Archive for January, 2008

21
Jan

Hawaii Facts and Trivia

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  1. The state of Hawaii consists of eight main islands: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and the Big Island of Hawaii.
  2. Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the face of the earth. Hawaii is 2,390 miles from California; 3,850 miles from Japan; 4,900 miles from China; and 5,280 miles from the Philippines.
  3. Hawaii is the only state that grows coffee.
  4. More than one-third of the world’s commercial supply of pineapples comes from Hawaii.
  5. There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
    • Vowels: A, E, I, O, U
    • Consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, W
  6. From east to west Hawaii is the widest state in the United States.
  7. The Hawaiian Islands are the projecting tops of the biggest mountain range in the world.
  8. Honolulu’s zenith star, (the star that rises directly above it) is Arcturus. The Hawaiians called it Hokule’a. (Hoe koo lay uh.)
  9. Under-sea volcanoes that erupted thousands of years ago formed the islands of Hawaii.
  10. The Hawaiian Archipelago consists of over 130 scattered points of land
    stretching some 1,600 miles in length from the Kure Atoll in the north to the Island of Hawaii in the south.
  11. The first Asian American in the United States Senate was Hawaii’s Hiram Fong. Descended from Chinese immigrants, Fong was elected to the Senate in 1959.
  12. Hawaii was the 50th state admitted to the union on August 20th, 1959.
  13. Island flowers and colors used to represent each island.
    • Niihau – Pupu Shell – White
    • Kauai – Mokihana (Green Berry) – Purple
    • Oahu – Ilima -Yellow
    • Maui – Lokelani (Pink Cottage Rose) – Pink
    • Molokai – White Kukui Blossom – Green
    • Lanai – Kaunaoa (Yellow and Orange Air Plant) – Orange
    • Kahoolawe – Hinahina (Beach Heliotrope) – Grey
    • Big Island of Hawaii – Lehua Ohia – Red
  14. Hawaii has its own time zone (Hawaiian Standard Time.) There is no
    daylight savings time.) The time runs two hours behind Pacific Standard
    Time and five hours behind Eastern Standard Time.
  15. There are four counties in Hawaii (Kauai; city and county of Honolulu;
    Maui; and Hawaii). Each city has a mayor and council in charge.
  16. All subterranean minerals belong to the state. Except for state owned
    water, some lava stone, and minor granites and semi-precious minerals, there
    are few underground minerals.
  17. The wind blows east to west in Hawaii. The highest recorded temperature
    is 96′ F (Honolulu Airport), but temperatures over 92′ F generally occur only
    once or twice a year. The lowest temperature (under 3000 feet altitude) is
    56′ F. Temperatures under 60′ F may occur but rarely more than once a year.
    Average daytime temp. (July) is 82′ F. Average daytime temperature in January
    is 72′ F.
  18. There are no racial or ethnic majorities in Hawaii. Everyone is a
    minority. Caucasians (Haoles) constitute about 34%; Japanese-American about
    32%; Filipino-American about 16% and Chinese-American about 5%. It is very
    difficult to determine racial identification as most of the population has
    some mixture of ethnicities.ISLAND OF NIIHAU
  19. A privately owned island, with livestock raising as its principal industry. There is highly limited access by general public through helicopter landings at uninhabited sites. Legend says Niihau was the original home of the goddess Pele. The island has a population of 230, and is 69 square miles.ISLAND OF KAUAI
  20. The fourth largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
  21. The Waialua River is one of five navigable river in Hawaii. It drains off
    Waialeale Mountain, which averages 488 inches of rain per year and is
    considered the wettest spot on earth.
  22. The Waimea, the Hanape’pe, the Lumahai and the Hanalei
    River are almost as big and quite navigable. The Hanalei River was
    dedicated a “national treasure” recently and is under government
    protection from use as a “place of business”.ISLAND OF OAHU
  23. Honolulu is the largest city in the world — at least it has the longest
    borders. According to the state constitution any island (or islet) not named
    as belonging to a county belongs to Honolulu. This makes all islands within
    the Hawaiian Archipelago, that stretch to Midway Island (1,500 miles northwest
    of Hawaii) part of Honolulu. Honolulu is about 1,500 miles long or more
    distance than halfway across the 48 contiguous states.
  24. Wai Golf Course is Hawaii’s first municipal course.
  25. Honolulu is the nation’s 11th largest metropolitan area.
  26. More than 100 world-renowned beaches ring Honolulu.
  27. Iolani Palace is the only royal palace in the United States.
  28. The world’s largest wind generator is on the island of Oahu. The
    windmill has two blades 400 feet long on the top of a tower twenty stories high.
  29. The island of Oahu draws more visitors than any other to Hawaii. One-third of
    the state’s best surfing beaches are on Oahu.ISLAND OF MAUI
  30. The island is home to many famous attractions including Haleakala Crater,
    the old whaling town of Lahaina, the road to Hana, and Kaanapali Beach.
  31. Haleakala Crater (Ha-lay-ah-ja-lah), is the world’s largest dormant volcano.ISLAND OF MOLOKAI
  32. Molokai is known as the most Hawaiian Isle.
  33. Molokai’s east end is a tropical rain forest and part of the island
    receives 240 inches of rainfall a year.
  34. Molokai Ranch Wildlife Park is home to rare African and Indian animals.
  35. Kalaaupapa was once a leper colony administered by Father Damien.
  36. The island contains the world’s highest sea cliffs, Hawaii’s longest
    waterfall, and the largest white sand beach in the state.ISLAND OF LANAI
  37. The island of Lanai is considered Hawaii’s most secluded.
  38. The island was once the home of the world’s largest pineapple plantations.
  39. Hulope Bay is a marine preserve and considered one of the best diving
    spots in the world.ISLAND OF KAHOOLAWE
  40. Once used as a target by the U.S. Navy and Air Force the services are cleaning up unexploded shells. No one is allowed to go ashore without permission. The island consists of an uninhabited area of 45 square miles.THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII
  41. The Big Island is Hawaii’s largest at 4,038 square miles. It is twice the size of all other Hawaiian Islands combined.
  42. The largest contiguous ranch, in the United States, is in Hawaii. The Parker Ranch near Kamuela has about 480,000 acres of land.
  43. At 800,000 years the Big Island is the youngest of the island chain. However, it was the first island discovered by voyaging Polynesians.
  44. Kilauea volcano is the world’s most active.
  45. Ka Lae is the southernmost point in the United States. It is located at 18:54:49 N 155:41:00 W. There is a constant 27 knots per hour wind blowing east to west, 24 hours per day and 365 days per year.
  46. Two of the tallest mountains in the Pacific – Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa – dominate the center of the island. Most of the world’s macadamia nuts are grown on the island.
  47. Kilauea Iki is the world’s most active and largest volcano.
  48. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world (measured from its base at the ocean floor).
  49. The island houses the world’s biggest telescope and more scientific observatories in one place than anywhere else in the world.
  50. The island is the worldwide leader in harvesting macadamia nuts and orchids.

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20
Jan

How to Rank High on Google

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To rank high on Google, your website has to be measured by “500 million variables and 2 billion terms” of Google’s equation, as stated on Google’s Corporate Information Technology Overview page. Google’s ranking system is based on a democracy, and the citizens are the links on the worldwide web that vote for each other. Not unlike our government today, many of these “links” are paid for, and some are of greater value. Ranking high on Google is playing politics. Links and Keywords are the key players in the ranking game. Google also takes into consideration the full content of the page including HTML codes, fonts, subdivisions and the “precise location of each word.”

Links are votes. You must develop a link strategy. Google likes linking things together. Create a rich network of links with distinct quality content. Your website must have quality links going out and coming in. Quality is the key word. Links from reputable pages (which ironically includes .gov pages) are given more weight than links on “link farm” pages. Linking to a “link farm” is one of the worst things you can do and can potentially get your deported off the web. The better the links, the better your ranking. Google will factor in your page content and the content of the pages you link to. Do your research. Google has a free page rank tool on their toolbar. Use it to find out the page ranking and visit the site.

Google also gives more weight to one-way links that lead to your site, and less weight to reciprocal links. How do you get these? Buy them. List yourself in a reputable directory listing. Make sure you are listed in the Open Directory Project (DMOZ.org). If you can’t buy links, write good content. Give someone a reason to link to your site. Again, the keyword is Quality. Submitting articles and press releases are also strategies in the linking game.

Keywords are your platform. They are what you stand for. Words count. Graphics don’t. Make sure your words are not in graphic form and make sure you have relevant titles under your graphics. Start with your title tag. Put everything you stand for in ten words or less. Make your URLs short and keyword specific. Brand yourself. If you type in soda, Mountain Dew will not show up on the first page. If you type in Mountain Dew, it will be on the first page. Brand yourself so users know what they are searching for. Do not put the same words in every heading and every tag. Be descriptive. Sell yourself. There are multitudes of free keyword rank and suggestion tools. Use them as a supplement to your knowledge of your company.

Think of every element in your website as words and pages in a presentation that is going to be up for a vote. Does everything fit? Is it all related? Are you a reputable company with a quality product? Does it sell? Now sell it. Google is waiting for you.

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12
Jan

Long List of Hollywood Actors

   Posted by: admin   in Thespians

Please click here to view clips of the actors who have their names on the Hollywood walk of fame.

Celebs who will be getting new stars in 2008 include: for movies: Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Tim Robbins, Stan Lee (Marvel Comics creator), The Westmores of Hollywood (makeup legends), and The Munchkins (from “The Wizard of Oz”); for TV: Brian Keith (”Family Affair”), Susan St. James (”McMillan & Wife”), Howie Mandel (”Deal or No Deal”), soap star Kate Linder (”The Young and the Restless”), Sherwood Schwartz (creator of “Gillian’s Island” & “The Brady Bunch”), Vince McMahon (WWE wrestling promoter) and newsman Bill Geist; for music: George Harrison (The Beatles), the Christina Aguilera, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Brooks & Dunn, and Ricky Martin, and for live theatre: Stephen Schwartz (”Wicked”, “Godspell”).

The list of celebs who received stars in 2007 include: for movies: Matt Damon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Caine, Jamie Foxx, John Goodman, director Robert Altman and producer Lauren Shuler Donner; for TV: Kiefer Sutherland, Barbara Walters, Erik Estrada, Jerry Stiller, and “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf; for musical recording: Mariah Carey, Sean “Diddy” Combs, The Doors, Crystal Gayle, Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, and Shania Twain; for radio: sportscaster Stu Nahan and rock disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer; for live theatre/performance: Lily Tomlin and composer Tim Rice.

The list of celebs who received stars in 2006 include: for movies: Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick, Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Nathan Lane, and Steve Martin. For TV: Ray Romano, Vanna White, Judge Judy, sportscaster Jim Hill, producer/writer David Milch and journalist/host Robert Osborne. For musical recording: Motley Crue, Isaac Hayes, Alejandro Fernandez and record producer Lou Adler. Shecky Greene and Magic Castle founders Milt & Bill Larsen. For radio: DJ Wink Martindale, talk show host Dan Avey, and DJ’s Mark & Kim. And posthumous stars will be awarded to: actor Jack Cassidy and ABC founder Leonard Goldenson.

The list of celebs who received new stars in 2005 included, for movies: Tim Allen, Charlize Theron, Antonio Banderas, Donald Duck, Kevin Kline, Julianne Moore, Patricia Neal, Dennis Quaid and Ben Stiller. For TV: Tom Brokaw, Wayne Rogers, David Hyde Pierce, James Doohan, Susan Lucci, Roger Ebert, Al Michaels and Soupy Sales. For musical recording: Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, The Righteous Brothers, Emilio Estefan, Al Green and Herb Jeffries. For live theatre/performance: Theodore Bikel, Linda Hopkins and Fred Travalena. For radio: Jim Ladd and Bob Miller. And posthumous stars will be awarded to: Redd Foxx, Freddie Prinze, Stella Adler and David O. Selznik.

3
Jan

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2
Jan

Something I would like to share……

   Posted by: admin   in Words from Juan

Just thought I would share a little something with you.

Here are some words I believe to be mine. ( Please let me know if you think they belong to someone else. )

” Believe in what you know.

Understand what you believe.

Then Love those who believe in you.”

The words above simply encapsulate the way I navigate through life :)

Feel free to quote me anytime, anywhere. Please drop me a message if my words have helped you in any way :)

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