BlueDev

BlueDev

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Except I have it running grayscaled and its gamma turned down which makes it look very nice and easy on the eyes -- a feature of WindowBlinds. That is exactly the reason I prefer to "port" visual styles over to WB format. There is just so much more I can do with them that way. And I absolutely love th

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If you move around the OS customization circles on the net it isn't too infrequent to come across what are often heated arguments about customization programs. Each program has its own group of fans. And these fans can often become very heated in their support of their program of choice. Seems sort of silly if you ask me. Certainly we all have favo

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It has become increasingly common. One of the biggest problems I see is that even if we start making our articles for members/registered users only, they will continue to go back and get the old ones. It seems that those have been the targets so far. Hopefully it calms down.

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Thank you so much for your words Ravenblack. I can tell you, putting this out here was hard, but I felt it was something I needed to do. Also, thank you for sharing your faith as well. Just wanted to mention though, that you don't have to join the church to obtain a copy of The Book of Mormon. Anyone can request on for free, no strings attached. I won't lie and say that if you request one via the phone or internet you won't get any conta

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The following is extremely long. But I didn't want to seem a point grubber, so I am placing the entire article here as I wrote it. If it is too long to read I understand. I consider 100 articles here to be quite an achievement for me. Sixty or so articles ago I had pretty much decided to toss it in, stop all together, and not come back. Those reasons are

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As I am planning on going into Urology I have been questioned on more than one occasion why I would want to do that. Well, I am not going to answer that in this blog. Rather I am going to pass along an old joke my High School physics teacher told us. Remember that back when this was told to me the word "queer" meant odd. Two best friends decided to go to m

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I'm so sorry to hear it Dharma! If there is anything I can do, or you just want to vent and let loose you have my email. Don't hesitate to let me know. And I know the feeling.

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I agree 100% with M-Post above. When I bought my Sager laptop it had a bunch of bundled software and trials. But, the good folks who sold the computer send that crap on a disk, and never install it. All that was installed was Windows XP. Nothing else. I could add what I wanted and leave off the crap. Of course, I have also formatted a couple times since them. But working with my friend's Dell I had to finally tell her the only way I could get he

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I did a little searching and found that, even though my wife and I both registered in Durham County when we moved out here and got our driver's licenses, neither of us showed up. Fortunately we discovered this early enough, so we re-registered and have our cards now. Best of luck getting things worked out.

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Glad it turned out to be a stepping stone. Boy oh boy, so were we. We were nuervous (to say the least) for a while as we read their work to see what they were thinking. Abstract is off, we'll see what they say.

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You know, I have one friend who sends me these touchy feely sort of things every once in a while. I read them just because I like her and she is a wonderful person. But they drive me nuts. I delete them post-haste. Great article Tex.

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Raven--I am sure that (as a scientist) you are quite familiar with the waiting. We are sending it off right now, so we'll let the game begin. Geezer--Thanks for the tip. I have never been to Texas (unless you count the stop in the D/FW airport on my way to and from Raleigh), so I am looking forward to it.

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1/ Did you have a childhood 'favourite' superhero or cartoon character ? I loved Superman when I was really little (3-5 years), had Superman PJs, a cape that I wore until it was light pink, and numerous toys. But once I became a bit more discriminating in my tastes Spidermand became my favorite, for many of the same reasons citahellion mentioned. He always seemed to be much more human than most of the others.

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I didn't bother to read this all, but if any of it is your own actual work, just let me know and that I would be more than happy to read. If it is all someone elses and I am interested I will just go to the source rather than your copy and paste job.

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Chiprj--Thanks for the encouragement. I was so sick to my stomach when we sat there looking at the title of the paper. All that work, potentially for nothing. Glad they didn't think it through quite as hard as we did. Anglo--In our actual "lab" we mainly have computers, journals, and files (we are doing clinical research, no basic science). Thanks for the handkerchief, I needed it. Island_gurl12--I sure can sigh now. Thanks goodn

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Seriously. I did. Okay, well that may be a bit much. But as I walked into the lab this morning we opened up the most recent edition of The Journal of Urology and WHAM there it was. An article dealing with the same thing we have been busting our humps over. The MD I am working with and I just sat there, in dumb silence for a few minutes. Then we w

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You know, the saddest/worst thing about situps is that strong abs are just about the best thing to help back problems. They help support the entire trunk. But once you have hurt your back, they can be a nightmare. Wow, chiprj, hope all continues to go well and you can keep that back in as good of shape as possible. Very important, as you obviously know.

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chiprj--Thanks so much. For me it was one of those "Aha" moments as I sat there browsing some of the political threads. The first step to not getting sucked in is being aware, so perhaps we are. Anglo--I don't doubt that at all. The debates just seemed really dumbed down. There is no real substance in the remarks. In part that is due to the short time for each answer, in part because we don't seem to demand it. Thanks for your comments.<

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steven--As I mentioned over in that thread, I agree completely. And I don't think it will change until we, as a people, demand it. Maybe I am cynical but all I can say is I see the following happening first:

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