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The Nokia Lumia 920 is the first phone from the Finnish firm to run on the latest version of Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8, with its charming, colourful live tiles and a host of nifty new features.
Nokia has added to this with its own apps for in-car satellite navigation, music streaming, local information and photography. With a great screen and attractive design, is this the best Windows Phone 8 device around?
It's available this month on EE for 4G connectivity or Orange and T-Mobile for 3G. It's available SIM-free for around £445, so expect it to be free on contracts above £35 per month.
Should I buy the Nokia Lumia 920?
The question you should really be asking is, "Do I want to use Windows Phone 8?" It's the latest version of Microsoft's mobile software and is very different to what you might have experienced on Android or iOS.
Its homescreen is made up of resizable tiles in primary colours, showing live information. They're similar in a way to Android's live widgets, but with a much more simplistic design. It's fun and visually appealing and doesn't take much getting used to.
Balanced against that is the extremely sparse app store. You can get some essentials like Netflix and WhatsApp -- and Skype is on its way. But there's nothing like the offering on Android or iOS, so if you love playing the latest mobile games it won't be for you.
Nokia has taken Windows Phone 8 and thrown in some of its own software too. Nokia Drive brings turn-by-turn navigation to your car and Nokia Music lets you stream -- for free -- a huge library of music.
The phone itself is stunning to look at and has an amazing high-definition screen. Tiny text is pin-sharp and colours look great. It only houses a dual-core processor, but it's more than powerful enough for everything you'll be doing with it.
The 920 is an excellent phone with some great features, but you'll have to learn to love Windows Phone 8. If you want a mountain of apps and features such as Google Now, the Google Nexus 4 is set to be a powerhouse of a phone, and starting at only £239 it's nearly half the price of Nokia's offering. We haven't seen the Nexus 4 yet though, so don't rush out to buy it before you read our full review.
The iPhone 5 offers a similarly simplistic interface, a great screen and truckloads of apps, but with a starting price of £529, it's a wallet-busting investment.
Design and build quality
If you've ever seen one of Nokia's Lumia phones, the 920 won't offer any surprises. It hasn't fallen far from the design tree. Like the Lumia 800 and 900 before it, it has a one-piece body with a curved back and rounded edges.
The front is dominated by a single piece of glass. Like the Lumia 800, the screen slopes at the edges to smoothly meet the rounded plastic around it. Nokia replaced this with a flat glass front on the 900, which might not seem like a big change, but it managed to erase much of the premium, sleek feel that was so impressive on the 800. Thankfully, Nokia has learnt its lesson this time round.
My review model came with a high-gloss white finish, making it look like it's been dunked in a tin of Dulux' finest. It picks up finger grease pretty easily, but I still think it looks terrific. The power, camera and volume buttons are large and have a chrome coating that's offset attractively against the white case. On the back is a silver strip bearing the Nokia and Carl Zeiss lens branding.
I find it incredibly glamorous -- worlds apart from the dull hordes of black and grey mobiles out there. It will certainly appeal to the more style-conscious among you. If brilliant white doesn't float your boat, it'll also be available in red or yellow (pictured) -- both of which are bright enough to be used as SOS beacons -- or more subdued black and grey colours if you're not brave enough to try a fresh colour palette.
The Lumia range is clearly designed with a keen eye on the fun side of style. The rounded design looks and feels great to hold, and it's much more interesting than HTC's newest Windows Phone, the 8X -- and that's far from ugly.
It might look good enough for a GQ covershoot, but it's no size zero catwalk model. Its 130mm length and 70mm width are fairly standard for a phone with a 4.5-inch display, but at 10.7mm, it's arguably on the stocky side. Compare that with the iPhone 5's 7.6mm thickness and the 920 seems a bit of a chubber.
At 185g, it's much heavier than the 112g iPhone too. It takes you by surprise a little if you're used to a smaller phone and it sits very heavily in your hand. You're unlikely to forget about it for long if you slide it into a blazer pocket. If you're after the thinnest, lightest phone to slip into your sky-rocket, the 920 isn't for you.
Its build quality is extremely high. The chassis is machined from a single piece of polycarbonate (a fancy-sounding type of firm plastic), so there are no awkward creaks or clicks if you squeeze it. The power, camera and volume buttons are big, easy to hit and have a firm, satisfying click to them.
On the top you'll find a 3.5mm headphone jack; a micro-USB port resides on the bottom. There's sadly no microSD card slot to expand the storage, which is disappointing. Mercifully, Nokia has pumped in 32GB of internal storage, so you shouldn't be running out of room too soon after booting it up the first time.
Thanks to Windows Phone 8's new-found ability to cope with high-definition screens, the Lumia 920 is able to pack in a resolution of 768x1,280 pixels into its 4.5-inch display. That high resolution gives the 920 a pixel density of 332ppi, making it slightly sharper than the iPhone 5's 326ppi -- although I sincerely doubt you'd be able to tell the difference.
Either way, it means fine text is kept incredibly sharp and the stark lines of the Windows Phone 8 interface look deliciously crisp. That's particularly noticeable when you fire up Amazon's Kindle app. The text in ebooks is pin-sharp, making reading for long periods particularly comfortable. It's very bright too, doing a decent job of counteracting reflections from bright lights.
The display also puts on a great show of handling colour. Nokia boasts the screen has 'ClearBlack' technology, which basically means blacks are particularly deep. This results in higher contrast and richer colours, and it's certainly noticeable. The bright Windows Phone 8 tiles look superb against the black background and watching YouTube clips like my favourite, Art of Flight, was a delight.
Not only does it look superb, but Nokia has also made it particularly sensitive to touch. You swipe around the interface with a pointy fingernail, but it's also able to sense your input through fabric. I put on a fairly thick pair of gloves and I was still able to swipe as normal. It still didn't struggle at all when I poked my finger into my thick jumper to swipe around. That will come in handy, no doubt, this winter when you don't fancy pulling off a glove to send a quick text.
Windows Phone 8 software
The Lumia 920 is the first of Nokia's phones to sport the latest Windows Phone 8 software, rather than the older Windows Phone 7 you'll find on the Lumia 800. Instead of the multiple homescreens of Android or grids of apps of iOS, Windows Phone brings large, colourful tiles to a scrolling homescreen, each showing live information.
In terms of outward design, it doesn't immediately appear that different from the older version -- except for the ability to resize the tiles. There's a few neat tricks under the hood that are worth checking out though. I've given Windows Phone 8 a complete teardown in my review of the HTC 8X, so head on over there to read all the details. Because I'm super helpful, I'll summarise some of the key points here.
The People and Me hubs are easily my favourite aspects. They pull together all your contacts from your email, phone, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin accounts to let you see all updates in one place. In the Me app, you can post to all your social networks at once, without having to jump in and out of different apps. You can create groups of people too, allowing you to share photos, text or email everyone in the group at once.
Kid's Corner allows you to duplicate the home screen -- but only showing the apps, music and videos that you specify. It means you can let your child play around with your phone, safe in the knowledge they can't access anything unsavoury and won't be able to alter any critical settings.
Apps are still a major problem for Windows Phone 8. While there are a few bits and bobs worth having, the app store is miserably understocked. If you love checking out the latest apps and comparing high scores with your friends you'll be much better off on Android or iOS.
Microsoft has bundled in its mobile version of Office, however. It's extremely basic, so you won't want to type out long documents, but it's good for writing a few notes. It'll sync all your files across other versions of Office too, similar to the way Google Docs does, only you don't need to keep a constant Internet connection open to use it.
Nokia apps
To help make up for the lack of software in the Windows Phone 8 app store, Nokia has loaded a stack of nifty tools onto the phone.
Nokia already powers Microsoft's Bing Maps, so the map data you'll find on phones such as the HTC 8X is the same here. You can view maps in a normal representative map style or as a satellite view. The satellite pictures aren't as up to date as on the desktop version of Bing Maps -- the hotel next to our office is fully built on the desktop, but is a sparse building site on the phone -- but it's unlikely to stop you from finding your way.
Nokia offers a wealth of local business information and this is immediately accessible through the maps app. Tap the Local Scout icon -- or dive into the Local Scout app -- and you can browse through nearby restaurants, points of interest and shops. Tapping on a result will bring up information like the address, opening hours and user reviews (if available).
Particularly helpfully, Nokia allows you to download maps to your phone, so you don't need a data connection to see where you are. It can download the entire of England at once (it's only a 4MB file). It only shows the standard map view, not the satellite, but even when you have no connection at all, you can still see all the road details.
If you find yourself travelling into the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales, the Peak District or Bodmin Moor and don't want to risk getting lost with no data connection, it's well worth downloading your map before you go.
Although it can give you driving directions between two points, standard Windows Phone 8 doesn't allow for turn by turn navigation. Thankfully though, Nokia has included the latest version of its Drive app, which adds just such functionality.
Pop in your destination and the app will give you driving instructions from your current location. It shows the map in a 3D, car-level view and tracks along the road in real time as you go. Like other GPS sat-navs, it will also give voice directions about turnings and warns you if you begin to creep over the speed limit.
The interface is clean and simple and, if you've downloaded the maps to your phone, you won't need to keep a constant data connection to see the roads. If you do have a connection, you'll also be able to see nearby landmarks such as the Tate Modern or London Eye.
Sat-navs from companies such as TomTom can be quite costly -- especially as they only serve one purpose -- so to have such a comprehensive driving navigation tool as standard is a great bonus. If you're not a driver, the directions tool in maps can give you walking directions and public transport information (which is missing from Apple's Maps app in iOS 6.)
Confused in a new town and want to grab a bite? Nokia's City Lens is here to lend a hand. It pulls the information from its maps apps and, using augmented reality, displays the locations of restaurants and shops on screen, using the camera.
As you turn on the spot and move the camera around, you see details of what's nearby. You can use it to see which direction to walk without having to work it out on a map -- a lifesaver for those of us with no sense of direction.
You can view restaurants, shops, hotels and sites of interest, all of which are displayed all around you. Oddly, when I set it to display 'Famous' sites, it showed up locations such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Yellowstone National Park and Adventure Island in Australia, all of which were at least 7,000km away from me. I don't imagine I'll ever be using City Lens to walk to these destinations, but you never know.
It's undeniably a fun way of discovering things to see and do around you, but it's not perfect. The GPS takes a few moments to work out exactly where you are and I found the icons will sometimes start to shift in a certain direction, so their exact locations aren't precise. If I was on my way to a restaurant in a hurry, I certainly wouldn't trust it to take me straight to the door.
You'll need some good music to keep you company as you find your way to dinner. Nokia has you covered here too. The Nokia Music app lets you listen to a variety of playlists featuring a wide selection of music. Better yet, these playlists are completely free to use, aren't ad-supported and you can sync up to 14.5 hours of music offline to your phone.
That might sound too good to be true and in a way, it is. The playlists feature a variety of songs from differing artists, so you get something of a mixtape. If you love listening to new music and don't care about having entire albums from artists, it's ideal. If you're like me, however, and have a wide taste -- that often includes things not in the charts -- you might not be too keen on some of the choices.
Still, there's over 100 channels to browse through and you can make your own channel based on a particular artist. If you want to expand your personal collection, you can search through any of the 17 million tracks to download and keep. Tracks cost 99p each though, so if you hope to build up a vast collection you should start saving now.
Battery life and inductive charging
The Lumia 920 has been kitted out with the ability to charge inductively. This means it's able to receive power by touching a charging pad, rather than being directly connected to a plug. We've already seen this idea before with PowerMat, but the technology is built right into the phone, rather than needing to add an extra case onto it.
The 920 comes with a charging pad -- a plastic disk that connects to the mains and sits on your desk. To charge your phone, you simply put it on the disk. You don't need to attach any cables or hit any switches -- it will immediately start to draw power. It's extremely handy to be able to just put your phone down and not need to untangle any cables before plugging it in.
The idea is that you can have numerous pads all round your house -- your bedside table, your coffee table, your kitchen -- and a bunch more in your office. While I really like the idea, the pads are sold individually. Nokia hasn't been able to tell me exactly how much they cost, but I doubt they'll come under £20. Buy five or six of these, as Nokia suggests, and you'll suddenly find you can't afford those sharp new shoes.
Still, it's a neat way of tackling the age-old problem of stretching your smart phone's battery life throughout the day. Sadly, that's quite a problem with the 920 -- I didn't find its battery life impressive at all.
Although it packs in a capacious 2,000mAh cell, I found with pretty heavy use (downloading apps, using maps and tracking, sending numerous texts and emails) for around 4 hours it had gone from fully charged to around 25 per cent remaining. It certainly won't last an entire working day.
That's extremely disappointing, especially given its rather chunky size. There's plenty of room to slap in a huge battery and squeeze a couple of days juice out of it. Nokia's Lumia 800 put in a similarly poor effort when it first launched, but became considerably better after a software update. Fingers crossed Nokia does the same here -- and soon.
Power and performance
The Lumia 920 is running on a 1.5GHz dual core processor, backed up by 1GB of RAM. By top-end smart phone standards, that's not a lot. By comparison, the newly announced Google Nexus 4 boasts a 1.5GHz quad-core chip and a mighty 2GB of RAM. Given that Windows Phone 8 software finally allows for multi-core processing (up to a ridiculous 64 cores), it's a shame not to see the first quad-core Windows Phone 8 handset.
The fact remains it's only worth having four cores if you have software that can take advantage of them, and even in the 700,000 apps of the Google Play store, there's hardly anything that can properly take advantage of that processing. Instead, a nippy dual-core chip can provide plenty of grunt without taxing the battery too much.
Indeed, I found the 920 to be a perfectly capable phone. Swiping through the big, colourful tiles was responsive and immediate and opening menus and apps was free of any irritating delay. There's plenty of juice for all the Windows Phone 8 services and Nokia apps.
Whether it's powerful enough to cope with demanding apps and 3D games such as Real Racing 2 remains to be seen when -- or should that be if -- those games ever become available on the Windows Phone 8 store.
On the back of the 920 you'll spy an 8-megapixel camera. It apparently uses the PureView technology seen in the ridiculous Nokia 808, but it doesn't offer the same whopping megapixel count.
I took it for a wander with an iPhone 5 and I found the results to be satisfactory, but not mindblowing. The Lumia does a much better job with colour and toning, providing a warm, rich shot. The iPhone's effort seemed a little cold by comparison.
It didn't, however, seem to offer quite the same clarity as the iPhone, which is particularly noticeable when viewing the photos at full screen. Fine detail around the buildings is lost, resulting in a less sharp image overall. It's not a bad effort though and I've certainly seen worse, but if it was able to combine clarity and colour then we'd finally have a phone to knock the iPhone's camera off its smug podium.
It does boast a load of extra features. Smart Photo takes multiple photos, allowing you to erase moving bits. Cinemagraph lets you create fun little animated gif images. The lens itself has optical image stabilisation to smooth out your video, which I found to work very well in my tests.
I'll be doing a good deal more with the camera over the coming days, so stay tuned for a full teardown and comparisons against more of the competition.
4G connectivity
The 920 is the first phone from Nokia to ride on Britain's new super-fast 4G network. Only EE currently offers the service and it's not cheap -- and only in 11 cities at launch -- but if data speed is everything to you, it's worth checking out.
When I popped in my 4G SIM, the phone didn't seem to want to work on the 4G network. While annoying, both the service and the phone are brand new, so there are likely to be service updates pushed out to make them work together. If the same is true when the phone goes on sale, it will be a major problem.
On the plus side though, I did notice a distinct increase in data speeds. On my 3G SIM card from Three, I was only able to achieve download speeds of 0.8Mbps. With the EE SIM card installed, that rose dramatically to 4.1Mbps. As it's not on the 4G network, that could be just to do with having different signal strengths between networks, but it's still promising.
We'll be speed testing the 920 properly on 4G and of course seeing exactly how it affects battery life, so stay tuned for more.
The Windows Phone 8 experience on the 920 is the same as it is on the HTC 8X. It's fun and easy to use, but the terrible lack of apps in the store make it hard to recommend over similarly priced high-end Android phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S3.
Nokia's own local information, navigation and photography apps go some way to making up for the pitiful app selection. With a stunning screen, attractive design, decent camera and 4G connectivity, this is a superb phone and is rightfully the standard-bearer for Windows Phone 8. If the Windows Phone Marketplace can catch up to Android and iOS quickly, it'll be a formidable gadget.


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MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) - The UN and Arab League's peace envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said on Sunday he hoped the international community would accept a new plan to end the 21-month civil war in the Middle East country, Egyptian media reported.
"I have discussed this plan with Russia and Syria," Brahimi said in Cairo after talks with Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi. "I think this proposal could be adopted by the international community."
"There is a proposal for a political solution based on the Geneva declaration foreseeing a ceasefire, forming a government with complete prerogatives and a plan for parliamentary and presidential elections," he said, citing a statement issued after a June meeting of world powers.
He gave no further details of the peace plan. A previous UN peace plan collapsed just days after coming into force in April.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov tweeted on Sunday that a meeting between Russia, the US and Brahimi could talk place in January.
Brahimi also warned the situation in Syria "is very bad and getting worse by the day." His comments came as opposition activists said almost 400 people had been killed in fighting across Syria on Sunday. This would be the highest death toll since the start of the conflict, which has so far claimed over 44,000 lives, according to opposition groups.
Brahami is also set to meet Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday.
The UN envoy's comments came a day after he warned in Moscow following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Syria faced a descent into "hell," if a political solution to the crisis was not found soon.
Lavrov said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would not voluntarily step down, but that a negotiated settlement to the fighting was possible.
"The confrontation is escalating. But we agree the chance for a political solution remains," Lavrov said.
Russia has faced heavy international criticism over its refusal to back UN sanctions against Syria, its last ally in the Arab world, over what it called the pro-rebel bias of the proposed resolutions.
But Moscow has denied it is backing Assad and says it is concerned that the Syrian president's enforced departure would only worsen the conflict.
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- bielecHow realistic is it?19:01, 30/12/2012This is a good plan, especially if the parliamentary and presidential elections in Syria take place soon.
Bashar al-Assad should have an opportunity to run in the presidential election - this is the only way to prove that he does or does not have the popular support of the Syrian people.
Then, everybody should accept the results of the elections - the opposition and all foreign governments.
I am afraid that this will not happen. This plan will be sabotaged because both the rebels and their Western sponsors don`t want the Syrian people to decide the outcome of this conflict. They want it their way or no way.
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Pons constructed a 10′×8′×8′ shrine commemorating the imprisoned Chinese artist/activist Ai Weiwei who was abducted by Chinese Authorities on April 3, 2011. (As of time of this post [June 15, 2011] Ai Weiwei is still imprisoned.) View photos from the installation Here.
The installation piece, "Ai Weiwei: 21st Century Revolutionary" is intended to inform viewers of the imprisoned Chinese artist. The work brings to question "what is criminal?" considering the fact that Ai has been the target of camera surveillance, physical abuse and the demolition of his artist studio in Shanghai by the hands of Chinese officials. In late April, the website change.org, which has been petitioning for Ai's release came under a cyber attack from within China. Ai Weiwei's vehement criticism of the Chinese government has resulted in his detention, which has led many human rights activists around the world to ask "Who's afraid of Ai Weiwei?"
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The World Bank and International Monetary Fund need to ditch the 'trickle down' economics of the past and lead the fight against inequality if they are serious about the new target to end extreme poverty by 2030.
The World Bank and IMF must step up their support for developing countries who are struggling with spiking food prices along with the fallout from Europe's fiscal crisis, Oxfam said ahead of the annual meeting of the institutions in Tokyo this week.
Incoming World Bank president Jim Yong Kim must step up efforts to assist developing countries threatened by the euro zone crisis fallout, international agency Oxfam said ahead of his first day on the job.
Oxfam has made a submission to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on its 2011 review of the conditions it attaches to its loans.
A global coalition of campaigners have called for an open process to elect the next Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, and an end to the stranglehold that Europeans have had on the post since it was created.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board will meet this week [6 April] to discuss how to use the extra $2.8 billion windfall it made from selling 403.3 tons of gold late last year. The windfall profits should be used to cancel the debts of poor countries facing crises outside their control.


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Duluth-based Maurices awarded as fit-friendly workplace
Knowing her family history of diabetes, Robin Murphy already had been trying to stay fit. But she didn't make significant progress until her employer hired a wellness coordinator.By: John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune
Knowing her family history of diabetes, Robin Murphy already had been trying to stay fit. But she didn't make significant progress until her employer hired a wellness coordinator.
"What I learned by having Jamie here is that I didn't push myself enough," said Murphy, 48. "It was so easy to stop."
"Jamie" is Jamie Somrock, who talked her way into an internship at Maurices headquarters in downtown Duluth in January 2011 while she was still a student at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Seven months later, she was hired full-time.
Maurices' commitment to helping associates — the company avoids the word "employees" — achieve healthy lifestyles has earned the American Heart Association's designation as a "Fit Friendly" company. It's only the third entity in the Northland to achieve that rating, along with UMD and Essentia Health.
Helping the 360 associates in its downtown offices keep fit isn't a new thing for Maurices, said Cindy Kerr, the company's benefits manager. It has had its own fitness facilities for a number of years. It brought in Weight Watchers programs and other fitness- and health-related classes from the outside.
"But people wanted more," Kerr said. "So to do more we really needed to make that commitment."
It's all part of making Maurices an attractive place to work, Kerr said.
"For a lot of our positions, we're recruiting nationally and trying to get people to move here from big metropolitan areas," she said. "We really try to create a culture that is vibrant."
Another factor is the company's financial health, she said.
"We'd like to impact our health-care claims," Kerr said. "We know that helping people be healthier will affect the bottom line."
About the time Somrock came aboard, the company moved its fitness center from a dark basement with low ceilings to a spacious third-floor room where associates have views of Lake Superior as they exercise on treadmills and other equipment. The company also installed new and expanded showers and changing rooms.
Still, Kerr, whose job included coordinating fitness activities, hadn't planned to hire someone for that role. Somrock, a Duluth native who graduated from UMD with a community health education degree, said she approached Kerr "on a whim" because a friend had interned at Maurices previously.
She was turned down. Two weeks later, Kerr called and offered the internship.
"I wasn't looking for an intern at the moment, but she was one I just couldn't pass up," Kerr said.
"And when our fiscal year started in August, that's when they surprised me and created my position," Somrock added.
Somrock, a tall 25-year-old with blond hair and infectious enthusiasm, seems perfectly suited for the job. "I get to dress like this," she noted of the brightly colored gym shorts, T-shirt and tennis shoes she was wearing.
Somrock leads one or two fitness classes a day in rooms set aside for the purpose. She brings in instructors in yoga, Zumba and kettlebell. She organizes training groups and contests aimed at achieving healthier lifestyles.
In one challenge, the goal of the 100 associates who enrolled was to lose a total of 500 pounds in four weeks; they actually lost 700 pounds. The company's participation in the downtown Sidewalk Shuffle rose from 20 to 30 in recent years to 70 this summer.
She also has had an impact on office eating habits.
"When I first started here, we were ordering pizzas from Pizza Luce for our meetings," Somrock said. "And, granted, we still do that once in a while; but just having me here, I feel like people have made a more conscientious effort to try to make the better choices. We've now catered from certain companies that have healthier options."
Maurices tries to keep its headquarters associates, 98 percent of whom are female, from being overly deskbound, Kerr said. Associates can work on laptops in a comfortably furnished second-floor space known as the Loft. They can sign up to work at a walk station, a desk attached to a treadmill that moves at a steady 2 mph.
Murphy, who is a sales systems specialist, said she has seen the effect in her life. She was diagnosed as pre-diabetic about four years ago and as diabetic two years ago, she said. Although previous attempts to lose weight were largely unsuccessful, she has lost 25 pounds in the last several months. Her doctor noticed the improvement during her last visit.
"He just told me to keep doing what I've been doing," Murphy said.
Murphy is doing even more, recently running her first 5K. And she's signed up as part of a 12-member Maurices team for the upcoming Great River Ragnar Relay from Winona, Minn., to Minneapolis. She'll run 14 miles of the 200-mile course.
She credits Maurices, where she has worked 22 years, for providing fitness facilities. Living out of town, Murphy said, it would be difficult for her to find time to get to a fitness center otherwise. She said the classes on fitness, nutrition and wellness also have been helpful.
"And then, of course, having Jamie here. That was just wonderful."
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Does anyone know if there is an update to the Seagate firmware or a vialble workaround for this problem?
Numerous workarounds, yes, and you say you've tried them all, which I'm sorry to hear.
It has nothing to do with Seagate firmware, so the issue is not there.
Have you tried all the USB ports on the computer?
Does the same thing happen on other computers?
Thanks for the response Alan.
I'm curious about your statement "It has nothing to do with Seagate firmware, so the issue is not there."
I don't understand how this is not a problem of the Seagate GoFlex firmware. I have other external drives that do not cause this problem. It only occurs with the GoFlex drive attached. I can attach a Seagate 500gb FreeAgent and a WD 1Tb drive without seeing the problem. It only occurs with the FA GoFlex Desk drive attached.
I've tried these workarounds:
Unplugging the drive during boot is not really a valid 'workaround' is it?
Yes - This problem does occur on other computers - there are many reports here on the forums. Here are some of them:
Having a usb device attached to the system that prevents bootup is just not viable for me. I even thought about upgrading the system but I'm not sure what systems would be compatable with GoFlex. Any solutions or news about firmware updates would be really appreciated.
Let me elaborate a bit more on some of this.
1) Possible cause: The boot order is set incorrectly.
Make sure the USB drive was attached when he went into the BIOS settings. The BIOS options will be different depending on whether the drive is seen at boot or not. Disable anything that says boot USB and confirm the external drive doesn't show in the Boot sequence (usually listed a few layers deep in the list of hard disk drives [HDD]).
2) Possible cause: The BIOS changes the boot order back after you change it.
Basically, try #1 again just to make sure.
Then, do a backup to a different drive before attempting any of these steps because this will put your data at risk.
Some BIOSs will change back to booting the USB device if you leave it disconnect for a boot. Removing the "Active" status from the partition on the drive will usually fix that.
So you can reformat the external drive or use a utility called Diskpart.
Note that DiskPart is a very dangerous utility than can easily erase all data on your computer with an incorrect key stroke, so it should be used with caution and only by experienced computer experts that know the value of a backup and have several.
You can see if the drive has an "Active" partition by looking in Disk Management. It will say "Healthy, Active" in the white area of the external drive.
I'd recommend just using Disk Management to reformat it, and give the drive a secondary partition this time.
3) Possible cause: The BIOS mistakes the USB drive for a Mouse or keyboard and hangs attempting to negotiate with it.
Disable any "Legacy USB" setting in the BIOS. The drawback is you won't have access to a USB keyboard or Mouse until USB drivers are loaded in your operating system (not usually a problem in Windows, but could be a problem for Boot CDs). So, with that in mind, look into reloading your motherboard's USB drivers. You would need search for updated USB drivers at your computer manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer website.
Search for updated USB drivers at your computer manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer website.If you have a Dell PC, go to Dell's site and search for USB drivers and/or something similar. If you have an HP, do the same at HP's website.If your computer is not an "out of the box" ready-made computer like one of these name brands, check your motherboard's user manual for its specifications and brand. Then, go to that manufacturer's website to look for updated USB drivers.
If these steps fail or are unavailable, try making Windows search for updated drivers. Please follow the instructions in Document ID: 201235.
If that fails:
a) Right-click on each individual item under the subheading Universal Serial Bus controllers.
b) Select the Uninstall option on each device.
c) Then reboot your computer.
4) Possible cause: The BIOS just can't negotiate with USB drives (usually seen on drives above 500GB) and hangs.
Updating the BIOS or putting a USB hub between the BIOS and the drive can help, but in some cases there isn't much that can be done short of disconnecting the drive during boot.
04-08-2011 11:57 AM - edited 04-08-2011 12:43 PM
Good info - Thanks for the clear info, Alan. I will try the ones I haven't tried yet.
Possible causes and solutions
1 & 2) Boot order:
3 & 4) BIOS usb driver mistakes:
c) turn off legacy support
Turning off USB Legacy support was the quickest and simplest workaround. By keeping a cheap PS/2 keyboard connected along with my USB keyboard, I can still have keyboard selection during boot if needed.
Shortening the boot delay at "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools\System Configuration" or "%windir%\system32\msconfig.exe" is also helpful.
Thanks for your help in this Alan!
I had the same issue with my GoFles 2Tb. Every time I booted with the GoFlex connected I would have to go back into the BIOS and re-set the boot sequence.
After some research I found a solution. While formatting my drive for first time use I made the disk an 'active' partition.
You can only have ONE active partition (the one with the MBR) at a time. To de-activate the partition (only to keep it from booting, not formatting or deleting) see this :
Worked for me - now I don't have to either disconnect my GoFlex or go into BIOS every boot.
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is this library only meant to be used for protecting network traffic?
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Posted 23 September 2013 - 11:47 AM
It can be used on any data.
Note that encryption is just a limited armored transport service. It only helps protect against tampering between the time it is encrypted and the time it is decrypted. That is all.
It does not protect you against any other attacks. It won't help protect the data once it is decoded, such as monitoring the memory of your application, modifying values inside a running program, protecting the communications protocol itself, or preventing attackers from establishing their own secure connections. Since all data must be deciphered to be used, you must assume that an attacker who has access to the machine also has full access to all the data.
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Posted 23 September 2013 - 01:10 PM
is this the best one to use?,thanks for the smart reply btw
Best is subjective. Only you know your requirements, Only you know if you have requirements about trusting (or distrusting) any specific library.
It is functional and has developed a community around it. Is it better or worse than any other product? That depends on you and your needs.
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Posted 24 September 2013 - 06:18 AM
Thats the problem , i am not sure what exactly this library is used for,all i know that you can encode/crypt strings, i am not sure if you can do it for varibles?
It can compute hashes, checksums, MACs, PRNs, ... and is by no way restricted to strings. Instead, it works on streams of bytes. And because any data can be seen as stream of bytes, the library can work on any data (not even plain but also structured data).
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Posted 24 September 2013 - 10:13 AM
What do you wish to encrypt? The library can encrypt anything you want, but it is not always worth to encrypt normal game data, unless you want to delay the discovery of your protocol (which will happen if your game get enough attention).
IMO encrypt the login information and private chats and you should be fine.
I would recommend that you take your time and have at least a good idea of how algorithms work and what you should save because some are not as intuitive as they may seem (specially public key encryption and hash + salt password saving).
Edited by KnolanCross, 24 September 2013 - 10:14 AM.
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Posted 25 September 2013 - 12:04 AM
I also recommend *not* using the library in a serious project if you don't know how to use it. Cryptography is difficult to get right, and even if you do know what you are doing you should still use existing frameworks and protocols to achieve whatever security property you are looking for (e.g. use SSL/TLS bindings, a validated SRP implementation, and so on) instead of rolling your own. The problem is that it's very easy to think you've got it right when in reality all you've got is a gaping hole that you can't even see. I know it's tempting to just go ahead and hack away at code until it looks like it's working, but most crypto tutorials you will find on the net are utter crap and with the wealth of easily accessible knowledge and vetted implementations there is really no excuse for doing this yourself, failing, and getting your ass kicked shortly after by the PR backlash.
And, yes, encryption does not care about the underlying structure or semantics of the data. It works on any kind of information, in any encoding.
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This petition by workers in Leeds (a major center of wool manufacture in Yorkshire) appeared in a local newspapers in 1786. They are complaining about the effects of machines on the previously well-paid skilled workers.
See also the Letter from Cloth Merchants 1791, defending machines.
To the Merchants, Clothiers and all such as wish well to the Staple Manufactory of this Nation.
The Humble ADDRESS and PETITION of Thousands, who labour in the Cloth Manufactory.
SHEWETH, That the Scribbling-Machines have thrown thousands of your petitioners out of employ, whereby they are brought into great distress, and are not able to procure a maintenance for their families, and deprived them of the opportunity of bringing up their children to labour: We have therefore to request, that prejudice and self-interest may be laid aside, and that you may pay that attention to the following facts, which the nature of the case requires.
The number of Scribbling-Machines extending about seventeen miles south-west of LEEDS, exceed all belief, being no less than one hundred and seventy! and as each machine will do as much work in twelve hours, as ten men can in that time do by hand, (speaking within bounds) and they working night-and day, one machine will do as much work in one day as would otherwise employ twenty men.
As we do not mean to assert any thing but what we can prove to be true, we allow four men to be employed at each machine twelve hours, working night and day, will take eight men in twenty-four hours; so ~ that, upon a moderate computation twelve men are thrown out of employ for every single machine used in scribbling; and as it may be sup', posed the number of machines in all the other quarters together, t nearly equal those in the South-West, full four thousand men are left l-; to shift for a living how they can, and must of course fall to the Parish, if not timely relieved. Allowing one boy to be bound apprentice from each family out of work, eight thousand hands are deprived of the opportunity of getting a livelihood.
We therefore hope, that the feelings of humanity will lead those who l, have it in their power to prevent the use of those machines, to give every discouragement they can to what has a tendency so prejudicial to their fellow-creatures.
This is not all; the injury to the Cloth is great, in so much that in Frizing, instead of leaving a nap upon the cloth, the wool is drawn out and the Cloth is left thread-bare.
Many more evils we could enumerate, but we would hope, that the sensible part of mankind, who are not biassed by interest, must see the dreadful tendancy of their continuance; a depopulation must be the consequence; trade being then lost, the landed interest will have no other satisfaction but that of being last devoured.
We wish to propose a few queries to those who would plead for the further continuance of these machines:
Men of common sense must know, that so many machines in use, take the work from the hands employed in Scribbling, - and who did that business before machines were invented.
How are those men, thus thrown out of employ to provide for their families; - and what are they to put their children apprentice to, that the rising generation may have something to keep them at work, in order that they may not be like vagabonds strolling about in idleness? Some say, Begin and learn some other business. - Suppose we do; who will maintain our families, whilst we undertake the arduous task; and when we have learned it, how do we know we shall be any better for all our pains; for by the time we have served our second apprenticeship, another machine may arise, which may take away that business also; so that our families, being half pined whilst we are learning how to provide them with bread, will be wholly so during the period of our third apprenticeship.
But what are our children to do; are they to be brought up in idleness? Indeed as things are, it is no wonder to hear of so many executions; for our parts, though we may be thought illiterate men, our conceptions are, that bringing children up to industry, and keeping them employed, is the way to keep them from falling into those crimes, which an idle habit naturally leads to.
These things impartially considered will we hope, be strong advocates in our favour; and we conceive that men of sense, religion and humanity, will be satisfied of the reasonableness, as well as necessity of this address, and that their own feelings will urge them to espouse the cause of us and our families -
Signed, in behalf of THOUSANDS, by
Joseph Hepworth Thomas Lobley
Robert Wood Thos. Blackburn
From J. F. C. Harrison, Society and Politics in England, 1780-1960 (New York: Harper & Row, 1965), pp. 71-72.
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The judged winner of Round 1 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest is B.H. in Spokane, for his article titled "On Preparing Your Children", which was posted on October 24, 2005. Congratulations, B.H.! I will confirm his address and mail him a four day Front Sight course certificate. Because we received so many great articles, we have decided to repeat this contest.
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U.S. Under-21 WNT Win Sixth Straight Nordic Cup With 3-0 Defeat of Sweden
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AKUREYRI, Iceland (July 29, 2004) - The U.S. Under-21 Women's National Team continued its six-year dominance of the world at their age level, shutting out their fourth straight opponent by a 3-0 score to defeat Sweden for the championship of the 14th annual Nordic Cup. Midfielder Lori Chalupny scored at the stroke of halftime and forwards Kelly Wilson and Carli Lloyd both added second-half goals as the Americans held Sweden without a shot in the game. The USA went 360 minutes during the tournament without allowing a goal, as goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart recorded shutouts in all four games.


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Review of the 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo
A great Audi-inspired interior and balanced all-wheel-drive handling make the Lamborghini Gallardo a surprisingly livable exotic.
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Prodigious V10 power, added traction of all-wheel drive, seductive engine and exhaust noises, reasonable interior ergonomics, fighter jet styling.
Not quite as nimble as some of its competitors, minimal storage space, at-the-limit brake feel not quite what it should be.
What's New for 2006
For 2006, there's a new Lamborghini Gallardo SE. Production of this model is limited, and it features a number of mechanical updates,…
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What's New for 2006
For 2006, there's a new Lamborghini Gallardo SE. Production of this model is limited, and it features a number of mechanical updates, including shortened gear ratios for quicker acceleration and an extra 20 horsepower courtesy of revised intake tuning and a new exhaust. Lamborghini has also revised the suspension tuning, added Pirelli Corsa tires, and quickened the steering for a claimed improvement in handling response and ride quality. Cosmetically, the SE features new wheels, exclusive exterior paint choices (all with a black-painted roof, engine cover and rear vents) and special interior trim details. In an odd twist, however, Lamborghini has stated that the SE's hardware updates will also be applied to the regular Gallardo as well. So when is a special edition not that special? When it's the 2006 Lamborghini Gallardo SE, apparently.
The Lamborghini Gallardo serves as this Italian sports-carmaker's most "affordable" product. In years past, this might have been cause for concern. (The prosecution presents exhibit A, your honor: the 1980s Jalpa.) But the Gallardo is the first Lamborghini to fully benefit from the stewardship of Audi/Volkswagen, which purchased Lamborghini in 1998. Audi's mission for the car's development was to keep the style and attitude of V12-powered cars like the Countach, Diablo and Murcielago but make the car much more usable and livable for daily use. Since the Gallardo's debut in 2004, it has been greeted with very positive reviews and strong sales.
The Gallardo packs a midmounted, aluminum V10 engine. Power, which has been upped slightly for 2006, tops out at 520 hp at 8,000 rpm and 376 pound-feet of torque at 4,500. The V10 features an 18-degree offset crankshaft for even firing, continuously variable valve timing, dry-sump oiling and a variable-length induction system. Suspension front and rear is a double-wishbone design, and all that V10 power is fed to the pavement through an all-wheel-drive system that can vary torque front-to-rear as necessary. Beefy Brembo brakes handle the stopping duties, with eight-piston calipers clamping things down up front. The chassis is a mix of alloy stampings, extruded elements and castings. Except for the doors, which are made of steel and swing out conventionally instead of upward scissor-style, the exterior is composed of thermoplastic panels. Audi clearly has left its mark inside. The handsome furnishings deftly blend form and function -- the Gallardo's interior looks great and is comfortable to boot.
Though hyperbole is always dangerous, there's no doubt that the Gallardo is Lamborghini's best car ever. It doesn't quite have the outrageousness of the Murcielago, but in all other respects it's a better overall package. The Gallardo's primary competition, however, comes not from the Murcielago but from the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, the Ferrari F430, the Ford GT, and when Porsche gets around to releasing it, the latest 911 Turbo. Potential buyers for this class of car aren't going to go wrong with any of them so choosing mainly comes down to personal preference.
Body Styles, Trim Levels, and Options
The exotic Lamborghini Gallardo is currently available as a coupe only, though a convertible is in the works. For the 2006 coupe, there are two trim levels available: base and SE. Standard equipment for the base car includes 19-inch alloy wheels, 235/35R19 tires in front and 295/30R19 in the rear, HID headlights, full power accessories and an Audi-sourced CD audio system. A winter package is available as an option; it adds heated exterior mirrors, seats and windshield washer jets; winter tires with "Cassiopeia" style titanium-colored rims and a power outlet in the trunk. A sport suspension, a navigation system and a rear-backup camera are also optional. And as is typical for this class of car, the Gallardo can be customized in terms of trim and colors. The limited-production SE trim is pretty much identical to the base car but has its own set of unique interior and exterior colors and includes some of the base car's optional features as standard.
Powertrains and Performance
A 5.0-liter V10 engine is positioned amidships. It develops 520 horsepower and 376 lb-ft of torque. Power is fed through a six-speed manual transmission and an all-wheel-drive system. An automated, sequential-shifting manual transmission is also available. Dubbed e-gear, it can be placed in an automatic mode or shifted via steering wheel-mounted paddles. Lamborghini claims a 0-to-62-mph time of 4 seconds and a top speed of 196 mph.
Antilock brakes, traction control and stability control are standard equipment. Head-protecting side curtain airbags are also standard.
Interior Design and Special Features
The Audi influence is obvious inside the Gallardo, with plenty of properly fitting leather and soft-touch materials. Despite the fact that this is an exotic, seating is comfortable enough to accommodate the occasional road trip. Though not as flamboyant as the exterior, the interior styling is still suitable for a vehicle that commands such a high price of admission. Storage space is minimal; just a bit of room is available behind the seats and in the nose-mounted trunk.
Driving Impressions
At full throttle, the V10 produces a sweet soundtrack truly befitting a Lamborghini -- no Dodge Viper UPS truck exhaust note here. With 520 hp on tap, the Gallardo is capable of warp speed from any gear. It's true that the big V10 and all-wheel-drive system do make the Gallardo a bit portly for this class of car. As such, it doesn't quite provide the same razor's-edge responsiveness that one can get from, say, a Ferrari F430. Additionally, the brakes, though immensely powerful, can be inconsistent in feel when pushed to their limit. There's still plenty to like about the Gallardo, though. This year's suspension updates help the car to be a more willing handling partner and the shorter gearing makes one more inclined to rev the V10 to its absolute limit. And thanks to that AWD system, the Gallardo is indeed the car you'll want when the roads are slick and unfamiliar.


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This section gives a general overview of starting the MySQL server. The following sections provide more specific information for starting the MySQL server from the command line or as a Windows service.
The information here applies primarily if you installed MySQL
using the Noinstall
version, or if you wish
to configure and test MySQL manually rather than with the GUI
The MySQL server will automatically start after using the MySQL Installer, and the MySQL Notifier for Microsoft Windows GUI can be used to start/stop/restart at any time.
The examples in these sections assume that MySQL is installed
under the default location of C:\Program
Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7
. Adjust the
path names shown in the examples if you have MySQL installed in
a different location.
Clients have two options. They can use TCP/IP, or they can use a named pipe if the server supports named-pipe connections.
MySQL for Windows also supports shared-memory connections if the
server is started with the
option. Clients
can connect through shared memory by using the
For information about which server binary to run, see Section 18.104.22.168, "Selecting a MySQL Server Type".
Testing is best done from a command prompt in a console window (or "DOS window"). In this way you can have the server display status messages in the window where they are easy to see. If something is wrong with your configuration, these messages make it easier for you to identify and fix any problems.
To start the server, enter this command:
C:\> "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysqld" --console
For a server that includes InnoDB
you should see the messages similar to those following as it
starts (the path names and sizes may differ):
2013-09-24T12:55:18.897250Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: The first specified data file "ibdata1" did not exist : a new database to be created! 2013-09-24T12:55:18.897299Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Need to create new data file "ibdata2" 2013-09-24T12:55:18.897492Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file "./ibdata1" size to 128 MB 2013-09-24T12:55:18.897509Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait ... 2013-09-24T12:55:19.013723Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file "./ibdata2" size to 250 MB 2013-09-24T12:55:19.013766Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait ... 2013-09-24T12:55:19.131808Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile101 size to 48 MB 2013-09-24T12:55:19.571493Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile1 size to 48 MB 2013-09-24T12:55:20.226902Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Renaming log file ./ib_logfile101 to ./ib_logfile0 2013-09-24T12:55:20.227251Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: New log files created, LSN=45781 2013-09-24T12:55:21.227716Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Creating shared tablespace for temporary tables 2013-09-24T12:55:21.228286Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file "./ibtmp1" size to 12 MB 2013-09-24T12:55:21.228334Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait ... 2013-09-24T12:55:21.329536Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new 2013-09-24T12:55:21.476956Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created 2013-09-24T12:55:22.077524Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: 96 redo rollback segment(s) found. 96 redo rollback segment(s) are active. 2013-09-24T12:55:22.077564Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: 32 non-redo rollback segment(s) are active. 2013-09-24T12:55:22.182853Z 0 [Warning] InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables. 2013-09-24T12:55:22.195621Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created 2013-09-24T12:55:22.195791Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Creating tablespace and datafile system tables. 2013-09-24T12:55:22.202725Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Tablespace and datafile system tables created. 2013-09-24T12:55:22.202844Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: Waiting for purge to start 2013-09-24T12:55:22.253342Z 0 [Note] InnoDB: 5.7.5 started; log sequence number 0
When the server finishes its startup sequence, you should see something like this, which indicates that the server is ready to service client connections:
mysqld: ready for connections Version: '5.7.5' socket: '' port: 3306
The server continues to write to the console any further diagnostic output it produces. You can open a new console window in which to run client programs.
If you omit the --console
the server writes diagnostic output to the error log in the data
directory (C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
by default). The error log is
the file with the .err
extension, and may
be set using the --log-error
The accounts that are listed in the MySQL grant tables initially have no passwords. After starting the server, you should set up passwords for them using the instructions in Section 2.9.2, "Securing the Initial MySQL Accounts".
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Posted by J.R. Titko on December 3 2004 3:47pm | [Delete] [Edit] |
If mySql was installed as a service, then you may get an error indicating you already have a mySqld server running if you do the test procedure in this section. You can check the services that are running from your control pannel administrative tools for Computer Management. It will indicate if mySql has already been started.
Posted by David Hernandez on March 5 2005 2:03am | [Delete] [Edit] |
For really new users:
When your computer has Microsoft Windows Service Pack 2 (SP2), a little window will open asking you to allow or neglect MySQL to connect to Internet (something like this).
Choose the option that allows it.
Posted by Bert Hutzler on September 27 2005 1:34pm | [Delete] [Edit] |
If you install the MySQL-Administrator(at least as of 1.1.1rc) you can control the service under "service control" (what else...;-)
Furthermore you then get a tool named "MySQL System Tray Monitor" which places an icon in the system tray, indicating the state of the server(service) and allowing some further monitoring and control (at least to shutdown the "service" - here called "instance").
Posted by arshia attar on April 16 2006 8:41am | [Delete] [Edit] |
Test procedure.
The following command/result will test your installation.
OS: WinXp
Mysql: mysql-5.0.20-win32
<<< console 1 >>>
<<< to test the installation >>>
<<< open a new console (1) >>>
<<< assumed path C:\mysql\mysql-5.0.20-win32\ >>>
C:\mysql\mysql-5.0.20-win32\bin>mysqld-nt.exe --console
<<< in your console (1) you should see >>>
060416 1:26:36 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 43655
060416 1:26:37 [Note] mysqld-nt.exe: ready for connections.
Version: '5.0.20-nt' socket: '' port: 3306 MySQL Community Edition (GPL)
060416 1:30:38 [Note] mysqld-nt.exe: Normal shutdown
<<< console 2 >>>
<<< to shutdown the running server >>>
<<< open a new console (2) >>>
C:\mysql\mysql-5.0.20-win32\bin>mysqladmin.exe -u root shutdown
<<< in your console (1) you should see >>>
060416 1:30:38 InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
060416 1:30:40 InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 43655
060416 1:30:40 [Note] mysqld-nt.exe: Shutdown complete
Posted by P J Moy on May 8 2006 8:17am | [Delete] [Edit] |
On the essentials install I did on W98, there is no mysqld, but there is a mysqld-nt, which seems to work.
Posted by Joe McCann on April 22 2008 1:58pm | [Delete] [Edit] |
If you installed WAMP and just want to run the MySQL server, from the command line go to C:/..path_to_installation../wamp/bin/mysql/bin/mysql-VERSION-NUMBER/bin/ directory.
From here type mysqld-nt.exe. Then unblock and you should be set.
Posted by Devin Butts on October 28 2008 7:07pm | [Delete] [Edit] |
If trying to run the MySQL Administrator for the first time after getting the server running, if you chose the defaults during installation, you will use:
Server Host: localhost
Port: 3306
Username: root
Password: {the one you typed in during install}


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Health insurance will cost more for millions of Americans because of the new national health care law. Some will lose coverage provided by their employers. Those are the facts, despite what President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would have you believe.
Already, before most of the law's provisions kick in, some big companies are warning workers they will not be able to comply with it. That means the firms will simply stop providing health insurance for employees.
Health insurance paid for in full or in part by an employer is a valuable fringe benefit. Companies like it because, in many cases, there are tax advantages that allow them to provide employees with a valuable benefit worth more than if workers were simply paid more and told to buy their own policies.
Yet "Obamacare" is forcing many firms to reconsider. Some already have sought and received temporary waivers from the law's provisions, allowing them to provide health insurance for at least a few more years.
Many other companies have begun informing employees that once Obamacare kicks in fully, the cost of insurance will increase to the point that workers will have to bear greater shares of the cost.
Still, many Democrats in Congress want to retain Obamacare. Republicans are right to insist it be repealed.


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StartOut Tech Dinner, Drinks & Discussions @ Pivotal LabsStartOutTuesday, March 5, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM (EST)New York, NY |
Who's Going
Event Details
Please join your fellow StartOut members for an evening of dinner, drinks and technology-focused discussions. This evening's programming will include a candid Q&A with a burgeoning tech startup here in New York City.
SideTour (www.sidetour.com), a marketplace where people can host and discover unique, authentic experiences, is helping you discover your city in a whole new way. Let's find out what makes them tick, and what they've learned along the way. In addition, there will be ample opportunities for you to hear what other technology-focused members are working on, share ideas, offer services, talk with other like-minded individuals, and build your network within the community.
Entrepreneurs, engineers, investors and the StartOut community at large are all welcome. Please register early, as this event is expected to sell out quickly!
SideTour Panel:
Vipin Goyal
CEO, Co-Founder
Vipin is responsible for keeping the lights on at SideTour. At one point he used to have a life outside of work. However, he abandoned all of that in pursuit of helping others enjoy a world of experiences.
Lee Edwards
Lee is in charge of telling our computers what to do so that you can discover and book SideTours on your computer. He used to build robots for the military, and has never, ever, used that line to impress a date.
Suri Ratnatunga
Community Staff
Suri basically gets to hang out with the most awesome people in New York. When she's not meeting you on a SideTour or shooting you an email, she's making obscure references to comic books or enjoying a well-crafted cocktail.
Joanna Ehrenreich
Business Development
Joanna works on bringing the SideTour love to new cities. She fell hard for us during her internship and still can't get over how great it is to "work" on the weekends attending clambakes and jazz salons.
$35 Early Bird Admission (limited number of tickets at this price)
$55 General Admission (includes program, dinner and open bar)
When: Tuesday, March 5th from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Where: Pivotal Labs, 841 Broadway, 8th Floor (Union Square, btwn 13/14th St.)
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Tommy Ton x Liz Goldwyn 'Oh You Pretty Things' Interview
Commissioned by Nowness, Tommy Ton followed Goldwyn to the vintage pop-up marketplace A Current Affair, which she hosted in Los Angeles, in order to capture the adept scout in action—and also snapped her at home, away from the collecting frenzy. "It is super competitive," Goldwyn says of these events. "I'm like a hawk—there's no time for chit-chat." NOWNESS secured a private audience with Goldwyn, who gave us a master class on shopping strategy and revealed why most things come down to sex and history. Interview on the flip and more images here.