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Caribbean travel deals are at their best in summer
Cabdriver Sam Rogers remembers the days when there was only one car on the Caribbean island of Anguilla, when islanders grew their own vegetables and picked salt for a living instead of working in tourism.
I was thinking about what Rogers said about Anguilla (ivisitanguilla.com) after he dropped us off at the stunning Viceroy Resort (viceroyhotelsandresorts.com), which employs 600 people for its 166 rooms. Did I mention the five-bedroom villas that rent for as much as $17,500 a night? A lot of the suites have their own private plunge pools on their terraces and bathrooms as big as some New York apartments.
This is the place that attracts Hollywood and sports celebs, as well as icons such as Paul McCartney, Michael Jordan and Paul Simon. But in summer, you might be able to vacation here like A-listers -- even if you don't have their unlimited budget.
Summer is cheaper all over the Caribbean, and you'll find cheaper airfares than in winter, too, which will enable you to experience more far-flung locales. Look for deals in the Bahamas, for example, that include free airfare from Nassau to the outer islands (bahamas.com/deals-packages). But be forewarned, especially if you plan to travel in August or September, a tropical storm might rain on your parade. It's wise to invest in travel insurance just in case. (Travel Guard's Gold Plan covers children 17 and younger when traveling with an adult, travelguard.com.)
That said, here's an opportunity to try something as a family you've never done before -- like scuba diving. Take an online course (padi.com) and you and your kids, 10 and older, can do your scuba certification dives at a Caribbean resort this summer.
Temperatures in summer aren't much warmer than in winter. Take your pick of deals -- privately staffed villas, all-inclusives where kids stay free, resorts with free baby- sitting or packages with resort credits that can cover your spa or fancy dinner.
Homeaway (homeaway.com) has a variety of affordable houses for rent in Costa Rica, for example, where you could gather the entire extended family. (If you like condo vacations, save 30 percent with vacationcondos.com this summer.) At the Viceroy, for example, there's the Families Stay Together Play Together package, which starts at $550 and includes kids-eat-free deals, a daily $100 resort credit and daily activities for kids -- a much better deal than what you'd get in winter.
I especially like that the kids' programs are mostly complimentary and that in summer there are special sailing camps as well as other camps. When the kids get tired of the beach, they can try the climbing walls (there are two) or play beach volleyball or soccer.
Part of the "welcome" backpack the kids get includes a reusable water bottle and a card that identifies Caribbean fish (have you seen a Blue Tang? It's really more purple than blue) and constellations so kids can see how many they can find (have you ever seen Grus?)
Here are six more summer deals in the Caribbean that are guaranteed to please:
MOON PALACE (moonpalacecancun.com)
The 2,000-plus room all-inclusive resort in Cancun is celebrating its $55 million renovation by inviting kids 12 and younger to stay free this summer, awarding those who stay five nights or longer with up to $1,500 in resort credits. Cirque Dreams Rocks, which has a summerlong run at its Moon Palace property, is hosting Cirque Dreams Kids Time at the kids' club (an hourlong interactive program several times each week) during the summer. Kids will love the dolphins, too. Rates start at $210 a person.
THE CAYMAN ISLANDS (caymanislands.com)
With shallow waters and calm seas, the Caymans are a great place for your kids to learn to snorkel, scuba dive and sail. The Cayman Islands summer promotion means a 20 percent discount at the Turtle Farm and many other attractions on Grand Cayman that offer kids free admission. Look online for offers posted by participating partners. They also have a unique partnership with the Fresh Air Fund, which sends inner-city New York kids to stay with Cayman Islands families and Cayman kids to a Fresh Air Fund camp.
ST. LUCIA (saintlucianow.com)
Head to St. Lucia (there's additional air service this summer), where deals can be found islandwide, such as the one at Cap Maison (capmaison.com) -- a villa resort ideal for families. Book a one-bedroom villa suite and get a second bedroom free; book a two- bedroom and get a third bedroom free. Kids under 12 eat free, and you even get a free evening of baby-sitting.
MOON DANCE RESORTS (moondanceresorts.com)
Moon Dance in Negril, Jamaica, offers the lowest summer rates of the year, starting at $195 a night. Opt for a boutique hotel and villa resort or your own private villa on a stretch of famed Seven Mile Beach -- consistently rated one of the top 10 beaches in the world. (Split the cost of a staffed four-bedroom villa with your favorite relatives -- they are less than $1,000 a night, roughly 30 percent less than in winter.) Nearby outings include waterfall and zip-line excursions, golf, tennis, horseback riding, river rafting, deep sea fishing, snorkeling, diving, parasailing, coffee plantation tours and more.
DIVI RESORTS (diviresorts.com)
One child per paying adult stays and eats free at Divi Resorts in Aruba and Bonaire, famous for child windsurfers and world-class scuba diving. Rates start at $129 a night in Aruba and $139 in Bonaire. No minimum or maximum stay required.
SEVEN STARS RESORTS (sevenstarsgracebay.com)
Snorkeling, scuba diving and a host of activities are available right off Seven Stars Resort's shores in Turks and Caicos. Take advantage of the all-suite resort's complimen- tary nonmotorized water sports (ever tried paddle boarding?), bicycles, tennis and more, and save 30 percent off for stays now through July 31. Stay five nights or more and get an additional $100 resort credit. With low rainfall and consistent oceanic currents, dive sites surrounding the Turks and Caicos feature some of the clearest blue waters in the world. Seven Stars offers guests one-tank, two-tank and multiday scuba packages, and courses for beginners and experienced divers.
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Everywhere I go, everywhere I speak, I get asked this question. Are we in a bubble?
I've been getting asked that question for at least four years now. It's hard to sustain a bubble for four years. But we are also not in a normal valuation environment for high growth tech companies and we have not been in one for a while.
Here's how I have been answering the question.
I learned in business school that the multiple of earnings one should pay for a business is roughly the inverse of interest rates. The reason for that is if you buy a business that makes $10mm a year and pay $100mm for it, then you are effectively getting a yield on your investment of 10% (annual earnings/purchase price). This math is terribly simplistic but fine for the purposes of this post. If interest rates are 5% instead of 10%, then you would pay $200mm for the business ($10mm/$200mm = 5%). So the math here is interest rates = annual earnings/purchase price. Again this is very simplistic because it does not deal with the important questions of what interest rate you use, how you deal with earnings that are growing or declining, and a host of other issues. But at the end of the day, this math [annual earnings/purchase price = yield] is fundamental and everything about asset values, capital markets, and valuations stems from it.
Since the financial crisis of 2008, policy makers in the developed world have kept interest rates at or near zero. They have flooded the market with cheap money in an attempt to heal the wounds (losses) of the financial crisis and incent business owners to invest and grow their businesses. That has not worked particularly well but it has worked a bit. Though their words have changed in recent years, their actions have not changed very much. We still are in a policy framework where money is cheap and interest rates are near zero.
If you go back and apply the formula [yield = earnings/purchase price] and use zero for yield/interest rate, then one would pay an infinite amount for an earning stream. Of course that doesn't make sense and it has not happened. But valuations are at extreme levels because you cannot get a decent return on your money doing anything else.
At some point this will change. The yield on the 30 year treasury yield has been sub 5% since the financial crisis. If (when?) it gets back to the 6-8% range where it was for most of the 1990s, we will be in a different place. Here's a 40 year history of the 30-year treasury yield. You can see that we have been in a very low rate environment for a while now.
The other thing we have noticed is that this low rate environment has caused asset value/earnings ratios to be non-linear. What you normally see is the value/earnings ratio grows linearly with earnings growth rates. If earnings are growing 20% per year you get a value/earnings ratio of X. If earnings are growing 40% per year, you get a value/earnings ratio of 2x. But what we are seeing is you get something that looks more exponential than linear when you start modeling this out at higher earnings growth rates. When earnings growth rates get to 50-100% per year and look like they can continue to grow at that rate for a number of years, you get value/earnings ratios that are eye popping. It seems that investors are so starved for returns that they are willing to pay that much more for earnings that can grow quickly.
It is the combination of these two factors, which are really just one factor (cheap money/low rates), that is the root cause of the valuation environment we are in. And the answer to when/if it will end comes down to when/if the global economy starts growing more rapidly and sucking up the excess liquidity and policy makers start tightening up the easy money regime.
I have no idea when and if that will happen. But until it does, I believe we will continue to see eye popping EBITDA multiples for high growth tech companies. And those tech companies with eye popping EBITDA multiples will use their highly valued stock to purchase other high growth tech business and strategic assets at eye popping valuations.
It's been a good time to be in the VC and startup business and I think it will continue to be as long as the global economy is weak and rates are low.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 | 2 a.m.
The Showbiz Roast of Oscar Goodman/Richard Corey
Oscar Goodman delivered two great lines Tuesday night. One was from the stage during "The Showbiz Roast" at the Stratosphere. The other was afterward during a party at sky-high Level 107 lounge.
Deep into the show, Goodman took note of the lack of abuse he'd suffered and asked, "I'm just wondering when this roast is supposed to start."
Hours later, during the VIP party afterward, he said, "I haven't been up this late since my bar mitzvah." That was at about 12:30 a.m. Mayor Carolyn Goodman had hoofed it from the theater far earlier, facing a day that began at 7 a.m. highlighted by a Las Vegas City Council meeting.
She didn't miss much battering of her husband, that's for sure. Goodman said a few of the roasters said they were deferential to the point of fear of attacking the former three-term mayor, "Mob attorney," author and longtime Las Vegas ambassador.
"A few of them said they were afraid to come after me because I would have the last word," Goodman said afterward. "I was ready for the worst, but it never came."
Whatever the case, the second "Showbiz Roast" was a timid affair, far less vitriolic than the roast of Zowie Bowie (Chris Phillips) in April. The roasters who took turns at the cartoonish podium, which looks like it was salvaged from the MGM Grand Theme Park, did throw darts at one another and produced some funny moments.
Geechy Guy was particularly sharp, referring to Rick Dale of "Rick's Restorations" onstage and saying, "Rick specializes in fixing old Coke machines — maybe he should go to work on The Amazing Johnathan." Guy also said that Pia Zadora "didn't sleep her way to the top … obviously." Chef Carla Pellegrino joked that, because of her accent, "nobody is going to understand my jokes anyway" and was interrupted by Goodman, who said, "I have no idea what she is saying."
The effectively boyish Mac King started a dirty joke by saying that he was going to edit out the profanity, then started with, "These two (expletives) were walking down the street ..." Lola the Showgirl, the latest caricature summoned by Penny Wiggins (the sidekick of The Amazing Johnathan), engaged in a running dialogue with Goodman during her four-minute appearance, with each individual accusing the other of not paying for some unspecified services years ago.
One roaster who did fix on her target was conservative talk-show host Heidi Harris. She talked of the $42 million spent on the Mob Museum, a pet project of Goodman's, only to have the attraction derided by a conservative organization that tracks the use of public money. "The most ridiculous tourist attraction in the country, Oscar!" she shot. Not sure if everyone in the crowd, which laughed in a sort of courteous way, was really tickled at the reference. But Harris at least focused on the man in the throne.
Rich Little added credibility by his mere presence, as the only individual onstage (and one of the very few still living) who actually took part in the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts a decade ago. "Why am I here?" he asked roastmaster Murray Sawchuck beforehand. "It's not a career move."
The Amazing Johnathan called out Sawchuck, saying, "I'll be watching Murray to see how much of what I say tonight winds up in his act." Murray joked back, "It's a tribute show!" What hardly anyone in the audience likely realized is the back-and-forth underscored a Facebook and online scrape between the two magicians, in which Johnathan has ripped into Sawchuck for allegedly pilfering portions of his comedy-magic act. Sawchuck just rode it out.
As always, Johnathan is brilliant, protective of his art and occasionally erratic.
Once again contributing top-level stage aptitude, Clint Holmes tailored "My Way" for Goodman. The Phat Pack, one of the city's gem acts at the Plaza, sang their signature "Men of a Certain Age" as Goodman bubbled over with laughter (especially the line about the little blue pill), and the Rat Pack tribute, fittingly, closed the night. No word, yet, on the take for the mayor's chosen charity, the Miracle League of Las Vegas. We do know the next roastee, as expected, is "Divas Las Vegas" headliner Frank Marino. That show is set for Oct. 4, again at the Strat.
Goodman joked about struggling to stay awake, but he was energized as he talked of the show later. He talked of the scene, all the smiles he met while posing for photographs while gripping a giant martini on the red carpet. This was his kind of event: part party, part campaign rally, and all Vegas.
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AEL Limassol FC have ended their 44-year wait for a title after edging a 1-0 victory against Anorthosis Famagusta FC to move five points clear of APOEL FC and AC Omonia with one game remaining.
Pambos Christodoulou's charges were firm favourites heading into Saturday's end-of-season play-offs and they put the league title beyond doubt 22 minutes from time when Luciano Bebê played a neat one-two with Patrick Vouho before beating goalkeeper Matúš Kozáčik with a precise finish.
Ivan Jovanović's APOEL, who took European football by storm this season by reaching the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, were unable to translate that same form to the domestic stage and suffered their sixth defeat of the season by losing 2-1 against Omonia.
Andreas Avraam had given Omonia the lead on 22 minutes before Aílton pounced on an error by Christos Karpidis to restore parity before half-time. Former APOEL player Konstantinos Makrides teed up Demetris Christofi for a simple finish with ten minutes remaining, however, and APOEL's misery was complete in added time when Nuno Morais was sent off for a second bookable offence.
The defeat meant AEL could celebrate only their seventh league title win and their first major trophy since lifting the Cypriot Cup in 1989. The streets of Limassol erupted into celebration and parties were expected to go long into the night.
AEL, who are also on course for a unique double as they meet Omonia in the Cypriot Cup final on 16 May, will represent the island in the UEFA Champions League qualifying round in July, while APOEL, Omonia and Anorthosis will kick off UEFA Europa League campaigns in the same month.
AEL chairman, Andreas Sofocleous, said: "This is truly a unique moment for all of us. We are deservedly champions as we proved we had the strongest and most consistent team in the championship. We worked hard, from the players to the coaching staff to the board. Our fans have been brilliant. I saw an older fan in tears – he last saw AEL celebrate the title back in 1968. AEL are a great side and now our attentions turn towards the Cup final – we want the double."
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The first stage of our race was to the lovely town of Charmes. The R8 is here. The A8? Nope.
I just spoke to Máté and he's about 20 minutes away. So a fuel stop and wrong turn couldn't help diesel beat a V10 Supercar.
Interesting. Leg two starts shortly.


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About Cycling UK's Local Cycle Campaigning Network
About Cycling UK's Local Cycle Campaigning Network
Cycling UK's local cycle campaigning network is UK-wide and made up of our members who become officially accredited to Cycling UK and campaign on the organisation's behalf.
Its members range from very-experienced campaigners with wide interests, to novice and/or single-issue campaigners.
We aim to support and help all of our volunteer cycle campaigners to grow and expand their campaigning capabilities in ways that match your interests with ours. We value the exposure that local cycle campaigners can bring to the organisation, and we appreciate that many big changes start small – on the local level.
The specifics
Cycling UK's Local Cycle Campaigners specialise in one, two, or three types of cycling: on-road and transport, off-road and countryside access, and the integration of cycles with public transport.
As well as being experienced cyclists, many of our members have a whole host of skills they could bring to the network. For example, they may know about town planning; have knowledge of the legal system; have worked in a local authority or as a councillor; experience as a cycle instructor for children/adults or of working in the community.
Cycling UK encourages cyclists from all walks of life to become cycle campaigners and help develop hubs where various skill sets can be brought together for the advantage of cycle campaigning.
There are 2 levels of cycle campaigners:
Cycling UK Local Cycle Campaigners
These are our members who represent us in their local district/borough. Usually, these authorities do not have highway responsibilities, but it is the job of our Cyclibg UK rep to look after cyclists' interests in the area by, for instance, vetting road schemes/developments and by alerting the Highway Authority (usually the County Council) to issues that need to be addressed. Reps with 'off-road' interests will consider matters relating to local Rights of Way, countryside access and off-road networks; while those with interests in public transport may want to look at access to stations and stops, cycle parking at them and taking cycle on services.
Cycle Campaign Coordinators
We are keen to be represented at English regional level too and its equivalent in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In keeping with the changing geographical subdivisions in England, Cycling UK is encouraging campaigners to become Local Co-ordinators (formally known as Regional or County representatives) to establish campaigning in clusters. This helps local campaigners react to issues as flexibly and comprehensively as possible, drawing on the particular skill sets of the campaigners in that area. While we already have a number of people who operate for us by promoting internal network liaison amongst our local campaigners, we need more!
Post-holders must be experienced campaigners with in-depth policy knowledge and the ability to present Cycling UK in a professional manner.
We would like to hear from anyone who feels that they could fulfil this role, or sign up to aspects of it, as we need to ensure that Cycling UK is fully and effectively represented at this level.
Beyond these two broad areas, what you chose to do is largely up to you. If you need guidance, you will have access to advice and support on campaigning issues and tactics from the staff at Cycling UK's National Office.
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All my bases are fibres that I spin and enjoy myself. Every colourway has a specific inspirational story or image behind it; some of them come directly from my training as a biomedical research scientist, some from things I see in everyday life, and others from inspirations as varied as books, music and travels with my family.
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Who's who in the Spanish property buying minefield
The problems that some expats have had with buying homes in Spain continue to make headlines. The Spanish legal and fiscal system can be a minefield for those who don't understand it. In fact, it can be a minefield for those who do.


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- The project brings together eight European energy utilities and aims at removing most of the technical and nontechnical barriers that prevent a massive deployment of distributed energy resources (DER) in Europe. In partnership with manufacturers, research organizations, professionals, national agencies and a bank, they implemented a demandpull rather than technologypush approach. This new approach provided three tentative "fasttracks options" to speed up the largescale implementation of DER in Europe, by defining three client portfolios in various market segments which could benefit from DER solutions, and by fostering the R&D required to adapt DER technologies to the demands of these segments.


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Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie was scheduled to meet with Denver defensive coordinator Dennis Allen Tuesday night for a second interview for the club's vacant head coaching job, but McKenzie told CSN-Bay Area reports of "negotiations'' were premature.
ESPN reported Tuesday morning the Raiders had identified Allen as the lead candidate and were negotiating a contract.
"There's no negotiations (right now),'' McKenzie said.
Citing "multiple league sources,'' the ESPN reported Tuesday that other candidates, including Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg and Bears offensive coordinator Mike Tice have been formed they are no longer under consideration.
Asked by CSN-Bay Area if Allen could lock up the job Tuesday night, McKenzie said. "He could. Depends. He's got a lot of stuff he needs to answer. Nah, it's not a lock, irregardless of other people's reports.''
McKenzie said the fates of other candidates would depend on Allen's interview.
Tice, according to reports in the Chicago media, removed himself from consideration Monday night. Other candidates reported to have interviewed include Mornhinweg, Green Bay assistant head coach Winston Moss and Miami defensive coordinator Todd Bowles.
Allen, 39, would be the first Raiders head coach with a defensive background since John Madden was hired by Al Davis in1969 to succeed John Rauch. Before being hired by Denver, Allen was a defensive backs coach with the New Orleans Saints and also worked with the defensive line in both New Orleans and Atlanta.
McKenzie is in Mobile, Ala., scouting for the Senior Bowl and told CSN-Bay Area Monday he hoped to have a coach named by the end of the week. McKenzie said at the time of his hiring he wanted his "own guy'' as head coach and dismissed Hue Jackson after one season.
Allen's strong candidacy is somewhat of a surprise given that he and McKenzie have no known background. McKenzie reportedly interviewed Allen for the first time last week in Denver while the Broncos other candidate, offensive coordinator Mike McCoy, pulled out of the running to concentrate on the vacancy in Miami.
In terms of defensive philosophy, Allen told the Broncos Web site heading into the 2011 season "We're going to be built off speed and athleticism. We want to be a very fast, violent, aggressive type of defense.''
Defensive collapses against Buffalo, Denver and San Diego in the season finale helped keep the Raiders out of the playoffs.


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Just Good Luck? Executives Benefit From Trades
A WSJ examination of executives who traded their own company's stock just before they made news finds that far more recorded gains than saw the stock move against them. Colin Barr has details on Markets Hub. Getty Images.
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Southern Yunnan
Southern Yunnan is in China.
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Lao Airlines [1] flies from Wattay International Airport (IATA: JHG, ICAO: ZPJH) to Xishuangbanna Gasa Airport (IATA: JHG, ICAO: ZPJH) twice a week (Fridays and Sundays).
Xishuangbanna Gasa Airport, the first-class national port, the second international airport in Yunnan province, is an important trunk line and medium-sized hub airport in Yunnan. Located in Gasa town, about 4 kilometers southwest of Jinghong city. Existing navigable cities: Beijing, Shanghai(Hongqiao), Guangzhou, Xi'an, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Hefei, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Taiyuan, Nanchang, Tianjin, Kunming, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Dali, and Tengchong 20 domestic airlines, Bangkok and Luang Prabang two international airlines.
Get around
Trekking in southern Xishuangbanna. There are a number of cafes in Jinghong where you can meet up with guides who will take you on treks to see old Dai and Bulan villages in Southern Yunnan. Cost varies, but plan on about ¥300 per person for a four day trek.
The treks are pretty easy, since you will be staying in villager's homes every night along the trail. There's no need to camp, and the terrain you'll be hiking over is hilly, but not mountainous.
Dai flavor dishes have exclusive reputation in Yunnan Cuisine, the local residents most are Dai in Xishuangbanna. Dai flavor dishes give priority to sticky rice, sour, roasted meat and aquatic food, spices are based on wild cultivated plants, with a unique ethnic flavor.
Among Xishuangbanna cuisine, the most representative food are "Nan Mi", Blang dishes, Hani dishes, barbecue, moss, Suansun boiled fish (or chicken), lemongrass grilled fish, fragrant bamboo rice, fried fern, fried moss, pineapple rice, various types of barbecue, etc. These names most tourists have not heard before, really worth a try.
You can eat delicious Xishuangbanna food at the night market, in addition to the above specialties, the herb chicken, bamboo rice, roasted bamboo rat, steamed moss eggs, raw chopped cooked chicken, duck feet, bamboo worms, fried cow leather, fried pig skin, and other ethnic flavor food, best meet Chinese southerners' taste.
Local bamboo sticky rice or bamboo rice, only cost 2- 5 yuan to be full.
If you dare to taste the insects, how about consider the worms feast, including grasshoppers, scorpions, creeping bamboo worms, bee larvae, etc.
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Tim Russert's personal physician says medics tried to save the NBC anchor shortly after he collapsed at work.
Dr. Michael Newman told CNN's Larry King that a defibrillator, a heart-shocking device, was used to try to save Russert. "A resuscitation was begun almost immediately," he said.
Russert, a mainstay of television journalism's political talk as the host of "Meet the Press," died of a heart attack after collapsing at NBC's Washington bureau Friday. He was 58. Read full article »


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Oh, hi tubbypaws! You guys remember tubbypaws, right? She's a whiz with the ol' papercraft, able to turn even the most adult and depressing of titles into bright and wonderful dioramas. This is her latest work, and yes, it's GTA IV, complete with cute little paper Niko, cute little paper buildings and cute little train whizzing by on cute little paper tracks. Should bring a much-needed pinch of levity to GTA IV's murder n' drugs-heavy stew.
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The Aquarium is a great source of inspiration and most recent information about Java EE progress across all relevant specifications and reference implementations. They picked up a presentation by Oracle's Shaun Smith (blog/twitter) about the status and future of EclipseLink as an open source project. He covers all the new features which are going to be in EclipseLink 2.4 which will be availabke along with the June Eclipse Juno Release. In detail these are REST, NoSQL and Multitenancy. (details refer to the complete slide-deck (PDF) from the marsjug event.)
I like to see that EclipseLink still is the center of innovation in Java persistence and they are trying hard to adopt latest buzz timely. Working for a more conservative industry in general the main new feature I am looking for is multitenancy. What you can guess from the slides is, that something in this field should already be working with latest EclipseLink 2.3.0.
What is Multitenancy going to look like?
Let's start looking at what Oracle's Linda DeMichiel announced at last years JavaOne (compare blog-post) and also let's look at what the early draft (PDF) of the JPA 2.1 specification has to offer. The easier part is the early draft. Not a single line mentions "Multitenan[t|cy]" in any context. So, this is obviously still a big to do for further iterations. A bit more could be found in the JavaOne Strategy Keynote (Slides 41,42) and the JavaOne Technical Keynote (PDF) (Slide 25). The general Java EE 7 approach will be to have support for separate isolated instances of the same app for different tenants. The mapping should be done by the container and be available to apps in some way. This is all very vague until today and the only concrete code examples available from the slides refer to some obvious JPA related examples using two annotations @Multitenant and @TenantDiscriminatorColumn. Hmm. Doesn't this look familiar to you?
What is possible today?
It does! EclipseLink (as of 2.3.0 - Indigo) supports shared multitenant tables using tenant discriminator column(s), allowing an application to be re-used for multiple tenants and have all their data co-located. All tenants share the same schema without being aware of one another and can use non-multitenant entity types as per usual. But be aware of the fact, that this is only one possible approach to multitenancy for data. This is commonly referred to as "dedicated database" because all tenant's data go into one single db! The basic principles for the following are:
- application instances handle multiple tenants
- caching has to be isolated for every tenant by JPA
You can look at all the details on a dedicated EclipseLink wiki page. Want to give it a test drive? let's start. Prerequisites as usual (NetBeans, GlassFish, MySQL, compare older posts if you need more help.). Make sure to have the right EclipseLink dependencies (at least 2.3.0)! Create a new entity via the wizard, setup your datasource and persistence.xml and call it e.g. Customer.
Read the rest of the article at the following URL:
Java Code Geeks: Sneak peak at Java EE 7 - Multitenant Examples with EclipseLink


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Crown Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, a part of the Crown Automotive Group, was recently honored by Edmunds.com, the premier destination for car shopping, with the 2014 Edmunds.com Five Star Dealer Award. A total of 259 franchise dealerships won this year's award, which is given annually to dealerships who have earned a five-star rating on Edmunds.com's Dealer Ratings and Review page.
"The Edmunds.com Five Star Dealer Award is truly special because the judges are the people that matter the most: everyday car shoppers," says Edmunds.com president Seth Berkowitz. "And with almost 18,000 new car franchises across the country, these 259 winners essentially represent the top one percent of all dealerships. This is an extraordinary honor that recognizes the dealers that deliver the finest customer service day in and day out."
The 2014 Five Star Dealer Award winners are located in 51 U.S. metropolitan markets. The New York market is home to the most award winners (32 dealerships), followed by Chicago with 28 winners and Los Angeles with 25 winners.
Crown Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram general manager, Marc Wigler, also commented, "This is a tremendous honor and we are grateful to both our customers and all of our team members. We thank our valued customers for taking the time to rate us, and we thank our team members for their hard work and dedication to providing outstanding shopping experiences for our customers. Automotive shoppers have many, many choices in today's competitive market, and we strive to offer them world-class customer service every day. It is a privilege to serve our shoppers and communities, and we are honored by the Edmunds.com Five Star Dealer Award."
To be eligible for the award, a dealership must be an Edmunds.com Promise PartnerSM dealer and must have earned an average customer review rating that rounds up to five stars on Edmunds.com — with a minimum of 20 reviews during the previous two years — as of December 31, 2013. Car shoppers can find the Five Star Dealer Award winners in their area at http://www.edmunds.com/2014-five-star-dealers.html.
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Lord Justice Leveson's long-awaited report into press standards is to be published on Thursday amid fears its recommendations could throw the British government into turmoil.
The 2000-page document is due to be unveiled at 2330 (AEDT) with the judge widely expected to suggest a new newspaper regulator underpinned by law.
British Prime Minister David Cameron set up the Leveson Inquiry in July last year in response to revelations that the News of the World commissioned a private detective to hack murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone after she disappeared in 2002.
The probe, set to cost about STG6 million ($A9.23 million) overall, heard months of dramatic evidence from celebrities, media figures, politicians and the police.
Cameron on Wednesday pledged to seek cross-party consensus on a new regulatory system but faces an uphill struggle to overcome deep divisions in the coalition and among his own MPs.
Cameron is due to respond to the report in the House of Commons on Thursday but the Liberal Democrats have already suggested deputy prime minister Nick Clegg could make a separate statement.
Clegg is reportedly ready to support the rapid creation of a regulator with statutory underpinning, a move that would be opposed by many Tories, and Cameron is thought to be resisting.
The pair have been poring over the report trying to agree a joint approach since half-a-dozen advance copies were delivered to Downing Street on Wednesday morning.
Asked about press regulation as he took questions in the Commons, Cameron said: "This government set up Leveson because of unacceptable practices in parts of the media and because of a failed regulatory system.
"I think we should try and work across party lines on this issue, it is right to meet with other party leaders about this issue and I will do so.
"What matters most I believe is that we end up with an independent regulatory system that can deliver and in which the public have confidence."
He added: "One of the key things that the Leveson Inquiry is trying to get to the bottom of is how can you have a strong, independent regulatory system so you don't have to wait for the wheels of the criminal justice system or the libel system to work.
"People should be able to rely on a good regulatory system as well to get the sort of redress they want, whether that is prominent apologies or fines for newspapers or the other things that are clearly so necessary."
Labour leader Ed Miliband welcomed Cameron's commitment and insisted he wanted "real change".
"I hope we can work on an all-party basis. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for real change and I hope that this House can make it happen," he told MPs.
All three main party leaders have indicated they will support the report's recommendations as long as they are "proportionate".
But there is speculation Cameron could offer parliament a free vote rather than try to force through measures and suffer a damaging rebellion.
Dozens of Tory MPs signed an open letter warning against statutory regulation this week - shortly after 42 of their colleagues called for tougher laws to curb newspapers' excesses.
The latest group included Liam Fox and David Davis, media select committee chairman John Whittingdale and 1922 committee chairman Graham Brady.
"As parliamentarians, we believe in free speech and are opposed to the imposition of any form of statutory control even if it is dressed up as underpinning," they argued.
"No form of statutory regulation of the press would be possible without the imposition of state licensing - abolished in Britain in 1695.
"State licensing is inimical to any idea of press freedom and would radically alter the balance of our unwritten constitution."
Campaign group Hacked Off, which represents victims of press intrusion, welcomed the government's commitment to seek cross-party agreement and urged leaders to avoid unnecessary delay.
The Spectator, the country's oldest political magazine, insisted it would refuse to join any regulatory system enforced by the government, while News International's chief executive Tom Mockridge backed calls for a "tough" new press watchdog but warned that state-backed regulation would put too much power in politicians' hands.
A poll last found majority public support for statutory regulation, with 51 per cent in favour, 20 per cent opposed and 29 per cent unsure.
The ComRes survey for ITV's News At Ten, which interviewed 2038 adults online from November 23-25, found 48 per cent believed the current system was insufficiently tough while 28 per cent thought it about right.


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Desi and I are late sleepers. For a long time we both worked the late shift in newsrooms and it is hard, to this day many years after, for us to fall asleep before midnight. As a result, we have gotten into a late cycle with almost all of what we do, including dinner, which rarely makes it to the table before 9 pm and sometimes close to 10.
Now it's a well-known fact that eating your dinner pretty close to bedtime is just not a good idea, because your metabolism slows down during sleep. We try to combat this by making the meal a fairly light one, usually a chapati or two with some dal and subzi.
Sometimes, it is just a bowl of steaming soup with chunky, crusty bread.
When I make soup for dinner I like it to be as nutritious and hearty as possible without being too heavy. I love adding beans, because they offer you loads of protein and fiber for a handful of calories.
For the soup I am about to share with you, I went with lima beans which, for some reason, don't get their share of the spotlight in my legume-loving kitchen as often as they should. These amazing beans are not only super-healthy, but they are gorgeously creamy and delicious to boot. What more can you ask for?
I combined the lima beans with a butternut squash which made a wonderfully healthy addition to the soup.
For the garnish I used finely diced avocado- the creamy blandness of the avocado paired perfectly with the dish, as did its pale green color with the soup's elegant orange.
The soup was delicious– silky and complex with the flavors of garlic and red chili powder. And it looked gorgeous to boot.
Vegan Silk: Butternut-Lima Bean Soup
1 cup large Lima beans, soaked for about 8 hours and cooked until tender
1 medium red onion
1 medium butternut squash, cut into big chunks and then roasted in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20-30 minutes or until tender. Peel the squash, cut into a smaller dice, and reserve
4 large cloves of garlic, minced
1 tsp red chili powder
Salt to taste
1/2 avocado, pitted, peeled and finely diced
1 tbsp canola oil
Heat the canola oil in a saucepan.
Add the onions and saute on medium heat until translucent.
Add the garlic and stir about a minute.
Add the butternut squash and chili powder. Cook for about a couple of minutes, stirring occasionally, so the squash breaks down further.
Add half the cooked beans and salt to taste.
Bring to a boil.
Turn off the heat and, with an immersion blender or in a regular blender, puree the soup until it acquires a rich, creamy texture. (Pureeing half the beans gives the soup its creamy texture while the remaining limas go into the soup whole to contribute a hearty heft)
Return the saucepan to heat, add the remaining lima beans and season with salt if required.
Warm to a simmer, then turn off the heat and ladle the hot soup into bowls.
Garnish with the diced avocado and enjoy with some bread!


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