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- MySQL Notes:
-  * It's recommended to install MySQL >= 5.5.x
-  * Your system will require MySQL, MySQL-Server, MySQL-Devel and Ruby's MySQL libraries installed
-  * You will also need to "sudo gem install dm-mysql-adapter"
-
-  * UTF8 notes. Update/Add in my.cnf (or my.ini on Win) the following. Then save and reboot MySQL.
-    - Read more here: http://cameronyule.com/2008/07/configuring-mysql-to-use-utf-8
-        [mysql]
-          default-character-set=utf8
-        [mysqld]
-          character-set-server=utf8
-          collation-server=utf8_general_ci
-          init-connect='SET NAMES utf8'
-        [client]
-          default-character-set=utf8
-
-   * Please note that the db must exists. Schema will be created automatically.
-   mysql> CREATE DATABASE beef CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
-   mysql> grant all privileges on beef.* to 'beef'@'localhost' identified by 'beef123';
-
-        
-
-Postgres Notes
-  * You will need to install the postgresql package as well as the libpq-dev package
-  * You will need to "sudo gem install dm-postgres-adapter"
-  * As the postgres user:
-    - createuser -P beef
-    - createdb --owner=beef beef
-  * you may also need to change the pg_hba.conf file in /etc/postgresql so that the local all all optionis labeled as either trust or md5
-