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Free Online Storage is a free on-line storage space where you can upload, download or share your data in the Internet. With high speed Internet connection available at the moment is good alternative for media storage instead of flash disc because you can get your data at any place in the world as long as there is Internet connection.
Step 1. Registration.
Open you your browser and type: http://uploaded.to.
The registration process is very easy, just scroll down and type your email address.
Now, check your email. You will receive an email with activation link.
Click the link.
It will bring you to your browser with 'approved page'. You will an account-ID and password.
Don't forget this ID and password.
Now, you can try to log in. Enter you account-ID and password.
Done, you get your screen main page. It's still blank, because you hasn't upload anything yet.
First thing first, change your password and set alias name for your user-id. It will be easier to remember user your own user id instead of numbering. Don't forget to change your password too.
Now, you can login your new alias.
Login process with alias name is success. You will see on the screen your new alias.
Uploaded.to gives you easier way to upload and manage your on-line storage with ftp access.
In this sample, I use Filezilla. If you don't have it, you install it (from linux terminal) using command: $apt-get install filezilla or you use any ftp program that you have.
Host: ftp.uploaded.to
username: taufanlinux (your alias)
password: ********** (your password)
port: 21
Login via ftp is success.
On the left side is your local directory and on the right side is your uploaded.to storage. It's still empty because you hasn't uploaded anything yet.
Now, trying to upload a file. Just drag any file that you want to upload from left side window to right side window.
As you can see below, uploading is on process.
Uploading process is success. You will see your uploaded file in uploaded.to directory.
You can check on your uploaded.to website screen. Now, you have your file in the screen.
In every file you will have a download link.
Below, is the sample how to use your link file.
What should I do if forget my password?
From login screen, click 'Forgotten you password?' link, type your user-id (account), alias name or email address then click 'Order password' button.
Your password is sent to your email address. Use this emailed password to login and replace it with your new password.
Open your email to get the temporary new password.


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Were it an animal, the Casio TRYX would be enough to singlehandedly refute intelligent design. It's pretty. It's fun! It's works well. But there's really no way to explain the strange, strange way it is.
The TRYX is a decent camera. It shoots 1080p with decently bright colours, and decently fine detail. I wouldn't say the output's any kind of quantum leap beyond the 720p stuff the iPhone 4's able to crank out, but it's solid. Above, you can watch my mundane commute to work. Sorry it's not thrilling. Sorry I'm not a god damn astronaut, OK?
As a still camera, it's good. A 12 MP sensor, adjustable ISO and white balance - in line with most midrange point-and-shoots its size in terms of quality, though certainly not in functionality. It uses a minimal, easily navigable touch interface on the big, crisp viewfinder - which is good, because it only has two physical buttons.
All of this sits in a very sleek case, light body. And about that body...
The entire existence of the TRYX lies upon the gimmick of its form. Its lens is fitted into a hinged frame which flips out away from the LCD, allowing you to rotate the two independently. But not all the way around. It's flexible, but only to an extent. You can't spin the screen or lens around entirely, which is a bummer.
Truthfully, I don't know why it's designed this way. You can turn it into a sort of improvised triangle-shaped stand if you fancy yourself the next Bieber want to take a self-video, and the jointed design could make framing group shots easier, but I'm at a loss as to what else you would do with its strange body. Hang it from a tree?
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Update: Yesterday it was announced that Rhys Ifans had been cast as the bad guy in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, today comes word that the villain in question is The Lizard, aka Dr. Curt Connors, according to The Wrap, but there's been no confirmation from the studio. Dylan Baker played Dr. Connors, Peter Parker's physics professor, in "Spider-Man 3."
Rhys Ifans has been cast to do battle with your friendly neighborhood wall-crawler in the next "Spider-Man," but the identity of the villain he'll play remains to be seen.
"We have been very fortunate to attract some of the best actors working today to play the villains in the Spider-Man movies, and it is exciting to see that trend continue with Rhys Ifans," said Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chair Peter Tolamch via a press release. "After seeing his performance in our upcoming film 'Anonymous,' we're in awe of his talent and think he's the perfect choice to take on this role."
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Annoyingly, Sony declined to announce which villain Ifans will play, thereby subjecting us and you to more speculation on the subject.
"What sets the Spider-Man villains apart is the complexity of their relationships with Peter Parker. Rhys' incredible ability to embody both warmth and rage makes him the ideal choice for this character," added director Marc Webb in hailing Ifans' casting.
With Emma Stone playing Gwen Stacy, it would make sense for the Green Goblin to appear in the new film, but there's been lots of talk that Venom will be the one Spidey next faces off with.
The choice of Ifans continues a trend at Sony of casting actors based largely on work in other film they've done for the studio. Andrew Garfield was cast as Spider-Man thanks largely to his work in "The Social Network" and co-star Emma Stone got the role of Gwen Stacy following her turn in "Easy A."


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - working at two schools...consequences? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in working at two schools...consequences? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Taiwan View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message angelinaJoined: 29 Mar 2003Posts: 14 Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2003 10:26 am Post subject: working at two schools...consequences? Hi all. I'm currently working at a buxiban here (evening hours) and I want to get another part-time job in the mornings. I just want to know what the consequences of this are as I believe it isn't legal to work anywhere other than what's on your ARC. However, would this be considered like private student illegal, getting a fine illegal, or having my ass deported illegal? If so, is there any type of legal work I can do here while still employed at my school? Thanks for any insights! Back to top TaoyuanSteveJoined: 05 Feb 2003Posts: 1028Location: Taoyuan Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2003 4:45 pm Post subject: Privates are not considered jobs per se, so your employers will give you their blessing. Anyway, how would anyone find out about them, much less stop you from doing them? Your company won't care about private tutoring. They will care if they find out that you're working for another company. But, then again, they'd have to find out about it. Alot of bushiban teachers do some extra kindie work to suppliment their income. I've contemplated it, but probably wouldn't be able to stand the work. I wouldn't worry about taking the extra work. Lots of people do. Just be discreet. Back to top taiwan boyJoined: 11 Feb 2003Posts: 99Location: China Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 5:30 am Post subject: Teaching privates is very unlikely to cause any problems. The only thing you shouldnt't do is "poach" students from the school where you work. You must be aware that teaching illegally in a cram school or kindergarten carries with it the risk of being deported. Police do occassionally conduct raids, so before you take on any second job consider the risks. Some schools are quite happy if you take on another job provided it doesn't clash with your hours at the main school. Others regard it as a strict no-no. So like TaoyuanSteve wrote it is important to be discreet. Back to top angelinaJoined: 29 Mar 2003Posts: 14 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 9:14 am Post subject: Thanks for the speedy replies! My school has said that I can work elswhere as long as it doesn't conflict with my schedule there. But, should I tell prospective new schools that I'm already working elsewhere or not? I assume no (so as to be discreet) but when they want me to the whole ARC thing I already have one so....? Back to top TaoyuanSteveJoined: 05 Feb 2003Posts: 1028Location: Taoyuan Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 4:00 pm Post subject: The Taiwanese have a certain lawless aspect about them. Things like tax evasion and disregard for regulations are old and widely practiced traditions over here. It's very unlikely that a school you want to get some extra hours from is going to ask if you work elsewhere, much less care. When you say you want part-time, and stipulate your available hours, they'll assume you have another job. How else would you have gotten your resident visa? Some of your chinese coworkers at your main job may even set you up with kindie work; in this case the kindie will almost certainly know where you work most of your hours. If your sponsoring company is ok with moonlighting, then you pretty much have the green light to do it. Foreign affairs Raids, while not totally non-existent, are exceedingly rare. You're not likely to encounter problems. Just don't tell too many people. Back to top angelinaJoined: 29 Mar 2003Posts: 14 Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 4:30 am Post subject: Thanks for the help! 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MOVIE REVIEW-Cage glory: <i>Season of the Witch</i> over the top
I lost track of the sieges and battles. Season of the Witch opens with a series of helpfully labeled sequences in which desert battles are fought, sites are sacked, buttresses stormed, redoubts doubted, enclosures enclosed, and so on. I didn't take notes, but an example might be, "The Siege of Synecdoche, April 1, 1239 A.D."
Anyway, there's a slew of them. Crusaders in armor do battle with fierce desert tribesmen under the blazing sun. Heads are lopped off and roll across the plain. Horses whinny, women scream, children flee, warriors are disemboweled, limbs severed, dogs would bark if there were dogs. The horror!
After about a dozen years of this, we pause for a discussion between the two hero Crusaders, Behmen (Nicolas Cage) and Felson (Ron Perlman). Yes, Cage and Perlman, so you suspect Season of the Witch will not be an exercise in understatement. "The killing of the women and children must stop!" they agree. Having arrived at this conclusion after 12 years of rape and pillage, they do not qualify as quick studies. The comrades abandon the armies of the Crusades, hit the road and happen across a town somewhere in the vastness.
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I am very pleased to return from the 3rd Biografilm festival of Bologna, Italy, with the Lancia Award, awarded at the closing ceremony on June 10th.
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The Lancia Award is given to the director of the film which in, in the view of the festival, marks the most outstanding achievement in this festival dedicated to celebrating human lives.
Although Biografilm is a newish event on the festival calendar, it has given the Italian or European premieres to films such as Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man, Tarnation, KZ and works by Atom Egoyan, Paul Weitz, among others. There were 350 features entered, some of which had won awards at Tribeca, Amsterdam and other festivals.
There is something very emotional about receiving an award for such a personal topic, especially given the paradox that I could not really finish the film in the way I wanted while my father was alive, and therefore he could not be around to see this happen. I did feel that he was watching the award ceremony though, from somewhere.
Thanks so much to all those who helped so much in making the film and in supporting it!
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- Lynda Marks Kraar said...
My mother was always afraid of going back to Russia, fearing that she would be arrested for escaping the gulag. Are you screening in the States or Canada? I'd love to know.
Lynda aka GuitarGirl
- 8 July 2007 at 12:54
- Stuart Urban said...
Thanks, Lynda for your memory of your mother's feeling. Any more to share of her story on our history blog? We have upcoming screenings at Rhode Island Int'l Film Fest 9 August and in LA at Moondance, 7-9 September, MoMA in NYC sometime later this yr.
- 24 July 2007 at 11:15
Good for people to know.
- 12 November 2008 at 00:16
This is wonderful blog. I love it.
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- Garri S. Urban: Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead This is the true and striking story by a Jewish doctor of his struggle for survival when caught in 1939 between the evils of Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia. After facing death from frontier patrols, a firing squad and torture, Urban arrives at a position of considerable power in Soviet society in a medical post. He risks his life again, fighting epidemics. These fascinating memoirs give a very rare glimpse of the Soviet Union in wartime, particularly into the exotic life of the Moiscow elite, where beautiful women, diplomats and spies mingled at parties and sex was used as a method of recruiting agents. Compassionate to the sick, defiant to authority, Garri S Urban courage
- Ruth Kluger: Landscape of Memory - a Holocaust Girlhood Remembered Ruth Kluger is one of the child-survivors of the Holocaust. In 1942 at the age of 11, she was deported to the Nazi "family camp" Theresienstadt with her mother. They would move to two other camps before the war ended. This book is the story of Ruth's life. Of a childhood spent in the nazi camps and her refusal to forget the past as an adult in America. Not erasing a single detail, not even the inconvienient ones, she writes frankly about the troubled relationship with her mother even through their years of internment and her determination not to forgive and absolve the past.
- Sir Martin Gilbert: The Holocaust A very thorough account of the experience of the Jews of Europe during World War II. This title gives a virtual day-by-day account, in men and women's own words, of the horrifying events of the Holocaust - the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish race.
- Anne Applebaum: Gulag The Pulitzer Prize winning narrative of the origins and development of the Soviet concentration camps. Based on archives, interviews and new research the book explains the role that the camps played in the Soviet political and economic system.
- Richard Overy: Russia's War The astounding events of 1941-45 in which the Soviet Union, after initial catastrophes, destroyed Hitler's Third Reich and shaped European history for the next fifty years.
- Willy Peter Reese: A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944 The haunting memoir of a young German soldier on the Russian front during World War II. Willy Peter Reese was only twenty years old when he found himself marching through Russia with orders to take no prisoners. Three years later he was dead.
- Slavomir Rawicz: The Long Walk The story of a young Polish cavalry officer who was arrested by the Russians, tortured and sentenced to 25 years forced labour. His escape and journey across the Gobi desert to Tibet and freedom.
- Jean-Francois Steiner: Treblinka This is without a doubt one of the better books about the death camps. You will become intimately acquainted with Treblinka and the Nazis who ran it. Steiner's book is well-written and does justice to the horror.
- Rodric Braithwaite: Moscow 1941Sunday Times review - 'a wide-ranging and excellent account...Braithwaite never shirks the terrible truths
Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum made a key contribution the documentary of Garri Urban's life. Her website documents her work on the legacy of communism contains extracts from her Pulitzer Prize book - GULAG: A History
Sir Martin Gilbert
Sir Martin Gilbert is considered by many to be among the leading historians of the modern world. His website contains a wealth of information about his work, and also provides links to his most recent thoughts and writings.
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Schindlers List
The 2004 release telling the true stroy of Schindlers attempts to save Jewish workers from the horrors of the German camps....
The Story Of The Gulag Runaway
In Stalinist Russia, Chabua Amiredjibi endured years of imprisonment, backbreaking punishment, horrific torture, and two death sentences. But his broken life and ill health did not kill his hope of gaining freedom. In all, he managed six escapes from Stalin's Gulag Camps. He stood up, fought and survived.
The 2004 release telling the true stroy of Schindlers attempts to save Jewish workers from the horrors of the German camps....
The Story Of The Gulag Runaway
In Stalinist Russia, Chabua Amiredjibi endured years of imprisonment, backbreaking punishment, horrific torture, and two death sentences. But his broken life and ill health did not kill his hope of gaining freedom. In all, he managed six escapes from Stalin's Gulag Camps. He stood up, fought and survived.


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Tribe recalls Morgan to bolster outfield depth
CLEVELAND -- Tony Plush is back in Cleveland.
After starting center fielder Michael Bourn left Saturday's game with tightness in his left hamstring, the Indians called up Nyjer Morgan from Triple-A Columbus on Sunday to give the team more depth.
Reliever Nick Hagadone -- summoned Saturday when Elliot Johnson was designated for assignment -- was officially optioned to Triple-A Columbus, although he remained in Cleveland.
The ninth arm in the Tribe's bullpen, Hagadone arrived in Cleveland on Saturday, but he didn't dress.
"I talked to Hags, he was probably going to be here three days, anyway," Tribe manager Terry Francona said. "We were going to carry an extra bullpen arm, but now we get Nyjer up here, and it really helps."
Morgan did not speak to the media before Sunday's game. He started in center field and took Bourn's place atop the Indians' batting order.
Morgan began the season as Cleveland's starting center fielder while Bourn recovered from an injury to his left hamstring. Morgan was batting .348 (8-for-23) in nine games entering play Sunday.
"I know it's not ideal for [Morgan] getting sent down," Francona said. "Sometimes as an organization, you almost have to have some guys like that have options. It may be up and down for him. We don't know, but it's nice to have a guy like him.
"[Morgan] did everything we asked. That's what we told him when we sent him down, and that's why he's back. The conversation doesn't change when you send someone down. You tell them the truth."
The Indians will have further roster moves in the coming days. Yan Gomes was put on the paternity list Saturday, and the maximum stay there is three days.
Meanwhile, Cleveland will also need to create a roster spot to call up Josh Tomlin to make Tuesday's start against the Twins.


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Mickey Nielsen of Bellingham, Washington, has for some years been on a mission to track down the pedigrees of the American cashmere industry's original brood stock. This is a monumental effort and she has asked for some help in her endeavors. She has published a list of old goat farms and old goats about which she needs more infomation. Please review the following list and if you have any information to add, contact Mickey at email@example.com.
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Goat Transport Offered
Mickey Nielsen of Bellingham, Washington will be leaving the state on August 28th to drive to the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, Colorado. She has room in the trailer to transport goats east. I would assume she could also transport goats west after the fair. If you are interested in moving goats, call her at 509-930-3628 ASAP.
Cabrito Markets
Markets for goat are centered around ethic populations in urban environments. Arabs, Greeks, Hispanics and Asians are significant consumers of goats. Therefore, cities such as Los Angeles, Vancouver, Miami and Houston are prime examples of good goat market centers. However, it is not possible to waltz into the local Safeway, Piggly Wiggly, HEB or Albertsons and buy cabrito off the shelf. It's just not available. The reasons for this fact are both varied and convoluted. It is very difficult to locate a slaughterhouse that will kill and wrap your market animals. They cite the possibility of "scrapie" (a very bad disease that doesn't occur in goats and is related to mad cow disease) in goats as the reason they won't handle the goat offal (non-meat leftovers). This makes no sense, but that doesn't change the facts. Slaughterhouses that charge per pound of meat processed also refuse to process goats because they are used to the skinny little dairy goats that are sometimes presented for kill. They can't make money killing those goats and they assume that all goats are created equal. Not so.
The third most cited reason is that they often don't have enough goats on any given day to assure kill line efficiency. This has been a problem in the past. It's almost a chicken-and-egg conundrum. If we had enough good, fat goats to process we could do it cheaply and efficiently. But we can't get enough goats unless we slaughter a few at first and establish our markets.
Weed Control Using Goats
Goats are highly preferential feeders and if the plants on the top of the goats' list are also available, goats will eat those plants exclusively until those species are gone. The major drawback is that the most preferred goat foods are also species that are valuable and prized by humans… plants such as ornamental shrubs, trees and flowers. Guard these species carefully or else the goats will strip them bare. But if goats can be confined in a pasture that is dominated by some noxious weed, such as thistle or better yet, leafy spurge, the goats will happily munch on these plants to the exclusion of others. Especially with spurge, to which the goats become addicted, palatable species such as Timothy hay, clover and other hayground species will go practically untouched as the goats nip every available spurge flower. There are tracts of land in the northern tier states (North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska) that are virtually 100% spurge. The going rate for leasing spurge eating goats is $4 per head per month. Add it up. Even with providing fencing or supervision, this can be a significant income source.
Handspinning Cashmere
What do handspinners want when they buy raw cashmere? First, they want good style. Style is the degree of crimp that each cashmere fiber. It is style that allows the fibers to hang together during the spinning process. Second, they want clear differentiation. Differentiation refers to the difference in diameter between guard hairs and down. The guard hairs should be straight; not wavy in any way. Thirdly, they want handle. Cashmere should have that indefinable feel of the softness of fine cashmere. Lastly, the length of down is important. While the longer fibers are easier to spin, the shorter, and frequently finer, cashmere fibers can be wonderfully carded and blended together with another compatible fiber. Merino and cashmere blends are lovely as are others. Click here to read more about spinning cashmere.
Growing Cashmere
Growing quality cashmere is not easy. But with a little training and knowledge of what type of fiber is required by the processors, it is possible to maximize returns to the point where maintaining a herd of cashmere bearing goats is a profitable enterprise. Knowing what the processors want is the first step. Step two is learning how to recognize fleece that falls within those parameters. Then and only then can we begin to undertake a selective breeding program that will result in the upgrading of the current gene pool into one that consistently produces goats that grow cashmere under known conditions. Knowledge is the key. To read more about Basic Cashmere Classing, click here.
Training the Herd Dog
Capricorn is proud to publish a new page named "Training the Herd Dog". Here you will find a comprehensive review of the steps required to train that border collie or Kelpie or whatever to help you control your animals. To view this page, click here, click on "Navigate" and/or scroll down to "Goat Management" on the sidebar.
Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival – Sept 28 & 29
The Clackamas County Events Center will host the 17th Annual OFFF! Their mission is to "exhibit & demonstrate the full spectrum of natural fibers… from the animal to the finished product". And this they do well! This year, our own Wendy Pieh will judge the cashmere goat show & fleece competition. Additionally, she will put on a 4 hour workshop on fiber identification on the friday before the show. The cost is $45. At the show, there is usually some stiff competition, so good luck to all contestants… and to Wendy who will be working hard to earn her keep! Wendy and her husband Peter Goth have been raising cashmere goats on the coast of Maine for the past 16 years. Thru careful culling, she has developed a signature herd of silver-coated goats that yield lots and lots of beautiful white/grey fiber. She is a really good judge… you will learn a lot from her if you choose to participate either as a contestant or as an observer. The goat show is 9 am on Saturday Sept 28, at the Clackamas County Event Center, Canby, OR. The coordinator is Lisa Zeitz and the website is www.flockandfiberfestival.com.
Breeder's Directory?
It seems that there is a need for a Breeder's Directory. My best source is the directory in Wild Fibers Magazine, www.wildfibersmagazine.com, but if you want more, let me know.
Flagstaff Fiber/Wool Show – June 1- 2
June 1 – 2, 2013 Pioneer Museum, 2340 N Ft. Valley Rd. Flagstaff, AZ. 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m. $1 per person, 14 and under, and 65+ free
22nd Annual Wool Festival, a weekend celebrating the tradition of sheep ranching and fiber craft in Northern Arizona
Slogan: Sometimes the sheep wins.
* Live sheep, goats, and alpacas
* Herding dog and shearing demonstrations
* Fiber craft demonstrations; by Navajo and other local artisans
* Living history sheep camp; meet local Shepherds and sample traditional sheep camp cooking
* Local fleece and fiber crafts for sale
Call for more information: 928-774-6272
alternate URL http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/museums/flagstaff.asp
Start Date: Jun 1, 2013
End Date: Jun 2, 2013
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 4:00 PM
Organized by: AlAnn Ranch Alpacas and Angoras
Web site: http://www.FiberAndWoolFestivalAtFlagstaff.com
Address: 2340 N. Fort Valley Road
…………..Flagstaff, AZ 86001
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Editor's note: This report is as of July 3.
BUTTE VALLEY – Dry lightning strikes resulted in six small vegetation blazes on state and Klamath National Forest land in Butte Valley on Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, said Ken Sandusky, national forest spokesperson.
The fires broke out near Macdoel. Firefighters responded to two blazes on state land and four on federal land. No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported.
The devastation from each fire ranged in size from one-half acre to one acre, confirmed Suzi Brady, CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) spokesperson.
The fires were swiftly contained, though crews are keeping a close eye on them as smoldering temperatures threaten re-ignition.
According to Sandusky and Brady, crews were dispatched to the vegetation blazes beginning at approximately 3:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The two vegetation fires on state land were contained, and crews worked until 1 a.m. Wednesday to mop up the blazes and prevent flare-ups.
Brady said crews would be checking hot spots on Wednesday, and CAL FIRE personnel deployed an aircraft to monitor potential "sleeper fires" that could be prompted by the daytime heat.
Meanwhile, firefighters are closely monitoring the areas surrounding the four small blazes on national forest land, said Sandusky. As of Wednesday, two helicopters (for water attacks), a dozer, five engines and two 10-person hand crews were ensuring that hot spots do not result in re-ignition. An airplane was deployed to monitor the area.
Fire personnel were prepared for more dry lightning on Wednesday, and Sandusky and Brady said crews anticipate additional lightning strikes.


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Billionaire investor, industrialist and philanthropist, Warren Edward Buffett, and his thoughts on:
Vox populi
A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.
Market Relativity
In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
Fear and Uncertainty
You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in – in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was – uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it.
Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.
Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end – people like myself – should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it.
We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'
Contrarian Thinking
We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
Bad business
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Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.


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Futures Game shows how close Astros really are
Correa, DeShields, Springer among baseball's best prospects in New York
NEW YORK -- It was a day they were reminded how close they are and how much the Astros are counting on them.
"It's right there," second-base prospect Delino DeShields said. "You can see the white light."
And yet ...
"I've still got to keep working," he said. "You keep working hard and having fun, and you'll have your opportunities."
He could have been speaking for outfielder George Springer and shortstop Carlos Correa, as well. They're three of the best players in Minor League Baseball, and together, they represent three reasons the Astros are so optimistic about the years ahead.
They were together on a Major League field for the first time Sunday afternoon as part of the 2013 Sirius XM All-Star Futures Game. Nineteen players from the 2012 game have already spent time on Major League rosters, so being invited to this event speaks volumes about their places in the game.
The Astros have rebuilt their farm system in recent years and believe it's that farm system that will have them winning again in the near future. For DeShields, Correa and Springer, it's a chance to get the look and feel of a Major League ballpark and also to share a clubhouse with other highly regarded prospects.
"You look around and see where you are," Correa said. "You want to be out there in those stadiums every single day."
At 18 years old, Correa was the youngest player in the game, just a year removed from being the No. 1 overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft. He's in Class A and on the fast track to the Major Leagues.
He entered Sunday's game as a late-inning defensive replacement and considered the entire experience a worthwhile chapter in his career.
"It was a great experience being here," he said. "It's about playing the right way, playing hard and playing focused and doing your best. Obviously you learn every single day."
He's hitting .324 at Quad Cities and seems in line for a promotion to Class A Advanced Lancaster by the end of the season. From the beginning, the Astros have said he'd be in the big leagues fairly quickly, and with the success of youngsters like Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Manny Machado, the Astros will trust his development rather than a traditional timeline.
And there's Springer. He has hit 26 home runs between Double-A and Triple-A. At Triple-A Oklahoma City, he's off to a fast start, hitting .404 in 17 games, and seems ticketed for the Major Leagues this season. He hit third for the U.S. Team on Sunday, singled in three at-bats and played right field.
"You're out there in a big league stadium, a great environment," he said. "It's like, `OK, you're close, but I've got to do a lot more to get back here.'"
He said there was a moment Sunday afternoon when he realized that it was a very special day.
"Getting that first at-bat and putting your foot in the box and knowing you're in a big league park," he said. "It's just awesome.
As for a timetable, he said, "I just go out and play. Whatever happens, happens."
DeShields batted second, just in front of Springer, and was hitless in two at-bats. He's hitting .290 with Lancaster.
"It was cool," he said. "To be recognized as one of the top players is an honor and a blessing. It's been fun."
He said playing in a Major League ballpark was "a little step back from reality. It's so close and so exciting. We'll see where the future takes us."
Does he think about being teammates with Springer and Correa in the years ahead?
"I think about that a lot," DeShields said. "I'm so anxious almost, but I'm also patient. Correa is still young. He has a lot of potential, a lot of upside. Give him a couple of years, and he'll be ready. You've got George, who is not human. He's putting up really good numbers. It was a fun day for all of us."


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Right hamstring tightness ends Parker's day in fourth
A's right-hander to be reevaluated in coming days
OAKLAND -- A's starter Jarrod Parker left Saturday's pitchers' duel with Adam Wainwright due to a right hamstring injury.
Parker fell in a heap in the fourth inning with what manager Bob Melvin termed "right hamstring tightness."
"It's semantics to an extent," Melvin said. "Every cramp is a slight strain, based on hydration. We're hoping that's what it is."
Parker's status going forward is not immediately clear. He will be reevaluated in the coming days.
Parker had cruised through his first 3 2/3 innings before the incident, which occurred following his 48th pitch of the game.
"It was just something where I threw the pitch and it got tight on me," Parker said. "It happened so fast, I can't really tell you what happened. It's something we'll figure out in the next few days."
Parker tried to stay in the game, tossing a handful of warm-up pitches with Melvin observing nearby, but Oakland's skipper turned to Jesse Chavez in relief. Parker offered little protest to remain in the game, adding later in the locker room that "it probably wouldn't have been the smartest thing to try to gut through and stay there.
"We made a good decision."
Parker entered Saturday 4-0 with a 2.34 ERA and .176 opponents' batting average over his last six starts after beginning the year 1-5 with a 7.34 ERA and a .345 opponents' batting average.


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Jake Gyllenhaal refocuses his career
TORONTO--When director Denis Villeneuve first approached Jake Gyllenhaal to star as a detective in his new dramatic thriller, "Prisoners," the actor was skeptical. The movie contained plenty of genre elements — heinous crime, creepy suspect — that could have turned it into pulp cliché. And besides, Gyllenhaal, fresh off the LAPD street story "End of Watch," had just played a cop.
"The initial conscious response was, 'Another drama where I played a member of a law enforcement? I don't know,'" Gyllenhaal said. "But to me, this is a movie about the unconscious."
Indeed, there is much going on beneath the surface of "Prisoners," both with the detective and the man who plays him.
Det. Loki is one of the more complicated police presences on the big screen recently. Moving beyond the conventions of the typical screen gumshoe, Loki is a man brimming with confidence but boiling with rage, as firmly convinced of the need for justice as he is frustrated by his inability to bring it about.
The film, which opens Friday, is also the result of another mental journey to a dark place for the actor, who has been submerging his consciousness in roles like this recently and in the process reenergizing his career. Eight years after he landed a supporting Oscar nomination for "Brokeback Mountain," Gyllenhaal, at 32, looks to be making good on the promise he showed in that film and creating work to match his level of popularity.
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Among male movie stars of his generation, Gyllenhaal long been in the top percentiles with a high Q score and an unusual degree of association with cultural phenomena ("Brokeback," "Donnie Darko") as well as critical darlings ("Zodiac," "The Good Girl.") But big studio movies haven't always been kind to him. Two years after his turn as the naive love interest in 2002's "The Good Girl," there was the Roland Emmerich kitchen-sink effects tale "The Day After Tomorrow."
And his well-regarded role as the author Robert Graysmith in 2007's "Zodiac" led to the maligned desert action-adventure "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" several years later. Some actors grow into themselves when they move to a bigger stage (think: Denzel Washington). But for Gyllenhaal, these movies didn't play to his strengths, and he seemed dwarfed by his surroundings.
Watching Gyllenhaal in "Prince of Persia" was a little like seeing a really talented fencer try to lead a cavalry raid--he had the individual skills, but the stage and setting seemed all wrong. Ditto for the 2010 romantic dramedy "Love and Other Drugs," where the confines and stakes were smaller but had a similarly one-dimensional arc.
This has left him with a kind of restless questioning, a desire to do things grittier, more his own way, not simply to jump on the next sleek passing vessel.
He demonstrated the point with striking clarity recently when he opted out of a Disney adaptation of the big-budget fairy tale musical "Into the Woods" to sign on to something more moody — an indie thriller called "Nightcrawler" in which he'll play a Los Angeles crime journalist.
It's not an accident that he's taken on the wounded masculinity of movies such as "End of Watch" and "Prisoners" just as he's taken up boxing and mixed-martial arts, the ultimate sports for actors craving both swagger and pain. As with those endeavors, Gyllenhaal believes if he just picks his targets with enough foresight and engages in enough preparation, he can get to an optimal career place and land his punches.
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"I can't totally put it into words, but I feel like I've begun to prepare in strange ways in the past three or four movies, starting with 'End of Watch,'" said the soft-spoken but intense actor. "I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it. I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline."
To play an L.A. cop in David Ayer's "End of Watch" last year, Gyllenhaal spent months on the beat with police observing "extraordinary and horrific things." Soon after that, he began working with the French Canadian auteur Villeneuve, whose "Incendies" was nominated for 2011's foreign-language Oscar and was notable for its brutal revelations.
Villeneuve had heard that Gyllenhaal was hungry for the gritty stuff, and traveled to New York to meet with him. "Jake and I decided to work together after a first meeting, drinking red wine...talking, talking, talking, about cinema, art, women, subconscious, cinema, women, poetry, cinema, women and cinema," he said.
Villeneuve first cast him in "Enemy," an erotic thriller adapted from a José Saramago novel. Gyllenhaal plays both lead parts — a teacher and an unemployed actor who may be his doppelgänger. The movie, which does not yet have U.S. distribution, has a Jungian quality and evokes the brooding, paranoid spirit of other double-trouble movies such as "Dead Ringers" and "Black Swan."
Shortly after they started working on "Enemy," Villeneuve began pushing Gyllenhaal to take on "Prisoners" as well. Shortly after they started working on "Enemy," Villeneuve began pushing Gyllenhaal to take on "Prisoners" as well. (The director was further sold on the actor watching him perform in the 2012 off-Broadway show "If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet," in which Gyllenhaal played a slacker uncle. (The piece was well received, as reviewers lauded the ease with which Gyllenhaal inhabited an uncomfortable character.)
Though it's rare for a high-profile actor to make such a back-to-back commitment with a little-known director, Gyllenhaal believed it was a risk worth taking and signed on long before "Enemy" was completed.
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"The most success I've had in my career comes from those shots, those gambles — 'Brokeback,' 'Donnie Darko.' You have to know what games you're good at. You have to know what position you play," Gyllenhaal said. "I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don't find them odd at all. They give me comfort."
Both films played at the Toronto film festival that ends Sunday, and both received strong reviews. "Prisoners," in particular, has been a favorite; Variety called the actor's turn a "career best" and noted the "full breadth of his impressive range."
Directed from a script by Aaron Guzikowski, the movie slyly explores questions of revenge, parental responsibility, individualism and the suspicions that rattle around the human brain. Gyllenhaal's Loki swaggeringly tries to crack the difficult case of two missing girls on behalf of a contractor named Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman), whose daughter disappears along with a friend outside their small-town Pennsylvania home. Convinced Loki is not doing enough, Dover secretly kidnaps the man he believes abducted the girls (Paul Dano) and tortures him to find the truth. As Loki is thwarted by the case, he and Dover become mistrustful of each other.
Gyllenhaal plays the part with a mixture of sympathy and bravado; prominent tattoos and references to a tough childhood suggest a criminal past that further colors the character. The performance is rife with subtle contradictions. Loki is full of bravado about his ability to find the kidnapper but also is manifestly unsure of how to do it; he directs righteous rage toward those who get in his way even as he intimates he's hardly been righteous himself.
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Those who worked with Gyllenhaal on the movie say the actor seems to be growing out of a boyishness that marked many of his roles.
"When I knew him years before he seemed like such a boy," said Maria Bello, who costars in "Prisoners" as Dover's wife. "And as soon as I saw him at the reading [of the 'Prisoners' script], I sensed a depth, an anger, a sense of experience, a sense of having lived more than I ever had sensed, a fight within himself that made his work so interesting."
In many scenes, he can also be seen doing something less expected: blinking obsessively, a tic that adds a layer of humanity and that only came about after he talked Villeneuve into letting him try it.
"I remember meeting Denis before we shot the movie, and I said, 'I think the character has some physical tic or attribute,'" Gyllenhaal said. "And I could see his reaction," the actor recalled, laughing. "Directors can have a sense of terror when you suggest something like that."
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That filmmaking instinct has been getting sharper lately. Many days on set of "Prisoners," Gyllenhaal, Villeneuve and the film's decorated cinematographer Roger Deakins would huddle and plan shots that weren't in the script. "It was just the three of us, calling a play. You go deep, you cut over the middle, " Gyllenhaal said.
Dano, who worked so intensively with Gyllenhaal that they once filmed a single-take 20-minute interrogation scene (about a minute of it can be seen in the film) which Gyllenhaal crafted from weeks of studying interrogation techniques, said he sees a kind of directorial impulse in the actor.
"On 'Prisoners' he was always conscious of what works not just for his character but for everyone in the scene, which is rare," said Dano. (Indeed, "Night Crawler," which will mark the directorial debut of "Bourne Legacy" writer Dan Gilroy, has Gyllenhaal halfway there, producing for the first time.)
On the set of "Prisoners," Gyllenhaal, Villeneuve and the film's decorated cinematographer Roger Deakins would huddle and plan shots that weren't in the script. "It was just the three of us, calling a play. You go deep, you cut over the middle," Gyllenhaal said.
Still, the actor-filmmaker segue can be a rocky one. What's more, dark roles don't always mean profitable ones—despite its acclaim, "End of Watch" was a modest box-office performer.
Besides his turn to moodier fare, he has been branching out in other ways. After living in Los Angeles for most of his life, he moved to New York a few years ago. It was a welcome change of scenery for someone who was born into Hollywood. His father, Stephen Gyllenhaal, is a prolific director, and his mother, Naomi Foner, has written scripts for numerous movies. His sister, the actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, is married to Peter Sarsgaard.
Jake Gyllenhaal began acting when he was 10, appearing in "City Slickers" as the son of Billy Crystal's character. Roles in his father's movies followed. New York, where his mother and sister live, offers a bit of a respite from the industry.
"I heard about the movie business before I even knew what it was," said the actor. "So I surround myself now with people who are like, 'Can we not talk about movies for an hour?'" That is true — to an extent. Gyllenhaal, who is not married, has been romantically linked to a number of high-profile entertainers over the years, including Reese Witherspoon, Kirsten Dunst and Taylor Swift.
He'll soon be returning to L.A. for a few months to shoot "Nightcrawler." At Toronto, the actor was also coming off a hectic Labor Day weekend packing up his New York apartment in preparation for the move. Sipping coffee to quell a stomach virus possibly brought on by his filming schedule, he showed a sentimental side.
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"If it was a choice given to me, I would have been at Rosh Hashanah," he said. "I would have been eating apple and honey with my nieces." Instead he watched a group of videos of his nieces--Maggie Gyllenhaal's daughters, ages 6 and 1--that his mom sent him.
Gyllenhaal has begun to lose weight for "Nightcrawler," trying to pick up on a theme of hunger, spiritual and physical, in the film. And he is ready to go a little bigger in "Everest," a survival-themed action movie in which he'll play the leader of a team of doomed explorers, because it contains some existentialist themes and will be directed by the Icelandic auteur Baltasar Kormakur.
"I had a boxing coach tell me something the other day: He said that as boxers, we create time. When you practice your combinations, time slows down and you have an infinite amount of time to throw a punch," the actor said. "And I want to connect to the projects emotionally, to have more time to throw a punch."
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1. Register for your local Walk.
Sign up as a Team Captain, team member or individual.
2. Start fundraising and spread the word.
We'll provide tips and coaching every step of the way, including easy ways to raise funds online.
3. Join us on Walk day.
Take part in an interactive online experience, then walk in your community.
This year, we're bringing you new and exciting ways to experience the event.
Log in to Mainstage, the event's interactive online experience. Livestream the Opening and Promise Garden Ceremony.
Walk in your neighborhood, on any sidewalk, track or trail. Download the Walk to End Alzheimer's app to track your steps and receive messages of support along your route.
Visit the view-only planted Promise Garden. Learn More
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Twitter Competitor App.net Launches File-Hosting Feature
App.net, the paid social website that aims to take on Twitter, released its file application programming interface on Monday, allowing users of the service to host up to 10 gigabytes of file storage on their App.net account. Users can host files like photos or videos without "siloing" them in a particular service (i.e. Facebook), making for better portability of data among services.


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In 1959, the U.S. satellite Explorer VI took the first photographic image of the planet Earth from space while passing over the Central Pacific Ocean. The black-and-white image shows a portion of the ocean and the cloud cover in the area.
The first picture of Earth taken by Explorer VI probably does not look like what your students will imagine. Share the first picture from the Explorer VI Satellite with students, making sure to click on the image for an enlarged view. Discuss the differences between the images of the Earth that we typically see today (as shown on this date) and this first image. Use the opportunity to explore the changes in technology that have made photos today more sophisticated than the images taken in 1959.
- Earth From Space
Explore a variety of images of Earth taken from space. This database of images, published by the NASA-Johnson Space Center, includes photographs of cities, weather features, landscapes, and other specific geographic regions.
- Getting the Global Picture
This site discusses the Earth Observing System, a set of 14 satellites observing the oceans, continents, and atmosphere to determine the pace and future of global warming and other trends.
- Earth Today: A Digital View of Our Dynamic Planet
This website, produced by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, provides real-time images of Earth and a summary of what the images tell us about the planet.
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Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry With the Content Areas
Students' responses to this lesson will be out of this world after they've researched astronomy to write poetry and compile a poetry book.
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3, 2, 1... Blast off! Students learn new vocabulary by taking a virtual field trip to the moon, read-alouds, creating a picture dictionary, and completing a final writing activity.
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Completing the Circle: The Craft of Circular Plot Structure
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Its is just the beginning of the year 2013 and many of you would start investing and many would recheck their portfolios just a human tendency . The field of behavioral finance has helped us to understand that we don't always make rational investment decisions. We often make poor decisions because of our biases. And the designers of structured product are well aware of these "flaws" in investor behavior. So they structure products that exploit our flaws.
Few points to be taken in to account :-
- Never buy an investment product if there's a commission attached to it.
- Only work with an adviser who offers a fiduciary standard of care.
- Only invest in a product if the seller can demonstrate that they also are investing in the same product.
- Never buy a complex product; if you can't fully understand the nature of the risks and the costs, run as fast as you can because you can be 100 percent certain the complexity is designed to favor the issuer. In other words, you'll be the patsy at the poker table who doesn't know he's the patsy.
- And if you can't adhere to these rules, hire a fiduciary adviser. The cost of the advice will almost certainly be a small fraction of the value added, simply by making sure you only buy products that are designed in your best interests.
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Privacy advocates are unhappy about the FCC's decision to give Google a pass on Wi-Fi snooping. In addition to calling for a wider investigation, these groups point to the move as a reason to argue once again for stronger U.S. privacy laws to prevent others from getting away with similar activity.
The FCC passed on launching a broader probe of Google's practices to the dismay of some privacy watchers. The Mountain View, Calif., company refuses to detail what its Street View Vans collected, and the engineer who developed the code used to collect Wi-Fi data invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and declined to testify.
For that resistance, the company was fined $25,000. The FCC also says it cannot apply the Wiretap Act or the Communications Act to Google's Wi-Fi snooping because the agency considers open Wi-Fi networks a form of broadcasting. Those acts only make it illegal to peer into the private communications of U.S. citizens without a warrant.
"People are broadcasting when they have a public Wi-Fi network," ACLU legislative counsel Chris Calabrese says of the FCC's ruling. "Get a system password up now." Those who don't secure their networks apparently give up their rights to privacy, in the FCC's eyes.
The State of U.S. Privacy Laws
U.S. privacy laws are a mess, ACLU's Calabrese argues, and date back to 1986. Lawmakers at the time did not know about the Internet and the privacy issues raised by the free flow of information. That has all changed, he says. "You have massive collection of data from private parties," he says. "It's emphasizing the need for new privacy legislation."
American lawmakers are far behind their European counterparts. There, EU-wide legislation mandated the creation of privacy agencies in each member state . As a result, the EU takes a much harder look at Google. A new proposed EU law would have fined Google two percent of annual sales ($990 million) for failing to protect user privacy and to alert authorities.
Lily Coney, associate director at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), tells PCWorld that the biggest issue is Google's non-compliance with the investigation. She points out that the public still doesn't know what Google collected, and says that the fine imposed was insufficient.
"Our position is that it is a violation of the wiretapping laws," Coney says. "We need a full unfettered investigation to get all the facts. We can't say here if we have all the facts."
EPIC was one of the first organizations in the United States to take on Google over Street View and call for an investigation into its actions. Coney says that the next "logical step" is to put the matter in front of the Justice Department, a not-too-veiled suggestion that this matter is far from over.
"They intercepted personal communications," she says. "No one has the right to intercept a personal communication."
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If you try something similar with the computer (try leaving the semi-colon off in C or miss an indent in Python, for example), you'll get a nasty error message.
This book your computer to work with the looser languages used by humans (like English) instead of the stricter counterparts used by machines.
Disclaimer: I received this book for free through the O'Reilly Blogger program. is a very short "book" on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), a way to tag and identify objects over varying ranges, and how to use Arduino to create a few interesting RFID projects.
The book assumes that you have some experience with Arduino and micro-controllers (i.e., do you know what a breadboard, jumper wires, and circuits are? We start with a very brief introduction to RFID, follow up with two introductory technical tutorials on Arduino, and end with a fairly simple home automation project: Between my officemate and me, we have dozens of devices drawing power in our office: two laptops, two monitors, four or five lamps, a few hard drives, a soldering iron, Ethernet hubs, speakers, and so forth.
This project is a system to reduce our power consumption, particularly when we're not there.
When either of us comes into the room, all we have to do is tap our key fobs on a reader mounted by the door, and the room turns on or off what we normally use. The reader by the door reads the presence or absence of the tags.
Surely, the performers aspects are different; it depends on your taste exclusively if you choose a blonde, a tanned, a redhead or maybe a couple.
The icon is small, and the progress bar seems to remain blank for a long time for bigger downloads.The book is only 28 pages, so it's more of a long tutorial than a book, but it still acts as a good introduction to RFID.Disclaimer: I received this book for free through the O'Reilly Blogger program. When you see "I am a sentence I am another sentence," you know that you're really looking at two different sentences even though the period between "sentence" and "I" is missing.The content available so far gives you a brief background on the relevant parts of language — grammar, pragmatics, discourse analysis, etc.The authors go on to talk about setting up an annotation project: determining your goal, creating your model/specification, and creating/storing your annotations in a flexible but easy to create (by annotators) manner. I had no previous experience in this area, but I had no trouble understanding the subject matter for the most part.


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Warhammer 40k: Storm of Vengeance announced by developer Eutechnyx
Storm of Vengeance is a new title based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It's being developed for PC and mobile by new licensee Eutechynx, and is said to be a "lane strategy" game.
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Space Hulk to release on iPad next week, pricing & details inside
Space Hulk developer Full Control has confirmed it will releases its Warhammer 40K adaptation on iPad next week.
Dawn of War II: Retribution gets Aussie release date
THQ have been extremely coy with release date information for Dawn of War II – Retribution, but antipodean gamers can now draw firm red circles on their calendars. The stand-alone expansion launches in Australia on March 2.
THQ reveals E3 line up
If you've been wondering exactly what it is THQ are going to show at this year's E3 in L.A., then wonder no more, as a press release has just been issued answering that exact question.The short version we'll list here, the full thing's after the break: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Homefront MX vs. ATV Reflex […]
Australia: DS hits 1.5 million, Wii on 750,000
According to this Gamespot story, DS has now cleared 1.5 million sales in Australia, while Wii is now beyond the 750,000 mark.DS reached its milestone in 194 weeks, while the Wii took 102 weeks, breaking both records for the landmarks. PS2 was the previous holder, taking "over 200 weeks to break 1.5 million units sold […]
The Game beats Bow Wow at Madden for $100,000
Rapper The Game has beaten rival Bow Wow at Madden, a match costing the loser $100,000.Get details and images on KonsoleKingz.As was just put to us on MSN, "Did you know that world hunger still exists? Granted, I'm not doing much to aid the cause, but at least I'm not wasting $100,000 on a game […]
Ton of Dawn of War 2 info hits, game will use CoH engine
Bet PC Gamer's happy. Belgian magazine PC Gameplay's preview of Dawn of War 2's been internetalised properly now by the wacky kids at Neogaf, following a few sketchy details this morning and what looks like the game's first teaser movie. Here's what to expect from Relic's next-gen RTS. Uses the Essence 2.0 engine with Havok […]
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It's airtime mates! Some may think, "Well that's nothing new". Nessie! Racy rendezvous in the loop.
Butterflies in your stomach! Slowly climbing towards the sky, then a plunge upside-down into the giant loop of the super roller coaster Nessie - girls scream, men stop breathing! But watch out: one single ride and you're hooked! Suspense, goose pimples and non-stop thrill are the name of the game at HANSA-PARK. Sensational and not to be found in any other leisure park in the world – that's Nessie´s 'Rendezvous in the Loop' with the Royal Scotsman.
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Fast paced roller coaster featuring steep drops, one loop and hard barking. Rides includes period of darkness with light and sound effects.
If the train comes to a stop during the experience passengers are to remain seated until being told to exit or escorted by staff. Passengers may have to exit out of a banking position having to use steep stairs at a maximum of appr. 26 meters height. The escorted exit may take up to 30 minutes.
Persons up to 9 years and a minimum height of 100 cm must be seated next to an adult.
Suitable for persons not taller than 195 cm.
Due to the nature of the experience you should be in good health and of sufficiently strong muscles.
The following persons are not permitted on the ride:
Persons with back or neck problems or other conditions that may be aggrevated by this ride.
Persons with high blood pressure and / or heart problems.
Expectant mothers.
Persons unable to obtain a safe sitting position due to physical shape or size, limited mobility, physical handicaps, protheses and amputations. Persons unable to exit the attraction without assistance.
Persons unable to psychologically cope with the experience of the ride.
Persons under the influence of alcohol, drugs or psychopharmaceuticals.
Maximum 2 people per row.
Sit calmly and upright during the ride and hold on to bars.
Lean head against head support.
Hair longer than shoulder-length must be tucked into clothing or secured by hairnets.
It is not permitted to stick out arms and/or legs or stand up or lean out during the ride.
Clothing and footwear required.
No umbrellas, (walking) sticks, sharp or bulky objects.
For safety reasons loose items are not permitted. In particular cameras, mobile phones and other loose items that could fall out and endanger passengers or other guests. Such items are to be removed or stowed away safely before the ride.
Items such as scarves, loose clothing and shawls that could work loose and wrap themselves around wheels and axles and cause injury to the wearer or cause the vehicle to come to a stop need to be removed or stowed away safely, for instance by a balaclava, so that they do not pose any kind of risk. HANSA-PARK is unable to control if loose items are safely secured or stowed away. If these items are not removed or safely secured - clearly visible to anyone - persons will be denied to ride without compensation. HANSA-PARK accepts no responsibility for items that are removed or taken onto the ride.
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No food nor drink.
No animals.
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The entire site is monitored by cameras.
Before you use the attraction, please note the ride description, safety warnings, possible access restrictions and how to behave in a safe manner posted at the entrance to the attraction.
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Unlike many others hiding behind anonymity, Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston will come right out and say how he really feels about Roger Clemens. Get your pens ready, scribes, and print this: "He's an asshole."
Now, don't mince words, Cito. Tell me what you think about Roger?
"He's a complete asshole."
Now, you're just saying that to me, though, right, Cito? You wouldn't say that to his face. Not loudly, at least!
"And I'll say that loud, right in his face. It was all about him. Ain't about nobody else but him."
You're fiery! But did he at least support his teammates?
When he's pitching, everyone's in the dugout pulling for him, but when he's not pitching he's not in the dugout.
But DID HE support his teammates?
I didn't feel like he supported his teammates as much as he wanted support.
But did he ever confront you?
"He wouldn't (confront me)."
Hmm. Strange. How about an ass whupin'? Did you ever consider giving him an ass whupin'?
"One of us would have had an ass whuppin' that day..."
Yeah, but Roger's a big dude. And you're — well, you're Cito! Cuddly Cito!
"It might have been me..."
Heavens to Betsy!
"...but he still would have known I was there."
Cito Gaston Has Sharp Words For Roger Clemens [The Star.com]


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Sitting in the middle of the Queensland coast, the Mackay region stretches from secluded islands off the coast through golden sand beaches and into lush sub-tropical rainforests. The historic town of Mackay is filled with 1920s Art Deco buildings and public artworks, as well as a vibrant dining precinct. See wallabies on the beach at Cape Hillsborough National Park, dive with shy platypus in Eungella National Park or throw a line in at some of the state's best fishing spots.
Immerse yourself in nature and fall in love with the laid-back lifestyle of the Mackay region.
Ocean, lake or river, there's a great fishing spot for you in Mackay. The region sits at the meeting point for southern and northern species, so you can catch an incredible variety of fish.
Verdant rainforest, rugged hinterland and clear rock pools provide unique habitats for some of Australia's most iconic and elusive wildlife.
Just 30 kilometres west of Mackay's coastline lies the gateway to the Pioneer Valley where lush, green rolling hills, charming rustic towns and Australia's longest stretch of sub-tropical rainforest awaits. Here you will find unique wildlife, bushwalking tracks and pristine billabongs.
Discover a historic sugar boom town, relax on deserted beaches (aside from the wallabies) or go platypus spotting in the rainforest. Take me to places to visit in Mackay.
Vast tracts of subtropical rainforest cover the interior of the Mackay region, dotted with walking tracks, gentle creeks, stunning gorges, waterfalls and rare wildlife.
Mackay is sugar cane country and you can learn all about this fascinating industry (and indulge your sweet tooth) at the Sarina Sugar Shed.
Starting 20km north of Mackay, the Hibiscus Coast is almost 100km of national park, golden beaches, rolling cane fields and charming seaside villages.
Sandwiched between the Coral Sea and the cane fields of the hinterland, Mackay City was built on sugar. It is home to many well-preserved Art Deco buildings, a stylish marina (where you can buy fresh seafood) and plenty of green space.
If you've got the kids in tow, set your sights on the Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park. Although it's a little out of town (approximately 45 minutes), it'll make for an unforgettable family holiday waking up to one of the most famous scenes in Australia. Sharmin and Chelsea
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In Mackay, try your luck in a fishing competition, catch a local theatre production or buy fresh local produce at a farmers' market. Take me to what's on in Mackay.
Holiday parks and campsites line the beaches around Mackay, or you can stay in the centre of the city at a good-value motel or stylish self-contained apartment. You can also glamp right on the beach or get close to nature in a rainforest cabin.
Mackay is almost halfway between Brisbane and Cairns, so it's easy to access from either of these major centres.
Mackay Airport is just 10 minutes' drive from the city. Hire a car at the terminal. There's a taxi rank right outside the terminal or take the public bus that runs regularly to the CBD.


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Editorial: Lawyer tries to cash in on Newtown
New Haven's Irving Pinsky has managed to make himself one of the most hated lawyers in America. His unseemly rush to cash in on the unspeakable massacre of 26 at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School has earned him at least 50 death threats, he says, as well as a spate of appearances on national news shows.
Two weeks after the Dec. 14 massacre, Pinsky filed a request for permission to sue the state for $100 million for failure to adequately protect the schoolchildren. He says he acted on the behalf of the parents of a 6-year-old girl who survived the slaughter. Pinsky has refused to identify the parents, who have not come forward. They share with Pinsky the charge of trying to cash in on this tragedy. Pinsky would have better served his clients by telling them their claim was poorly timed and had little chance of success.
Pinsky says the possible lawsuit is about increasing school security and ensuring similar shootings do not occur.
He is an odd candidate for this self-described role of school safety advocate. He is a personal injury lawyer, and operates on a contingency basis. His license to practice law was suspended from May 2, 2003, to Dec. 15, 2006, for professional misconduct. Previously, he had been reprimanded for unprofessional conduct.
His Newtown action appalled other lawyers. The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association issued a statement that "the timing and circumstances" of Pinsky's request to sue the state were "ill advised."
Other lawyers noted the state Supreme Court has severely limited claims against the state by bystanders to traumatic events. Restrictions on claims against municipalities also make the success of any claim doubtful.
The limitations make sense -- otherwise there would be a flood of lawsuits by lawyers such as Pinsky on behalf of anyone who witnesses a traumatic event. Imagine the possibilities if all the witnesses to the collapse of the World Trade Center could sue.
Pinsky has said he has withdrawn, for now, his request to sue the state. Let's hope this crass attempt to cash in on the Newtown tragedy stays buried. It has only added to the town's emotional anguish.
Editorial courtesy of The New Haven Register, www.nhregister.com.


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We just spent the weekend with Becca in Grand Junction and it was great. Becca showed us around her campus and around town, as well as giving us a cool tour of the Colorado National Monument just outside of town. Her campus is small but pretty and seems very welcoming. We had a nice dinner out together and breakfast too, before we headed back home.
It is a four hour drive from here, but what a drive! I will be putting a huge photo album up on Webshots today if you would like to see it- the terrain changes so much, it is incredible.
As you can see in my title photo at the top of this page, the west coast of Colorado has mesas, not mountains. A mesa is an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are steep cliffs. They are really amazing.
The photos you see here show the Monument- that little rock right in the middle of the first photo is the same one that Rich is perched on in the second photo!!! AAAAHHHH!!!! My heart was in my throat the whole time as Rich and Becca climbed around on those rocks as nimbly as mountain goats!


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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Thursday it will not call for reclassifying marijuana, NBC News reports.
In a notice for the Federal Register, the DEA proposed to leave marijuana in the most restrictive federal category: Schedule I, which also includes heroin, LSD, and ecstasy. But the agency said it would open the door to more extensive research on the chemicals in marijuana that many consider valuable in treating chronic pain.
A schedule I classification bans doctors from prescribing it and limits all but the most carefully controlled research.
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The decision dashes the hopes of advocates of legalization and rejects calls from some states and members of Congress who say growing knowledge and public acceptance should result in looser regulations on the substance.
The federal listing is independent of state regulation. Colorado, Washington, and Oregon have legalized marijuana possession and many other states have medical marijuana laws.