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The Connecticut attorney general's office sued Best Buy in May, charging the electronics heavyweight with using deceptive in-store websites to trick customers into paying higher prices than available on the company's actual site.
"We thought Best Buy had addressed this," Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal told me the other day. "That's what they said to us. Apparently that's not the case."
Apparently not.
Last week, Simi Valley resident Leigh Murphy, 53, went online in search of a new DVD player. He finally settled on a Toshiba model that he found on Bestbuy.com, marked down from $79.99 to $71.99.
He decided to stop by the store and buy it there instead.
"I just assumed the same price would be available," Murphy said. "That's why I didn't order it online."
He found the DVD player at the store without difficulty, but it was selling for the full $79.99 price. Murphy asked a salesman about the discrepancy. He said he'd found it online for less.
The salesman guided Murphy to one of Best Buy's in-store kiosks, which displayed a page virtually identical to the website Murphy had seen at home. He called up the Toshiba device and, lo and behold, no more markdown. It was going for the full list price.
Murphy, an engineer, wasn't sure what to make of this. So he returned home and went back online. Once again he visited Bestbuy.com, and once again the DVD player came up at the reduced price of $71.99.
So Murphy purchased the player online and then returned to the store to pick it up. But the experience left him wondering.
"It seems like they have one website online and a fake website that's available only in the store," Murphy said.
That's also what Blumenthal in Connecticut concluded after receiving numerous complaints from local residents. He called Best Buy's in-store kiosks "an Internet bait-and-switch" that allowed the store to charge higher prices once it got online shoppers through the door.
"Consumers seeking bargains were led to believe that lower online prices had expired or never existed," Blumenthal said. "Best Buy treated its customers like suckers."
Jerry Farrell Jr., commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, said in a statement that the in-store kiosks appear to be "an intentional effort to mislead."
The state's lawsuit is proceeding.
Sue Busch, a Best Buy spokeswoman, acknowledged that customers may encounter different prices on the company's website than may be available in the store -- and at the store's kiosk.
"Bestbuy.com is the national price," she said. "Individual store prices may vary from market to market."
Busch said the in-store kiosks closely resemble Best Buy's website "for the sake of efficiency and to ensure that customers who were familiar with the national website could easily navigate the in-store kiosk to find what they were seeking."
She said the kiosks were never intended "for price-match purposes," but admitted that "a small percentage of customers did not receive a price match when they should have due to errors in policy execution."
Busch said that in response to the Connecticut attorney general's investigation, Best Buy placed a notice on its in-store site making clear that prices might not reflect what was available on the company's Internet website.
She added that store employees are trained to ensure that customers receive the prices they saw online.
To see for myself, I stopped by a Best Buy on L.A.'s Westside. I had no trouble finding one of the kiosks.
To access the in-store site, I had to click on a link marked "Bestbuy.com," which would seem to indicate pretty plainly that I was going to the company's website.
The in-store site was virtually indistinguishable from the actual website. Across the top were the same tabs linking to various product categories. There was also the same banner offering details for holiday deliveries.
The only significant difference was an inch-wide yellow strip sandwiched between the tabs and delivery notice that said, "This kiosk displays in-store prices -- which may differ from national Internet prices. Promotions can differ between stores and Internet. See your sales associate if you have questions."
The yellow strip disappears from view as soon as you scroll up the page.
Do most people understand that "national Internet prices" actually means prices available on Best Buy's own website? Do they understand that "Internet" promotions actually refer to sales on the real Bestbuy.com?
I put those questions to a Best Buy salesman.
"Every day we get at least one person asking why he can't find a price he saw online," the salesman replied.
I said I was looking for a DVD player I'd seen online that was selling for $71.99. I said it wasn't on the kiosk site.
"Here," the salesman said, "let me show you a secret."
He switched to a different screen, typed in his employee I.D. number, and the real Bestbuy.com came up. "Try now," the salesman said.
I asked why the real website wasn't available to everyone.
He shrugged. "I wish I knew."
Maybe that's something California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown should also be wondering.
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Ingram M10 in 9x19mm caliber, as made by MAC, with stock retracted
Ingram M10 in .45ACP caliber, with installed silencer
Ingram M11 in .380 ACP caliber, as made by RPB Industries, with 16-round magazine
Ingram M11 in "carbine version" with extended barrel and modified shoulder stock
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1200 rpm
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Effective range
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Gordon B. Ingram, an American arms designer who previously developed several submachine guns under his own name (such as Ingram Model 6), began work on a more compact submachine gun, suitable for clandestine operations, in around 1964. Several prototypes were made by Ingram by 1965, and in 1966 at least one prototype gun was purchased by US Army for test and evaluation. In around 1969 Ingram joined the Sionics Co, which previously manufactured silencers for small arms, and company started tooling up to produce Ingram submachine guns. In 1970 the Sionics was incorporated into larger company Military Armament Corporation (or MAC in short), located in Powder Springs, GA, USA. The same year MAC company commenced production of two versions of Ingram submachine guns - the larger Model 10 (M10), chambered for 9x19 or .45ACP ammunition, and smaller Model 11 (M11), chambered for 9x17 (9mm Short or .380ACP). Either version was available with silencers, developed by Sionics / MAC. The MAC ceased its functioning in 1976, and manufacturing rights for Ingram M10 and M11 submachine guns were transferred to RPB Industries Inc, located in Atlanta, CA. later on, submachine guns and semi-automatic only "pistols" and carbines, based on Ingram design, were manufactured by several more companies, such as SWD Inc, Cobray, and others. Copies of M10 were manufactured in Taiwan and Japan. Original weapons was sold to Chile and Yugoslavia during early 1970s; later on, sales were made to some Asian and South American countries.Ingram Model 10 and Model 11 submachine guns were intended for close encounters and for concealed carry. Several versions of M10 were made with longer barrels, including rare "carbine" version with barrel being about 450mm (18") long, and partially enclosed into perforated barrel jacket. The "civilian" clones of Ingram models were made in a great variety of modifications, with minor differences in almost every detail. Cobray 9mm M11 "pistols", for example, were based on experimental submachine guns developed at RPB Indusries in around 1979; these guns had longer receivers necessary to increase the bolt travel and thus decrease the rate of fire; in semi-automatic versions this feature is, obviously, irrelevant.
Ingram Model 10 is blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, that fires from open bolt. The bolt has firing pin milled in its body (or pinned to it). Bolt is of telescoped design, with most of its weight located in front of the breech face, around the barrel. Cocking handle is located at the top of the gun, and can be used to lock the bolt in forward position, when handle is turned sideways by 90 degrees. The receiver is made from formed sheet steel and consist of two parts - upper and lower. Receiver parts are connected by steel pin at the front of the weapon. Charging handle is located at the top of the receiver and doesn't move with the bolt when firing. The muzzle of the barrel is threaded to accept silencer. Controls include a manual safety, made in the form of a slider located inside the trigger guard, and a separate fire mode selector, made in form of a rotary lever located on left side of weapon, above the front of trigger guard. The shoulder stock was of telescoped design with folding shoulder rest made of steel wire. To provide additional stability, a leather loop attached to the front of the receiver, which is used to hold the gun by non-firing hand.Sights are f most simple type, and include non-adjustable diopter type rear and protected front blade.


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SIOUX FALLS - A jury has cleared a South Dakota man accused of raping a woman while out of prison on work release.
The Argus Leader reports that jurors on Wednesday deliberated more than eight hours before acquitting 29-year-old Henry Anfinson on rape and burglary charges.
Anfinson was accused of raping the girlfriend of a former cellmate in the bathroom of her home. Anfinson said the woman had invited him to her home, and that the two had consensual sex after he injected her with methamphetamine.
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Writing books is notoriously a solitary craft, whether that brings to mind an image of the infamous recluse JD Salinger, or the more modern, anonymous soul sitting alone at the neighborhood Starbucks, head buried in his laptop. My experience with writing has mostly been the opposite of this, as I've been in a collaborative partnership for over fifteen years now. Daniel Huber and I began writing together back in 1999, after I had mentioned to him that I had an idea for a story, for a "world" in fact. It was sort of this strange blend of science fiction and fantasy, because I wanted to write in a world with space travel but no aliens, and I wanted magic but no monsters. Just humans. Kind of like a Renaissance Faire, in space. Kind of like earth, idealized. So we talked about some of the things that might actually happen in this world, because without Dan I swear the characters would just sit around and blather on about the landscape and their food in extraordinarily articulate detail. Fortunately, Daniel is as passionate about story arc and plot as I am about breathing life into the characters and giving vivid description to their surroundings, so our creative strengths complement each other.
For the most part, our collaboration is a harmonious one, and Daniel and I do our best work when we are together, "riffing" off one another's ideas. To avoid distractions, we often have story meetings at a local library where we reserve a private "study room" that comes equipped with a white board for drawings, charts, timelines, and what have you. We take photos of our drawings and notes, and use our phones to record our sessions which I will oftentimes listen to repeatedly when trying to work out a scene. Incidentally, we have always recorded our story meetings. I have at least a dozen cassette tapes with all our world building for our first book and those are almost twenty years old. At the end of a couple years, we had our first novel, Legend of the Chosen, completed. Back then, in the early 2000's a writer didn't have much choice about what to do with their beloved manuscript. Oh, sure there was that dark corner of the publishing world called "vanity press" but we wouldn't have to resort to that! We'd make it past the infamous slush pile, no problem!
It's like another world, that era, when we found out that the Big 6 (it was six at the time, if I recall, now it's five) publishing houses didn't even accept unsolicited submissions. Upon further research we found that the specialty houses, who focused on genres like sci-fi/fantasy, didn't take simultaneous submissions, and their turnaround time for review of a manuscript was up to a year. What's a writer to do?
Of course we sought representation, an agent, a sympathetic editor, just a foot in the door. We went to conferences, got professional critiques, learned to cold-pitch at conventions. We also learned about how we'd lose creative control if we did get picked up by a publisher, and we didn't like that idea. I started thinking that the whole vanity press thing didn't sound so bad, because we could keep the integrity of what we'd worked for two long years to create, complete with world maps and galaxy maps and special titles and objects and all these very cool things that made our world so special. I really started to like the idea of doing it our way, printing up some copies and going to local conventions, setting up a table and surrounding ourselves with a book fort. But oh, the expense! And it was so very frowned upon. We put our manuscript and our writing dreams on the back burner for several very long years.
I don't remember what made us pick it up again sometime in 2011. I do know that every time I have picked up this manuscript, it sings to me, and I love it as much as I always did. But we'd grown a lot and learned a lot and knew where we could make it even better than it already was. We gave it a polish, tightened it up. We started looking at conferences again, just to see what was new. We ended up at the San Francisco Writer's Conference in February of 2012, equipped with almost 10 years of thicker skin, which served as an armor that really can't come from anything other than time and jaded experience. We had a new confidence. We really liked out stuff, and thought it was different and unique. Plus, we had nothing to lose. So at San Francisco we pitched and we networked (a little) but the most valuable thing that we walked out of there with was the wealth of information we learned about the world of self-publishing. No longer was it a dark shameful corner where the losers go; no longer was "vanity" even in the title. Now there was Amazon… and Kindle. Now, with all the e-readers and digital platforms… anyone could put out a book. And if you already had a beautiful, well-formed manuscript just sitting on your hard drive… well, here's your chance.
By the second day of the three day conference, our objective had turned from trying to get an agent and talking to editors to attending and recording all the self-publishing seminars that we possibly could. Learning all about e-readers. I'd never even seen one in real life. Certainly didn't own one. And there were success stories already! Of people selling tons of digital books. How did this get past us?
We learned about tools and formatting, about Smashwords and Book Baby. We learned that most of the things we could do ourselves and the ones we couldn't, were easily and reasonably available for hire online. We got to hire a designer. Have full involvement and input on the cover design. In Legend of the Chosen we created an object that our protagonist uses to perform what I'll simply call a magical task. And Dan and I did these ridiculous sketches of it, so when I was writing, I'd have a visual reference for this tool/conduit/divining rod. This object plays a pivotal role in the book. And neither of us can draw worth a lick, much like our kingdom maps and castle maps, these sketches looked like refrigerator art of a six-year old. We had mentioned this object to our awesome book designer, Derek Murphy, and sent him bits of text from the manuscript and he managed to create a pretty amazing representation of our object, our made-up object! Dan and I were in freaking love with this. I mean, something that we had only imagined, now actually (almost) existed. And one day I had a heady realization of the creative control that we had in this wonderful, dream-making self-publishing-friendly world.
That's when we found 99 Designs. We uploaded our ridiculous, childlike drawing of where everything should be placed, and real artists went to town. We ended up having something like seventeen kingdom maps to choose from. We picked one winner, which ended up in the book, and a second one I loved so much I bought it anyway, because I just couldn't bear the thought of not owning it. What an awesome experience. Legend of the Chosen was finally realized, written, published without compromise, gorgeous, complete. Now everyone will just find it and buy it, right?
Yeah, that's cute.
Of course the thing that most of us authors struggle with if we don't already have a successful presence online in the form of a blog, podcast, YouTube channel or other vehicle, is visibility. So once again we're begging for attention but this time, not from publishers but from readers. We have sent dozens of emails to book bloggers, participated on Goodreads, got lucky once with Bookbub, but as everyone knows, it's not getting any easier. You can crank out as much material as you please, have gorgeous, eye-catching covers and a clever pitch but if you're screaming into the void, well…there it is. We had to think about other ways to market ourselves, find readers, and get some fresh strategies for visibility.
One very fascinating thing that occurred throughout the convention is that we were actually approached by authors asking if we took submissions. I'm guessing it's our business name, TwoFold Press, which was prominently displayed at the front of our table, which gave the impression that we might indeed be open for authors to submit their work. Several came prepared, with their art, elevator pitch, and enthusiasm ready to sell their work. It was humbling, exhilarating, exciting, and very, very satisfying to be on the side of the table that we were on. To everyone who pitched us, we explained that we were focusing on our own books at the moment and offered them to get in touch with us if they wanted advice or info on how we published our own work.
Probably the most valuable thing we got from Comikaze wasn't monetary, but was from connections, and from personal experiences of the other writers we talked to. Our little corner in the small press/artist alley area was the nicest group of people. When you spend three days behind a table, you get to know your neighbors and ours were truly a cool bunch. The general consensus among those more seasoned than us was that conventions weren't for making money but were for fun, and for networking. Though we kind of had that attitude going in, it was clear by the end of the weekend that we weren't going to make money. But some of the info that we gained was truly priceless. You can only learn so much online, and in addition, most of those people aren't local to you. All the authors at the tables around us lived within an hour's drive from us. As a result of the people we talked to and the ideas they gave us, our novels are now in two independent bookstores. We got some great tips on blog tours. We talked about NaNoWriMo and didn't have to explain what that meant. We got to look at their books, at the way they are formatted, compare and contrast the front matter and the margins. This may not seem like a big deal but it varies greatly. I got to spend three whole days talking to people who completely understood the value of Bookbub, who could share thoughts on KDP Select and who didn't care whether I had another job or not. I was an author, they were fellow authors, and that was our focus. It was absolutely divine. Absolute freaking nirvana. I got to talk to people about the books I wrote and that I love, people bought our books and asked us to autograph them. We had postcards advertising an anthology that we recently contributed to, which benefits Wolfwatchers, an organization that I am truly passionate about, and I got to talk about that to people who had probably never heard of such a thing. It was one of the best weekends in recent memory. Comikaze is an awesome convention, welcoming, casual, fun, and just so worthy of support, I was truly proud to be a part of it.
As for now it's back to writing the next book, nurturing our recently expanded mailing list, and in the meantime, wait to see if any of the new seeds we've planted will sprout.
Big thanks to JA Konrath for letting us share our journey on his blog… in celebration of this, here's a final seed we're throwing into the wind: all three of our full-length novels will be free the day of this blog post and also the day after. We're all in this together ultimately, so hopefully we'll get some more reviews, and who knows, maybe a few new readers as well!To keep in touch with us and check out our books, please visit us here: http://twofoldpress.com/TFP/Welcome.html


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Elmer's recently sent me a box full of their new crafting products that are available at Walmart and challenged me to come up with a craft that fits my blog's topic. So what did I create? A cute and useful coupon envelope to replace the ratty envelopes I've been using every week!
It's really easy to make — in fact, I'm dying to go make one for every store I shop right now, but I have to write this post first, LOL.
So here's what you need:
- Envelope Template
- Decorative Paper
- X-Acto Self Healing Mat
- X-Acto Knife
- X-Acto Scissors
- X-Acto Straight Edge Ruler
- Letter Stickers
- X-Acto Circle Cutter
- Elmer's Extra Strength Glue Stick
My first step was to print this envelope template on a heavy piece of paper to use as a pattern. I used the straight edge, X-Acto knife, and scissors to cut out the template very precisely.
Next I used the template to draw the pattern for the envelope on the back of my decorative paper, and then cut it out using the X-Acto Knife, straight edge, and scissors. I found that the scissors work best for the rounded corners.
Lightly score the dotted lines as indicated on the template on the inside of the envelope. This will make folding a neat edge much easier. Then fold in the sides and bottom flap.
Apply glue to each side flap and fold the bottom flap up to stick them together. As you can see in the photo, I attempted to use the scrapbooking tape for this, but it's not really strong enough to form a good bond. I recommend using the Elmer's Extra Strength Glue Stick for this step.
I then decided to add a little extra color to my envelope, so I cut out some circles using the X-Acto Circle Cutter. This little gadget is amazing! I couldn't cut a neat circle for anything, and this made it so simple.
Apply the circles to the envelope, and then I added some letter stickers to make it obvious that this is my CVS coupon envelope. Didn't it turn out cute?
These would make such a thoughtful and inexpensive gift for your favorite couponing friend, or they'd be perfect for making an envelope budget a little more fun!
Elmer's will be selecting one blogger participating in the Elmer's Crafting Challenge to receive $1,000 to donate to the charity of his or her choice. The winning craft will be selected based on the level of creativity and innovation demonstrated in the craft. Whether I win or not, I enjoyed this project so much, and I hope many of you will try your hand at it too!
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What Is Cybersecurity and Why Is It Important?
This video examines the current state of cybersecurity in SCADA and industrial control networks, talks about how we got to this point and lays the foundation for discussing how to improve the security of these systems.12/16/2013
Podcast: Virtualization and Cloud Technology
In this podcast, Harry Forbes at ARC Advisory Group, talks with Jim Montague, Control's executive editor, about the latest trends and innovations in cloud-based technology and virtualized computing, and some of the best ways that listeners can safely and securely take advantage of them.12/05/2013
Beamex Integrated Calibration Solution
This video is an introduction to the paperless calibration system comprising Beamex CMX calibration software and the Beamex MC6 advanced field calibrator and communicator.12/04/2013
Differential Pressure Level Measurement
Hydrostatic level measurement via differential pressure is an option for direct mounting or mounting with remote seals on tanks and vessels. These instruments can handle extreme chemical and mechanical loads as well as electromagnetic interference. They are widely applied in chemical and petrochemical industries.11/18/2013
Process Security Podcast
In this podcast, Sid Snitkin at ARC Advisory Group, talks with Jim Montague, Control's executive editor, about the latest trends and innovations in process security, and some of the best ways that listeners can go about making their applications and facilities more secure. Listen to this podcast now and take the cybersecurity survey.11/06/2013
National Manufacturing Day 2013: From Intern to Engineer
In this video, Beth Goodbaum, lead reporter of IMT Career Journal, speaks with Matt Quigley at Festo U.S. headquarters in Hauppauge, Long Island, N.Y. Quigley speaks about his success story, from intern to engineer, and demonstrates his long-term project, which he anticipates will be used in medical laboratories.10/17/2013
Manufacturing Day 2013: Getting to Know Festo
In this video, Beth Goodbaum, lead reporter of IMT Career Journal speaks to Frank Langro at Festo U.S. headquarters in Hauppauge, Long Island, NY. Langro, the director of marketing and product development, speaks about why Festo decided to open its doors to the public, including local colleges and politicians, on National Manufacturing Day.10/17/2013
Five Ways Cellular and Wireless Can Expand Your Industrial Network
In a world where the cellular data networks provide a mixed bag of 2G, 3G and 4G service, and local wireless connections can use anything from Wi-Fi to proprietary RF, how do you choose the best wireless M2M solution for your own application?10/15/2013
Podcast: Mobile Automation Professional
In this podcast, Ralph Rio at ARC Advisory Group, talks with Jim Montague, Control's executive editor, about how mobile automation professionals are getting free of their control rooms, what tools they're using, and how others can do it too.09/26/2013
Is a DCS or a PLC Right for Your Application?
Roy Tanner of ABB talks about the criteria you should look at when choosing the right automation system for you and your applications.09/25/2013
Fluke Reliable. HART Compatible.
The introduction of the Fluke 709H precision loop calibrator means the power of HART communications is now in the reach of every technician. The 709H offers HART communication and supports a select set of the HART universal and common practice commands, making it unique as both an affordable, compact loop calibrator and powerful HART communication tool. Cut down on time and produce high-quality results with a user-friendly interface that reduces the time it takes to measure or source voltage or current and power up a loop. The compact size means it fits your hand, and the large backlit display is easy to read even in dark, cramped worked areas. Watch this 4-minute video to find out more.09/20/2013
Podcast: Wireless Field Networks
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Updating and Migrating Legacy Systems
Systems upgrades can be painful and costly. Invensys knows this, so it has smart guys like Graham Bennett, senior principal migration consultant, whose job is to help users of competitive systems to migrate to Invensys as painlessly as possible. Similarly, he helps existing Invensys customers move forward while keeping as much of their asset investments as possible. Filmed at the 2013 Foxboro & Triconex Global Client Conference in San Antonio, Texas, Bennett demonstrates different ways he handles migration with old or competitive equipment where there's no reengineering or intellectual property changes required.09/12/2013
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Instruments -- as well as the technicians who work with them -- are foundational to the Invensys "enlightened plant" vision. In this video booth tour from the 2013 Invensys Foxboro & Triconex Client Conference, Scott Hill and Rogier van Dijk demonstrate the capabilities of the company's Foxboro Evo Maintenance Response Center, including "plain text" device error messages designed to make technicians far more productive in their routine troubleshooting tasks. Watch the video.09/11/2013
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If you were born in the Year of the Horse, consider buying lots of red underwear.
It's one way to stay safe.
Great adversity — a minefield of speeding tickets, car accidents, heartbreak, job complications and perhaps even death — could befall you during your "ben ming nian" or zodiac year. Be forewarned.
But you can dispel the evil powers if you sport vermilion. Believers say red is the color of happiness (Christmas!) and prosperity (McDonald's, Coca-Cola).
Ben ming nian, which happens every 12 years in one's life, makes sense if you think about it.
Twelve-year-olds are on the cusp of becoming a teenager. They inch their identity away from their parents and blindly feel their way into personhood. With teenage angst, every minor problem becomes the end of the world.
At 24, many people try to make their way in the professional world. Those lucky enough to have a full-time job may have to work crazy hours. Others might still be searching for the right career path.
My second zodiac year, however, was a blast.
I spent my 24th year experiencing a whole new world in old Beijing. All the partying and bad decisions I should have made during my college years were made in 2005.
I fell for a Mormon boy named "John." We had a lot of fun together, and none of it involved going to temple.
For all of China's wonderful offerings, however, the country never bestowed me with the gift of lasting love. Amour was fast and strong there because most people were unanchored from their traditional inhibitions. And for those same reasons, deep affection was ephemeral because Peter Pan needs to go home.
John returned to Salt Lake City, and he resumed a bona fide life as a good, Mormon elder.
My year away set me back in the game of life, especially because I later decided to go back to Beijing.
While I learned more about my culture and myself, many of my friends were busy working their way up the pay scale and into serious relationships.
In 2005 I wasn't even thinking about becoming a professional. I didn't want to be an English as a second language teacher. I just needed a job that would support my work visa and social habits.
Some of my friends got engaged. Soon my buddies got married and had kids. They even saved money to buy houses.
I, on the other hand, spent years earning renminbi and didn't put any money into a retirement plan. Heck, I lived life without worrying about the future.
Perhaps if I had worn more red underwear, I would have been able to ward off the evil spirits.
So for all of you Year of the Horse people, get some red socks, accessories or clothing. You might just need it.
Zen Vuong is a staff writer for the Pasadena Star-News. She was born in the Year of the Rooster. You can follow Zen at Twitter.com/ZenReport or on Facebook.com/ZenReport.


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Northwestern players celebrated Big Ten victories this season with locker-room eruptions, circling their coach and spraying him with water while jumping up and down.
Chris Collins loved it.
"At Duke, people got spoiled to the winning," he said. "You've got to enjoy it."
But consider that when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hit a game-winning hook shot in Magic Johnson's first NBA game and Johnson leaped into his arms, Abdul-Jabbar asked him to tone it down. Or that Gary Barnett told his NU football players not to carry him off the field before they stunned Notre Dame in 1995.
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Have you seen the fake BP public relations tweets about the oil spill in the Gulf? I've been peeking in on @BPGlobalPR for the past couple of days at the satirical, sardonic and seriously un-PC tweets the account's creator has been sending out. (Animal lovers be warned: this person apparently never asks "is this in bad taste?" before hitting 'enter.')
Take one recent tweet. "Due to public outcry," it read, "our 'Spill or Be Spilled' Flash game will be taken off our BP Kidz Klub website. 'Smack the greasy manatee' stays."
Or the latest one (so far) today: "The oil leak was caused by a natural gas explosion, or sea fart, which is now having silent but deadly consequences. #bpseafart"
Some say this is all in extremely poor taste. Others call it dark humor at its finest. Either way, it's definitely a good example of how easily a company's brand can get hijacked on social networks. The spoof account has more than 97,000 followers, compared to fewer than 9,000 for the real BP Twitter feed, @BP_America. The real BP, apparently choosing to ignore the spoof, is tweeting serious-sounding updates about the effort to stop the oil spill.
People have been speculating about the identity of the spoof's creator, with some guessing it's a professional comedy writer type. Whoever it is, I suppose it won't be long before he or she's signing a book deal, a la Fake Steve Jobs blogger Dan Lyons.
Just one more example of how, in the age of social media, anybody can grab the microphone, and God only knows what they'll choose to do with it.
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BP Twitter spoof building huge following
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- Anti BP and Exxon for life said...
At this point, what else can you do? This thing has gone on for 6-7 weeks after a "modest" harm assessment by their CEO. British company completely screwing up 1/3 of the entire USA coastline (should it get into the Gulf Stream). They didn't engage the seriousness of this issue until it was completely out of control - only to say "This is unprecendented. How could we be prepared?" They should have laid Boon in excessive two days after the spill....not 2 weeks.
Hearing the term "fail safe" for anything related to what BP has touched...is laughable, disrespecting and a complete sham.
I will NEVER shop at another BP for as long as I live. I'd rather run out of gas before so.
- June 1, 2010 at 12:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
that is too rich!!! agree with point above this is a such a joke. although i plan to buy some BP stock when it hits rock bottom
- June 1, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
The spoof account didn't hijack their brand. Their gross incompetence & callous disregard for the environment did. I, too, will never buy BP.
- June 1, 2010 at 3:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
OBAMA February 2008: We can talk about a trust that was broken -- the promise that our government will be prepared, will protect us, and will respond in a catastrophe. When President Bush came down to Jackson Square two weeks after the storm, the setting was spectacular and as promises soaring: "We will do what it takes," he said. "We will take as long as it takes to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives." But over two years later, those words have been caught in a tangle of half measures, halfhearted leadership, and red tape.
It's time for America to rebuild trust with the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. When I am president, I will start by restoring that most basic trust: That your government will do what it takes to keep you safe. The words "never again" spoken sooo often in those weeks after Katrina must not fade to a whisper.
BRAVO! Comrad Obama, another one of your mouthy, hollow promises.
- June 1, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
During the first few days, some people actually thought that this spoof account was the real BP......it's all funny and sad at the same time.
- June 1, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
Come on! Write something that Mashable hasn't written about the week previous.
- June 1, 2010 at 4:19 PM
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Texans running back Arian Foster led the way on an impressive first-quarter drive as the Texans scored the first point of the 2013 NFL postseason.
On a drive that started with the Texans pinned at their own 5-yard line, Foster carried three times for 23 yards and also caught an eight-yard pass as Houston marched down the field.
Texans tight end Owen Daniels also had a couple of catches, but the drive stalled when Daniels dropped a pass on third down, and Houston had to settle for a Shayne Graham 48-yard field goal.
Midway through the first quarter, the Texans have taken a 3-0 lead.
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Pay attention. This is the much improved 'Carrera S' version of the '997' generation of Porsche's seminal 911 model. And it's a beauty. Jonathan Crouch reports
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S NEW CAR ROAD TEST. Somebody in the Porsche design department knows exactly what they're doing. Whereas some other manufacturers will foist a design upon the market that the public isn't ready for or they'll attempt to lever a facelift onto clashing existing design cues, Porsche's latest 911 is a thing of beauty from every angle. It just works. Life just doesn't get much better than the 385bhp Carrera S.
This car has 30bhp more these days, courtesy of the fact that its flat six engine uses direct injection for the first time, technology that forced a thorough redesign of the cooling system, and there's now the option of Porsche's PDK twin clutch gearbox. These are big steps in the 911's famously gradual evolution but true to form, the changes to the exterior do little to draw attention to the new car. At the front there are LED daytime running lights and the rear lights are completely LED based. There are also larger mirrors, but that's about it.
Porsche's Direct Fuel Injection system uses a sophisticated engine management computer and high pressure injectors to fire a fuel and air mixture directly into the combustion chamber. This mixture is constantly adjusted according to the demands being placed on the engine at the time. The results are said to include a more efficient combustion cycle, superior engine response and more power. All of which means a higher top speed of 188mph for this Carrera S and a rest to sixty capability of around 4 seconds.
What's refreshing about the Carrera S is that Porsche haven't been sucked into the quest for ever more ridiculous horsepower figures. Flights of fancy like the Carrera GT supercar can post the enormous numbers. The 911 was always more about fluidity, feedback and engineering purity. The latest Carrera S doesn't disappoint on most of these scores, although some purists may well lament the fact that a certain degree of road feel has been excised from the steering. This was long deemed a 911 touchstone and the ability to ascertain the precise grip and granularity of any given road surface via the steering wheel is one that some feel is denied to Carrera S pilots. If this is true, then some recompense for this comes in the form of a handling package that makes older 911s appear rather yestertech.
"You'd need to pay comfortably into six figures before you find a car that can do what the 911 Carrera S does"
Porsche's excellent PSM (Porsche Stability Management) system has been further tuned in recent times to allow drivers even more leeway before it intervenes but should you really want to explore the limits of your 911's handling envelope, it's possible to disengage it completely in Sport mode. There's also the choice of adjusting the electronic dampers but on anything other than a billiard smooth racetrack, this sets up a disconcerting amount of fidget from the back end. These days PSM also includes the Brake Assist and Brake Pre-Filling functions that were once offered only on higher spec models.
Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) is standard on the Carrera S. This system is built around specially designed Michelin Pilot sport tyres and Bilstein adaptive dampers that can be set in one of two modes, normal and sport. The sport mode also sharpens the throttle action. An optional sports chassis set up offers stiffer springs and dampers, a lower ride height and a more aggressive limited slip differential. Thus equipped and with an experienced driver behind the wheel, the 997 Carrera S can run a lap of the Nurburgring in under 8 minutes, the true acid test of a supercar.
Many owners will opt for Porsche's latest PDK gearbox as an alternative to the conventional manual set-up. Much superior to 'Tiptronic'-style auto transmissions, this is a conventional seven speed manual gearbox with a hydraulic control mechanism which is divided into two separate units. There's one clutch looking after the even gears and one taking care of the odd ones. It means that the clutches can work in unison, producing super fast shifting marshalled by buttons mounted on the steering wheel. Each gearchange is around 60 per cent more rapid that that of a conventional automatic transmission. The Carrera S achieves the 0-62mph sprint in 4.5s with the PDK box which is 0.2s faster than an expertly driven manual car. Install the Porsche Sport Chrono Package Plus on the car and its launch control system will get it off the line more smartly, lowering the sprint time again to 4.3s.
Even the mighty 911 is forced to tow the environmental line these days and the greater efficiency of the latest DFI engines has pronounced benefits in terms of fuel economy and emissions as well as upping performance. In addition, the PDK gearbox has no impact on fuel economy and shares the same figures as the standard manual car. Expect to average around 30mpg, a figure Audi R8 owners can only dream about.
Inside, this 911 is as classy as its exterior lines would suggest. Expensively slush-moulded fascia materials made a welcome change to the hard plastics seen in the 996 and it's possible to specify leather trim. The front seats are large comfortable items that still sit the driver low to the ground but there's a choice of four different seat options depending on how racy you want to feel. The PCM Porsche Communication Management system dominates the facia with its 6.5" colour screen display. It bundles satellite navigation, together with the various settings menus together with the audio system and even an optional TV tuner.
Is this 911 Carerra S perfect? Of course not. But ask yourself this. If you were shopping for a performance coupe that can shred the Nurburgring and do the commute to work, what even comes close? A Noble M14 or a Mercedes SLK 55 AMG? Please. A BMW M5 saloon tries but can't come match the purity and depth of engineering of the Porsche. You'd need to pay comfortably into six figures before you find a car that can do what the 911 Carrera S does. The best just got better.


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Tyga's Face Tattoo Causes An Uproar on Twitter
The Twitter-verse went into a tizzy recently over what Tyga may or may not have done to his youthful face. The Young Money artist posted a photo on his timeline of his new Mike Tyson-inspired tattoo on the side of his grill. WTF?
"F— it #YoLo," read the caption attached to the photo of Tyga smiling with the tribal artwork stretching from his eyebrow to his cheekbone. The ink became a trending topic on Twitter and upset many of his followers. "@Tyga kill yourself," wrote one distraught fan, while another tweeted, "you did an interview not to long ago and you said you will never get anymore face tattoos that s— better not be real."
The consensus (at least here at PopCrush) is that it's not real. Several hours later, Tyga posted another picture of himself with a seemingly clean face sitting in his new ride. Hey, at least he didn't get his cheeks pierced like his girlfriend, Black Chyna, who is rumored to be pregnant with Tyga's baby.
In the meantime, Tyga is getting prepared for a lengthy road trip this fall. Next month, the 'Rack City' rhymer will headline his Closer to My Dreams tour, which stars on Sept. 4 in Los Angeles. After that, Tyga will join his Young Money labelmate Nicki Minaj on her U.K. tour.
But before he starts touring, Tyga will drop his 'Well Done 3' mixtape, which features him rapping over instrumentals by Kirko Bangz ('Drank in My Cup') and Minaj ('I'm Your Leader'), and boasts cameo appearances from his rap protege Honey Cocaine and his YMCMB crew.
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Katy Perry Wears Itty-Bitty Version of Aretha Franklin's Hat to 2013 InaugurationKaty Perry made one very small fashion statement at the 2013 inauguration of President Barack Obama. The singer, known for her hard-to-miss and often over-the-top outfits, accessorized with a tiny version of Aretha Franklin's memorable 2009 inauguration hat. "Big inauguration, tiny Aretha hat," Perry tweeted along with a picture of a miniature gray topper that was small enough to sit in the palm of her hand. Though Perry wore a chic black fedora along with a Rodarte Fall 2012 coat to the inauguration, she held her playful accessory, which was attached to a clear handle, up to her own hat throughout the historic ceremony. Just like Franklin's original Luke Song hat, Perry's version featured an oversized, bedazzled bow that lent her outfit an undeniable dose of sass. And while Perry had her petite hat custom-made for the occasion, Song sells a normal-sized version for any other patriotic Americans who want to pay r-e-s-p-e-c-t to the original wearer of the fabulous headpiece. What do you think of Katy's tiny hat?
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Biography | Scope | Laughlin Legacy
The Kyle Laughlin photographs were donated to University of Idaho Library Special Collections in February of 1985 by Marguerite Laughlin. The collection was processed and described in 1998 and 1999 by Karen Hertel.↑
Kyle Laughlin (1905-1984) was a Moscow, Idaho resident and businessman for 56 years. He was born May 24, 1905 to Edward and Eva Laughlin in Ozark, Missouri. When Laughlin was about seven, the family moved to southeast Idaho where Kyle graduated from Ashton High School. He attended the University of Idaho and graduated in 1931 with a degree in teaching. In 1933, Kyle Laughlin married Marguerite Ward in Moscow. Marguerite was also a UI graduate and teacher. The newlyweds lived in Malad for two years where Kyle taught chemistry and physics before returning to Moscow in 1935 where they started in business. A ski shop within Ward Paint and Hardware, owned by Marguerite's father, gave way to a photo studio known as Kyle's Photo Shop. Here, Laughlin was able to turn his life-long interest in photography into a business.
In 1954, a partnership with Sam Haddock resulted in Haddock and Laughlin, a photography, television, appliance, and stereo shop. This business later started the Moscow TvCable Company. Laughlin was also involved in residential development. In the 1940's he became codeveloper of the B.L. residential area and later helped develop the Eastgate area in southeast Moscow. The Laughlins were dedicated supporters of both the Latah County Public Library and the University of Idaho Library. In December 1979, Warren Owens, the Dean of Instructional Services and Director of Libraries, reported that the University Library received "one of the most significant and impressive gifts in history," Laughlin's personal library of Western Americana.
Laughlin continued to take photographs after he closed his photo business. He documented his interest in the natural history of the Northwest and wildflowers through photographs and notes on his readings and travels. He also recorded, through photography, the family history of Marguerite and his three children at home and on their travels. Shortly after her husband's death in 1984, Marguerite Laughlin donated his photography collection, along with his notes, to the University of Idaho Library.↑
The images of the Kyle Laughlin photographic collection span the years 1931 to 1979. The collection contains images of Idaho scenery and historical sites, travel to other states and countries, and family and friends. The collection holds 10,349 primarily black and white negatives and 3,819 color slides. The collection contains 22 boxes of mounted and unmounted prints as well as 34 spiral-bound books of prints. The majority of the negatives are represented in 27 spiral-bound books of contact sheets. Also included in the collection are the notes of Kyle Laughlin in the form of a scrapbook, a journal of notes, four sets of index cards, a photo record, and two catalogues. In addition there are 21 reels of 16mm and 8mm motion picture films.↑
Spring 1996 Issue : Towers (newsletter of Library Associates, University of Idaho Library)
Many buildings and rooms across the University of Idaho campus proudly bear the names of prominent supporters past and present. One such room is the Kyle and Marguerite Laughlin Reading Room in the Department of Special Collections and Archives in the University of Idaho Library. The University honored the Laughlins for their many contributions to the library with this room naming when the new facility was completed in 1994.
Both the Laughlins were life members of the Library Associates, the "friends" of the library. Their giving to the University Library began in the 1950's. Over 700 books including many rare Western Americana were donated in the 1970's. In 1985, shortly after her husband's death, Marguerite Laughlin donated 27 cubic feet of her late husband's personal papers and photographs to the University of Idaho Library.
In December 1979, Warren Owens, then Dean of Instructional Services and Director of Libraries, reported that the University Library received "one of the most significant and impressive gifts in its history," the personal library of Kyle Laughlin, a long-time Moscow resident and prominent businessman.
The collection totaled 754 titles of predominantly Western Americana, with emphasis on the history, flora and fauna of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest; Native Americans, especially the Nez Perce; and western photographs. Highlights of the collection include: the first edition of Washington Irving's Astoria, 1836; 15 Vardis Fisher titles, of which 10 are first editions and 5 are autographed; the Thwaites edition (15 vols., 1904) of the Lewis and Clark journals; and the first edition of Alexander Ross' Fur Traders of the West, 1855.
Both UI graduates and teachers, the Laughlins married in 1933. They lived in Malad for a short time before returning to Moscow where they started in business. A ski shop within Ward Paint and Hardware, owned by Marguerite's father, gave way to a photo studio. Later, a partnership with Sam Haddock resulted in Haddock and Laughlin, a photography, television, appliance, and stereo shop. This business later became the Moscow TV Cable Company.
A strong supporter of both the Moscow Public Library and the University of Idaho Library, she was president of the Library Associates of the University of Idaho from 1972 to 1974. She was also a founding member of the Friends of the Moscow Public Library, Idaho Library Trustee of the Year in 1967, and President of the Idaho Library Association, 1974-1975. Active in civic affairs, she was a member of the Gritman Hospital Board, president of the Moscow-Parent Teacher Association, and chair of the Moscow Recreation Committee.
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$195 million project cost 30 percent less than original estimate
Fremont – Caltrans, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency (ACCMA), and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced today that on September 20 the Bay Area's first express lane will open, allowing solo drivers to use a 14-mile stretch of southbound Interstate 680 between Pleasanton and Milpitas, if they pay a toll electronically. Carpools, transit vehicles, motorcycles, and hybrid vehicles with a valid sticker will continue to use the express lane for free. The express lane project was completed for $195 million - 30 percent below the original estimate. Caltrans, the MTC, and the Federal Highway Administration were partners in the project, which received $109 million from Proposition 1B, a $19.9 billion transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
"As the voters intended, Proposition 1B is paying for vital transportation projects that relieve traffic congestion, improve air quality, and provide a shot in the arm to California's economy," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "With this freeway project, the people of the Bay Area can see their tax dollars at work."
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"This project shows that we can make progress even in a challenging economy. The I-680 express lane is a cost-effective way to reduce traffic congestion and generate revenue for Bay Area transportation improvements," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.
Toll revenue from the express lane will pay for operating and maintaining the lane, for transit service on I-680, and to build future carpool or express lanes on I-680.
Tolls will be based on the level of traffic on the highway. During peak periods, when there is more traffic in the express lane, the toll will be higher to discourage additional solo drivers from entering and using the express lane. During off-peak periods, when fewer vehicles are using the express lane, the toll will be lower. An overhead electronic sign will display the current toll being assessed.
The express lane will operate Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., replacing the current carpool lane hours. All motorists will be able to use the express lane outside of these hours.
"It's truly historic. The new express lane means drivers can count on a reliable trip without congestion," said Mark Green, Chair of ACCMA. "I'll be here at 5 a.m. on Monday when the first cars enter the lane -- I'm excited to drive south over the Sunol Grade without a backup."
Motorists with a FasTrak toll tag can enter the express lane at designated places and will be charged each time. The operation will be fully electronic, with no tollbooths or tollgates, so drivers will not need to slow down or stop to pay.
"The opening of the I-680 Express Lane will launch a new era in Bay Area transportation and congestion management," said Scott Haggerty, Chair of the MTC and of the joint powers authority overseeing the I-680 Express Lane. "For the first time, solo drivers have the choice of paying a toll electronically via a FasTrak toll tag to use the carpool lane. We've been waiting a long time for this."
"Express lanes are an important element for smoother transportation in the Bay Area in the future, and that future begins here on Interstate 680," said MTC Executive Director Steve Heminger. "We anticipate hundreds of miles of express lanes throughout the Bay Area over the next 25 years."
For more information about the I-680 express lane and future Bay Area express lane projects, please visit: www.680expresslane.org.


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Yahoo! Open Hack Day Brasil 2010
On March 20th and 21st, Yahoo! Brazil brought us our second Open Hack Day. I'd been to the previous one, in 2008, and it was amazing! Our project even won at a newly-created category, aptly named "What the Hack?"
This year, I wanted once again to try a hardware hack, using whichever parts I could get my hands on. Not necessarily anything useful, though. That's what I love about the Hack Day. I can do useful stuff throughout the rest of the year :)
Yahoo! Hack Days
Before the 2008 Hack Day, I had pretty much written off Yahoo! as a company that was no more. I wasn't even particularly interested on the event, and only decided to go at the last minute. Boy, what a change in perspective. Of course, Yahoo!'s São Paulo team has some very clever people. But, more generally, I was very impressed with the data-gathering tools that Yahoo! had started offering. YQL is simply fantastic. It perfectly captures what the Internet is about, data-wise (I'm not saying it's perfect, but it embodies the right spirit). I hadn't had that much geek fun in a long time. So you can probably tell my expectations were high for this year's edition. Could Yahoo! deliver?
Not to fret, they knew what they were doing. Just put some 250 hackers in a fish bowl, give them food, coffee, wifi (surprisingly good, some silly proxy restrictions excluded), show them Monty Python, and wait for it!
Our hack, and our hackers
Even before the announcement of this year's Hack Day, I'd been toying with the (admittedly silly) idea of a firefighting robot, that lurked online waiting for people to report fires anywhere in the world. It would then bravely roll over to wherever the fire was, and put it out. Bravely.
Trouble is, it'd probably have to be one gargantuan robot. So I thought I'd settle for a more modest, Lego-built, Arduino-controlled one. With the Hack Day approaching, I suggested this project to a few friends and we created a Wave to discuss the idea. I was planning to use a box of old Lego pieces from my childhood (see mom? I told you I'd have eventually use those again!) and a couple of servo motors I had lying around, but Rodolpho brought his Mindstorms NXT into the picture, making the project much cooler (and, incidentally, much more manoeuvrable).
On Saturday morning I rode with Gola to the (really cool) auditorium of Senac University, where the previous Hack Day had already been hosted. There we met Rodolpho and Mobi, our original team. We had found out the day before that there would be a limit of 4 people on each team, this year. In 2008 our team had been comprised of... 12? 15? I never even knew. We'd simply started building weird, blinking stuff, and people had gathered around for the fun. We got, therefore, a bit disappointed with this edition's limit. But, since we weren't really expecting to win anything (and therefore disqualification wasn't an issue), we bent the rules a bit, and Werneck, Lucmult and Mauro hacked with us. Also, Aline joined us a bit later. Since Werneck and Lucmult eventually had to leave and didn 't return for Sunday, and Aline and Mobi didn't program, I think we were sort of in the clear. Technically. Sort of.
And then we started building.
What we built
The body of the robot ended up using mainly the Mindstorms parts. We had started building a larger, sturdier body with assorted Lego pieces on top of a rigid board, pulled by front-wheel drive with four wheels in the front and a loose trailing one. But, after a lot of testing, the loose wheel kept veering the robot out of track, so we rebuilt everything with a lighter, smaller frame, and a pair of caterpillars tracks. In hindsight, I think we should have kept the larger body (even if rethinking wheel traction), as it gave the robot more stability, which we would come to miss later. But we had to make a quick decision, and we worked with what we had. The NXT controller sat on the robot and communicated with an external server via bluetooth, relaying control input to the wheels and sending back odometry information.
This external server (actually, Rodolpho's notebook) continuously used YQL to query Twitter, Yahoo! Meme and news feeds (which I originally wanted to aggregate using Yahoo! Pipes, but we didn't have time for it), searching for people reporting fires - a simple string search, filtered by the Yahoo! Term Extraction API. Whenever there were reports, the server would send them through the Placemaker API to extract location information. It then determined which location in the world was in most urgent need of aid (by number of reports).
Now, the tricky part: the robot needed to be aware of a rectangular projection of the world onto the room, and to know its own location on it. I don't mean a visual projection. We did consider it, but realised that it would be unfeasible for the Hack Day. We toyed with the idea of printing (or drawing) a world map on large sheets and taping then to the ground, but the robot would surely slip, trip, or tear the sheets. So we settled for an abstract projection, and, based on information sent back from the robot, plotted its estimated current position in the "world", at each instant, using Yahoo! Maps and the Yahoo! Geocoding API (via geopy).
To locate itself, the robot relied on Mindstorms' odometry feedback, and on QR Code markers distributed around the room, read by an Android phone using Python and the Barcode Scanner app. The Android phone sent the information encoded in each QR Code to a custom service built with Python's SimpleHTTPServer, which our server polled. The server then sent back new movement controls, according to the robot's current position and desired target. We tried to use Mindstorms' sonar and colour sensors, but they just wouldn't work reliably with the Python interface (which we needed to send commands programatically via bluetooth).
No one likes an impersonal robot, and ours, accordingly, had a face in order to convey emotions. We used an XO laptop as the head, and defined that the robot would have pre-determined emotions depending on the situation: it would be "at rest" when there were no fires going on, "worried" when it was going towards a fire, and "happy" when it had put the fire out. A Python script running in the background continuously searched Flickr (using YQL) for expressions associated with each of these emotions, and downloaded a number of related pictures. Another script queried the robot's current emotional state (set by the server), and displayed an appropriate random subset of these pictures. For every few of them, we'd display a face that Aline had drawn specifically for that emotion, to make up for the fact that we couldn't be sure if the pictures would depict it (people give the weirdest tags and descriptions to their Flickr uploads...).
We originally meant to use an Arduino to control a servo that would squish some water from a syringe, thus putting out the fire once the robot got to its destination. But all that proved too much for a mere 24h, and we had to settle for a manual pump.
A camera-shy robot, and a sleepy presenter
Of course, we'd tested (almost) everything, and the robot worked (almost) perfectly. (Almost) Great. But, when it was time to go up on the stage, we hit a few snags.
First, there was only one large screen. Of course, we'd known that, but it hadn't occurred to us that people would need to see not only the robot (which was tiny, especially at a distance), but also the map showing its movement towards the fire, at several different moments. Yahoo! had predicted even such an eventuality (seriously, guys, kudos!) and provided us with a way to switch between our server's screen and the feed from a video camera which Aline used to film the robot. But I didn't manage to coordinate the switch properly, and we didn't get to show the animated map.
Also, we had already noticed that the XO weighed a lot compared to the rest of the robot (remember what I said about the previous, sturdier version?), and that, in order to steer, we needed to balance it carefully. I didn't, and the robot soon went out of its path.
Finally, we had used so many different technologies and APIs on this project, and most of them simply vanished from my mind when I started presenting! Note to self: next time, write some hints on the back of my hand...
All I have to say for myself is that I had slept for only about 1 hour since the previous morning, ours was one of the last projects to be presented, and by then I was very sleepy and barely able to react. I should have switched from the camera to the map more often, so people could see what was going on. I should have grabbed the robot when it went off track and restarted the demo. I should have asked my teammates for help when trying to list everything at work on the robot. Shame on me.
But, all in all, I think it was a great project, and I'm very proud of it. I'm especially proud of my team, you rock much more than I was able to show :)
And, next year, I promise to take a nap before presenting!


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One evening this past August I found myself travel-stained and weary, sitting in a dimly lit living room in Puebla, Mexico. My fiancée, Leslie, and I had spent the majority of the day on two different planes and a bus, only to arrive in Puebla and be whisked almost immediately to her aunt's house so that the Mexican side of her family could welcome us, meet me for the first time, celebrate our engagement, and commemorate my 29th birthday. It was a marvel of efficient hospitality.
So there I sat, a potent restorative beverage in hand, trying to follow the rapid-fire Spanish conversation that was coming from all sides. I'd spent the past couple of months working diligently with Rosetta Stone Latin American Spanish, Levels 2 and 3, so I was able to follow most of what was said in individual conversational threads. The problem was that those threads kept getting tangled with others.
Sensing that perhaps I might have been struggling, my fiancée's Mexican uncle asked me, in English, "Do you understand what is being said?" Before I could answer, my fiancée's American father interjected, in fluent Spanish, explaining that I'm still learning and that it helps if people speak a little more slowly: Él todavía está aprendiendo. Le ayuda si se habla lentamente. Her uncle nodded, turned back to me, and said slowly, in perfect deadpan, "DO. YOU. UNDERSTAND?"
Joking aside, I did understand—a great deal more than I expected to, anyway, and I even got a compliment on my accent from an enthusiastic aunt. Not too bad for a Connecticut Yankee, if I do say so. But understanding and interacting are very different animals, and it was in the interacting that I encountered the most difficulty, getting flustered when the correct words weren't immediately on my tongue, or when my earnest efforts at engaging in conversation were met with polite but confused smiles.
It was something I resolved to work on diligently—not just because I want to improve my Spanish, but also because Leslie and I decided after returning from our trip that we want to get married in Oaxaca, Mexico. It's a big task planning a wedding in a foreign country where there's a different mother tongue. My fluent-in-Spanish fiancée is an enormously capable person, but I'm not going to saddle her with that load. And, while I can get by well enough with my existing Spanish skills, they just aren't going to cut it in a business context.
So, I've begun working with Level 4 of Rosetta Stone Version 4 TOTALe. Already it's reaping dividends, and to ease my entry into the bilingual planning, I've taken on translation duty on our wedding website. One of my first tasks was informing our Spanish-speaking guests how to take advantage of the special wedding rate for hotel rooms, Aprovechar la tarifa especial para la boda.
It's going to be tough, pero al fin, me voy a casar con mi novia preciosa. So, yeah . . . it'll be worth it.


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Chevelle Unveil Cover Art, Track Listing for New Album 'Hats Off to the Bull'
Chevelle are set to unleash their new studio album 'Hats Off to the Bull' on Dec. 6, and the band is building up the excitement with the unveiling of its cover art and track listing.
The cover depicts a bull heading into the red cape of a bullfighter, while the track listing reveals such intriguing song titles as 'The Meddler,' 'Piñata' and 'Prima Donna.'
'Hats Off to the Bull' features the first single 'Face to the Floor,' which also serves as the album's opening track. The song, which we reviewed here, is inspired by the notorious actions of Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff.
"The lyrics are about all the people who have been taken advantage of," explains frontman Pete Loeffler. "He raked people over the coals, stole and is a terrible person. One day, these people have everything, and the next day it's completely gone."
Chevelle recently wrapped up a tour with Bush and Filter, but you can catch the band on Dec. 8 when they perform on ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.'
Chevelle, 'Hats Off to the Bull' Track Listing:
1. 'Face to the Floor'
2. 'Same Old Trip'
3. 'Ruse'
4. 'The Meddler'
5. 'Piñata'
6. 'Envy'
7. 'Hats Off to the Bull'
8. 'Arise'
9. 'Revenge'
10. 'Prima Donna'
11. 'Clones'
Watch the Official Lyric Video for Chevelle's 'Face to the Floor'


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Trend Spotting: Hippie Chic Reactive Glaze Looks for the Tabletop
It's not a surprise that this look is coming back now. It incorporates a combo of some of what is bubbling under the surface, style-zeitgeist-wise. These reactive glaze pottery-style tabletop pieces combine a bit of hippie-chic, a look at California modernism of the sixties and seventies, a little bit of Asian-inspiration, a touch of maker-style.
We saw examples of the reactive look from several different lines, in a range of commitments to the look from big and bold to just a subtle hint of pattern.
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Shown above, bottom row:
- Linden by Mikasa
- Bora by Thomson Pottery
- Euro Ceramica
- Iga-Mono
- Atelier Tete
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CPR - Chrome, Polish, and Refresh
Spruce up the Bed of that truck or SUV!
Summer is upon us and that means thoughts of cruisin down the highway and hanging out with friends. But you want a good-looking truck while doing this, right? Right here we've got the best interior dress-up accessories that money can buy - from new floor mats or carpet, to dashboard and steering wheel covers. We've got it all, in stock and ready to ship.
Bed Rugs and Bed liners
Our friends from Bed Rug shows how easy it is to install one.If rugs aren't your cup of tea, then a good old bed liner could do the trick. Bed liners provide the protection of all the bumps and dings your truck will get throughout its travel. They usually come in the roll-on, spray-on and drop-in plastic. There are many words to describe the benefits of bed liners, but at Stylin', we think two would suffice: Free shipping.
During April, which is CPR month, Stylin' will take care of the mail costs when you purchase any Herculiner product.
See Stylin' Joe Wagner talking about his Herculiner:
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Soft Tonneau Covers
Hard Tonneau Covers:
Here's a cool tip to preserve your cover from Sport Truck: Due to space limitations, hard tonneau covers tend to be stored on one end and leaned up against a wall, which often scratches the edges. To solve this dilemma, cut a few lengths of heater hose, slit them down the middle, and slide them over the edges of the tonneau cover.
If your truck is your world, then the bed is your playground. There are a variety of accessories that can add many dimensions to your vehicle. If you want to secure your cargo or improve your truck's performance, Stylin' is the source for what you need.


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I'm a New Grandma!!
Yesterday, September 1, 2011 at 12:13pm, my daughter Meghann gave birth to her beautiful daughter Gabriella Grace. Dad Brian is over the moon; mom's tired as all get out after a 32-hour labor that ended in the cesarean birth of a 9 pound 10 ounce angel... story another day.
I was overwhelmed with joy at meeting my first grandchild.
One advantage of having a former La Leche League leader, midwife, doula for a mama is being able to get a baby nursing even when mom's napping/groggy after the birth.
Look at this child! Is she not the most beautiful new baby you've EVER seen?!? (Your own children notwithstanding, of course. laughing)
No grandma could be prouder of her child. Meghann and Brian were so amazing, so beautiful during labor. It was an enormous honor to be invited into their sacred space. An experience that zoomed to the top of one of my best days on this earth.


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Italeri have announced their new ACW set, titled "Civil War farmhouse battle set", with buildings and figures, the set seems to contain Italeri's own figures, infantry and cavalry for both sides, the Union artillery set and a barn and a farmhouse in MDF with etched details. So sadly no new figures from Italeri and the artillery set is probably the more common one and not the out of print big set.
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(Phoenix, Ariz. - Oct. 17, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Director Steve Owens today announced that Wisconsin-based Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., will pay an $80,000 penalty for hazardous waste violations at the company's Chandler facility.
During an April 2006 inspection at Safety-Kleen's plant, located at 6625 W. Frye Road in Chandler, ADEQ inspectors discovered that company officials had failed to submit to ADEQ 176 signed generator and transporter hazardous waste manifests. Safety-Kleen previously had been cited by ADEQ for similar violations discovered during a 2005 inspection at the facility.
During the 2006 inspection, ADEQ inspectors also found that two 3-inch flange plugs had not been properly tagged with air emission inspection tags and that inspection logs inaccurately stated that the flanges were in compliance with the company's hazardous waste general permit. Safety-Kleen's emergency contingency plan at the facility also contained inaccurate information, such as incorrect telephone numbers.
"These were serious violations of the hazardous waste laws," Director Owens said. "The fact that Safety-Kleen had been cited for similar violations before makes the situation even worse."
"Hazardous waste violations create risks of considerable harm to both the environment and to human health," Goddard said. "This penalty is clearly warranted."
In addition to paying the $80,000 penalty, Safety-Kleen will conduct half-day training seminars for small-quantity generators of hazardous waste such as auto repair shops and paint and body shops. That supplemental environmental project will cost the company more than $15,000.
Safety-Kleen treats and stores waste solvents, cleaners, antifreeze, paint wastes, photo-developing wastes and dry-cleaning wastes collected off-site.
The consent judgment is subject to court approval. Copies of the complaint and the consent judgment are attached.


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As of 8/99 here is my mountain resume: I am a graduate of the following Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) schools: Denver Basic Rock Climbing School (BRCS), Denver Basic Mountaineering School (BMS), Denver Rock Leading School (IRCS), High Altitude Mountaineering School (HAMS), High Altitude Mountaineering Crampon seminar. I have certified training for: Red Cross first aid & CPR, Avalanche school, MOFA, Mountain oriented first aid, Leader training. I have taught: CMC BMS for 7 years, HAMS school for 3 years, Crampon seminar for 3 years, I was in charge of the fitness seminar for the HAMS Seminar for 3 years. I am a CMC leader: All hiking classifications, Crosscountry ski leader, Snowshoe leader. I am a member of the steering committee for HAMS I have climbed all but one CO14er and all but 6 of the top 100 summits in Colorado, and Rainier & Shasta and some lesser peaks in Arizona. I have climbed in 9 forign countries and like S America best, followed by W Europe. I have climbed above 14500 feet approximately 15 times. The highest was Aconcagua. ALL my training has been from the various CMC schools. I am the current director for the Fort Collins CO BMS. I have been active in mountaineering since 1965 and climb rock at the 5.6 level but have free soloed at 5.8 and led at 5.9 but dont enjoy anything above 5.6 Just do it in a pinch. My ice climbing is best described as novice but I can get up big mountains with my ice skills. I am old enough to be your father but I can bust my butt and keep up with you most of the time.
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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation is an independent, nonprofit institute headquartered in Ardmore, Okla. Founded in 1945, the Noble Foundation conducts direct operations, including assisting farmers and ranchers, and conducting plant science research and agricultural programs, to enhance agricultural productivity regionally, nationally and internationally. www.noble.org
by Job Springer
The Southern Great Plains has seen better forage growing conditions in 2013 than in many recent years. This has been, in part, due to less wind, cooler temperatures and more rainfall. Many ranchers are beginning to chomp at the bit to use these additional forages and are thus looking to rebuild their cow herds. For ranchers looking to rebuild their herds from within the ranch, the question arises as to how much it will cost to raise their own replacement heifers. While every ranch has its own set of unique resources, this article addresses the question of how much it will cost an average-sized ranch in the Southern Great Plains to raise replacement heifers in 2013 and 2014.
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, the average herd size in the Southern Great Plains is approximately 43 head. A rancher trying to expand his herd will need to exceed the typical attrition rate of 17% (seven head). In this example, 14 heifers will be used as the initial selection number of potential replacement females.
Replacement heifers need to be approximately 65 percent of their mature weight at the time of breeding. Therefore, a typical herd in the Southern Great Plains would see heifers being bred around 750 pounds. This is a pivotal point when the rancher can either sell a feeder heifer or decide to keep the heifer on the farm as a replacement A spring-calving cow herd will see many heifers being covered as early as March or April. According to the futures market, these 750-pound heifers would be worth $151 per hundredweight or $1,132.50 per head.
During the next nine months, several operating costs will be incurred by the ranch, including use of owned or leased forage at $162 per heifer; supplemental feed when standing forage is limited or requires supplementation at $79.20 per heifer; free-choice mineral at $39.15 per heifer; pre-breeding vaccinations, fly control and dewormer at $8 per heifer; a 1 percent death loss at $14.24 per heifer; sickness at $1.25 per heifer; a pregnancy test at $6 per heifer; labor at $207.92 per heifer; breeding bull's annual depreciation at $36.79 per heifer; and the annual cash expenses associated with the bull at $42.86 per heifer. The accumulated expenses so far are $1,729.91 per heifer.
Other expenses are incurred to the ranch when replacement heifers are raised on the ranch. These expenses include a loss on replacement heifers that were not bred or abort at $48.34 per heifer; utilization of ranch resources during the year a replacement heifer is raised instead of running productive cows at $112.50 per heifer (raising replacement heifers, instead of purchasing, displaces productive cows or other livestock); and a forgone implant at weaning of heifer calves that would have added weight and value had the heifer been sold at $46.30 per heifer (replacement heifers should not be administered an implant).
When all expenses are considered, the average-sized ranch in the Southern Great Plains will have approximately $1,937 tied up in each productive replacement heifer produced on the ranch in the coming year. Many ranchers have experienced sticker shock when they have priced replacement heifers from other ranches. However, if a rancher is able to locate replacement heifers elsewhere at a lower price, it would be worth considering the outside purchase, depending on the goals of the operation.
A similar evaluation should be made on your respective operation to determine whether or not it makes economic sense to raise or purchase quality replacement heifers.
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"New Light…!!" (新たな光…!!, Aratana Hikari…!!) is chapter 386 of the original Naruto manga.
In the time before Konoha's founding, Madara was a promising member of the Uchiha clan. Through constant competition with his younger brother Madara gained the Mangekyō Sharingan and was able to take control of the Uchiha, leading them into countless victories. However, excessive use of the Mangekyō Sharingan left Madara blind, and it was only by taking his brother's eyes that he regained his sight. Madara went on to assist in the creation of Konoha, but later suffered a defeat by the First Hokage. He created Akatsuki to hide in its shadow and later tried and failed to destroy Konoha with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sixteen years ago, which Itachi uses as proof that Madara has grown weak. Intending to surpass Madara, Itachi will take Sasuke's eyes to escape blindness of the Mangekyō. Having heard all he needed, Sasuke prepares for battle.