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Location: Moorooka, Queensland
Posted: Fri 12 Apr 2013, 19:26
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Subject description: Opentec Amrel Roda military notebook laptop PIII
Hey pemasu!
I am writing from a recycled military laptop - an Australian Opentec "OpenFire Series II" which is essentially identical to rokytnji's American Amrel Rocky II RT686 (drowned), [edit: The British TerraLogic ToughNote Series M (ish),] or the German Roda RT686, circa 2001-2002.
Processor : Pentium III (Coppermine)
Memory : 513MB (157MB used)
Operating System : Unknown distribution
User Name : root (root)
Date/Time : Fri 12 Apr 2013 22:11:56 EST
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Gallium 0.4 on softpipe
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
Audio Adapter : OPL3SA2 - Yamaha OPL3-SA3
PCMCIA wifi card OOTB - Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Only usb 1.1. No hard drive. CD-rom or floppy only. The original BIOS only permitted bootup from A, C, cd-rom until rokytnji emailed me the the Amrel BIOS update to permit bootup from USB too. [except it never would - always ignored the bootup list for the IDE defaults - even when rigorously deselected in the BIOS]. Finally got usb1.1 bootup possible via the Plop boot manager, in floppy or cd form. Agonisingly slowwwww load times still, on whatever Puppy I tried in series 2-4. Got it working with PCMCIA /USB2.0 bootups but puppy seems to shutdown pcmcia before the first savefile, so the error message was invariably "No suitable partitions to save to" . (I unsuccessfully tried diddling rc.shutdown to get around this shortfall - only John Biles' TeenPup2009 seemed to address the hurdle OOTB but unfortunately seemed to hang fatally on reboot.)
After 2 days of experimenting with installation configurations, and after a string of dead flashdrives (don't buy generic, folks, for operating system roles) and other hardware checks of ram, cd drive/burn issues, I struck on the working formula:
1) BootFlash Install Puppy to USB
2) Use Plop bootmanager CD, select PCMCIA manager
- I think I also had success with the usual Universal Installer to USB, and then making the first savefile on a more recent laptop *before* moving the flash to bootup on the RT686 - seems to update the savefile appropriately - but unfortunately that series of trials was carried out on dementing/dying drives, so results varied...
So as BootFlash uses the entire drive - no swap partition allowed (and my attempts at resizing the vfat (boo hiss) for a 532mb swap partition have been fails) - can I ask you /community please:
1) How do I make a usable SWAPfile in Upup Precise?
2) Do you think this puplet is the best choice of your recent Upup/dpup series, for this hardware? I tried going through all the threads for info on the issue - including Wary - for something that would give maximum integration with 'modern' debian/ubuntu/Puppy apps in this 'dated' hardware - but I couldn't be sure of finding the "sweet spot".
Apart from some persistent (trivial?) inode errors relating to the ext3-fs that I get on shutdowns despite including "pfix=fschk" in the syslinux.cfg, this version of yours is nonethess fabulous! THANK YOU
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Location: Finland
Posted: Sat 13 Apr 2013, 05:06
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Puppyt. At first shutdown swap file will be created if you have 256 Mb Ram or less. You could pump that bigger by editing /etc/rc.d/rc.shutdown script.
#w481 if low-ram, save-file is on a fast media, and no swap file/partition, then create one...
#note, rc.sysinit in puppy 3.01 had code to create a pupswap.swp, not in 4.x series.
swapfile_func() {
if [ ! -f ${localSMNTPT}/pupswap.swp ];then
if [ "$ATADRIVES" ];then #see /etc/rc.d/PUPSTATE 100912
TOTALRAM=`free | grep -o 'Mem: .*' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 2 -d ' '` #110405
if [ $TOTALRAM -lt
];then #was 128000, bump up <=256MB.
Or......you could try jpeps created swapfilemanager instead of several console commands. You need to have savefile created ie /mnt/home location existing before swapfilemanager works.
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Location: Moorooka, Queensland
Posted: Sat 13 Apr 2013, 06:52
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Thanks pemasu! Actually I did explore using jpeps' beaut little application, and I managed to create a swapfile with it - about 512MB, which I guess might be less-than-optimal? Too big? Anyway, Upup precise 372 seemed to load it fine, I set swappiness to about 60, and closed down. Bit alarmed at the screens and screens of inode errors that were generated, but after the automatic fschk in syslinux.cfg, Upup was up and running without problem. However, I've never seen like it - was if the swapfile manager had been spat out without a trace - not listed as a user-installed application, and only the swapfile remained. I looked for it beforehand and didn't find a pre-existing swapfile, but perhaps I was mistaken.
Thank you very much indeed for posting the script for creating a swapfile - I will use that, but is there something like Conky I might use to see how effective a certain-sized swapfile etc might be, under normal operation?
Thanks again,
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Posted: Sat 13 Apr 2013, 06:59
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Puppyt. I just showed you the part of the rc.shutdown script. You need to edit rc.shutdown script, dont use that copy - pasted part of that script. I was just the example what part of rc.shutodwn script you should try to edit.
About effectiveness of swap file. I dont have any experience of it or usage of it. I use mostly hdd frugal installations with dedicated swap partition...which is usually not in usage. I have 4 Gb Ram in my main app. Anyway....I still obediently create swap partition to every machine which I use.
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Location: Florida, U.S.A.
Posted: Mon 22 Apr 2013, 17:40
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Just downloaded and installed Upup Precise 3.7.2 to a CD-RW, then to flash drive.
I don't impress easy and I'm sort of understated.
I'm impressed.
All the subtle extra attention to detail really shines thru. Can't wait to put the petal to the metal and see what it can do.
Wow! I think I have found a keeper for my flash drive.
Might even work out great for Android Kernel and app development (I might need a bigger Flash drive for ROM development though).
I'm now forced to read every post in this thread to get a jump on some of it's capabilities.
My old 2003 machine thanks you as well.
EDIT: I'm not sure which ndiswrapper you used with this kernel, but there is a new ndiswrapper_1.58-Ubuntu which would work great with this kernel. Have used it on Debian distro with compatible kernel even though it is a ndiwrapper-Ubuntu, worked fine (better than the 1.57-Debian)
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Posted: Mon 22 Apr 2013, 23:35
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Funny I should have mentioned ndiswrapper.
I thought there was no ndiswrapper when I got a modprobe fatal error for the first time with a Puppy distro. Maybe the kernel is not compatible with the older version of ndiswrapper.
I'll try the 1.58-Ubuntu first. Should work? If I can remember how to install a pkg with a terminal from a Puppy distro (Xubuntu it's dpkg -i <name of pkg>).
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Posted: Tue 23 Apr 2013, 00:54
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AndyOpie150. Ndiswrapper is on the page 6 in this thread.
Ndiswrapper is kernel module driver. You cant use Ubuntu ones with my build. Different kernel.
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Posted: Tue 23 Apr 2013, 04:49
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identical to rokytnji's American Amrel Rocky II RT686 (drowned),[/quote]
Downloading this one and 184.108.40.206 raring, (I need non pae kernel), version for my good Amrel RT 786 EX.
It will go on the hard drive. Will post back later on how it goes. [u]That one did not
get wet[/u] and is fully functional Pentium 4 , 512MB ram, 3 hard drive (2 xtras), 3 battery (2 xtras) , 2 cdrom (1 extra) 2 floppy drive (1 xtra) laptop.
I have 1 gutted RT 686 EX rocky II ,with I think either, 500 Mhz or 800 Mhz processor
with a passive touch screen included (you can use your finger)
It has 256MB of ram (2 128iMB sticks). No battery, AC adapter, I can use the a/c adapter from the RT 786
to check the bios on the RT 686 for specs. No hard drive or caddy box either. I cannibalized those
parts for the RT 786 EX.
Other issues. include water damage on internals. But the RT 686 still powers on and
I got lighthouse 5.03 to run on it last time I tested it after the flood damage. The other RT 686 (I had 3 Amrel Laptops) made it into the dumpster. It would not post to bios. Ram and Hard drive caddy and blank cdrom caddy (no cdrom drive or ribbon connector plug for caddy. Just the blank plastic box that inserts into laptop slot)
Batteries are lion batteries that can be cut out from battery caddy and cordless drill lion batteries will work (if right size). If you have a busted drill, a dremel cutting tool, and super glue. I did this once before. Fix lasted a little over a year .
screenshots shows conky with the 2 batteries when they were working good.
I have to rebuild them again though. A/C power is the only way to run the 786 right now.
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Posted: Tue 23 Apr 2013, 19:20
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pemasu wrote:
AndyOpie150. Ndiswrapper is on the page 6 in this thread.
Ndiswrapper is kernel module driver. You cant use Ubuntu ones with my build. Different kernel.
Thanks, been chasing my tail around trying to get the ndiswrapper module to compile.
Question: Why is make not an installed package? This is one of the one's you think would have been included (along with get).
Edit: Coming to you live from Upup Precise 3.7.2, brought to you by Seamonkey.
That did the trick.
Maybe you could include the ndiswrapper driver in the OP. Next pup that needs it will find it quicker.
I usually don't have problems at all with Puppy, Was just going to set up my network then read the rest of this thread. Silly me! What was I thinking. Lol
I feel better now.
On to setting up Conky Lua.
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Posted: Wed 24 Apr 2013, 00:12
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AndyOpie150. I move around with kernels....so not all my builds have all the usual kernel module drivers. Mostly they have. Ndiswrapper had that initial problem with my kernel source and I didnt find the solution until I had already uploaded the build.
Let`s see if I create another build of Upup Precise 3.7.2. I would like to....but there are so many builds to update for me.
About make. Puppy creates devx sfs for make...gcc...and for other compiling needs. That is the way woof2 and Puppies works. Not much idea to change that. I use woof2 building system....and differing from it means that you are on your own. My time does not give possibility to do that. Devx sfs is the way to have compiling environment.
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Posted: Wed 24 Apr 2013, 10:10
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From over on the Upup Raring 220.127.116.11 thread
rokytnji wrote:
Just doing this for Puppyt and myself to see about whether both work or not OK on these toughbooks.
Cheers rok - I appreciate that very much. I saw your post as I was just browsing the forums for ideas on how to best get around some installation problems on the RT686 (glad to see that you only lost one Amrel due to flooding - hope that your world is getting back to normal after such a tragedy - old computers being the least of your worries). Hmmm the usbflash was giving more and more inode errors on shutdown, and pfix=fschk in the bootup (syslinux.cfg?) wasn't cutting it. So I prepared a usb caddy with a 30GB hdd, did the format to ext3 plus 500mb swap partition, blah blah but I can't seem to get the PLOP manager to read the PCMCIA (usb2) HDD as I did before with the flash- although that was prepared with BootFlash. Gotta go to bed - making stupid mistakes I reckon and its' just past midnight here. Was hoping to have frugal installs of both preciseretro543 and Upup precise372 on the caddy, but not to be. Will have to suck up and buy some hdd caddies for these things,
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Posted: Wed 24 Apr 2013, 10:32
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Playing tag on 2 threads.
I have 3 HD caddies. Amrel
was where I bought them.
Their contact page
ebay was another place that worked for me but it is like hunting in the outback
I guess. Some days nothing then patience pays off.
I bought those caddies years ago so Amrel might tell you they don't stock
that antique stuff anymore. Mine were used when they mailed them to me.
Not new oem. The bios update is not a cure all for usb boot either.
I still had to use PLOP boot manager Floppy disk even after the bios update.
I never tried it with a external cabled usb hard drive. Just pendrives .
That 3.8 upup install went OK. I am busy with outside work for the next few days so
that is going to sit on the back burner for now. Been a busy year online and offline
for me.
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Posted: Wed 24 Apr 2013, 14:32
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I have noticed a few bugs:
Volume Icon is missing on most boot ups (I did see it once) and the mixer app does not open.
Sometimes the menu would flicker and not open.
When copying files from another flash drive or a partition it some times would work and some times not (would occasionally just move the file before I got a chance to select any action).
I did check the md5 sum before burning .iso to a CD.
My flash drive was formatted to ext.3 before install.
I guess the pentium 4 processor in my 2003 SONY VAIO All in one Desktop just doesn't get along with this kernel.
Well.......I'm exhausted from chasing my tail.
I was just hoping to set up a build environment for my Android device (mostly kernels and apps) and run it off of a flash drive. Puppy Precise seemed like the best choice.
Trying to figure out how to do just one simple task is taking to much time, research and multitudes of dead ends in the CLi. What is easy to accomplish in Windows and Linux seem near impossible to accomplish in Puppy.
The only thing that went right was installing the latest Java jdk6.
The Android SDK and ADB, which is a key for the rest of what I need to install and configure leaves me frustrated to no end.
Can't imagine trying to install/configure eclipse, APK-Multi_Tools, Droid@Screen, The tool-chains for my phones kernel source code, etc., etc.
I'm 50. I don't have the time to have to totally re-learn how to accomplish simple tasks.
Well....I guess I'll go back to a Puppy Slacko install on my 8GB flash drive, and try Knoppix on my 16GB flash drive.
I'm sure once one has spent considerable time with Puppy, and has learned how to accomplish needed tasks in the CLI and such that it is a really good distro, but it is too different from what I know.
It's like working only on Chevy's then trying to learn how to work on a Ford. Two totally different mind sets.
I still like Puppy (Puppy Slacko is my favorite), just won't be using it for Android development like I was hoping.
EDIT: After a lot of searching, downloading, and installing it would appear as though Puppy is the only linux distro that will allow an install onto a ext.3 formatted flash drive.
So I guess I'm going to be not only learning how to get things done, but I will need to learn how to make SFS files and maybe even Puppy derivatives to accomplish my goal of a total Android development environment on a USB flash drive.
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Sir Ian McKellen made the seemingly impossible transition in his early 60s from genius-level stage actor to beloved super villain and wizard of the silver screen. Now 73, McKellen is reprising the role of Gandalf for his third tent-pole trilogy, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."
"The Hobbit," which opens Friday, finds Gandalf enlisting Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) to join him and a band of 13 dwarves on a journey to slay the dragon Smaug and reclaim the treasure and mountain home of the dwarves.
McKellen held court at a recent New York City press conference, along with co-stars Elijah Wood, Richard Armitage, Freeman and Andy Serkis, to discuss the film.
In response to Armitage discussing what it's like to join an established franchise:
"It's not a franchise. They're films—this isn't 'X-men.'"
On putting a character behind you after shooting a film:
If you're acting away for film, it will be with a certain intensity… what you might have difficulty shaking off when you remove the costume and the make up is not the character, but the effort you put into it. The fact that it was difficult today or it was joyfully easy, or there was something you didn't quite get right or were struggling over, and that effort, that's what you'll be thinking of. Rather than having been lost in the world of Middle Earth.
On who he prefers playing, Gandalf the White or the Grey:
Well, Gandalf the White in the second of the "Lord of the Rings" movies is on a mission and he has to save the world, or help save the world. And so he's cut his beard down to size and he's gone white in the process and he doesn't have any jokes, no time for jokes. That's the story where the hero doesn't make it back home. Bilbo gets back home because he's on an adventure, it's different. So he doesn't need Gandalf the White to look after him, he needs the old, the grey, a man he can have a smoke with and a drink with and tick him off maybe, but they've learned to like each other's company and to trust each other. It's much more humane as befits the quality of the adventure they're going on. So there's a bit more range for the actor in Gandalf the Grey, and it's selfishly why I prefer doing him.
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Young Gandalf is younger, 60 years younger. I don't know, I just played him the same, didn't I? I don't know, I'm trying to think… both of these films, these six films as there are going to be, in future will be viewed in the order not that they were filmed but in the order of the story, and it is going to be a little bit alarming for them to see, as it were, everyone getting younger. The technology… do you remember Gollum in the first movie? He looked like a glove puppet, and that's going to be a real shock when they go from "The Hobbit," with all this wonderful technology…
On J.R.R. Tolkien's world view:
I think there are limitations in Tolkien's view of the world. I mean, where is sex? Where are women? But, in other aspects, he is absolutely bang up to date. He takes old people very seriously, and gives them full weight and due. Young people, he's very keen on... And I think the message that has resonated with everyone who's read the books or seen the film is that, yes, the world is organized by people who are extremely powerful and… they are entirely dependent on the little guy. And for someone to be through two world wars to accept that, it's not the great people we build statues to change the world, it's the foot soldiers who measure up to the moment.
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We had appeared in the same scene at the end of the final "Lord of the Rings" movie, but we hadn't met. We met at a party... they photographed us separately. But for these two weeks, there she was in person. We have such a congenial relationship, because she's running practically the National Theater of Australia in Sydney, we had so much to talk about plays and everything else, as well as the fun of making a movie. And we got extremely close and affectionate with each other—her husband wasn't around—there was a moment when she adjusted my hair, but I think it was Cate rather than Galadriel, and I think it's made it into the movie, and I'm still rather shaken...
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I learned what I already knew, that I still have got a long way to go in terms of acting. I'm single, and Steve Thompson, a person that we all know because he's a wonderful cook, was looking me after in Wellington. He's also a masseur…and my whole life was living with this man—not having sex, he's straight—but I discovered that I got very, very, very used to the idea of being totally cossetted and looked after by somebody. He drove me everywhere, he got on my nerves an awful lot, but – Oh Steve I miss you…
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Realignment Deja Vu: Haven't I Heard This Argument Somewhere Before?
When I started college, Occidental had just concluded the grand but brief scheduling experiment known as trimesters, basically a tweaked quarter system still in use at some schools. Mine was the first class to start under the "return to semesters" schedule. The reasons given for the switch were, as is typical in these situations, either the exact same reasons given for the initial switch to trimesters or arguments once used against semesters now touted as virtues. With typical Oxy snark, upperclassmen made t-shirts to illustrate this phenomena in hilarious fashion with a chart depicting the arguments for trimesters on one side, culled from the letters sent to siblings and acquaintances on campus during the time of that switch, and the arguments for semesters on the other side, culled from the letter they received prior to the switch. If I felt like digging deeply enough in the back of our dresser, I would probably find that my husband still has his t-shirt! Anyway, for some odd reason I've been thinking about that a lot this week. *glares daggers at Bud Selig* I wonder why?
I do not like the impending realignment. Do. Not. Like. I do not think it will ruin baseball or anything drastic like that. I am still going watch easily 150 or so of the Angels' 162 games plus a number of other random games every season and I will still enjoy them. But that doesn't change the fact that it's abysmally stupid to have argued passionately in favor of one thing only to switch the argument on its ear not 15 years later. To wit, 'We must put up with the small inconvenience of unequal divisions in order to avoid the unimaginable horrors of Interleague play nearly every day and other scheduling nightmares that would occur from having two 15 team leagues!' becomes 'We must switch to two 15 team leagues and put up with the small inconvenience of expanded Interleague play nearly every day in order to avoid the unimaginable horrors of unequal divisions.'
It's not the 15 teams in each league I object to so much, that at least fixes the stupidity having four teams in the AL West and six in the NL Central, it's the expanded Interleague play (in addition to the revisionist history arguing style going on here). Look, I may be one of the few folks in the blogosphere that actually enjoys Interleague play, but even I would prefer to see it less often and certainly don't want to see it several times a week, all season long. If we can't fix the AL West/NL Central situation by adding two completely new teams to the AL – my personal little pipe dream that's never going to happen – I would rather fix the scheduling difficulties that come from two odd numbered leagues by capitalizing on that other "scheduling nightmare" that Selig adamantly didn't want all the way back in the late 90s: double headers.
Think about it. Interleague play can remain intact and unexpanded in the middle of the season, thus eating up a few of the near daily odd-man-out in each league situations while scheduling several four-game series with planned single admission double headers for every team can eat up the rest. I know that the players union hates double headers, but if MLB wants something that will solve scheduling woes and really attract fans, double headers are the way to go. A single admission double header brought numbers that could actually be deemed crowds rather than a mere crowd to the Coliseum last season. I saw it with my very own eyes. Now that's power!
And as for the rest? An additional Wild Card in each league? I didn't like the first Wild Card additions, but it grew on me. I don't really like this one either. I guess I'm a curmudgeon before my time when it comes to change in baseball. But if adding an additional Wild Card race makes the end of the next season half as entertaining as the end of this one, it might grow on me too. The Astros making the switch from the NL Central to the AL West? Meh. Returning the Brewers to the AL and switching one of the AL Central teams to the West might have made more sense, given that it would simply be undoing that which was already done. However, I think that wouud require Mr. Selig to admit he is reversing his argument completely and, much like my college administration, I think he's trying to avoid that as much as possible. Hmmm…do I still know anyone with access to a silk screen press?
And while I am already waxing Suess-ical with all of these do not likes, I do not like Jerry Dipoto's reported "serious interest" in C.J. Wilson. Not in a box, not with a fox. Not over twitter, not with a dash of bitters. I do not like it. Not one bit. Overpaying free agents may be the new black, but if the Angels are going to grossly overpay a free agent, how about one that swings a bat for power…and, call me crazy, actually makes contact resulting in something other than an out(s) on a regular basis.


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According to Wikipedia, hammers (consisting of a handle and a stone head) date back to about 30,000 BC. Just because a tool is old doesn't mean it won't do the job. That's how I feel about a lot of the old software tools. Sure, sometimes new tools really are better (I really like git, for example, compared to some older version control programs).
Sometimes new tools solve new problems, and that's good too. I'm not sure a caveman needs a soldering iron. Sometimes, though, I think new tools are just because someone wanted to create a new tool. If you look at build systems, it seems crazy that there are so many. Off the top of my head: make, ant, bake, cmake, qmake, scons, waf, and rake all come to mind. I'm sure there are a dozen others (and the ones built into many of the IDEs). Many of these have some tie in to a specific ecosystem (qmake and Qt programs, for example).
Make is the good old-fashioned hammer. Of course, some of these tools actually just generate makefiles, so they really augment make. The question is: Do you need to augment make?
I'd suggest that for the kind of small- to medium-sized projects I typically create, the answer is no. I am unlikely to have many subprojects and complicated dependencies. I'm certainly not interested in writing XML scripts or managing a GUI just to automate a fairly simple build.
On the other hand, there are some tricks that let make handle some things you don't always see in "conventional" programming. I thought I'd share some of those tricks.
If you are rusty on make, the idea is very simple (although it can easily get more complicated in practice): A makefile contains lines that list a target followed by a colon and a list of dependent files. After that line (the rule) appears one or more lines, indented by a tab (not spaces), that describes how to build that target (the recipe).
Here's a really simple makefile:
hello-world : hello-world.c hello-world.h gcc –o hello-world hello-world.c
When the make program reads this file, it compares hello-world with the two files on the right side of the colon. If either file is newer than the target, this causes the recipe to execute. By default, make looks at the first rule in the makefile, although in this case, there's only one.
That file is almost too simple. However, what if you want to compile and link in separate steps? That's not very important in this case, but it would be if you had many C files and didn't want to compile each one, every time you had to compile anything. Here's a slightly more complex file:
hello-world : hello-world.o gcc –o hello-world hello-world.o hello-world.o : hello-world.c hello-world.h gcc –c –o hello-world.o hello-world.c
This is similar, except that make will try to find rules for the right-hand side before starting the recipe. So the sequence of events is:
- Identify that hello-world is the main rule
- Note that hello-world.o is the dependency
- Check and find a rule for hello-world.o
- Check and find no rules for hello-world.c and hello-world.h
- Check to see if hello-world.o is older than either of the dependencies; run recipe if necessary
- Check to see if hello-world is older than hello-world.o; run recipe if necessary
By default, make looks for a file named Makefile in the current directory and uses the first rule. However, you can specify a different file using
–f and you can also specify a target rule by name. So while it wouldn't make much sense, you could issue the command:
make –f test.makefile hello-world.o
You often see special targets added that solely execute a recipe. For example, you might want to clean up to force a new build:
clean : rm *.o
Then you can say:
make clean
Generally, you want to add targets like this to a special rule called .PHONY. The reason is simple. If you ever wound up with a file in the build directory named clean, the rule would stop running (because the file would always be up to date). Naming the rule as phony (along with any other similar rules) fixes this problem:
.PHONY : clean download archive # three phony targets
Obviously, the # character starts a comment. There are a few other subtleties. Make can set variables and also draw variables from the environment. You might see something like:
TARGET = hello-world OBJS = hello-world.o COPT = -g $(TARGET) : $(OBJS) gcc $(COPT) –o $(TARGET) $OBJS
I often use this to write a generic makefile that I can configure per project by changing a few variables at the top. You can even append to a variable:
OBJS = hello-world.o OBJS += pretty-print.o
That has the same effect as setting OBJS to "hello-world.o pretty-print.o" and is useful when you are trying to have something customizable near the top of the file yet still influence the variables later on.
Make will also deduce certain common operations and has special variables that it will use in those cases. For example, it knows how to change a .c file to a .o file (you don't even have to name the .c file). It will call the C compiler specified in
$(CC) and pass it
$(COPTS) (and there are defaults for these). However, for embedded development, I never use these built-in steps. I want control of what the file is doing and I don't want to depend on a hidden string inside the program.
So writing a makefile doesn't have to be a big deal. The big deal is writing a generic makefile that is easy to use. There are a few tricks that apply mostly to cross compiling and embedded tools, and I'll talk about those next time.


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Have you ever wondered why we're called a county regional airport authority, instead of, say, the San Diego International Airport Authority? A lot of people mistakenly believe that we're an arm of San Diego's county government because of our name, but that's not the case. So what's the reason for our name? It's been a while since the Ambassablog delved into this, so it seems time for a refresher—and an expanded lesson.
While the Airport Authority operates just one airport, SDIA, we were created by the state with two other mandated functions: to serve as the regional aviation planning coordinator for the county and to serve as the county airport land use commission.
The latter responsibility is what makes up my job – doing land use compatibility planning for other airports in the county through their adopted Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans( ALUCPs). I also contributed to the Regional Aviation Strategic Plan (RASP) adopted by the Airport Authority last year. It evaluated several of these airports for ways to optimize the regional aviation system.
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- Brown Field Municipal Airport and Montgomery Field in San Diego
- Gillespie Field in El Cajon
- Oceanside Municipal Airport
- Fallbrook Community Airpark and Ramona Airport in those respective communities
- Agua Caliente Airstrip, Borrego Valley Airport, Jacumba Airstrip, and Ocotillo Airstrip in the desert
But the question is often asked, "What exactly is general aviation?"
Ever wonder how your GPS gets its mapping data? Or how our largely rural international border is monitored? Or even more basic: how do they maintain many of the massive farm fields that produce our food and nursery plants?
All of these functions and more are largely handled through GA airports! Here are just some of the vital roles handled through these facilities:
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- Emergency flight diversion
- Remote community and wilderness access (e.g., islands and reservations)
- Charter passenger services (e.g., tours, sports and music events)
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- Oil and mineral exploration
- Utility/pipeline monitoring and inspection
- Aviation manufacturing, distribution, and maintenance industries
- Aerospace engineering and research
- Low-orbit space launch and landing
- Special public events (e.g., air shows, skydiving)
Whew! That's quite a list. Most people rarely think about GA airports, but they really contribute to our wellbeing. Life without them would be a lot harder for sure.
So the next time you think about flying, consider that it's more than just commercial airlines ferrying passengers. GA airports enhance our daily lives in many ways, so we're proud to be a County Regional Airport Authority, planning to protect these vital assets in the San Diego region.
San Diego County's 10 GA airports are part of a network of nearly 3,000 general aviation airports across the country, making their numbers far greater than the commercial service airports with which the flying public is better acquainted.
SDIA has done a good job spreading the word about the economic benefits of our airport, summed up in the slogan "Airports Fuel Regional Economies." But GA airports are also critically important to the economic vitality of the regions they serve—far beyond just the recreational pilots and passengers who use them.
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The hospital looks after sick children of all ages, from new-born babies to young adults. "Our areas of focus are paediatric nephrology and urology, paediatric gastroenterology, diseases affecting the immune system in general, including a weakened immune system, rheumatic diseases and haematological diseases," explains Senior Consultant Professor Hermann Girschick.
The perinatal centre at the Children's Hospital offers all types of birthing options as well as the appropriate types of anaesthetic. Diffcult births and the resulting problems for newborn babies are addressed using the latest therapies (e.g. therapeutic hypothermia, various advisory strategies). Neonatal intensive care is provided by a diligent interdisciplinary team of highly experienced doctors and nurses.
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Spills should be gently blotted with a clean, undyed cloth to absorb as much of the spill as possible and prevent spreading. Work from the outer edges of the spill towards the center. If applying cleaning solvents, test on a small area first. For stubborn stains, use a professional cleaning service that specializes in wool rugs. Do not dry clean, as strong cleaning chemicals may damage or fade the rug.
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Spray extraction, along with use of a wool-approved product, can be used to clean shag rugs.
Shedding is normal for wool products and decreases over time. Do not pull yarn out,as this may result in damage to the rug.
Canister vacuums without a beater bar are most effective in cleaning shag rugs. Vacuums with beater bars and/or brushes, or those set too low, may abrade the face of the rug.
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Porsha Williams' life isn't so picture perfect after all. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star's husband Kordell Stewart filed for divorce on Friday, TMZ reports.
The couple married on May 21, 2011, and do not have a prenup. The reality star explained the decision on BravoTV's blog: "In my opinion a marriage is a sacred union between two people coming together as one with love being that foundation — being one in mind, body, and spirit. ... We have the same beliefs when it comes to God and how WE have our purpose shown to us by God. So through bonding with him in mind, body, and spirit there is no place for a piece of paper to stand between us."
Check out more shocking celeb splits!The couple's marriage generated a lot of controversy during Williams' debut season on Real Housewives this year, with viewers calling Stewart too controlling. While Stewart has a son from a previous relationship, the couple had no children together. Williams was often vocal about starting a family and having a career, but Stewart insisted that she choose between the two.Only four days before Stewart filed for divorce, Williams appeared on Watch What Happens: Live , where she defended their relationship. Are you surprised Porsha and Kordell split?


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An estimated 2 million visitors will drive, hike, camp, backpack, horseback ride, fish and more on the San Juan National Forest and area Bureau of Land Management lands this summer. In the fall, an estimated 30,000 hunters will descend upon the area. With this kind of visitation to our public lands, it is becoming more important to have and to practice outdoor ethics.
It is important for all of us to take a role in protecting our public lands against overuse and abuse. One small bit of food discarded on a trail or from a car, or a poorly located campsite or campfire may seem to have little significance, but thousands of such instances seriously degrade the outdoor experience for all. Leaving no trace is everyones responsibility. We must consider the combined effects of millions of outdoor visitors.
What are outdoor ethics? The dictionary defines an ethic as a set if moral principles or values, or a principle of right or good conduct. I simply boil down ethics to what you do when no one else is looking.
Humans generally know right from wrong and respect from disrespect. Carrying this innate knowledge with us onto our public lands will greatly reduce the abuse.
Leave No Trace is more of an attitude than a set of rules. The LNT principles are designed as guidelines for us to use in the outdoors or our communities. Remembering we are visitors to the land and should act accordingly will help in the quest of protecting the environment.
The LNT program is designed to combine knowledge and judgment with ethical responsibility. The seven Leave No Trace principles are guidelines that can help us enjoy our outdoor experience while making good choices that will protect our natural areas.
Lets explore the LNT principle Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces as we head into mud season.
Many of our public lands roads and areas are closed during winter months to protect wildlife habitat and also to prevent roads from rutting that causes erosion. Heres where the ethics part of LNT comes in.
We all get excited when the weather starts getting warmer and the itch to get outside becomes stronger. While trails and roads are thawing out, wet and muddy, it probably is not the best time to drive, hike or horseback ride on them. Respecting closures at this time is part of the ethical responsibility of protecting our lands.
When we get on the trails too early in the season, the tendency is to try to skirt around wet, muddy patches, which invariably will widen existing routes. Unnecessary widening of a trail is ugly and expensive to repair.
Here are some suggestions to help make the right choice when planning to travel or camp on public lands:
Check with land managers to see what the conditions are in the areas you want to travel.
Respect the environment.
Always stay on designated roads and trails.
In the desert, do not disturb cryptobiotic soils.
Remember that durable surfaces include established trails and campsites, rock, gravel, dry grasses or snow and roads.
Meadows and marshy areas deserve special protection. Its best not to go through them at all. Ruts made in meadows leave a lasting impression on everyone who sees them.
Protect riparian areas by parking, camping and securing stock at least 200 feet from lakes and streams. (Wilderness has a 100-foot regulation in our area.)
Good campsites are found, not made. Altering a site is not necessary
In popular areas:
Concentrate use on existing trails and campsites.
Ride, hike or drive single-file in the middle of the trail, even when wet or muddy.
Keep campsites small.
In pristine areas:
Disperse use to prevent the creation of campsites and trails.
Avoid places where impacts are just beginning.
For additional information about LNT, visit any of the San Juan Mountains Association bookstores or log on to www.LNT.org.
Kathe Hayes is volunteer program director for SJMA and is a Leave No Trace master educator. She can be reached at 385-1310 or log on to www.sjma.org.


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Student Athletes Concussion bill means statewide guidelines, more precaution
Moultrie News
By: Tyler Heffernan
Remember these numbers: 5, 17, 99 and 20. Got 'em? Okay, hang on.
The Student Athletes Concussion bill was signed into legislation two weeks ago, creating statewide guidelines for student athletes trying to return to contact sports after suffering a suspected concussion. Pre-existing research and communication techniques are being used to implement the bill, so taxpayers won't be blindsided with fees to support it.
"The player safety initiative is important to the National Football League on every level," Jerry Richardson, Carolina Panthers owner and founder, said in a news release. "In passing the student athletes bill, the state of South Carolina is taking an important step in the prevention and treatment of concussions that occur."
Among the bill's particulars, highlights include:
– local school districts must enforce guidelines based on state standards
– parents or guardians must receive and provide written acknowledgement of those guidelines
– nationally credentialed guidelines for the concussions identification and treatment must be posted on DHEC and S.C. Department of Education websties
– student athletes suspected of suffering a concussion must be removed from play immediately
– student athletes can only be reinstated following a medical conclusion that a concussion did not occur
– physicians must provide medical clearance for student athletes with a suspected concussion before they are allowed to return to play
It passed the Senate (36-0) and House (109-0) floors unanimously. Dr. Bright McConnell, of Charleston Sports Medicine, applauded the bill.
"This is going to be the early phase of looking at a 'ding count,'" McConnell said. "The athletes themselves sometimes are real protective about that in terms of, 'Oh, I'm okay, coach' or 'It's no big deal.' And they don't know what side of the field they're standing on."
McConnell, who has experience on the sidelines of the Florida Gators and Los Angeles Rams football teams in the 1980s, said it will not only help with student athlete safety, but also help the athletic trainers at events. There's no more gray area whether a player should or should not return to action. With uniformly applied guidelines, it's either a yes or no.
Sign form or go home
At the beginning of the official first day of high school football practice earlier this month, Bishop England football coach John Cantey huddled his players on the field. Words of encouragement weren't the first things out of the veteran coach's mouth. Instead, he called out a few names of players who hadn't returned mandatory health forms.
"Last year, we started using the concussion test on the computer. Every player has to take it before he starts practicing," Cantey said. "That's their baseline test, so they know how the player's brain functions when it's healthy. If there's a possible concussion, that player takes the test on the computer again and the results are compared."
The players that Cantey called out did not have signed forms informing parents or guardians of concussion-related protocol. So, they were not allowed to practice until they had them signed and returned to Bishop England.
The Battling Bishops have had a player in each of the past two playoffs suffer a suspected concussion. Each time, Cantey held that player out of any physical activity for the entire week. He said he adheres to the advice of trainers and parents or guardians. "If they (trainers) say he can't go, or if the parents say he can't go, he's not playing," Cantey said. "When our trainers clear him, he can play."
Recovery periods are deliberate. "You can't rush it. They have to stay headache free for, I think, 24 hours, then they start light activity and progress to moderate, then full activity," Cantey added. "If they get a headache at any point along the way, they have to start over."
Taking steps to protect athletes isn't new. Little League baseball leagues enforce pitch counts and there have been lengthy discussions about banning youth baseball pitchers from throwing curveballs because it can increase wear and tear on pitchers' elbows.
A new brand of football helmet called the Xenith is used by more than 20 players in the NFL. While conventional helmets have foam padding, Xenith uses air-filled pads to act as shock absorbers. When the helmet is hit, the absorbers compress and then reinflate, so the energy is not taken on by the player's skull.
Another product, the Shockbox sensor, can send mobile phone alerts over a Bluetooth connection when a strong hit is detected.
McConnell said while with the Gators and Rams early in his medical career, trainers on sidelines went through checklists of their own to determine whether it was safe for a player to return to action after a suspected concussion. Some of those tests checked motor skills, coordination and balance, short-term memory and examining visual trauma. He could tell a player to remember a series of numbers and ask him or her to repeat those after a short period of time. Remember the numbers listed at the beginning of the article?
"Believe me, there was a lot of times I've had to tell someone they couldn't play. I know they wanted to play, and I know the coach wanted them to play, but it wasn't in their best interest to do so," McConnell said.
"If there's any question about that, you have to fall on the side of protecting the athlete."


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Provider of Environments-as-a-Service (EaaS, presumably) company Skytap has teamed its technology with IBM UrbanCode Deploy, a system to orchestrate and automate the deployment of applications, middleware configurations, and database changes.
The firms' joint messages here point to an offering for dev/test teams to automate the deployment pipeline for complex applications and increasing demands for continuous delivery. Skytap and IBM say they are aiming to help overcome "the biggest challenge" in the adoption of continuous delivery — deploying applications to consistent and predictable environments.
IBM says its software enables your team to deploy as often as needed — on demand or on a schedule, and with self-service. It comes with an Artifact repository to store deployment artifacts more securely to enable traceability, pllus middleware configuration management to detect IBM WebSphere Application Server configurations.
"Automated build pipeline processes ensure that teams focus holistically on the practice of building software," said Sean Kenefick, research director at Gartner. "Maintaining an automated pipeline requires discipline and commitment, but the rewards include reducing deployment risks, increasing time to market and producing higher-quality software."
"The adoption of continuous integration and deployment is a high priority for enterprises, however it is easier said than done," said Brian White, vice president of products at Skytap. "Automation of the delivery pipeline along with Agile practices increases the flow of features into the pipeline, but the pipeline itself is constrained by a small number of static and typically contaminated test environments."
If this technology is deployed to its full potential, the firms claim that software application development pros can now automate their deployment pipeline, including unit, functional, and performance testing, and provision even the most complex enterprise applications in hours versus days.
Skytap enables multiple environments to be available to the development and quality management teams to allow parallel development and testing to occur.


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Developers of Google's Chrome browser added support to the browser's source code for the "Do Not Track" Web privacy feature yesterday. The feature will make its way through Google's various alpha/beta browser versions, and should make it into the stable version of the browser by the end of the year.
Do Not Track is a proposed standard that allows users to tell sites they visit that they do not wish for third parties to record their online activity. The feature has been controversial due to Microsoft's Do Not Track implementation in Internet Explorer 10. Redmond forces users to express a Do Not Track preference when first using Windows 8, and the default preference is to enable it. In retaliation, Apache has changed its default configuration file to completely ignore Do Not Track when sent by Internet Explorer.
Chrome's implementation is much less in-your-face. The setting is tucked away in the advanced section of the browser's settings page. When enabled, it sends the required header. Any third parties who respect the header will duly stop tracking activity—though the full implications of what this means for online advertisers and other third parties remain unclear.
The feature is currently available in Chrome's unstable Canary version; it should soon be integrated into the dev branch, then the beta branch, before making it into the stable version. With dev and beta branches typically taking about six weeks each, this means that the feature will become mainstream shortly before the end of the year.
With this change, Google is fulfilling the commitment it made to the White House in February to support Do Not Track. Of the three main browsers, Google has moved slowest on Do Not Track support. Mozilla Firefox added support in early 2011. Internet Explorer 10 with its Do Not Tack support is available today to corporate users with access to Windows 8, and should become more widely available on October 26th.


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You will receive a finished framed work of art. The printing is done on high-quality photo paper. Subsequently, the work is framed into a simple wooden frame behind acrylic glass (matt or gloss). You can select from the following frame colors: black, white, gold, silver, light brown, reddish brown and dark brown.
In order to make the motif stand out even more, you can also choose a passe-partout from acid free museum carton. The passe-partout is manufactured with a 45 degree cut. Framed art print is the classic and stylish presentation option.
You get a canvas picture with a simple floater frame. The printed canvas is mounted onto a 2 cm stretcher bar and gets framed afterwards. Between the edges of your image and the frame, there is a 0.5 cm wide shadow gap, which makes your image appear to be floating within the solid wood frame.
The frames are available in black, white, gold, silver and two types of wood.
The image is printed on high-quality premium paper of about 235 g / m² grammage. Our modern printing technology with 12 colors promises rich colors, deep shades of blacks and crisp details. The art print is precisely tailored to the edge of the motif and rolled before the shipping that usually occurs within 24 hours.
The aluminum art box provides for a minimalist, modern look. The print is done either on Alu-Dibond, Alu-Dibond Butlerfinish or behind acrylic glass. We leave a 3 mm shadow gap around the edge of the image and conclude the work with a thin aluminum profile.
You will receive the art box in classic silver or elegant black. Thanks to the integrated suspension system, your image is immediately ready to be hung up.
The motif is printed on high quality linen. The characteristic texture provides for a unique look. The modern printing technology with 12 colors provides for high-resolution and rich colors.
Solid manual work: the canvas image is stretched on a solid wood stretcher frame consisting of FSC-certified spruce wood from sustainable forestry. Thanks to multiple gluing, warping is almost impossible. Should the canvas image lose tension over the years, the frame can be re-tensioned within seconds using the simple groove wedge system. We offer the stretcher frame in the thickness of 2 cm and 4 cm.
The canvas image is stretched sideways on the stretcher frame. The frame is therefore invisible and creates an appearance of depth. For a side look, you can choose between three options. Whether you choose a mirrored, folded or white border, you can design freely according to your needs. Thanks to the lightness of the material, the canvas image can be easily attached to the wall directly on the stretcher frame.
The direct print behind acrylic glass makes colors and contours bright, clear and shiny. With our modern UV-print system, we print the motif directly behind acrylic glass. This process makes your image particularly resistant to light and color. Water splashes can no longer harm your image.
The acrylic glass plate from the manufacturer Rohm is 4 mm thick and, after the printing, is laminated onto a 2 mm thick Alu-Dibond plate. This provides additional stability of form and forms the basis for our various hanging systems.
Select the optimal suspension device for your acrylic glass picture. For smaller formats, the simple suspension device (1) is wonderful. The hooks - glued onto the back side - can be mounted on the screws/nails. As a different option, we can install two aluminum rails (2), each 8 mm thick, on the reverse side. These will remain invisible to the viewer. Give your acrylic glass picture the "floating effect" and additional stability with a concealed frame (3). For this purpose, 8 mm thick aluminum rails will be sawed on a mitre and rigidly connected at the corners. These are ideally suited for heavy pictures.
We print your image with a matte finish directly onto a aluminum dibond plate that is primed with a platinum white enamel. The neutral character of this material blends with a variety of motives and adapts wonderfully to any decor. In your conference room as well as in your living room, indoors or outdoors - a stylish eye-catcher always and everywhere. Let yourself be convinced by the high resolution print of your desired motif - cheap, modern and usually shipped within 24 hours.
Alu-Dibond consists of two thin aluminum plates and a black hard foam core, 2 mm thick in total. This composite gives the material high dimensional stability even for large formats as well as during temperature or humidity changes. Combined with the direct printing process, your work will be resistant to sun and moisture and will therefore be ideally suited for outdoor and indoor areas. These properties have made Alu-Dibond a popular material among galleries as well as private customers.
Select the optimal suspension device for your Alu-Dibond picture. For smaller formats, the simple suspension device (1) is wonderful. The hooks - glued onto the back side - can be mounted on the screws/nails. As a different option, we can install two aluminum rails (2), each 8 mm thick, on the reverse side. These will remain invisible to the viewer. Give your Alu-Dibond picture the "floating effect" and additional stability with a concealed frame (3). For this purpose, 8 mm thick aluminum rails will be sawed on a mitre and rigidly connected at the corners. These are ideally suited for heavy pictures.
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NoSQL Options Compared, March 19, 2013 A Developer's Look at the Primary NoSQL Options
Developer Basho Technologies
License Type Apache Open Source
Operating System Linux, Mac OS X, UNIX
Implementation Language Erlang
Initial Release 2010
Riak was designed from the get go to emulate the distributed storage offered by Amazon. It uses a similar architecture to Amazon Dynamo, and sports syntactically identical APIs to Amazon S3. The initial goal was to offer an on-site alternative to Amazon Web Services-hosted databases, without the need for the full Amazon stack thereby enabling the database to run locally.
A recent addition to the product line, RiakCS, makes it possible to provide multitenancy on top of the Riak database, which permits sites to run their own internal cloud and seamlessly use tools that work with Amazon S3.
Riak has native support for JavaScript and Erlang, with drivers available for most major programming languages.


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Alternate Text for the Be Food Safe Activity Book
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Be Food Safe Activity Book
Hey Kids,
Food safety is important for you and your family. That's why you should always remember to Be Food Safe! It is easy and fun to do if you follow these four simple steps.
- Clean. Wash hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds before and after handling food.
- Separate. Keep raw meat and poultry apart from foods that won't be cooked.
- Cook. Use a food thermometer — you can't tell food is cooked safely by how it looks.
- Chill. Chill leftovers and takeout foods within 2 hours and keep the fridge at 40 °F or below.
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) developed this activity booklet to help you learn what you need to do to Be Food Safe! Remember, fighting foodborne illness is important for you and your family, so Be Food Safe each and every day.
To find out more about food safety, visit befoodsafe.gov or ...
Visit ASK KAREN at askkaren.gov
Call the USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854)
BAC (foodborne bacteria) can be hiding just about anywhere: in your kitchen, on your plate and even on your hands!
The invisible enemy can multiply and make you sick. But you can Fight BAC!® by following these important rules:
- Wash your hands and surfaces often.
- Wash hands with soap and warm water for 20 seconds before and after handling food.
- Rinse fruits and vegetables with running tap water before you eat them.
- Wash your hands:
- Before you make or eat a snack or meal,
- After playing with pets, and
- After using the bathroom.
- Always use clean knives, forks, spoons and plates.
- Always use a clean plate. Cooked foods should not be placed on the same plate that held raw meat, poultry or fish.
- Only put food on clean surfaces. Never put your sandwiches or snacks on a dirty table or counter.
- Put backpacks and books on the floor. Don't put them on the kitchen table or counters.
[Activity - Crossword Puzzle]
Cross-contamination is the scientific word for how bacteria can be spread from one food product to another. This is especially true when handling raw meat, poultry, eggs and seafood, so keep these foods and their juice away from ready-to-eat foods!
Right now there may be an invisible enemy ready to strike. He's called BAC (bacteria) and he can make you sick. But you have the power to Fight BAC!® Be Smart. Keep Foods Apart—Don't Cross-Contaminate!
Here are some things that you and your parents can do to Fight BAC!®
- Keep raw meat and poultry apart from foods that won't be cooked.
- Wash hands with warm soapy water for 20 seconds.
- Always wash cutting boards, dishes and utensils with hot, soapy water after they come in contact with raw meat, poultry, eggs and seafood.
- Never place cooked food on a plate that previously held raw meat, poultry and seafood.
[Activity - Word Find Puzzle]
Hey kids, did you know that BAC (foodborne bacteria) can't be seen, smelled or tasted and can make you sick. You can help your parents to Fight BAC!® by reminding them of these important safe cooking tips.
- Use a food thermometer—you can't tell food is cooked safely by how it looks.
- Always cook food to a safe minimum internal temperature.
- Cook all raw beef, pork, lamb and veal steaks, chops, and roasts to a minimum internal temperature of 145 °F as measured with a food thermometer before removing meat from the heat source. For safety and quality, allow meat to rest for at least three minutes before carving or consuming. For reasons of personal preference, consumers may choose to cook meat to higher temperatures.
- Chicken and turkey - whole, pieces or ground to 165 °F.
- All ground beef, including hamburgers, to 160 °F.
- Reheat leftovers to 165 °F.
- Always place the food thermometer in the thickest part of the food, away from bone and fat to check the temperature.
- When cooking in a microwave oven, stir, cover, and rotate food for even cooking. Use a food thermometer to check the temperature in the food in several places.
- Let food sit for a few minutes after cooking it in the microwave.
- Always cook eggs before eating them. When cooked, eggs should be firm, not runny.
[Activity - Scrambled Word Puzzle]
Keeping cold foods cold is one of the most important rules you can follow to help Fight BAC!® To make sure you are keeping your food safe at all times, check out these other ways you can Fight BAC!®
- Chill leftovers and takeout foods within 2 hours and keep the fridge at 40 °F or below.
- Some foods that need to stay cold include:
- Sandwiches or salads made with meat and poultry;
- Tuna and egg salad;
- Milk, cheese, and yogurt;
- Peeled or cut fruits and vegetables.
- Use an insulated lunch box or bag to keep food cold at school.
- Keep your lunch in the coolest place possible. Never leave it in direct sun.
- Add a frozen gel pack, frozen juice box, or use a thermos to keep food cold.
[Activity - Connect the Dots]
Thermy's™ Food Safety Rules
- Always use a food thermometer when you cook. A food thermometer will help you make sure your food has reached a high enough temperature to kill harmful bacteria.
- The color of cooked meat—whether it's pink or brown inside—can fool you. The only way to be sure cooked food is safe to eat is by using a food thermometer.
- Place the thermometer in the thickest part of most foods, away from any bones and fat.
- Cook food to a safe minimum internal temperature.
- 145 °F—Beef, pork, lamb, and veal steaks, roasts and chops followed by a 3-minute resting time before carving or consuming.
- 160 °F—Ground beef, pork, veal, and lamb. Pork chops, ribs, and roasts. Egg dishes.
- 165 °F—Chicken and turkey - whole, pieces or ground. Stuffing and casseroles. Reheat leftovers.
- Check the temperature in several places to be sure the food is cooked evenly.
- Wash the food thermometer with hot, soapy water after using it.
[Activity - Word Find]
When in Doubt, Throw it Out!
Remember: YOU have the power to Fight BAC!® and keep your food safe!
[Activity - Scrambled Word Puzzle]
[Activity - "BAC Catcher" Question and Answer Game.]
[Activity - U.S. Map. Properly locate listed landmarks; find hidden BAC characters in the drawing.]


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News about possible Fed tapering led to a sell-off in the early summer months, even though no action actually was taken by monetary authorities.
To understand what caused the dramatic response and how it affected some popular bond funds, Morningstar recently shared the views of senior fund analyst Eric Jacobson, who outlined some important lessons for bond investors and advisors to keep in mind.
"Things get priced in early sometimes," Jacobson said in a videotaped interview with Christine Benz, director of personal finance for the Chicago-based research firm. "So in this case, it's all about fear. Everybody is worried … and that just sent shock waves through the marketplace and triggered all that worry in a sell-off and brought yields up to a place where they hadn't been for quite a while."
In the intermediate bond category, the analyst says, one of the best performers during the early summer was the Dodge & Cox Income Fund (DODIX), which lost about 2%. One of the worst, he adds, was the PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Fund (PIGIX); it dropped by more than 6% during those two months.
Working against the PIMCO fund, Jacobson explains, is its use of a longer benchmark.
"It uses a credit index and doesn't have the mortgages that are in the Barclays U.S. Aggregate, and those mortgages tend to have shorter, lower durations," he said. "So this fund even at neutral to its benchmark is fairly long in its maturity and its duration."
In addition, there are sector issues. The PIMCO fund had part of its portfolio in lower-rated natural gas pipelines, along with an overweighting to metals and mining.
As for the PIMCO Total Return Fund (PTTRX), Jacobson says, one of its problems was that portfolio manager Bill Gross "came into the period a little bit long, and in particular, the fund also had a reasonable allocation to TIPS," which "sold off quite badly during the interest-rate shock."
In other words, even when a fund has a minor allocation in a certain holding, that holding can play a significant role in a fund's overall performance.
Still, Jacobson believes that "very often Gross has been early and still right. I'm not saying that's automatically going to be the case here, but I still think he is one of the best managers in the business."
Working in favor of the Dodge & Cox fund has been its short duration vs. that of other funds in the category. The fund's managers have been "very concerned and cautious" about the interest-rate markets, according to the analyst, which has "been a huge help."
In addition, the portfolio has had slightly more exposure to credit-sensitive bonds, which performed better than the worst-hit bonds, i.e., municipals and long-duration Treasuries, he adds.
Other Funds
The Janus Flexible Bond Fund (JAFIX) also has more of a short-duration flavor relative to its benchmark and some peers. Plus, Jacobson points out, it has a lot of mid-quality corporate bonds, which performed relatively well during the May-June period.
There's also the MetWest Total Return Bond (MWTRX), another shorter-duration fund in the category that outperformed many of its peers. This fund, the analyst says, has held a lot of mortgages.
Mortgages "tended to hold up a little better during this shock, partly because of the way they're structured and the fact that they have shorter duration," Jacobson said. "The fund was just very, very light in Treasuries as well."
As for the Scout Core Plus Bond Fund (SCPZX), which has Reams Asset Management as a subadvisor, "what they got right [is] they had a very short duration of only two years, and so that was a big factor in [why] they were able to really beat up everybody else, if you will, with a modest loss."
Long-Term View
With investors turning from traditional bond funds to nontraditional ones, like high yields or bank loans, valuations in the most credit-sensitive sectors are starting to "get a little frothy," Jacobson fears.
"It may take a while to develop," he said, "but at some point, if investors continue to flee the most rate-sensitive parts of the market, they will get cheaper and the high-yield, more credit-sensitive stuff will get more expensive.
Though nontraditional bonds may have outperformed core funds in May and June, they "didn't completely protect investors from all losses," he says.
Investors may "get some cushion from these nontraditional bond funds, given that a lot of them are relatively light in interest-rate sensitivity and a little heavier in other kinds of risks, sometimes credit risk," Jacobson said, "but they're not a silver bullet and they're not a panacea, and they're not going automatically protect you."
Rather than looking for escape routes from their current bond funds, the expert advises investors and advisors to "look again at what your asset allocation is, why it is the way it is, and try to be faithful to what your plan is."
If it's a long-term strategy, and the holdings are less risky than equities and that's what the objective is, then there may not be a need for a course correction.
Some bond categories, Benz points out, can be more equity sensitive than others, making a whole portfolio more responsive to the equity market and economic shifts.
High yields, Jacobson says, are "particularly low in the capital structure, a lot closer to equity than to high-quality bonds, and you do wind up having those higher correlations in your portfolio, which you've got to be careful about."
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