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Internet Security & Behavioural Dysfunction, October 27, 2016When I do have internet outages, I will tell you, it makes me feel like a comedy character in a dystopian sci-fi show. Which is to say, I'm there just like, "Start working, start working, start working." It's not like, you know I go home, "Okay, let me go and read some poetry now," right? I don't have this normal flexible response. I'm just like this automaton like, "I need you to start working again. I need you to start working again. I need you to start working again." Which always makes me feel a little bit self aware, but it doesn't change my behavior. This may be apropos of nothing, but I think the loss of the internet, I'll just speak for myself personally, is pretty crucial at this point.
It's always-on, and it's immediate. Which is to say more than just being on. Whenever we want something it just immediately appears. It's not like we make a request, the request goes away for a while, and then something comes back to us when it's ready, right? It's just always ready.
If you think about in the physical world, how do you protect against viruses? How do you protect against diseases? You need a safe room. You need to go in a place that's totally cut off from the bad environment and the good environment, and you need to detox. Then you need to take that detox into the good environment, right? Internet is always on. It's always in and out, and in and out, and in and out. There isn't that notion, really, of the safe room. The safe room is required, I believe, to make things truly safe. To make things really … To have a chance even to make things bulletproof from hackers. That would by definition require not immediacy in response. It would require things being held up. Being taken into an environment where they could be scrubbed and cleaned and washed. In a world of AI, that starts to become more possible from a speed perspective. Maybe to solve it, there's a lag in our relationship between sending requests out and getting the information. Getting the transaction back. That would be weird to deal with, right?
My perception is that a service like Netflix could be relatively immune from that. The virtue of that is it is streaming a chunk of information at you, right? If you assume that all Netflix engineers are not corrupt. If you assume there isn't hacking going on inside the Netflix organization, they should be able to create a climate that is protected, basically. To take simple data requests from us that aren't more sophisticated packets, then stream back this giant pipe of, "Here's The Hunt for Red October."
Driverless Cars, Ethics & The Flawed Human Animal, September 30, 2016Tesla with their autopilot feature, they're explicit to drivers, "Keep your hands on the wheel, keep your foot on the brakes and stay alert the whole time," right? That's one of the reasons why when we talked about the technology before I was very critical of it. I was like, "Why bother? Just drive your fricking car," at that point. This individual was given those warnings, and despite those warnings, presumably through inattention or not having the foot or not having the hands, something didn't override and keep himself safe, keep himself alive. It's sort of an over-trust in the technology, like, "Oh, yeah, yeah, those warnings, those are just … They're being overly careful." It's like 10 and 2, we don't really do 10 and 2, that's overly careful. The guy's dead because of it, and that's really unfortunate.
I'd be interested to know what's happening on the litigation side. If the traffic light malfunctions and someone dies in a car crash due to the malfunction, can you sue the … I don't know how all that is set up, but can you sue the city, or can you sue the engineer, or can you sue the manufacturer? I ask those questions because I think the highways are a great place to talk about all this stuff, because we have this illusion of control. Right now we're driving our car, we crash, it's someone else's fault or it's our fault. However that's figured out, humans are blamed. We're heading towards a future of driverless cars. In that scenario, it's very likely that cars will be far more safe and less people will die on the highways. A lot of people die on highways, I don't know what the number is. It's certainly tens of thousands a year in the United States, maybe in the hundreds.
I don't know scale, but it's a lot of people die on the highways right now. If those technologies cut that number in half, objectively safer, objectively better. The people who die in those accidents, now they're dying because something went wrong with somebody's technology, it was my car's software, or your car's software, or something else other than my agency of me as a driver, you as a driver, and we're taking responsibility for what's going on. Now it's something totally different. I'm really curious on the litigation side how that's going to pan out. I think there's going to be a lot of people that hate the technology because they were the unlucky lottery winners of their loved ones being killed. Less people die overall, but my person's dead. If they were allowed to hold their steering wheel, they wouldn't be dead.
I think those are knotty legal and ethical things that are going to be great strawmen, great first to the fight in how we're thinking about all the implications of turning various parts of the world over to artificial intelligence.
We're going to be in danger, because humans are careless, we are. There was one time, I don't know, it's probably been a year or 2 even, so I think it's worse now most likely. I drove down the road and just said, "How many people are texting or on their device?" I passed 12 people, every 12 of them, every one, 12 out of 12, were on this device. It's certainly under 100%, but that sample size is a perfect example of it. I say we are careless, because look, I'm on my device sometimes too, unfortunately, on the road. It's been communicated to us, we know, "Hey dumb dumb, you are much more likely to die whizzing at a high rate of speed in this big, heavy metal thing if you're doing that," but we still do it. We make this little calculation based on incomplete understanding, incomplete … really grocking what the danger is. We thrust ourselves into further danger, for what?
For nothing, for the difficulty of being bored, for the draw of the little serotonin rush, of the little thing. That way of behaving is going to continue to haunt us moving forward. It's why we use easy passwords, it's why we're not secure with our online information, while many of us probably, unbeknownst to us, all of our goodies are out there already and people could be using those against us, and leveraging even today if they really wanted to. We're careless. That carelessness is going to add risk to the future of AI.
Humanity as User Interface, May 12, 2016The whole wearables thing is just a transitional phase. Embeddables are going to be where it's at. Wearables are going to be clumsy clunky junk.
When you let your mind sort of go crazy and explore, it seems like dystopia all over the place, but, I don't think the technologies will manifest that way. The technologies can't manifest that way, and here's why. To take your example of employers, employers being up in your shit, every damn thing you do at work, it's not feasible, and the reason it's not feasible is we as humans are not robots. We are going to rest, we are going to take moments where we are not linearly kerchunking away like John Henry on the railroad on the exact thing the employer wants us to do right in front of ourselves. If that level of monitoring existed, it would spoil the relationship between virtually every employee and every employer everywhere in the world, and that's not going to happen, so, yes, there are a lot of interesting questions about where this could go, what could happen, how it impacts us, but a lot of them wouldn't even be manifest because they would undermine the very fabric of reality.
We're a long way away … I shouldn't say that because neuroscience is moving very quickly, but we certainly don't have a coherent sense yet of, and of course, it would have to be different for each person because we're all wired so differently, but, we don't yet have a coherent sense of the optimal way to work is in four hour shifts with two and a half hours being kerchunking, and a half an hour being daydreaming, and fifteen minutes being a power nap. At some point, that kind of stuff will be figured out, but I think we're a long way away from that and it would only be in the context of that deeper understanding of how the human animal optimally functions that that sort of analysis of how people are spending their time at work, what they're doing really has any value. Until that, it's just voodoo.
I'm picking on that one example to sort of push back against the whole waterfall of interesting thought examples you had of these crazy ways it could go. A lot of them aren't going to go that way because it would be completely undermining to the basic systems and functions we have in place. The ones that we should probably be more concerned about are the ones that would be more at the level of the government, Big Brother, tracking. Right now with our cell phones, we can be tracked in pretty granular ways, probably more so than we realize, and maybe it's even happening in ways beyond what my naïve little brain would allow for.
I don't know that embeddables change the game that much. I think where I'm interested with embeddables, at the end of the day, our eyes, our hands, our mouth, and other parts of our body are part of a UI. They're part of a user interface between ourselves and the outside world and we're going to get to a point where those user interfaces are less important, possibly to the point of obsolescence because everything can be straight into our brain, into our central nervous system, into the neurological and endocrinological and psychological aspects of who and what we are, so, we'll have direct mind-to-mind communication, be able to picture each other in fulsome ways from across the country or from across the world, to download not even the literal sense of how we think of download per se, but to download huge chunks of data and thought.
That's coming, it's not super close, but we're on that path. That opens up a lot of real interesting questions because then the frontier becomes the brain, the frontier becomes the self. Right now, cyber terrorists or hackers are trying to crack our thumbprint. Right now, our thumbprint gets us into our phone. We're also moving towards ocular technology, right. The technologies of high resolution, which you talked about before will make it trivial for someone to copy my eye-print. Somebody who is just way off, that I don't even realize is there is getting a picture of my eye in a way that it could in a high resolution way reproduce it, and make sort of ocular authentication completely irrelevant. That's all trivial and that's all greatly coming pretty much as fast as ocular recognition technology itself comes.
To me, where it gets more freaky and more interesting is when the brain becomes the final battlefield, is when we move beyond the eye, the thumb, the lettered passwords to where it's the brain is the true essential self that is somehow unlocking systems communicating externally. Our self representation in the world is largely from our mind and spirit, whatever that is or isn't, and that is going to be the frontier of hacking and that is going to be the frontier of terrorism. I think that's where really interesting stuff starts to come, and now I'm going pretty far down the road.
There is a lot of learning to do, and we mysticize and privilege humanity, but we really need to step back and deconstruct it and think that we are just an IO device. Our bodies are our user interfaces, and the fact of when the wind blows, it blows my skin which makes me feel something, which makes things happen in my brain, those are all things that science can get to the point of first understanding directly from wind hitting all the way through the totality of things that you think can feel in a certain way, but the next step is to replicate those things, and whether it be wind on the skin, or the things you're hearing in your ears or seeing with your eyes.
At the end of the day, that can be chunked down into IO stuff, into data in and data interpreted, and data making systems fire within our system, and science is well down the path of figuring those things out, and, once it's done, the sky is the limit. Science, technology, it's been the applied technology that has really driven the digital revolution. The next revolution to come is one that is going to be driven by the science.
Hacking Synthetic Biology, April 7, 2016If you think about, in the physical world, the notion of a virus, we're exposed to real viruses, and they materially change our bodies sometimes in rapid and horrific ways. Once we created the internet and once we created the virtual world, so to speak, now humans create viruses that attack that, similar to the Ukraine power issue that you mentioned earlier and destroy those things. This is sort of like the third level. We're changing the world in a way that code can change our bodies, that code could, in theory, operate as a virus within us. The technology's not there yet, yadda, yadda, yadda. It's coming.
What does that look like, and how can it be controlled? We sure as hell don't control viruses on the internet. We certainly don't control viruses in the hardware and software that we have today. That's relatively easy to fix. You wipe your computer. It's a day or two of hassle, and then you're back and ready to go. If people can start rewriting the code inside of us in malicious ways, that's nasty. This is science fiction at this point, of course, but because I'm not very well educated on these areas of science and engineering, that's certainly where I go, not from the standpoint of like, "Oh my God. I'm so scared about this. We can't let it continue." I kind of take for granted that it's coming inevitably. Of all the things we talk about, this is probably the one that I think is, for me at least, most alarming in terms of the potential consequences.
Hacked to Death, January 21, 2016There will be nasty [hacking] events. The question is, will there be a few nasty events because things have been locked down properly in advance, or will there be many nasty events because we're going to learn more from the school of hard knocks than we might like. The part of it that I'm most concerned about has to do with implantables.
The smart city stuff, there's not a lot there that can kill people. That can have that type of an impact, but I'm concerned about the things that could take life by virtue of a virtual hack. We're going to have to be very diligent in protecting against those because it's going to be evermore seductive to implant things in or on our body for people with maybe diabetes to regulate our endocrinology, regulate endocrinology even for other not just diseases, but just conditions and states of being, or more advanced tools for regulating the heart. All these things that a hack could directly end up taking a life. We're heading towards that.
I think there will be moments where hacks do take people's lives. That's where it gets really hairy.
Pre-Crime & Social Engineering, August 13, 2015This is a great example of where big data is so powerful. If you have science, if you have an infrastructure that you can pour a lot of data into, that it has some validity to it, suddenly you can determine some really interesting and powerful things. One of those, potentially, is the likelihood of people to commit crimes again.
If you know that I have an 82% chance of committing another violent crime, for me, as a citizen, and considering human rights, and the rights of the citizens, I want me as the 82% future violator to be controlled. I don't want the 82% future violator to be given that 82% chance to harm and destroy other people. That doesn't seem equitable to me. My saying that, probably to a number of people listening to this show, is very controversial, which gets to the complexity of the issue.
I think it's really interesting stuff, and we're heading toward a whole new moral battleground that we haven't had to deal with in our culture in the past. It's coming fast, and it has the potential of doing much more good for the society, and for our citizens. Probably if we go down that path at the expense of individual rights, in ways we become accustomed to taking for granted. I'm fascinated to see how this all plays out.
Hackers Hurting Our Physical Selves, July 30, 2015It's a great foreshadowing of how we're moving into a period where our connected computing devices are integrated into our lives in a way where they can be used to hurt us physically. They can used to hurt us for real, so hacking, until now, the limits of it were basically identity theft, which is not great. If you really had your identity stolen, there could be some big inconveniences and, depending on how you react to it, potentially big problems, but there's nothing that can physically harm you directly, as if a weapon is hitting you.
Here, we have this exploit where somebody could take your car and, with the little picture they showed with the article, drive it right into a ditch. You could be killed by a hacker who gets into your device and gives it instructions to take you off path and put you in the way of physical harm.
This is just the beginning. This is going to be a lot more in the future, not less, as the devices are either integrated into us physically. By into us, I'm not talking necessarily about from a cyborg prospective, but just from touching our bodies, or from controlling things in and around our bodies that, if taken in a certain direction, could cause us harm. To me, it's just sort of a warning sign for something that those of us on the inside have known is coming. This, now, is really showing it to the mainstream and saying, "Look at the potential of what can happen," and again, it's just the beginning.
Expansion of Individual Power to Harm, June 25, 2015There's a lot of power that each of us have as individuals. To hurt people or organizations would have very little to do with us. I mean let's go back N thousand years, there was a time where the only way to hurt a person or an object in the environment was to be standing within arm's reach of that thing and pummeling it in a personal way, either with your fists or with some kind of handheld object. Then through technology we have things like the bow and arrow, and on and on and on. And now we've created this virtual space which totally changes the rules, but we also have technology within it that can be mastered and learned by an individual but then to harm a scale like a country or the whole of the internet to a certain degree from a service disruption standpoint more so than a data breach standpoint.
But it's a problem that's not going to go away, the nature of computer science, the nature of computer security is such that an individual or particularly a group of individuals that are banded together officially or unofficially by a federal government or a federal group have the power to get into anything they want given enough time. And that's the price that we pay, whether it be the U.S. government or individuals, for having our information on the internet. For engaging with this thing that is, by its very nature, global, virtual, and really hard to protect. It's tough.


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By Bruce WayneThis bedroom is quite simple because there is a limited placement of furniture. I think the interior designer loves to combine two contrast tones to create beautiful image. I love the blue velvet wingback headboard that gives comfortable wonderful effect to the white plain wall behind it. I also love the simple and elegant white bed that doesn't need much detail on it. There is a wooden small cabinet that is used to store favorite books. I love the table lamp that is small but useful. But I think the wall needs some decorative item so that placing a nice photo frame would be great.


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Shooting a Bow: 7 Tips For Better Long-Range Accuracy
by Jace Bauserman
Shooting a compound bow past 40 yards was once frowned upon. How times have changed. Advancements in bow performance and technology have shooters around the globe extending their shooting range.
Archery Form – Stance, Grip, Shot Execution
by Jace Bauserman
Developing proper archery form is as critical as having a well tuned bow. Without proper form, even the most well tuned bows will not perform with great accuracy.
Do You Have What it Takes?
by Godfrey Akaka Jr.
Archery is fun for the whole family. But bow hunting is not for the faint hearted. It takes physical endurance, patience, perseverance, and mental discipline. There is a high percentage of individuals who quit after experiencing many unsuccessful hunts and gear malfunctions. The difficult experiences and challenges is what bow hunting is all about. These experiences are part of the journey that true bow hunters learn to enjoy, then begin to master.
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― Ludwig van Beethoven.
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A business card site is a very informative site, albeit small in scope. Usually it only contains the most necessary information about a company or an individual (if you want to create a personal website). For acquaintance of clients with your firm it is quite enough 5-6 pages, telling about your goods or services. A business card site is your Internet office, which allows you to expand the audience of your customers and many times improve the efficiency of your business. This small Internet resource is able to allocate you among competitors, give a chance to break out ahead or strengthen your position. The question of creating such a site arises before any modern leader who understands the possibilities of expanding business through the worldwide network. Creation of a business card website is the first steps of your company on the way to success. The combination of minimal financial costs with high efficiency results in the shortest possible time. Right now you can easily order a business card site by clicking on the "Order" button on top and describe how you imagine the site to want to see what sections on the site are needed and other wishes.
Online Business Card development is needed if you are the owner of a small or medium-sized, constantly growing business. First of all, the business card site should serve as an advertisement for the company or individual person to whom this site belongs. This site with a very small number of pages, where you can find the necessary information about the services and products offered, their merits, as well as contact information of the one who offers them. Since such a site advertises a particular product, only target visitors will come to it through the search engines. So who needs a similar project? Of course, first of all, these are new, newly created companies, they do not yet have the means to create a full-scale Internet representation, and making a business card site is inexpensive and allows you to quickly enter the market via the Internet, because it takes very little time to develop it. In addition, this kind of site contains only the necessary advertising information, and only the target audience passes to it. In addition to new organizations, the business card site is useful for individual entrepreneurs. They do not need a large website-portal to describe their services, but quite a few pages to describe their activities and invite visitors to use their services.
Do not avoid the opportunity to make for themselves such a site and large companies, only for them, a online business card is not an independent website. For them, such a site is a separate advertisement of each product or service. They make a network of small sites - for each offered product their own. This is a very convenient option for large companies, since there are always a lot of different information on a site with a large number of pages, and a visitor may accidentally miss what he needs. And, if the resource is with one particular product, then this will not happen, and the user will not leave the site, only because he did not find the required information. Thus, the business card site is useful to everyone - from beginning businessmen to large companies. It can be said that it replaces an ordinary business card printed on paper or cardboard, only allows more extensive information about what a company or an entrepreneur wants to convey to a potential customer. But, nevertheless, the business card, despite its rather modest size, is a real site that brings its owners a very tangible profit, allows them to take a worthy place in the market and get an advantage over competitors. An alternative to such sites today are landing pages.
I have been engaged in web design and development for many years, including Online Business Card development in United Kingdom.


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Lauder, R M and Huckerby, T N and Nieduszynski, I A (1997) The structure of the keratan sulphate chains attached to fibromodulin from human articular cartilage. Glycoconjugate Journal, 14 (5). pp. 651-660. ISSN 0282-0080Full text not available from this repository.
The small keratan sulphate proteoglycan, fibromodulin, has been isolated from pooled human articular cartilage. The main chain repeat region and the chain caps from the attached N-linked keratan sulphate chains have been fragmented by keratanase II digestion, and the oligosaccharides generated have been reduced and isolated. Their structures and abundance have been determined by high pH anion-exchange chromatography. These regions of the keratan sulphate from human articular cartilage fibromodulin have been found to have the following general structure: [GRAPHICS] Significantly, both alpha(2-6)- and alpha(2-3)-linked N-acetyl-neuraminic acid have been found in the capping oligosaccharides. Fucose, which is alpha(1-3)-linked as a branch to N-acetylglucosamine, has also been found along the length of the repeat region and in the capping region. The chains, which have been found to be very highly sulphated, are short; the length of the repeat region and chain caps is ca. nine disaccharides. These data demonstrate that the structure of the N-linked keratan sulphate chains of human articular cartilage fibromodulin is similar, in general, to articular cartilage derived O-linked keratan sulphate chains. Further, the general structure of the keratan sulphate chains attached to human articular cartilage fibromodulin has been found to be generally similar to that of both bovine and equine articular cartilage fibromodulin.
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Five Closeup Forever Summer concertgoers passed away over the weekend after they were rushed to the hospital, prompting authorities to closely investigate the incident.
The National Bureau of Investigation's medico legal officer said that whatever caused the heart failure of two of the victims, Lance Garcia and Bianca Fontejon, also affected almost all of their internal organs.
Dr. Wilfredo Tierra said he found it strange that the victims' organs seemingly appeared to have been grilled by a still-unknown cause, The Inquirer reported.
"There was bleeding in the internal organs which is highly unusual in cases like these. Almost all internal organs were involved—the brain, the lungs, the liver, the intestines, the spleen, and the kidneys," he said.
Tierra also said they had to investigate further, since a heart attack does not explain how other organs of the victims got severely damaged.
"We will take this as a whole. Heart attack was not the only cause of death. If what was taken was ingested, the whole body system was affected," he said, adding that it was the first time he handled a case like this in his 20 years of doing autopsies.
Tierra was the doctor assigned to conduct an autopsy on the remains of two of the five victims following the tragic incident.
He noted that the victims' organs including the brain, lungs, and intestines were either swelling or ruptured.


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Hornstars are the fully-auditioned big band of the University of Bristol and have been entertaining crowds of students and locals alike since 2007. A regular billing at weddings, balls, parties and student events, the band never fail to get audiences up and dancing with their energetic and varied performances. Around Bristol, the Hornstars have played at Motion, the O2 Academy, Ashton Court, SWX, The Bristol Marriott Royal, The Mud Dock and many more. The band are also regulars for the likes of Itchy Feet, playing in Exeter, Bath, Bristol and Birmingham. As well as performing throughout Bristol and the South West, the band has in recent years toured with BUJO to Croatia, Barcelona, Geneva, Venice and Amsterdam.
The band consists of two vocalists, a five-strong rhythm section, four trumpets, four trombones and five saxes – a formidable lineup producing a professional sound. Set lists are tailored to each gig, with the band playing classics from the likes of Gordon Goodwin, Neal Hefti and Charles Mingus. Our incredible vocalists always go down a storm with songs from Frank Sinatra, Cole Porter and Stevie Wonder to name but a few. The depth of talent in writing arrangements in the band means that new tunes are often brought in, keeping the set fresh and exciting.


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It is that time of year when we look back at events over the past year with a personal and wider view, to judge whether it has been kind to us or in some cases if it has been disappointing.
Locally in Girvan and South Carrick there have been many successful Community events , the most recent being the Girvan Christmas street party.
Also, over the year there have many local galas and events such as the Lowland Gathering, the Ballantrae Food Festival and the Smugglers week of activities.
As many will be aware, the quality of life in rural areas is important, but fragile, due to rural transport, poor broadband coverage and the proposed utility charges for village halls and gala stall hires made as efficiency savings by the council.
However, I was encouraged by the community fightback on these charges in taking forward petitions to the council's Public Processes Panel, which has now instructed council officers to look again at these proposed savings and work with local communities to address this issue.
As ever, I would like to pay tribute and give thanks to the many local people who serve on community councils and the dozens of other voluntary groups in the area, it is always easy to sit back and make critical comments, but we would all be much poorer if it were not for these community volunteers who give of their time and talents and who contribute so much to local life.
Looking forward, the good news locally is that the Quay Zone, the new leisure facility at Girvan Harbour should be open in time for the Easter weekend.
It has been a long process, but sincere thanks must go to all board members of South Carrick Community Leisure, past and present, who have helped to take this much-needed facility forward.
I am hopeful this will be a shot in the arm for Girvan and South Carrick, with regard to economic development and tourism, which may help to alleviate other public service cutbacks in this current age of austerity.
In closing, I would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year in 2017.
At the end of the day, we must all go forward with faith, commitment and optimism for the future.


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Maltese Weather in September What can you expect?
What can you expect?
Maltese weather in September is still generally hot, perhaps a bit less than in July and August but not by much.
In fact, it's usually more humid in September and so it can feel much hotter than it actually is. If you're visiting Malta in September you may experience the first rain of the season.
This usually happens towards the end of September. Most of the rain on the Maltese islands falls during autumn and winter.
Malta climate in September is still warm, hot even most of the time so if you're traveling to Malta at this time of year, do not pack any winter clothes. It's definitely not required.
On most days it's still perfect weather for the beach. The most popular family beaches, especially during the week, will start becoming less crowded since towards the end of September the kids start going to school again.
The Maltese Islands usually experience the first rain of the season during the month of September
The Maltese Islands usually experience the first rain of the season during the month of September
Usually in the last week of September, temperature starts dropping slightly and this type of weather can be perfect for sightseeing.
On the whole September is quite a pleasant month to visit Malta. You won't experience any biting winds or snow, and when it rains, it's usually for very short periods.
Hours of bright sunshine: 9
Rainfall in mm: 40.4
Daytime Temperature in Degrees Celsius: 29 (or 84.2 °F)
Sea Temperature in Degrees Celsius: 25 (or 77.00 °F)
If you're thinking of coming over to Malta in September, also check out our Whats On in Malta in September page for ideas and tips on things to do in Malta in September.
Return from Maltese Weather September to Malta Weather main page
Return from Maltese Weather September to MaltaBulb: Your Malta Holidays Travel Guide home page


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Staff profile: Eric Bertrand
When Eric Michael Bertrand left home for a college 1,500 miles away in August 2012, he thought he'd return a sports journalist. Two and a half years later, Bertrand will come back with a journalism degree, but with aspirations of becoming a firefighter.
Bertrand, an Escondido, California, native, chose to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because of his interest in its journalism program. That interest, however, faded over the summer.
Game after game. Interview after interview. Story after story. Covering sports for the Daily Nebraskan became too repetitive.
"I got bored of sports journalism," he said. But quitting wouldn't look good, Bertrand conceded, so the 21-year-old will finish his degree in December.
That way he can show his two ideal potential employers — the Los Angeles Fire Department or the Escondido Fire Department — that he can finish schooling. A possible 4 percent bonus with the Escondido department for the degree doesn't hurt either.
His goal is to follow in the footsteps of his dad, Escondido Battalion Chief Michael Eric Bertrand, although he prefers Los Angeles' crew to Escondido's. The entry requirements in Los Angeles consist of passing a test and random selection.
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It wasn't my first outing at this distance but this time the cut-off time for finishing was a strict 12 hours rather than the previous one which was 15 hours and I had been worrying about that for months. I found the cut-off time more scary than the distance and so had been pushing the pace in several of my marathons beforehand to get myself into the right frame of mind. I was physically and mentally prepared for this event so whatever happened I knew I'd done everything I could for it to be successful.
There were 2 events running simultaneously - the 50 miles challenge and the Fowlmead challenge, both with a 12 hour cut-off. This meant if you were struggling with the 50 miler you could drop down to the 12 hour event and still get a medal, although not as magnificent as the 50 mile medal. Plus, some people would be experimenting with increasing the distance they ran either as a build-up to marathon distance or perhaps going that little bit further into ultra territory.
There was to be a special celebration too - lovely Lisa was celebrating her 100th marathon. Now I've seen Lisa at lots of events and each time she has been wearing a flamingo hat. (you'll see it later!). She had asked that people wear pink, black or white for her theme and so a new hat was required!
But it looked far too boring for my liking and so the day before I got out my crochet hook to embellish it.
|I started with a central motif and then added squares either side
|Mike suggested I should finish it with a couple of triangles at each end which really finished it off nicely
|A feather boa completed my look along with black long-sleeved top, Quest for the vest tee shirt and black leggings. I also added a couple of black beads to 2 of the squares to look like Flamingo eyes.
The weather forecast looked quite promising and I was relieved that the rain, which had been torrential for a few days beforehand, had abated when I left home at silly o'clock to drive the 1.5 hours to Betteshanger Country Park where the event was being held. Several of Traviss and Rachel's events are held there so I know the route quite well now which takes the stress out of searching for the venue. I arrived safely and pulled into the car park behind Kat and Jools and we trotted off to collect our numbers together.
They've got a new barrier-less parking system in place called Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology so there's no barrier to go through and you don't get a ticket. You can pay at the beginning of your visit, if you know how long you're going to be there, and so we did just that as I was worried that I'd forget to pay on the way out or the next day! All you had to do was enter your vehicle registration number, then select the length of your visit and then pay the fee. I wondered how this system would be administered if someone didn't pay? Do they have some sort of arrangement with the DVLA whereby they can obtain the details of the registered owner of a vehicle in order to contact them for payment?
I was a bit nervous and so went into hyper-active mode snapping photos of people at the start to distract myself.
|Liz and Somei in the pink
|Maryanne and Scotty. Although this was Maryanne's first time at the distance but she had only recently completed 7 marathons in 7 days so I knew she'd be fine (but in the end she was much better than "fine"!)
|Lisa battling the breeze to set-up her gazebo
|Becky (James's mum) and helpers getting the aid station ready
|Kat's outfits are always this jolly and colourful
We were running on the cycle track, going round and round in circles of 2 miles so that meant 25 laps for the 50 miles. When Traviss did the briefing beforehand he told us to follow the line to get the correct distance but of course that wasn't always possible and me being me (and a bit of a Nature Nerd) I deviating a bit to look at pretty flowers and fauna. More details later.
These 2 photos pretty much sum up the track. Not glamorous, so you needed to adopt the right mindset, buckle down and just grind out the miles making sure you just keep moving forwards.
Here's Lisa in all her sparkly flamingo-pinkness! She had to run slightly more than marathon distance to claim her 100th marathon and then there was a presentation and celebration after the event. She had lots of friends and supporters to share the day with her and they seemed to have a fun time.
|Before the run.......
|.......and after (I love her flamingo hat!)
Lisa is an author and has just published her latest book entitled Your pace or mine and she'd generously brought some copies with her for us to buy at a reduced rate. She also signed everyone's copy with a personal message; here's mine:
|The chocolate smear, from Lisa's fair hand, is proof that there was cake to celebrate even though it had all gone by the time I'd finished.
We all had a card with 24 numbers on and each time we did a lap it was punched through to show that we'd completed that lap. It looked quite daunting at the start but became easier when you'd got a few holes punched.
It was rather cool when we set off and I had my feather boa wrapped around my neck to keep me warm. However, I seemed to be losing quite a few feathers leaving a trail behind me and I kept seeing fluorescent pink feathers blowing away! There were several people wearing them and so more and more feathers escaped into the wild so after 5 laps I took it off and stuffed it into my bag. I tried to pick up as many as I could on my last lap but I'm sure some must have escaped into the wild.
There was plenty of banter en-route but people were mostly in their own personal zone as you really needed to focus on getting the job done without too many distractions. Mike phoned me after 4.5 hours to see how I was getting on and he was amazed and delighted that I was feeling strong and approaching the halfway point. I reached halfway in 4:45 and marathon distance in just over 5 hours. My Garmin at this point was showing and extra mile and Traviss told me off for deviating from the line. In my defence I had spotted a grass snake taking advantage of a bit of sunshine and there had been a couple of interesting flowers to investigate and I was powerless to resist.
James was on a roll and was knocking out the laps at an amazing rate. His target was to finish in 7.5 hours and he was so far ahead of schedule, and well in the lead, that he jogged alongside me and we chatted for a while. As we we were heading up the slope at the end of his last lap there was a shout from behind and the runner in second place was catching us up so James put on a sprint finish and beat him by 8 seconds. Phew. His time was a stonking 7:20:39. That boy's on fire at the moment! He's such a lovely person and has some fantastic personal challenges going on this year and I feel privileged to share some miles with him.
Mike phoned me again mid-afternoon and was very pleased at my progress. We didn't chat for long as I didn't want to lose momentum but it was lovely to hear his voice and it gave me a nice boost.
The weather was mostly kind to us, overcast with bursts of sunshine but with a slight breeze. In the later stages the wind got a bit stronger and on one section, before the end of each lap, we were running into it. I noticed that my breathing was getting a bit laboured and I developed that stupid dry cough that fellow asthmatics know only too well. I decided to walk that section on the remaining 5 laps which didn't really make much difference to my time as I'd slowed down by then anyway. There was a short rain shower at one point which had me reaching for my jacket but it didn't last long. Overall we were very lucky with the weather.
On my last lap I decided to walk more just to soak up the atmosphere. My Garmin beeped at 50 miles and when I looked it was showing 10:17. Oh my goodness, I was so excited I forgot to take a photo of it but managed this shot at 50.50:
My final time was 10:39:53 and my Garmin told me I'd completed 51.37 miles. Oh my goodness, that was a pb by 2 hours 40 minutes. Not only had a smashed my previous time but I was comfortably under 11 hours. I never expected to do quite so well and I'm absolutely over the moon.
There were many outstanding performances on the day but inevitably some people didn't achieve their goals and were disappointed which is always a shame. It's wonderful to see everyone pushing themselves to do better and forcing themselves to carry on even when they're nursing an injury which would have most people sitting at home resting (Philip!!!).
This fabulous medal has been given pride of place in my ever-growing collection of medals. Thank you to everyone for sharing some of my journey to 100 marathons.
|How's that for an awesome chunk of metal!
Now I've got a few days rest until my next marathon.


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"Collective Impact" was introduced to the field of philanthropy in 2011 and was immediately heralded as a clarion call for changing the way social issues are addressed. It has since gained increasing attention and is now a buzzword among foundation and nonprofit professionals.
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In this IT course, participants will explore Word, Excel, Power point and internet activities that go beyond the basic. After successful completion of this course, participants can expect to have the skills required to work efficiently in creating a new documents, an existing worksheet and to also create power point presentation from a template and from scratch. Students will gain proficiency and improve confidence in using the internet, email, managing files, creating documents and working with spreadsheets and graphs. It is tailored to individual or business needs.
Course aim
Students will learn the General Concept of Software, Information Networks, the use of IT in Everyday Life, Health & Safety, Computer Security, Print Management. •Find online information effectively using search engines. •Store favourite web pages.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- No skills or experience needed
- This course is for beginners
- This course is for improvers
- This course is suitable for beginners and improvers
- You will need to talk to a member of staff and do a short activity to make sure the course is right for you. For more information and to book an appointment please call 0300 303 3464
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Use features of Microsoft Office such as Word art and tables.
- Explain some of the hazards that might be found on the internet and how to avoid them.
- Develop and improve my typing skills.
- Print a document and use a range of features from the print menu.
How will I be taught?
- The WEA tutor will use a range of different teaching and learning methods and encourage you and the group to be actively involved in your learning
- You may be asked to undertake additional work in your own time to support your learning
- You will be expected to carry out a range of activities in your own time
What kind of feedback can I expect?
- A range of informal activities will be used by the tutor to see what you are learning which may include quizzes, question and answer, small projects and discussion
- You will have opportunities to discuss your progress with your tutor
- You will be encouraged to share your work with the group and discuss your learning
- You will be encouraged to consider other students work and give your opinions and suggestions
- A file of work will be kept which will help to record your progress
- There will be a number of tasks appropriate to your course such as written work, creating art or craft, video, photography or small projects. Some of these may be marked to help you progress
What else do I need to know?
- Nothing else is needed
- All materials will be provided
- A selection of materials and basic equipment will be provided but you are welcome to bring additional materials with you
- It would be helpful if you had access to the internet (Mobile phone, tablet or computer at home or through a library etc.)
Pre-course work, reading and information sources
- No pre reading or pre course work is required
- No pre reading is required but research on the subject on the internet or in the library may be helpful
What can I do next?
- Progress to another WEA course
- Progress to a course with another provider
- This course could lead to a range of job opportunities. Follow link to National Careers Service for more details https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/
- Become involved with the WEA in a range of voluntary work and other activities including campaigning as a WEA member
- Become involved as a volunteer for a WEA partner or another organisation
- You could progress to Higher Education courses. Follow link to the PEARL website for information http://pearl.open.ac.uk/
- Access the WEA What Next? booklet here http://www.wea.org.uk/learn-wea/what-can-i-do-next
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How to temporarily deactivate Honda LaneWatch
How to temporarily deactivate Honda LaneWatch
Posted on March 11, 2015
Honda LaneWatch has proved to be one of the many useful active safety features available on new Honda models. As part of the Honda Sensing safety suite, the system helps drivers have a more expansive view of the passenger-side of the vehicle through the use of a camera mounted below the side mirror. That camera offers a view that extends up to 50 yards behind the vehicle.
That side-mirror-mounted camera is pushed to the i-MID center console display through two methods. First, it will display whenever the right turn signal is activated so drivers can quickly get a wide-ranging view of potential blind spots. That view will go away and the normal i-MID screen will display when the turn signal is deactivated.
Honda LaneWatch can also be activated manually by pushing a button at the end of the turn signal. When pushed, the LaneWatch display will remain on the i-MID interface until manually turned off.
While Honda LaneWatch has proved to be incredibly useful in helping drivers be more aware of other vehicles in potential blind spots, there are occasions where drivers want to deactivate the automatic display with the right turn signal. For instance, when driving at night, the headlights of other vehicles may be shining too brightly into the camera, causing the displayed image to be incredibly bright as well.
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Fortunately, Honda LaneWatch automatic turn signal display can be turned off in just a few taps. To temporarily deactivate Honda LaneWatch, take the following steps:
- Select "Settings" from the i-MID home screen
- Tap "Camera"
- Select "LaneWatch"
- Toggle the "Show Turn Signal" option to Off
- Tap BACK to return to the main menu
After following those steps, the Honda LaneWatch camera should no longer activate when you use the right turn signal. While this setting is off, you can still take a look at the camera by pressing the button at the end of the turn signal. Of course, it's a good idea to always check your blind spots in the traditional manner and not to solely rely on the camera.
Honda LaneWatch is available on most new Honda models and will, of course, be an option on the 2016 Honda HR-V and 2016 Honda Pilot. You're always welcome to visit the lot and meet with our vehicle specialists to help you get a better understanding for the technology in your Honda.


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29 Takeaways from MozCon 2014
This year was the first time I have been to MozCon. I can honestly say that I hope it won't be my last!
As I was sitting and listening to the speakers, I thought to my self "I wonder how many people will be writing recap blogs about this?" Then Dr. Pete Meyers gave me a great idea while going over his presentation "How to Never Run Out of Great Ideas." Now, when I say he gave an idea, I just mean that something in his presentation made something click in my head.
I figured there will be 101 different "What I learned from MozCon" and "MozCon 2014 Recap" posts, so I had to come up with something different, something unique, something no one had done before. With that, I came up with THE idea. And here it is.


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Covering a Presidential Campaign from Outside the Beltway
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The Santa Cruz Parent Love Connection celebrated during the month of October with a walk to spread awareness on down syndrome awareness. During the month of October, the Parent Love Connection celebrates people with Down syndrome by making people aware of their capabilities and their accomplishments. "Our celebration is not about celebrating disabilities, it's about celebrating their abilities," said Maria Scholnick, Program Director.
According to the National Down Syndrome Society, Down syndrome is the most commonly occurring chromosomal condition. One in every 691 babies in the United States are born with Down syndrome. Down syndrome affects people of all races and economic levels. Today, individuals with Down syndrome are active participants in the educational, vocational, social and recreational aspects of our communities. Each year more teens and adults with Down syndrome are graduating from high school, going to college, finding meaningful employment and living independently.
On Sunday, October 15th, the Santa Cruz Parent Love Connection hosted their first walk in Santa Cruz County on behalf of people living with Down syndrome. Families, friends, and community members gathered that morning at Teyechea Park in Nogales Arizona to demonstrate their support. The walk started with a stroll around city hall and part of Grand Avenue. The walk ended at the park where multiple blue and yellow balloons were released into the sky. Blue and yellow colors represent Down Syndrome Awareness.
The celebration concluded with the SCVUSD #35 Superintendent David Verdugo addressing the public about the importance of education for all children and why inclusion is key to success for children with special needs. Several community leaders like Dr. Melissa Lunderville, Special Director from SCVUSD #35 and Steve Freeman President of the Southern Arizona Network for Down Syndrome were among the attendees to show their support.
The SCPLC would like to express their appreciation to all the families who came to support this inaugural walk. The SCPLC is a support and advocacy system established in 2010 to support families raising children with special needs. SCPLC is affiliated with the NDSS and Southern Arizona Network for Down syndrome. SCPLC is funded in big part by SANDS. For more information about SCPLC call (520) 470-5833 you can also find them on Facebook.


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In a thoughtless final act of destruction, humans awaken the one creature of legend they have no protection against. Years after the complete subjugation of the human race, Derek, heir of the Dragon Queen, and Cecily, create a tentative friendship. But something or someone is stalking the human enclave. Cecily and Derek must find out who and why before she's next.
McCabe's story twines the lives together of an average human teenage girl named Cecily, and a young dragon called Derek. I found it rather interesting, the twist of dragons possessing the ability to morph their being from fire breathing menace to benign human. Unfortunately, this was only one of the few interesting facets of Dragon's Call. The tale itself is one that has been told a thousand times over of forbidden lovers, think Romeo and Juliet, Lancelot and Guinevere, Tristan and Isolde, or for those more modern readers, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, or, Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele. With more focus on the political impact of the times, and a little less on the precocious and predictable love story, I might have found this a little more intriguing.
The more thought-provoking segments of this story are the journal entries maintained by the Cecily's father, Todd Burns. McCabe shows readers her true potential to enrapture bibliophiles with Todd Burns' recollection of his years during the Dragon Wars. The Dragon Wars were a time before the peace when dragons would roam the skies in their true form, killing humans, and ravaging the land. I feel that if McCabe elevated the writing style of the main storyline to parallel the journal segments, the story might have held more wonder for me. I found the story to be predictable, juvenile, and simple.
For a younger crowd, I do think that McCabe's book would be an adequate read; however, for those readers who would prefer something a slight bit more sophisticated, I would recommend skipping this one. On the Pure Textuality scale I would rate The Dragons Call a 2 out of 5 stars.
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The Art Institute of Philadelphia held a fashion panel discussion on June 3, 2016. The event centered on the city's role as a global fashion location and took place at Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad Street in Philadelphia.
The panelists included Marjorie Deitch, Couture Buyer for Neiman Marcus; Joi Dennenberg, Fashion Designer for Ralph Lauren, Jones New York, and Macy's; Elizabeth Wellington, Fashion Editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer; Danielle Green Drake, Public Relations Director for Neiman Marcus, and Janice Waitkus, Director of Stores at Lagos.
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Nothing really says fall better than a fresh baked and sinfully crusted apple crisp. Since I have been making variations of this recipe throughout my youth, I think it's pretty safe to say I have it down well. Now that I'm all grown up, the butterflies still flutter when the kitchen is filled with sweet scent of cinnamon and nutmeg spice.
This time around I decided to change things up a little. I thought it would be fun to incorporate a bit of shredded coconut into the topping. To my surprise, the addition enhanced the flavor and created a wonderful moistness to the oatmeal crust. It was the perfect base for soaking up all the leftover baked apple juices.
Coconut Apple Crisp
¾ cup quick cooking oats
1/2 cups flour
½ cup brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
¼ cup unsalted butter, chilled and cubed
¼ cup sweetened shredded coconut
3 ½ cup granny smith apples, peeled and small diced
1 Tbl. lemon juice, fresh squeezed
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 Tbl. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Place all topping ingredients, except the butter, into a mixing bowl and set your mixer speed to medium. With the mixer still running, slowly add the cubed butter to the dry mixture. Mix until well combined and the butter is roughly the size of small grapes.
For the filling, toss the apples, lemon juice, cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl. Pour the apple filling evenly into 4 – 6 individual ramekins. Evenly crumble the topping on top of each apple filling. Place all ramekins onto a sheet pan, and bake at 375 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes. For a single pan of crisp, place the filling into a 9" X 13" baking pan. Top the apple filling with the topping. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 – 40 minutes.
Authors Note: The crisp topping is slightly sweeter than most. That is why I typically stick to a single tart apple variety and lemon juice. Together, they really balance each other well.


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The Pyrenees is the large mountain range which separates northern Spain from the rest of Europe, and is fascinating for its stunning natural landscapes. The range is 450 km long, reaching from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean. It is a natural frontier where water, forests and valleys dominate the landscape, and where many an exciting sensation awaits you, because the Pyrenees is synonymous with excitement and adventure.
Are you ready to discover it?
The Pyrenees is a mountain range in the north of the regions of Catalonia, Aragon and Navarre. This area of high mountains is home to some of Spain's most beautiful landscapes. Sports are an excellent medium by which to enjoy this extreme, abrupt countryside to the full. The Pyrenees is full of life and will constantly call for your participation in the many activities on offer. If you like to be in touch with nature and enjoy active/adventure tourism, then the Spanish Pyrenees is just the place for your holiday.
A hiker's paradise
Hiking is the most popular activity in the Pyrenees. The whole range is crossed by many different trails, both short (PR) and long (GR). The GR 11 is the most famous of these, and is known as the Pyrenean Trail. It crosses the entire mountain range, from one end to the other. There are also many other signed, easier routes that set out from the mountain villages of the region. Any time of year is good to go hiking here, with the exception of winter, when snow covers the peaks and valleys of the range. Nevertheless, you should always take basic precautions when you go hiking, such as carrying sufficient water and a map of the area.
For the more daring
The Pyrenees is also synonymous with adventure sports. Why not try one or more of these activities: climbing and mountaineering in the region of Posets-Maladeta, in Huesca province, with the peak of Aneto towering above the highest mountains in the range; white water rafting and kayaking in fast-flowing rivers, especially in Noguera Pallaressa, in Lleida; canoeing in the Cinca and Ara Rivers in Aragon, as well as in the Navarre section of the Bidasoa River; caving; orienteering… Those in search of extreme excitement can try airborne sports: paragliding, hang-gliding, microlighting... There are many schools and specialist facilities offering a range of activities in the field of active/adventure tourism. Go to any of them and they will give you all the details. Don't forget that for some activities you need to be physically fit and have some prior experience. Nevertheless, there are activities suitable for all levels and ages. Just ask.
By bike... and on horseback
Have you ever though about exploring the Pyrenees by bike, or perhaps on horseback? More and more people are getting into mountain biking - an ideal way to cover the most rugged trails. This is an enjoyable and environmentally friendly way to explore the countryside and get to the most hidden spots, impossible to access using other vehicles. Some towns and villages have bike hire centres which also offer special routes in the surrounding areas. If you decide to do a mountain biking route, you should take the appropriate equipment with you. Another option is horse-riding routes in the Pyrenees, normally organised for groups.
For hunting and fishing lovers
The Pyrenees is a stunning nature reserve, home to a multitude of different animal species, many hot favourites with hunting and fishing lovers: quail, partridge, boar, rabbit, roe deer, tout, barbell, Iberian nase… To hunt or fish you must have the relevant permit and license, and these vary depending on whether you are a European Union citizen or not. You should also be aware of the dates of the hunting and fishing seasons. There are many different hunting and fishing areas, but remember that there are restricted reserves and river sections where hunting and fishing are prohibited. Before engaging in any sporting activity, it is advisable to get detailed information from the local tourist office wherever you are.
The Pyrenees has even more to offer. Towns and villages with unique character, home to works of art, unusual monuments, age-old folklore, rich gastronomy, national parks, spa resorts, traditional fiestas... There are a host of good reasons to discover this area, where nature speaks for herself. The Pyrenees is waiting for you.
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