 billion. Applied to this number, the fraud rate is "only" 12.4%.
Heck, $60 billion is over 0.4% of the entire country's gross domestic product of $14 trillion or so.
It is highly unlikely that the fraud rate in the private sector, where losses such as these would reduce business income, hurt returns to shareholders, and likely bankrupt any business with controls as apparently sloppy as Uncle Sam's, is anywhere near 12%.
And Medicare is what Democrats and other program advocates cite as the exemplar of why a so-called "public option" would be soooooo beneficial. Yikes.
Hopefully readers will pick up and pass on the lesson: In an AP report, after the headline and the first couple paragraphs, go to the final few paragraphs for the items you need to know, but which most casual news consumers will never read or hear.
Graphic was found at the EverythingHealth blog.
Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.


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Bridgehampton resident Madonna has been picked as the Super Bowl halftime act. With more than 100,000 million viewers expected to tune in to the Super Bowl, the performance should be the perfect launching pad for Madonna's new album, which she is releasing around the same time, along with directing attention to the new movie she has directed, W.E.
It's great to have a Hamptons tie to the biggest game on the planet, but many bloggers and pundits in the sports and entertainment fields seem unhappy with the choice. Nikki Reed, an on-air personality at WZPL-FM (99.5), for example, is a bit tired of Madonna. "I'm bored with the idea of Madonna," Reed said. "It's been awhile since she has been this huge figure. I hope that I'm wrong, and I hope that she kills it. That would be an incredible thing for her career."
"Counting Madonna, the avg age of the Super Bowl halftime performers since the 'Wardrobe Malfunction' is 54.8 years old," tweeted CNBS sports business reporter Darren Rovell.
Tim Daniels, a featured blogger for the Bleacher Report, said, "It's just another safe selection by executive who fear what could happen if they allow a more edgy act to take the stage.
"You have to wonder how long the NFL will continue to trot out musicians who no longer capture the audiences attention. Even though ratings are terrific, that's only because it's on during the middle of the marquee football game of the season," he continued. "If NFL Network productions gave the fans what they want, which is anybody with current relevance, the ratings would be markedly better. But they seem content with taking the easy way out."
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'GQ' story details struggles of James Gandolfini
A new eerily-titled GQ story — "The Night Tony Soprano Disappeared" — given James Gandolfini's death on Wednesday in Rome, takes a look one particular night in January 2002 of filming The Sopranos.
Written before Gandolfini's death and already out on newsstands, the piece, by author Brett Martin, is adapted from his new book, Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution from The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men, out July 3.
Although the story mostly examines Sopranos creator David Chase, it also looks at how Gandolfini reacted to the stardom he found from the show. It addresses the role he played and how much it troubled the legendary actor, as evidenced by mysterious disappearances, violent outbursts on set, and struggles with drugs & alcohol.
Some highlights from the GQ piece:
Gandolfini's troubles with drugs & alcohol, and his violent outbursts on set:
"In papers related to a divorce filing at the end of 2002, Gandolfini's wife described increasingly serious issues with drugs and alcohol, as well as arguments during which the actor would repeatedly punch himself in the face out of frustration. To anybody who had witnessed the actor's self-directed rage as he struggled to remember lines in front of the camera — he would berate himself in disgust, curse, smack the back of his own head — it was a plausible scenario."
Gandolfini's difficulty dealing with fame:
Gandolfini, at 6 feet tall, upwards of 250 pounds, couldn't hide. He had become a recognizable face and figure. And the fame had begun to take a toll, says the piece.
"By the winter of 2002, Gandolfini's sudden refusals to work had become a semiregular occurrence. His fits were passive-aggressive: He would claim to be sick, refuse to leave his TriBeCa apartment, or simply not show up. The next day, inevitably, he would feel so wretched about his behavior and the massive logistic disruptions it had caused — akin to turning an aircraft carrier on a dime — that he would treat cast and crew to extravagant gifts. "All of a sudden there'd be a sushi chef at lunch," one crew member remembered. "Or we'd all get massages." It had come to be understood by all involved as part of the price of doing business, the trade-off for getting the remarkably intense, fully inhabited Tony Soprano that Gandolfini offered."
The disappearance:
Gandolfini failed to show up for a 6 p.m. call at Westchester County Airport to shoot the final appearance of the character Furio Giunta.
"The production team had already performed all the acrobatics it could, shooting those few scenes that could be done without its star. The whole operation had been nervously treading water for days; many began to expect the worst — that the pressure, the substances, and the emotional turmoil had pushed Gandolfini over the edge. ... Then, on day four, the main number in the show's production office rang. It was Gandolfini calling, from a beauty salon in Brooklyn. To the surprise of the owner, the actor had wandered in off the street, asking to use the phone. He called the only number he could remember, and he asked the production assistant who answered to put someone on who could send a car to take him home."
It's never said in the story where Gandolfini was or what he was doing.


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Gordon Bitner Hinckley (June 23, 1910 - January 27, 2008) was the 15th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hinckley served for over 12 years as President of the church, 14 years as counselor in the First Presidency, and 20 years as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
On June 23, 2004, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in the White House. The medal is the highest honor awarded to civilians.
- "Millions of Americans reserve a special respect for Gordon B. Hinckley, who still works every day as President of the Mormon Church, and who, on this very day, turns 94 years old. Mr. Hinckley is the grandson of Mormon pioneers and has given devoted service to his church since 1935. He's always shown the heart of a servant, and the gifts of a leader. Through his discipline and faithfulness, he has proven a worthy successor to the many fine leaders before him. His church has given him its highest position of trust, and today this wise and patriotic man receives his country's highest civil honor." [1]


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Nuclear power is poised to make a comeback, and the spike in uranium demand it will bring over the next few years will send uranium stocks soaring.
While the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in March 2011 stirred a lot of talk about abandoning nuclear power, nations have since come to realize their energy needs can't be met without nuclear being part of the equation.
The Japanese blowout scared the public so badly, in fact, that many governments vowed to severely cut back on nuclear power. Germany said it would quit using it altogether.
But then reality struck.
Major export economies in Europe and Asia have energy-intensive industries that can't just dump nuclear energy overnight.
The best proof that nuclear is not going away is right in Japan, which already has been forced to restart two reactors, and more will be restarted soon.
The Prime Minister of Japan called restarting the reactors a "matter of national survival," because the high cost of imported liquid natural gas was crippling the economy.
And nuclear energy has proven itself to be a safe alternative to the smog-belching coal plants in emerging countries like China and India.
Even oil-rich countries like Saudi Arabia are building new nuclear reactors now — a clear sign nuclear energy is here to stay.
Simply put, the world not only needs low-cost nuclear power – it needs more, not less of it.
And uranium is the only fuel that can possibly give billions of new consumers in energy-starved countries like India and China the power they need.
Demand Will Drive Uranium Prices
Nuclear power currently provides about 13.5% percent of the world's electricity, and that's likely to grow given the new capacity slated to come online.
A total of 31 nations across the globe have 436 nuclear reactors under production. Globally a total of 95 nuclear reactors are planned over the next two decades with 62 already under construction, according to the World Nuclear Association (WNA).
And each of those plants will use 500,000 pounds of refined yellowcake per year.
But miners can't satisfy the world's current appetite for uranium, much less higher demand in the future.
The WNA has projected 52,221 tons of production in 2012. Meanwhile, uranium demand is expected clock in at around 77,000 tons.
Demand for uranium is expected to jump 7% per year, reaching 110,000 tons by 2017.
Altogether, the planet could come up 400 million pounds short by 2020.
Still, the cost of uranium production means the industry needs to get about $85 per pound to make it worth bringing new mines into production.
But rising demand should take care of that.
"When those supply and demand lines intersect, the only thing that can happen is prices go up," noted natural resources expert Rick Rule recently told The Daily Crux. "If the prices don't go up, the lights will go out."
Fukushima Creates Uranium Stock Opportunity
The Fukushima disaster and all the negative talk that followed sent uranium prices — and uranium mining stocks — into a nosedive.
Prices for uranium tumbled to about $41 per pound from $68, according to Ux Consulting.
Uranium stocks suffered accordingly.
The Global X Uranium ETF (NYSEArca: URA), for example, has fallen nearly 23% year-to-date.
But for investors today, that decline is an opportunity.
Despite what happened at Fukushima, the overwhelming appeal of nuclear energy has set the stage for a rebound.
It's only a matter of time before the demand for energy in emerging markets will drive a new nuclear boom.
And with prices at rock-bottom, it's time to put uranium mining stocks on your radar.
Investing in Uranium Stocks
The key question for investors is: when will uranium prices turn around?
Rule says investors with a two- to four-year time frame will be the big winners.
For a pure uranium play, Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ), with its $8.9 billion market cap, is the best of the breed for institutions and small investors alike.
Cameco is one of the world's largest uranium producers, with over 16% of the world's supply. Its McArthur Lake and Cigar Lake deposits are the largest in the world, with over 476 million pounds of proven and probable reserves.
Even though the company just reported weak earnings for the third quarter, analysts are urging investors to scoop up shares on the recent dip.
"We like Cameco on its top producer status…organic growth in safe jurisdictions, healthy balance sheet, vertical integration, and dividend," Raymond James analyst David Sadowski told the Financial Post.
If you're looking for a leveraged play, Denison Mines Corp. (NYSEAMEX: DNN) is a small cap miner with several exploration projects that give it big potential for growth.
Denison is already in partnership with Cameco in a potentially large deposit called Wheeler River.
Denison also has a 22.5% ownership interest along with Cameco in the McClean Lake uranium mill, one of only two in the Western hemisphere.
Eventually, Cameco may buy out the Wheeler deposit and McClean Lake or simply swallow Denison.
If not, its leverage to uranium still makes it an interesting play.
Consider this: When uranium almost doubled in a matter of months towards the end of 2010, DNN rose nearly 300%.
You don't want to miss out on gains like that.
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Secret Climate Denial Finance: Koch and Others Hide tens of Millions through Donors Trust & Donors Capital Fund
For those familiar with the effort of ExxonMobil and the Koch brothers to bankroll a network of organizations denying basic climate science, a new article in the Guardian offers some revelatory information on the secret funding network that outweighs even top denier sugar daddies like Koch and Exxon.
Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund, based out of the DC suburb of Alexandria, VA, have sent $118 million to the 'climate denial machine' from 2002-2010, according to a Greenpeace analysis featured in the Guardian. The graph above, from the article, illustrates the significance of this money as compared to giants like Koch and Exxon.
Of course, the Koch brothers are part of the Donors Trust network, using the DONORS groups to hide their own giving to a variety of corporate front groups. Because of the obscurity provided by DONORS, we don't know exactly who is getting exactly how much of the Koch payments to Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund.
An accompanying article by the Guardian shows how the DONORS groups provide large portions of organisations' entire budgets, such as the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, which even among climate deniers is notably anti-scientific.
The support helped the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (Cfact), expand from $600,000 to $3m annual operation. In 2010, Cfact received nearly half of its budget from those anonymous donors, the records show.
The group's most visible product is the website, Climate Depot, a contrarian news source run by Marc Morano. Climate Depot sees itself as the rapid reaction force of the anti-climate cause. On the morning after Obama's state of the union address, Morano put out a point by point rebuttal to the section on climate change.
CFACT is among over a dozen organizations that get 30%-70% of their total budgets from the two DONORS groups. As we reported on PolluterWatch last October using 2010 IRS tax filings:
- Americans For Prosperity Foundation got $7.6 million from DONORS groups in 2010, 43% of its budget. AFP Foundation is chaired by David Koch and has received millions in direct funding from Koch foundations since the Koch brothers founded it.
- Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) got $1.3 million from DONORS in 2010, 45% of its budget.
- Cornwall Alliance (through the James Partnership) got $339,500 from DONORS in 2010, 75% of its budget.
- Heartland Institute got $1.6 million from DONORS in 2010, 27% of it's budget, which came from Chicago billionaire Barre Seid (see p. 67).
- State Policy Network got 36% of its 2010 budget ($4.8 million) from DONORS. SPN members include just about every climate-denying organization and every conservative think tank in the country, including AFP and Heartland.
Koch is clearly embarrassed by the negative publicity (see press roundup below). Koch "Facts," the company's PR website that lashes back at unfavorable reporting on Koch, attempted to respond to the flood of press on the DONORS groups without mentioning them by name. Similarly, Donors Trust president Whitney Ball has done her best to keep Donors Trust and Koch from being synonymous. To be clear--they are not, but the Kochs and their operatives are key players in the Donors network, with people like Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute and Steven Hayward of the Pacific Research Institute helping oversee DONORS operations, including millions in funding to their own organizations.
Greenpeace has more coming on Donors Trust, Donors Capital Fund, Koch Industries and the ongoing misinformation pumping out of the climate denial machine. Stay tuned. Key articles on Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund:
- John Mashey/DeSmogBlog report: Fakery 2: More Funny Finances, Free Of Tax
- The Guardian: Secret funding helped build vast network of climate denial think tanks
- The Guardian: How Donors Trust distributed millions to anti-climate groups
- Mother Jones: Donors Trust, The Right's Dark-Money ATM, Paid Out $30 Million in 2011
- Mother Jones: Exposed: The Dark-Money ATM of the Conservative Movement
- Center for Public Integrity: Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states
- International Business Times: Koch Family Uses Fund To Channel Millions To Anti-Climate Science Groups: Report
- U.K. Daily Mail: Revealed: Secretive funding organization 'providing millions to climate change counter-movement on behalf of fossil fuel industry'
- The Independent: Billionaires Secretly Fund Attacks on Climate Science
- PBS FRONTLINE: Climate of Doubt interview with Drexel University's Robert Brulle


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Don't have time to break this apart this weekend, but there are some changes to pay attention to - is that a H&S top in the Adjusted Monetary Base? CPI and PPI are coming up slightly, but still negative, while the monetary aggregates and base money are falling in their percentage growth. That may seem like a reasonable balancing act, but watch the velocity (still low) and look at all the credit destruction that's occurring to consumer credit and to commercial loans. P/E ratios are still at stratospheric heights. Still not seeing a picture of health, that's for sure, and I would not say that I'm even seeing improving trends.
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Jeff Saut: Why Stocks Are Headed Higher
Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeff Saut on The News Hub explains why he's still bullish on stocks despite the recent pullback in the equity market. Photo: Reuters.
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Now for € 28,00
Andalusia Day Pass to Seville/Cordoba/Malaga/Granada
includes: skip the line tickets for the best highlights in seville/cordoba/malaga/granada, parking tickets in the city centre, hop on hop off bus to explore the city and 20% discount when you want to visit more!
Andalusia is one of the most popular areas to visit in Europe. Not only because of its beautiful nature but also because of the richness of her culture, the weather, her kind inhabitants and there are not a lot regions in the world that can offer 4 fascinating cities with centuries of history: Seville, Cordoba, Malaga and Granada.
In all of these cities there is a rich heritage of Moorish history which conquered a part of Spain in 711 and made Cordoba the capital and cultural centre of the Islamic caliphate. The Alhambra in Granada, the Alcazar in Seville and the Mezquita are fascinating monuments visited by many each year.
But of all these cities have more common except their beauty. They are hectic cities with many challenges to be able to enjoy your citytrip. There are many waiting lines for museums while you only have limited of time. Attractions are not located on walking distance. Traffic is hectic and parking expensive and difficult to find.
The ultra-convenient Andalusia City Pass includes skip-the-line entrance to the city's most famous destinations, a parking spot valid for 1 day in one of these cities, ticket for the Hop on Hop off Bus to enjoy all the highlights the city can offer and you get discounts to countless further attractions in one of the cities . Even better, you receive everything by email so that you don't waste time picking it up at Tourism Offices when you arrive.
Maximize your precious time for your visit to each of the cities by organizing everything in advance. Simply order your Andalusia City Pass(es) online and you're ready for all that this wonderful city has to offer:
• Skip the line ticket for the Alcazar in Seville, the Mezquita in Cordoba or 20% discount for the Picasso Museum in Malaga.
• Hop on Hop off Bus to enjoy all the highlights these cities can offer.
• Park your car in the city centre without the hassle or stress.
To Seville
How does it work?
1) Select the day you want to visit Seville
2) Select that you want to visit Seville and the amount of persons (adults/children)
What is important to know?
Seville is a big city and the highlights of the city are far away from each other. Which means when you want to walk around the city and have the ambition to see it all it will probably not work in 1 day. From Macarena to Acuario de Seville is a walk of almost 1 hour.
The Hop on Hop off Bus will help you to see all the highlights. You can hop on and off for a day everywhere you want. These are the stops: Torre del Oro, Plaza de Espana, Acuario de Seville, Plaza de America, Plaza de Cuba, San Jacinto, Calle Castillo, Expo 92, Isla Magica, Macarena, Torre de los Perdigones, Almeda de Hercules, Plaza del Duque and Plaza de Armas.
You can find your parking garage near the Alcazar of Seville (6 minutes walk). You will receive the exact location after your reservation. From this location the Hop on Hop off Bus will departure as well so you can departure here with the Hop on Hop off Bus to visit the city when you arrive with your car.
Alcazar de Seville works with timeslots for entrance to spread the amount tourists that come in every day. Your reservation is scheduled at 15.00h because at that time it is less busy in the museum so you can enjoy it to the fullest. When you are done visit the museum you can decide to hop on at the bus again, to walk around or to take your car and drive back to your accommodation.
You will also get a discount code of 20%. So you can purchase the tickets for a bike tour or a Flamenco Show. You can see a list of discounts beneath. After your reservation we will explain you how you can use your discount of 20%.
To Cordoba
How does it work?
1) Select the day you want to visit Cordoba
2) Select that you want to visit Cordoba and the amount of persons (adults/children)
What is important to know?
The Mosque Cathedral is an icon to visit. Many tourists claimed that the Mosque Cathedral was one of the most breathtaking monuments they ever saw. You can only visit the Cathedral when you join a guided tour. Even if it was not obligatory we would still recommend to join a guide because the history of the construction of the cathedral and the development of the cathedral is too fascinating. The tour starts on your selected date at 13.15h from the Cathedral. We will send you more information where you can find the guide (approximately groups of 20 people max.).
You can find your parking garage near Puerta de Almador (4 minutes walk). We will inform you how to go to Puerta de Almador when you have parked your car because it is one of the stops of the Hop on Hop off Bus. You can hop on and off at the following locations: Panoramica de Rio, Jardin Botanico, Ciudad de los Ninos, San Basilio, Puerta de Almador, Mercado de la Victoria, Gran Capitan, Train Station, Palacio de la Merced, Malmuerta Santa Marina, Plaza Corazon de Maria, San Lorenzo, Realejo-San Andres, Ayuntamiento – Templo Romano, Arco del Portillo, Puente Romano (Ronda Isasa) and Alcazar.
The Hop on Hop off Bus also stops at the Mosque Cathedral (bus stop 2) so you can plan your day and join the guided tour at 13.15h. After your visit you can have lunch in the great bars and restaurants of Cordoba and join the Hop on Hop off Bus again after. When you are done visiting the city you can stop again at Puerta de Almador and get back to your car.
To Malaga
How does it work?
1) Select the day you want to visit Malaga
2) Select that you want to visit Malaga and the amount of persons (adults/children)
What is important to know?
Malaga is the only city of the 4 which is located at the coast. You can probably imagine how beautiful it is when you join the Hop on Hop off Bus and drive along the coast. Because many visitors choose the option to spend the day at the beach (or to have lunch at one of the brilliant restaurants) we excluded the visit to the museum (also from the price) but to include the discount code of 20% for the Picasso Museum.
You can find your parking garage near Museo Carmen Tyssen in the city centre (the exact address you will receive after your reservation). From here you can take the Hop on Hop off Bus and hop on and off at the stops: Renfe Vialia, Centre de Art Contemporaneo, Puerto / Alborania Museum, Plaza de la Marina, Paseo del Parque, Centro Pompidou, Paseo de la Farola, Playa de la Malagueta, Plaza de Toros, Castillo de Gibralfaro, Basilica de Sta M de la Victoria, Plaza de la Merced / Casa de Picasso, Museo Carmen Tyssen and Avenida Andalucia.
After your reservation you will receive a discount code which you can use to purchase the tickets for the Picasso Museum. When you do that in advance you don´t have to wait in line. The Hop on Hop off Bus stops at the museum. At the end of the day you can stop with the bus at Museo Carmen Tyssen to get back to your car.
To Granada
The Alhambra is one of the most visited monuments in the world. There is no Hop on Hop off Bus in Granada. You can make your reservation for the Alhambra + Parking Spot at this link.
What is the itenary?
When you travel by car you can departure when you like and go back to your accommodation when you like. The train tickets have a schedule. After your reservation you can let us know what time you want to departure in the morning and what time you want to departure back later that day. You can change the times up to 72 hours in advance.
1. Everything will be send by email.
2. You will save a lot of money
3. No stress in the city but use Hop on Hop off Bus tickets to hop on and off at the highlights you want
4. Start your city trip relaxed: park your car in the city centre and don´t spend hours to find a parking spot
What else is important to know?
Please wear appropriate clothing in the museums. These are monuments with clothing restrictions and they will ask you to leave when your clothing is not appropriate.
The Andalusia City Pass is everything you need for your citytrip to Seville/Cordoba/Granada/Malaga!
Discounts Seville
Tapas High Tea
Flamenco Show Special
Mountainbike Tour
Seville Walking Tour
Guadalquivir Cruise
Seville Bike Tour
Seville Tapas Bike Tour
Flamenco de los Gallos
Discounts Cordoba
Cordoba Monuments Tour
Relax Tour
Hammam Al Andalus
Roman Cordoba
Trip to Medina Azahara
Cordoba at Night
Discounts Malaga
Malaga Bike Tour
Tapas Tour
Picasso Museum Skip the line
Boat Tour
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Two Bedrooms with built-ins
One Bathroom with seperate toilet
Open Plan kitchen, dining and family room
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Unless you are lucky (and rich) enough to own the latest Alienware, squeezing the best out of your rig on new games is an exercise in trial and error. Running latest games at maxed out settings will knock your fps (frames per second) down to single digits, but the preset quality modes often don't do justice to your hardware. Getting the best possible combination of quality and performance often involves carefully balancing individual aspects like texture quality, reflection detail, and shadow quality.
Nvidia GeForce Experience is a new utility that strives to makes things a bit easier for gamers with a GeForce graphics card. The GeForce Experience software analyzes your system configuration and then recommends and applies the optimum configuration for recognized games. The GeForce Experience project maintains a cloud database of top games and their recommended configurations for various specifications. It can scan through your hard disk to detect installed games and their current settings. The Windows app clearly highlights the differences between your current settings and the recommended settings. It also explains the impact of some of the crucial settings with the help of images from the game.
The GeForce Experience tool is currently in beta, and this shows. The tool picked up Max Payne and Team Fortress installations automatically. However, it missed Trine, Portal, Braid, and The Walking Dead. In its defense, none of these games are graphically demanding by today's standards or they have simple configuration options. I have a hunch that the GeForce Experience uses the pre-existing GeForce guides, and is actually fairly restricted in terms of games available in its database. It also made a couple of questionable recommendations for Max Payne. It completely disregarded the native resolution and aspect ratio of my display, and it recommended turning off shadows completely. I accepted most of its recommendations and found them to be optimal, but changed the display resolution to match my AR, enabled shadows, and decreased the shader quality a notch (to compensate).
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
When discussing human factors and performance, researchers recognize stress as a factor, but overlook mood as contributing factor. To explore the relationship between mood, stress and cognitive performance, a field study was conducted involving fire fighters engaged in a fire response simulation. Firefighter participants completed a stress questionnaire, an emotional state questionnaire, and a cognitive task. Stress and cognitive task performance scores were examined before and after the firefighting simulation for individual cognitive performance depreciation caused by stress or mood. They study revealed that existing stress was a reliable predictor of the pre-simulation cognitive task score, that, as mood becomes …
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Ethan Wragge matched career highs with 22 points and six 3-pointers and No. 13 Creighton got off to a blistering start on its way to a 91-61 victory over Drake on Tuesday night.
Doug McDermott added 16 points, Jahenns Manigat had 13 and Grant Gibbs 10 for the Bluejays (15-1, 4-0 Missouri Valley Conference), who won their ninth straight game.
Creighton has won 71 straight against opponents .500 or worse, and it was apparent early that the streak was in no jeopardy. The Bluejays, who made a season-high 16 3-pointers, led by 30 points in the first half and by 35 late in the second.
Joey King scored 17 points and Jordan Clarke and Micah Mason had 11 apiece for Drake (6-9, 0-4).