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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a respiratory illness that has been identified as a health problem in Asia, North America and Europe. This advisory aims to create an awareness of this illness and to provide answers to commonly asked questions.
Pneumonia essentially means a lung infection caused by germs. Pneumonia usually presents itself with symptoms that enable the condition to be easily diagnosed by doctors. The organism causing the pneumonia is also usually identifiable and treatable with medications like antibiotics. Atypical pneumonias, like SARS, are caused by organisms that are not so easily identifiable, and the consequences of the infection can often be more severe.
Precautionary Notice
An individual who has traveled to an area where there has been documented transmission of SARS, and is ill or becomes ill with a respiratory illness (e.g. cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing) within 10 days of returning home could have SARS. The individual should:
• Limit contact with others as much as possible.
• Receive prompt medical evaluation.
• Inform any health care provider they consult ahead of time of the possibility of SARS to avoid unnecessary exposure of others to the condition and also
• Wear a mask if possible until medical evaluation.
This condition can spread easily through droplet infection and can cause a person to be very sick very quickly. There is a possibility that SARS can be transmitted more broadly through the air or from objects that are contaminated.
People planning nonessential trips to any SARS-affected area may wish to postpone their traveling until further notice.
Consult your physician if you have any questions. You can also learn more about SARS by checking the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) websites.
The condition tends to present initially with the symptoms of the common flu, namely:
• Fever and chills
• Shortness of breath
• Cough, sore throat and blocked, or runny nose
• Muscle and joint aches
• Weakness and fatigue
You should be especially wary if you also have the following conditions:
• If you have a high fever of over 100.4°F (>38 Degrees Celsius) that comes very suddenly.
• If you have traveled to any SARS affected region within the last 2 weeks since the onset of the symptoms.
• If you have come into close contact with anyone who have been suspected of having SARS or someone who has the same conditions above.
• It is not known how long before or after symptoms begin that people with SARS may become contagious. The incubation period is usually 2 to 7 days, however it can be as long as 10 days.
Course of Action
If you do have the symptoms described on the previous page, you should seek urgent medical attention. Make sure you call your physician ahead of time and follow any advice regarding how to avoid possibly infecting others at home, out in public and even when going to your physician's office. The attending doctor will examine you and may refer you to have a Chest X-Ray done as soon as possible. Depending on what the Chest X-Ray reveals, you may be referred for further assessment by the respiratory physician.
The Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have issued travel advisories which suggests that individuals who are planning nonessential trips to SARS-affected areas may wish to postpone their travels for a while.
Scientists have determined that a new corona virus may be the cause of SARS. Corona viruses are a common cause of mild to moderate upper-respiratory illnesses. On-going investigations are still continuing. There is no known vaccination or medication that you can take which can offer you protection, instead, the common sense approach is advocated:
• Avoid crowded places. Keep a fair distance from people who are ill and are sneezing and coughing openly. The virus is spread through air droplets and you can pick up the virus through inhalation.
• Wash your hands frequently to reduce your risk of picking up the virus. The virus can be transmitted by hand contact as well.
• Maintain a healthy lifestyle. Exercise regularly, eat wisely and if you can, keep your stress levels low. Your primary defense against the any infection is your body's immune response, which is related to how healthy you are. Vitamins can help in maintaining a healthy immune system.


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Parenting: A View from Jewish Sources
Rabbinic readings of biblical stories suggest some pitfalls to be avoided in raising children.
In some biblical sources cited below, the description of punishment as "using the rod" may originally have been meant literally as corporal punishment, but the principles that employ that expression may be applied to other methods of discipline. Reprinted with permission from The Jewish Encyclopedia of Moral and Ethical Issues (Jason Aronson).
Based on numerous sources and stories found in the Bible and Talmud, certain educational and moral concepts have been developed to help guide Jewish parents to properly bring up their children. A few will be presented here, in brief form.
Avoid Favoritism
A Jewish parent must be sensitive to be consistent and fair with all his or her children. Favoring one child over the others can have dire consequences (Babylonian Talmud [BT] Shabbat 10b). This was demonstrated in the biblical story of Joseph and his brothers, where Jacob, the father, favored Joseph over all the other children (Genesis 37:3-4), and this helped to lead the Jews to the slavery in Egypt, according to this talmudic passage. Even though this favoritism might have been justified from Jacob's perspective (that is, he never really wanted to marry anyone but Rachel from the beginning, and Joseph was Rachel's firstborn), a parent should never openly show favoritism or any inequality between children. The consequences can be catastrophic.
A parent should not promise something to a child and then not deliver on that promise (BT Sukkah 46b). If a parent is not absolutely sure that a promise will be kept, it is better not to make the promise in the first place, as the frustration, disappointment, and anger by a child over this act causes great and unnecessary hardship.
Discipline with Flexibility
Another Jewish educational principle involves disciplining a child. Though it is clear that not disciplining a child at all is not a Jewish idea, as sparing the rod completely yields disastrous results (Proverbs 13:24), implying hatred for a child, knowing how and when to discipline and using the rod sparingly is crucial.
There must be a combination of caring and compassion on the one hand and of strict justice on the other hand, or, as the Talmud puts it, "pushing away with the left hand while drawing closer with the right hand" (BT Sanhedrin 107b). A good parent also knows when to be flexible, as the Talmud states that a person should never be as inflexible as a cedar tree but pliable as a reed (BT Ta'anit 20a).
Match the Treatment to the Individual Child
Possibly the most important educational principle for a Jewish parent to adhere to is the notion of bringing up each child according to his or her unique personality, character traits and talents (Proverbs 22:6).
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On balance, it's probably more trustworthy than TxT/vPro.
Isn't that the processor that spies on you and reports back to the central committee if you look at news outside the great firewall? All kidding aside can you really trust that processor?
On balance, it's probably more trustworthy than TxT/vPro.
Does the MIPS architecture have any advantage over ARM or x86?
Does the Loongson have any advantage over a x86 or ARM?
If it is not open source, and have no advantages, why would I want a MIPS?
and 64bit right now?
And the GS464 core do have a high complex superscalar, out-of-order execution architecture with a complex microcode working internals for high speed optimizations.
In the definition of the FSF its 100% open-source software hardware because no closed source firmware is needed.
Richard Stallman use a Longson2 based system because of this.
This means its more trustfully than Intel: "Trusted Execution Technology"
I also think it's a bit of a simpler design so massively multicore (tilera) is more feasible.
I would also guess the IP is a little looser. MIPS will license both designs and patents essential to any MIPS compatible design, wheras ARM only licenses design blocks.
Hmm i should have done benchmarks last time i had one of those in my hands, no, not the 3a, the older one in the yeeloong netbook...
This is a fine 64 bit processor. When you install the OS, you need the mipsel architecture, not mips.
Just like arm, it should find its way into the datacenter eventually. The Yeeloong netbook has no hardware blobs (even the bios is open), which is why Stallman has one. I wasn't able to install gnewsense but Debian worked fine on it.
I wonder if that deal nvidia lost in China was to put gpus in loongson based machines? They should be fine with the radeon driver i guess.


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I have a screenshot of this as my desktop background I think it gets more and more beautiful for each iteration
Altought some of the blocks seem odd. E.g. How can R700 have "Unknown" for "Suspend Support" and "Console restore", when R700-RHD don't?
The power-saving code went into -ati 'cause it covers from r1xx through r7xx. Yangman is finishing up something similar for radeonhd. The textured video changes also cover all of the radeon generations so went into -ati as well.
3D code is in mesa and drm, so should work equally well with -ati and -radeonhd.
Nice! Is this textured video accel supported on every chip, so also on R600/700? And how can I use this acceleration in, let's say, mplayer?


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I really don't like zany riffs about hobos. I didn't like it when John Hodgeman did it. And I don't like it in this book either. What is it about thirtysomething dudes and hobos?
I LOVED the section about working as a comedian in the middle of nowhere with a coke fiend for a boss. That part made me wish, more than anything, that Patton Oswalt had done this book in a box. If written as a fairly linear, or at least thematic narrative about his early days as a comedian, I would have loved it all. He would have Killed it in that box.
The out of the box (very arty, gen x male) stuff, I don't like so much.
Except the part about dungeons and dragons. I've tried all my life to get guys to explain dungeons and dragons to me. They always refuse (probably because a. they know I won't be able to keep the snotty expression off my face and b. they want to reserve the right to sleep with me in the event of some horrible disaster.) Patton Oswalt - freed from such considerations - does an extremely throrough job of explaining it, and I really appreciate that.
"Bored to the bone"
I got this book on sale, and that's good. The rest was not so good. The characters were poorly developed and unlikeable -- self-centered and/or very poor decision-makers. Midway through, I was rooting for no one -- a situation that never improved. The plot was bizarrely disjointed, shifting from a very sketchy prisioner of war story (resolved as a two minute aside) to a domestic crime story that really never made much sense on any level. It all felt very glued and spackled. I have to recommend you keep browsing
"Soggy bloggy stuff"
I wanted to like this book (too) so I was disappointed that it read so much like entries in a dashed-off blog. The tone is wry but ultimately pleasant about everyone and everything. No investigation or insight, just "my day at the event". Since I have an interest in the topic, I found the unrelated personal details frustrating. And it's mostly all unrelated personal detail. Detail of the "I saw a cute boy in the bar but nothing happened" variety.
On the other hand, how long have I been waiting for Starlee Kine to finish her book on self help? Ages! And still nothing!
"Baseball, Religion, and Dentistry"
The publisher's summary had me very excited to listen to this book! Identity theft on the internet - love that idea. Sadly, the publisher's summary is very misleading. Don't be fooled - There's no twisty-turny, laugh-out-loud, fantastical story about online mischief here. The book is far more philosophical. (Why this strong desire to turn one thing into everything?) In other words, it's thinky pain from start to finish. Beautiful prose. Lovely insights. But also, (from my perspective,) a very tedius (2 out of nine hours) exploration of religion (Judaism in this case).
The dentistry, on the other hand, was fascinating. Vividly depicted and engaging.
And Campbell Scott is an amazing narrator.
"A lover and a liar"
I bought this book because lies fascinate me. Liars too. Cyclists - not so much. That probably has a lot to do with my lukewarm enjoyment of this book.
My other problem was as follows: Either I'm nuts or Tyler Hamilton truly believes that his being a loving person (lots of time spent on how much he loves his folks, his wife, his teammates and the world) means he can do the exact same thing as Lance Armstrong for the very same reasons and not be guilty of the same crime. I'm mystified by this. Also annoyed.
But perhaps Tyler is just being a good domestique. For me, this book has made Lance's lack of apology look far more appealing. In that respect, well done.
"A guru-vy snooze"
Don't judge this book by it's cover. It's not a witty, hip, comment on self help. It's a fairly plodding, uninspired attempt to be helpful.
I think it's a shame Augusten Burroghs didn't take the time to address the serious issues in the book with his demonstrated skill. The lackluster prose and preachy "we're talking about you, not me" content was a terrible departure from his usual work. Imagine Miley Cyrus singing Wagner. A perplexing, painful experience.
I love you, Augusten. "Dry"'s one of my favorite books. But you need a new editor, agent, publisher or just someone who will hold you to your talent and not just cash in on your past. Be great.
"Support group needed"
I had my doubts about this book, but when Peter Sagal on NPR said he liked it, I trusted him. Peter, you owe me $17.99 and a xanax.
How is this book so popular? It's a first person narrative told by two throughly disgusting people. Do you really want two disgusting people talking to you for eight hours? I couldn't stand it.
The narrators both have whimpering puppy voices that made it so much worse. (Do you really want to feel angry at whimpering puppies for eight hours?)
To be fair, there's a lot of the book to go, so maybe the ending is good enough to make up for the first twelve torturous chapters. But I doubt it. The fact that it's based on true events makes it a non-story. Insightful? No. I think we all know what a terrible relationship is like by now.
So really, I would only listen if you want to be angry and annoyed for an extended period of time. If so, dig in.
"Honoring the short lives of the victims"
This book is a tribute to the murdered teens. It gives a very detailed description of their lives: what they liked about school, their Harry Potter addiction, and the memorials after their deaths. The actual crime and criminal are almost never mentioned. I understand the impulse, but the result is a non-story.
"What was she thinking?"
Be grateful for everything your body's done for you and get ready to die.
Seriously. That's the meditation. In predictable eyes to toes progression.
"Your eyes are a miracle. They've helped you to see all these years. Be grateful."
If that sounds good to you, be my guest. But I was kind of hoping to hear my life *wasn't* over - so I was appalled.
Also - not for atheists. Be warned.
"Glad he and Lisa Pulizer wrote it."
It's a great story. I side with the defense on evidence, so I enjoyed listening to Ashton lose again.
Be warned: If you want more incriminating evidence to be part of this book, you'll be disappointed. Nothing new is here revealed.
"Loved the book"
I loved the book, but I also loved the verdict. If your mind is made up against Casey, I can't imagine you'd enjoy this book very much. If you're open to the defense, I think you'll find the book thought provoking and enjoyable. Even, dare I say, persuasive.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Bob Dylan has announced the first 13 dates of his 2013 itinerary. Dylan will kick off his spring tour in upstate New York at SUNY Buffalo Alumni Arena and, as of now, wind things down on on April 21st at Ohio's Bowling Green State University. The trek, which will likely be extended, will take in stops primarily in secondary markets.
In celebration of "Record Store Day" on April 20th, Dylan will release a seven-inch vinyl single featuring a demo of "Wigwam" -- the tune which was the single off his 1970 Self Portrait album, backed with an previously unreleased cover of folk singer Eric Anderson's Thirsty Boots."' Both songs will be featured on the upcoming Bootleg Series Vol. 10 collection, which will comprise the 1969 to 1973 era, touching upon such middle era Dylan classics as Nashville Skyline, Self Portrait, New Morning, the acoustic Greatest Hits Vol. 2 sessions, and the soundtrack for Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid. No release date for Bootleg Series Vol. 1 has been announced.
A while back Bob Dylan discussed his fans adulation with the BBC and explained that his desire to perform has very little to do with filling some type of void in his personal life: "I got enough love around me, y'know? so I don't need no people's love. I don't need to go out and play to a crowd of 20, 30, 50,000 people for their love. Some performers have to, y'know? But I don't. I got enough love just in my immediate surroundings, so. . . It accounts for why a lot of entertainers do what they do, because they want the love of another group of people. And I don't do it for love. I do it, 'cause I can do it and I think I'm good at it, and that's all I do it for."
JUST ANNOUNCED: Bob Dylan tour dates (subject to change):
April 5 - Buffalo, NY - SUNY Buffalo Alumni Arena
April 6 - Amherst, MA - Mullins Center
April 8 - Kingston, RI - Ryan Center
April 9 - Lowell, MA - Tsongas Center At UMass Lowell
April 10 - Lewiston, ME - Androscoggin Bank Colisee
April 12 - Newark, DE - Bob Carpenter Center
April 13 - California, PA - California University
April 14 - Ithaca, NY - Barton Hall
April 16 - Richmond, VA - Landmark Theater
April 18 - Bethlehem, PA - Stabler Arena
April 19 - Akron, OH - E.J. Thomas Hall
April 20 - Kalamazoo, MI - Wings Stadium
April 21 - Bowling Green, OH - Bowling Green State University
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Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
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|Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
|Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
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|Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
|Telecommunications — Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
|Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
|Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
|Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
|Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
|Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
|Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
|Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
|Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
|Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Work Activities
|Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
|Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
|Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
|Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
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|Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
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Work Context
|Electronic Mail — 99% responded "Every day."
|Telephone — 99% responded "Every day."
|Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 89% responded "Every day."
|Face-to-Face Discussions
|Structured versus Unstructured Work — 68% responded "A lot of freedom."
|Contact With Others — 55% responded "Constant contact with others."
|Freedom to Make Decisions — 52% responded "A lot of freedom."
|Spend Time Sitting — 51% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 45% responded "Very important results."
|Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 54% responded "Very important."
Job Zone
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|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, teachers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
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|Bachelor's degree
|Not available
|Master's degree
|Not available
|Some college, no degree
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|Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
|Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
|Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
|Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Work Styles
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
|Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
|Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
|Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
|Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
|Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
Work Values
|Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
|Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
|Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Related Occupations
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|Logistics Engineers Green
|Logistics Analysts
|Risk Management Specialists
|Computer Systems Analysts
|Information Security Analysts
|Software Developers, Systems Software
|Computer Network Architects
|Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Bright Outlook
|Technical Directors/Managers
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2014)
|$61.37 hourly, $127,640 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|333,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Faster than average (15% to 21%)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Computer and Information Systems Managers . Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition.


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So, if FreeBSD is NOT LInux then it's not stable, not reliable and it's not simple. There are also no automated tasks, so I'm stuck with legacy OS. It's Linux that is used in EVERYTHING and FreeBSD is ONLY used on some servers, but Linux OWNS servers, so this person lives in some fanboy's world. Nobody uses FreeBSD in enterprise computing, because it's not mature enough (even if it's much older...).- FreeBSD is NOT Linux = FreeBSD is stable, reliable, simple (there are no automated brainfucks... like udev, hal and dbus in base system)
OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD [put another crapBSD here].- Not fragmented as Linux, (relation to many distro, that not have idea/goal)
What community? Few devs and few users? What a bunch of crap.- The community - Unlike Linux which is very fragmented by all the different flavours and hence individual communities, FreeBSD has one community who are always happy to help with hints tips and advice. This simply cant be beaten!
That's disputable. They don't have comparable developers that are so good in scheduler thing and locking mechanism.Few, but better.
Gentoo is the answer. Portage is just great :-)
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I'm not opposed to using FreeBSD for a server, but who can seriously use it for a desktop? Things you need just aren't available. Unless your needs are extremely modest, and by that I mean, you just sit at a shell and use pine as your email and vi as your text editor. You can't use any actually good desktop apps. And the configuration experience is a nightmare exactly because they don't have auto-configuration stuff like udev and pulseaudio and systemd.
we can all agree that it sucks donkey balls on the desktop. the contention is whether is has some "killer" features on the server. my opinion is that freebsd doesn't have any great features that set it apart other than zfs (which has a sick feature set for the enterprise). even with zfs, linux mops the floor in terms of sheer number and momentum. the tutorials and support on the net for just centos or debian alone are mountains to a molehill compared to, say, openbsd or netbsd. not counting the driver situation, which is pretty bad.
freebsd is a good lesson for desktop linux advocates who think that turning a LAMP stack into a desktop operating system is a few tweaks and polish and ignore the huge efforts involved in making a windows/osx alternative.
You can also configure HAL ... on FreeBSD.
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You may have read or heard about a research paper that came out a few weeks ago in JAMA. The study followed 3,681 Europeans and looked for relationships between sodium excretion (the gold standard means of determining sodium intake), and cardiovascular disease and death.
The study's findings were in contrast with what most would have expected. Though higher sodium excretion did in fact correlate with higher blood pressures, surprisingly, it also correlated with decreased mortality.
So what's going on here?
Well here are two obvious possibilities:
1. We've been barking up the wrong tree sodium wise, and sodium's not something the general public should be worrying too much about (unless they suffer from congestive heart disease or hypertension).
2. We're right, sodium's bad, and this study, due to methodological limitations, shouldn't be one that influences us on not lowering our sodium intake.
I think there's at least one more possibility:
3. Sodium's isn't a causal agent of disease but instead given that processed foods are phenomenally high in sodium, is a useful biomarker for the degree of processed foods a person's consuming, and that it's the huge volumes of sugar and pulverized flour (that's more often than not packaged with gobs of sodium) that's actually causal for cardiovascular disease and death.
This study, where data was amassed from European countries from in some cases as far back as 26 years ago, may be looking at a days gone by Europe where processed foods and meals out were anything but the norm, and where a high sodium consumption reflected some other, in this case protective, dietary pattern. I wonder if the study were repeated here and now in North America, if the findings wouldn't stand in stark contrast, with sodium excretion here likely reflecting a highly processed lifestyle which in turn would correlate dramatically with cardiovascular disease?
Of course if option #3's viable it would mean that sodium reduction will likely only benefit those who rely on a return to actual cooking to reduce their dietary sodium, and not to those who eat large volumes of sodium reduced processed foods.
The great news is that science marches ever forward, and while it may take some time, eventually we'll have solid answers. Until then, and before I'd worry about absolute sodium intake, I'd recommend we all work on markedly reducing our consumption of processed and restaurant foods.
No doubt in my mind, sodium be damned or not, if we could all just re-discover our kitchens, the world would rapidly become a much healthier place.
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Is sodium a dietary red herring for the effects of processed foods?
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I haven't yet read the full study, only the abstract, but did they control for dietary potassium intake? I'm curious if those higher-sodium eaters benefited from simultaneously high-potassium habits (assuming a meat-and-plant-rich, processed-poor diet). This might get us to the same place, trying to disentangle causes from canaries (in the proverbial coal mine), as a highly processed diet tends to be potassium poor.ReplyDelete
Never really considered this, but I could see how this makes sense. I continuously shock my family when they visit because I use salt, sugar, fat in the high-vegetable food that I make myself from scratch, while they eat low fat (way too sweet) breakfast cereal, overprocessed low-nutrient starchy stuff, which may have less fat, but has more sugar, likely more salt, etc. People who don't cook have no idea how much butter and/or salt and/or sugar one would have to add to make food taste like frozen stuff, or low quality restaurant food.ReplyDelete
If it was a red herring it would have to be a salted one. Maybe even a nice pickled herring.ReplyDelete
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No doubt in my mind, sodium be damned or not, if we could all just re-discover our kitchens, the world would rapidly become a much healthier place.ReplyDelete
Absolutely. Several members of my family from the previous generation who have eaten out as many times in their lives as you can count on one hand will sprinkle their dinner quite liberally with salt, use it in cooking too. No hypertension. I think you'd have to add so much salt at the table to equal what's in one serving of most packaged food. A handmade gourmet sausage I looked at the other day had over 900 mg for two, slightly longer then my fingers, but about the same thickness; organic "low sodium" chicken broth, 500 mg per cup. Real food in its own 'package' has very little sodium. Adding a tsp of salt to a homemade stew for eight servings isn't the problem.
When I say cooking I do not mean adding cans of stuff to a pot. A chili made that way is astoundingly high sodium. Soaked and cooked beans, with crushed fresh in season, or low-sodium canned tomatoes (there are a couple Italian brands) will be a fraction of the salt in the add a-can-of-this-and-a-package of that entree.
(No you don't have to be a stay-at-home mom to manage it. Everyone can prepare food, from about age five.
I've always wondered how sodium consumption is really related to heart problems. I mean, everything's about moderation and I hear a lot of people avoid salt if it's up to them. I guess, it's really up to us to decide on this whether we prefer to know what's in our plate and cook our own food or just eat out and pick the "healthiest" option in the menu.ReplyDelete


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Thursday 17th September 2009. Toronto. Show 2.
What a difference a day makes. It's funny, both the cities we've played on this leg have been two-night stands and on both occasions the first night audience has been dead and the second night riotous. A man could think of all kinds of reasons - heavy media presence on night one, the night of the week, the weather - but all these things are quite arbitrary when it comes down to it. Whatever the reason, tonight's crowd were well up for it and I spent much of the gig in and amongst them. I hadn't done a tour of the nosebleed seats for a while and it's always an extremely helpful and informative thing to do.
The high seats of the Rogers Centre (aka the SkyDome) are way up there and I had a few Spinal Tap 'Hello Cleveland' moments trying to navigate to them. On arrival though, there really was a party going on. The SkyDome has a retractable roof, which, fortunately, the good weather allowed us to open. The audio department always love this and even way up in the rafters it sounded great - very 'present', like the gig was happening right in front of you, rather than way off in the distance. (I guess Joe had actually 'Let them in the sound', ho ho).
I've noted before that there's a strange side-effect of the architecture of the stage which makes it seem bigger from further away. The closer you get to it, the more it disappears, but as you climb higher the presence of the thing becomes more apparent. I've been a little bit mix-position-centric for the past week or two, so it was a great joy to see the production from afar.
Another favourite pastime of mine is to watch a section of the audience when I know that there's a great moment about to happen. The intro to Streets is always a good one and tonight I'd noticed a group of lads who'd clearly come to rock. They'd been air-guitaring their way through City of Bling and Vertigo, then sat down during the dance remix of Crazy, presumably waiting for something more rock to occur. I purposely watched them when I knew the drum intro to Sunday Bloody Sunday was about to kick in and it was wonderful to watch them register it, realise what it was and what was about to happen. They leapt up, punching the air, whooping and leaping about before the vocal had even started. It really is a very great privilege to bring people so much happiness through relatively little effort.
I gradually made my way back down to the field and clearly it was a great night for all. Stuck in a Moment (never a huge favourite of mine, I have to confess) went off with the crowd singing it like it was Still Haven't Found. I love the differences that local culture brings to a show.
We did a 'runner' from the venue at the end of the show in order to beat the traffic. We had a police escort, which is not unusual, though usually it's because we are trying to make it to an airport to get off the ground before a midnight curfew or something. Tonight however, we were just going back to the Hotel Fabulous, twenty blocks uptown. I appreciate that if the band cars got stuck in traffic amongst a crowd of pedestrians who'd just been at the gig it could well create an unsafe situation, but when we were well clear of the venue the situation struck me as absolutely hilarious - particularly for our vehicle which contained not a single rock star. We were in the back of a van, with a police escort whisking us through the relatively empty streets of downtown Toronto on a Thursday night, so that we could get to the bar ten minutes sooner than would have been possible if we had had to wait at the occasional traffic light. 'Clear the streets!', we cried, 'We need cocktails!'
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25 October, 2009
Local Culture
Hey Willie, Tell us more about local culture. What U2 related curiousities do you see in one town/country that you don't in another. On another note maybe presale tickets could be for either show, not just the first one. I presume the band can fairly accurately predict where they will sell out on put on a 2nd night. I bet the dead first show is related to a lot of older fans and a lot of free tickets to people like Blackberry.
24 September, 2009
Willie Rocks
I agree with Willie too. I was in section 539 for night one, and GA for night two. Not many people were rocking in my section, but my friend and I made sure we did! I felt bad standing and dancing...for a moment...then realized that I'm waching my fave band for the first time in 4 years and hell yeah, I'm going to stand and cheer!
23 September, 2009
My First U2 Show
Hi Willie - love your diary! I've been a fan for 25 years, but Toronto night 2 was my first U2 concert ever - and what a ride! Fabulous set list, great energy, the sound was a-may-zing -- didn't expect to actually *hear* the between song chat. We had top-notch seats and flew in from the east coast of Canada. It was a perfect night and has likely spoiled me for all the future U2 shows I will see (rumour has it Montreal for leg 3 next year ... ???)
23 September, 2009
i agree
Hey Willie i was rocking wednesday nite in Toronto but many werent, i have a feeling that maybe most of the six thousand tickets i heard that were given to employees of Research in Motion might have something to do with it. I think sometimes people who get free tickets just go to the concert because its free and its U2. Im a big fan i paid my money and i would gladly do it again. Great show , great stage, but not complaining mind you i think the stage takes away from the band. I feel that U2 excels in a smaller venue, when they are close to their fans, intimate you know. I hope the next tour returns to just that, more shows smaller venue and possibly a greatest hits tour. Willie i hope you read this, and i want to thank you and the rest of the staff for giving us many nights to remember, without all of you its not possible. Ps. Canada Loves U2 Please Come Back
23 September, 2009
Willie is right....
I agree with Willie that the crowd wasn't as lively during the first Toronto show, but I blame on the setlist, which never built sustained exhilaration. As soon as there was heart-pounding momentum, it was squandered. The setlist for the second Toronto show, with the inclusion of Mysterious Ways and New Year's Day, improved the pacing.
23 September, 2009
If I can Breathe I'm alive
Must agree with the previous comments. Most in my section stood and cheered from the begining of the major tom countdown right through to the end, and I was in the very TOP row of the "nosebleeds". It certainly was NOT THE CROWD that was flat for the 1st show
23 September, 2009
We waited...
Yeah Willie, you're absolutly right ! We came from france in T.O like canadians called their town. A fabulous town..a great mind ! You are right by saying that the first concert was soft and the second of a beautiful fervour! We met stuart, flore and AJ before the concert, what a team ! in the afternoon, we waited 2 hours in front of the hazelton hotel unsuccessfully, would be we madmen? this hotel was, we shall never know it! Not very important! Lived a big concert, with Lucas's rise on stage... Nice town, nice tour, nice crew, nice yonge street... Hope to see you next...when will be next? ;-)
23 September, 2009
Willie, modest as ever...
How can you say relatively little effort? It's a privilege for us all to come together and rejoice in the fruits of past and present labours. I know we were jiggered the day after with no voices and aching shoulders but totally elevated. We love your truly phenomenal efforts!
23 September, 2009
Stage size
Hey Willie, I always enjoy reading your daily happenings. I agree completely on what you wrote about the size of the stage. I watched 2 shows relatively close to the stage (in the expensive seats - mind you..); indeed it is overwhelming but the second time I was a bit disappointed; you're close; but not front row. The third show (Wembley on the 15th) I had bought the cheapest seats all the way up; I was utterly surprised and happy to notice the show was also a great pleasure to see and hear (very important) from above. Congrats on the design! Thomas
22 September, 2009
Good show, but...
...I'd have to disagree that the first night in Toronto was dead. It was certainly the most energy-filled atmosphere I've ever been in.
22 September, 2009
Refuting being "dead"
The audience was "dead" on the Wednesday night at Rogers you say? Really? I was there, along with my husband and son. As far as I recall I was very much alive (still am last time I checked) and so were the vast majority of the 60,000+ others attending that first evening. We did an entire walkabout of the outside of the Centre both before and after the show and to my knowledge there were no hearses lined up either time. Our "Fan" seats were in the 'nosebleeds'. No complaints whatsoever. Some pretty fair partying was happening there then, as well as the rest of the building...nice green going around, wobbly pops aplenty, a POWERFUL choir when we sang along with the band, or when we all sang on our own (Stand by Me), roaring applause and earsplitting whistles...although I must admit we were the only ones in our entire area that I could see that wore our Aung San Suu Kyi masks, but that was okay - we stood out quite well I thought (especially when I stood up and did a slow 360 of my own, both arms raised doing peace signs...some of the expressions and reactions - very cool!) Nothing "dead" about that night in my humble opinion. Perhaps you were mistakenly reporting from the Leafs home game that was taking place down the street???
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Release Notes for Release 3.3
QAD Business Intelligence Version: 3.3
Date: September 2010
QAD BI 3.3 continues the evolution of QAD business intelligence to bring more modules for analysis and an improved portal with which to explore that data. The data warehouse has been extended to include Purchasing and Inventory schema sets. Extensions in the portal make creating dashboards and reports even easier. The addition of collaboration to the portal changes the user's interactions from reading data into discussion, analysis, and decision making.
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The CFO dashboard in the Portal uses fact_gl tables. These tables are populated with metrics of interest to those examining the general ledger and require modification at installation time. Documentation for these modifications is now given in the installation guide. See the section on installing the CFO dashboard.
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