Or even a costumed crusader smacking down a picture of fruit and flowers?

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Cashman said he still expects to add a piece or two from other teams' castoffs in the final week, making a cloudy picture even murkier in spring training's final days.

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Login passwords can be replaced by a simpler PIN or even Microsoft's innovative picture login (where you tap on specific areas of an image), but there's no way to tell the OS to only ask for credentials after a certain period of inactivity.

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The possibilities are limitless, as more and more application developers understand the power of the pen and multi-touch combination - for example, picture a unique way of sending personalized handwritten notes on Facebook, or even the fun of playing Farmville by drawing in your own crops or scarecrows.

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Many drew a picture of little or no progress, it says, and "some have even suggested that the problem is becoming worse".

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The picture is even more dramatic if you consider wealth - the total value of a household or individual's assets such as their home and investments.

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Recently it appeared that this picture might be changing: personal savings rates in the mid-1990s appeared flat, or even on a slightly upward trend.

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