Snowfall in Colorado, United States

Snow rain may have been common in the United States. However, this time the eastern state of Colorado, United States, hit by hail.

In fact, the size of ice falling from the Colorado sky was relatively large. Ice floes which fell on average almost the same as the big golf ball.

This event occurs after the Colorado hit by bad weather with strong winds for several hours on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 local time. The collapse of these ice floes loud noises when it hit a car, roof, and other objects. Completed storm, a rainbow appeared in the Colorado sky.

As per the predictions of weather observers, it immediately to normal conditions. The average temperature in the range of the Colorado back 26 degrees centigrade, the normal spring temperatures in the United States.

Links And Notes From Today's "Irish Debate": Ireland Is In An Ideal Position To Recover From The Recession

Genius Clusters [VIDEO] :

In an article entitled Creating A Genius Cluster In Ireland Rich Moran points out that at key times in history geniuses seemed to come together in clusters.

A Fight To Keep Northern Ireland Interviews Secret : NPR:

Scholars at Boston College have found themselves in the midst of an international dispute involving shadowy guerrilla fighters, gruesome murders, and threats of retribution.

ITLG Launches East Coast Chapter :

After four years of successful operation in Silicon Valley the Irish Technology Leadership Group has opened an East Coast chapter of its organisation in New York. The ITLG is a network of Irish and Irish American executives and businesspeople that provides, amongst other things, mentorship, support and investment for many Irish startup companies.

Building Bridges Between Irish Universities And Silicon Valley :

With the stated aim of teaching, “business skills to university researchers and scientists,” the Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI) has partnered with the Dublin City University (DCU) Ryan Academy. In addition, entrepreneurship training for postdoctoral researchers at research centres will be provided in Universities across Ireland.  

For the past few years, Irish retailer Brown Thomas has collaborated with a designer to create a special edition tote bag. All proceeds go towards breast cancer research. Last year, Tory Burch designed a sassy leopard print tote that cleverly incorporates FTBC’s signature bullseye. 

ITLG Founder Raises Ireland's Spirit In The Valley :

The success of the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) in creating links between Silicon Valley and Ireland was acknowledged when John Hartnett, founder of the ITLG, was awarded the 2011 Spirit of Ireland Award at the culmination of a week of events around the San José-Dublin sister city initiative.

Rich Moran: Creating A Genius Cluster In Ireland :

How is it that Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins were all in Nashville in the same recording studio on the same day, December 4, 1956? That day is now being replayed every day in the play “Million Dollar Quartet”. But I have more questions…

the British Isles at night..I can see my city :-)

Links And Notes From Today's "Irish Debate": Ireland Is In An Ideal Position To Recover From The Recession :

Here are some links from today’s discussion on Irish Debate with yours truly. The topic was “Ireland Is In An Ideal Position To Recover From The Recession”. You can also watch the video recording at Irish Debate.

U.S. Announced New Money Design 100 Dollar

A year ago, the Government of the United States (U.S.) announced the issuance of new paper money denominations of $ 100. The money was widely circulated in February 2011.

Embassy U.S.A in Jakarta, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, revealed that the new design was designed by the Ministry of Finance in cooperation with the Central Bank (the Fed) and Secret Service. Equipped with advanced technology to prevent counterfeiting, the new $ 100 denomination design retains the traditional appearance of U.S. currency.

"As in the designs of the U.S. currency earlier, these new fragments using best current technology to ensure we stay ahead of counterfeiters," said Finance Minister Tim Geithner.

Fragments of 100 dollar with a new design is starting issued on February 10, 2011. However, approximately 6.5 billion pieces of 100 dollars with the old design that is in circulation at this time can still be used as legal tender.

"The U.S. currency users should know that they do not have to exchange their old $ 100 denominations, when the new denomination began circulated," said Governor of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke.

The new money design of 100 dollar has various security features, including two new features of the Ribbon Security Three Dimensions and features Bell in the Inkwell. Both are easy for consumers and traders to ensure the authenticity of a floating currency.

Although only 1/100 of 1 percent of the total amount of U.S. currency in circulation is reported as counterfeit money, a sheet of 100 dollars is a fraction of the most widely used and most frequently counterfeited outside the U.S.