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Meryl? Seriously? You were nominated for an Oscar for playing one of the most fashionable women in all of film history and this is what you decide to wear? This entire ensemble is horrible from the therapist beads to the greasy stringy hair. Just bad, bad, bad. What do you think?
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ilovemerylstreep 6 years
How the hell can anyone say anything ba about Meryl?! are you blind or something?! she looks fantastic no matter what, and people should start crediting her because she's bloody amazing, shes stunning and weras whatever she wants and gets away with it. she doesnt want to make a huge impression on people cos of what she wears, and looks amazing so WTH are some of u on about!!! im liking what "luvmerylstreep" says! and i totally agree! shes amazing LOVE her to bits :D
luvmerylstreep 7 years
i voted love it because i do i think its a gorgeous outfit i like the beads but i don't like the plate of the necklace her outfit looks great on her (of course) *ya just need to see the whole outfit** she looks gorgeous (as usual) **& theres nothing wrong with her makeup** i do agree that it isnt meant for the oscars but i still love it now! bagging her on her outfit is one thing but bagging her, herself is just wrong thats going too far she's an amaazing person, actor and singer
splitpersonality 8 years
Meryl Streep is one of those people who can wear anything she wants to to all those events because she's not there to impress people with her outfit. Her work remains unaffected by her fashion choices. She's Meryl Streep and she can wear whatever the hell she likes as far as I am concerned. :)
rubialala 8 years
The outfit isn't so bad but the hair is gross!
munki 8 years
Stone me too because I thought she looked wonderful--happy, radiant, and completely comfortable in her own skin.
Veronica81 8 years
More apropriate to take the grandkids trick-or-treating.
ashleycakes 8 years
The dress and sahs look good on her, but those beads are awful! She should have gone without those and she probably should have washed her hair too. _________________________ Cheese It!!
Tiinnaaaa 8 years
ew... what was she thinking!
kscincotta 8 years
I would much rather see her lean more casual in something like this than wearing some gown that doesn't fit right and looks awkward on her. At least she looks like herself.
Tisane 8 years
Meryl has no sense of style(or I just don't get it) but she's amazing actress so in this case I don't care what she wears. Even potato sack is in order ;)
Marci 8 years
Love her,but I can't always get on board with her sense of style.
Classy-Amelia 8 years
I kind of like the mother-earth style at the Oscars. Very casual but yet, she looks great.
Wicked 8 years
The hair and "makeup" are the worst. Then again she's Meryl Streep and can do whatever she wants.
SassyRedhead 8 years
I loved it, casual but still chic. She looked like she didn't need to impress anyone, but she still looked great.
lindac 8 years
Who dresses her? She always has these awful beads and ill- fitting dresses. She's really lovely and needs help showing it.
lindac 8 years
Who dresses her? She always has these awful beads and ill- fitting dresses. She's really lovely and needs help showing it.
Emshaw 8 years
Hate it... but love Meryl
Auntie-Di 8 years
Never seen her look so bad, shocking actually. Looks like she did not prep much at all for this. Sorry Meryl, you are capable of so MUCH MORE.
smryna 8 years
if she had wore like in The devil wears Prada that would have been good but she wore basic...anyway i love her...if only she win the oscar
mommie 8 years
Well I love Meryl Streep but have to say I was hoping to see her more glam.
anotheranon 8 years
Stone me..I love this. Fab, dear, are you being nice by using these camera phone like shots? She looks much better in the better lighted pics with Nicole http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/movies/article/0,2792,DRMN_23_5378655,00.html The blue sash and orange beads emphasized her milky skin. As for the hair, well no one's straight hair looked good to me last night. Over all I think Meryl looked earthy and self confident unlike the majorty of carpet walkers who looked severe and drawn.
melissabritt 8 years
MBM OK, "therapist beads" is the funniest thing I have ever heard. I voted hate it, I think Meryl should have known better. The outfit she chose looked more appropriate for a dinner party not the Oscars.
GiggleSugar 8 years
I kinda love it because she looks super-funky. More importantly, though, thank you for adding "therapist beads" to my vocabulary. I love that! Ha ha
learwalker 8 years
I loved what she had to say about being a size 14. That was very honest and relatable. But the dress accentuated the negatives and the jewelry was rather gaudy. From what I have seen over the years, she seems to be an awesome person and soooo talented and beautiful, but I do not think that outfit did justice to her at all. But if she liked it, that is all that matters.
lorenashley 8 years
All of it is just AWFUL. The dress OF COURSE, the hair the face, ALL OF IT!


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Excellent idea for a "background check" carry concealed permit holder to have his gun where it might be needed most. I guarantee you a "bad guy" would not be concerned about having a permit. If we ban all good guys from carrying guns you can rest assured that only bad guys will have them? Think Columbine, VT, etc............
Probably his ex-wife...
I think someone was trying to get the driver in trouble. He had a legal permit, it was not on the bus and yes it was on school grounds but someone had to have a excuse to get him. If he was not showing the gun or waving it around, then what was the point. I would be willing to bet more than one person working at the school does the same thing daily. Being able to pass a required background check for both his job and permit for the gun should tell you something about him. I did not notice if his car was locked or not but I still think someone wanted him to get in trouble.
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|Global and Threshold-free Transcriptional Regulatory Networks Reconstruction through Integrating ChIP-chip and Expression Data.
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|Inferring transcriptional regulatory networks from high-throughput biological data is a major challenge to bioinformatics today. To address this challenge, we developed TReNGO (Transcriptional Regulatory Networks reconstruction based on Global Optimization), a global and threshold-free algorithm with simulated annealing for inferring regulatory networks by the integration of ChIP-chip and expression data. Superior to existing methods, TReNGO was expected to find the optimal structure of transcriptional regulatory networks without any arbitrary thresholds or predetermined number of transcriptional modules (TMs). TReNGO was applied to both synthetic data and real yeast data in the rapamycin response. In these applications, we demonstrated an improved functional coherence of TMs and TF (transcription factor)-target predictions by TReNGO when compared to GRAM, COGRIM or to analyzing ChIP-chip data alone. We also demonstrated the ability of TReNGO to discover unexpected biological processes that TFs may be involved in and to also identify interesting novel combinations of TFs.
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The minds of the people are getting dirtier day by day. They are not thinking what they are looking for, what effect and affect they are going to have in their mind and life. One side, the internet provides minor to major information, from the grass root to updated information and news; on the other side, vulgar websites are available visualizes the Girls Photos Without Dress. The vulgarity, nuisance is increasing day by day which leads to the incensement of crimes, wrong happenings.
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|Quantitative analysis of the modes of growth inhibition by weak organic acids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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|Weak organic acids are naturally occurring compounds that are commercially used as preservatives in the food and beverage industries. They extend the shelf life of food products by inhibiting microbial growth. There are a number of theories that explain the antifungal properties of these weak acids, but the exact mechanism is still unknown. We set out to quantitatively determine the contributions of various mechanisms of antifungal activity of these weak acids, as well as the mechanisms that yeast uses to counteract their effects. We analyzed the effects of four weak organic acids differing in lipophilicity (sorbic, benzoic, propionic, and acetic acids) on growth and intracellular pH (pH(i)) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Although lipophilicity of the acids correlated with the rate of acidification of the cytosol, our data confirmed that not initial acidification, but rather the cell's ability to restore pH(i), was a determinant for growth inhibition. This pH(i) recovery in turn depended on the nature of the organic anion. We identified long-term acidification as the major cause of growth inhibition under acetic acid stress. Restoration of pH(i), and consequently growth rate, in the presence of this weak acid required the full activity of the plasma membrane ATPase Pma1p. Surprisingly, the proposed anion export pump Pdr12p was shown to play an important role in the ability of yeast cells to restore the pH(i) upon lipophilic (sorbic and benzoic) acid stress, probably through a charge interaction of anion and proton transport.
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I use the Saris Locking Bike Trac so that no bike is ever left home alone and unlocked. (No it's not the neighborhood, I learned the hard way at my last place. I had a bike stolen and it was clearly an "inside job". I won't ever let that happen again.)
I'm very fortunate at work. Staff gets indoor bike parking. I've been leaving the bikes leaned up against some shelves in the server room. With the new budget, they're restoring bookmobile service. The bookmobile people need storage space. There goes my parking spot.
I was offered the basement, but the door swings the wrong way and has one of those automatic door slammers on it. I couldn't see wrestling with that at the top of the stairs twice daily, if there was an alternative. What did my little eye see? Sixteen inches of empty space between the safe and the wall.
I know from mounting the racks in my living room that I need 12" between the wall and the rack's centerline. Hmmm So asked my boss, "If I buy a wall mount rack, is it okay if I mount it here?" Showed her the pic of my living room too. She said it was okay.
I ordered the ordinary, non-locking version of the Saris Bike Trac. It came in last week. I took it to work today, bungeed to the Portland.
I marked the wall where it should go and maintenance will install it Real Soon Now. I just have to get a 16" wide boot tray to put under the bike for slush season.
Long story short, sometimes, all you need to do is ask, and buy it yourself. $40 bought me my own parking spot for as long as I work at that branch.


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COLQUITT -- Mrs. Patricia Wilkin of Colquitt died Friday, January 27, 2012, at Miller County Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday, January 30, 2012, at 11:00 AM at Colquitt United Methodist Church with Rev. Jay Roberson and Dr. Carl Marshall officiating. Interment will follow at Colquitt City Cemetery with Scott Kelley, Zach Kelley, Michael Griffin, Jim Jernigan, John Weaver and Craig Tully serving as active pallbearers. Visitation will be Sunday, January 29, 2012, from 5:00-7:00 PM at Colquitt Funeral Home.
Mrs. Patricia was a member of Colquitt United Methodist Church and retired from Wilkin's IGA.
She is survived by three daughters, Holly Maxwell of Tallahassee, FL, Marianne (John) Wells of Colquitt, GA, and Jodie (Grady) Jarvis of Colquitt, GA; nine grandchildren, Amanda Jo (Michael) Griffin, Brian Scott Kelley, Jr., Kaylee Elizabeth Maxwell, Caroline Ann Maxwell, Zachary Patrick Kelley, Dana (Jeff) Nunnery, Leslie (Chad) Brackin, Megan (Jeremy) Holley, and Mallory Jarvis; five great grandchildren, Emilee Nunnery, Will Nunnery, Adalie Brackin, Allie Brackin, and Brantley Holley; and one sister, Mary Weaver Walker of Colquitt, GA. Mrs. Patricia was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Wilkin, and one sister, Nancy Brown Suber.
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Back in 2008, UK-based supermarket chain Tesco launched a program to help customers be more aware of their purchases. The company placed labels on many of its products to indicate the carbon footprint of the item. From potatoes to light bulbs, approximately 500 items display these Carbon Trust-issued statistics.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
As Time Goes By
I thought it was "time" to try my hand at clock making...well really just clock mosaic-ing... I used some of my prettiest vintage rose covered china on this one. The numbers are pink stained glass. ( You can click the picture to enlarge for better viewing).
I think the next one I do will be made with black transferware.
See You Soon,
49 comments:
- Susan Ramey Cleveland said...
So pretty.
- October 14, 2008 at 10:47:00 AM EST
- willywagtail said...
I love your clock. Did you notice that the stacked cup handles make the number eight and practically in the right spot for the clock? Cherrie
- October 14, 2008 at 10:49:00 AM EST
- Cottage Magpie said...
Absolutely lovely, as always! You have such a talent.
~Angela :-)
- October 14, 2008 at 10:55:00 AM EST
- Sugar Bear said...
It is very lovely! That clock would bring a smile to anyone's face.
- October 14, 2008 at 11:01:00 AM EST
- tardevil said...
My question is...where do you find so many pretty dishes? You may not want to tell me because I may have to come up there! My aunt & uncle use to live in Hendersonville before they passed. I haven't been there since I was a kid, and there was no place that cool there way back then. I think their children are still there. However, that food looks a little too healthy for me! :O)
- October 14, 2008 at 11:07:00 AM EST
- KarenHarveyCox said...
Oh, this is lovely. I love all of your creations, but this clock is really really gorgeous. Karen
- October 14, 2008 at 11:11:00 AM EST
- Catherine Holman said...
What a beautiful clock. Can't wait to see the next one!
- October 14, 2008 at 11:12:00 AM EST
- Inspired Tokens said...
Beautiful! As usual you talent has out shined us all! I love it!
- October 14, 2008 at 11:30:00 AM EST
- Kathleen Grace said...
us! I love those pink roses. This clock is so beautiful:>)
- October 14, 2008 at 12:14:00 PM EST
- BittersweetPunkin said...
Hi Penny...popping in to say hello...I know it's been awhile. The clock is lovely as are all your creation!
- October 14, 2008 at 12:18:00 PM EST
- Carey said...
I like the whole clock idea. It is very pretty.
- October 14, 2008 at 12:19:00 PM EST
- Diane of Crafty Passions said...
What a gorgeous clock!!
Your very good at making things like this!!
- October 14, 2008 at 12:36:00 PM EST
- the pleasures of homemaking said...
Really pretty - very shabby chicish! You know the black transferware one will be the one for me!
- October 14, 2008 at 12:40:00 PM EST
- Lisa said...
This is just beautiful. I love how you the mosiac numbers are woven perfectly into overall pattern. What talent you have and it's always great to pop in to see what's new.
Have a great week!
- October 14, 2008 at 1:01:00 PM EST
- Jill said...
Oh Miss Penny, black transfereware will be a gorgeous knockout! You're such a creative little lady!
I love seeing what you are up to.
Hickory Hollow
- October 14, 2008 at 1:14:00 PM EST
- Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality said...
Penny, you do such beautiful work. Gorgeous...and I love your new banner photo.
- October 14, 2008 at 1:35:00 PM EST
- Vera said...
Hi Penny, What a beautiful clock. Your work always looks very nice. Can't wait to see the black one.
- October 14, 2008 at 1:54:00 PM EST
- Jenny S said...
yes please I want to see the black one
- October 14, 2008 at 1:55:00 PM EST
- Janet said...
cute, cute, cute
- October 14, 2008 at 2:49:00 PM EST
- Connie said...
Oooooooooooh, Penny, I LOVE that clock!!! It's GORGEOUS!! I'd love to have one like it.
- October 14, 2008 at 3:49:00 PM EST
Ahhhhhh lala Ms. Penny! I LOVE the clock!!! Pretty roses & prety pink!
Just beautiful sweets:)
Can't wait to see the next one!!!
- October 14, 2008 at 3:59:00 PM EST
- Melissa @ The Inspired Room said...
Penny, how pretty! Good for you on trying something new, it looks terrific!
I've been out of town so I am trying to catch up on all I missed around here! :-)
Happy day,
- October 14, 2008 at 4:02:00 PM EST
- Naturegirl said...
Penny Penny Penny you and your creations amaze me!! You just keep coming up with such wonderful creations!! Wish I was your apprentice!I'd work for well you know!hugs
- October 14, 2008 at 4:21:00 PM EST
- Angie said...
Just beautiful! Ooooh, I'd love to see one with the black transferware!
- October 14, 2008 at 4:26:00 PM EST
- Cindy said...
Well, how lovely is that?!?! It's a perfect match--your mosaic art on a clock. So lovely!
- October 14, 2008 at 4:33:00 PM EST
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- October 14, 2008 at 5:37:00 PM EST
- Rue said...
Hi sweet Penny :)
I just finished catching up with you :)
The materials you're looking through for the chair and the couch are all so pretty, I can't make up my mind. I get so hung up on those kinds of things, because I end up loving them all :)
Oh and the pizza place looks wonderful! I wish I could stick my hand right through the computer screen and grab that sandwich LOL
Gorgeous clock and picnic basket!
Have a great night!
- October 14, 2008 at 5:51:00 PM EST
- Laurie and Chris said...
I love your clock. It is so pretty.
- October 14, 2008 at 6:08:00 PM EST
- Beverly said...
Wow, Penny. You've come up with a fantastic design. Kudos to you.
- October 14, 2008 at 7:11:00 PM EST
- Pink Slippers said...
You did a beautiful job. What a neat and cute idea. Great present for a hubby to buy his wife this Christmas. Don't ya think?
- October 14, 2008 at 7:22:00 PM EST
- Pat said...
This is such a pretty clock! I love how you made the numbers mosaic, and those roses are gorgeous!
- October 14, 2008 at 7:28:00 PM EST
- Suzann @ Lavender and Roses said...
So pretty! Great idea too.
- October 14, 2008 at 8:12:00 PM EST
- Shellmo said...
Love the soft pinks on this - it just seems like such a "happy" clock to have!
- October 14, 2008 at 8:29:00 PM EST
- Nancy said...
Penny, I love it! You do such wonderful work! I can't wait to see the black transferwere! Nancy
- October 14, 2008 at 8:34:00 PM EST
- Cottage Rose said...
Good evening Penny. What a lovely clock. I love the rose plates. You did a great job, but then you always do. Just amazing. The black one will be so pretty hurry up and make one so we can all see it. lol
- October 14, 2008 at 8:38:00 PM EST
- Lee Laurie said...
Penny, Your clock is very pretty!! I love the roses and the pink! I bet the next one will be beautiful too. Hugs,Lee Laurie
- October 14, 2008 at 8:46:00 PM EST
- santamaker said...
Beautiful and timeless!
- October 14, 2008 at 8:50:00 PM EST
- Joy at Cupids Charm said...
Hi Penny! What beautiful work you do! I love the pink roses you selected. I would not get any work done with a lovely clock like that on the wall because I would be watching it all day! xoxo ~ Joy
- October 14, 2008 at 8:55:00 PM EST
- kari and kijsa said...
love the clock! Stunning!! the black transferware will be beautiful too!
kari & kijsa
- October 14, 2008 at 9:13:00 PM EST
- Miss Jean said...
Oh, my! This I LOVE!!!!!
- October 14, 2008 at 9:30:00 PM EST
- Rhondi said...
Hi Penny
The clock is great and I bet it would be fabulous in black transferware too.
Hugs, Rhondi
- October 14, 2008 at 9:49:00 PM EST
- Mimi Sue said...
What a great idea. Your clock is adorable. Mimi
- October 14, 2008 at 11:23:00 PM EST
- mishebe said...
You r good. very nice. mishelle
- October 15, 2008 at 2:07:00 AM EST
- Donna said...
What a beauty! Love it!
- October 15, 2008 at 6:34:00 AM EST
- ginger at enchanting cottage said...
It's BEAUTIFUL!! How can you make up your mind on what to keep and what to sell? I would want to keep it all!!Your song is cute!
Have a great day.
- October 15, 2008 at 7:21:00 AM EST
- Adrienne said...
What a gorgeous clock! Can't wait to see more. ~Adrienne~
- October 15, 2008 at 1:26:00 PM EST
- Sandy said...
This is beautiful, I love your tile work.
- October 15, 2008 at 2:47:00 PM EST
- Erin~Old Grain Sacks and Lavender said...
Your clock is lovely, Penny! Beautiful rose pattern china.
I can't wait to see the black transferware one!!
Great Job!!
- October 15, 2008 at 8:43:00 PM EST
- Cindy's Red Door said...
Penny where do you find the time!!!
The pun was intended! LOL
I love your work!
Have fun with your company!
Love ya Cindy
- October 19, 2008 at 11:05:00 PM EST


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Holy cow, I wrote a book!
A few random links that I've collected from other Microsoft bloggers.
It's the end of September, which means that
once again,
it's time for
Smithsonian Magazine's annual Museum Day,
search for a participating museum near you
get your free admission card.
One of the participating museums is the
Museum of History & Industry,
known to locals by its initials, MOHAI.
Whenever I go past the museum and see the big MOHAI banners,
I think to myself how great it would be if they opened a satellite
location in, say, Renton.
That museum would be called the
Museum of History & Industry, Renton,
MOHAIR for short.
Since Windows 95, when you right-dragged an item and selected
"Create Shortcut", you got
"Shortcut to X".
But in Windows Vista, the name is now
"X - Shortcut".
Why is that?
Two reasons.
The first reason is globalization.
The template "Shortcut to X"
made X the object of a preposition.
In some languages, this may require changes to X (for case)
or to the word "to" (based on grammatical properties of X).
Constructing sentences from phrases is a dangerous endeavor
due to language issues like this,
and the new formulation sidesteps the issue by not trying
to make a phrase out of the result.
The second reason is sorting.
With the new format, the shortcut sorts next to the original
object, making it easier to find.
(This is particularly helpful when you're in an auto-sort view.
"Hey, where's that shortcut I just created?
Oh well, I'll just make another one.")
This is the first of what might be a series of stories on
the subject,
So what happened on your first day at Microsoft?
Some facts may have been altered to preserve the anonymity of the
subject, but the essense is true.
Our first storyteller is "Employee X":
At the end of my first day, I back out of my parking space
and accidentally hit a Lexus parked behind me.
Oh great, my first day at work, and I dent somebody's fancy car.
I leave a note of apology on the windshield,
with my name, email address, phone number, and a promise to
pay for whatever repairs are necessary.
The next day, I come to work, and I have a new email message.
From Bill Gates.
Oh my God, I dented Bill Gates' car.
Fortunately, he said not to worry about it.
At the end of my first day, I back out of my parking space
and accidentally hit a Lexus parked behind me.
Oh great, my first day at work, and I dent somebody's fancy car.
I leave a note of apology on the windshield,
with my name, email address, phone number, and a promise to
pay for whatever repairs are necessary.
The next day, I come to work, and I have a new email message.
From Bill Gates.
Oh my God, I dented Bill Gates' car.
Fortunately, he said not to worry about it.
Russell Ball
a voicemail message left by a new employee on his second day.
The jargon phrase
going forward has largely replaced the more
mundane equivalent from now on.
It appears that
I'm not the only person who is bothered by this phrase.
Sample usages:
Notice that the phrase going forward usually adds little to
the sentence.
You can delete it from all of the sentences above and
nobody would notice a difference.
When you set a wallpaper on a multi-monitor system,
that wallpaper goes onto each monitor.
For example, if your wallpaper is a picture of a flower,
each monitor shows that same flower.
Commenter David Phillips wonders
whether there is a way to set a different wallpaper on each monitor,
or whether it is some sort of trick.
It's some sort of trick.
And it's a trick
because it's not something that the window manager folks intended
to happen;
rather, it's just an artifact of how wallpapers work.
The trick is to set your wallpaper to "tile" rather than
"center" or "stretch".
When the window manager draws a tiled bitmap,
it places the tiles so that the upper left corner of the
primary monitor exactly coincides with the top left corner
of a tile.
The remaining tiles are then arranged around that anchor tile.
You're not listening.
I said that I wanted a different picture on each monitor,
not the same picture tiled across all of my monitors.
Yes, I know.
Here comes the trick:
Create a "monster tile".
For example, suppose you have two 800×600 monitors
arranged side by side (primary on the left),
and you want a tropical island on the primary monitor
and a country road sunset on the second, like this:
Create a single bitmap that consists of the two images
side by side.
In our case, it would be a single 1600×600 bitmap.
When this bitmap is tiled, the "virtual infinite screen" looks
like this:
And the upper left corner of the primary monitor lines up against
the upper left corner of a tile, like so:
If your monitors aren't the same size, you can still use this trick;
you just need to add some dummy space to get the tiles to line up
the way you want.
For example, suppose your secondary monitor is smaller than your primary,
positioned so that its top edge lines up with the top edge of the primary.
Your "monster bitmap" would place the country road sunset in the
corresponding position next to the bitmap you want to use for
your primary monitor.
When this bitmap is tiled and the upper left corner of the tile is
placed at the upper left corner of the primary monitor, you get
the desired effect:
Ah, but what if you have a monitor above or to the left of your primary
Since the bitmap is tiled, you just "wrap around" from the left of
the "monster bitmap" to the extreme right.
For example, if your monitors are arranged side by side but you have
the secondary monitor on the left, then you still put the
image for the secondary monitor on the right;
that way, when the origin of your monitor system is placed against
a tile, the image from the tile to the left is the one that
shows up on your secondary monitor.
Given these examples, I leave you to develop the general algorithm.
In 2006,
Christian Buckley set forth on a grand mission:
To visit every cafeteria on Microsoft's Redmond campus.
This marathon effort went by the name
Microsoft Cafeteria Tour 2006, or for those in the know,
Those looking for off-campus dining options
can make use of
this map mashup
of restaurants which provide discounts
to Microsoft employees.
(Note: Rumored to be out of date, but still a useful starting point.)
One of the lesser-known button styles is BS_PUSHLIKE.
Makes a button (such as a check box, three-state check box, or radio button)
look and act like a push button.
The button looks raised when it isn't pushed or checked,
and sunken when it is pushed or checked.
In other words, you add this style to a check box or radio button
to make it look like a push button even though it will continue
to act like a check box or radio button.
Aside from the appearance, the other checkbox and
radio button behaviors are preserved.
Each time you click an automatic check box, it toggles
between unselected and selected; it's just that instead
of hiding and showing the check-mark, it pops the button out
and pushes the button in.
Similarly, the automatic radio button becomes selected when
you click on it and becomes deselected when you select another
radio button in the group.
All that changed is the visuals.
Let's illustrate this with a quick sample program.
First, we'll use traditional check boxes and radio buttons.
CAPTION "Demo"
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
AUTORADIOBUTTON "Search &forward", 100, 4, 9,
AUTORADIOBUTTON "Search &backward", 101, 4, 27,
75, 14
AUTOCHECKBOX "&Ignore case", 102, 4, 45,
INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProc(
HWND hdlg, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
switch (uMsg) {
case WM_INITDIALOG: return TRUE;
case WM_CLOSE: EndDialog(hdlg, 1); break;
return FALSE;
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hinst, HINSTANCE hinstPrev,
LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nShowCmd)
DialogBox(hinst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(1), 0, DlgProc);
return 0;
When you run this program, you get two radio buttons and
a check box, and there's nothing special about them at all.
But add the BS_PUSHLIKE style...
CAPTION "Demo"
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
AUTORADIOBUTTON "Search &forward", 100, 4, 9,
AUTORADIOBUTTON "Search &backward", 101, 4, 27,
AUTOCHECKBOX "&Ignore case", 102, 4, 45,
and now the radio buttons and check box look like push buttons.
But if you click on them, they still behave like two radio buttons
and a check box.
if you select "Search forward", then "Search backward" automatically
de-selects itself, and vice versa.
Each time you click on "Ignore case", it toggles between pushed-in
and popped-out.
The visuals are kind of confusing, however, if you have
enabled Windows XP visual styles,
for when you hover over a button, the theme engine will draw
the button in its "hover" appearance, which causes it to pop out
even though the button really is pushed in.
You have to move the mouse away from the button to see that it
really is pushed in.
Personally, I consider this a bug.
The situation in Windows Vista is only slightly better;
it's still pretty bad.
Push-like buttons are not used much since they duplicate the
semantics of radio buttons and check boxes while presenting
a deceptive visual appearance.
Since they look like push buttons, users naturally expect them
to behave like push buttons, and then when they don't,
things get confusing.
The only case I can think of off the top of my head where
push-like buttons actually match with user expectations is
in toolbars, where
there is a long-standing convention of using push-like buttons
in toolbars instead of radio buttons and check boxes.
(Fortunately, toolbars manage their own buttons and don't
suffer from the confusing hover-appearance behavior I discussed above.)
David Vronay
writes about
the difficult balance that has to be maintained
between people who like the classic Windows game Minesweeper
and people who are (understandably) upset that Windows includes
a game about landmines, trivializing a very serious issue.
(Yes, the image used in the game is a water mine, not a land mine,
but that's scant consolation.)
By the way, David, you see, the idea behind "Find the Flowers"
is that it's bad to step on flowers.
Surprisingly, it is not a security vulnerability that
administrators can add other users to the Administrators group.
But that doesn't stop people from claiming that it is.
For example, it's not uncommon for a vulnerability report to come
in with the following steps:
Wow, this looks bad.
An unprivileged user can elevate to administrator and... wait
a second, what's that in step 1?
To perform step 1, you need to have administrative privileges
Only administrators can install services and drivers,
only administrators can change registry keys
in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
and only administrators have write permission in the system directory.
Therefore, this "vulnerability" basically says
"If you can gain administrator privileges, then you can add
anybody to the Administrators group."
Well, sure, but you really chose the complicated way of doing it.
Once you get administrator privileges,
just do a NET LOCALGROUP Administrators Fred /ADD
and you're done.
NET LOCALGROUP Administrators Fred /ADD
After all,
why write a service or a driver when a batch file does the trick
just as easily?
An alternative step 4 is "Boom! User is pwnz0red!"
Well, yeah, an administrator can install software that
commandeers user accounts.
This is hardly a surprise, is it?
In a sense, this is "security vulnerability by obscurity":
By making your alleged exploit unnecessarily complicated,
you can fool people into thinking that you're actually
onto something.


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November 30, 2015
NEW YORK (AP) - An appeals court has dismissed Dan Rather's $70 million breach of contract lawsuit against CBS Corp.
Rather sued CBS and its top executives in 2007. He claims they removed him from his "CBS Evening News" anchor post after controversy over a report about President George W. Bush's military
A state court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the lawsuit should be dismissed.
Rather's lawyer, Martin Gold, says he is disappointed and will ask the state's Court of Appeals to review the decision.
A CBS spokesman says the decision pleases the network.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Public Light Interventions by ArmsrockJuxtapoz // Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012
We have always loved the work of Danish artist, Armsrock, featuring him in the magazine when he was doing brilliant street works of everyday people in their normal everyday environments. We are a litlte late to the game on these, but the artist created these fantastic light interventions for his series "Markinger", where he projected engravings done with an etching needle on black Pani slide. The project was done at a train station in 2010 in Copenhagen. (via)


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(Un)dead Wrestler Of The Week: The Undertaker
An occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. Today we have a special edition of Dead Wrestler of the Week: The Undertaker, who defeated Triple H last night in WrestleMania 27 and who, while still very much alive, has long been a death-obsessed figure in a death-haunted sport. »


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No ground troops
Is the much vaunted Islamic State merely a house of cards?
Much is made of the vast amount of territory ISIS controls. Yet the number of Islamic State fighting men is only 20,000 by the most generous estimate.
The Islamic State also is described as the wealthiest terror organization in the world after looting a billion dollars from captured banks. But soldiers need to be paid, clothed, fed, transported, trained, armed and provided with medical care. All things considered, that billion dollars is pocket change.
And fewer than a dozen U.S. airstrikes, so far, have rocked the so-called "caliphate" back on its terrorist heels.
What's more, the Islamic State is engaged against a veteran Syrian Army, the hand-bitten Kurds and an Iraqi army that alone outnumbers the terrorists by 10 to one.
American politicians who demand that the U.S. get more involved in this strictly Muslim nightmare deserve to be excoriated. The Iraq war, which began more than 10 years ago, was an aberration that opened Pandora's sectarian box. It was an inarguable mistake that proved deadly for nearly 4,500 American soldiers.
Shedding any more American blood in the sand will never redeem the chaos our own jingoistic politicians have fatally created.
Jim Harger
New Kensington
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Published January 07, 2013
Online travel agency Priceline (PCLN) appointed AOL (AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong late Monday to serve as its newest director, effective immediately.
Armstrong joined AOL from Google (GOOG) in 2009, where he oversaw Google's Americas advertising sales and operations teams.
"His deep experience with consumer-facing Internet businesses, Web marketing and search will be highly valued as the Priceline Group continues to expand its desktop and mobile travel service offerings around the globe," Priceline.com CEO Jeffery Boyd said.
Priceline, based in Norwalk, Conn., is an online travel company that competes with the likes of Expedia (EXPE), Tripadvisor (TRIP) and Orbitz (OWW).
Shares of Priceline closed up about 1.4% Monday to $657.38.


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10th Annual Jean Mills Health Symposium Keynote Address
This year's symposium features Dr. Lori Carter-Edwards, deputy director for research and operations for the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) and research associate professor of health behavior at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health as the keynote speaker for the event. Dr. Carter-Edwards addresses what she sees as the long-term picture and forecast of the direction of health and health care within the Affordable Care Act on the consumers in rural areas of the state.
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I removed the top, back and kickplate panels. After vacuuming out a ton of lint, I started doing some basic troubleshooting. I ran the front panel diagnostic tests as described in the tech sheet (MORE TIME -> LESS TIME -> MORE TIME -> LESS TIME) and all of the console switches and LEDs seem to be fine (i.e. pressing each switch controls the LEDs as described in the Tech Sheet).
The moisture sensor also appears to test out: when I bridge the two metal strips I get a beep and the two-digit display reads "02" (the Tech Sheet says that "a software revision number" displaying indicates the sensor is OK).
However, when I open the door in diagnostic mode, I get a beep tone and a "09" is indicated in the two-digit display. The TS says that I should get a beep tone and "a number and letter" on the display. This test seems a little inconclusive since the "09" could be interpreted as "O9" in which case I have a letter and a number on the display. The door switch test section of the TS it elaborates that the "number and letter" should be "i.e., '0E', '0G', '1E' or '2G', etc." When I close the door (or close the switch) the display goes back to "88," which is as expected.
In the "Moisture Sensor Test" section of the TS, it again has me put the dryer in diagnostic mode and open the door. Again I get a beep and "09" on the display. Here the TS states "if a beep tone is heard and a software revision number is displayed on the console as soon as the door is opened, a short circuit exists in the moisture sensor system." So, is "09" a "software revision number"?!? Does this "09" indicate a short in the moisture sensor or a faulty door switch circuit or neither?
So from the inconclusive door switch test, and the moisture sensor test, it appears my issue may be in the moisture sensor. I didn't have the time/patience this evening to complete the moisture sensor test. But before I invest the time in doing so, I just wanted to get a reality check: Does a diagnosis of a moisture sensor issue fit at all with the symptoms I am experiencing?
Other diagnostic tests I ran:
- tested the thermal fuse which had continuity, i.e. it is "good".
- tested both the main and start winding coils on the drive motor and both tested within the specified range for resistance.
- test the belt switch which passed
Before these symptoms started I had disconnected and reconnected the dryer (to paint behind it). When I reconnected it, I forgot to turn the gas back on to it. My wife ran the dryer and it tumbled, but obviously never got hot. Once I turned the gas on, I started the dryer and it appeared to start and run normally (at least for the few seconds I remained in the room after starting it). A bit later, my wife noticed the current behavior when she attempted to re-run the cycle. It didn't appear to have dried the clothes much (at all) when it "ran" after I started it.
So, any guesses as to what my problem is likely to be? Any suggestions on what troubleshooting steps I should take next? Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says his administration is looking for opportunities to open face-to-face talks with Iran, but that years of mistrust will be hard to overcome.
At last night's news conference he said it's also time for Iran to send some signals that it wants to act differently.
The president repeated the usual list of U.S. complaints against Iran, including financial support for alleged Middle East terrorist groups and "bellicose language" directed at Israel.
He also said Iran's nuclear program threatens to rock the Middle East and could set off a new arms race.
And on Afghanistan, he said he's reviewing a war strategy that's failed to root out terrorists and insurgents.
He said he's not going to allow al-Qaida or Osama bin Laden to "operate with impunity, planning attacks on the U.S. homeland."
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A big heartfelt thanks to the Marion Kiwanis Club.
I not only enjoyed a wonderful breakfast this past weekend, but I was the lucky one whose name was drawn for the amazing gift basket. To all the companies that donated, thank you so much.
What a ray of sunshine in these gloomy, cold days of winter.
Sincerely and most appreciated,
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To the Editor:
After my response to Mr Barzetti's letter ("Financial Collapse is Near", 3/22 Bee), the last emotion I thought I would feel is pity. But, after reading his latest missive ("Gun Confiscation Leads to Genocide", 4/5 Bee), I do truly pity him.
I won't detail all that is not factual in the letter (and it is considerable), but I do think it is quite sad that anyone is so afraid to live in, his words, "this great country," that he feels the need to arm himself for the purpose of defending himself against the, his words, "mobs and or a tyrannical oppressive government" about to descend upon us in that same country (how "great" is that?!).
Mr Barzetti is obviously wrapped up in his narrow interpretation of the Second Amendment, but should be much more appreciative of the First Amendment, which gives him the right to make public his extremist, fact-distorted, and even self-contradictory viewpoints.
So I will not respond to any of his future fear-inspired rants, if, unfortunately, The Bee elects to print them.
And, no, Mr Barzetti, I will not be leaving either, because I have much more faith in this country and the vast majority of its citizens than do you.
By the way, I don't recall ever mentioning a gun ban or gun confiscation.
Ken Loerzel
12 Russett Road, Sandy Hook April 9, 2013


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Marita Cheng
Marita is the 2012 Young Australian of the Year. While still a university student, Marita Cheng has demonstrated vision and leadership well beyond her years and is dedicated to encouraging young women to become interested in a career in engineering. The daughter of Chinese parents, Marita was born and raised in far north Queensland and now studies at the University of Melbourne. She founded Robogals Global in 2008, as a response to the traditionally low levels of participation by women in engineering and technology. Robogals uses fun and educational activities to teach schoolgirls about engineering and the difference that engineers make to our lives. Already Robogals has run robotics workshops for 7,000 girls across 80 schools in Australia and now has 17 chapters across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Marita's career path includes studying for a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Computer Science on a Paterson Scholarship. She has a Nancy Fairfax Churchill Fellowship, an International Youth Foundation YouthActionNet Fellowship and an Anita Borg Change Agent Award. A former panellist on ABC TV's New Inventors program, Marita plans to start a robotics company, creating robots that will take care of many everyday and mundane tasks. Already she has changed the way that girls view their capacity to contribute to engineering and technology.
Both streams of engineering require collaboration and are friendly to extroverts. There are so many exciting developments in the computer engineering world at the moment. I would recommend you jump on that rocket ship - there are so many opportunities in computing right now.
If you don't plan on working in the field, and your most important factors are scope, job opportunity and money factor, I would say go with electrical and electronics engineering. Mechatronics gives you a broader range of knowledge across mechanical, electrical and computer systems engineering. A straight electrical degree gives you access to a much bigger job field - jobs that have existed for much longer than mechatronics jobs have existed for. Mechatronics is very fun, but given its larger scope, takes longer to become masterful in.
I'm female and I studied mechatronics engineering and computer science at University from 2007 - 2013. There were 5 girls in my course, out of 50. So mechatronics engineering is not only for boys, and girls can do it, too! In 2008 I founded Robogals. We go out to schools and teach girls how to build and program robots, to show girls that they can be engineers too. Robogals has now taught over 17,000 girls robotics workshops and is in Australia, UK, USA and Japan. Let me know if you would be interested in bringing it to Peru!
Tell them that regardless of what they say, you are going to be an engineer. You are going to show them that it can be done. Good luck with your studies!
Kind regards,
Mechatronics engineering is a combination of mechanical, electrical and computer systems engineering. It is useful for understanding all the pieces of technology and how to integrate them to produce a working system. Electrical engineers design new and better electronics. There are many jobs and opportunities in both areas - in engineering, information technology finance, commerce, depending on your interest.
The thing that drove me to mechatronics engineering is that I love robots and I want to work with them and build them in the future.
Hi Tierra,A mechanical engineer uses physics and material science to solve real-world problems, such as working on car engines, rockets and planes; manufacturing plants, and medical devices. Doing computer programming before doing engineering will definitely help, especially in the field of robotics, and anything that requires a system to be programmed. Having a degree in both computer programming and mechanical engineering will definitely give you an edge in the field. The IB is a great program to do if you want to study engineering, as the IB encourages students to think outside of the box, which is something engineers have to do everyday. Engineering is a great field to study, as there are so many opportunities for you to travel around the world, but more importantly, to improve the lives of millions of people. Good luck with your studies!Regards,Marita
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- In the downtown area, Jordan Creek runs through a tunnel built in the 1930s. Now there's a plan to bring the creek back out into the daylight.
We went on a walking tour through the Jordan Creek tunnel with City of Springfield stormwater experts, Watershed Committtee of the Ozarks members, and other interested citizens. We also walked the creek's route on the surface. The reason is the city and the Corps of Engineers wanted to share some big ideas for Jordan Creek.
It's not your usual stroll along an Ozarks creek. This one does have some fish, but it also carries the markings of multiple artists. In the two-thirds-of-a-mile dark tunnel, spring-fed Jordan Creek still flows, even in a drought.
"They will feed for a long, long time, even with no rain," said Todd Wagner, Springfield's principal stormwater engineer.
The tunnel was built to carry the creek more than 70 years ago as a solution to floods.
"Multiple floods that were flooding downtown Springfield, and there was a lot of industry flooded, loss of life, and so the city leaders decided they had to do something," Wagner said.
In fact, the night before the vote in the early '30s that decided whether to box in Jordan Creek, there was another flood that basically sealed the deal. Underneath streets like Water and Mill, it's been largely out of sight and out of mind for decades.


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November 30, 2015
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama has self-reported three
secondary NCAA violations in football since Oct. 16, 2006, and is
preparing a report on coach Nick Saban's recent contact with
recruits that might have broken the rules, The Birmingham News
Two of the violations came after Saban's hiring on Jan. 4,
though one happened without the knowledge of Saban or his staff,
according to documents the newspaper obtained through an open
records request.
Alabama will soon submit a report to the Southeastern Conference
on allegations that Saban had improper contacts with three Miami
prospects, athletic department spokesman Doug Walker said.
"Secondary violations occur in all sports," said Chris King,
associate athletic director for compliance. "The NCAA manual is so
thick, they're going to happen. These violations were all isolated
and inadvertent. It shows that our compliance system is working."
The names of those involved in the violations were not released,
but two involved a booster having improper contact with a recruit.
On Dec. 7, 2006, Alabama reported a booster having inappropriate
contact with a recruit during a game in a skybox area. An NCAA
bylaw restricts such contact to only a greeting.
On Jan. 26, a graduate assistant provided transportation to and
from campus for a recruit's mother and a family friend for the
player's official visit. A school is not allowed to transport
friends, relatives or legal guardians for an official visit.
A violation reported Feb. 7 involved a booster providing a
recruit with a book on the history of Alabama football during
in-person contact at the high school.
The booster was sent a letter of reprimand, but the football
staff "had no involvement," the university said.
Alabama committed two secondary violations during the same time
period last season under coach Mike Shula.
The school also reported one violation each in baseball, men's
track and field, women's track and field, women's tennis and
swimming and diving.
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