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1. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Ross_Snowden) Dec 17, 2007 4:46 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))I have the exact same problem you are/were having.
Also running VISTA x64 and Outlook 2007.
What is the solution to this problem ... anyone?
2. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Ognian_Tschakalov) Jan 3, 2008 3:23 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))Same for me!!
Vista 64 bit, Reader 8.1.1. I have this since 4 months waiting for either a fix from MS or Adobe. I've several times installed / re installed the Reader, no change. On the Web there are a lot of people complaining about this. Could someone from Adobe confirm this BUG and provide at least a Statement!
3. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Ross_Snowden) Jan 3, 2008 8:46 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))I installed the Foxit PDF Preview and it worked, so I would suggest you download and install this; at least until Adobe fixed this problem.
4. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Ognian_Tschakalov) Jan 4, 2008 3:21 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))Thanks a lot !!
This works great, and the only thing you need is just one .msi containing everything.
5. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(michele_salvini) Jan 10, 2008 8:14 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))I have the exact same problem you are/were having.
Also running VISTA x64 and Outlook 2007
It's incredible Adobe doesn't fix it (from Micro$oft i don't expect anything anymore...:-))
6. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't workJohn T Smith Jan 10, 2008 8:17 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))>incredible Adobe doesn't fix it
Send a bug report... the more reports, the more likely to have a fix
7. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Christopher_Abichandani) Jan 12, 2008 2:43 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))Based on the knowledge base article linked by this blog entry:
This is a known issue and it is actually a bug in 64-bit versions of Windows. Apparently there is a patch but in order to work with the patch, adobe must update their product. So originally we were waiting on both parties but now I think we are waiting on Adobe.
I have the Vista SP1 RC installed and my gdi32.dll is a version even later than this patch (6.0.6001.17052; 379kb; 11/30/2007), so I guess I have to wait for Adobe to update their previewer to work with the fix provided by the patch and successive versions of gdi32.dll, including the one provided with the SP1 RC.
The KB article:
8. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Ross_Snowden) Jan 12, 2008 3:16 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))All I can say is at least the programmers who created the Foxit preview reader got it right the first time, proof that it is actually possible. Quite embarrassing, considering all the resources available to Adobe.
9. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Campbell_Goodwille) Jun 5, 2008 8:47 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))Is there a solution to this problem yet? I have upgraded to 8.1.2 but the PDF Preview Handler for Vista will still not run in Office 2007 (on Vista Business x64).
10. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Ross_Snowden) Jun 5, 2008 9:09 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))The only solution that works for me is to install the Foxit PDF preview handler. It works flawlessly with Vista Home Premium x64 and Office Outlook 2007. The link is posted below.
I don't think you will be disappointed.
11. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(AakashShah) Jul 31, 2008 1:00 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))The newest version, Adobe 9, still doesn't offer the PDF preview functionality on Vista x64.
I've installed FoxIt, and it works great. However, it displays the Bookmarks pane which takes up a lot of space when using it in Explorer and hence it isn't use space efficient. Otherwise, it's a great program that's quick to use, and fast and simple to install.
12. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(dswain) Aug 5, 2008 1:42 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))I have Windows Vista Business, Outlook 2007, and Adobe Reader 9. The PDF Preview Handler works for almost all of pdf's I receive in Outlook. However, for some reason one particular pdf file I get will not work.
The email is from the same source every day, the file has the same name. I can't even save the attachment. I have reinstalled Reader 9 (no luck), I have tried Foxit (same type of error message for this email only).
Any ideas?
13. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Christopher_Abichandani) Aug 5, 2008 2:18 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))dswain, perhaps you are using 32-bit Vista, so the preview handler doesn't exhibit the issue people are talking about here. It seems you may simply be receiving an invalid PDF from that particular sender.
14. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't workJohn T Smith Aug 5, 2008 2:35 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))>receiving an invalid PDF
I don't remember the details (don't send/receive PDF by email) but I "sort of" remember a previous discussion that an attached PDF is "seen" by some (most-all???) email software as a "text" file due to the first few bytes... so a particular attachment coding is used... but the file is actually not text, and the attachment coding then corrupts the file
I do remember the solution... Tell the sender to ZIP the file and send that via email
15. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(AakashShah) Aug 5, 2008 2:46 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))dswain:
If I understood you correctly, I know exactly what you are talking about. This is actually a problem with the way Outlook deals with attachments with the same name. To fix it, you need to clear your cache. I know it sounds weird, but here is some technical information about it:
Let's say you constantly get an email with an attachment called "This001.pdf" (I get this from my Xerox WorkCenter each time I scan something). When you open it in Outlook, it stores it in the Outlook Temp folder which is in your Internet cache. When you open the next email that contains another This001.pdf, Outlook will open it, but in the background, it appends a number making "This001 (1).pdf". This number keeps incrementing until it reaches "This001 (99).pdf". After (99), Outlook is unable to increment the number and hence starts giving you errors when attempting to open or even save it. To see this for yourself, go to your Outlook Temp folder and you will find the 99 versions of "This001 (xx).pdf". The second you delete this, it should work.
16. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(dswain) Aug 6, 2008 5:59 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))AakashShah - That was a fix but had some issues!
I cleared cache, rebooted and it still didn't work. I did a search for Outlook Temp and saw what you described above (99 versions of the file). I attempted to delete these files but it said they could no longer be found. I went back to Outlook and was now able to preview the pdf's. I ran the search for Outlook Temp again and saw four versions of the file still remaining...(55), (56), (60), (62). I can't open or delete these files. I also don't see the Temporary Internet Files folder on the path below (where the files are supposed to exist)
c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\xxxxx
Anyway, I don't understand the remaining issues but it looks like your suggestion has solved my immediate problem. Thanks!!!
17. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(AakashShah) Aug 6, 2008 9:33 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))dswain:
The Temp folder is "super hidden". To view this, go to:
Organize | Folder and Search Options | View tab and de-select Hide protected operating system files. This should allow you to view the Temp folder.
Also, make sure you close out of Outlook and any other programs that may use Outlook (any search programs, etc). This may let you delete the remaining files.
18. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(D_Spinnacer) Aug 6, 2008 12:52 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))Has anyone discovered a solution to this issue? The Foxit PDF Preview Handler was working just fine until I recently bit the bullet for Acrobat Pro Extended, only to find that the preview handler no longer works on my Vista x64 system. Like other contributors, I have Office 2007 installed.
Upon reinstalling the Foxit PDF Preview Handler (which worked again), various Acrobat functionality was no longer present in Office programs (e.g. Save As > Adobe PDF in Office 2007 program 'button' menus) AND a window popped-up stating that Acrobat detected an error and offered a 'repair' option. Being that I want to have operational, expensive software, I chose 'repair,' which beyond taking an exorbitant amount of time and processing, fixed Acrobat and un-fixed the preview handler.
This is not FUN, abode! I know your heart pumps Macintosh blood, but if you want to poise as cross-platform, I'd like to see some action on this 26-month-and-counting bug. I could deal before I spent $700, but now it's making me mad! And I'm being generous on the 26-month figure since that's how long the VISTA preview handler functionality has been PUBLICLY available... no doubt Adobe had access to the code a year or more in advance of that. This is clearly not a MS issue since Foxit seems to have their head on straight... and their heart in the right place. Oops, did I say that?
You can check VISTA development dates here:
19. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(D_Spinnacer) Aug 6, 2008 1:12 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))In case anyone wants to let Adobe know that you agree, please file a bug report here:
You'll have to fill-out your exact data, but feel free to use my comment (change # of months accordly from August, 2008):
Concise problem statement: PDF preview handler does not work for 26+ months now.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Open email with PDF attachment in Outlook 2007
2. Click PDF attachment tab for previewing
3. Observe error: "This file cannot be previewed because of an error with the following previewer: PDF Preview Handler for Vista"
Results: Form frown on face
Expected results: If Foxit can do it, Adobe should be able to too.
20. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Herman_Westendorp) Nov 29, 2008 4:41 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))I have the exact same problem as D Spinnacer using Acrobat 9.0.0 Pro Extended on a Vista x64 machine. I also have Office 2007 installed as well as Adobe CS4 Master collection (entire suite except InDesign CS4 - I need to finish a project in InDesign CS3 first)
On top of it all Acrobat now closes 5 seconds after opening any .pdf - resident file or email attachment.
Herm Westendorp
21. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Ross_Snowden) Nov 30, 2008 9:58 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))My advice is to use Foxit Reader instead. It's much quicker and only about a 4 MB download.
22. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't workRoger.Wilson@AlpineBlue Mar 10, 2009 1:22 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))It's now 33 months!
Anyone with an open case have anything they can share?
23. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(mikepunktch) Mar 16, 2009 11:10 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))I had the same problem on my Vista 64bit.
I've just installed the 'Foxit PDF Preview Handler'.
It works perfect in Outlook 2007 and in the Windows Explorer !!!
24. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(markhavshoj) Mar 24, 2009 4:14 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))I found a solution that worked on my PC. I found out that PDFPrevHndlrShim.exe was not running in Windows processes. I then located PDFPrevHndlrShim.exe (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat) and double clicked on it. Voila! Now it works.
25. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work(Boe_Ski) Mar 28, 2009 4:53 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))I ran "PDFPrevHndlrShim.exe" as described, verified that it was running in the process list and still no joy ):
26. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't worksupermix Apr 10, 2009 3:34 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))
Same problem, same operating system, same outlook. How is it possible that Adobe doesn't repair the bug?
27. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't workEntropy1963 May 22, 2009 12:21 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))
This is a problem only for x64 platforms… in the same machine I have 2 drives with exactly the same configuration except that one drive runs Windows 7 x32 and the other Windows 7 x64. The preview handler of adobe does not work only when I run Windows 7 x64!
As I see this problem is around for years with vista x64 and adobe has done absolutely nothing. And won't do for the years to come. For some reason adobe does not like much x64 platforms. With the recent exception of photoshop no other product of adobe has a x64 flavor…
28. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't workChadleyD Aug 24, 2009 2:41 PM (in response to Entropy1963)
I am having a similiar problem with Vista x32. The preview handler is able to display the pdf, but the fields that were filled in prior to the email are not showing any values, but when you open the pdf with reader the values are there. Below is a more detail account of what is happening. I have contacted the third party dll as well, but thought someone here might have an idea too.
I have a client that is using the a thrid party PDF dll (Syncfusion) to generate and email PDFs reports. There seems to be an issue with the PDFs that are generated and using the built-in PDF Preview Handler for Vista. The scenario is ...
1. User receives an email into Outlook that contains a generated PDF (see image ''01-Opening-Email.jpg'')
2. User clicks on the attachment in Outlook and the preview handler starts up (see image ''02-Loading-Previewer.jpg'')
3. The PDF displayed in the preview handler does not have any of the fields filled out (see image ''03-Report-Loaded-In-Viewer.jpg'')
4. User then right clicks on the PDF (in outlook) and selects to open the PDF with Adobe Acrobat Version 9.0 and the report is displayed with all the fields filled out (see image ''04-Report-Opened-With-Adobe.jpg'')
All of these images are included in the attachment that I have uploaded with this incident. As well, in the RAR file is the PDF that was sent by the system using the PDF dll from Syncfusion. Please let me know if you need any more information from me.
Pdf-Issue.zip 628.7 K
29. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't workmschaffer Aug 27, 2009 11:52 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))
Installed Windows 7 RTM 64 bit with Outlook 2007 and Adobe Acrobat 9 standard.
The PDF preview handler still doesn't work.
30. PDF Preview Handler x64: WORKING FIXLeo Davidson Sep 8, 2009 10:22 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))
I looked into this today and discovered a simple fix for the problem:
I built a workaround into my own software which uses the Adobe PDF preview handler but you can make a simple registry change to fix the problem in Outlook and Explorer as well.
I thought I'd share it with everyone as it doesn't look like Adobe are going to fix it themselves.
31. Re: PDF Preview Handler x64: WORKING FIXEntropy1963 Sep 9, 2009 12:24 AM (in response to Leo Davidson)
Thanks Leo… it did the job…
Would you by any chance know something similar for previewing Office 2003 files in the Windows explorer?
(I am running Windows 7, x64)
Thanks again…
32. Re: PDF Preview Handler x64: WORKING FIXLeo Davidson Sep 10, 2009 7:50 AM (in response to Entropy1963)
Only thing I know that will view Office 2003 files in Windows Explorer is Office 2007 (or 2010 presumably).
There are alternative file managers which can view Office 2003 files using earlier versions of MS Office, or OpenOffice (free) or things like QuickViewPlus. Even there, though, if you want top-notch Office document previewing then Office 2007 is the best because it is the first version of Office to come with proper file viewing components for other tools to plug-in.
33. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't work - FIX for XP-32 / Office 2007TWFarrington Sep 17, 2009 5:18 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))
I am running Windows XP 32-bit with Office 2007 and had been able to preview PDF's without a problem until recently when it began displaying an error (detailed in previous posts).
I was able to resolve the problem by running Microsoft Office Diagnostics.
From within Outlook, click Help/Office Diagnostics
This ran for about 10 minutes and although it stated that it did not detect any problems, I am now able to preview PDF's once again.
Good luck.
34. PDF Preview Handler-I give up!HHSDebbie Oct 29, 2009 2:24 PM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))
I have given up on this problem. I have tried all the suggestions offered to fix the preview problem, and have emailed Adobe several times. I've returned to using "Thumbs Plus" a wonderful program (by Cerious Software). My pdf thumbnails display beautifully in this program, and it shows your thumbnails MUCH faster than Explorer. Debbie Knight
35. Re: PDF Preview Handler doesn't workspneves Nov 2, 2009 10:22 AM (in response to (Andorio_Magellano))
please visite this site it works fine for me "vista 64x"
36. Re: PDF Preview Handler x64: WORKING FIXmelbnz Nov 4, 2009 9:16 PM (in response to Leo Davidson)
I used the same fix as Leo on Outlook 2007 and Windows 7 64 bit and it worked - I did the manual regedit with no issue. Just waited a few minutes then went to different email with pdf attached and preview worked just like it used to before the windows upgrade
37. Re: PDF Preview Handler x64: WORKING FIXCK4045 Nov 10, 2009 1:34 PM (in response to Leo Davidson)
Dear Leo. I have tried the change of key value in the registry by regedit command. It has SOLVED the preview problem of pdf files in outlook 2007. I am running 64 bit verstion of windows 7.
38. Re: PDF Preview Handler x64: WORKING FIXAndyRealise3D Nov 24, 2009 6:35 AM (in response to Leo Davidson)
Thanks Leo! Your solution at:
...Worked on both Win 7 x64 machines we tried it on here.
How on earth do you know where to find these things in the registry? You should be called Neo rather than Leo!
Thanks again for the fix.
39. Re: PDF Preview Handler x64: WORKING FIXJyea Dec 10, 2009 7:20 AM (in response to AndyRealise3D)
Hello, I tried this fix and it did not work. I have Acrobat Pro v9 and not reader, so I am not sure if this is the same fix. Also, I am using W7 Pro
x64. Much thanks! So confusing that this is an issue and Adobe hasnt fixed it.


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Council approves Fuel Cell Inc. tax break
BRIDGEPORT -- Right now, it's a vacant, polluted brownfield on Railroad Avenue in the city's West End.
But if all goes as planned, it might one day be the site of a $65 million project representing the largest single source of alternative energy in the nation, joining a number of diverse businesses springing up in a neighborhood that was once home to many of the city's industrial giants.
On Monday, the City Council, with only 13 of its 20 members present, approved a plan that would allow FuelCell Energy Inc., of Danbury, to pay personal property and real estate taxes totaling $275,000 annually for 17 years for the project at 1366 Railroad Ave., between Hancock Avenue and Lesbia Street.
But before the vote was taken, members John Olson and Angel dePara sharply questioned why the city settled for what they said was a paltry amount for such a large project.
"I sold my little house for $165,000," Olson said. "You're telling me for a little more than another $100,000 that's how much you're going to get in taxes for this project over the next 17 years? Somebody's going to make a lot of money on this project. Bridgeport's not going to be making much."
Olson, who said he is in favor of the project, cast the lone vote against approving the tax agreement.
"I think we could have gotten a better deal," he said.
DePara also questioned the deal, pointing out that energy costs for families keep soaring while company profits increase.
David Kooris, the city's economic development chief, defended the $275,000 payment, saying the figure was arrived at after careful study.
"The numbers don't change. Operating costs, revenue won't change ... They remain consistent for the duration of the contract, which is 15 years," he said, explaining that power generation is a regulated industry.
Kooris predicted that the publicity generated by the operation as the only one of its kind in the nation will bring other investors into Bridgeport.
"We will be on the cutting edge of green technology," he maintained.
Council President Thomas McCarthy agreed, saying any "new investor who comes into Bridgeport and looks around is a good thing."
"There's very little expense on the city side and we will become the leading generator of green energy in the world," McCarthy said. "That's a great way to get your name out there."
Under the terms of the agreement, FuelCell Energy Inc. also would lease the property for free for nearly 75 years, though pay $175,000 up front for each of the roughly two acres.
When any payments will start are unknown.
The same is true for construction.
Kurt Goddard, vice president of investor relations for the company, said it was too soon "to get specific" about those issues.
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Bryan Garcia, the authority's chief executive officer and president, said FuelCell could received up to $7.3 million in grants and long-term loans. Private investors would make up the difference to build the electrical generating plant.
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So, I've decided to start a new series on my blog: Green Day (I haven't decided which day yet). Each post will feature a plant that's native to my area (southern Ontario), preferably even living in my garden. Likely, this series will bore the pants off you, but it's my wee attempt at activism. If just one of you decides to try just one native plant as a result of my blog, please tell me, and all the boredom will be worth it.
I've touched on it here before, but allow me to repeat myself. There are MANY reasons to choose native plants for your garden, among them:
- they're easier than exotics; you don't have to do a thing, really, except thin them out from time to time, and give a little water to seedlings if the weather is particularly dry.
- they use fewer resources than exotics, i.e., less water, no pesticides, no fertilizers
- they contribute to biodiversity and provide food and homes for fauna whose homes and food are increasingly threatened, especially butterflies and birds
- they don't threaten our natural, native plant ecosystems; while there are some exotics that are well behave and don't escape into the wild, many of our favourites like lily of the valley and myrtle are invasive and outcompete our native species. Lily of the valley and myrtle are by far not the worst culprits for invasion (no the worst ones are in my backyard: goutweed and Manitoba maples) but they're popular. And a lot of nurseries don't warn you or sell only the well behaved ones (I think tulips, daffodils and lilacs would count as well behaved).
- They're beautiful in a slightly less showy less bloomy but more appealing with nicer foliage way (to me anyways).
- They attract butterflies, bees and birds (just in case that point got buried above).
Ok, so now that I've gotten the preamble taken care of, I give you today's feature plant: sanguinaria canadensis or Bloodroot.
It's a woodland plant, preferring shady conditions, especially deciduous shade (the kind that means full, bright spring sunshine with shade from the harsher summer sun), but it does fine in my northeastern facing front garden, which only gets morning sun in the later summer. This afternoon, only a day or two after the snow finally melted from this shaded area, I saw its orangeish reddish greenish white pointy tips piercing the soil already. It gets lovely white blooms, bigger than you'd expect but also more delicate and prone to getting blown away. The broad, irregularly shaped leaves, though, are my favourite part of this plant. They last way longer than the blooms, and they just seem so damn whimsical to me, especially the way they wrap around the stem as it grows up, then unfurls itself like an open hand waiting for a handout.
The plant is named for its red sap, and I think it has been used for medicinal properties, but I can't remember what they are, and I'm pretty sure it carries significant and dangerous side effects.
I think it's native to most of northeastern North America. Feel free to check out some of the web and print resources I listed in this post.
And yay! Kgirl, who I love love love got awarded for a thinking blogger award. Her combination of responsible organizer yet hipster earth mother always makes me think. Yippee! AND she passed on the honour to me. Mad also proclaimed me a thinking a blogger, a while back, so I'll point you to the post I did then because I'm feeling lazy.
I will take advantage to kindly remind kgirl that I tagged her a LONG time ago for whenever she started blogging again... and look, she's blogging again... if she's up for it.


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Style # 209189
With a lustrous heavy stretch that hugs your hips and crisscrossed hemline, this bebe bandage skirt is guaranteed to turn heads. Try it with a neutral-hued peplum top and your highest pair of heels for a night out on the town.
- 86% rayon, 14% spandex
- Center back to hem: 19" (48 cm)
- Zipper
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- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Wrapped Bandage Skirt is rated out of 5 by 16.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Thequeengets from This skirt is a GEM, it's excellent! I bought the color Dynasty Green, a beautiful emerald shade that looks amazing this season. I tried both colors in store (the emerald and the pink) and the rest is history because they are perfect once on, run true to size, material is thick and stretchy nice bandage with a sheen that is elegant. I plan on wearing it with the Sleeveless silk wrap bodysuit in white that I also bought, a belt and high heels. It doesn't really ride up and length is appropriate. So I recommend you to get it if you are considering it. The price ouch, but it will last a long time and it will make a great impression on everyone! Now I'm picking up the pink one too because I will not be left out of that other gorgeous flirty color. MUST HAVE girls :) I'm XS and it runs true to size.
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Abit IX38 Quad GT Review
A motherboard is not a motherboard, or is it? How does one manufacturer step out in front of another? Is the reason to buy one brand over another just a matter of the company's reputation, or is performance the determining factor? Many times the manufacturer's reputation takes precedence over the actual performance of the motherboard. In today's world, you are only as good as your last product. Abit has had that last success with the IP35 Pro and its performance is still in many peoples' minds when it comes to performance. With Abit stepping into the X38 chipset feeding frenzy with the IX38 Quad Gt, will it garner the same praise that the IP35 series enjoyed, or will it putter off into the distance never to be seen again? With features such as support for the latest 45nm processors (1333MHz and above), 100% solid state capacitors, new generation digital PWM, 8-channel home theater sound, three 16x PCI-E slots (2x, 16x, 1x4x) with Crossfire and PCI 2.0 support, the Abit IX 38 Speedster should not be just your average Sunday drive.
Closer Look:
The Abit IX38 Quad Gt comes in a flashy, red box prominently featuring a Formula 1 car emblazoned with the Abit logo and the motherboard name. Flashy and red usually denote speed in my mind. The nickname of the IX38 is the "Speedster," but just how fast will she go? The rear panel details the feature set of the motherboard, really highlighting the new technologies used on the IX38.
Once past the flashy packaging of the IX38 Quad GT, the board is housed in a black inner enclosure with a clear cover showcasing the IX38. The bundled accessories are stored in a box under the main compartment. Included in the bundle are the motherboard documentation, a quick start guide, uGuru documentation, a quick reference sticker to display jumper settings inside the enclosure, I/O panel, driver disc and the drive connection cables. The bundle with this high performance board is actually quite spartan compared to some of the others I have seen.


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The 6,261-acre Perdido River Wildlife Management Area includes 15 miles of frontage on the Perdido River, which forms the border between Alabama and Florida, west of Pensacola. Habitats include hardwood swamps in the river floodplain, eight perennial streams, mixed hardwood/pine, and commercial forestland. The latter will be restored, primarily, to native longleaf pine/wiregrass habitat. Seepage slopes, flatwoods and wet prairie areas within the river basin are home to rare pitcher plants.
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Lawrence issues university report card at staff meeting
At his third annual meeting with all staff Wednesday, President Fred Lawrence assessed Brandeis' progress in reaching academic and financial goals since the Board of Trustees formally endorsed the Strategic Plan last May.
In the one-hour gathering in Levin Ballroom — which opened with a moment of silence, to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks — Lawrence was true to form, speaking largely without notes and interweaving flashes of humor into straight talk about the "real challenges" Brandeis faces.
Lawrence noted that Brandeis has an endowment that does not match its aspirations. Not only do we face the same challenges as most first-tier colleges and universities, we face them with a lower endowment per student than many of our peers. "No question, we are in better shape today than we were a year ago," he said. But he cautioned that Brandeis needed to continue to grow the endowment and improve operational efficiencies. "While the endowment is performing better, we still need to ensure that we are stewarding our resources in the best manner possible," he said.
"Our ambition is to be a tier-one research university with an international, global reach across a whole range of disciplines, graduate and professional schools," Lawrence explained, urging his audience to measure progress toward this goal in years rather than "quarter by quarter."
Brandeis will continue to "leverage the model we have — a small liberal arts college built into a research university," Lawrence noted. "I remain quite confident in where we are, how we are educating our students, in the research we will be able to do, in the faculty we will be able to attract, and in the quality of staff we have to keep this place going," Lawrence said.
He described a higher education climate in which change is constant, citing the growth of massive open online courses, known as MOOCs, as one example. "But massive online courses will never replace the one-on-one experience that students have at Brandeis, the engaged focus we have in our classrooms, laboratories, in informal interactions around campus, on the playing fields, in studios and on stages."
In academics, Lawrence identified several improvements, starting with an unprecedented number of applicants — 9,496 for the Class of 2017. The number of students transferring out of Brandeis has also dropped. In March, the Board of Trustees approved a budget that shifts $1.5 million to the academic enterprise.
Campus improvements include major renovations to residence halls, new landscaping and better use of space on campus including outdoor seating areas. As a result of a competitive bidding process, Brandeis is saving substantial resources with Sodexo, the university's new food vendor. The contractor has added more dining options and is making capital improvements to the cafeterias in Usdan and Sherman, Lawrence noted.
"If we can improve the quality of our students' food, that is a piece of their education, too," he asserted, adding that Russo's produce is being sold in Usdan and that providing more opportunities to develop healthy habits also serves students well over the course of their lives.
Touching on town-gown relations with obvious pride, Lawrence noted that 320 staff and faculty live in Waltham; students racked up more than 56,000 community service hours in Waltham last year; and Brandeis gave $975,000 in scholarship aid to Waltham residents in 2012.
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Defending champion Serena Williams advanced to the U.S. Open final with a 6-0, 6-3 victory on Friday over Li Na of China, setting up a rematch of last year's championship match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
The second set was full of clever shot-making by the top-seeded Williams and fifith-seeded Li, the first Chinese player to reach a U.S. Open semifinal. They were willing to play at the net, vary service speeds by up to 20 mph, use lobs and cross-court shots.
Unfortunately for Li, she didn't make enough of her shots, and Williams advanced to her 21st Grand Slam singles final.
Sunday's final will be a rematch of last year's final in which Williams won the last four games to beat Azarenka. Azarenka defeated unseeded Flavia Pennetta earlier Friday.
Li saved seven match points on her serve in the penultimate game, before Williams finally won on her eighth match point (but first on her serve) with a service winner to finish off the match.
"I got a little nervous," said Williams, who is aiming for a 17th Grand Slam singles title.
Later Friday, she and her sister Venus will play fifth-seeded Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in a women's doubles semifinal.
Williams has lost only 16 games in six singles matches in this tournament.
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In "The Gatekeepers," Dror Moreh's shattering documentary about Israel's famed secret service agency Shin Bet, six former leaders of the organization reflect with unprecedented candor about their work battling external and internal terrorism. Imagine former CIA chiefs speaking candidly about their successes, failures, misgivings and political realpolitik after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, or during the Cold War.
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Focusing on Shin Bet's activities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip after the Six-Day War in 1967, Moreh begins with grainy images of what looks like surveillance footage as Yuval Diskin, who led Shin Bet from 2005 until 2011, explains that "as head of Shin Bet, you learn that politicians prefer binary options. They don't like having three or four options. They want you to tell them zero or one. Go or don't go."
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Shalom, the most senior member among Moreh's subjects, also is the most feisty; he's the only man not wearing a crisp blue shirt that helps define the sleek, commanding aesthetic of "The Gatekeepers." And he's at the center of one of the film's most painful episodes, when two Palestinian captives were killed while in Shin Bet custody. "It was a lynching," says Ami Ayalon, who took over the directorship when Shalom was forced to resign. "We killed a terrorist whose hands were tied, who was no longer a threat to us � by what right?"
With lucidity and a scrupulously un-hysterical tone � helped by stunning re-enactments and computer-generated animation � "The Gatekeepers" engages issues that have ramifications far outside Israel. The subjects' frank self-examination about torture and targeted assassinations, for example, ring with cautionary relevance to policymakers in the post-9/11 United States. For the most part, though, "The Gatekeepers" is a dispiriting chronicle of how otherwise rational actors were continually undermined and betrayed by politicians who cynically exploited the Arab-Israeli dispute and domestic factionalism for their own ends.
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We\'re live-blogging the action in the stock market. Facebook opens at a record high after a knockout earnings report, while blue-chip Exxon Mobil is under pressure after revenues miss forecasts. Data shows the economy grew at an annualized pace of 3.2% in the final quarter of 2013. See our roundup of market action here in Market Snapshot.
4:13 pm | More factoids | by Victor Reklaitis
The S&P 500 managed to score its biggest point gain and largest percentage gain since Dec. 18.
The rise of 19.99 or 1.13% tops the benchmark index's move up of 19.68 or 1.08% on Jan. 14.
The Dow's advance today didn't top its Jan. 14 rally.
4:09 pm | After hours | by Victor Reklaitis
Plenty of movers after hours…
Chipotle is up sharply in extended trading, while Amazon is heading south.
Google had risen initially, but now it's in the red.
You can read details in the After Hours column, which will be updated shortly.
4:05 pm | The close! | by Victor Reklaitis
We finished broadly higher, with the Nasdaq notching its biggest point gain since Oct. 10.
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3:45 pm | Before the bell | by Anora Mahmudova
With about 15 minutes to go before the closing bell, main indexes are on track to record solid gains.
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3:26 pm | Twitter piggyback on Facebook | by Anora Mahmudova
Investors who got really excited about Facebook's earnings and outlook, seem to be excited about Twitter Inc as well. The stock is up 7.6%. The micro-blogging platform reports quarterly earnings next week.
For more on that story, read Benjamin Pimentel's The Tell post.
3:07 pm | Present case for stocks | by Anora Mahmudova
"A market that can only muster a single day of modest rally Tuesday following as much as a 4% downdraft in the prior two days is a market poised for cheaper quotations," writes Kevin Marder, guest columnist and a co-founder of MarketWatch.
In a bull market, it is generally preferable to see an average decline on lower volume. This indicates a lack of serious profit-taking. However, once a pullback has reached the 5% mark, give or take, higher-volume down days are preferred. The reason is that a series of drops on elevated volume raises the probability of a selling climax and an end to the decline. Good lows are not made by buyers, they are made by sellers. That throw-in-the-towel mind set is what creates a durable low.
2:57 pm | On Nasdaq | by Anora Mahmudova
If the Nasdaq Composite finishes at current levels, it will be the best one-day percentage gain in almost 4 months. But the index still down for the month.
2:47 pm | Facebook on Twitter | by Anora Mahmudova
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2:21 pm | U.S. stock rally loses a bit of steam | by Wallace Witkowski
Some of the steam is coming out of the rally:
The Dow /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA is out of triple-digit gains and is currently up 85 points, or 0.5%, at 15,824, off its intraday high of 15,907.53.
The S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX is up 19 points, or 1%, at 1,793, off its intraday high of 1,798.81.
The Nasdaq /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP is up 74 points, or 1.8%, at 4,126, off its intraday high of 4,135.84.
2:00 pm | Stocks heading for worst January in at least four years | by Wallace Witkowski
U.S. stocks may be rallying Thursday but this January's looking to be the worst in at least four years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA is currently down 4.4% for the month, it's worst January showing since 2009, when it dropped 8.8%.
The S&P 500 Index /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX is down 2.9% for January. That's the worst January since 2010, when the index finished down 3.7%.
The Nasdaq Composite Index /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP is suffering the least and is on track for a 1.1% decline for the month, it's worst January showing since 2010, when it declined 5.4%.
1:44 pm | Three stocks performing better than Facebook Thursday | by Wallace Witkowski
Yes, if you can believe it, three other stocks on the S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX are having a better day than Facebook Inc., which is currently up 14.1%.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. /quotes/zigman/59581/delayed /quotes/nls/alxn ALXN shares jumped more than 21% after the drug maker's quarterly earnings and outlook topped Wall Street estimates.
Harman International Industries Inc. /quotes/zigman/228755/delayed /quotes/nls/har HAR shares are rallying more than 16% after the high-end audio equipment maker also beat on quarterly earnings.
Pitney Bowes Inc. /quotes/zigman/238474/delayed /quotes/nls/pbi PBI shares also traded more than 16% higher Thursday after the mail and document services company's quarterly earnings of 53 cents a share beat the Wall Street earnings consensus by 9 cents.
Read about Thursday's other big movers.
1:18 pm | Health care, consumer discretionary, tech lead Thursday rally | by Wallace Witkowski
With the S&P 500 Index /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX up 1.3% for the day (down 2.8% for January), here's a quick snapshot of how S&P 500 sectors are performing Thursday:
Health care: up 1.9%, up 1.8% YTD.
Consumer Discretionary: up 1.8%, down 4.6% YTD.
Tech: up 1.6%, down 2.7% YTD.
Utilities: up 1.5%, up 2% YTD
Financials: up 1.4%, down 2.6% YTD.
Industrials: up 1%, down 3.9% YTD.
Materials: up 0.7%, down 3.9% YTD.
Consumer Staples: up 0.4%, down 4.7% YTD.
Energy: up 0.4%, down 4.7% YTD.
Telecom: up 0.1%, down 4.4% YTD.
1:07 pm | "Pullback may not be over yet" | by Anora Mahmudova
Stocks are rallying, erasing most of Wednesday's losses. But chief investment officer John Buckingham at AFAM Capital warns that the market's pullback may not be over. He sees the decline bottoming at between five and seven percent. For more on markets, listen to MarketWatch Radio Network.
12:48 pm | Facebook shorts: The squeeze is on | by Wallace Witkowski
With Facebook Inc. /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB shares jumping more than 15% in one day, those who shorted the stock at the end of the year can't be liking it.
Short positions on the stock jumped to about 44 million shares, or about 2.2% of outstanding shares, in mid-January from about 32 million shares at the end of December.
While short positions are near two-year highs, they're still way down from their all-time high of 95.3 million shares shorted in November 2012, when Facebook was trading in the low-to-mid $20 a share range.
12:43 pm | Scott Wren: expect more volatility in the near term | by Anora Mahmudova
Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors says the pullback is not over just yet.
What we are seeing today is a bounce from heavy selloffs in the past few days. The GDP figures were robust, but I think a lot of investors are overly excited about them. Next year, we project that growth will be at 2.4% and not at 3%-4% that Fed predicts it will grow.
We just do not see where higher growth will come from, as unemployment is still high and wages stagnating, credit bubbles take years to unwind.
In the near term, we will see a lot of volatility in the markets and more downsides before this pullback is done. In the long-term, we project the S&P 500 will return 7%-9% this year.
12:05 pm | After-hours earnings stocks trending higher | by Wallace Witkowski
With a big earnings slam dunk from Facebook Inc. /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB late Wednesday and U.S. stocks rallying, stocks of most companies slated to report quarterly earnings after the bell Thursday are slightly ahead of benchmarks on the day.
At last check, the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA was up 0.9%, the S&P 500 Index /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX was up 1.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP was up 2%.
Notable after-hours earnings reports Thursday include:
Google Inc. /quotes/zigman/93888/delayed /quotes/nls/goog GOOG : up 2.7%, up 1.5% YTD. Google shares were also turbocharged by late Wednesday announcement they are selling Motorola to Lenovo.
Amazon Inc. /quotes/zigman/63011/delayed /quotes/nls/amzn AMZN : up 3.7%, down 0.1% YTD.
Broadcom Corp. /quotes/zigman/66924/delayed /quotes/nls/brcm BRCM : up 1.6%, down 1.7% YTD.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. /quotes/zigman/395806/delayed /quotes/nls/cmg CMG : up 2.2%, down 7.1% YTD.
McKesson Corp. /quotes/zigman/247413/delayed /quotes/nls/mck MCK : up 1.9%, up 9.4% YTD.
Riverbed Technology Inc. /quotes/zigman/100646/delayed /quotes/nls/rvbd RVBD : up 1.5%, up 9.4% YTD.
12:04 pm | Gains mount | by Anora Mahmudova
The stock market rally picks up steam, as indexes are recouping most of the losses from the past two session.
Dow +0.9%
Nasdaq +1.9%
11:44 am | Dow in triple-digit gain | by Anora Mahmudova
From a triple-digit loss yesterday to a triple-digit gain today: Dow is now up 119 points. 24 of 30 Dow stocks are in green, with Nike Inc. leading the gains.
11:40 am | ETF ideas | by Anora Mahmudova
For those who are tired of picking stocks or going for the whole market, ETFs might be an answer. Vic Reklaitis writes about 3 ETFs for 2014 from strategists at Vanguard and ETF.com
The post includes nice videos with ETF.com's Matt Hougan and Vanguard's Joel Dickson.
11:14 am | FB market cap tops Citi's | by Anora Mahmudova
It has come to our attention, that at current share prices – slightly over $62 at last check – Facebook Inc market cap is now larger than Citigroup's.
The stock jumped 16.5% after really impressive ad sales and nearly doubled in the past 12 months.
Read more about Facebook in Nigam Arora's post.
11:04 am | Dow in January | by Anora Mahmudova
This month has been tough for the Dow Average. The blue-chip index underperformed both the wider benchmark S&p 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite. A closer look shows that out of 30 stocks in the price-weighted index 27 are down year-to-date.
10:47 am | "Walk on the wild side" | by Anora Mahmudova
Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx, in a research note, writes that "equity markets have certainly taken a 'Walk on the wild side' thus far in 2014".
Is the year over yet? While most objective measures volatility, price action, and money flows - points to a January that looks more "Normal" than frantic, the look back to December 2013 makes for a genuinely stark comparison. Going into Holiday 2013, investor confidence on just about every topic was upbeat, if not ebullient.
Accelerating economic growth in the U.S.? Check. Reasonable valuations? Check. A Federal Reserve with its sturdy hand on the tiller of easy money? Check. It was all
And how quickly markets become undone. Given the Federal Reserve's move to continue its tapering today, that steady tiller hand seems just a little less investor-friendly. Reasonable valuations now feel like a value trap cheap and getting cheaper in the face of still-lackluster revenue growth at U.S. companies after four years of notional economic recovery.
At least we can hope that the Fed got an advanced look at the Employment Situation report for next week. Maybe there is a big revision to that punk December report and nice juicy +250,000 print for job growth in January.
We can but hope... At this points that's about the only bullish ship on the horizon.
10:32 am | Main indexes | by Anora Mahmudova
A quick update on the main indexes: buying sentiment persists. The Nasdaq Composite is the best performing index today (also with the smallest losses this year).
Dow +0.4%
Nasdaq +1.2%
10:28 am | Facebook volume tops daily average | by William Watts
We're not quite an hour into the trading day and Facebook trading volume is tearing the roof off. According to FactSet, nearly 72 million shares have already changed hands. That compares with average daily volume of around 66.8 million shares.
The social-network company gapped to an all-time high on the opening bell after reporting strong fourth-quarter results. Facebook shares remain up more than 14% on the day, leading a surge by Internet and social-media stocks.
10:12 am | GDP 'certainly a positive' | by William Watts
That GDP report is getting a lot of attention, particularly the 3.3% rise in consumer spending.
The rise marks the strongest quarterly rate since the end of 2010 and is the second strongest of the recovery, notes Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG.
"That is most certainly a positive," he says, in a note. He adds:
It is also unquestionably a positive that in the face of ongoing government spending reductions (in a GDP computational framework), GDP is printing somewhat healthy numbers. Real final sales, at 2.8%, accelerated from Q3 and is the strongest since the beginning of 2012 and underscores the view that the economy does not "appear to be" but rather *did* improve (emphasis Greenhaus's).
10:06 am | Pending home sales fall | by William Watts
Data on pending home sales from December is out and is showing an 8.7% drop. That's a signal that activity may slow down.
The Dow, meanwhile, has lost a little altitude but is maintaining a gain of 58 poitns, or 0.4%, at 15,792, while the SP 500 is up 13 points, or 0.7%, at 1,,787. Tech stocks remain on fire, with Facebook up sharply on heavy volume, contributing to a gain by the Nasdaq Composite of 51 points, or 1.3%, to 4,102.
9:50 am | Exxon Mobil, 3M drag on Dow | by William Watts
Visa Inc. is among top blue-chip gainers in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, rising 1.6% after reporting fiscal first-quarter profit that topped forecasts.
Exxon Mobil and 3M are among the biggest percentage losers after both delivered weaker-than-forecast revenues in the fourth quarter. 3M is down 2.6%, while Exxon is off 1.7%.
The Dow is in the green, up 76.61 points, or 0.5%, at 15,815.40.
9:39 am | Facebook gaps higher on opening bell | by William Watts
Facebook gaps higher on the opening bell to hit an all-time high at $62.30, according to FactSet, and remains up nearly 15% at $61.60 in recent action.
9:32 am | Stocks open higher | by William Watts
There goes the opening bell and stocks are in the green. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recoups part of Wednesday's triple digit loss, gaining around 77 points, or 0.5%, to 15,811, while the S*P 500 advances 10 points, or 0.6%, to 1,785. The Nasdaq Composite jumps 49 points, or 1.2%, to 4,100.
9:21 am | Wall Street on track for rebound | by William Watts
We're about 10 minutes from the opening bell and stock-index futures are pointing to a rebound. Shares of Facebook are soaring in premarket action — on course to open at their highest price ever – after the social-network company topped earnings forecasts Wednesday night. Blue-chip Exxon Mobil was losing ground ahead of the bell after revenues came in below forecasts amid slower production.
On the economic front, the U.S. economy grew at a 3.2% annualized pace in the final three months of 2013.


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This last one is a politically-themed video I hesitated over adding (bc this isn't a political blog) but I'm totally in awe over the editing in this thing. Just goes to show you - in this day/age, the media can not only put words in your mouth, but make you rap like a star.
And finally, it wouldn't be Friday w/o some LOL cats.
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My team has never had a standup meeting.
I know this is the standard approach of modern software methodology. At some point in the day, you have a meeting where everybody piles into a conference room and nobody sits down. A manager or tech lead or project manager makes everybody speak as succinctly as possible and then everybody flees as soon as they can be released. It's usually held at the earliest time that you can expect people to be in the office, around 10 a.m. – except nobody who gets in before 10 a.m. can get anything done because the meeting will trash any focus gained.
I have also found that certain meetings develop a fear response. Standup meetings are like this. Just about everybody who is not a pathological liar or part-machine is going to have a bad day at least once in a while. And so there develops this little seed of fear that someone is going to call you out on it. And then there's that time where you got a little too long-winded and whoever was running the standup called you out on it.
Nobody likes their standup.
Instead, we have tea time.
In a team, you have unavoidable communication requirements. Some of it is business-related; we go through the team and everyone explains what they have been working on and what they might be blocked on – a casual version of a standup. And some of it is that mushy touchy-feely stuff that you can't categorize but binds a team together. It's the antithesis of direct and precise office communication, but in-jokes and silly stories and "I'm feeling meh about this" have always been a part of people working together.
It started when we were planning, before we started development on our project. We would plan things between other responsibilities sitting in the corner of the office where there is a couch and a big-screen TV (it's there for pair programming, which is another story). Eventually, we needed a break. Felix, our English Product Manager, says "Ken, fancy some tea?" He comes back with a hot pot of tea, teacups and Hobnobs (which are quite nice biscuits… made of oats and covered with chocolate and oh so good). Then, as we were holding our hot cups of tea, we started talking about our day like old ladies at a tea party. It was only when the tea got cold that we realized we accomplished the goal of a standup with none of the angst. So we kept on doing it.
We bought some white ornate china teapots, teacups and saucers with cobalt-blue designs on them. We bought a variety of rather nice teas… no cheap grocery-store tea. And we have tea-treats: an informal rotation of Jaffa cakes, scones, Hobnobs, cookies, and so on. On particularly indulgent days, someone will bring scones, jam and clotted cream for a real cream tea.
If you think back to basic human rituals, dating back to the days when we were cavemen sitting around the fire, sharing food has been a form of community bonding; something that relaxes that uncomfortable caveman or cavewoman that is taken out of the jungle and stuffed into an ironic t-shirt and pair of jeans and never quite figured out how to handle being a tiny little hindbrain part of a software engineer. So you can be more relaxed about things. Bad news is less bad with a cup of tea in your hand. Just ask your Granny.
The intention is that we are going to take longer on tea time than a standup. We are doing this on purpose. But it is not wasted time; just about all of us start to run out of steam around 3 p.m. After our updates, the discussions we have during tea time are not always related to the project, nor sometimes even to work. But they are all quite valuable to the team (depending on the day and the topic – some more than others!). We're maintaining culture and esprit de corps while, at the same time, we do those tasks that everybody tends to rely upon a standup meeting for.
It's been going on for a while now, and it seems to be pervasive at this point. People know that if they want to physically chat with us, run an idea by, or just see what our team is about… they can just drop by and have a spot of tea.


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Fairy tale film crisis averted.
Right, I know, the trailer is barf. They're selling it to people who loved Alice in Wonderland and bought it on Blu-ray, hoping against all post-Alice evidence that lightning will strike twice in Overblown War-Themed Fantasyland. So set that aside if you can.
You'll also have to set aside your annoyance at the parent company's obvious endgame of merch and theme park rides. If they could make money off whatever trending baby names result from this thing they'd do that, too.
But mostly you'll have to set aside whatever fatigue you've earned after being assaulted by effects-and-green-screen-heavy movie products. Most of them are giant boxes of nothing, terrible blasts of empty-hearted, digital cartooning.
You're right to be wary, obviously, it's just that this time around you don't have to be. Sam Raimi may have traded in the wilder elements of his personality to helm this giant family film spectacle, but what he gives you in return is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz that comes closer to being worthy of the association than any other movie attempt at expanding that beloved fantasy universe.
Yeah, a prequel. Okay, set that fear aside, too. It's the story of how Oz the man (short for Oscar) became the smoke-and-mirrors wizard of Oz the land and it nods many times in the direction of the classic 1939 musical -- you can experience references for yourself without any advance clues from me -- minus too much shouting and jokey intrusion. James Franco, as the sepia-toned, Kansas flim-flam man, crash lands in Oz's eye-popping CGI world, meets a handful of good, bad and eventually badder witches (Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis) a talking monkey in a bellboy costume (Zach Braff) and a broken porcelain doll (Joey King). And much like Dorothy's eventual journey, the future wizard has to find the brains, the heart and "da noive" to rescue the land from evil forces.
Raimi's not afraid to go big here, taking pages directly from the most old-fashioned of Disney sentimentality textbooks, nor is he concerned about frightening the littlest audience members with one witch's eventual transformation into a terrifying green monstress and some hideously scary flying monkeys (if you, as a very small child, weren't equally freaked out by Margaret Hamilton then you're a liar). His Oz isn't a hard, sophisticated place for wisecracking adults, it's a land of clever, inventive goodness and heartsick, sad-eyed dolls, grumpy munchkins and con artists learning how to use their dubious skill sets to turn wrongs to right, relying on cliches here, yet trading in warm-hearted joy much more frequently. I'll take it over a disco-dancing Johnny Depp in a Mad Hatter costume any day. It's not a perfect place, but it's closer to home than we've been given in a while.
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Here's Zoe Saldana As Nina Simone
When filmmaker Cynthia Mort announced that she was writing and directing a Nina Simone biopic, Nina Simone's own daughter, Simone, pretty much blew a fart at it, because the family was never asked to participate. The Nina Simone Estate didn't put their stamp of approval on Cynthia Mort's movie. Simone and The Nina Simone Estate made it clear that they would rather see a Nina Simone biopic made with LEGOS than see Cynthia Morton's Nina Simone biopic. Then when it was announced that Zoe Saldana was playing Nina Simone, Simone really rolled her eyes into a double side-eye. Simone told Ebony Magazine that when she thinks of actresses who should play her mom, she doesn't think of Zoe Saldana.
I love Zoe Saldana's work. I've seen some of her movies more than once and really enjoy what she brings to the screen. As an actress I respect her process, but I also know that there are many actresses out there, known or not, who would be great as my mother. The one actress that I've had in my heart for a very long time, whose work I'm familiar with already, is Kimberly Elise. Many people have spoken to me about Viola. I love her look. I love her energy. Both of the actresses that I've mentioned are women of color, are women with beautiful, luscious lips and wide noses, and who know their craft. I also have no problem introducing someone we've never heard of before who can play my mother.
Simone said this back in August and now here's pictures of Zoe as Nina on the Los Angeles set of that mess of a movie this past Friday. Somebody should check on Simone, because she probably just side-eyed so hard that several vessels popped and she might need medical attention. Did they really need to put Zoe in black(er) face and throw a prosthetic nose on her? Even Zoe Saldana is making a face like she knows this was a bad idea. It's the same face I make when a trick I just met on Craigslist opens his apartment door and I realize the picture he sent me was taken 30 years ago. I should've gotten the hint when the picture was a scan of a Polaroid.


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There is one thing that really pushes my buttons, one thing that is sure to send me off on a rant on life, the universe, and everything. I have a 21" widescreen 1680x1050 display - which might not be large to some of the real geeks in here, but to me, it's pretty huge. With so much screen real estate, why oh why do my friends all still insist on maximising every window they come across when they sit down behind my computer? This - and more - is the subject of the latest post on Microsoft's Engineering 7 weblog.
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Deep Silver hiring for mobile games push
Koch-owned publisher Deep Silver says that it intends to expand into the mobile games space.
It plans to announce several new job openings over the next few months across development, sales and marketing as it increases its resource base.
"Nowadays, gaming can play a role anywhere and anytime... at home or on the go," Koch CEO Klemens Kundratitz stated. It is therefore only logical to extend the brand universe of a game to different devices.
Having a brand strategy that is multi-platform – including mobile – offers a full, all-round experience that enables players to enjoy different aspects of a game world wherever and whenever they want."
Deep Silver commercial director Menno van der Bil added: "In the near future, our cross-platform approach will allow us to promote our games from new angles, because we will have a whole group of games connected to a brand on different platforms.
Players of our upcoming mobile titles can expect the same level of originality and innovativeness that they already know from our existing products."


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A few years back, when the Times-News was just starting to plug in to a more digital and interactive way of reporting news or meeting our readers, we posed this question before Thanksgiving.
�What are you thankful for?�
Nothing complicated about it. Pretty straight forward stuff. Some might say � boring.
We received a variety of answers. So many, in fact, it proved that readers didn�t think the subject boring in the least. Time has only validated this notion. Today when we view Facebook or other social media sites, there are hundreds � even thousands � of people listing the things they�re thankful for throughout November, leading up to today.
In many ways what we�re grateful for are things that fall into the so-called �first world� category. In our community, state and nation we have so much. Some might say far too much. Call it an embarrassment of riches.
But it�s good to remember that not all are so fortunate.
So when we asked four years ago what people in Alamance County were thankful for, one response touched us. The writer was thankful to be still employed in a career they love, even though we live in a time when financial security is uncertain. Because a spouse was laid off, the harsh realities of a brutal economic slump became all too real for this family. But they kept things in perspective.
�We truly have learned to enjoy the small things and not place so much merit on material things,� the writer said.
The words rang true then and still do today. Thanksgiving, more than perhaps any other holiday, is about family, despite what retailers open today would have folks believe.
We were reminded of this again the other day when Elon University released the results of its latest poll. Normally the students and professors in the political science department at the university pose questions about politics, healthcare, gun control, government budgets, the economy and all the weightier matters that make up our days, weeks and years. Usually we read about the great divide in our nation over disputes great and small. It all becomes, overwhelming.
This time, though, Elon stuck in a wild card. Here�s the question they posed to 732 North Carolinians around the middle of November.
�Thinking about Thanksgiving, what are you thankful for this year?�
Here are the results from highest to lowest.
▪ Family, 46.9 percent
▪ Health, 17.2 percent
▪ Being alive, 14.8 percent
▪ Job / economy, 7.2 percent
▪ Miscellaneous, 4.4 percent
▪ God / religion, 3.1 percent
▪ America, 2 percent
▪ Friends, 2 percent
▪ Dont know, 1.8 percent
▪ No answer, 0.6 percent
While we certainly don�t know what to make of the 4.4 percent who answered �miscellaneous� it�s gratifying to see the value placed on family remains high in the minds of so many in our state. Good health is another reason to give thanks, something certainly connected to �being alive.�
So here�s to a happy Thanksgiving spent with family, friends or both.
And stay healthy, y�all.