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On November 16, a workshop of IRDiRC's Task Force on Data-Mining and Repurposing (DMR) took place in Barcelona, Spain, at the Barcelona Science Park. The purpose of this Task Force was to gather the expertise on data-mining and repurposing at global level and identify opportunities for collaborations, especially public/private ones, to speed up the exploitation of these new discovery tools. The workshop started with a discussion on the current state-of-the-art of the topics, quickly going over the major successes of data-mining and repurposing to date. The workshop continued with an evaluation on tools for assessing validity, followed by an analysis of in silico approaches versus experimental approaches. Important debate was also held on sharing strategies and improved data sharing to help focus limited resources. The workshop ended with a summary of the workshop discussions and recommendations.
More information on the DMR Task Force can be found here.


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Why To Outsource IT Service Management
Today, ICT has become so essential to the conduct of businesses. The benefits of smoothly running IT systems requires the business have the right expertise to manage the IT infrastructure. The IT infrastructure is made of different components such as computers, servers, telephones, cables among others. There is a need to ensure that there are experts who are responsible for the same. The IT guys can be permanent employees in the IT department. They ensure that day to day maintenance of the system is conducted. They help in repair and inspection of the devices and systems. They conduct installation of software and its maintenance. These individuals ensure that day to day operations of the business are not interrupted by breakdowns.
These technical experts may not be able to handle complex issues for various reasons. Complex IT issues require a high level of skills which the in-house team might not be having. To install and maintain complex systems, sophisticated equipment are required and which the organization might be missing. The from can benefit greatly if it hires managed IT services in this case. The managed IT firms have the skills to manages sophisticated and large IT services. They can buy technical assets and machinery since they have the financial muscles. The only thing you need to do is to select the best managed IT firm to work with your company.
Small and medium business firms do not have the financial capacities to help you manage the IT department. In most cases, they have to rely on call and fix technicians to help them with their IT infrastructure. The call-and-fix experts have no long term engagement with the company. They, therefore, take less interest in running of the system other than fixing what they have been called to do. This explains why it is possible that the systems be running inefficiently yet without getting any optimization services. The only time when there is a solution is when a serious breakdown develops. These kinds of services are not efficient to any business, and the long term costs are heavy to the business.
Managed IT services helps small enterprise overcome the challenges faced by finance and human capital. They provide these services under contractual arrangement at monthly rates. The good thing is that the firm get a fully equipped and staffed external IT unit. The outsourced IT company is responsible for providing all your IT requirements. They take care of functions like hardware installations and maintenance, repair, and configuration. They are also responsible for software installation, maintenance, repair, and upgrades. They provide present physical solutions for major issues and via phone services for minor issues. They make sure the networks of the organization are running smoothly. You can unlock the potential of your business to grow technology wise by contracting managed It services. Their services fee are not much and justifiable.

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Squeezing More Guice from Your Tests with EasyMock
One other thing was pointed out by several reviewers of my first article and I am in total agreement. Instead of TaxRateManager taking a Customer ID, it makes more sense for it to take a Customer instance and return the tax rate based on that instance. This makes the API a little cleaner.
For this, you need to update the TaxRateManager interface, and the fake object implementation of it.
public interface TaxRateManager { public void setTaxRateForCustomer(Customer customer, BigDecimal taxRate); public void setTaxRateForCustomer(Customer customer, double taxRate); public BigDecimal getTaxRateForCustomer(Customer customer); }
And the new Implementation:
@Singleton public class FakeTaxRateManager implements TaxRateManager { .... public void setTaxRateForCustomer(Customer customer, BigDecimal taxRate) { taxRates.put(customer.getCustomerId(), taxRate); } public void setTaxRateForCustomer(Customer customer, double taxRate) { this.setTaxRateForCustomer(customer, new BigDecimal(taxRate)); } public BigDecimal getTaxRateForCustomer(Customer customer) { BigDecimal taxRate = taxRates.get(customer.getCustomerId()); if (taxRate == null) taxRate = new BigDecimal(0); return taxRate; } }
It's pretty minor stuff, but it creates a cleaner API to use the TaxRateManager now. The Invoice getTotalWithTax method now has to pass in the Customer rather than the ID:
public BigDecimal getTotalWithTax() { BigDecimal total = this.getTotal(); BigDecimal taxRate = this.taxRateManager.getTaxRateForCustomer(customer); BigDecimal multiplier = taxRate.divide(new BigDecimal(100)); return total.multiply(multiplier.add(new BigDecimal(1))); }
Mixing the factory pattern with your dependency injection has solved the style issues you introduced in the first article by using Guice, so you might be asking yourself why Guice doesn't offer something to do this for us because this would seem to be a fairly common situation.
Well, Guice actually might offer it soon. Jesse Wilson and Jerome Mourits, a pair of engineers at Google, have created a Guice add-on called AssistedInject which formalizes the use of the factory pattern described above and makes it more Guicy as well. You can download and use the extension now, and a description of it is available on the Guice Google group. It it also going to be submitted into the core Guice project for future inclusion.
So, that's pretty much it. You can download the source code in the form of a NetBeans project that has been adapted to use both Guice and the factory pattern. You have corrected many of the style issues introduced in the first article when you added Guice to the application. What you should take away from this is that Dependency Injection, although very useful, is only one tool in the toolbox. It can be mixed with other software development practices and design patterns where appropriate, and where it makes sense. Used correctly, it can make your implementation and architecture more beautiful. If that is not the case, you are probably mis-using Guice and you should look for another, cleaner way of achieving the same thing (like in this case—using Guice to inject into a factory class instead, and then using the factory to create instances with immutable properties).
Testing Both Sides of Your Class
Looking at what you have so far, are you doing a good job of testing your Invoice class? Probably not; one test under ideal conditions is not very exhaustive. You get some points for adding a couple of different items to the Invoice and then asking for the total with tax—forcing it to sum up the cost of the items and apply the tax to that sum, but you are only testing one possible customer so you should probably make another call with a different customer and resulting tax rate, and ensure that the total is correct for that as well.
What about customers that don't exist? Your implementation of the FakeTaxRateManager returns a 0 for the tax rate in this case—in other words, it fails silently. In a production system, this is probably not what you want; throwing an exception is probably a better idea.
Okay, say you add a test for another customer that exists with a different tax rate, and check the total for that is different from the first customer. Then, you add another test for a non-existent customer and expect an exception to be thrown. Are you well covered then?
I would like to also make sure that these Invoice instances don't interfere with each other, so a test to add items to different Invoices with different Customers to make sure there is no effect from adding items in one invoice to the total in the other seems like a good idea too.
All of this sounds very exhaustive—surely you have tested your little class well if we do all of this? At least, that is what you would think if you were only used to looking at the one side of your class, the API calls (or if you like, the input to your class). There is another side though, what this class calls—in particular, the calls it makes to the TaxRateManager.
You can tell that the calls are probably pretty near correct because you are getting back the amounts you are expecting, but suppose Invoice is very inefficient and calls the TaxRateManager ten times instead of one to try and get the answer? In a system that needs to be highly performant, that is unacceptable overhead. You want to make sure that, for a given call to getTotalWithTax, only one lookup call is made, for the correct customer, to the TaxRateManager.
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Today I had the pleasure of a brilliant young woman confronting me on my anti vegan position. She challenged me to PROVE that it wasn't healthy. I told her I would look in to it and write an article to obliterate the case for the vegan fad. There will be no references necessary I accept all the vegan diet myths as accurate. I don't need to dispute the vegans claims because it is clear from the benefits it is a very flawed diet. To clarify, the vegan diet is an anti animal diet. Not to be confused with a vegetarian diet which will work, the vegan mistake is to have NOTHING from animals. I merely need to show the shortcomings of trying to have no fish, meat, eggs, or whey at alll in a diet.
Live Longer
Vegan diets allow for a vegan to live 3 to 6 years longer. That's it? Who cares! Like living to 96 instead of 90 would be such a treat. Most of the people I know at that age ask me to end their life for them. I for one don't want to live after I'm to old to have sex.
No Cholesterol, No Odor
A diet devoid of cholesterol would suck. You need cholesterol to make sex hormones. Meat diets high in fat increase testosterone production, so the inverse would decrease testosterone production. A lack of sex hormones would result in a loss of body odor and thus pheromones. Most women find the way a man smells to be attractive or repulsive depending on his unique pheromones based on his antibodies. I for one like the way women smell. Ever walk into the aerobics room after a zumba class? Yum! So not only will no cholesterol kill your gains, kill your sex drive, kill your sexual function, it will make you less attractive to the opposite sex. And you have to live LONGER like this? Some benefit. 2 whole eggs a day would be enough to alleviate this problem
Decreased Breast Cancer, Decreased Prostate Cancer
Duh! You don't get cholesterol so you have decreased sex hormones. Male sexual organ function requires male hormones, so no prostate stimulation means no prostate cancer. It also makes for weak orgasms. A life of poor sexual function so you can live 3 years longer. Weak.
For women its even worse, Without estrogen their breasts will shrivel up. I suppose you could get implants, what's more natural than that? Menopause at 20 sounds like it would suck.
Decreased Colon Cancer
This is from the increase in fiber not the absence of meat. The studies on this are comparing meat diets to high fiber diets. not high fiber + lean meat diets to high fiber vegan diets.
Prevents Macular Degeneration
Eating foods high in vitamin A are good for your vision. Aating meat isn't bad for it. If you read my Alkaline Foods article You should be making sweet potato your go to carb anyway. Its full of vitamin A.
Mercury, Hormones, BPA's And Other Toxins
Yes these are found in meat but organic 100% grass fed red meat is clean and so are certain fish like 100% wild caught Cod. Pork and Chicken are supposed to be hormone free.
Animal Meat Is Acidic
Yes, and if you're trying to consume only Alkaline food checkout my Alkaline food article.
No Harm To Animals And The Environment
This is the most valid argument. Animals are people too, and hurting them isn't cool. I struggle with this one because so many animals have been sacrificed to make these guns I try not to think about it. Also my carbon footprint is so enormous for the amount of meat I eat, a hole in the ozone should be named after me.
Dairy Free
A vegan diet has to be dairy free to be vegan, for more on why I detest dairy checkout me Foods To Avoid article!
Fat Loss
Here is the greatest fallacy. Simply put there aren't very good vegan protein sources. In order to get enough protein you would have to consume so much fat from nuts or so much carbs from legumes that you won't be that successful at losing fat. You could lose weight, but not just fat. You would have to skimp on protein and lose muscle, which permanently decreases your metabolism.
Additionally the legumes, peanuts (a legume), and soy are slightly acidic so you might as well just have fish or egg whites. Legumes and soy also have phytoestrogens so it will be harder to lose fat on them, since estrogen causes you to store fat not burn it.
There just isn't a carb free, fat free, alkaline protein source except whey. But that's dairy now isn't it?
you need at least 60 g of protein a day and its really more like 100. To get 60 of protein from beans and almonds it would look like this if you got half from beans and half from almonds:
4 oz almonds:
28 g Protein
28g carbs
56g fat
about 900 calories
16 oz Beans:
28g Protein
92 g carbs
8 g fat
about 400 calories
That will give you less than your minimum protein for the day to survive in a coma but your over 1300 calories (1200 is a good number for women who aren't figure or physique competitors who want to lose fat), plus your loaded up on plant estrogen. You will be bloated, gassy, and hungry since this and green veggies are all you can eat in a day. You will likely not have the energy to train hard and without sex hormones you may not be able to hang on to your muscle mass and your metabolism will crash over time. This means as the months wear on your going to look worse not better, and have no sex drive. If you make the mistake of doing cardio you're really going to crash and you might get thyroid and or adrenal problems. Additionally meat is the only source of B12 short of supplements and injections.
Now for Common Sense
Common sense is rare and precious so i will share some. We have eyes on the front of our head, not the sides. Thus we are predators, not prey. Prey eat vegetables, they are Herbivores. Predators eat herbivores, we are carnivores. For most of human evolution we ate mostly meat and our digestive system and hormones developed on meat. We are geared to eat smaller weaker prey and procreate. When you forget humans are just animals and think they are more is when you lose touch with reality. Do you really want to live long enough to be in a nursing home after all your friends are dead and your family forgets to visit you? I don't. Defy mother nature and she will bitch slap you. Its our place to eat meat and reproduce, our bodies developed that way and they don't work so well if we don't.
Nothing in this article or on this site should be considered medical advice or as an endorsement to violate any law of the country in which you reside. The information given is for fun and entertainment purposes only. All claims are 100% dependent upon proper diet and exercise. Please consult a medical practitioner prior to any diet and exercise program.


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So how does it work? These little monsters are like tiny dutch ovens. They heat evenly and hold that heat well for a prolonged period of time. This means you can sit and lazily enjoy your rich chocolate fondue without clumping, burning, double boilers or keeping that stupid little candle lit.
Plus, this little baby can be used for a plethora of other foods (click here for 5 Great Korean Recipes) as well. Put simply it's just a practical thing to have in your kitchen that turns everyday into fondue day.
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It's swimming day!
I think that I owe it to my nephew that we, as family, will go out swimming. He's been asking me when we're going out for the beach since we arrived. So swimming day it was! However, we didn't go to the beach. We went to a public swimming pool nearby. The place is called – Nature's Bounty Resort. It looked really old now. It didn't look like it was even renovated. It's the same old resort.
When my siblings and I were kids, our Mom brings us here to break the monotony of school and home. I remember how excited I was to play in the pool with my brothers. Nature's Bounty Resort was the place we somehow learned how to swim. And it was the only public swimming pool in town. We'd spend the whole day in the pool despite the scorching heat of the sun and the crowd on weekends. We didn't mind. We were kids! It was so much fun!
There are several other swimming pools in town now but one of them was close for the day and the other doesn't allow cooking or grilling inside their compound. So we didn't have a choice but settle at this resort. It was still fun especially for Brandon.
Lainy's family drove all the way from GenSan to have fun with us. It was Shane's birthday – she's Lainy's sister-in-law. It was a good time to celebrate her birthday as well. The whole gang was there including the little boy – Morning Dew.
I didn't swim with Brandon because I just had my hair rebonded. He kept asking me to swim with him but he later understood that as much as I'd like to, I can't. I told him, "Tita's hair will get destroyed if I swim." He just said, "Okay, Tita. Just Tito JunJun and Brandon." I feel a little jealous but it's okay. I content myself on watching from the distance and snap memorable pictures of the gang.
The piggy back ride... LOL!
There goes Morning Dew's cute smile and the silly Brandon. hehehe
My boyfriend finally gave up! LOL!
Haha! My adorable nephew!!!
I promised myself to include swimming on a beach in my itinerary the next time I come home.


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From left: Rosamosario bra and briefs; Falke stockings; earrings from Christie's jewels online (throughout). Valentino dress; De Beers earrings.
Prada coat; Carine Gilson Couture Lingerie bralette; Sabine Roemer ring.
Marc Jacobs dress. Beauty note: Stay smooth and unruffled with Decorte Priming Essence.
From left: Cadolle briefs; Mikimoto necklaces; Wolford stockings (throughout). Chanel top, shorts, belt, and bracelet; Giambattista Valli haute couture sandals.
From left: Chanel coat, top, shorts, and belt. Cadolle briefs; Mikimoto necklaces. Beauty note: Verb Strong hairspray holds hair high.
Boss coat; Burberry blouse; mikimoto necklaces.
Jean Claude Jitrois dress; Jimmy Choo shoes. Beauty note: For arches that draw attention, try L'Oreal Paris Brow Stylist Kabuki Blender.
From left: Cadolle briefs. Chanel bracelet; Giambattista Valli haute couture sandals.
From left: Cadolle briefs; Mikimoto necklaces. Chanel top, shorts, belt, and bracelet.
Rosamosario bra; Munnu The Gem Palace bracelet (worn as choker). Munnu the Gem Palace bracelet.
Adam Lippes tunic.
Yves Salomon coat; Dior dress; Munnu The Gem Palace ring; Delvaux bag.


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Heli-skiing, Class IV rapids, tandem BASE jumping…Idaho can get your heart racing!
Surrounded by gleaming peaks, Idaho's 18 ski areas are packed with black diamond trails, many with access to spectacular backcountry skiing. Heli-ski and cat-ski trips offer even greater access to this powder wonderland.
When the trails are dry, cyclists head for the mountains for leg-burning rides and breathtaking scenery. With too many trails to count, there's always a new challenge around the bend. But don't let a little snow get in the way. Hop on a snowbike or explore hundreds of snowmobile trails that offer wilderness views unreachable by car.
King of whitewater, Idaho boasts more miles of whitewater river miles than any state in the lower 48. Outfitted rafting and kayaking trips, whitewater parks, and some gnarly competitive river events showcase this liquid asset.
Idaho is year-round destination. And BASE jumpers are happy to know that the Perrine Bridge is the only place in the country where BASE jumping is allowed year-round without a permit.


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8 powerful reasons why you should conduct a tools box talk ? ?
Benefits of Tools Box Talk !
The History says,most of the accidents are due to human errors, to reduce the human error its important to ensure the competence before they are commencing their work,
The Tools box talk helps to reduce the accidents through reduction in human error in a number of ways such as ,
- It ensures that the workers knew the precautions to be adopted before they are commencing their work
- The training minutes refresh the workers mind with the importance of safety , thus reduces the stress , and other factors which influences the safe performance
- The Inclusion of information about the previous accidents and the reasons will increase the awareness
- The continuous tools box talk will increase both safety culture of the organization and the familiarity of workers with the safety precautions to be adopted
- The Tools box offers the informal discussion where the workers can discuss with the incharge persons about the near miss , the defect in the safe systems or any other issues which interfere with the safe performance
- Ensures that the workers are instructed with the information's on new site rules , new procedures to be adopted
- The tools box shows that the management committed to safeguard their workers , will automatically will increase the employee morale & the positive peer pressure
- The reduction in human error will reduce the accidents, and unnecessary business loss through non compliance's such as enforcement actions .


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Do you like your Kona coffee in early morning?
Lots of people do, however what about 100% Kona beans? These delicious coffee beans originate from Kona, Hawaii and also these special beans are the only coffee that's commercially produced in the USA. The conjunction of factors make Kona coffee beans a shining star when compared to other coffees is as a result of the climate and soil in which they are grown. You see, to have the best coffee, consists of lots of considerations such as environment, wind, as well as soil. It just happened that Hawaii has these considerable support systems which are exactly what makes the best 100% kona coffee beans stand apart from others.
Long Back-ground of Kona Coffee beans
Kona coffee beans have a long back-ground and were initially grown in Hawaii way back in 1820, and also by the time Mark Twain saw the Big Island he was excited with the fact that coffee had a much richer preference and flavor compared to any other he had actually tried. This was the beginning of the Kona revolution of making the very best coffee on the planet since the problems are prime for expanding coffee.
You should understand that Kona beans are only grown in Hawaii and originates from the Kona Typica tree. A lot of the coffee farms in Kona are household run farms that grow and gather the coffee cherry and then sell them to the larger processing firms where they run the "cherries" with a de-pulping stage to get rid of the external layer to get to the bean. They are fermented and dried to perfection prior to they are either delivering as entire Kona beans or ground then packaged.
The coffee cherries are called "cherries" since they resemble cherries in that they are bright red; it isn't really up until the outer pulp is eliminated that the coffee bean is exposed. Commonly, the coffee goes through a toasting process just before it is nabbed and sent to merchants as well as dealers all over the world. As a result of the meticulous care in expanding, gathering, as well as handling, Kona coffee is more expensive, however well worth the expense for any real coffee-lover.
When you are trying to find Kona coffee beans, be particularly cautious if you find it super cheap because on closer inspection you will find that it is a "Kona-blend" which generally indicates that there may be 10 percent Kona and 90 percent cheaper coffee. By making blends, sellers can sell it more affordable than they could One Hundred Percent pure Kona, yet this does not as compare to pure Kona.
Last but not least, when you are seeking the best mug of coffee to take pleasure in every early morning, look no more than 100% Kona coffee beans expanded in Hawaii and probably the best-tasting coffee, which coffee drinkers have understood for many years.
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Malta, Malta: Live Weather
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Weather in Malta
The island of Malta enjoys a Mediterranean climate, with hot dry summers and mild wet winters. The surrounding sea heavily influences the climate.
Across the year the average temperature is a very pleasant 20°C, building from 13°C in January and growing to 27°C in July and August. Annual rainfall is low, at around 600mm and most of this falls during thunderstorms in late autumn and winter.
Spring Weather in Malta
Spring sees the best weather of the year and teh best time to go to Malta , with low rainfall and comfortable temperatures. Daytime highs are around 18°C in March, rising up to 24°C in May. Evenings are still cool in March, but by May they are warm.
There is low rainfall in spring – 37mm average in March, dropping to 26mm in April then as low as 9mm in May.
Between March and May, the highest temperature ever recorded in Malta is 37.3°C, which was recorded in May 2006 – that's 17.3°C higher than the average. On the other end of the scale, the lowest temperature ever recorded during this period is 4.8°C, which was registered in March 1993 – that's 9.2°C lower than the average.
During this spring season, the highest monthly rainfall ever recorded in Malta is 125mm, which was registered in March 1995 – that's 88mm higher than the average.
Average Sea Temperature
This is not the perfect time for swimming as the sea is at its coolest in winter and early spring, at around 16-17°C.
Summer Weather in Malta
Malta's summers are very hot, with hardly any rainfall. June to September experience average daily highs of around 28-32°C. These high temperatures are often relieved by cooling sea breezes. However, the island can see temperatures soaring up into the 40s when the sirocco wind blows from Africa.
This hot dry wind (Sirocco )blows in from the African continent bringing stifling and uncomfortable temperatures. Summer nights are very warm too, with temperatures in July and August rarely falling below the 27-28°C. This makes air-conditioning very desirable!
In fact the hottest day recorded was at 43.8C in August 1999 .
The highest monthly rainfall ever recorded in Malta during summer is 390.3mm, which was recorded in September 2003 – that's 323.3mm more than the average rainfall. The highest amount of rainfall ever experienced in a single day during summer in Malta is 226.3mm, which was registered in September 2003.
From May to August rainfall is virtually non-existent. In fact, in July an average of 0mm of rainfall is expected, whilst less than 10mm is due in June and August. September, although still receiving high summer temperatures, sees more rainfall as thunderstorms begin to arrive toward the end of the month.
Average Sea Temperature
Sea temperatures make swimming pleasant from June right through to November. In these months the average temperature starts from 22°C, rising up to 27°C in August.
Autumn Weather in Malta
Increasing slightly from September, October receives an average of 77mm of rainfall. Most of this falls as heavy rain during occasional thunderstorms, meaning that these months still see a significant amount of sunshine.
November is the wettest month with an average of 116mm of rain. However, the month still receives an average of eight sunshine hours per day. This is because the rainfall mainly falls heavily over short periods rather than being more drawn out.
Autumn temperatures are very pleasant. The hot summer weather begins to cool from late September onwards. October sees daytime highs of 25°C and November days can still be t-shirt wearing weather with temperatures of 21°C. The nights begin to cool off too, making autumn a very pleasant time to visit the island if you don't mind the occasional rainfall.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Malta in October and November is 33.9°C, which was registered in October 2013 – that's 12.9°C higher than the average temperature. On the other end of the scale, the lowest temperature ever recorded in Malta between October and November is 5.7°C, which was registered in November 1995 – that's 11.3°C lower than the average.
The highest monthly rainfall ever recorded in Malta between October and February is 383.4mm, which was registered in November 1999 – that's 274.4mm higher than the average! Not only was this the highest monthly rainfall for the autumn/winter season in Malta, it is also the highest monthly rainfall ever recorded on the island.
The highest amount of rainfall ever experienced in a single day during this period in Malta is 193.1mm, which was registered in November 1988. As you can see, the autumn/winter season in Malta is always the wettest time of the year.
Winter Weather in Malta
Winter is mild making the island a popular destination to escape the cold weather in northern Europe. December days are often in the high teens, while January and February are only a little cooler. So yes Winter time is still a good time to go to Malta with avergae temepratures at 14 degrees in December but obviouly higher in the day time
Temperature & Average Sunshine Hours
Temperatures rarely fall into single figures, and winter days see a good amount of sunshine – seven to eight hours per day on average. It is, however, not uncommon to get two or three days of stormy and very windy weather during winter and the winds can often be gale force.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Malta between December and February is 24.9°C, which was registered in December 1987 – that's 10.9°C higher than the average. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Malta at this time of year is 2.6°C, which was registered in February 1999. Not only is this the coldest temperature recorded in Malta in winter, but it's also the coldest temperature ever recorded on the island.
Weather Hazards
Like anywhere, Malta can experience out of the ordinary weather. Hail storms can be experienced on the island, and even the very occasional ground frost. In January 2006, Malta was subject to 11 days with hail, making it the highest number of hail days on the island since 1985. In January 2006 and November 2013, Malta saw thunderstorms occurring across 16 days – that's the highest number of thunderstorms ever recorded in Malta during one single month.
Does it snow in Malta ?
Whilst snow in Malta is extremely rare, it has been recorded on several occasions, the most recent of which was 31st January 1962. . Other times New years eve 2014 , March 1949 heavy snow in interior of island for a short time . Janaury 1905 due to Siberian cold wind reaching all the way down to Malta there were flurries of snow . Feb 1895 m, March 1877 and Jan 1858 , But thats about it so really negligible ..


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Friday, October 23, 2015
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You have such a splendid eye, Carol!ReplyDelete
These are awesome Carol! Wow! (If you ever wanted to quit your day job you could be a photographer! ;) And what's more, your wonderful day of relaxation and fun with friends and your camera really comes through in these pics!ReplyDelete
really nice carol keep going you got the eye for this for sure!ReplyDelete
As wonderful as your paintings! Thanks for sharing these.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful world we live in. These are wonderful, Carol. Not a bad way to spend a morning hey! Oh dear, can't think of a less cheesy way of saying this but it sounds like sharing your day with friends enjoying the outdoors together nourished your soul.ReplyDelete
Awesome photosl! Your experience in cropping and composition really shines through with these images. You're just so multitalented Carol! So happy you had fun!ReplyDelete
These are fantastic! I'd love to see the last one in a painting, (well really all of them). Sounds like a wonderful day.ReplyDelete
Sublime and delicate, like your paintings.ReplyDelete
You are right; photography is something that is art for you as well. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos! What a good eye you have!ReplyDelete
Lovely! What kind of camera are you using?ReplyDelete
Thank you all so much!!ReplyDelete
Kellie, I am using a Nikon SLR D3000. I think. : )
Lovely. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
you gotta paint the pond and rocks.ReplyDelete
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I am sure all of you are interested in knowing what US President Barack Obama has said to the students. For those of you who missed it. Here are the highlights. Well, in short he wanted the children to stay in the school. He also students have to be careful of what they are posting in the internet as they ... Read More »
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Bonggamom's Friday Finds -- List Your Giveaways Here
Friday, June 10, 2011
Welcome to Bonggamom's Friday Finds! I'm glad so many of you are finding this to be a useful way to get more traffic to your giveaways. And as a person who loves entering giveaways, I have to admit it's a great, easy way to find out where all the best giveaways are.
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Eden Plastics Group design and manufacture quality mould tools using modern equipment and tool making techniques. We can offer you: Tool design using the Vector CAD/CAM system, Complex surface machining Direct cam link to 3 axis machining centres Project management services Aggressive lead times from concept to tooling Complex tool design capabilities.
The Polymer Sites factory is equipped with a wide range of modern microprocessor controlled injection moulding machines, many with robots, supported by ancillary equipment suitable for up to date plastic moulding techniques. As a customer you benefit from flexibility in tool changes, consistency in quality and performance of your plastic products and efficient flexible production. An example of plastic moulding application is how we supply spare parts for MotorhomeFreedom.com for motorhome parts that often get damaged during rentals. These often damaged parts, like bumpers and facades can be made much more cheaper than a replacement from the manufacturer. Our service driven ethos ensures that we deliver large or small plastic parts with rapid turnaround. Our flexible batch production running 24×7 makes us responsive to volatile demand from your own customers. Our moulding shop has a range of 14 machines which graduate in capacity from 100 tonnes to 350 tonnes. With shot weights varying from 145grams to 750grams we can satisfy a wide spectrum of your injection moulding requirements.
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St. Boniface open house March 14
OAK HARBOR – St. Boniface School will host a open house for all prospective students and parents from 5 to 7 p.m. March 14. The school is at 215 W. Oak St.
The school is fully accredited, offering preschool (ages 3 to 5) through seventh grade with a low student-to-teacher ratio and multi-educational classroom learning.
St. Boniface uses smartboard technology in every classroom as well as laptops and iPads for all students. Busing is provided by Benton-Carroll-Salem, Genoa and Woodmore school districts daily.
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News in Brief: Love Is All, Scout Niblett, the Mary Onettes, Evolution of Dub
-- Swedish postpunk jitter-monsters Love Is All have recorded a new EP of covers of "some of our favorite Swedish classics," great news for anyone who's ever wondered what they could do to a Bob Hund song. (Tragically, there's no Abba, but there is a cover of a song by Tant Strul, an 80s band featuring Lykke Li's mom, as Gorilla Vs. Bear points out.) They're selling the EP on CDR, with home-printed sleeves and bonus fanzines, on their European tour. For those of us who won't make it out to any of those shows, though, they've posted the whole thing on their MySpace page. And according to a blog post from frontwoman Josephine Olausson, they're considering another covers EP for a possible forthcoming American tour, and they're accepting suggestions. Ooh! Do Tom Petty!
-- On April 14, Drag City will release "It's Time"/"My Beloved", a new 7" from Scout Niblett.
-- On April 29, Labrador will release the digital edition of Dare, the new EP from Swedish 80s indie revivalists the Mary Onettes. Physical copies won't be out until June 16.
-- Evolution of Dub, Vol. 2: The Great Leap Forward, the second in a series of four-CD dub box sets from Greensleeves, is due April 27. Stoners are happy.


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What is God's part and what is our part in the transformation process? Learn how to partner with the Holy Spirit and live fully connected and empowered by the Kingdom of God.
We often allow tradition to answer the question: "What problem did Jesus come to solve?"
We've all received gifts we don't like. Whether they've come from family or are something picked up through life experiences, we've all struggled with the unwelcome gifts of shame.
Sometimes we may feel so far from freedom that it feels impossible to find. Bound and desperate, we don't know where to turn.
Sometimes, life hurts. Things don't turn out the way we hoped they would. We really thought we heard God speak, but according to the results, we must have misread Him...
We've all received gifts we don't like! Whether these have been passed down through your family or they're something you've picked up through life experiences, we all struggle to some extent with the unwelcome gift of perfection.
Has your trust ever been betrayed or have you ever been hurt beyond what you think can be repaired? Or maybe you have a hard time completely trusting God?
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Driftwood Players
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
An exuberant comedy and feminist revisioning of Shakespeare's Othello and Romeo and Juliet. It takes us from a dusty office in Canada's Queen's University, into the fraught and furious worlds of two of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies, and turns them upside-down. Constance Ledbelly is the beleaguered "spinster" academic, and unlikely heroine who embarks on a quest for Shakespearean origins and, ultimately, her own identity. When she deciphers an ancient and neglected manuscript, Constance is propelled through a very modern rabbit hole and lands smack in the middle of the tragic turning points of each play in turn. Her attempts to save first Desdemona, then Juliet, from their harrowing fates, result in a wild unpredictable ride through comedy and near-tragedy, as mild-mannered Constance learns to love, sword-fight, dance Renaissance-style, and master a series of disguises… Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) a gender-bendy, big-hearted and crazily intelligent romp, where irony and anger sing in perfect harmony with innocence and poignancy.
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Inside the building protesters ransacked offices, although they failed to make
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equipment and tried to rip down the ceiling. This young man with a cut hand
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On the night of a big boxing match in Washington D.C., Tipo, contender for the world lightweight championship, is visited by his brother John, king of Numiti, a small island in the South China seas. John implores Tipo to return to Numiti and help him persuade the island council to accept a United States treaty for much-needed roads, airstrips and a harbor, against which the local Communists are fighting. After Tipo refuses, John leaves the stadium with his fiancée Tania and is shot and killed. Tipo is torn between his fighting career and his responsibilities to his homeland until his servant Rami serenades him with melodies from their country and convinces him to return to Numiti and accept the crown. Tipo's sarcastic manager, Jimmy Purcell, his dim-witted weight trainer, Tex Shanty, and their lovable pet monkey Junior decide to join Tipo and Rami to fight for Numiti's freedom. After traveling by plane and steamer, the group arrives in the town of Auraugo and are warmly greeted by all the villagers, including Mauo, Tipo's father's closest advisor, and Tipo's cousin Rata, who has been serving as king in Tipo's absence. Aruna, a gentle blind man, gives the gift of a tropical bird to the new king and warns Tipo not to let the bird out of his cage because he will return to his owner. Unknown to the island council or to Tipo, Rata ordered John's assassination and is plotting to deliver Numiti into the hands of a foreign Communist power. Later in the king's office, Maou tells Tipo that John was killed because of the treaty and warns that Tipo is in danger as well. That evening at Tipo's coronation, Tania, who is secretly in league with Rata, poisons Tipo's ceremonial cava drink. Maou, however, has witnessed Tania's deed, and before Tipo imbibes, reminds all attending that the tradition is for the last leader, in this case Rata, to have the first sip. Rata, however, drops the bowl, dumping its contents. Lured by her seductive dance during the ceremonies, Tipo follows fair young native Sari outside, where she reminds Tipo that their parents had bound them to marriage as children. Tipo explains that he did not expect Sari to wait for him, and she leaves abruptly, thinking that he loves another. The next day in the assembly hall of the government house, the council vote on the treaty is tied and they decide to meet again later that evening. Meanwhile Sari accidentally overhears Rata telling Tania that foreign troops are arriving to occupy Numiti, and tells Maou. He confronts Rata and his co-conspirator, the foreign spy Borotof, who shoots and kills Maou. At noon, when the troops attack the citizens, Tipo, Tex, Jimmy, Sari, Rami and Junior flee to the jungle. The next morning talking drums can be heard throughout the island, claiming that Tipo murdered Maou and that he supports a war treaty. Tipo and his group then go to the neighboring village of Taone and are greeted by Aruna, who believes the drums are spreading lies and sends a message to all village men to gather in Taone and prepare to fight the foreign soldiers. Back in Auraugo, Borotof negotiates with the council, trying to convince them not to sign the treaty, while his men kidnap Sari to lure Tipo back to Auraugo. When Tipo and Tex attempt to free her, they are caught and held captive in the king's office. Seeing Aruna's bird, they tie a message to his claw and set the bird free. As was foretold, the bird returns to Aruna, and Jimmy assembles the men for battle. Meanwhile Tipo, on trial for the murder of Mauo, is forced to perform the test by fire, walking across burning stones, to prove his innocence. Rata sends a man with a poison dart to kill Tipo during his test but Jimmy arrives in time to stop the dart shooter, and Tipo and Tex pass the test, unharmed. Soon after a shootout between the soldiers and the villagers ensues, and Jimmy sends Junior into the palace to plant a stink bomb that drives the foreign soldiers out of the building. The soldiers surrender, but as Rami bravely marches toward town with reinforcements, he is shot and killed by the enemy. More Communist soldiers cross the fields outside the town but meet their doom by a machine-gun manned by Jimmy, Tex and Tipo. Later, after their victory is secure, Tipo, Sari, the villagers and recently sent American officers watch the incoming ships in the new Numiti harbor and look forward to the peace and prosperity to come.
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Burkey, Mary. Audiobooks for Youth: A Practical Guide to Sound Literature. Chicago: ALA. 025.2882 Burke ISBN978-0838911570
Audiobooks are now a staple in most public and school libraries, and with good reason, since they have a clear role in the education of today s born digital generation. Burkey, who has been following their rise in popularity for years, combines a fascinating history of the medium and practical tips for using them in a readable guide applicable to school and public librarians as well as classroom teachers. Enriched with reflections and comments from authors, audiobook narrators, producers, reviewers, and librarians, this book
· Shows how audiobooks not only benefit struggling readers and bring families together but also fit neatly within newly accepted standards for early literacy education
· Demonstrates how to use audiobooks as classroom and library tools for learning
· Identifies how to locate must-have audiobooks and offers advice for maintaining a collection
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Greeley, CO orthodontist Dr. David Richter offers treatment for an underbite to realign the jaw and provide a comfortable, functional and healthy smile.
An underbite, when the lower jaw and teeth protrude forward and past the upper teeth, can make eating and speaking difficult and affect the self confidence of the patient in more extreme cases. Although we can treat patients of any age who have an underbite, early orthodontic screening and subsequent treatment will provide the most successful result and reduce the risk of additional dental problems.
Dr. Richter will thoroughly examine your jaw, teeth and gums as part of a comprehensive evaluation and consultation to determine treatment options. Your treatment will depend on the severity of the underbite and the need to address any other dental concerns such as crooked teeth.
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Video Mapping Projection
The 3D video projection mapping technology is used to turn objects of sizes and shapes into display screens for video projection. Advertisers have used projection display to advertise everything from shoes to skyscrapers. Video mapping requires specialised software that interacts with a projector to fit an image onto the surface of that object. Artists can add extra dimensions and optical illusions to make it look like the object is moving itself. 3D projection mapping is a rapidly growing form of media which has also been used in live events to make attract the attention of the public. Being used to align virtual content and the physical objects it is becoming one of the most used technologies when it comes to advertising, decoration and many other sectors.
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Come on down to Joy theatre and play some fun improv games! Learn awesome acting skills, make great friends, and hang out with super cool teachers! There's always fun and games, and great snacks too! Joy Theatre is the proud recipient of the Most Inspiring Teachers Award from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and the Creative Coalition. They have been featured on CNN and NBC. They never turn anybody away and they specialize in shy!
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Intermediate Rock Climbing
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If you have a little climbing experience, then you won't want to miss the chance to improve your skills on Cornwall's pristine granite. Maybe you regularly climb indoors, or have completed our 'introduction to Rock Climbing' course. Either way, we can help you take your next steps as a climber.
You can climb some more challenging routes, learn more about ropework, or start to learn the basics of lead climbing - it's up to you. If you want to learn to lead, we can show you how to place various kinds of protection that would safeguard you on a lead climb. Your next step to try these out on a simulated lead climb, when you are ready.
We can also teach you about anchor selection and construction, and how to solve common problems. Our instructors will help determine your climbing goals and help you to fulfil them, all in the stunning surroundings of West Cornwall's wonderful crags.


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January 12, 2012 (BOR) – A local minister in South Sudan's beleaguered state of Jonglei has alleged that Murle ethnic raiders who allegedly killed more than 40 people during a fresh round of revenge attacks include defectors from the country's army, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).
- Internally displaced people, Pibor county, Jonglei state (OCHA)
South Sudan emerged as an independent state in July last year following years of political and military struggle with north Sudan. But the new and grossly underdeveloped country has plunged into an episode of violence that saw a number of rebel groups rising and rival tribal communities engaging in mutual atrocities over cattle rustling.
Jonglei State has been the scene of violent raids and counter raids between the Lou Nuer and Murle ethnic communities.
The attacks, which began on 23 December with the Lou Nuer attacking Murle's homeland in Pibor county and subsequent revenge attacks by the latter, has left 1,000 dead and 60,000 displaced, according to UN figures.
The most recent attack was reported on Thursday by Wek boma [small district] local administrator, Tip Chuol, who told Sudan Tribune that youth from the Murle at 5 pm local time on Wednesday attacked Uror county, targeting Wek and Panyok villages in Tiam payam [district]. Tiam is a north-westerly district of Uror, a large county in the centre of Jonglei state.
"The attackers are not only armed civilians but included SPLA defectors from the Murle," said Rachael Nyadak Pual, Jonglei state minister of labour and public services.
Nyadak, who is also MP for Uror county in Jonglei state assembly, spoke to reporters from airstrip at Bor, the state capital, before heading to Wek and Panyok in Tiam ayam [district].
The Pibor county commissioner, Joshua Konyi, said that conflict between the ethnic groups left 3,000 dead; a figure described as baseless by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS), Hilde Johnson.
Akobo county commissioner, Goi Joyol, told Sudan Tribune on Wednesday that Tuesday's counter raid by the Murle near the UNMISS base in Padoi, Akobo, continued until early hours of Wednesday and left eight dead. Akobo is in the east of Jonglei.
Uror county commissioner, Simon Hoth Dol, told the Sudan Tribune on Thursday that Wednesday's attack left 41 people dead, including head chief, Jany Lual,
Another Uror county MP in Jonglei state assembly, Mabior Bol, told journalists later that over sixty people are dead. The figures could not be independently verified as the area is remote and residents could not be contacted by phone.
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Lewis Hamilton would not have put money on his title fortunes turning around so quickly but the Mercedes driver could be back on top of the Formula One world championship as early as next weekend.
Victory in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix, following the Briton's fortunate win in Monaco two weeks earlier, transformed his chances of ending the season with a fourth drivers' crown.
From being 43 points behind German team mate Nico Rosberg two races ago, Hamilton heads for Azerbaijan and Sunday's inaugural grand prix in Baku trailing by nine.
Rosberg won the opening four rounds of the season but his form has taken a dive since he and Hamilton collided in Barcelona last month.
Both Mercedes drivers retired from that race, while Rosberg was seventh in Monaco and fifth in Canada.
"If I'd wanted to have put money down, I would never have tried to predict that," Hamilton told reporters when asked about the turnaround.
"I thought Monaco in terms of the difference in position might have been a one-off.
"It doesn't feel great when we don't finish one-two. On the flip side, it is a positive in terms of the points but Nico is going to continue to push and I will continue to push."
Hamilton made another poor start in Montreal, after an issue with the clutch, which allowed Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to grab the lead at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve while the Mercedes drivers again banged wheels.
While Rosberg went off, Hamilton was able to recover and his one-stop strategy proved decisive.
"There are still things to pick up on such as the starts," he said. "Hopefully if we get those then we will be back to where we always want to be."
"There has never been a doubt this year of my speed, what I can do in the car."
Hamilton dismissed suggestions that Rosberg was feeling the pressure, responding: "What would lead you to think he has been rattled? I don't get that sense. I think he is still pushing but we are starting to have cleaner weekends."
Hamilton also sensed a growing belief among his mechanics, many of whom worked with Rosberg last year.
"The first five races you could tell they felt down and seeing them now they feel great," he said.
"This is what they work for. To have these wins is their life, it's our life."
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You don't need to supply us with any documents for a conditional pre-approval. Once you find your new car, we will ask you to verify some information such as income, employment status, residential address and proof of identity. In some cases, additional information may be required prior to approval.
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As with any loan or finance package, there may be some additional fees from the lender. At Berwick Nissan, our tailored finance packages can include any fees in your loan term, making payments easier and transparent. Our Business Managers will explain all the fees with you at the time of your application.
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As one of the largest vehicle financing dealerships in Australia, we have access to some of the best interest rates available on the market. Your interest rate and interest payments will depend on a range of criteria, including the type of finance, age of vehicle being purchased, your income status and credit history. Our commitment to our customers is to be transparent and clear, as we understand that purchasing a car can be one of the biggest investments in your life.
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Scary!!! My NAS broke!
My ReadyNAS NV+ threw in its towel yesterday and was completely dead :S I removed the electronics to see if there were something that looked strange like a bad capacitor or burn marks. But it all looked fine, so my prime suspect was the PSU. The PSU At the first look the old PSU had … Read moreScary!!! My NAS broke!


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... and I need a To Do list so you are stuck seeing it.
(The following is rated R for Really? You think you can do all that?)
(UPdated: at 5:30 while waiting for my guy's to return.)
Half done-Read about Dental Insurance and gather paperwork for HR (on the way)
Done Bank Deposit
Done Get Sarah to Co-op
Done Buy Milk
Plan Dinner (Leftovers)
Hang Christmas Cards (Did the ones at the top of the pile)
Done Grammar, Math, Penmanship, Spelling,
Failed Phonics
(However the level of guessing, doing only half, forgetting to get work corrected etc ends soon!)
Boy Scouts (David's decided to stop going till Wrestling is over. Probably smart even though he is one scout leader conference from Star)
Wrestling- one the way home with dad now. First meet tomorrow.
Done Laundry (not put away
Iron—I'll need to vacuum first and apparently its time to trade my kid size plastic hangers for real ones. Tonight.
One blessing was that an extra ride (and stealing the daughter with the address early enough so she wouldn't get home while I was out and could help me ((see how crazy I am lately)) find my sister's new house) meant I actually saw my sister's new house while its new!
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Joel Gomez-Dossi
Author of Hard-Boiled Thrillers that will keep you turning pages
About Joel Gomez-Dossi
Deadly Cult
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Upcoming Author Events
Hope to see you at one of the events I'll be appearing at!
Saturday, March 28 at 10:00am
I'll be at
the Saints and Sinners Reading Series
with authors Marie Castle, Russ Gregory, Mary Griggs, Richard Natale, Ken O'Neill and Mike Tuohy.
at Hotel Monteleone, Cabildo Room
Sponsored by The John Harter Charitable Trust
Saturday, March 28 at 1:00pm
I'll be on the Saints and Sinners panel, "A QUEER KIND OF MYSTERY"
Panelists: Joel Gomez-Dossi, J.D. Horn, J.M. Redmann, and David Swatling,
Moderator: Eric Andrews-Katz.
Hotel Monteleone, Royal Salon D
Sponsored by Mystery Writers of America
Saturday, April 18, 2015 from noon to 6:00 pm
I'll be with fellow Bold Strokes Books authors at the
7th Annual New York Rainbow Book Fair
Holiday Inn Midtown
440 W. 57th Street
New York, NY
Monday, April 20, 1-4:30pm
I'll be at The New Jersey Library Association annual conference panel, "Is Your Library LGBTQI Friendly?"
Long Branch, on the Jersey Shore
Ocean Place Resort & Spa
One Ocean Boulevard
Long Branch, NJ 07740
Thursday, April 23, 2015 @ 6:00pm
I've been invited to speak at "The Night of the Thriller"author's dinner event" at the Ft. Orange Club in Albany on April 23. I'll be speaking two other hard-hitting authors: Vince Zandri, a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, and Gregg Loomis, the author of 10 novels, including the Pegasus Secret.
The Fort Orange Club
110 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210.
(Sorry, this event is limited to Ft. Orange Club members.)


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Coming as a shot in the arm for fledgling businesses, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has given its nod to start-ups for using the social network to drum up interest in future stocks and debt offerings, engadget.com reported.
Though this would only work for small companies raising less than $50 million per year, the move would go a long way in helping young companies get funding when many venture capitalists thrive online, the report said. While this probably won't be a make-or-break matter for many companies, it shows that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is aware that stuffy official filings will only get you so far in the Internet era, it added.
Nevertheless, it is exciting to think that a 140-character Twitter spiel may be enough to jumpstart the next tech firm that may eventually grow very big, the report observed.


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Russia has welcomed what it says are potentially friendlier ties, after backing Yanukovych in 2004's controversial presidential election.
But Yanukovych had to agree to tone down his pro-Moscow policies in the deal to receive the job as prime minister. He now says he wants closer links with the West.
He is due to meet Russian leaders in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, the BBC reports.
In March's parliamentary election, Viktor Yanukovych stood on a platform of making Russian a second official language and opposing eventual NATO membership for Ukraine.
Now, he says that Ukrainian children should learn good Ukrainian, calls for Ukraine to "truly move" towards NATO and has even set the ambitious goal of joining the World Trade Organization by the end of this year.
These are dramatic u-turns that have left many Ukrainians wondering just who represents whom. In his first live television interview after assuming the prime ministership, Yanukovych tried to explain them.
Russia and Ukraine, he said, were economic competitors, fighting for the same markets. And relations with Moscow would always be difficult, he added, assuring the public that Ukraine could build closer relations with both the West and Russia.
Some Ukrainian analysts say this is reminiscent of the strategy pursued by the former president, Leonid Kuchma. Namely, of paying lip service to Moscow while actually doing what he thought was in his own — and not Russia's — best interests.
The thorny issue of gas prices and deliveries will be top of the agenda for Yanukovych's visit to Russia. And with Gazprom remaining keen to push its customers towards paying the full, market rates, the negotiations are likely to be tough.
Russia backed Yanukovych strongly during the 2004 presidential election, providing him with money, exposure on prime-time media, advisers and technical specialists.
It is likely that Russia, in return for this support and a possible discount on gas prices, might want to see a more malleable policy from Kiev, BBC News wrote in ahead of Yanukovych's arrival in Sochi.
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This paper presents asymptotic bounds and limits for the ergodic channel capacity of MIMO systems under Ricean channel conditions. It is shown that the ergodic capacity per dimension decreases as the K factor increases in value and approaches a value equal to that of the underlying scattering channel when the number of antennas are large. The accuracy of the bounds is verified by simulations. In addition, a variety of results for the MIMO Ricean channel are brought together to give an overview of the current knowledge in this area.


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Leisure Systems Inc. (LSI), franchisor of Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, has released a new app called Book JP to make it easy for guests to book a campsite or cabin via their mobile device.
"Approximately 30% of our website visitors come to us via mobile," said Michele Wisher, director of marketing for LSI, in a press release.
The main website for the 81-location campground chain, CampJellystone.com, had 1.1 million visits last year, 73% of which were first-time visits. Meanwhile, the site's mobile version, CampJellystone.mobi, saw 500,000 visits, a 90% increase over the prior year, with 67% of those visits being made by first-time visitors.
With the demand for accessing information via mobile on the rise, LSI hired Niagara Falls, Ont.-based Mission Management to create an app in which guests can book right from their phone or tablet.
Guests can find Book JP on the Apple or Google Play stores, or click here. This page will automatically detect the device's operating system and direct the guest to the appropriate version of the app – iOS or Android.
"We want to make the reservation process as easy as possible," Wisher said, adding that launching an app and making CampJellystone.com compatible with mobile devices helps Yogi Bear's Jellystone Parks improve their accessibility to younger campers.
Meanwhile, LSI has also hired Cincinnati-based US Digital Partners to redesign JPKid.com, the Jellystone Park website for children. The redesign work is expected to be completed later this month.


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(Picture shows, from left, Pokkasab Jaikliang, Warin Jaikliang and their daughter Anongnit Jaikliang)
Farmer Anongnit Jaikliang is one of the new generation of smallholders to combine traditional, family-learned expertise with new ideas for producing palm oil sustainably. For her, the link between old and new became even stronger when, in her role as a farm advisor coordinator for international agency GIZ, she ended up training her own father in sustainable farming methods.
As a result of their joint efforts, her father, Warin Jaikliang, and mother, Pokkasab Jaikliang, are among the first group of independent smallholders to receive certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
That group has now joined the global drive for sustainable palm oil via the RSPO's Book & Claim process. About 80% of the palm oil produced in Thailand comes from independent smallholders who have no route to export internationally, so their only chance to earn a premium for RSPO-certified sustainable palm oil is with GreenPalm – they continue to sell oil locally while trading GreenPalm certificates to buyers anywhere in the world.
Johnson & Johnson has bought the Thai smallholders' first certificates to cover a proportion of palm-based ingredients in the brand's personal care products.
The smallholder certification is the result of a partnership between the RSPO and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), a German government-owned agency that promotes international cooperation in sustainable development.
GIZ employed half a dozen young oil palm farmers as farm advisors in Thailand to work intensively with mills and smallholders, helping and advising them on sustainable methods and guiding them towards their goal of RSPO certification. Working with four mills and around 1,000 smallholders, the consultants offer training in sustainable farm management, including improved cultivation methods, selective use of fertilisers and pesticides, and cooperation with mills and agencies.
One of the immediate benefits to farmers is the increased oil yield from palm fruits gained from harvesting at the right time, while both farmers and workers can benefit from improved health and safety practices.
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Stupid People Are Complaining About Small Tax Refunds
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. If one dumb person makes a misguided observation, it might go unnoticed. But when many stupid people notice the same thing, it becomes a national news story.
Take tax refunds, for example. While many working class Americans may have received thousands of dollars back from the Internal Revenue Service in previous years, this year we enjoyed the benefits of tax reform.Since we paid less money in taxes over the past year, the government will give us a smaller refund. That doesn't mean we got robbed - it means we got to keep more of our money in the first place. This is all a consequence of the tax reform laws that were passed in 2017.
90% of Americans saw their take-home pay increase after the recent changes to our federal tax system. Unless you're extremely rich, extremely poor, or you earn your income in a highly unique & uncommon manner, you probably benefited from the 2017 tax reform package.
This isn't a bad thing. It's called a "refund" for a reason - the government is giving you money that you initially gave them. But wouldn't it be better if you didn't have to give them so much money in the first place? Of course! And that's exactly what happened this year.
Even still, some (very stupid) people are complaining on social media that their refunds are smaller this year.
Over the weekend the Daily Mail US ran an article titled " Taxpayers Lash Out at Trump as Data Shows Lower IRS Refunds ".
And they're not alone – a quick search of social media sites reveals thousands of people complaining that Trump "stole" their tax return.
They may not realize it, but these people literally complaining that they got to keep their money.
If you're one of these people, pay close attention to the following explanation before you speak out loud and risk embarrassing yourself:
Imagine you have $10 in your wallet. Now imagine the government takes away $5 in taxes.You have $5 remaining after taxes. But as the tax year comes to an end, the government decides they taxed you too much money, so they give you back $2. Now you have $7 at the end of the fiscal year. Then, the following year, the government decides to change the tax system. This time they only take away $2 from you and at the end of the year they only give you back $1. Sure, your refund is lower than the previous year, but now you have $9 after everything is said and done. Isn't that better than the old system? You'd think so, but some people are still complaining about lower tax returns.
If you're still confused, please do yourself a favor and find someone who understands basic math to explain this to you.
Or don't. If you're really this stupid there's probably no chance of helping you anyway.
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In a significant move on Tuesday, the country's biggest PCS branch voted unanimously to support the call for a general strike. Benton Park View PCS in Newcastle represents nearly 4500 civil servants in HM Revenue & Customs, a department suffering heavily from job losses and attempts at privatisation. The motion welcomed the decision taken at last year's TUC Congress to look into the practicalities of organising a general strike, and calls on the TUC to now turn its words into action and organise the general strike as soon as practically possible.
The vote comes at a time when PCS is balloting its quarter of a million members on taking strike action over attacks on pay and conditions, which could see a national strike at the end of March, and with it the potential of revitalising the possibility of co-ordinated action against the crippling austerity policies of the Tory-led government.
As the effects of austerity really start to bite, with the slashing of council budgets and the closure of locals services; imposed pay freezes and below inflation rises; the privatisation of our NHS and the dismantling of the welfare state, alongside increased scapegoating of the unemployed and immigrants, it's necessary now more than ever to bring the spirit of Greece and Egypt to the streets and workplaces of Britain. Many workers were furious that while a co-ordinated general strike took place across Europe in November last year, the response of the British TUC was to write a strongly-worded letter of opposition to the government. The potential of the 2.5 million strong strike of 2011 has not dissipated – at every available opportunity workers have consistently voted for strike action and shown they are up for a fight; the task now is to put pressure on the union leaders to deliver the strike action needed to effectively resist austerity – passing this motion is a significant step on that road.


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Card Skimmers At 23 California Supermarket Locations Steal Thousands Of Dollars From Customers
A flood of residents in California are reporting thousands of dollars stolen from their bank accounts, after credit card skimming machines were found in the self-checkout lines of 23 Lucky Supermarkets stores.
The Press Democrat reports that at least 57 residents of Petaluma and other towns have had money siphoned from bank accounts, and police say a few incidents turned into more than 40 complaints on Monday. The average loss is around $500, and Lucky Supermarkets have been the common denominator.
Reports of theft are happening throughout the area, in Petaluma, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Northridge and Reno, say cops. At first, Lucky's corporate office denied their stores were involved, before eventually admitting that 23 of their 233 stores were hit.
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If a Lib Dem conference takes place and no-one realises, did it really happen?
You often see conferences getting overshadowed. The Tory one in 2008 was completely knocked sideways by the banking collapse, for instance, but Cameron could at least grab that bull by the horns and make impromptu speeches about it.
What can Tim Farron do about the fact the prime minister may have had sex with a dead animal? An impromptu speech doesn't seem to cut it. Pig-gate is so far off the radar of normal political discourse that there's no obvious way to respond but to look on, baffled and amused, as it burns itself out.
It could be a blessing in disguise. At least it gives the Lib Dems an excuse for the lack of media coverage. The truth is, pig-gate or no pig-gate, there was never going to be much attention to what's going on in Bournemouth.
Typical! David Cameron once again hogging the headlines at the Lib Dem Conference.
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I've seen one camera crew here and a smattering of journalists. Poor Farron tried to spark some media interest by insisting Labour people had been in touch considering defection, but the Today interview he did on Monday strongly suggested this was a fib. They've surely been on the phone complaining – the way things are right now, they'd complain to their bus driver – but the gap between that and defection is wider than Farron imagines. He'd be better off getting his head down, winning some respectable local election results, giving the impression of upwards movement, and then talking up the chance of defections in a couple of years.
Even potential terrorists don't seem very interested. The security operation, which expanded into its own police state when the Lib Dems were in government, has now shrunk back down to the village fete variety.
"How are you?" I asked the elderly gent checking my pass this morning. "I'm here," he replied, sighing. "That's as much as I've got to offer." You get the sense you could probably swan in, pass or no pass. No-one is paying much attention.
Inside the conference centre, everything continues as it used to do in government and, to be fair, as it did before government. Lib Dems take things very seriously. Yesterday they debated unilateral nuclear disarmament (they voted against). Today it's housing and social care. In each case the debate takes place in a vacuum-sealed alternate political reality, where they have the slightest ability to decide such matters. This is a party with eight seats behaving as if it was leading negotiations at the UN.
It's not that they don't recognise their radically diminished status. It's that the emotional reality hasn't sunk in. They're like someone still numb from a bereavement.
New Lib Dem leader Tim Farron faces uphill struggle to make party relevant again
It's more saddening than anything. Whatever your politics, Lib Dems are simply the nicest of the bunch. That's not an opinion. It's a scientific fact rigorously-tested over years of party conferences. They are unfailingly reasonable, civic-minded and amusing. Compared to the Labour conference, the Lib Dem get togethers are an absolute pleasure. They're even more fun than the Tory conference, where proceedings are typically polite and fuelled by good wine.
One really can't savour the Lib Dem fall from grace. They're just too nice. But there is a certain docile quality to the party's members, an extremist unflappability. If you were lost in the woods, you'd want a Lib Dem with you – someone who could probably read a compass and wouldn't get too panicky. But if you're heading for electoral oblivion, say, you might not. Sometimes it's OK to be well and truly flapped.
The ideal time for a proper Lib Dem flap would have been late 2014, when a new leader could have limited some of the damage and turned an eight-seat score card into a 20-seat one. But failing that, now might be a good time. This is a party which should be asking big questions. Those questions should include whether the Lib Dems are happy to accept the economic policy of parties they go into coalition with. They might also ask if they want to appeal to a broader electorate with policies like free school meals, or a narrower but uncommitted electorate by standing up for civil liberties and an egalitarian system of law.
Those questions aren't being asked. Instead there is a lot of talk of whether the British system can incorporate diverse politics and the various tactical or communication errors of coalition. These are good questions, but they are not the main ones. That Lib Dem reasonableness will be the death of them.
Not that anyone knows. The conference centre seems entirely removed from the world outside. That's always the case at conference, but it is particularly the case at this one, where the world moved on and the prime minister might have had sex with a dead pig. The sad thing is one imagines that next year it'll be even worse. There'll be even fewer journalists and their deep debate about national security or solar energy will look even more cut-off from reality.
It doesn't have to be that way. Senior Lib Dems, including Clegg, Farron and Norman Lamb, are all convinced Jeremy Corbyn's victory opens up a rich world of political possibilities on the centre. And perhaps it will. But if the Lib Dems ever want to be taken seriously by the public again, they need to start asking themselves bigger questions than they are right now.