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Saper said when food is scarce, this second clock can override the body's primary clock. He said these same clock genes are known to be in all mammals, including humans.

While skipping meals ahead of a long flight or night shift has not been proven to work in humans, it may be worth a try.

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The aim is to alter libsvn_fs (and much smaller parts of svnadmin, and libsvn_repos) to support storing filesystem data in a MySQL database. Configuration data will be stored in a repository directory, along with the existing non-BDB repository stuff.

The practical reasons for such a scheme may possibly include increased efficiency, integration with existing SQL databases, another interface to the data (using simple SQL statements), and buzzword points. Since, AFAIK, this hasn't been done before, I'm hoping that the one practical outcome of this experiment will be to provide exciting new data on the above.

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Load balancing howto: LVS ldirectord heartbeat 2
Submitted By jslezacek on Fri. 05.23.2008

Contents:

* Environment
* Problem
* Solution
* Goals
* Configuration: linux-director (load balancer)
o Ldirectord
o Heartbeat 2
* Configuration: real servers
* Testing the setup
* Caveats
* Alternative solutions
* Conclusion
* External links

Neat howto

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Just before arriving in Sanzhi, there’s an interesting site hugging the shoreline - an abandoned hotel/apartment complex that looks like somewhere ET might call home. I first heard about this a couple of years ago, but it was only recently that I was able to get out there.

Accounts vary on the origins of this complex, and indeed, as to whether it was meant to be a hotel development or a housing development. Apparently, it was constructed in the 1960s and included/was to include a dam to protect it against sea surges, floors and stairs made of marble and a small amusement park. The site was commissioned by the government and local firms and there is no named architect. Local papers at the time reported that there were numerous accidents during construction which caused the death of some workers. As news of these accidents spread, no one wanted to go there, even to visit, and the project was subsequently abandoned. The ghosts of those who died in vain are said to still linger there, unremembered and unable to pass on. The complex was left in its unfinished state because no amount of redevelopment will bring people to the area due to superstitions about ghosts, and it can’t be demolished because destroying the homes of spirits and lost souls is taboo in Asian culture.

When I was there, I met four young university students who were passing by and stopped for a look. They didn’t want to get too close to the buildings for fear that the ghosts would take them. They told me there was “heavy evil” in the buildings.

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At the trend's mid-1980s peak, close to 4,500 Parcourses studded the land, along with hundreds of knockoffs sold by rival firms. There were Aqua Parcourses for swimming-pool sessions, "joint-use" Parcourses for disabled people, indoor Parcourses, cruise-ship Parcourses, and dozens of corporate-sponsored employee Parcourses, not only in the United States but in more than 25 countries the world over. These days, many have gone the way of Hacky Sacks and A Flock of Seagulls. "The courses are relics now," says a wistful Richard Cunningham, former owner of equipment-maker Parcourse Ltd. "But there was a time when you could stand on a corner in Silicon Valley, in Santa Clara, and see four different Parcourse facilities. It was a boom time. There were probably a hundred of them in San Jose. I bet you'd have a hard time finding a dozen of them now."

Still, rumors of the courses' extinction have been greatly exaggerated. An Alabama playground-equipment maker called GameTime continues to sell new, tubular steel course equipment at a rate of 30 sets per year. Boyd Sign Company in Beaverton, Oregon, even sells replacement signs for dilapidated circuits. And Parcourses of varying ages endure from Juneau to Sedona to Disney World to Negril—all waiting for a 21st-century revival that may be less far-fetched than it sounds. "There is a trend now in fitness clubs," says Judy Hobbisiefken of the International Sports Sciences Association, an organization that certifies personal trainers. "Some places call it core training, others call it basic training, where they set up stations in an aerobics room and do the exact same exercises. Parcourses basically take that idea and say, 'Look, it's way more fun to do it outside.'"

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The stations would contain specific instructions to perform the exercise. The stations were also planned to keep the heart rate up and to provide an overall workout by the end of the course. By the 1970s, there were more than 200 parcourses in Switzerland. The first parcourse to be built in the United States was erected in San Francisco's Mountain Lake Park. By the 1980s there were more than 4500 of these parcourses were in existance in the United States.

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The local park has one of these along a jogging trail. You run around it doing bodyweight exercises. Great product. Great exercise. For double win, ride your bike to/from the park!

I think other cities have these. Highly recommended.

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They spend too much on sales and marketing before they’re ready. Many venture companies move to a high burn rate too quickly and it’s hard to go back. Sometimes even a frugal entrepreneur winds up spending too much either because he doesn’t manage the money or is tempted by having money in the bank. This often happens when a startup raises too much money too early.

Other times, this occurs with entrepreneurs who are accustomed to having lots of resources. They ramp up sales before the product is ready. Of course, there’s a lot of work required to get sales early on. But a product with a truly great value proposition that delivers in a measurable way will practically sell itself. Companies that ramp sales and marketing too soon waste a lot of money.

Sometimes even when the product is great, the sales process itself isn’t understood to a point where it can be scaled: who are you selling to, how much will they really spend, and what profile of sales person does the company need to hire who will succeed at selling that particular product. All of this has to be understood before sales can efficiently scale.

Spending on the sales and marketing operations means there is no return if customers don’t bite. When you spend money on the product that work can be leveraged in future versions. (In fact, the key to effective product delivery is to try a lot of things and see what sticks.) For every venture dollar invested, I estimate that more than two-thirds go into sales costs and only a third into product development. Once you up the burn rate, there’s no easy way back.

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