Kildee said this morning that there seems to be "a bit of hysteria about the whole scenario" and the Obama administration did not ask him to spread the word about the shrinking cities concept.
The radical experiment is the brainchild of Dan Kildee, treasurer of Genesee County, which includes Flint.
Having outlined his strategy to Barack Obama during the election campaign, Mr Kildee has now been approached by the US government and a group of charities who want him to apply what he has learnt to the rest of the country.
The attacks so far have primarily disrupted mission-support functions, but attacks could spread over network connections from those areas to the operational networks where real-time surveillance, communications and flight information is processed, the report warned.
I recall a home recycling project where plastic shopping bags were cut open, trimmed, layered 4 - 6 deep, then ironed on low between wax paper. The resulting material is similar to tyvek.
A ground cloth made from that would seem to serve as a weed barrier and likely not break down as much as something made from other materials.
I forget who was it who said they preferred the two main parties to fight each other since they'd be too busy to screw over the rest of us, but they were on to something.
Just from the number of organizations involved, it reads like "We like standards so much we're collecting all of them!".
A single standard would permit patients to move from hospital to hospital easier than it is currently. Multiple tests for the same condition wouldn't be required.
Which is why it seems the health care industry is against it.
Patients which leave don't provide more funding. Redundant tests can be a way to increase billing as well, so eliminating those cuts down on hospital income.
As a veteran of the first gulf war, I suspect the US nuclear arsenal had a measurable effect on that conflict even though they were not used.
During the build up to the invasion of Kuwait, we did daily CBR drills. Ships tv system played lectures on how to don, decontaminate and remove MOPP suits and MCU-2P gas masks. We were required to carry our masks with us constantly ( yes, even sleep with them ). Daily GQ drills with an emphasis on CBR defense.
We knew Saddam has a history of using nerve gas on his own people. The nightmare scenario was anti-ship missiles first followed up with chemical weapons.
Question: In the first gulf war, why didn't Saddam use chemical weapons against coalition forces?
Answer: I suspect that the threat of nuclear retaliation prevented the consideration of chemical / biological weapons against coalition forces.
When you say "reality biased" do you mean "based on measurable events, peer-reviewed science, or statistics for which source data is freely available" or do you mean "agrees with my preconceived notions"?
Because so often when I hear people speak of "reality biased" they seem to mean the latter rather than the former.
The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held each spring featuring 65[1] college basketball teams in the United States. This tournament, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), was first developed by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in 1939 and was the brainchild of Kansas coach Phog Allen[2][3] The NCAA would take over the tournament the following season. Colloquially known as March Madness (as the tournament takes place mainly during the month of March) or the Big Dance (as opposed to the now smaller and less prestigious NIT), the tournament takes place over three weeks at sites across the United States, and the national semifinals (the Final Four) have become one of the nation's most prominent sporting events.
Opening oracle with resetlogs resets the online redo logs and sets the log sequence number to 1; also called creating a new incarnation of the database.
That prevents applying archive logs from before the reset (i.e. previous incarnations ) but which may contain more recent data than what's in the datafiles.
I use EXP/IMP myself, but for larger databases it can be impractical. One of my systems takes around 120 hours of processing time to read in an export and write it to a blank schema ( which we tested when building mirrored servers for development ).
Still, having an export is much better than a blank stare when someone tells you the backup tape is unreadable.
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http://blog.mlive.com/flint-city-beat/2009/06/flint_takes_international_spot.html
Which is direct contradiction of TFA:
Let me guess... they're all suppositories?
If I'm reading TFA correctly, wouldn't that require access from inside Iran/China to a HTML 5 based browser outside of Iran/China?
I like the concept, but similar to Iran shutting down SMS service it seems possible at least this could be disrupted.
Let me guess... been playing a lot of Fallout 3 lately?
And that works because screenshots are hard? o_O
Why are critical systems not protected by a one inch air gap between the NIC and cable from remote exploit?
Seems like from TFA they're not:
Which one was a worse experience... getting the tentacle or dealing with SQL Server?
I kid, I kid...
The ground cloth idea has me thinking...
I recall a home recycling project where plastic shopping bags were cut open, trimmed, layered 4 - 6 deep, then ironed on low between wax paper. The resulting material is similar to tyvek.
A ground cloth made from that would seem to serve as a weed barrier and likely not break down as much as something made from other materials.
I forget who was it who said they preferred the two main parties to fight each other since they'd be too busy to screw over the rest of us, but they were on to something.
Apparently, multiple agencies working on the same problem haven't produced the desired result:
A universal definition of "medical record", with standardized format and code definitions.
Once standardized, adoption must be mandatory.
If the government is going to intervene, then it should intervene in a way that improves the situation rather than hinders it.
Would air quality in Mexico perhaps be a contributing factor in the death rate from this flu strain?
Just from the number of organizations involved, it reads like "We like standards so much we're collecting all of them!".
A single standard would permit patients to move from hospital to hospital easier than it is currently. Multiple tests for the same condition wouldn't be required.
Which is why it seems the health care industry is against it.
Patients which leave don't provide more funding. Redundant tests can be a way to increase billing as well, so eliminating those cuts down on hospital income.
Yes, the press makes party affiliation very clear... perhaps in a way they don't mean to.
When an (R) does something wrong as you note you cant(R) see(R) their(R) name(R) in(R) print(R) without(R) that(R) (R) right after their name.
On the other hand, when a politician has done something wrong and no party affiliation is mentioned they're a (D), never an (R) or an (I).
I think so... perhaps you should try another operating system?
Be aware though, it's got a weird text editor...
Could also just use VI with the g?? command...
ohg gura gung zvtug or gbb zhpu jbex sbe fbzr.
Well, we'll have to disagree on this point.
The threat of nuclear weapons seems a credible deterrent when considering using other mass casualty weapons ( chemical / biological ).
After all, using those can produce similar casualty rates. More than a few people might see "fighting fire with fire" as acceptable.
As a veteran of the first gulf war, I suspect the US nuclear arsenal had a measurable effect on that conflict even though they were not used.
During the build up to the invasion of Kuwait, we did daily CBR drills. Ships tv system played lectures on how to don, decontaminate and remove MOPP suits and MCU-2P gas masks. We were required to carry our masks with us constantly ( yes, even sleep with them ). Daily GQ drills with an emphasis on CBR defense.
We knew Saddam has a history of using nerve gas on his own people. The nightmare scenario was anti-ship missiles first followed up with chemical weapons.
Question: In the first gulf war, why didn't Saddam use chemical weapons against coalition forces?
Answer: I suspect that the threat of nuclear retaliation prevented the consideration of chemical / biological weapons against coalition forces.
When you say "reality biased" do you mean "based on measurable events, peer-reviewed science, or statistics for which source data is freely available" or do you mean "agrees with my preconceived notions"?
Because so often when I hear people speak of "reality biased" they seem to mean the latter rather than the former.
conveniently, all *nix systems come with a write only database.
Just pipe your data to /dev/null. I think you'll be impressed by the write speed!
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Try the all-knowing wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men's_Division_I_Basketball_Championship
"911... when seconds count, help is minutes away"
Why don't they just say "vampire"?
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thats... ::puts on sunglasses:: ...shocking.
waaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiilllllllllll!!!!!!
Good News Everyone!
Opening oracle with resetlogs resets the online redo logs and sets the log sequence number to 1; also called creating a new incarnation of the database.
That prevents applying archive logs from before the reset (i.e. previous incarnations ) but which may contain more recent data than what's in the datafiles.
I use EXP/IMP myself, but for larger databases it can be impractical. One of my systems takes around 120 hours of processing time to read in an export and write it to a blank schema ( which we tested when building mirrored servers for development ).
Still, having an export is much better than a blank stare when someone tells you the backup tape is unreadable.