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I went looking for something different this week, i.e., a photo that wasn’t mine, and discovered this double Kauai rainbow photo that’s listed as being in the public domain. Whoever took this did a great job and captured both rainbows. The top one is faint, but to catch it in the photo—bravo! My favs this […]
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The Toronto Sun has called Melodie Campbell Canada’s “Queen of Comedy” and Library Journal compared her to Janet Evanovich. The winner of ten awards, including the 2014 Derringer in the US and the 2014 Arthur Ellis in Canada, Campbell now has a new release, “The Goddaughter Caper.” This time around, Melodie Campbell is taking on mobsters […]
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Data Privacy Day occurs each year on January 28. The theme of this year’s Data Privacy Day is Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust. This is an international effort to create awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information for the consumer as well as the business community. Last year on Data […]
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Almost Spouting Horn video? Well, yes. You see, I shot a Spouting Horn video, but also took this one while facing West. It’s not as dramatic as the big explosion of water coming from the blowhole, but I think it’s quite relaxing. So, take a minute (and eighteen seconds) to sit back and relax. You […]
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Debut novelist Robert McClure liked to read pulp fiction when he was a kid. Now, after years as a trial lawyer, his debut novel, Deadly Lullaby is being published. McClure has had many of his short stories published and has received some excellent reviews for Deadly Lullaby, but describes himself in terms of his family. […]
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Reed Farrel Coleman is no stranger to good writing. His award nominations and winnings read like an alphabet soup including Anthony, Audie, Barry, Edgar, and Macavity. He was tapped by the late Robert B. Parker’s estate to continue the Jesse Stone novels and balances that with his own series. He’s currently launching the Gus Murphy […]
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All “Larry, the Cable Guy” jokes aside, cable consumers now have a new cable company scam to watch out for—and this cable guy doesn’t even work for the company. Crooks have discovered that by presenting themselves as an employee of a cable company, they can gain easy access to a consumer’s home or finances. The […]
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Each time we’ve gone to Kaua‘i we’ve tried to get in a trip to the Kilauea Lighthouse. The lighthouse was turned into a national wildlife refuge in 1985 to preserve and enhance the sea nesting colonies in the area. Since those early days, the Kilauea Point Wildlife Refuge has expanded beyond the lightouse. It now includes Crater Hill […]
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Samuel Marquis is a VP-Hydrogeologist with an environmental consulting firm in Boulder, CO. He has interests in both historical and modern suspense. Marquis will be publishing six books in 2016, the first of which is “The Coalition,” a tale about a secret society whose plot threatens the highest levels of the U.S. government. In “The […]
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Brain training apps — can they really help improve memory? Problem solving? Forestall dementia? Not according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). On January 4, Lumo Labs, makers of the popular Lumosity app, agreed to modify its marketing tactics to no long make such grandiose claims. Brain training apps — the claims If you’ve ever […]
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MS Noordam anchored in Russell Our cruise on the MS Noordam seems so long ago This photo was taken during our shore excursion in Russell, New Zealand. The trip was part of our 40th anniversary celebration, and it was wonderful. On this particular day, we came ashore from the MS Noordam using a tender on […]
