Prison Break 3

My favorite TV show at the moment is Prison Break. For those who have never seen it, I highly recommend it! It's a story of two brothers in extreme situations, with a great storyline, deep multi-dimensional characters and a pinch of conspiracy.

Recently I've finished watching season 2 and I have some predictions for season 3:

(warning: possible spoilers)

1 - In the first shows, Scofield will be missing to heighten the tension

2 - Lincoln will go inside the prison to rescue Michael

3 - Sarah will have to cope with the murder of Mr. Kim, but will ultimately work from the outside to rescue Michael legally

4 - Mahone and Scofield will be allies inside the Sona jail

5 - Kellerman is not dead. He has been rescued by the ex-president Caroline, in hope of him help her get back to a top spot.

6 - T-Bag will go inside the Sona prison to keep watch on Scofield for the Company

7 - Sucre will go inside the Sona prison to find out what happened to Maricruz

8 - The Company wants Scofield inside Sona prison because someone there - they don't know exactly who - that has a secret that can seriously compromise the Company, and they want Michael to break out and release the secret. All previous attempts to infiltrate the prison have failed miserably.

Now we just have to wait and see if I got it right! ;-)


/ This post is bilingual: English (U.S.) and Portuguese (Portugal) /


A minha série de televisão preferida do momento é o Prison Break. Para quem nunca via, recomendo vivamente! É uma história de dois irmãos em situações extremas, com uma grande história, personagens multi-dimensionais e uma pitada de conspiração.

Recentemente terminei de ver a segunda temporada e tenho as minhas previsões para a terceira temporada:

(aviso: possíveis revelações antecipadas)

1 - Nos primeiros episódios, o Scofield não vai aparecer para aumentar a tensão e a expectativa sobre o que aconteceu

2 - O Lincoln vai entrar na prisão para salvar o Michael

3 - A Sarah vai ter que lidar com o homícidio do Sr. Kim, mas vai superar e trabalhar por fora para libertar o Michael de forma legal

4 - Mahone e Scofield serão aliados dentro da prisão de Sona

5 - O Kellerman não morreu. Ele foi salvo pela ex-presidente Caroline, na esperança de ter a ajuda dele para recuperar uma posição importante.

6 - O T-Bag vai entrar na prisão para vigiar o Scofield a mando da Companhia

7 - O Sucre vai entrar na prisão para descobrir o que aconteceu à Maricruz

8 - A Companhia quer o Scofield dentro da prisão Sona porque existe alguém - eles não sabem exactamente quem - que tem um segredo que pode comprometer seriamente a Companhia, e eles querem que o Michael fuja da prisão para libertar o segredo. Todas as tentativas anteriores de infiltrar a prisão falharam miseravelmente.

Agora só temos que esperar e ver se eu acertei ou não!

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Before you produce contents to present your ideas, define the goals of what you want to achieve.

How to organize learning resources

Organize the learning resources using the following guidelines:

Start with what is simple and end with what is complex;
Start with what is concrete and end with what is abstract;
Start with what students already know and end with what they don't know.

The rule of 3-tells

I've used the following rule while writing my MSc thesis:

"
Tell what you'll tell,
Tell,
Tell what you've told,
In a paragraph, section or chapter.
"

Offline Web Applications: Google Gears

Google has just released Gears.

http://code.google.com/apis/gears/

Google Gears consists of three modules that address the core challenges in making web applications work offline.

LocalServer - Cache and serve application resources (HTML, JavaScript, images, etc.) locally
Database - Store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database
WorkerPool - Make your web applications more responsive by performing resource-intensive operations asynchronously

I haven't tried it yet, but as I mentioned in an earlier blog post, this approach makes sense according to the recent trends in web applications, like Google Calendar and Google Docs. These kinds of applications will surely benefit from local storage.