El viento se intensificará mañana

El viento fue el máximo protagonista de ayer, alcanzándose rachas de 32 kilómetros por hora a las 20:27 horas. Para mañana se preeve que el viento siga soplando de la misma manera, quizás con más intensidad. El Instituto Nacional de Meteorología ya ha alertado a media España de las fuertes rachas de viento que se pueden alcanzar mañana. Aqui, en la provincia de Alicante, estamos en alerta amarilla porque se podrían alcanzar rachas máximas de 70 kilómetros por hora, siendo más probables en el Norte e Interior de la provincia de Alicante, mientras que en el sur de dicha provincia hay menos riesgo.


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Mapa isobarico (Day/Night). Muestra la potente Borrasca al Noroeste de las Islas Británicas y el Anticiclón de las Azores, que harán que el viento sople de manera moderada-fuerte en casi toda España. Cuanto más al Sureste menos viento, por tanto en Orihuela será como mucho de intensidad moderada.Any source

Update Google Mobile Products on your BlackBerry with One Click

Posted by Charles Wiles, Product Manager, Google mobile team

If you find it hard to keep your BlackBerry up to date with Google's expanding mobile product suite, we hope we just made your life a little easier. The new Google Mobile Updater for BlackBerry makes it simple for you to stay informed and current by telling you when new products and updates are available for your phone and allowing you to install them with a single click. The Updater will even put an icon for each product on your BlackBerry's main menu, making it as easy as possible for you to get to your favorite Google mobile products.

Now you can easily get the latest Google mobile applications like Google Maps for Mobile with My Location (the magical blue circle on your map), and web applications like Picasa Web Albums and Google Docs -- all of which you can choose to install to your BlackBerry's main menu for easy access.

Google Mobile Updater is also the only way you can get the latest, fastest Google mobile search for BlackBerry. In under a second, you can start entering your query without waiting to load the Google home page. This saves you valuable time when you are trying to find the answer to that quiz question, the address of a nearby restaurant or the latest price of your favorite stock. You can assign a convenience key to make it even easier to access Google search.

To get Google Mobile Updater, visit mobile.google.com on your BlackBerry and click "Download all" under "Get all Google products in one go." From there, you can get the latest Google search application by selecting "Search" and then "Update." Note that right now, Google Mobile Updater and the new Google search experience are only available for BlackBerry devices in the U.S. In the future, whenever we launch new products or updates we will let you know by changing the Google Mobile Updater icon to have a green arrow, like this:
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Previsión Meteorológica para el Puente de la Constitución e Inmaculada Concepción

Jueves, 6 de Diciembre de 2007
Dia con riesgo nulo de precipitación. Cielos despejados, si acaso podrian aparecer algunas nubes de tipo medio y alto durante la tarde. Se espera una temperatura máxima de 20º y una mínima de 7º. Viento muy flojo de Suroeste.


Viernes, 7 de Diciembre de 2007
Dia con riesgo nulo de precipitación. Cielos despejados, con tendencia a cubrirse por la tarde. Se espera una temperatura máxima de 21º y una mínima de 6º. Viento moderado del Noroeste.


Sábado, 8 de Diciembre de 2007
Dia con riesgo nulo de precipitación. Cielos despejados. Se espera una temperatura máxima de 20º y una mínima de 8º. Viento flojo con rachas moderadas del Norte.


Domingo, 9 de Diciembre de 2007
Dia con riesgo nulo de precipitación. Cielos despejados. Se espera una temperatura máxima de 21º y una mínima de 9º. Viento moderado con rachas fuertes del Noroeste.


* Las temperaturas máximas y mínimas citadas, evidentemente son cifras aproximadas.
* Los iconos meteorológicos indican el fenómeno que va a predominar en determinado día.

* Nota: La fiabilidad de las predicciones es mayor al principio del plazo de predicción y disminuye a medida que éste se aleja en el tiempo. Por lo tanto no se descartan cambios importantes a más de 3 días vista, desde la fecha de consulta. A partir de esos 3 días la previsión debe tomarse a modo de orientación, ya que el riesgo de error supera el 30%.

Tendremos un puente de estabilidad total, sin precipitaciones y con temperaturas suaves, en el que el protagonista será el viento. Podrian aparecer algunas nubes de medias y de buen tiempo o "decorativas", pero serian sin importancia.
Si ustedes quieren saber que tiempo va hacer en otra zona de España, de Europa o del resto del mundo durante el puente, por causas de viaje, no duden en preguntarmelo.

Recordar que podeis seguir las previsiones meteorológicas para Orihuela pinchando en el logotipo que hay en la derecha o en esta dirección:
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Google on the iPhone: Fast and Fluid

Posted by Steve Kanefsky, Software Engineer, Google mobile team

We all know that using the web on mobile phones can be a challenge sometimes. Compared to our personal computers, the screens are smaller, it's more difficult to navigate and enter text, the network connections are slower, and the browsers lack many of the features we've become accustomed to. I deal with this every day as both a developer and a user of mobile web applications. So you can imagine how excited I was when the iPhone launched with a large touch screen, Wi-Fi, and a full-blown Safari web browser!

I started thinking about how to use AJAX technology to improve Google on the iPhone. I set out to create an application that would preload my favorite Google products and allow me to switch between them instantly. I wanted web results as well as image, local, and news results without having to repeat my search. I wanted to check Gmail and my news feeds in Google Reader without having to load a new page every time. I also wanted Google Suggest to save me time typing queries on the virtual keyboard.

I created a prototype and showed it to some fellow Googlers. After that, things started moving pretty quickly. A few weeks (and a few gallons of mint tea) later, I had an improved version which Googlers throughout the company were using on their iPhones (it works great on the iPod Touch too). Now we want to share it with everyone.

Our guiding principles were "fast" and "fluid." We think we've achieved both, thanks to some AJAX magic made possible by the iPhone's Safari browser. To try it out, just go to www.google.com on your iPhone.

We want to know what you think! You can post your comments below or submit specific questions on our discussion board. We hope you'll like it.

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Delegation of BVI Officials at OCTA Meetings in Brussels

The BVI delegation, headed by Minister of Communications and Works of the British Virgin Islands Honourable Julian Fraser, took part in the annual OCTA (Overseas Countries and Territories Association) Ministerial Conference and the OCTA-EU forum, whicih took place in Brussels, Belgium from November 26-28. The delegation was comprised of Financial Secretary Neil Smith, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Premier's Office Petrona Smith, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Secretariat Elise Donovan, director of the BVI London Office Dawn Smith, political and accounts officer of the London Office Sandra Besson, private secretary Gloria Mactavious, and consultant Ben Coleman.

Having in mind that EU is reviewing its relationship with the Overseas Countries and Territories and has proposed a “privileged partnership” based on “Europeanicity”, Minister emphasised that the BVI needed to explore the meaning of these terms and potential effect on BVI-UK relationship.

The BVI delegation actively participated in the discussions focused on financial services, economic and trade co-operation, environment problems and other issues. Speaking after the Forum, Minister Fraser said: “The BVI must ensure that our relationship with Europe continues to deliver benefits for our people. We are going to have to do some serious thinking about the results we want and the best way of getting them.”

During the meetings, Fraser stressed BVI's commitment to work with the Overseas Countries and Territories Association and the EU. He had bilateral discussions with the heads of delegations from other overseas territories from the Caribbean region and around the world.

Being the chair of OCTA's Partnership Working Party in Financial Services, in May 2007 BVI hosted the financial conference of the Overseas Countries and Territories Association. In Brussels, the British Virgin Islands presented a review of the year's activities in the sphere of financial services.

Brian Obvi,
Offshore Analyst

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Meat: facing the dilemmas

The excellent Food Ethics published by the Food Ethics Council has devoted its latest issue to this theme. You can read excerpts online at: Meat

There are a lot of issues related to increasing meat consumption: climate change; health issues; water scarcity and biodiversity loss from clearing forests to make way for pasture and feed production; and animal welfare, which is certainly not a luxury we can no longer afford. The FAO calculates that livestock account for 18 per cent of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Cows and sheep burp a lot releasing methane, which has a global warming potency 21 times greater than CO2.

In his introduction to the edition, Tom MacMillan suggests that 'the challenge is not only to eat less but also to eat better meat - produced in more humane and environmentally sound production systems yielding a better quality product.' Henry Buller reports in the issue from his innovative 'Eating Biodiversity' project on this theme.

I have not yet read all the articles, but what strikes me is that although there are plenty of references to the FAO and some to the OECD and WTO, the EU and the CAP are conspicuous by their absence. Surely the EU should be contributing to this debate and developing proactive policies that bring together a number of related objectives in different spheres of policy? Or is that too much to hope for?Any source

The Auction

Posted by Marc Vanlerberghe, Product Marketing Director

In case you missed it, Google officially announced today that we'll be applying to participate in the upcoming 700 megahertz spectrum auction. You can read more about it on the Official Google Blog. As Chris notes, we'll be obligated to remain silent on this for awhile -- just so you know.Any source