Senior Management Changes in BVI FSC

BVI FSC published two press releases in June, the first one concerning completion of two five-year employee contracts with the Commission, and the second one announcing new appointments to Senior Management posts. Press release published on June 12, 2008 included information on Michael Oliver and Christopher Hill demitting the office during this month.

Mr. Oliver has served as director of insurance industry in BVI since 2003, and during his being in the post, the BVI has become the 4th largest jurisdiction for Captive Insurance. It is mentioned in the press release that in this post he established a number of Insurance Regulatory Training Initiatives not only for FSC but also for Insurance Regulators in the region. Mr. Oliver also played great role in the promotion of the BVI's new Insurance Act passed in the beginning of the year.

Mr. Hill was recruited as the BVI's first director of Insolvency Services, having the specific task of setting up the FSC's insolvency regime and implementing the provisions of Insolvency Act, 2003 – including recruitment and training of staff, designing systems and controls, advising on legislation and regulations and providing licenses to Insolvency Practitioners.

On June 19, 2008, the new appointments were announced: Mr. David Abednego was named as the new Acting Director of Insolvency services, while Mr. Elton Lettsome became the Acting Director of Insurance sector. Mr. Abednego is an attorney who was admitted to practice law in the BVI in 1998; in 2004 he started to work in the FSC, was assigned to the Insolvency Services Division in the role of Deputy Director, Insolvency Services and Deputy Official Receiver, and was the principal assistant to Mr. Hill. Now, in the role of Acting Director, Insolvency Services/Official Receiver, Mr. Abednego will lead the Commission's Insolvency Services Division and serve as the Territory's Official Receiver.

Mr. Elton Lettsome became associated with Insurance regulation in 1992, when he was recruited by the Ministry of Finance of BVI as an Assistant Regulator. Mr. Lettsome who holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Florida, has represented the Commission at various international insurance seminars, conferences and workshops.

Brian Obvi,
Offshore Analyst

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Nueva Máxima Anual: 36,9ºC

Día muy caluroso el que hemos tenido hoy en Orihuela, hemos alcanzado los 36,9ºC a las 16:08 horas. De esta manera, dicha temperatura se convierte en la nueva máxima anual.

Curiosamente Orihuela no ha sido la ciudad más calurosa del sureste, y es que por ejemplo en Murcia capital la temperatura ha sido muy cercana a los 40,0ºC. Veamos que otros valores de temperaturas máximas se han registrado cerca de Orihuela:
Murcia (Murcia): 38,0ºC
Molina de Segura (Murcia): 37,7ºC
Murcia - Zarandona (Murcia): 37,4ºC
Santomera (Murcia): 37,0ºC
Abarán (Murcia): 37,0ºC
Catral (Alicante): 36,9ºC
Orihuela (Alicante): 36,9ºC
Murcia - La Alberca (Murcia): 36,2ºC
Crevillente (Alicante): 36,1ºC
Almoradí (Alicante): 34,6ºC
Pilar de la Horadada (Alicante): 33,1ºC
Aeropuerto El Altet (Alicante): 33,0ºC
Villena (Alicante): 32,1ºC

Hoy se ha vuelto a repetir la historia y los interiores peninsulares han sido evidentemente más perjudicados en los registros térmicos máximos que la costa.

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Introducing Mobile Tricks, our new YouTube channel for cell phone enthusiasts

Posted by Effie Seiberg, Mobile Trickster

Mobile phones are awesome. I use mine all the time, from using it as a flashlight to find my keys, to a calendar to see just how late I am for an appointment. But people do much more interesting things than that with phones nowadays. And so the Google mobile team poses the question to you: what can you do with your phone?



Upload your best tip or trick to YouTube on our brand new Mobile Tricks channel. We'll post all the ones we like to our playlists for the world to see in one centralized space, and will be blogging about our favorites here every so often. Be it a useful tip on how to use your phone to get internet access on your computer or a fun trick like juggling a phone and two rubber chickens, we want to see what you've got!

To get you started, our friend Dave Stone at the Advertising Program at Art Center saves us from aliens and our friends at Blendtec do what they do best. More great videos next week!



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Sigue subiendo levemente la Reserva Hídrica

El Embalse de la Pedrera ha sufrido una pequeñísima subida de 1hm3. Actualmente el agua embalsada es de 85hm3 con un porcentaje de 34,55%. Podriamos decir que afrontamos el verano medianamente bien teniendo acumulada dicha Reserva Hídrica, pero las previsiones dicen que este verano en el apartado de precipitaciones, estas se mantendrán en la media o con ligera tendencia a la baja. Any source

Invasión de Polvo Sahariano sobre Orihuela

Desde ayer y durante la jornada de hoy, seguro que muchos oriolanos y oriolanas están viendo como el cielo de nuestro ciudad muestra un color azul bastante pálido e incluso en algunos momentos blanquecino. Se trata de una pequeña invasión polvo procedente del desierto del Sahara, en las capas altas de la atmósfera. A lo largo del día de hoy irá remitiendo y el cielo volverá recobrar su color azul veraniego que no suele ser tan azul como en el invierno, por las partículas sólidas que son arrancadas por las corrientes de aire caliente desde nuestra superficie, con el calentamiento del Sol.

Concentraciones de Polvo sahariano en la atmósfera a una altitud de 3000 metros.

Las concentraciones esta vez no han sido muy importantes y apenas han sobrepasado los 1,5 gr/m2. El que esta cantidad de polvo sahariano se introdujera durante la jornada de ayer en nuestra atmósfera, tiene que ver con la llegada de una vaguada de aire frío en altura que cruzó la península. Esta dió lugar, en la tarde de ayer, a importantes tormentas en el centro de nuestro país.

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My Location in your Palm

Posted by Jerry Morrison, Software Engineer and Ryan Pollock, Product Marketing Manager

We're excited to release an update to Google Maps for mobile for Palm OS. For Palm Centro users, this update includes the My Location feature which allows you to see your location on a map without GPS. If you have a Centro, just press 0 and the map will snap to your current area. Google Maps for mobile will determine your approximate location from the cell phone tower your phone is connected to. Please note that if you have a Sprint Centro, you must first upgrade its operating system to Maintenance Release 1 for My Location to work.

Unfortunately, older Palm models such as the Treos don't have the APIs needed to get the cell tower data, so My Location is not available on these models. All Palm OS phones will be able to enjoy the other features of this release. Google Maps for mobile now supports hybrid view so you can view satellite imagery with street names layered on top. We've also improved the user interface for finding businesses, addresses, and directions. The route summary now lets you scroll through step-by-step instructions that you can copy to the clipboard. Visit www.google.com/gmm on the desktop or your mobile phone to get the latest release of Google Maps for mobile.

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Tercera noche tropical del año

Hoy se ha registrado la tercera noche tropical del año, ha sido de 21,3ºC a las 7:12 horas. Esta noche ha pasado todo lo contrario que la anterior, ha soplado viento de poniente que ha hecho que la temperatura no descendiera como otras noches, dejando una sensación de bochorno mayor.

Vamos a ver lo calurosa que ha sido la noche en otras localidades cercanas a Orihuela:
Elche (Alicante): 23,3ºC
Torrevieja (Alicante): 23,2ºC
Santomera (Murcia): 22,9ºC
Murcia (Murcia): 22,6ºC
Alicante (Alicante): 22,5ºC
Cartagena (Murcia): 22,4ºC
Denia (Alicante): 22,3ºC
Aeropuerto El Altet (Alicante): 22,2ºC
Molina de Segura (Murcia): 22,0ºC
San Vicente del Raspeig (Alicante): 20,8ºC
Novelda (Alicante): 20,7ºCAny source