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Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:57 pm
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I currently teach at a small Catholic School:
8th Grade Algebra I
9th Grade Technology Applications
10th Grade Web Design
11th Grade Web Design
12th Grade Web Design
11th Grade Pre-calculus
12th Grade Robotics Engineering (took 1st, 2nd, Skills Champion and Excellence awards - best overall program - at our local regional competition)
I am also the Computer Lab Manager and Technology Coordinator for the school and will be heading up an after school FIRST Robotics program
And finally... I am a father to a 6 1/2 month old beast of a baby boy
It is better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not
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... eats you all. [zMOD]
Joined: 05 Feb 2005
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:03 am
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I'm an Engineering Manager at a sheet metal fabrication shop. Companies subcontract us to build components for whatever they're building. A few examples are sales displays, harvesting and packaging equipment, and aftermarket engine modifications... we don't make or market any of that stuff ourselves - just specific pieces of each that the manufacturers can't make on their own. What I do there is make sure the customers parts can be built to match their blueprints, and also create the cutting programs for the two laser cutting tables.
My job there consists of sitting in front of a computer most of the day figuring out what a designer really wants as opposed to what the impossible, incomplete, or illegible drawings show. There's a certain amount of mind reading involved. The rest of the time I'm converting files from one format to the other so the lasers will cut it correctly and creating special blueprints for the shop workers to ignore. Its tedious, mind numbing, and extremely frustrating when the guys doing the hard work screw things up by not following my instructions. Thankfully I have free access to the internet all day to keep me sane, and everyone is incredibly lax with my ever worsening punctuality.
The second guy in the engineering office with me that I "supervise" is in charge of the other aspect of the company - air flow systems for cotton gins and nut hullers. He's worked there for less than six months and already knows more about that end of the department than I do - so all I really need to do is make sure he's not overwhelmed by the work or slacking off. I'm the only one that gets to slack off; I've been there longer.
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Scientist at Play [VET]
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
Location: <<--[UK]-->>
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:12 pm
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I'm a research director with a large national (UK) organisation. I get to come up with interesting research ideas & then, most of the time, other people get to do the interesting work
... but I get to monitor what they do & get to tell them they are doing it wrong
But, very occasionally, I do get to do some of the research work myself, which makes it more worthwhile. I *used* to be one of the people doing the work all the time, but that's promotion for you !
I'm in a team of 12 people, most of whom do a similar job to me, but in their own specific areas of expertise. A lot of what we do involves international collaboration, so we get to do a lot of foreign travel, which sounds like great fun but is often just a pain (& very tiring).
Specifically, my areas of expertise are the use of advanced simulation for flight training & advanced computer modelling of what most people would call 'bots' - autonomous entities in simulated worlds. It means I get to play with some very expensive & interesting 'computer games', and get to work with some very interesting & intelligent people
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Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Location: Richmond Hill
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:31 pm
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ah lets keep this going...
I'm a project manager at an engineering consulting firm.
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Joined: 11 Dec 2008
Location: Zombie meadows
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:34 am
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Vetinary scince student, part time lab assistant. Not as romatic as it sounds. Job entails me spending hours alone, with large pile of agar plates to carefully streak. good times, good times. Sorry for the life story.
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Joined: 01 May 2005
Location: Ye Olde Castle
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:23 am
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I'm not sure if it is technically a job since I don't get paid, but I film and edit schools in the area's football/basketball games for my local news.
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Zombie Fetty
Joined: 03 Aug 2005
Location: I'm really not sure
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:22 pm
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I have a part time job at local restaurant, waiting on. The pay isn't great, but I do enjoy it there.
Speaking of which - I've got work in half an hour. And am in no fit state to work...
Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry,
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
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Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Possessing the body of Jake_Snicket
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:44 pm
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I'm a Gas Station Attendant with Costco.
Basically, my job is to assist and engage members, keep the station clean, make sure everything is working properly. Also important is keeping everything up to governmental regulation and filling out paperwork.
It's not the most glamorous thing, but I consider it an enormous blessing to have a job in this economic climate.
- Aaron
Andrew wrote:
You're the dead cat of love
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Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Location: Sweden
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:55 pm
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I teach everything about skeletons to university archaeology students.
I'm no zombie
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Brick Fett
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:32 pm
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<---Still a Professional Cartoonist.
I now have two web comic sites I keep up on top of my freelance career, which pays my bills.
"Lazy Bones"
is my daily strip on PrologueComics.com and
"LEGO Unleashed"
is my just for fun web Comic Book that I do twice a week.
My freelance business has picked up a lot over the year. I design Logos and graphic art materials for local and online business. It's really a great job since I get to draw and problem solve all day long. And though it's a lot of work and takes up a lot of time there really isn't a job I'd rather do other wise.
Brick Fett
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Joined: 30 Nov 2006
Location: 123 Fake St.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:43 pm
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I'm self employed, and I run a yardwork business, doing general mowing/yardwork for people from May-October. Honestly, I hate it more than anything, but twelve bucks an hour for 15-20 hours a week isn't bad for a sixteen-year-old.
A cat, when pushed off a table, always lands on its feet.
A piece of jellied toast, when pushed off a table, always lands jelly-side down.
A cat tied to a piece of jellied toast, when pushed off a table, hovers in a state of quantum indecision.
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Joined: 24 Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:42 pm
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I work for IBM as a Business Operations Analyst, leading a team of 5 people. I essentially crunch numbers in spreadsheets and other reporting tools, most of which are ruddy complicated and all my own design.
It pays the bills.
I used to post here as "Big Pete" but my account got screwed ...
My Current Lego Collection (thanks Brickset!)
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Joined: 11 Aug 2007
Location: Oxford, UK
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:19 am
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I work for the National Health Service as a Clinical Photographer; basically photographing people's wounds, injuries, diseases and general maladies for the betterment of the human race in general. I see around two hundred patients a week, and take around a thousand photographs in the same period.
Luckily, my NHS Trust is relatively lax with internet access, so I can even access FBTB and Amazon at work - and nobody can see my screen.
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Joined: 05 Feb 2005
Location: Arizona, USA
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:51 pm
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I sell toys online.
Work for In-n-Out Burger (mmm, Animal Style w/ fried mustard).
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Joined: 30 Nov 2006
Location: 123 Fake St.
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:27 pm
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I wish there was an In-n-Out Burger near where I live. I had a friend who worked there and said he got paid $10.00 an hour
A cat, when pushed off a table, always lands on its feet.
A piece of jellied toast, when pushed off a table, always lands jelly-side down.
A cat tied to a piece of jellied toast, when pushed off a table, hovers in a state of quantum indecision.
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Joined: 04 May 2007
Location: Zombie infected Boston Garden.
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:23 am
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High School Soccer Referee.
ZombieSolo wrote:
/me takes a chunk out of Kit's arm... *nom nom nom*
Vidzombie wrote:
/slurps up Kit's remaining mess.
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Joined: 12 Jul 2005
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:32 pm
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Cei wrote:
I work for the National Health Service as a Clinical Photographer; basically photographing people's wounds, injuries, diseases and general maladies for the betterment of the human race in general. I see around two hundred patients a week, and take around a thousand photographs in the same period.
That sounds like an incredible job. I'm sure it gets depressing, but that kind of stuff fascinates me.
I work as a DVD QC Technician. I test DVD and Blu-Ray menus, graphics, video, audio, etc. as computer files and on hard discs. I just started at a small post production house and it's really exciting to be part of a team. Where I used to work we just looked for flaws and wrote reports. Now I work with the authors, programmers, designers, and our high muckety-mucks to collaborate on production. Hopefully I'll move into authoring or compression next year. First though, I gotta pass my 90-day probation and duck any lay-offs.
"Hang on tightly, let go lightly."
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Joined: 11 Aug 2007
Location: Oxford, UK
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:52 am
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NinthCircle wrote:
Cei wrote:
I work for the National Health Service as a Clinical Photographer; basically photographing people's wounds, injuries, diseases and general maladies for the betterment of the human race in general. I see around two hundred patients a week, and take around a thousand photographs in the same period.
That sounds like an incredible job. I'm sure it gets depressing, but that kind of stuff fascinates me.
I love it - I've always had an interest in medicine, and this lets me fill that interest as well as my photography. Further, it helps you sleep at night knowing that in some way you're helping people
Plus we have a fun time at work, with a relaxed and interesting team of people. Certainly helps on the depressing side of things, as I have seen some really horrific things that you just don't want to dwell on.
Having said that, there's moments of joy as well, such as when a child who has been undergoing treatment for years comes back for their final visit and they're all "cured" (for want of a better word). Medicine really does make a difference to peoples' lives.
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Joined: 31 Dec 2006
Location: Behind you Occupation: slob :P
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:09 am
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Cei wrote:
Plus we have a fun time at work, with a relaxed and interesting team of people. Certainly helps on the depressing side of things, as I have seen some really horrific things that you just don't want to dwell on.
O.o I couldn't stand your job. I am far to squamish. The thought of your toe nail coming off or anything similar to that makes me cringe
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Joined: 30 Dec 2007
Location: Arizona
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:55 pm
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Still at Arby's. It's a paycheck and works until I find something better.
XBLive = BlitzKreger
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Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Somewhere near Cleveland, OH
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:52 pm
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Well, I work as a caddie at a country club in a suburban of Cleveland during the summers. It's a perfect summer job for any high school student IMO. You work outside with friends, you get free food when you make the turn (begin the back 9-holes), and awesome pay. I've worked there for three years, and I enjoy it very much. The people I work with are great, the members are nice, and the pay is awesome as I already said. The first year was filled wih a bunch of waiting around, but as I became more experienced and became friends with the guys who call the shots, I usually get to caddie most days I go except on slow days with no golfers. So, that's my summer job.
Do or do not, there is no try!!!
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Joined: 13 Dec 2008
Location: Columbus, OH
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:38 pm
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I'm a civil/site development engineer.
Basically, I show contractors where to put dirt.
(okay, so there's a little more to it than that).
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Joined: 14 Dec 2008
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:27 pm
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I work during the summers as an intern in supply chain management at a major manufacturing company, work in the financial aid office at the school where I'm getting my MBA during the school year, and work year round as a part-time online poker player (allows me to save all the money from my real jobs to get a house when I graduate).
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Joined: 04 Feb 2005
Location: Lavalcula, Québecula, Canadania
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:21 pm
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Communications Coordinator for a professional association.
Basically, I'm in charge of selling all the publicity aimed at our members (ads in our magazine, mailings, web-based ads, etc.), and I'm also responsible for the website of the association.
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Joined: 06 Feb 2005
Location: Nevada
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:53 pm
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Attorney here.
Travel with Johnny Thunder!
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SW Lego Nerd
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Location: Barely South of Igloo's
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:10 pm
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MateriaL Control Supervisor for a Engineering firm (Jacobs)
Essentially, I am responsible for ordering and tracking about $200 million worth of Electrical and Instrumentation Equipment and Commodities. Ahhh, have to love the Oil & Gas Industry.
Talk Nerdie to me...
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Zombie Bizzle
Joined: 12 Dec 2008
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:41 am
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I'm in 9th grade so that is my "job" so to speak. But I really want to be a fighter pilot in the Air Force so that is my "dream" job...hope it pays enough to allow me to continue to collect sw legos.
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The Brain Eater
Joined: 15 Dec 2008
Location: Eating brainsssss in The Bay
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:49 am
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High school freshman--I consider that my job.
However, I also peer tutor students (yes, for money, and the pay is great--$20 an hour, with 5 students I see every week, and some off and on). I love doing it, especially because it helps make sure I retain all of the stuff I learned from the last 2 years--you always use middle school math for high school math.
You can never eat too many brains, because there will never be a shortage of them. Oh wait, there already was before the zombie outbreak!
You can always eat the brains of fellow zombies for a snack.
Me bite your BRAINSSSSS!
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Joined: 12 Dec 2008
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:34 pm
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Well, atm Im a full time college student. But over Christmas I worked for UPS as a drivers assistant, which was actually pretty fun, except for those people who did not shovel the snow outta thier driveways. I still have bruises...
Before that I worked for an opthamologist's office, but I was downstairs in the 'garden level' scanning paper charts as they went from paper to electronic. Sounds boring, but it was sweet. We could surf online and listen to music.
I really want to have a career as a teacher educating kids in History, or Physical Ed.
Go Green! Go White! Go State!
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Anime Figure Flickr Floodr
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Planet Arus
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:04 pm
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Im in the line of BRAINS!
/me bite master_hallick
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Berry cheesecake in a glass
Mascarpone is a great standby for making an almost-instant dessert. Here, its creamy richness is cut by the sharpness of the blackberries
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal497
- fat35g
- saturates21g
- carbs44g
- sugars24g
- fibre3g
- protein3g
- salt0.67g
- 150g punnet blackberries
A purply black-coloured berry comprising many individual seed-containing fruits surrounding a…
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest and juice
Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
- 4 gingernut biscuits, crushed
- knob of butter, melted
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- ½ x 250g tub mascarpone or ricotta
Toss the blackberries, caster sugar and 1 tbsp of the lemon juice in a small pan. Heat gently for 3-4 mins or until the berries start to burst. Leave to cool.
Meanwhile, mix together the crushed biscuits and melted butter. Spoon into 2 glasses. Gently fold the rest of the lemon juice, the lemon zest and icing sugar into the mascarpone or ricotta. Divide the lemony cheese between the glasses, then spoon over the blackberries and their syrupy juices.

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Undo Vote Arrows UX
I have a problem with the toggle settings on voting up/down/neutral.
Wouldn't it make more sense that clicking UP, after clicking DOWN would bring the vote to neutral, rather than the current way of clicking DOWN after clicking DOWN bringing it to neutral.
It makes it feel like a -2 vote and it really isn't intuitive. I only just figured out it was possible!


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A quick scan through the English squad shows minimal experience in Australian conditions. For the purpose of accuracy, I've excluded the ICC World XI because it wasn't a proper 'tour'.
M Trescothick 5 matches @ 26.10
S Harmison 5 matches @ 42.76
M Hoggard 3 matches @ 62.50
A Giles 1 match @ 31.83
I know they're much better players now and that was a long time ago, yadda yadda, but I thought it was worth acknowledging that they're hardly glowing statistics.
The point of this thread is to point out and provoke discussion on the topic of variables which (possibly) will play a major factor in the Ashes.
First of all, pitch conditions. In England pitches are realtively conducive to seamers, with overhead conditions aiding movement in the air and tracks are normally produced with a little bit of juice underneath the surface. In Australia, you generally find hard, fast, flat and bouncy wickets. With the possible exceptions of the SCG and the GABBA, pitches are belters to bat on, even the WACA providing good batting conditions if you adapt to the bounce.
Secondly, and a factor that I'm facinated in, the ball used. How much of a factor will the Kookaburra ball be? The Englishmen are used to bowling with the Duke pill, where the seam is exaggerated and generally provides extra help for the seamers. Will the Englishmen be able to handle it considering the flat nature of the wickets? Before anyone says, I know this won't be the first time the Englishmen have used Kookaburra balls, but nevertheless, it will be interesting.
The last point I'd point I'd like to discuss, before throwing it over to you chumps, is the issue of crowd and public expectation. IMO this is one factor that definately favours the Englishmen, as I know all of the Australian crowds will have massive expectations on the Australian outfit because we're used to overwhelming success on our home soil.
Thoughts, discussion?


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Handbag friendly, with retro 60s styling and decked out in this season's fashionable colours, Alcatel 's ELLE N°3 GlamPhone could be a hit with the ladies this summer.
The Alcatel ELLE N°3 GlamPhone is a compact, rounded sliderphone, and comes in five striking colours - White, Yellow-Green, Pink, Orange and Purple - with chrome detailing. It has a 1.3-megapixel camera with video recorder/player, and a built in digital music player (MP3, AAC, AAC , M4A). As well as 12MB of internal memory, the GlamPhone suports MicroSD cards up to1GB for expanding music and image storage.
Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity is featured - there's a matching glammed-up Bluetooth headset from Alcatel - and USB 2.0 is supported. The phone's organiser functions can also be synced with a PC using the software supplied.
Prices for the Alcatel ELLE N°3 GlamPhone, and network operator availability, have yet to be confirmed but the sliderphone is expected to hit the shops in June.


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How to Keep Track of Open Windows in Windows 8
You don't have to keep track of all those open windows on the desktop. Windows 8 does it for you with a secret key combination: Hold the Alt key and press the Tab key, and a little bar appears, displaying the icons for all your open windows. Keep pressing Tab; when Windows highlights the icon of the window you're after, release the keys. The window pops up.
Or visit the taskbar, that long strip along the bottom of your screen. The taskbar lists the name of every open window. Click the name of the window you want, and that window hops to the top of the pile.
If a program icon on the taskbar contains several open windows — you're simultaneously editing several documents in Microsoft Word, for example — right-click the Microsoft Word icon. A pop-up menu appears, letting you click the document you want to access.
Can't find a previously opened Start screen app? Hold down the Windows key and press the Tab key: Thumbnail images of all your open apps appear on a strip along the screen's left edge. Keep pressing the Tab key until you've highlighted the desired app; let go of the Tab key, and the selected app fills the screen.
For more information about Windows 8 and its features, explore Windows 8 For Dummies, available online.


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Watching the short film Noah (which premiered at TIFF) is enough to make anyone scream, "THE FUTURE IS NOW." Watch as one boy's personal life is ripped to shreds via his computer screen. Oh, youth people, how you make so much trouble for yourselves.
NOTE: Quick shots of wang and things will cross the screen so a little NSFW.
In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of behaviour (and romance) in the digital age.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and play "Jeopardy!" against a computer. Little does the computer know you programmed it to play Minesweeper. It can't win! LET'S GO!
SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND – 8:00PM (CBS) The new season of "Survivor" features sixteen new contestants plus former contestants Russel Hantz and that guy who wears a Red Sox cap all the time. Why are those two guys in this season? Are they just perpetual cast members now? Do they get paid? I feel like they're involved in every season of this show. They're like the free letters you get in the "Wheel of Fortune" bonus round. Anyway, they've got a little twist to the game this year: Redemption Island, which I'm told is actually a peninsula. Banished contestants go there and then face off against one another for a shot to return to the game. Will there be hatchet fights? Let's pray so. ANTICIPATION: TWISTY!
CRIMINAL MINDS: SUSPECT BEHAVIOR – 10:00PM (CBS) Oscar winner Forest Whitaker headlines this brand new spinoff. I'm happy for TV that Whitaker is on the small screen, but I'm sad for movies that such a good actor was easily persuaded to ditch film work for a weekly procedural. Either way, Whitaker will still always be Garlick from "Good Morning Vietnam" to me. "I have no idea what that means sir, but it seems very negative to me." ANTICIPATION: FOREST!
TOP CHEF – 10:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) They booted Fabio last week! NOOOOOOOOO! He was so charming, even if he had no idea how to cook anything that wasn't pasta! Anyway, the show will lose a bit of playfulness now that our Italian hero has been ousted. Thank goodness tonight's episode features Elmo and Cookie Monster to fill the absence. ANTICIPATION: C IS FOR CHEVRE!
MY STRANGE ADDICTION – 9:00PM (TLC) Tonight's addicts include a woman who eats nothing but pottery and ashes. Seems like she'd be a great hire for a crematorium. ANTICIPATION: GHOULISH!
MODERN FAMILY – 9:00PM (TLC) Both Shelley Long and Fizbo the Clown return tonight, along with new guest star Matt Dillon, who plays Claire's old boyfriend. And who doesn't like Matt Dillon? He's handsome. He's funny. He's charming. He's clearly signed the same anti-aging deal with Satan that Bob Costas has. You can never go wrong with Matt Dillon. ANTICIPATION: RUMBLE FISH!


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For an energy source that's so consistent and measured in its 93-million-mile trek to Earth's atmosphere, solar power rides a roller coaster of heady promise and stark reality as it's factored into the market for electrical energy.
From a technical standpoint, snatching energy from the sun has never been easier. Technologies for accessing, converting, and distributing solar energy — chiefly via photovoltaic (PV) panels — are proven and established. Meanwhile, progress on the next game-changing technical front to refine methods of capturing and storing it in batteries is picking up steam.
It's in the mechanics of integrating itself into the existing electrical energy framework where solar is still searching for its footing. Competing against wind and other renewables, as well as established fossil fuels, on a playing field that's buckling under forces that swing between tilting and levelizing it, solar seems to be running in place. On one level, it's raring to go; on another, it's stymied by seemingly intractable market realities.
After a flurry of activity, some publicly funded financial incentives that helped solar take off around 2005 are ebbing. That's left it more exposed to the mercy of fundamental energy market forces that are proving stubbornly resistant to renewables. But at the same time, prices and supplies of fossil fuels — notably natural gas — are gyrating. The result amounts to more questions than answers about long-term prospects for traditional energy sources and, by extension, renewables like solar.
Big picture entices investors
The bigger financial picture for solar is anything but bleak, however, especially in light of the emergence of creative funding concepts. Taking a long view of the energy market through an environmental prism, solar industry players can't help but see a bright future. But for as far as the eye can see, solar's economic viability will be a central concern — one that financiers, developers, installers, and power producers are working hard to address.
Convinced that its core attributes as a clean and abundant source of power make it a can't-miss technical proposition, the solar delivery industry is shifting more of its attention to rationalizing solar as a sound investment. Exploring everything from new twists on leases, third-party ownership, and power purchase agreements on the consumer side to vehicles such as project bonds, asset securitization, and master limited partnership arrangements on the developer side, solar proponents are turning over every stone for answers (see SIDEBAR: Funding Options).
While it is indeed more challenging to make solar projects work financially, investor interest in projects remains fundamentally strong, contends Mark Crowdis, president of Reznick Think Energy, LLC, a renewable energy consultancy with headquarters in Bethesda, Md. Yes, expirations and retrenchments of incentives put solar on shakier investment ground. It was easier to develop investor-grade projects before expiration of the Treasury Department's 1603 grant program, which doled out 30% of a project's cost in direct cash, and the Energy Department's 1705 loan guarantee program for riskier utility-scale projects. Many investors were more enthusiastic about solar projects and willing to take more risks before the near-collapse of the New Jersey solar renewable energy credit (SREC) market. Add in plummeting natural gas prices and entrenched fossil fuel subsidies, and the picture worsens.
But this situation is being partially offset, he notes, by falling prices on PV components. Plus, requirements that utilities boost the renewables component of their energy mix — in some cases with specific solar "carve outs" — and efforts to broaden their corporate investment portfolios to include funding of distributed solar project investments act as counterweights to the incentive reductions and decreased electricity prices.
"There's capital in this market," says Crowdis. "Investors used to lack an understanding of how solar technologies and systems worked. Now investors are much savvier. There's more understanding of solar — enough so that more investors are now willing to provide capital for projects. Banks, pension funds, and even individuals want to invest in renewable energy in North America. It's seen as an attractive, stable, and potentially high-return investment."
Topping out or taking a break?
Between 2004 and 2011, it seems, investors increasingly bought that argument. During that time, according to a May 2012 white paper published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, "Re-Imagining U.S. Solar Financing," asset financing of U.S. solar PV projects grew 58%. Such funding peaked in 2011, Bloomberg says, spurred partly by looming year-end incentives expirations, when $21.1 billion was secured to help build out some 1.8 GW of new solar PV capacity.
Looking ahead, the white paper projects that U.S. PV deployment will demand an average of $6.9 billion per year through 2020. Between 2012 and 2020, residential and commercial capacity alone — not counting utility-scale installations — will grow at a compounded annual rate of 22%, resulting in almost 16 GW of cumulative capacity at the close of that period.
Meanwhile, utility-installed PV continued to grow at a faster clip into 2012. In the year's second quarter alone, utility PV installs numbered more than 20 for a combined 447MW, according to a report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. According to this report, it was the busiest quarter ever for utility-scale PV.
Overall, PV installs of 742MW were up 116% in the quarter over the same period in 2011, the report said. The residential market experienced little growth in the quarter, while the commercial market contracted 33% quarter-over-quarter. Still, the residential and commercial markets could be the near-term growth engines for PV. If utilities are reluctant to disrupt the profitable status quo with big capital outlays on solar, more electric customers are increasingly eager to get out ahead of the steepening energy cost curve. PV systems either purchased outright or leased — while still generally requiring a substantial investment that's lashed to an extended payback period — offer an opportunity to lay a foundation for lower net energy costs down the road.
That's leading more companies, among them specialized electrical contractors, to get into the business of formulating, designing, and installing PV solutions for this market — a market that's likely to grow as solar capital equipment and installation costs come down amidst a growing supply glut and a consolidating industry.
Shift to utility projects
Eying solar and other alternative energy sources from a short-term hedging and long-term positioning perspective, utilities and independent power producers certainly have begun to integrate more solar into their generation mix. However, there's little evidence they're in any particular hurry to allocate large slugs of capital and capacity to new technologies. With systems built for abundant coal — and now, more recently, cheap natural gas — power producers still have little incentive to embark on wholesale replacements of fully depreciated generation and transmission assets that can deliver power efficiently, if not at a price far from certain to remain stable.
That utility market, however, has been where the action is for some companies that have sought to stake out positions on the leading edge of the solar installation market. Having plunged into the commercial market in the busy early-adopter phase, some solar systems contractors have been shifting their attention to utility market niches that offer more immediate potential.
In the quest for more opportunities to keep its hand in the evolving solar space, Rosendin Electric has delved deeper into markets where solar's economic advantage is stark. Having installed large renewable distributed energy generation (RDEG) PV projects in municipalities and school districts in California, as well as utility-grade solar farm projects, the San Jose, Calif., electrical contractor turned its attention to utility projects in markets where sunlight factors and exceedingly high incumbent energy costs make a near slam-dunk case for PV.
Rosendin Electric is in the midst of building a 75MW PV solar farm project for the state-owned utility in Puerto Rico. Because end-user energy costs are 25 to 32 cents per kWh and rising, this arrangement is an ideal candidate for an alternative energy approach. Seeing a window of opportunity to address high energy costs and an aging fuel oil-based electric supply, the island's governor pushed through renewable portfolio standards for the utility, paving the way for this and many other PV projects, says Duncan Frederick, the company's director of solar operations.
"Beyond these utility-scale opportunities, there's a high concentration of industrial and commercial users in Puerto Rico, especially in the pharmaceutical sector there, who are paying a lot for power, creating a demand for local RDEG renewable power solutions," he says. "We're [solar contractors] all chasing markets like this that have a fundamental higher cost of power, because without that it's tough to make these projects work. Larger EPC players like us saw a great ride with local incentivized RDEG projects, but we needed to switch gears to focus on new markets as state and local incentives have dried up."
Signs of life in commercial
In a clear demonstration of the PV market's protractedly unsettled nature, Frederick is now looking for new signs of life in the commercial RDEG space. With the utility sector generally looking tougher to crack because of low natural gas prices, that market may present new opportunities for the company to partner with developers and independent power producers on commercial PV projects wherein financial returns for equity investment are becoming competitive, he says.
"We're in a holding pattern to see how that shakes out — the idea being that we want to have a good presence in both markets, knowing that each one will have its ups and downs," he says.
The commercial PV market could be poised for growth if only because the prospect of uncertain and likely rising energy costs is so menacing. For especially large commercial users positioned to leverage economies of scale, PV installations can represent an investment in a key component of competitiveness. Combine that with the ability to possibly offset costs with incentives for the use of alternative energy and the ability to use power purchase agreements (PPAs) to sell power produced on-site back into the grid, and big commercial energy users may begin to see the advantages.
"If you're a large business like a Wal-mart-type operation that has a lot of buildings that allows you to do an aggregated bid on a system, the numbers can be made to work," Crowdis says. "But I think it's still going to be harder to make the financial case without any incentives in place, with the exception of spots where electric rates are very high."
The bar for financial feasibility in the non-residential market may not be as high, though, if creative funding schemes and payback scenarios can be brought into play. Third-party finance, for instance, can bring in outside entities to build, operate, maintain, and attempt to turn a profit from a PV system. The commercial entity, in turn, gets to tap into some of the power generated, presumably at competitive rates. The owner, meanwhile, juices its return via tax-equity financing that takes advantage of investment tax credits for funding renewable energy projects.
Cupertino Electric, Inc., a San Jose electrical contractor, is hopeful that creative financing and other forms of outside investment will help fuel an uptick over time in commercial PV in California. Saurabh Samdani, who oversees forecasting and modeling for the company, sees commercial PV prospects still being uncomfortable with the idea of outright system ownership.
"We can tell everyone that solar systems are easy to operate and maintain, but many companies don't have the processes or people in place to do it," Samdani says. "They may not be interested in taking the risk of owning and operating a system. The common perception is that these activities are best left to the entities who understand this risk. Therefore, these companies are more comfortable with a third-party owning and maintaining the system."
Still, from a financial resources standpoint, many companies willing to consider aggressive steps to get a handle on their own energy costs may be better positioned than ever, says John Curcio, who started Cupertino's renewables division in 2007 and now serves as its chief commercial officer.
"There's a tremendous amount of cash on company balance sheets today, so the resources might be there to directly fund a PV system," he says.
Factoring solar into the grid
Growth in the commercial and residential PV market could also come courtesy of evolving regulations governing how solar energy system owners can offset the costs of power obtained from the grid. Curcio noted recent progress in California on advantageous changes to net metering that would allow commercial PV users to consolidate meters from multiple properties for the purpose of calculating net energy cost savings on utility-furnished power.
Net metering and other techniques that can effectively lower electric consumption and costs will be an important driver of PV's growth in the residential market. With systems still costly enough to generally preclude outright ownership, homeowners will need more certainty that their power costs come in low enough to pay for leases, system maintenance, and, when applicable, financing costs.
Now averaging about $4 per watt installed, about 40% of which covers equipment, according to the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), PV systems remain significant investments demanding assurances of reduced power costs. Those costs have come down from more than $8 just five years ago, says Eran Mahrer, SEPA's vice president of utility strategy, but they still present a high enough bar to give homeowners pause. The keys to expanding residential PV will be further declines in costs, especially those tied to installation, mixed with programs that can help monetize solar's inherent efficiencies as an energy source.
"Utility incentives through programs like the California Solar Initiative that provide cash rebates are one of the most important drivers of residential solar," Mahrer says. "But most incentives like this were designed to ratchet down on some predictable path, and that's been happening. What's left in addition to the Federal Investment Tax Credit is another mechanism for driving solar, which is net metering, and being able to export energy produced to the utility and getting a retail credit."
Gauging residential prospects
Until costs come down further, it's likely that homeowners interested in installing PV will look to third-party ownership arrangements such as PPAs or leases where ownership can be secured after the lease period ends. Companies specializing in structuring and delivering such deals have been proliferating, but a shakeout may be underway, given the persistent challenges of stable or declining costs of traditional sources of electricity and not enough business to go around. But PV module manufacturers, pressured by declining equipment costs, could begin to move into the system development space in a bid to weather the reduced-return environment.
However the acquisition is structured, homeowners who fit the optimal PV user profile can probably secure a guarantee of cheaper power over time, Mahrer says. "On a household's cash flow basis, payments on a PV system versus present utility power, a customer can benefit from a fixed cost of energy and hedge themselves against future price changes — at least under today's net metering arrangements."
That, of course, may be the biggest wild card in trying to forecast whether PV and other renewables will grow to become more than fringe sources of power. If traditional sources of power become easier and cheaper to access and use in a cleaner fashion — and they remain heavily subsidized to boot — solar and other alternatives will surely struggle to gain a foothold. Combine that with declining economic incentives, notably the scheduled reduction in the federal investment tax credit for solar from 30% to 10% in 2016, and the hill becomes even steeper.
Yet creative and aggressive financing coming from a bigger pool of investors eager to grab a piece of the new frontier in arguably the world's most important economic sector — energy — could well keep solar and other renewables in the game. Ditto for the companies deploying the technology, including electrical contractors and engineers engaged in everything from securing financing to designing and installing systems to performing operations and maintenance.
"The prospects for solar energy and for us in that space look good," Rosendin Electric's Frederick says. "If there's a shakeout in the industry, the players remaining are those that have a strong financial foundation and are diversified enough to be a player in the residential, commercial, and utility-grade sectors."
Zind is a freelance writer based in Lee's Summit, Mo. He can be reached at [email protected]
SIDEBAR: Funding Options
As much work as went into refining solar PV technology, there's been no shortage of effort into finding ways to make it financially practical to install. Financing solar PV has almost become an industry unto itself, as all parties look for creative ways to factor up-front costs, payback periods, prevailing electric rates, subsidies, and a host of other variables into a favorable equation.
While every financing deal can come with its own unique structure and nuances, most come down to a choice between system ownership of some sort or reaping the cost benefits of solar-produced electricity.
Outright ownership: Residential or commercial power users with deep pockets or willing lenders can buy a system, reaping both the potential benefits of lower cost power and the intrinsic value of a PV system. Tax credits, net metering, and depreciation can effectively lower the costs of ownership over the system's life and potentially raise a property's value, but system maintenance and financing costs are offsets. Users without the ability to pay cash for a system can access a variety of lending schemes, including bank and subsidized loans, as well as those secured by the solar equipment or property, or unsecured commercial or guaranty loans like those through the Small Business Administration.
Leasing: Significant up-front costs can be eliminated under leases where a third party owns the system. The user makes lease payments on the hardware, but those costs are offset by cheaper power. Under a typical lease, the user can extend the lease at term's end or purchase the system for residual value.
Power Purchase Agreements (PPA): Users simply interested in cleaner, cheaper power can purchase the solar power generated from a hosted system. Installation, ownership, and maintenance is handled by a third party, which contracts to offer the user power at a set rate for a period of time. Power cost savings are typically reduced in this scenario, but up-front costs are eliminated.


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The war in Afghanistan is the longest armed conflict in U.S. history, and throughout the 18 years of fighting, U.S. officials have publicly said they were making progress. Yet a new investigative...
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New Trump Food Stamp Rule Will Cut 700,000 from ProgramBy Michael Rainey
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BOSTON — The chief executives of the Market Basket supermarkets say employees who have stayed off the job to demand the return of fired CEO Arthur T. Demoulas must return to work by Monday.
The statement Wednesday said the workers can return without penalty. It also says the company will begin seeking replacements for those who don't.
Managers and assistant managers of 68 of the 71 New England stores signed petitions saying they would resign if Demoulas isn't restored ''with full authority.''
The Market Basket board, controlled by his cousin Arthur S. Demoulas, fired Demoulas in June. Employees loyal to Arthur T. have held protests and refused to make warehouse deliveries to stores.
The board said Tuesday it continues to evaluate offers to buy the supermarket chain, including one from Arthur T. Demoulas, among other ''strategic alternatives.''
The statement Tuesday said it is considering an offer last week from Demoulas to buy the chain, but said he is one of several potential buyers.
The board said while Demoulas's bid ''provides a path toward solving many of the problems he has helped to create'' it's just one option.
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For those of you who don't know, the military has a special place in the my heart. Both myself and John Ham, one of the other Ustream founders, are graduates of West Point and served 5 years in the Army on active duty. The military had a tremendous impact on me personally as a man, my life and my future.
My time in the Army was wonderful and I will always look back on those times fondly. The men and women I met, served beside, led, followed, and supported were some of the best in the world. Whether or not you agree with our government's policies, the men and women who CHOOSE to serve in our all voluntary Army deserve our respect, our gratitude, our support and our love. They are truly heroes in my book.
This Thursday, Ustream.tv is proud to support the efforts of From The Front Lines, a 8 hour broadcast hosted by Michelle Malkin and Melanie Morgan to raise money to send our soldiers overseas the world's LARGEST care packages. If you have served in the military, you know how powerful care packages are.
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Threshold Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreement With U.S. FDA on a Special Protocol Assessment for Planned Phase 3 Trial of TH-302 in Combination With Gemcitabine in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 16, 2012) - Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( NASDAQ : THLD ) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reached agreement with the U.S. affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Threshold's partner for the development and commercialization of TH-302, covering a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) for a Phase 3 randomized trial of TH-302 in patients with metastatic or locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer. The trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TH-302 in combination with gemcitabine compared with gemcitabine therapy alone. Pursuant to Threshold's license and co-development agreement with Merck, Merck will be responsible for conducting the Phase 3 study under the SPA.
A Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) is a written agreement with the FDA that documents FDA's agreement that the design and planned analysis of a study can adequately address objectives in support of a regulatory submission. However, FDA's determinations for marketing application approval are made after a complete review of a marketing application and are based on the entire data in the application.
"In light of the evolving landscape for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, we are pleased with the FDA's agreement that the design and planned analysis of this study adequately address the objectives necessary to support a regulatory submission," said Barry Selick, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Threshold. "Given that the Phase 2 clinical trial met its primary endpoint, which was presented earlier this year at the annual AACR and ESMO medical meetings, we and our partner Merck are looking forward to further investigating TH-302 in a Phase 3 study in patients living with this extremely difficult to treat cancer."
About Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas with current treatment options including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Gemcitabine as a single agent or in combination with other treatments is the most commonly used chemotherapeutic agent in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 43,920 new cases of pancreatic cancer and 37,390 deaths are expected to occur in the U.S. in 2012. The targeted therapy erlotinib, the only other agent approved for treatment of pancreatic cancer since gemcitabine, received regulatory clearance based on results from a Phase 3 study demonstrating a median overall survival of 6.4 months for patients treated with erlotinib in combination with gemcitabine versus 6 months for gemcitabine alone.
About TH-302
TH-302 is a hypoxia-targeted drug designed to be activated under tumor hypoxic conditions, a hallmark of many cancers. Areas of low oxygen levels (hypoxia) are common in many solid tumors due to insufficient blood vessel growth. Similarly, the bone marrow of patients with hematological malignancies has also been shown, in some cases, to be extremely hypoxic.
TH-302 has been investigated in over 700 patients in Phase 1/2 clinical trials to date in a broad spectrum of tumor types, both as a monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy treatments and other targeted cancer drugs. Threshold has several additional ongoing clinical trials, the most advanced of which is a Phase 3 pivotal study evaluating TH-302 in combination with doxorubicin versus doxorubicin alone in patients with soft tissue sarcoma. Results of the Phase 2 study of TH-302 in patients with pancreatic cancer were reported at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012 and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2012 Congress. In February 2012, Threshold signed a global license and co-development agreement for TH-302 with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
About Threshold Pharmaceuticals
Threshold is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of drugs targeting Tumor Hypoxia, the low oxygen condition found in microenvironments of most solid tumors as well as the bone marrows of some hematologic malignancies. This approach offers broad potential to treat a variety of cancers. By selectively targeting tumor cells, we are building a pipeline of drugs that hold promise to be more effective and less toxic to healthy tissues than conventional anticancer drugs. For additional information, please visit our website (www.thresholdpharm.com).
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for statements of historical fact, the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the potential for regulatory approval of TH-302 based on the trial that is the subject of the SPA and potential therapeutic uses and benefits of TH-302 to treat patients with cancer. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, Threshold's ability to enroll or complete its anticipated clinical trials, the time and expense required to conduct such clinical trials and analyze data, whether additional clinical data causes the FDA to revisit agreements contained in the SPA, whether the FDA requires additional clinical trials despite the agreements contained in the SPA and issues arising in the regulatory or manufacturing process and the results of such clinical trials (including product safety issues and whether efficacy results are sufficient to support product approval). Further information regarding these and other risks is included under the heading "Risk Factors" in Threshold's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2012 and is available from the SEC's website (www.sec.gov) and on our website (www.thresholdpharm.com) under the heading "Investors." We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement made in this news release.
Laura Hansen, Ph.D.
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Heaps of bright colors and school imagery in this collection making it perfect for all your Back-to School and starting school projects. The sticker sheet is packed with fun images and the papers are very versatile with a couple of neutral prints and a GREAT graph paper sheet. Lots of fun here!
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NFL Week 10: Vikings rally past Redskins in second half; Ponder hurt
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings needed most of the game to figure out how to stop Robert Griffin III and the Washington Redskins.
They finally walked off their home field a winner, too.
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Adrian Peterson ran for 75 yards and two touchdowns, and the Vikings forced Griffin into three straight incompletions from the 4 in the final seconds to hold on for a 34-27 victory Thursday night.
Christian Ponder went 17 for 21 for 174 yards with two touchdowns and an interception before leaving late in the third quarter with a dislocated shoulder on his non-throwing left arm. John Carlson had seven catches for 98 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings (2-7).
"I don't think there was a change in mindset or anything. I think we just played the way we were supposed to," Ponder said. "We executed like an NFL team is supposed to, especially a 10-6 playoff team like we were last year. We really needed that, to help out with our confidence, and now that's our expectation for the rest of the year."
Griffin was 24 for 37 for 281 yards, three touchdowns and no turnovers for the Redskins (3-6), who led 27-14 early in the third quarter. He also ran seven times for 44 yards, but the Vikings took him down for four sacks for 39 yards in the second half — including 2½ by Kevin Williams.
The Redskins committed eight penalties for 63 yards.
"You can't do that," Redskins coach Mike Shanahan said. "You've got to keep your poise. You make mistakes like that and so often it will cost you the game."
With the Redskins out of timeouts, Griffin ran for 12 yards on fourth-and-1 at his own 49 right after the 2-minute warning. Jordan Reed caught a 17-yard pass to the 8 and, after a short run by the Redskins, the Vikings stopped the clock with a timeout of their own. Wide receiver Greg Jennings was livid on the sideline, but coach Leslie Frazier defended his decision to give the drained defense a rest and allow at least a few more seconds for a comeback in case the Redskins scored.
But Griffin's next two passes were incomplete. On fourth-and-goal with 32 seconds left, his throw to the corner of the end zone was caught by Santana Moss with only one foot in bounds.
Game over.
After losing three games this year in the final minute, the Vikings finally pulled one out.
"There were many times during the course of that game where they could've gone, 'Oh, no, here we go again," Frazier said.
Blair Walsh kicked two fourth-quarter field goals for the Vikings after Peterson's second score gave them a 28-27 lead late in the third quarter.
That drive started at the Washington 41, thanks to an unnecessary roughness call on Darrel Young during the punt return. Ponder scrambled and slung a third-and-12 laser to Jarius Wright for a first down at the sideline. Then, Ponder took off for a 14-yard run that left him with an injured left shoulder, and an official replay reversed the touchdown call after he dived at the pylon and rolled out of bounds.
Matt Cassel came in, and Peterson scored to give the Vikings the lead on the next play.
The NFC East, which fittingly for this season rhymes with least, has been right there for the Redskins to take hold of.
Dallas (5-4) and Philadelphia (4-5) are barely ahead of them, and each has shown significant flaws. They're going to have to tighten up this defense, though, if they're going to keep this a true division race with the Cowboys and Eagles.
After Brandon Meriweather returned an interception 30 yards to near midfield to end Minnesota's first drive, the Vikings reached the end zone with ease on their next two possessions. Peterson scored on an 18-yard run on the first one, and Ponder found Cordarrelle Patterson for the rookie's first career touchdown catch for the other.
The Vikings were missing four starters to injury on defense, and they had no answer for Griffin or his big receivers in the first half. The Redskins scored on their first five possessions, further trampling a unit that has had all kinds of trouble this season with broken tackle after broken tackle. The Redskins converted seven of eight third downs in the first half and held the ball for more than two-thirds of the elapsed game time.
But that all changed after the break.
"You always want to be able to rush the passer with the game on the line," Williams said. "It was nice to finish it this time."
The latest sign of increasing pushback toward the Redskins for their nickname came before the game outside the stadium, where hundreds of American Indians and their supporters held signs, chanted slogans and beat drums in protest of what they view as a disrespectful and racist moniker. Among the printed messages they carried: "We are not cartoons!" Redskins owner Dan Synder has called the nickname a "badge of honor" and said it won't be changed.


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Scientific Experiments with Toys (Oct, 1938)
Scientific Experiments with Toys
By Raymond B. Wailes
Many Novelty, Toy and "Jokers" Supply Stores sell small glass "meters" or "thermometers." as they are called, attached to a card supposed to represent the quantity of intoxicating liquor the individual can consume, a state of health, denote a fortune, etc. The items are designed to provoke mirth and hilarity, but they operate on a scientific principle and can be used admirably for demonstrating some physical laws. What to do and how to conduct the experiments are details covered in the accompanying text.
THE glass "meter," used in these experiments, consists of a glass bulb to which is welded a glass stem; the latter projects into but does not quite touch the interior bottom of the bulb.
The whole device is partially filled with colored alcohol and evacuated. When the hand grasps the bulb, the liquid within the bull) expands and boils up into the stem of the tube, pulsating as if alive. Such devices are sold usually attached with a funny card purporting the instrument to be a "drunk meter" with which the degree of inebriety can be judged. They are also sold in the form of "Storkmeters," "Fortune Telling" thermometers," "Love Thermometers," etc.
A very simple experiment showing that water absorbs infra-red or heat rays, can be shown by holding a small flat, water-filled pill – bottle between a candle flame and one of the meters. The dampening effect on the pulsating liquid contained in the meter is at once noted. The water acts as an absorber, or screen, for the infra – red rays. Alum solution works better than water (Fig. 1).
It is very simple to show that heat rays can be reflected similar to light rays. This can be done by forming a sheet of metal foil (such as is wrapped about tobacco, candy or photo film) into the shape of a concave reflector, and placing a candle flame at the focal point of the metallic screen, as shown in Fig. 2. When the screen throws the maximum amount of light upon the bulb of the meter, the meter will pulse very rapidly. The absorption of heat can be improved further by cautiously and momentarily thrusting the cool glass bulb into a smoking candle flame or the soot from a burning lump of camphor. The coating of soot absorbs the rays of heat more readily. This experiment also shows why dark clothes are "hotter" in the summer.
Alcohol and water become warm when they are mixed. The evolved heat is simply due to the heat of solution. If the tip of the stem of a novelty meter is snipped off, air enters and the vacuum is spoiled. In this form, novelty meter now is really an air thermometer, for if the air within the bulb is heated ever so slightly, the colored liquid in the bulb will rise in the stem; hence it can be used to detect heat.
For the experiment under discussion, place a metal nut over the stem of the air thermometer, made in the manner described, and place the device in a small glass or beaker filled with half an inch of water. The nut serves as a sinker. Now pour alcohol into the water, as illustrated in Fig. 3. It will mix, dissolve, and the heat produced will be shown by a rise of the colored liquid in the stem. Rubbing alcohol, denatured alcohol, grain alcohol, or automobile radiator alcohol, can be used with success in this experiment.
Using a meter with a weight attached to the bottom to float it upright in water, the principle of the hydrometer can be shown. On adding salt, sugar, or an acid, to the water, and stirring, the specific gravity, or density, of the water is raised by converting it into a solution, and the floating meter will rise or protrude farther from the liquid than before. By calibrating the stem, using thread and water-proof cement, a practical hydrometer can be made. Fig. 4 shows the hydrometer.
If the stem of a novelty meter be immersed upside down in a mixture of ice and salt, the volatile vapor of the liquid in the bulb above and outside the cold bath will condense into a colorless liquid in the stem. The heat of the air about the bulb causes more liquid to evaporate and soon the entire liquid which was previously in the bulb is now in the stem, quite colorless. The absence of color is due to the fact that the solid dyestuff does not vaporize. The experiment (Fig. 5) illustrates distillation at room temperature.
A humidity meter, or hygrometer, can be made by wrapping a cloth about the stem of a meter and immersing the tail or loose end of the cloth in a glass of water (Fig. 6). The water wets the cloth on the stem, and evaporates, thus cooling it, and the cooling effect is perceived by a pulsation of the liquid in the stem. It is the difference in temperature between the bulb and the stem which causes pulsation of the liquid within, so by timing the number of throbs per minute, you can arrange a scale of temperatures which will be fairly accurate, on dry days.
The last experiment can be made the basis of a funny little character which constantly appears to suck the colored liquid up into the stem throughout the day and night. The glass of water in the last experiment can be substituted by a narrow vial of water concealed inside a suitable figure which can be obtained at a toy store for a few cents. The cloth wrapped tube enters a hole made in the mouth of the figure. His hands can be bent to grasp the stem also. As long as there is water in the vial and the cloth wrapped about the stem of the meter is kept wet, the colored liquid pulses up and down in the tube. The motion continues for hours, and is dependent on the amount of moisture in the air. On a sultry, foggy, humid day, the movement of the liquid will be somewhat slow because the water of the cloth does not evaporate fast enough to produce a moderately cool temperature of the tube or stem.


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I wanted to homeschool my 15 year old daughter, but I do not have the education. so I found homeschooling the name is Cortona Academy in Herndon, VA. They have about 50 kids and 20 teachers. I wanted to know if anybody out there knows anything about this school to tell me if it is the wright move. They charge 27,000.00.
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It is looking like the last leg of the "Twilight" films will be a two-part series and they both will be helmed by "Dreamgirls" director Bill Condon.
Citing unnamed sources, EW.com reports that Condon is the first choice for Summit Entertainment and that the two sides are deep in negotiations. The studio will also break "Breaking Dawn" into two parts.
The race for the coveted directing gig has been closely monitored, and Condon pulling ahead of the pack is big news. Names such as Gus Van Sant and Sofia Coppola were very much in the mix early on (Coppola apparently dropped out after expressing interest in directing one of the films).
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The UN and humanitarian partners appealed on 18 December for US$144 million to help more than a million Haitians in 2013. The funding will allow aid agencies to respond to food insecurity, cholera and the displacement crisis in the Caribbean country.
Some 2 million Haitians face severe food insecurity, including more than 80,000 children under five who are acutely malnourished and urgently need treatment. Over 350,000 people are still living in camps facing deteriorating conditions, dependent on humanitarian aid. Partners on the ground are concerned that a resurgence of cholera in remote areas during the rainy season could affect more than 100,000 people in 2013.
"The national authorities and humanitarian partners have worked tirelessly and made significant progress since the earthquake but there are new challenges," said the Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti, Nigel Fisher. "Drought and storms such as Hurricanes Isaac and Sandy this year have left millions of people with less food and fewer jobs. If we do not help people recover, much of what has been achieved so far may be lost."
Since the earthquake, which killed more than 200,000 people and left over 2 million homeless, aid organizations have worked with the Government to move about 1.5 million displaced people from camps to houses. More than 260 camps were closed in 2012 and the number of displaced people was reduced by 31 per cent to just over 350,000.
Cholera prevention and treatment programmes have helped to reduce the number of new infections and lower the mortality rate to 1.2 per cent. But infection and fatality rates, which were steadily declining for the most of 2012, spiked following Tropical Storm Isaac and Hurricane Sandy.
Part of the funding for next year will be used to help more than 70,000 people who were affected by Hurricane Sandy in November and still need assistance. Many of them lost their homes, and need shelter and other aid. Families whose homes were damaged will receive construction and repair kits as well as training to rebuild their houses.
This year's humanitarian appeal, seeking $151 million, is only 41 per cent funded and is one of the top five underfunded appeals of 2012.
"We call on humanitarian partners and donors to keep supporting Haiti and its people. A lack of funding for humanitarian work in 2013 would exacerbate the current crisis," warned Mr. Fisher.


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