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McGurn: Sandy and the Failures of Blue-Statism
Of all the vulnerabilities exposed by this storm, the biggest hit may have been to Blue State Liberalism.
Judging from their numerous appearances on our TV screens, Michael Bloomberg and Barack Obama have come through Hurricane Sandy just fine. The same cannot be said for their brand of governing. Of all the vulnerabilities exposed by this storm, the biggest hit may have been to Blue State Liberalism.
The damage goes well past the obvious embarrassments. Those include Mayor Bloomberg's initial insistence that a yuppie marathon in Manhattan proceed—requiring a massive police and sanitation presence, as well as power sources—even as citizens on Staten Island were pleading for disaster relief. The embarrassments surely ought also to include Mr. Obama's 2008 campaign vow that his election would slow the rise of the oceans.
The silliness of those episodes speaks to a serious point about the great vulnerability of 21st-century American liberalism: an inability to set the priorities necessary for good government. As a result, government grows both bigger and less capable, especially for people who do not have the resources to fund other options. As Walter Russell Mead argued recently on his blog at The American Interest, our biggest cities represent a "colossal failure of blue social policy to create sustainable lower middle class prosperity."
Mr. Mead was writing in reference to the hell that our inner cities have become for many African-Americans. But the failure is larger than that, because so many of the government agencies that citizens depend on have morphed into jobs programs, where pensions take priority over performance. Compare, for example, the response of Verizon—which within 24 hours of Sandy's landfall had 95% of its cell service up and running in affected areas—with the glaring lack of hard information from the government for people shivering in cold homes without power.
In their own ways, Mayor Bloomberg and President Obama embody the obsessions of modern liberalism. Each holds an advanced Ivy League degree. Each believes he would make better choices for others than they could make for themselves. Each has consequently eschewed the gradual and the modest—the unglamorous improvements that might have better prepared, say, Staten Island, for a dangerous storm. These leaders prefer instead the shiny and large, whether it is Mr. Bloomberg's huge and costly 2nd Avenue subway project or Mr. Obama's $860 billion federal stimulus.
By liberalism's own measures, the results have hardly been impressive. For all the talk about infrastructure, it never seems to get the repairs or upgrades it needs. For all the talk about public education, it is precisely the people whose interests liberals supposedly protect—racial minorities and the poor—who suffer most from a failing public-school system. And for all the talk about how the GOP wants to deny Granny her federal entitlements, it is the conservative Republican in the national race, Rep. Paul Ryan, who actually has put forward a highly workable plan that would keep Social Security and Medicare alive for coming generations.
Meanwhile, what do we get from blue-state liberalism? In New York we get a mayor who makes war on Big Gulp sodas while proving himself inept at basic government functions such as clearing snow. At the national level, we get a president who vows to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy even though some might not be without power if regulators in Washington and New York hadn't been making the environment so hostile to new investment.
Hence too the modern unvirtuous circle, where intervention at the federal level encourages waste and grandiosity at the local level. These subsidies distort priorities, which helps explain why California votes to spend money it doesn't have for a high-speed rail it can't afford.
Chapman University fellow in urban futures Joel Kotkin spends a great deal of time looking at which communities deliver and which do not, and he says it need not be a partisan issue. He cites Sioux Falls, S.D., which has a Democratic mayor in a sea of Republicans—and a fine new water-development system. Or Galveston, Texas, which maintains a huge seawall to avoid the kind of hurricane damage that killed 6,000 people back in 1900. Much of the nation's best new infrastructure, he says—roads, bridges, airports, ports—has been built in "red" cities on the Gulf Coast and Great Plains with bipartisan support.
By contrast, he is astounded by the kind of liberalism he sees in his adopted state of California and his native New York, where a mayor who jets down to his mansion in Bermuda on weekends tells working- and middle-class New Yorkers that they really shouldn't be driving to work or living in single-family homes. "In many ways," Mr. Kotkin says, "liberalism is increasingly big brother meets blue nose."
The irony is that modern American liberalism has become a movement grounded less in practical politics than a sort of religious fervor—and often requiring the same strong faith in the face of disappointment and failure. The difference, of course, is that while religions often promise to deliver in the next world, government is supposed to do it in this one.
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We're having friends over and I'd like to make 3 or 4 pizzas. I'm considering stretching out the dough and put on the toppings ahead of time, say an hour ahead of when I pop them in the oven. How long can the pizzas sit on the counter in this pre-oven state?
You can stage pan pizzas (chicago style, or pizza hut style) for up to four hours as long as you keep them covered. You can stage a stretched dough for up to an hour and a half between two pieces of wax paper. However, you need to take the time into consideration when proofing your dough so that you don't get blown dough as that will not be delicious. You should not sauce the crusts or top them as pre-saucing will change how your dough cooks in the oven.
If the dough forms a harder crust/ dries out, you should consider tossing it as it will not result in good pizza after cooking.
I wouldn't recommend that; the dough may well overrise and poop out on you, not to mention get soggy from the fillings. Your best bet is to just get the dough rolled out into balls and the fillings all fully prepared in separate containers and the oven preheated. Then, say 10 minutes before you want to fire them, roll out the first one and top it, and do each of the succeeding ones while the previous one is in the oven. Give your guests a drink and an appetizer and they won't mind that you are busy in the kitchen for a few minutes.
We always bake our crusts for 6-8 minutes before we top them. The pre-bake can be done well ahead (and you can even freeze the pre-baked crust) and then topped and baked for 6-10 minutes when you're ready. If you have all the ingredients ready for topping, it can be a very efficient process.
I would store prepared ingredients in separate boxes and 3 or 4 balls of dough in the fridge. Then just before dinner time I would let friends have fun by preparing their own pizza by choosing exactly what they want on.

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House Emerges as Formidable Barrier to White House Winning Support for Attacks on Syria
WASHINGTON—The White House and its allies intensified efforts to win backing for a military strike on Syria in the House, which has emerged as the most formidable barrier to congressional approval.
The effort comes as a growing number of liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans in the House are expressing deep skepticism or outright opposition to military action, raising questions about how President Barack Obama will round up a majority for a measure authorizing a strike.
Top White House officials held conference-call briefings Wednesday for Latinos and other key factions of the House Democrats. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California—in her third letter to all the chamber's Democrats in as many days—praised a bill authorizing the action that goes before the Senate next week, saying it "addresses some of the concerns expressed by many of our House members."
In preparation for that vote, Mr. Obama called senators from Europe, where he is attending a summit of the Group of 20 nations, and party leaders started a formal head count to size up Senate Democrats' support.
The White House also announced the president canceled a trip to California next week so he could focus on Syria.
The Senate resolution, like a similar measure drafted by leading House Democrats, authorizes up to 90 days of military strikes against Syria for the regime's alleged use of chemical weapons to kill its own citizens. It also bans U.S. combat troops from operating in Syria.
But unlike the House alternative, the version passed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday also set a broader policy goal of tipping the civil war in Syria against the Assad regime—language sought by Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.)—that could make it even harder to pass in the House.
Even without the McCain amendment, the resolution "is going to be much dicier to get through the floor of the House than the floor of the Senate," said Rep. Gerald Connolly (D., Va.), who co-sponsored the narrower House measure. But, he added, "There is a broad middle, albeit a shrinking broad middle, still open to hearing the arguments."
He and other House officials said they believed that ultimately, lawmakers—especially Democrats—will be loath to allow the resolution to be defeated because of the damage it would do to the U.S.'s credibility.
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Others say it is too late to save the measure. "I think it's going to go down," said Rep. Matt Salmon (R., Ariz.), a conservative who opposes the resolution.
But the vote-counting on the issue is fraught with uncertainty. House critics have been outspoken, but large numbers of lawmakers say they are undecided and haven't yet received the classified briefings they want before they take a stand.
Congress remains in recess until Monday, and most lawmakers are out of town.
Even some of the president's most reliable liberal allies—including members of the Congressional Black Caucus—have lined up in opposition.
The White House is working hard to stem defections from the House's 200 Democrats. On Wednesday, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough held conference calls with members of the House Hispanic Caucus and the Progressive Caucus; another official briefed Jewish House members.
The White House said that Mr. Obama and other senior administration officials have made 25 individual phone calls to lawmakers of both parties.
With the first test coming in the Senate, aides say the House may simply take up whatever measure passes the Senate.
On Capitol Hill, an aide to Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) said the leadership began a formal "whip check" on Thursday of Senate Democrats to see where they stand on the resolution.
Two Democrats, Sens. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, voted against the bill in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—and one, Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, voted "present."
A centrist Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), came out against the resolution on Thursday, saying he concluded after several briefings that "a military strike against Syria at this time is the wrong course of action."
Democratic leaders laid the groundwork for opening that debate by announcing they would officially file the bill Friday.
Critics such as Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) have said they might filibuster the bill, but even Mr. Paul said he expects the measure to pass the Senate.
—Kristina Peterson contributed to this article.
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How can I add a script to nautilus for running selected file as administrator (not open as administrator)? And if it is possible, I want to run this file as administrator without entering my password.
Information on using sudo or gksudo on scripts without password
You need to do the following, on the terminal type
Now you can run the specified commands without password as long as you type that command with
ie: lets you want to run
To create a scrip use your favorite editor to create a
Use sudo to call commands that need it, it wont ask for password as long as you added that on the
After that you need to make it executable with:
Now you can run your script using
Create a right-click "Open as admin" without password
To create a scrip that opens files using administrator permissions by right clicking on them and making it so that no passwords will be asked create a script with the following:
Save it on your
You should be able to right-click a file, move to your scripts folder and selecting the script you just created to open that file using root permistions.
Nautilus scripts usually are to be placed in
You can access that script from nautilus by right clicking on the file, hovering over the script menu and then clicking on the filename of the script in
There is no secure way you can do this with arbitrary files without entering your password. For special commands the process is described in brunopereira81's post here and uses sudo but depending on the commands will lead to a vulnerable system. If you don't care (and I strongly advice against this) you can set
You can use this Nautilus extension. Nautilus-gksu /
When you need to open any files with root permission, you just have to right-click on the file, select 'Open as Administrator', as simple as that.
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I think a man soak is in order after that soccer game. My legs are killing me.
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Categories: Comfort Foods, Kid-friendly
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These turnovers are found wherever Spanish is spoken
Prep Time: 45M, plus chilling
Cooking Time: 40M-50M
Serves: makes 6 servings
- 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp cold butter, diced
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1/3 cup canned chopped tomatoes, drained
- 2 tsp tomato paste
- One 6oz ( 168g) can tuna, drained
- 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley
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- To make the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it resembles fine bread crumbs. Beat 2 of the eggs with 2 tbsp water, add to the bowl, and stir until the dough holds together. Make a thick disk, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Cook the onion, stirring often, for about 5 minutes, or until translucent. Add the tomatoes and tomato paste, and simmer, stirring often, about 10 minutes, until thick. Remove from the heat and stir in the tuna and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/16in (2mm). Cut out 24 rounds with a 31/2in (9cm) round cookie cutter. Fill each with a spoonful of the filling. Brush the edges with water, fold over, and press the edges closed with a fork.
- Place the empanadas on an oiled baking sheet and brush with the remaining egg. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden. Serve warm.
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I am seeking an UT Timid Drifloon/Drifblim. Please PM with what you would like. Unfortunately, as my computer is going through a rough patch, I may not be able to respond as quickly as you may like. For which, I apologise in advance. Thank you.
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I have claimed Isaac from Golden Sun. No touchie.
I have also claimed the show Numb3rs.
I'd really like it if you visited my shop!
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Looking for shiny ICE type pokemon, can offer berries, items, all starters, etc. though i have no shiny's to trade myself.
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Sheriff Ken Jenne will give parents and community leaders a demonstration of BSO's Operation Safe Schools crisis plan to ensure them that the Sheriff's Office is taking every measure to keep students safe. Sheriff Jenne unveiled the computer program just prior to the beginning of last school year. Since that time, the compact disk containing emergency contact numbers, photographs and floor plans for more than 60 private and public schools in Broward County, has been distributed to BSO sworn personnel.
The interactive information CD will be used at Thursday's demonstration by the BSO SWAT Team to simulate how a critical incident would be handled. Knowing whom to call, where to respond, and how to gain access saves time and ultimately saves lives.
Since the debut of Operation Safe Schools last August, BSO deputies used the CD to help protect students and teachers, arriving at a Pompano Beach High School, from a murder suspect who was holding himself hostage at a nearby apartment.
Operation Safe Schools' floor plans and photos can also be used to help deputies or fire-rescue employees investigate everyday calls such as a prowler on school grounds after hours, or a "haz-mat" incident, such as a gas leak.
The compact disk now includes floor plans of the Broward County Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades and the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. Eventually, Sheriff Jenne hopes to have information on all 216 public schools and all private schools in Broward County added to the compact disk.
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Potter syndrome type 1
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oligohydramnios (lack of amniotic fluid) and compression while in the uterus. Features may include 'Potter facies', which consists of a flattened nose, recessed chin, epicanthal folds, and low-set abnormal ears; pulmonary hypoplasia; skeletal malformations; ophthalmologic (eye) malformations; and heart defects.[1] Potter syndrome type 1 is caused by autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), which is linked to a mutation in the PKHD1 gene.[2]Potter syndrome refers to the typical physical appearance and associated pulmonary hypoplasia (limited lung development) of a newborn as a direct result of kidney failure,
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- Sushil Gupta and Carlos E Araya. Potter syndrome. eMedicine. June 30, 2010; http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/983477-overview. Accessed 5/31/2011.
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The ruling came in with a 5 to 4 majority.
President Obama's federal health care law is upheld, deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the courts four liberal justices.
No surprise, Republicans are not happy, Including Congresswoman Martha Roby from Alabama.
"They upheld the individual mandate not under the commerce clause but rather under congresses ability to tax and this flies in the face of the presidents vow to not tax middle class Americans. This is going to be one of the biggest tax increases in the United States of America." U.S. Representative Martha Roby said.
Tax is brought up because under this law, most Americans will have a tax penalty if they don't buy health insurance.
She believes this will have long-term, devastating effects on many people in the wiregrass.
"Let's call it what the Supreme Court has called it, and that is a tax on the American people and it's not going to be good on Alabamians in any way shape or form. It does not drive down costs, it does not make health care more accessible, it says if you don't provide the healthcare as we mandate it, then we are going to tax you. That's not good for anybody." Roby said.
However, President Barack Obama says this act was created in the country's best interest.
He believes the ruling will provide affordable health care to millions of uninsured Americans.
"I respect the concerns millions of Americans have shown and I know a lot of this has focused on what it means politically. Well it should be pretty clear by now that I didn't do this because it was good politics, I did it because I believed it was good for the country." President Obama said.
Mister Obama says it's time to move forward and work towards improving the health care law.
But Roby doesn't seem to agree.
"I will stay committed to repealing this law and replacing it with a law that is based on free market principles that will drive down costs." Roby said.
When asked who she thought this ruling would benefit in the up-coming election, Roby responded...
"I think it could be a platform from which Mitt Romney can stand. It certainly violates the vow of this president to not raise taxes on the American people particularly the middle class. This law has had and will have devastating effects."
However the court did strike down parts of the law.
Justices say it goes too far by requiring states to expand Medicaid coverage to the poor.
They also upheld a section that is popular among many Americans, and politicians.
Adults 26 and younger can still stay on their parents' insurance.
"I think there have been certain provisions of this law that have polled popular in this country. That has been one of them that people have seemed to like. I personally don't think it's a good incentive for someone under the age of 26 to go out and get a job with health insurance with benefits." Roby said.
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Native plants as well as flowering vines, perennials, annuals, butterfly garden plants, flowering shrubs, plants for shady gardens and plants not usually found locally will be available for purchase. There will also be hanging baskets, house plants and an assortment of herbs and vegetables.
Tours of the Butterfly Garden and butterfly related activities will be given and animal "Zoo Buddies" from the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo will also be on site.
Talks by local experts are slated throughout the day, with Teresa Morris speaking on herbs from 9 a.m until 10 a.m.; Kelby Ouchley speaking on native flora from 9 a.m. until noon; Buck Bounds speaking on soil from 9 a.m. until noon and Steve Hotard speaking on trees.
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A four layered approach to developing widespread participation in the program will be used. First, a 20 minute presentation detailing the project will be given at during the Alternative Feeds Special Symposium at Aquaculture America in San Diego, March 2010. Second, the program will be described on three websites including Aquafeed.com, the USDA Trout-Grains Project, and USFWS Bozeman Fish Technology Center. Third a project description will be sent to all members of the Plant Protein in Aquafeeds Working Group which includes many international contacts. Lastly, a poster describing the project will be presented at the 14th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding in Quindao, China, May 2010. Documents Reimbursable with United Soybean Board. Log 41094.


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FRAMINGHAM - Two people were killed Wednesday morning in a crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike eastbound near Exit 12, state Pplice have confirmed.
The crash happened at about 5 a.m. and involved a minivan and tractor-trailer. State police said both occupants of the minivan, a man and a woman, were the two killed.
According to a statement sent by state police, preliminary reports indicate that the van spun out and was struck by the tractor-trailer. Investigating troopers are currently looking into the possibility that the crash was weather related.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was transported for non-life threatening injures to MetroWest Medical Center.
Traffic remained backed up on the Mass Pike well into the morning. State police said at about 10:30 a.m. that all lanes on the eastbound side would re-open "shortly." They Tweeted at 10:15 a.m. that traffic was backed up on the westbound side due to the "curiosity factor."
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I dunno.this could bring the city's skyline into the 1970's. I think we're rushing things.
Looks interesting, and I appreciate the investment NML is making -- but I'll state the obvious: Thirty-two stories would be a statement in Omaha or Providence, but not in a city the size of Milwaukee. The scale is a little disappointing.Hide replies
Just for reference, it would be the fourth tallest building according to stories in Milwaukee after US Bank, 100 E Wisconsin and the University Club. I agree and disagree. It's not like it is going to tower over every other building, but especially from the lake, this building will at the very least add to the skyline.
Actually,The 32-story Tower will be approximately 550 feet tall, making it the second-tallest building in the state, just behind the 601-foot U.S. Bank building.
I'll take your word for it. I looked at wikipedia ;)
Have you ever been to Omaha? Apparently not
I believe just about all of us with nothing at stake would have loved for this building to surpass the U.S. Bank building in height. In regards to Omaha, disregarding their tallest building (One First National Center), their skyline doesn't hold a candle to Milwaukee's when comparing the amount of buildings over 200 ft tall. As stated earlier by melissahope, I too am very excited for the new and shiny developments which will be transforming the skyline in the near future.
Keep in mind that this is not an office building where multiple tenants will work - it's a private building where only NM employees will work. The proposed size allows for a 50% increase in their workforce - how much more can you expect them to do?
On the surface I would agree that 32 stories is not tall enough but keep in mind that stories of a building can be misleading of the actual height. Thus, let's find out how many feet tall it will be and that will tell us more.
Buncha whiners .... its about time we start expanding upwards in our downtown area. Any tall building regardless of story size is welcome, and yes we are all waiting for something to exceed that large ugly lego block building thats currently the tallest. Also One First National Center is larger than the US Bank building.
Have you seen downtown Omaha lately? Sadly De Moines & Omaha both have taller buildings than Milwaukee has or will have after the new NMT&C is built.
Des Moines and Omaha may have taller buildings but that's it. Iowa's tallest is 630, after that the next closest is 460 and their 3rd tallest is 365 feet. For reference, assuming The Couture is built, Milwaukee will have one 600 foot building, three more buildings between 507 and 550 feet, one at 450 feet, another at 425 and three more between 380 and 408.
Same thing with Omaha. Yes they have a 634 foot building, after that it drops to 478 and their third tallest is only 320. Think about it, Milwaukee City Hall would be the third tallest building in Omaha by 33 feet. Omaha has a grand total of four buildings over 300 feet.
Scale as you refer to it is relative, especially in this case. You're looking at a building that is larger in square footage than the US Bank bulding, but probably shorter. That means each floorplate is going to be MUCH larger than those across the street. This building is going to very, very wide, wider than any other building downtown, so at the end of the day, the scale is not going to be an issue. It will probably look a whole lot larger than the US Bank building. Plus, there are human benefits to not having a super tall building, like not having long elevator rides.
Seems to me like many of you have size envy.
Haa touche
You can tell from one of the renderings how big this building is going to be. Makes the U.S. Bank Building look tiny.
Quality is more important than height. This looks pretty high quality to me.
Between NML and the Couture, I am excited to see what Milwaukee will look like in 5 years. I'm so happy there is progression planned on the lakefront. I hope it continues peripherally.
I understand the bottom-line issues NM may be concerned about, but then why couldn't they imagine a mixed-use tower that would have soared and made us all proud? Hell at this point I'll even settle for a building with an enormous spire atop just to push the limits! Looks like Milwaukee will continue to suffer from an image issue due in part to it's outdated cloud-punching skyline.Hide replies
NM is building for their own use, not to be a landlord. They don't want or need the burden of outside tenants, which create a security risk for employees and the confidential data they handle.
As one of their policyholders, I'm glad they are staying out of the landlord business as well... I don't see much upside for the company in building it taller just to have to manage the "extra" space.
They used to lease several of the top floors of the bulding slated for demolition. There was a separate entrance and elevator for those floors. However, they terminated that arrangement many years ago and since then, have built for their own needs only. Since the company is "mutual," in other words not a stock or publicly traded company but a company whose "profits" are distributed back to policyholders by means of dividends, concern for policyholders is the first and foremost guiding principal. Along that vein, they do not spend money without a lot of deliberation and cost/benefit analysis.
Did Northwestern Mutual get permission from the Forest County Potawotomi?
For what it's worth, building stories are not tied to height, with residential buildings often a lot shorter versus the number of floors. NML originally said the building would be 550 feet, which puts it just a foot higher than 100 E Wisconsin into #2. If you look at the average feet per story for commercial buildings here, it'sn ot out of line. At 32 stories and 550 feet, that would be 17.2 feet per story. The 1990 NML building is 20.8 feet per floor, 1000 N Water is 18.5, Milwaukee Center is 15.2, 100 E Wisconsin is 14.8, USBank is 14.3. Compare that to the feet per hight of residential towers: University is 12.4 feet per floor, Moderne is 11.2, Kilbourn is 10.9. I'm not totally certain that the detailed NML plan is still for this to be 550 feet, but even at (only) 32 floors it will likely be about the same height as 100 E Wisconsin. Would it be nice to have something finally surpass USBank? Sure. But this is still a fantastic addition to our skyline and to the health and vitality of the city. It's far better than this growth happening in another city, and in my opinion better than it being a series of 4-7 story buildings and parkign lots built in corn fields someplace out on the fringe.Hide replies
Well the US bank building stands at 601 feet so hopefully they can build an observation deck and a functional antenna mass to surpass those extra 52 feet!
Looks great. Should be a great addition to the city and skyline.
looks great!!Hide replies
where you been, oxymoron man? are U Vince the ShaM-w0w guy?
Tremendous addition to the Milwaukee skyline. It also compliments the Calatrava. NM's real estate investment division is comprised of many experts in building design and construction. They have funded, developed and managed many high profile projects in the U.S. My guess is that group is also overseeing this project. It'll be done right.
Where are all of these additional employees going to park?Hide replies
Classic Milwaukee response.... there is more parking in downtown milwaukee than anyone needs. Give it a rest.
Not naysaying anything. Just a legitimate question I think as parking was not mentioned in any article I've seen. Nice building design; certainly an improvement over what's there now.
@Track Master - You are so right!!!! Typical naysayer.
I agree! Do the people who commented actually PARK downtown? I get here early enough so It won't affect me, but most lots around this area are full by 8 or 9. Enjoy parking at the Italian Community center!
NML like many other downtown businesses comps employees to ride the various commuter buses. I know quite a few NML folks riding my bus.
Having worked at NM since 1973, they have never been concerned about parking for the regular employees. They make sure the tops get their spaces and everyone else is on their own. I also used to ride transit but the Freeway Flyers were cut to the bone while NM expanded their service hours to 6 pm daily. Transit hours no longer meet the needs of employees working longer hours.
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Paramount // 1968 // 100 Minutes // Not Rated
Reviewed by Chief Justice Mike Jackson (Retired) // December 20th, 2001
To boldly go where no man has gone before...
I first reviewed a Star Trek disc for DVD Verdict on April 4th, 2000. It was Volume 8, containing parts one and two of "The Menagerie," quite possibly the best episode of the Original Series. In that review, I lamented that it would be a long time before "Spock's Brain" would be available on DVD. Well, that day has finally arrived, and now I have the dubious pleasure to review what is widely considered -- cue the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons -- the Worst Episode Ever!
Lovely go-go clad female "commandos" mysteriously appear on the Enterprise. As quickly as they appeared, they leave. What was the point of their clandestine operation? An operation all right...to remove Spock's Brain! Yes indeed, the ladies took a five-finger discount on Spock's highly advanced gray matter, and it's up to Kirk and the rest of the Trek Gang to recover it! You'll laugh! (At the ridiculous sight of McCoy leading Spock's body around -- sans brain -- with a radio control unit.) You'll cry! (At the insipidly bad dialogue, even by Trek standards.) You'll hurl! (At the thought that this episode was ever aired, which it was, as the all-important season premiere for Trek's third season.)
The disc's other episode, "Is There In Truth No Beauty?" finds the Enterprise once again playing intergalactic taxi service for a strange and unusual ambassador from one world to another. This particular ambassador is a box. No, you read that correctly: a box. Okay, so the ambassador lives in the box, but all you ever see is the box because supposedly the ambassador is so hideous to look at that he drives mere humans mad. Spock, fresh from having his brain reattached, can view it if he wears goofy red goggles. Oh, and the ambassador has a female human companion (played by Trek regular Diana Muldaur) who he doesn't influence because she's blind, but she does an admirable job of fooling everyone because she has garments designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier that serve as eyes for her, or something.
It's time to buy a new thesaurus. The one I have only lists six synonyms for "hideous": ghastly, grisly, frightful, repulsive, hateful, and revolting. None of those words is quite superlative enough to describe how mind-bendingly horrible these two episodes really are.
As we all know from the famous opening narration, the Enterprise was supposed to be on a five-year mission. It's no wonder that we only got three of those five years on the air. Trek started out as something like "Wagon Train to the stars," a conventional TV drama like the westerns that were popular at the time, only transplanted to the new and interesting environs of space, unlike the weird, trippy TV sci-fi of the time like The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits. Trek started off great; many of the series' best episodes came from that first season, like "The Menagerie" or "Space Seed" (which served later as the inspiration for Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan). The second season wasn't bad either, but the writers often fell back on trite attempts to put the crew of the Enterprise into environs that were familiar to Earthlings: the Roman gladiator planet, the American Indian planet, the Nazi Germany planet, the Chicago gangster planet. In the third season, they tried to veer back into pure science fiction, but the result was disastrously bad stories like the two on this disc.
"Spock's Brain" very nearly leaves me speechless. From beginning to end, at every level and in every conceivable way, it is terrible. It plumbs the depths of Ed Wood Jr. badness, but therein lies its sole redeeming factor -- it's so bad that it's fun to watch, if for no other reason than you can laugh at it. McCoy leading Spock around like a mechanical wind-up doll is only the beginning of its perverse joys. The Neanderthal-grade males who live on the planet refer to the smart females who live underground as the "givers of pain and delight."...a howlingly funny, yet incredibly apt description of women no matter what planet you're on. Spock's brain, acting as a computer to control the female inhabitants' underground lair, cluelessly thinks it's hooked to a body. McCoy's dire predictions, punched up to hyperbolic heights as never before, lead to a countdown timer until the time when supposedly Spock's body will cease to operate. I guess they should've used Energizer batteries in that thingy they put on Spock's head to replace his brain. The best...err, I mean, worst...part of the episode is watching McCoy, recently vitalized with medical knowledge, suddenly forgetting how to reattach Spock's brain into his head. Oh, but wait! If he hooks up Spock's vocal cords, Spock can walk him through it!
"Is There In Truth No Beauty?" on the other hand isn't funny-bad; it's just plain bad. The plot is so contrived and ludicrous that to get me to watch it again would require restraints of Kubrickian deviousness. This was Diana Muldaur's second appearance on the Original Series. In the second season episode "Return to Tomorrow," she played a researcher on the Enterprise who is a host body to an omniscient being. Later, on Star Trek: The Next Generation, she spent a season playing Dr. Kate Pulaski, McCoy's female doppelganger. Why she was invited back after turns in such appalling episodes is beyond my comprehension.
All the Trek discs are alike, so once again I'm called upon to cut and paste the disc description.
Each of the Star Trek episodes have been digitally remastered, and they look as good as a television show from the 1960s can hope to look. The image is sharp and detailed with excellent color fidelity and no bleeding. The only problems with the image are inherent to the source material. The picture overall is a little grainy, particularly noticeable in special effect model shots, and can have a few blips caused by dust on the negative. The audio has been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Keeping with its mono roots, sound is mostly restricted to the center channel. Directional effects are used for starship fly-bys during the opening credits, and infrequently throughout the episodes. The purist in me would rather have seen the mono tracks cleaned up and utilized, rather than an unnecessary remix. The only extra is the "preview trailer" for each episode.
Just as no Trekkie's collection wouldn't be complete without the discs containing "The Menagerie" or "Space Seed," likewise you cannot be a true Trek fan without owning "Spock's Brain." Yes, it's bad, but that's precisely why you must have it.
You're damn right it's guilty! However, I see no reason to incarcerate it further.
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Video: 80
Audio: 70
Extras: 10
Acting: 20
Story: 15
Judgment: 89
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Studio: Paramount
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Running Time: 100 Minutes
Release Year: 1968
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
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* SciFi.com Episode Summary, "Spock's Brain"
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Can you keep a section of wood flooring separate in front of the dishwasher? Or, if the floor boards will be parallel to the front of the dishwasher, you would just have to remove a few of those to get the dishwasher out. ( Keep extra floor boards in case you damage the originals and need to replace them?)
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This is not going to be easy. Because you have Granite, you run a risk of breaking it when you remove it. If you must remove it, I would try to get an installer that would assume responsibility of the removal and re-installation.
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Humanity's track record with animals has never been stellar. After centuries of ocean dumping, worldwide deforestation, domestication and overhunting, it's safe to say we've got a greasy, opposable thumb in every one of Mother Nature's pies.
That's not to say that humanity's only effect on the animal kingdom is pure destruction; in fact, sometimes our ecological footprint looks more like a clown shoe.
#6. Talking Birds Are Teaching Each Other to Swear
Probably the only thing you know about parrots and cockatoos is that they can talk. Or, more specifically, that they can mimic human speech. Now, unless they're shockingly gifted, they don't understand a word they're saying. But a 4-year-old doesn't know what the word "poontang" means, either, and that doesn't stop him from repeating it and getting all of the other preschoolers saying it. We're finding out that birds kind of do the same thing.
After all, the pets that are raised among humans and learn (or learn to imitate) dozens of words sometimes either escape or are released into the wild. Now, because birds in the wild have no need for human language, you'd think they'd stop using it once they managed to get loose. But you would be wrong. They keep using what they learned and, more importantly, teach it to other birds.
That's why people around Sydney, Melbourne and other big cities in Australia have found wild cockatoos using English phrases. Now ask yourself: If you had a bird that repeated whatever you said, what's the first thing you'd do? You'd start teaching it some goddamned swear words, that's what. Well, they do that in Australia, too. So, sometimes the birds have been heard cursing at people.
Now imagine how crazy you'd think you were going if one day you were walking through the woods and you suddenly heard a disembodied bird voice tell you to eat a dick.
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Sewage treatment plants around the world are designed to treat water for the obvious threats: biological contaminants, microorganisms and the general remnants of a Taco Bell fourth meal. This process ensures that we aren't pumping out gallons of pure feces and unraveled condoms into our oceans and streams.
But while waste management systems never underestimated the gross oddities humans could expel from their bodies, they didn't anticipate the medicated bliss everyone would be feeling while doing it. What we're trying to say is that millions of people are taking antidepressants, and some of those leftover chemicals pass out of your body when you urinate. When you flush, the water eventually makes its way to a river.
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So, as a consequence, we are inadvertently prescribing fish every medication we ingest.
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"Aw, hell. Sharks ain't nothin' but a thing."
Early research shows that the drugged fish are less likely to respond to immediate dangers, and even when they do, their reactions are delayed. That may be no big deal if you're a species at the top of the food chain with depression issues, but it's bad news if you have hundreds of natural predators looking for every opportunity to eviscerate you.
What's more troubling is that the fish are also unlikely to pursue the daily tasks that perpetuate the species, like eating and reproducing. Ultimately we're dealing with fish that have become so drugged up and complacent that they have lost the will to do normal fish stuff.
Though we have to admit that they appear much happier.
No one knows yet what the long-term effects will be, but the prospects are depressing, which naturally will have you reaching for that prescription bottle and then ... well, it's a vicious cycle.
#4. We're Making Chimps Smarter
When the Planet of the Apes scenario finally plays out for real (as all ape experts know it eventually will), we can't say we didn't see it coming.
After all, we know how natural selection works: The slow/stupid/weak animals don't live long enough to breed, so over time the species gets faster/smarter/stronger. So what happens if you take a fairly intelligent species (like chimpanzees) and artificially accelerate that process? Not with brain-enhancing drugs, but by simply rigging the system so that only the smartest of the smartest chimps survive?
"I know algebra. Just sayin'."
With that, let's go to Guinea, Africa, where hunters rely on snare traps for bush meat. Essentially, anything that is unfortunate enough to happen through the snares springs the traps and is forced to either wait for humans to wander along or else gnaw its own leg off. That is, until recently, when chimps learned to not only avoid the traps, but intentionally disarm them so nothing else can be caught.
It turns out that after long-time exposure to trapping techniques, chimps have isolated the most dangerous piece of any snare and figured out exactly how to dismantle it. How they figured it out is a mystery, because any chimp who "found" the trigger mechanism should have gotten trapped and killed as a result. One of the leading researchers studying the phenomenon noted, "The observations indicate that chimpanzees can learn some manners without trial and error."
"Look at that dumbass. As soon as he leaves, I'm going to make that thing trap my shit."
That's a cognitive ability no one knew chimpanzees were capable of, which is a valuable new discovery about their brain functions. In addition, they have even been spotted teaching younger chimps exactly how to sabotage the things. Just think about that for a moment: These chimps not only are actively looking after one another and other species, but they're also training special chimp bomb squads.


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The mother of the adult children 79-year-old Iva Gaskie and two of her children, 53-year-old Helen Gaskie and 51-year-old Charles Gaskie, died in the fire.
"I've known them all my life. I'd help them take them to the doctor to get their medicine and the grocery. Stuff like that."
James Wallace has been helping the Gaskie family since 1988. He was out getting the family's groceries when he heard what had happened.
Logan County Sheriff, Wallace Whitaker, "We found out there were three victims missing. Basically, what we have now are three bodies inside the house. And we're waiting for the debris to cool off to retrieve the bodies."
The fire happened in north Logan County on Fagg Road.
Whitaker says, "This is a remote area of Logan County. It's right on the Muhlenberg-Logan line."
Roadworkers were out putting gravel on the old country road. When they got to the end of it is when they found the house completely consumed by flames.
Whitaker says, "They found people outside in a small building. So they immediately called the Logan County Sheriff's Department where we had two officers respond to it."
The cause of fire is still under investigation by the state fire marshal's office. But the Logan County Sheriff's Office says they believe it was caused by one of the deceased smoking in bed. And James Wallace says this is not the first time there has been a fire at the family's home.
Wallace says, "They smoked a whole lot, and they had a bad habit of catching the mattress on fire. They burnt two or three mattresses up."
Now, Wallace says the family is struggling to figure out what to do next.
Wallace says, "It hurts deep. It's gonna be bad. The other four are at my house. They are gonna stay there until we figure out what to do with them."


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TRAINING: Local financial adviser Kenneth R. Perkins was one of 60 advisers associated with the MetLife Broker Dealer Group chosen to attend a two-day session entitled BlackRock Leader to Leader Symposium at the BlackRock offices located in the Park Avenue Plaza Building in New York City.
During the two-day session, Perkins was given the opportunity to interact with the senior management of BlackRock, a $3.7 trillion fund management company. Perkins met with 15 fund managers as well as Larry Fink, BlackRock chairman and CEO, who is rumored to be next in line for the treasury secretary position currently held by Timothy Geithner.
Michael H. Lewers, managing director and head of U.S. Private Client Distribution, referred to the group assembled at this symposium as "our most valued partners."
"As a fiduciary, we understand and share your responsibility to clients, both in keeping them informed and making the best investment decisions to help meet their long-term financial goals," Lewers said. "Together we are all leaders in the industry and in our communities, and we believe great things happen when leaders meet leaders."
Following the two-day symposium, Perkins was asked to film a 2-3 minute video for BlackRock's Elite Adviser Intelligence Program. This program leverages insights from advisers to help other advisers elevate their business. Perkins is an adviser with Tri-State Financial Services, 255 N. Third St., Steubenville. He has earned several national and industry honors since beginning his practice in March 1985 and can be reached locally at (740) -264-4466 or toll free at (800) 264-6381.
PRESENTERS: Two employees of Eastern Gateway Community College made a presentation on school and community college partnerships at the Ohio School Boards Association Capital Conference, held recently in Columbus.
Dorothy Collins, director of TriO programs and academic advising, and Andrea Mahone, recruiter/adviser at Eastern Gateway and vice president of the board of education for Youngstown City Schools, spoke about how local community colleges can help students transition successfully to post-secondary education and careers. The 57th-annual conference was titled "Key Into Public Education."
Collins, a Boardman resident, has a doctorate degree in education from Capella University and master's and bachelor's degrees in education from Youngstown State University. She has been working in academic support for eight years, helping students achieve post-secondary and/or higher educational goals. Previously, she was a career consultant for Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association and an assistant women's basketball coach and a coordinator of multi-cultural student services for the Center of Student Progress at YSU.
Mahone, a Youngstown resident, joined the college in 2011. She also is serving her third year as a member of the Youngstown Board of Education. She is the chair of the legal/legislative/policy committee and serves on the finance and extracurricular/sports committees, and is the board's city legislative liaison. Mahone is the city youth director for Youngstown. She is the television host for "Increase the Peace" weekly show on MYTV, an ABC affiliate, and the youth pastor at Everlife Worship Center. She received her bachelor's degree in communications and rhetoric from Kent State University and is pursuing a master's degree in executive leadership from Liberty University.


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I would like to take a video I have and remove some parts of it, that is, produce a new video that is basically the same as the original but removing some parts.
Avidemux seems to let you do this easily: just open the video, select a start and end frame, and hit save. This doesn't seem to be the case with Pitivi, though: "save" doesn't save a video, but a project; to save the video I have to hit "render project", and then I'm seemingly forced to re-encode the video because Pitivi just won't save the video "as it was".
Is this indeed the way Pitivi works, or am I missing something here?


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Find Weak Links in Your Race CarWritten by on February 1, 2013 General Deconstruction: We tear into our latest project car with good—and not so good— results.
So you've bought a new-to-you race car—now what? It would be nice to jump in and go racing, and while some people do just that, it isn't necessarily the smartest move. Especially if you're looking to win races, and a championship (why else would you be racing?) Last month we briefly looked at what you should pay attention to when buying a new car. Now that you have it, it's time to rip it apart in preparation for the track.
Ripping apart a car you just bought may seem counter productive, but it really isn't. You're most likely going to find good things and bad things, and you should be prepared for that. You'll also figure out fairly quickly what can be kept and what needs to be replaced. For us, it was the complete opposite of our expectations.
The disassembly process started under the decklid. The fuel cell was a big unknown for us, and it quickly turned into a nightmare. After removing the dry brake and cell hold-down, we weren't able to pull the cell out of the car. We know the car had been sitting for quite a while, but we didn't know for exactly how long, or if it was inside or outside. As we investigated further, we were unable to come up with any reason why the cell wouldn't come out. Going into it, we knew we wanted to replace the cell, but after pulling it apart, the entire fuel system had to go.
When we couldn't pull the cell out of the car, we began to take it apart in the car. The fill neck came apart first. With the cell opened up, we pulled out the foam, and finally the bladder. With the cell empty, we took a hammer to it in an attempt to loosen it from the car. Whether it was condensation or rainwater, the cell had rusted itself to the car. After some serious hammering on the cell and the car, we were finally able to break it free. The entire process took over two hours, which if we had waited till we were at the track to find this, it would have put us in big trouble.
Here's why. Besides the removal issue, we were surprised to find some old fuel in the bladder. If you've never seen really old fuel, it takes on some gel-like qualities as it breaks down. The filler neck, dry brake, bladder, pick-up tube, and foam were all covered in the slime of partially solidified race fuel. While the hard parts can be cleaned and reused, the rest of it will need to be replaced, because the last thing you want is that slime clogging your fuel filter, or worse, making its way into the carb.
Next, we shifted our attention to the front of the car. Many of the front suspension components were quite rusty. After a thorough visual inspection, everything looked okay. The ball joints were in pretty rough shape, but we planned on replacing them anyway. We removed every component on the front clip, and once we figure out our setup, all of the reusable components will be sandblasted and painted before being reinstalled.
With the front stripped, we moved to the rear. It didn't take long to pull the rearend out of the car, as truck arms are a very simple design. With the Tiger quick-change rear out of the car, we began pulling it apart. Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst, we were very pleasantly surprised to find everything in the rear was brand new. The gears, axles, and fluid looked like they had no time on them, despite the housing's rough condition.
Next was the AP Racing brakes. The six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers looked rough, and we didn't know what kind of shape they were in. We found some JGR part numbers on them, so we know where they came from. But not knowing how old they are, or what kind of abuse they've taken is a little unnerving. Again, we were very pleasantly surprised to find that the calipers had new stainless pistons and seals, along with brand new brake pads. The rotors were a little rusty, but that's from sitting in a humid environment. We are, after all, in Florida.
There are a few more parts to strip off, but it's nothing more than unbolting some parts. The point of it is to inspect everything and find the weak links before they create a problem. In the coming months we are going to strip and completely rewire the car, and replumb the brakes, oiling, fuel, and cooling systems. It sounds like a lot, but we aren't far from a little paint and the beginning of reassembly. Before you know it, we'll be turning laps, perfecting the setup, and hopefully winning some races!
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<strong> 02. </strong>In an effort to figure out why the cell would not come out, we decided to dismantle the fuel cell in the car. We started by removing the filler neck.<strong> 03.0 </strong>The foam and bladder were next. Once we pulled the foam out, we found some old race gas still in the bladder. The fuel had begun to break down, leaving a slimy film on everything.<strong> 03.5 </strong>While some of the hard parts can be cleaned, things like the foam, bladder, fuel filter, and fuel lines should all be replaced. The gelatinous residue will clog filters and carburetors.<strong> 04. </strong> With the bladder removed, we still couldn't find why the cell wouldn't come out. So we resorted to smashing it with a hammer. Okay, maybe we didn't smash it, but we did beat on it pretty good.<strong> 06.0 </strong>Whether it was condensation, a little rainwater, or something we can't think of...<strong> 06.5 </strong>...some form of moisture caused the bottom and the backside of the cell to rust, bonding it to the car.<strong> 07. </strong>After we pulled the foam and bladder out, we inspected both. Looking at the condition of the pre-filter on the pickup tube, it's easy to see that most, if not all of the fuel system needs to be replaced.
<strong> 09. </strong>Next, we pulled all of the windows. We started with the side windows to give us access to the rear window.<strong> 11. </strong>The windshield looked as if it was sandblasted, which out in the sun would turn almost completely white, greatly reducing the driver's vision.<strong>12. </strong>With the fuel system pulled and the windows removed, we shifted our attention to the suspension and brakes. And we started in the front.<strong> 13. </strong>The car came equipped with AP Racing brakes on all four corners. This was a big unknown, as we had no clue as to the condition, and the rust and dirt on everything didn't look good.<strong> 14. </strong>We decided to remove every piece of the suspension. This would allow for a thorough inspection of everything, as well as cleaning each piece and painting or powdercoating them.<strong> 15. </strong>Stripping the front suspension is straight forward, and in less than an hour the job was completed.


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I have a fresh centos 6.2 with mysql in 5.1.52. Then I saw two empty user name and I deleted that then I saw 3 root user deleted that and created one like this CREATE USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '**';. But when I go in as root into my phpMyAdmin now I cannot create a new database. What wrong did I do here?
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Your problem stems from deleteing all the root users first.
When you create a user using
If you do not issue GRANT right away, all the db Privileges are disabled (i.e., in the mysql.user table, update_priv='N', delete_priv='N', etc.)
If you have root@localhost and still cannot access it you may have to hack into it like this:
STEP 01) Restart mysql like this
STEP 02) Enter mysql from the command line (no password needed at this point)
STEP 03) Do
You will have to tweak each privilege since the GRANT command does not work will
For MySQL 5.1, you can enter a new root@localhost whose password is 'whatever' as follows:
STEP 04) restart mysql
You can login as root@localhost from here with the password 'whatever'.
Feel free to replace whatever with the password you want.
Give it a Try !!!
When you did the fresh installation, you will see anonymous users in mysql.user table. The anonymous users are the users that are blank. DELETE THEM IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THAT CAN PRESENT A SECURITY RISK !!!
Here is why : Anonymous users have access to any database whose first 4 letters are
To confirm the need to do this, please note what MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide says on Page 498 Paragraph 6 in its bulletpoints:
On a fresh installation, you can just run mysql_secure_installation . If you have loaded your users in already, you can run the bullet points yourself (suppose you want to set them to myckrit. Just run these commands if you ae not sure what mysql_secure_installation is doing):
You need to grant the appropriate privileges for the root account, not just create it. MySQL does not know on its own that you want a Super user account.
You should use the appropriate
In case you do not have enough privileges for granting new privileges, you can try a couple of options.
To get root access back, stop your server and start it with the
If phpMyAdmin lets you login (without a password), or if you have command-line access, connect and issue (
Log out and then connect as root@localhost (
You don't want root at any host! Also, you will want to do this as quickly as possible if you still have networking enabled.


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Uninstall Picasa
To uninstall Picasa, choose your operating system and follow the steps.Windows
- On your computer taskbar, click Start.
- Select All Programs > Picasa > Uninstall.
- In the confirmation window, click Uninstall.
- To remove your database and permanently remove Picasa, click Yes. If you plan to reinstall, click No.
- Click Finish.
- From the Applications folder, drag Picasa to the trash.
- To remove your database and Picasa permanently:
- Open Finder.
- Go to [username] > Library.
- Double-click Application Support > Google > Picasa 3.
- In the Picasa 3 folder, locate "db3."
- Drag "db3" into the trash.
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The website I built my girlfriend is not resolving on her Mac when she types www in before the domain name. Is it her browser or do I need to set up a www redirect somewhere?
I usually set the DNS records like this:
You could, of course, use a CNAME for the www but I prefer to use A records if not necessary. Also you may (or may not) prefer to use an Alias instead of a redirect.
You set it up in Apache like this:
On your DNS management area for your domain you need to add a CNAME record, this basically means the www record will point towards the IP for yourdomain.com:
Most DNS control panels should give you this ability.
If you only have an A record for example.com, people who query www.example.com will not get a valid response that points them to your server. Same goes for the other way around.
I have seen people set their example.com as an A record and then have a CNAME for www.example.com pointing to example.com. But as using CNAMEs is not encouraged (so I hear, I am not a DNS guy), having two A records for both example.com and www.example.com pointing to the same IP is fine too, I guess.
In short, yes, you need to setup a DNS record for www.example.com as well as for example.com. A redirect will not work, since it is not possible to successfully resolve both hostnames in DNS.
Just add an '@' A record and point it to your server's IP address.


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molly1216 wrote:which year did it run?
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okay now you're killing me.
i just scanned every schedule for every year mac ran.
he always ran in the 'family hour' and almost always opposite sit coms.
the closest thing i found was 'the wizard' which starred the diminutive David Rappaport.
any other hints?
Jim_Thomas wrote:There was a mid-70s show called The Delphi Bureau, starring Lawrence Luckenbill as a govt agent w/ a photographic memory.
Probe is a 1988 American television pilot and subsequent TV series, created by television mystery writer William Link and noted science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It aired on ABC. Michael B. Wagner, a veteran television writer, wrote the two-hour pilot, and became Executive Producer for the series. The pilot and series starred Parker Stevenson as Austin James, a misanthropic genius who solved high tech crimes, and Ashley Crow as James' new secretary Mickey Castle.
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Let $y = f(x) = \sqrt{2x + 1}$ for $x \geq -1/2$. Then, $f$ is injective on its domain and therefore its inverse is well-defined. To find the inverse, we simply invoke the necessary algebraic operations to solve for $x$ and determine that
$$ x = \frac{y^2 -1}{2} $$
and therefore
$$ f^{-1}(y) = \frac{y^2 -1}{2} $$
Now, I realize the name of the indeterminate has no effect on the validity of the expression but in every elementary text I see, the inverse is written instead as $$ f^{-1}(x) = \frac{x^2 -1}{2} $$ which is really counterintuitive. If our original function maps from the "x-axis" to the "y-axis" then it makes sense that the inverse would map from the "y-axis" to the "x-axis", not conversely.
So my question is, Is there a reason why most texts choose the latter representation instead of the former or is it just a convention that is followed without any apparent justification?


text: Hi everyone! Today I will be showing you how to draw highlighted punk rock anime hair. I know a lot of people out there, myself included, would love to draw their own anime rock star. Keep in mind, you can use any two colors that you like for this project. Black and red are just my favorites. =D This is my first ever tutorial, so please be kind and leave comments so I can know how I did. Thank you! Enjoy!


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I'm building a game with Unity3D. It's a Gravity Wars clone. Both player and AI turrets shoot missiles at each other (giving an Angle and a Power variables), trying not to crash missiles on planets. But here's my question: how do I make AI calculate power and angle before shooting his missile, considering a planet's gravity too?
A system like this, with multiple bodies, is going to be chaotic. I don't think that you would be able to solve an equation for it in real-time. The best you can hope is to find a solution using a genetic algorithm;
1: produce a number (e.g.100) of random solutions (angle, power pairs).
2: simulate these solutions.
3: if any of these, end up hitting the target (or coming sufficiently close), Done! otherwise continue.
4: pick best 10 solutions (ones that end up closest to the target)
5: from these 10 solution, create 10 children for each, by randomly adjusting their angle and power.
6: now you have 100 new solutions, got back to step 2
You will need to limit the number of iterations, in case there is no solution to be found, or it is taking too long to search.
Even this approach is not guaranteed to find good solution because; 1. solution might not exist 2. in a chaotic system, small changes to a solution can have a huge impact on the result
You should be able to simulate a shot, without drawing it.
Then you could say, simulate 10 shots, and then take the closest one of the 10.
Given that the trajectory of the missle is based on the inputs of
The basic (psuedo) AI steps are as follows:
You could of course just have the AI fire at random levels for both inputs, which could produce some interesting results...
How about making it realistic by not having them calculate, but starting with a guess and adjusting appropriately?
When I played Gravity Wars, this is what I did; start with a semi-random power, and adjust accordingly by an increment. Within a couple of shots, you get really close.


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What are you guys suggesting for doing a mosaic? I need to make a (one) photo of all the houses on a street.
I use an NN4 with Hugin for my regular panos. I thought of doing a multitude of very small panos of just 2 shots with enough overlap to stitch them.
Any better way or suggestion?


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The playground in Janesville, Wis., is crowded with first-graders, but that doesn't slow down 6-year-old Amelia. She has playing to do — swinging across the monkey bars, tumbling down the slide, twirling around the fire pole.
With a jet-black inverted bob, and bright and wildly clashing leggings, socks and sneakers, Amelia has lots to do, and needs to be able to move to do it. Faded homemade washable cat whiskers are still barely visible on her red cheeks as she runs around with her friends.
"She goes to school crazy confident," her mother Melissa Wardy said. "As long as she is dressed appropriately for the weather, and venue, she is allowed to do her thing. She's something."
Just like millions of mothers with daughters in the U.S., Wardy is keenly aware of the choices available — clothing, beauty products, extracurricular activities — to aid in shaping young girls' appearance and the impact of these choices on self-esteem.
The sexualization of girls is happening at a younger and younger age as children, even toddlers, are bombarded with a plethora of adult influences and perceptions, studies say.
Eighty percent of 10-year-old girls in the U.S. report they have been on a diet, according to a recent study, "Eating Disorders Today — Not Just a Girl Thing." The study also reported the No. 1 wish for girls from the ages 11-17 is to be thinner.
Though the importance of appearance has long been part of life for girls and women in America, ads are now targetting a younger audience, Carleton Kendrick, a Boston-based family therapist, said. Just last summer, Jours Après Lunes, a French clothing company, started a new line of children's "loungerie" — thin, revealing undergarments, which are marketed for girls as young as 3 months old.
A whole new slew of shows also push, or at least normalize, the sexualization of young girls. TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras" began in January 2009, and pulled in an average of 1.3 million viewers each week. It's success spawned a number of similar shows — "Dance Moms," "Cheer Perfection" and "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," a show focusing on the family and everyday life of Alana Thompson, a 6-year-old pageant contestant previously featured on Toddlers and Tiaras.
"Honey Boo Boo" quickly became a surprise smash in the world of reality shows, and was the most-watched show on television the night of Sept. 26 season finale with nearly 2.8 million viewers, just thousands more than viewers of the Fox News prime-time line up.
Vanity and appearance are the themes of these shows centered around competition, with the parents as driving forces pushing their children to be the best in dance, cheer or beauty pageants.
"As people should know, but maybe don't, all shows of this kind are heavily edited for sensationalism," Kendrick said. "It's like these girls don't have a chance. They're being raised to think this is healthy. The entire media culture should not be who is raising these children."
So sexy so soon
Just as she encourages Amelia to run around the playground, get a little dirty and show that she can play just as much as any boy, Wardy works on keeping her daughter's closet full of age-appropriate clothing, her toy box full of playthings to encourage positive playtime and everyday conversation full of uplifting discussion about body image and self confidence, instead of bringing home influences that foster sexualization at any age. To sexualize is to make something sexual, which is a role meant for adulthood.
Kendrick, family therapist and author of "Take Out Your Nose Ring, Honey, We're Going to Grandma's," has been working with families, including young girls and their parents for almost 40 years and has seen the importance of appearance gradually shift to younger and younger girls for just as long.
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Standards are designed to reflect behavior and performance levels to perform patient assessments and evaluation using effective communication and analytical skills. Standards include the ability to acquire and analyze data obtained using ultrasound, related diagnostic technologies, and integration of data. The sonographer provides preliminary reports of findings to the physician in accordance with established procedures. The sonographer will use independent judgment and systematic problem solving methods to produce high quality diagnostic information and optimize patient care and safety.
Coursework includes use of sonography relevant to gynecology, obstetrics, abdominal subjects, superficial structures and vascular applications.
The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program has been in operation since 1984 and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS), and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Instruction begins in June and completes in September the following year. All courses are completed in sequence. The preceptorship (clinical) courses require thirty-two hours per week. Didactic and laboratory instruction is in addition to the preceptorship assignment. Students are eligible to take the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) exams. Successful program completion leads to a Career Certificate and can lead to an Associate in Science degree. The curriculum is presented in five quarters.
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Core Courses: (86 units)
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