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Topic: Edible Plants
Title: Fruit trees for West Virginia
Answered by: Anne Bossart
QUESTION:What kinds of fruit trees would grow best in West Virginia? I assume apple trees would, but what kind of apple tree and are there any others that would grow well?
Unfortunately, you have come to the wrong place. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower is devoted to the care, propagation and protection of plants native to North America and specifically to the area where they originated. Most fruit trees are so heavily hybridized that they no longer really qualify as native plants, plus most of them also originated in areas other than North America. Apples, for instance, are native to Central Asia, even though we now think of them as American as "baseball, hot dogs and Chevrolet".Your county agricultural extension service is your best resource for this kind of help. As a matter of fact, that is what they are mandated to do. They will have advice on plant choices and cultivation techniques.
That is not to say that there are no fruit bearing trees and shrubs native to West Virginia. If you visit our Native Plant Database and do a Combination Search for trees and shrubs for West Virginia, you will find fruit bearing plants that are more traditional. Such as:
Amelanchier canadensis (Canadian serviceberry)
Prunus americana (American plum)
Sambucus racemosa (red elderberry)
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I'm thankful today for the family and friends that have made this last year bearable, who helped to comfort me in my times of sorrow and celebrated with me in my times of joy.
I'm thankful that the Oglet made it home safely from college yesterday, and is sleeping mere yards from here after sitting up and cooking and yapping with her mother all night long.
I'm thankful for the way my underwear always have the opening to te fly on the right side, no matter if they're inside out or right side out. This seemed a miracle to me, for many years, until I worked it out. It's less miraculous now, but it's still a very good thing.
Spend time with your families, folks, if you can, and think about them if you can't. See you tomorrow.]]>
That's a solid 30 foot of 0ak, easily 30″ in diameter at the base, and it was leaning toward the house.
Because I'm paranoid, I chiseled a spot on the tree and measured it to a nail driven in the side of the house. The first twelve years we lived here, it always measured within an inch or so; two years ago, it moved two inches, it moved 4″ this summer alone. It was headed for my picture window and the living room. And these boys put it on the ground. The Mexican that climbed this tree and literally put it all on the ground himself was 36. Half the time he was hanging onto that tree by his fingernails and a pair of Buckingham spurs.]]>
Not on a bet. That dude has solid titanium nuts.]]>
The prize of the collection is an intact and clean copy of the Babcock and Wilcox manual, "Steam". THis was the goto reference manual for power plant operation and stationary engineer work right up into my teens. I have two copies, so I'm giving one away. There are also copies of "Machinery's handbook" and "Management's handbook" (A not particularly well known companion piece, common before the advent of unions and now lost in the midst of time) Locke's "Gas Engine Design" and quite a few others. In amidst this is a stack of personal notebooks with the hand written notes of a man who finished his engineer's training very nearly 100 years ago, his pencillled copperplate notes crystal clear and readable as if they were done yesterday.
This sort of thing is usually lost, and it isn't as if it's anything a museum would be interested in, but it's something another engineer can read and appreciate. And I have found it a good home, where this sort of thing is treasured.]]>
Well, honey, I got news for you. I have a nutsack two thirds the size of your head, and i ain't crushing it for anybody, let alone some little CBT junkie like you. You probably don't encounter too many actual men in your life; they don't hang around femdom salons bound hand and foot waiting to be sounded. If you see a man on the subway, and he's "Manspreading", I highly suggest you engage in a practice called "Lordosis" or "presenting". If he realizes that you're in effect weak and completely non threatening, maybe he won't exit the train wearing your ears around his neck on a string made from your sartorius muscle.
Those of us out here who still have balls, and still use them, are not only not interested in what you have to say, because you're a moron, but we intend to break free of the oppression by the cuntriarchy and spread our legs where and when we want. Shit, I may just start wearing a kilt. I demand wider airline seats too.
H/T Pascal, of course.]]>
Update: Pussied out again. I shouldn't say that, I wouldn't climb these trees dry, let alone wet, and I damned sure don't want anyone to get hurt. They say tomorrow. After the snow. That sounds like a really smart idea. Hope they get them done before winter sets in.]]>
So one of our guys sells a couple lathes. The customer wants part catchers.
For the uninitiated, a part catcher is a mechanism inside a machine that "Catches" a part after manufacture automatically, so the part can be conveyed out of the machine without opening the door. Nost of them work like this
The part catchers will not be available until February. So the salesman promised we'd "Make something" in the interim. More to the point, that I would make something.
So I made something. I had a budget of "Anything you can find upstairs in the leftover parts bin". So here's the final product.
It has a piece of PVC attached to the tailstock that comes into play at the last possible minute, and redirectes the falling part out of the lathe and into a bucket filled with coolant so the parts don't bang into one another. This will last until the actual equipment arrives.
I calls it "Jeffroengineering"]]>
Anyway, the very best part of the movie, for me, and the one that sticks with me years later, and which still makes me laugh, is Safety Sam. I remember sitting in the theater while people all around me said "What the hell is that thing?".
I knew. You probably will too. Nobody wants to take credit for being the- erm, actor, and you will be able to see why
57. Far too young. Leaves children around my daughter's age.
Lots of people my age dying. More each year, A few younger than me, too. This death thing is no damned fun for anyone. Shame someone hasn't made it illegal, that stops stuff for sure.]]>


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The back-flip has long been a favorite of mine – not to perform of course, but to watch.
Kenwyne Jones, Obafemi Martins, Nani and Lomana LuaLua are four of history's best flippers.
The problem is the routine is inherently dangerous, not to mention that it typically gives manager's heart-attacks.
Lua Lua nearly put Harry Redknapp in a body bag in September 2006 when he celebrated his match-winner against Charlton with a trademark flip after receiving strict orders from the Portsmouth manager not to mark his goals with the acrobatic celebration after injuring himself the prior season.
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Katy Lue
Who Are You?
I sit and watch
From my place on the bench
Where I twiddle my fingers around
My notebook and pen
My plan is to think
My thoughts remain free
As I watch a man
Hastily run over to me.
He falls onto the bench and releases a grin
I take off my hat
And then I begin.
"Who are you? "
I ask sounding nice
"I am person."
He quickly replies.
"But who are you? "
I repeat with edge.
"I am me."
He says staring down at the bench.
"Yes, I know most everyone does.
But who is me? "
I say nice enough.
"I'm sorry, but I
Don't know what you mean."
"Goodness my friend! "
My hands now on my knees
"Who are you, just a simple
Question, that's all."
"I'm afraid I don't get it."
He says looking foul
"Well don't be afraid! "
I say feeling startled
"I'm not- it's just—oh
Forget it! " He snarls.
He looks slightly frustrated,
This makes no sense to me
But I let him cool off
While I stare at the street
When a minute is up
I glance at the sky and say
"Who are you? "
His head slowly does rise.
"I guess I don't know. No
Ones asked me in the past."
"I just asked you a second ago."
This makes him laugh.
"That is true."
He replies and catches his breath.
"Oh, I know, " I say
I put my hat on my head.
"So who are you? " I ask once again.
"I don't know the answer to that
Question my friend."
"What is the meaning of life through
Your eyes?
There's a path split in two, do you choose left,
Or right?
Which way to go?
Which sky to see?
All of your answers are not up to me."
"What do you mean? " He asks very confused.
"Who are you? " I ask feeling very amused.
Seconds go by and I
Wish him "good day."
I stand,
Take a bow,
And head on my way.
As I walk new ideas get brighter and brighter
Then I hear his voice,
"Who are you? " He asks
I reply "I am a writer."
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Mother-in-Law Sends a Wedding Invitation
Found! A Wedding Invitation
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After the annulment, we should hook up the "cheap two-bit tramp" with that "sorry, no count worthless, shiftless John Patterson." They might hit it off.
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5 years
The girl in the very front on the left sure looks like the girl on Mythbusters! Does anyone know?
Anniina 6 years
This is the best! I'd definately be there witnessing that disaster.
pink-elephant 6 years
Is this an ACTUAL invitation?! lol this is just wonderful.
nancita 6 years
I've been to some weddings kind of like this. This is brilliant.
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that's the best wedding invitation i've ever seen. I wish we used that when my sister got married. oops did i say that out loud :OPPS:
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Suicide an NZ 'epidemic'
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I am a person bereaved by suicide.
My husband, Jerome, died on the afternoon of Friday, March 28, 2008.
He was 40 years old. He left behind a wife, a son and a stepdaughter who will never be the same.
It is said that suicide is cowardly. I disagree. I don't think I could do it.
Jerome was no coward, he was a man with an illness that robbed him of his essence and his ability to see his own worth. He had often said that we would be better off without him, but he was wrong, and now he will never know.
There were more than 700 people at his funeral, all paying homage to a man many professed to love and know well.
Where were these people when he struggled day to day with his demons and thoughts?
There was only a handful that truly knew him and had been allowed to enter his world of pain. It wasn't a pleasure to be part of that inner circle, but it was an honour to be trusted with the depths of his despair.
There were times after Jerome died that I wondered how I could carry on, but with the help of some very good friends and the amazing folk at Skylight, I came to realise that the only way to honour Jerome's life was to ensure that I made mine count.
I also realised that there were many more people out there that were living with this and they needed to know they were not alone.
The prevention of suicide is something I am extremely passionate about.
The solution is in social connectivity, caring about ourselves and others, accepting and embracing our differences, and asking the hard questions like 'are you ok?' and then waiting for the answer. Even more importantly it's being prepared to stand by that person if that answer is "I'm ok", when clearly they are not.
The number of people that died by suicide in New Zealand for the year ended June 2013 was more than double those killed on our roads. There is a lot of media and advertising around our road toll, and it's reducing. Suicides are not.
We have the highest per capita youth suicide rate in the developed world for girls and third-highest for boys. It is a daily tragedy.
It could be easy to dismiss these as just figures, but suicide is about real people who could see no other way.
For every person who dies by suicide there are at least 10 close family and friends affected. This means at least 5410people were reeling from this devastation in the last year.
This is an epidemic.
Suicide is often spoken about in hushed tones. It is the shroud of silence, the shame of illness. Not talking about it isn't working. People are still dying.
The media is still hamstrung by legislation in how they report suicide. When a sudden death occurs it hits the headlines, then if it is deemed to be suicide nothing more is reported.
You cannot even have a death notice with suicide as the cause of death, instead we have "suddenly at home" or some other equally inadequate euphemism.
Survivors and families need to speak about their experiences. They need to stand up and demystify mental illness across genders and cultures.
There are things we can do to help.
First, we must keep ourselves mentally healthy, have good networks, communicate with others, and be honest with ourselves if things are getting too much.
Research (The Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide Prevention ) shows the two things that prompt a desire to suicide are feeling you don't belong and feeling you are a burden rather than an asset to your friends/whanau/community.
It suggests the key to suicide prevention is creating a sense of belonging and a sense that you make a valued contribution. Inclusion and participation are critical.
We need to start the conversation today with our family, friends, neighbours, workmates, acquaintances and even strangers to stop this epidemic.
Don't be part of the problem by ignoring it, be part of the solution by talking about positive mental health. It takes strength to seek help.
One thing that my experiences have taught me is that you cannot breathe for another person, no matter how much you want to.
You also can't take away their pain but you can be there for them.
Where to get help:
- Lifeline: 0800 543 354 - Provides 24-hour telephone counselling
- Youthline: 0800 376 633 or free text 234 - Provides 24-hour telephone and text counselling services for young people
- Samaritans: 0800 726 666 - Provides 24-hour telephone counselling.
- Tautoko: 0508 828 865 - provides support, information and resources to people at risk of suicide, and their family, whanau and friends.
- Whatsup: 0800 942 8787 (noon to midnight)
- Kidsline: 0800 543 754 (4pm - 6pm weekdays)
- Skylight suicide support
In an emergency or if you feel you or someone you know is at risk, please call 111
For information about suicide prevention, see http://www.spinz.org.nz
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Publication Date : 15-05-2014
Sometimes, there is a tendency to equate development with the presence of good infrastructure. Sure, that is part of the story but a better measure of development lies in the ability of a country's citizens to carve out their own destiny.
That is perhaps why not all countries with tremendous natural resources are prosperous, as the 'resource curse' theory suggests. On the other hand, many countries with negligible natural resources but skilled populations, such as Singapore and South Korea, have punched well above their weight.
Some success
Today, Nepal releases its 2014 National Human Development Report, 'Beyond Geography, Unlocking Human Potential'. It comes at a time when Nepal has committed to graduate from a least developed to a middle-income country by 2022. Nepal has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty in the last decade. Inequality has also declined during the same period.
The aim of becoming a developing country is an appealing prospect for the population, particularly the youth. The criterion for graduating from the ranks of least developed countries requires a huge increase in per capita income.
It also requires improvements in education and health (Human Assets Index) and the ability to absorb economic shocks, such as a financial crisis. There is one common thread running through all these preconditions: a productive and skilled population that is healthy and educated, and would continue to earn enough money to live well beyond a financial crisis.
Nepal's Gross National Income, as of April 2014, is estimated to be around US$733. It falls short by $457 to meet the graduation mark of $1,190.
At current prices, Nepal needs a cumulative estimated investment of $16 billion until 2021 to meet that income target, while the growth rate needs to rise close to double digits.
But much to do
It is very encouraging to note that trends in human development and poverty reduction in Nepal have been positive across all regions, and caste and ethnic groups. However, the pace of change has not been as fast as one would expect.
The Western Hills and Western Mountains have made great strides in literacy and education and earnings from remittances as well as tourism have improved. But the Mid-Western and Far-Western Hills, the Western, Mid-Western and Far-Western Mountains, and the Central Tarai lag in these areas. Simply put, a person born in Rolpa or Rautahat has fewer opportunities compared to someone born in Kathmandu or Kaski.
The Kathmandu Valley and certain urban centres get priority in investments for infrastructure development and services, and consequently gain from expanding opportunities.
So a major challenge for policymakers is to create an effective and decentralised system where investments are made and opportunities created equally for other regions.
This would also ensure that Kathmandu and other urban centres do not suffer from increasing inflation, pollution, overcrowding, problems in delivering services and the perils of natural disasters. All of these are potential threats to an economy.
In the Eastern and Central Tarai, where labour and productivity, as well as access to facilities, is at its highest in the country, human development is at its lowest and poverty high. This regional disparity, outlined in the report, needs to end quickly. But this can only come about with clear recognition of the strengths and weaknesses of Nepal's different sectors.
Farms and jobs
For a country where two-thirds of the labour force is engaged in farming, improvement in agricultural productivity is a precondition to spur economic productivity and bring about economic transformation and prosperity.
To make this happen requires a two-pronged approach. First, Nepal needs to transforms its agriculture from subsistence to a commercial and modern enterprise. Second, it needs to expand the manufacturing and service sectors in order to absorb a growing labour force. This is a priority as many workers now seek jobs abroad.
Finally, it is critical that Nepal harness its large young population to take advantage of the demographic dividend. It is cause for great concern that 30 percent of those of working age, many of them youth, remain underproductive.
The rising trend of labour migration suggests that there is not enough gainful employment in the country. This mismatch between youth potential and actual employment status must be urgently addressed so Nepal remains on track to graduate to a developing country by 2022.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - John Demjanjuk, a retired U.S. engine mechanic convicted for his role in killing 28,000 Jews as a guard at a Nazi death camp during World War Two, died on Saturday aged 91 in a care home in Germany, police said.
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"My father fell asleep with the Lord today as both a victim and survivor of Soviet and German brutality from childhood till death," his son, John Demjanjuk Jr, said in a statement from his home in Ohio.
"History will show Germany shamefully used him as a scapegoat to blame helpless Ukrainian POWs for the deeds of Nazi Germany," he said.
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"His passing brings us closer to the day when the Holocaust moves from lived memory of survivors and perpetrators into history," said Lawrence Douglas, a professor of law at Amherst College in the United States who has written about the Demjanjuk case and other war crimes trials.
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"That one of the last trials (linked to the Nazi era) involved such a minor figure in no way detracts from the justice of the case," added Douglas.
His comments were echoed by Dalia Domer, a retired member of Israel's Supreme Court which tried Demjanjuk in an earlier trial that resulted in his acquittal.
"The importance of everything that happened was in how it put on the table once more the things that were done (to the Jews). The main thing is that it is not forgotten, that humanity learns a lesson from this," she told Israeli television.
Prosecutors had faced several hurdles in proving Demjanjuk's guilt, with no surviving witnesses to his crimes and heavy reliance on wartime documents, namely a Nazi ID card indicating he had worked at Sobibor.
Defence attorneys said the card was a Soviet-made fake.
An appeal by his lawyers against the guilty verdict was pending at the time of his death.
Demjanjuk was initially sentenced to death two decades ago in Israel for being the so-called "Ivan the Terrible" camp guard at Treblinka in Poland.
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Demjanjuk emigrated to the United States in the early 1950s and became a naturalised citizen in 1958, changing his name to John from Ivan and working as an engine mechanic at a factory in Ohio.
A judge later revoked his U.S. citizenship because of his past as a Nazi camp guard, leaving him stateless.
(Additional reporting by Mary Wisniewski in Chicago, Dan Williams in Jerusalem; Writing by Gareth Jones; Editing by Karolina Tagaris)
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making sure that arrogant undemocratic countries like Turkey do not enter the EU
I don't have to read on Turkey and its affairs.
I know the country quite well 1st hand. [Just as Greece and Cyprus]
Pal, I do not know about the corruption and cheeting level in Greece, but...ever heard of Italians? There are mny of them, way more corrupted than the Greeks and conveniently receiving without conditions.
Agree with all the rest of your post. Let each sovereign go bust if they so chioose and stop begging for money elsewere.
Turkey is doing well comparatively. But they still have a long way to go to before they even reach the level of EU's poorest countries (perhaps excluding Bulgaria and Romania...).
Surely the EU must now send a forensic task force, of a couple of Actuaries, MPAs & CAs, to assist the Central Bank & Dept of Finance of Cyprus!
Fahrettin bey, it s simply "züğürt tesellisi" (pauper's comfort). Let them think they will save the day by bailing out "Mother Cheater" Greece and her "Daughter Cheater" Southern Cyprus.
So what's the point of reading the economist, if seeing for yourself is enough?!
Your political agenda is very obvious dear sir.
Calling countries cheaters when invasion of the same two countries within the last few decades crippled them both. No one saw any compensation to be returned after either Germany's WWII (Greece) nor Turkeys 1974 Cyprus invasion took place.
Not to mention the very obvious arrogant economic war Germany is clearly imposing to all the European countries around it. I would rather see Germany leave the EU if they consider such "burdens" of the common economic decisions are not to their liking (if they can survive such a thing ever)
The main problem of the Eurozone is euro. The entire construction is politically motivated, and it makes no jeconomical sence. So, it is only matter of time before the jeconomy and politics collide. We are now seeng it. The only hope is that this bonapartistic paranoidal construchion will collapse before creating a much larger scale trouble for the world.
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EAâs Press Event at E3 Gets AV Support from WorldStage
High Tech met Old World when top game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) staged its press event during the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at LA's century-old Orpheum Theatre with AV support from WorldStage. "The Download: EA 2012 Preview" provided guests with a first look at EA's upcoming titles with live demos, world premiere trailers and breaking news.
"Electronic Arts is one of the world's leading game publishers, and we at WorldStage were proud to be the chosen provider of innovative, state-of-the-art technical solutions for their press event," says WorldStage project manager Jack Dussault.
EA's Press Conference was broadcast live on MTV2, Spike and G4 television. The event was part of Spike TV's "E3 All Access Live" coverage, which featured more than 17 hours of multi-platform coverage from the convention. The press event premiered such highly-anticipated games as SimCity, Crysis 3, Battlefield 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Madden NFL 13 (with a live appearance by NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin), FIFA 13 and other projects currently in development.
"Besides a live invitation-only presentation, this year 1080i, 720P, 480i and composite feeds went out worldwide to -over three million viewers," Dussault notes. "It was streamed live from 11 sites, including IGN, Boxdownstairs, Stuff We Like, EA.com, JeuxVideo, GameSpot, EuroGamer (France), Game Informer and Gamers Bliss. After the event, the footage was posted to sites such as GameSpot and G4, eventually reaching an estimated virtual audience of over six million viewers."
"This was the fifth year Debra Robins, owner and Executive Producer of Plumbago Productions brought our firm in to support the audio and video requirements of the EA press event," says Senior Account Executive Michael May. "Each year Debra and Plumbago Productions' Creative Director, Jeffrey Hornaday create a unique, "boundary pushing" technical stage design. We were extremely honored to once again be part of the production team."
WorldStage provided an array of display surfaces for the Orpheum stage. A custom 50′ x 30′ voile scrim that hung across the front edge of the proscenium served as the display surface for a trio of Christie HD18K projectors mounted on the front of the balcony.
Three LED screens were positioned upstage behind the scrim: a 15×26-foot center screen, which was stationary, and 6.5×10-foot screens on either side, which flew in and out depending on the segment and the look desired. The LEDs were composed of approximately 200 PIXLED F-6 LED tiles.
"During certain segments of the presentation, the LEDs went black so you couldn't see them behind the scrim," recalls May. "Then we'd fire them up and you'd get an awesome three-dimensional visual experience." The LEDs gave a lot of depth to the stage. There was only 1 presenter that appeared between the main led screen and the scrim. This was the CEO – during his introduction,
Rounding out the video gear were five HD cameras: three Hitachi SK-HD1000s, one of them on a 30-foot jib, and two Sony BRC-H700s robotic cameras, WorldStage's Digital MediaHub players and a Spyder screen switching system.
On the audio side, "We retrofitted the client's demo game sources and video sources with state-of-the-art HDMI to 5.1 analog audio decoders to feed center, subs, left/ right side and rear true 5.1 surround sound with over a half-million watts of amplification for a truly amazing surround audio application," says Dussault.
The WorldStage team for the EA press event included Shane Zinke as EIC, Jason Spencer Spyder operator, Rob Ricci media hub playback, Ken Stanford video director, Justin "MC This" Hammond robocams, Terry Nakamura and Bryan Dominick projectionists, Ken "soundmantofthestars" Newman A1, Geoff Gibson A2 systems and Will Herold A2 RF.
WorldStage Inc., the company created by the merger of Scharff Weisberg Inc and Video Applications Inc, continues a thirty-year legacy of providing clients the widest variety of entertainment technology coupled with conscientious and imaginative engineering services. WorldStage provides audio, video and lighting equipment and services to the event, theatrical, broadcast and brand experience markets nationally and internationally.
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Shooting on the upcoming movie has begun in Baton Rouge. Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark will produce along with Barry Levine and Kosinski. Michael Arndt rewrote the original script drafts by William Monahan and Karl Gajdusek.
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Collectively, Prince and Michael Jackson helped define the early-'80s era of MTV, revolutionized both R&B and popular music, and influenced thousands of musicians worldwide. The Prince and Michael Experience is meant to celebrate the music of two of the biggest pop cultural icons of our generation. It is done with love and mutual respect for both artists. The experience is presented by bombhiphop.com who have successfully produced over 100 of these events in San Francisco as well as Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Oakland, Los Angeles, Bend, Vancouver and Honolulu.
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The strike took place after a Christmas Eve midnight service outside the town of Potiskum in northeastern Yobe state, where Islamist sect Boko Haram has carried out several attacks this year.
"Unknown gunmen attempted to attack Potiskum but were repelled by the troops. While they were fleeing, they attacked a church in a village known as Jiri," said military spokesman Eli Lazarus, who confirmed that six people were killed.
Members of Boko Haram have killed hundreds in a campaign to impose sharia law in northern Nigeria.
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I'm trying to use a Property Sheet in my Win32 DialogBox application so that I can get user input first, have it apply to my classes and then run the program with that user entered specfication.
Property Page seems good but I'm not sure if I'm mistaken.
Regardless, I'm trying to implement it and I'm having some trouble. I read the documentation but still I'm not getting.
I've managed to make the property pages (2 of them) first page has an edit box and a few combo boxes with OK, Cancel and a disabled Apply button. What I'm trying to do is..
A. Have the apply button enable when I add an int to the edit box
B. Figure out how to have that data get put into a variable.
I know how it works with my DialogBox window. I have WM_Command for all my IDC_ stuff I've put in it. But the property page, I don't know what the IDC are for it or how to call the EDIT box and listboxes I've put in it. Or how to have it recognize that they've been used to enable the apply button.
here is my properypage setup method
void propertyPages(HINSTANCE hInstance){
memset(m_psp, 0, sizeof(m_psp));
memset(&m_PropSheet, 0, sizeof(m_PropSheet));
m_psp[0].dwSize = sizeof(PROPSHEETPAGE);
m_psp[0].dwFlags = PSH_WIZARD;
m_psp[0].hInstance = hInstance;
m_psp[0].pszTemplate = (LPCWSTR) IDD_PROPPAGE_LARGE;
m_psp[0].pszTitle = L"Champ 1 Scenario";
m_psp[1].dwSize = sizeof(PROPSHEETPAGE);
m_psp[1].dwFlags = PSP_USETITLE;
m_psp[1].hInstance = hInstance;
m_psp[1].pszTemplate = (LPCWSTR) IDD_PROPPAGE_LARGE1;
m_psp[1].pszTitle = L"Champ 2 Scenario";
m_PropSheet.dwSize = sizeof(PROPSHEETHEADER);
m_PropSheet.dwFlags = PSH_PROPSHEETPAGE;
m_PropSheet.hInstance = hInstance;
m_PropSheet.pszCaption = L"Champion Level/Runes/Masteries";
m_PropSheet.nPages = 2;
m_PropSheet.nStartPage = 0;
m_PropSheet.ppsp = (LPCPROPSHEETPAGE) m_psp;
//SendMessage(GetParent(hDlg), PSM_CHANGED, IDD_PROPPAGE_LARGE, 0);
I call it first in
INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
Any tips, tricks, pointers or advice? Maybe on the best way to get user data before the main application launches? I'm finding it tricky to have values set by user.