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Oracle, HP Team up on Database HardwareBy Reuters - Print
Oracle and HP have teamed up on a hardware and software data analysis package for companies to monitor business activities. The combined data warehousing appliance product from Oracle and HP will put pressure on competing products from Teradata and Netezza, two major players in the data warehouse space.
BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world's No. 3 software maker is teaming up with Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) to sell powerful, specialized computers that companies use to analyze data on their business activities.
The move, which Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison announced on Wednesday, will expand Oracle's footprint in the hardware business and put pressure on smaller players Teradata Corp (TDC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Netezza (NZ.P: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), which specialize in selling those devices, known as data warehouse appliances.
Forrester Research analyst James Kobielus said that the machines are the most powerful data warehouse appliances that Oracle has ever developed. The products will help the company better compete with Teradata, whose machines have been able to crunch more data than ones from Oracle, he said.
"Oracle needed to scale out on the high end," Kobielus said.
But he and some other analysts said that there may not be huge demand for appliances with so much capacity.
"Pretty cool stuff, but it will likely have limited market reach, appeal," said Sageza Group analyst Clay Ryder. "The real question is just how many customers are there for a solution of this scale and performance?"
Kobielus of Forrester Research estimates that Oracle and its rivals sell some $9 billion in data warehousing software, hardware and appliances each year, a market that is growing at an annual clip of about 15 percent. Oracle has the largest share, followed by Teradata, then IBM, he said.
Companies use data warehousing equipment to store and analyze crucial data from customers and transactions.
Phone companies looking to sell existing customers new products might look for clues on possible needs by analyzing call patterns with a data warehouse. Credit card companies store information on transactions, which allows them to quickly review new purchases in a bid to instantly identify fraud.
Redwood City, California-based Oracle has previously developed less-powerful data warehousing appliances with HP as well as hardware vendors IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), EMC Corp (EMC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Dell Inc. (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), Silicon Graphics Inc (SGIC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Sun Microsystems (JAVA.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), analysts said.
Charles King, an industry analyst with Pund-IT Research, said that the products announced on Wednesday appeared to be similar to ones developed with Sun that were announced at Oracle's users conference in November 2007.
Hardware appliances account for a relatively small share of revenue at Oracle, the world's largest maker of computer database software. It gets virtually all of its sales from computer programs and related services.
Hewlett-Packard will manufacture the devices and Oracle's salesforce will sell them.
Palo Alto, California-based HP, one of Oracle's closest business partners, ships more servers than any other computer manufacturer.
Netezza Chief Operating Officer Jim Baum said that he is not concerned about Oracle's new product.
"You just can't slap together existing solutions in clever packaging and expect to deliver much faster performance," he said in a statement.
(Additional reporting by Eric Auchard and David Lawsky in San Francisco; editing by Carol Bishopric)
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ANAHEIM, Calif., March 9 (UPI) -- Rookie Viktor Fasth stopped 29 shots for his second career shutout Friday in carrying Anaheim to a 4-0 victory over Calgary.
Fasth had allowed four goals during two of his previous three starts, but despite that rough stretch he increased his record to 10-1 with his victory over the Flames.
The Ducks won their second in a row and their 37 points are second in the NHL only to the 45 piled up by Chicago, which lost in regulation on Friday for the first time all season.
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By Michael Stanley
Originally posted on Freescale's The Embedded Beat blog
A question that should be asked during physical design of any product incorporating sensors is: "Where should be sensors be located within the product?" Like almost anything else in life, "It depends … " is the answer. This post discusses accelerometer placement. We'll touch on magnetic sensors next time around.
If your application is such that the sensor is statically fixed in space, or at least not rotating, it doesn't really matter where you mount the accelerometer on your board. But if the device can rotate, things get a lot more interesting.
The rate of change transport theorem, which can be found in any rigid body dynamics textbook, relates the rate of change of a vector r as observed in two different reference frames. For our purposes, the first is the fixed (earth) frame and the second (body frame) rotates and translates relative to the first. In equation form:
(dr/dt)f =(dr/dt)r + ω X rr (Eqn. 1)
where the subscripts indicate the frame of reference.
The transport theorem is a fundamental relationship, based upon basic principles of geometry. It applies to ANY vector observable from two independent reference frames. You should note that both left and right sides of the equation are vectors.
We are going to repeatedly apply the transport theorem to derive a relationship defining the acceleration of an object in the fixed earth frame based upon sensor measurements made in the body frame.
In graphical form, consider movable point "P", observable from two different frames of reference. "Of" is the origin of the fixed earth reference frame. "Or" is the origin of the rotating reference frame.
Frames of Reference
By basic geometry
r' = R + r (Eqn. 2)
Note that
V = (dr/dt)f
V is the rate of change of vector r as viewed in the fixed reference frame. It can also be viewed as the velocity of P as viewed in the fixed earth frame
Vr = (dr/dt)r
Vr is the he rate of change of vector r as viewed in the rotating reference frame. It can also be viewed as the velocity of P as viewed within the rotating reference frame.
ω = the angular velocity of the rotating frame relative to the fixed earth frame
by differentiating Eqn. 2, we get
(dr'/dt)f = (dR/dt)f + (dr/dt)f (Eqn. 3)
which we can also write as
Vr' = V + (dr/dt)f (Eqn. 4)
The quantity V can be interpreted as the translational velocity of the rotating frame relative to the fixed frame of reference. Vr' is the velocity of point P as observed in the fixed earth frame. Typically, this is the quantity we are trying to measure.
We can apply the transport theorem to the right most term in Eqn. 4 to get
Vr' = V + (dr/dt)r + ω X r (Eqn. 5)
Vr' = V + Vr + ω X r (Eqn. 6)
Now differentiate and take advantage of the math identity:
d/dt (A X B) = (dA/dt X B) + (A X dB/dt) (Eqn. 7)
to get
Ar' = (dVr'/dt)f = (dV/dt)f + (dVr/dt)f + (dω/dt)f X r + ω X (dr/dt)f (Eqn. 8)
A = (dV/dt)f
where A is the acceleration of the second frame of reference relative to the fixed earth frame.
At the same time, apply the transport theorem again to substitute
(dVr/dt)f =(dVr/dt)r+ ω X Vr (Eqn. 9)
to get
Ar' = A+ (dVr/dt)r+ ω X Vr+ (dω/dt)f X r + ω X (dr/dt)f (Eqn. 10)
α = (dω/dt)f
where α is the rate of angular acceleration, and
Ar = (dVr/dt)r
where Ar is the rate of acceleration of P relative to Or. Then
Ar' = A+ Ar+ ω X Vr+ α X r + ω X (dr/dt)f (Eqn. 11)
and one last substitution using the transport theorem for the right most term in Eqn. 11 to get
Ar' = A+ Ar+ ω X Vr+ α X r + ω X ((dr/dt)r + ω X r) (Eqn. 12)
Ar' = A+ Ar+ ω X Vr+ α X r + ω X (Vr + ω X r) (Eqn. 13)
Ar' = A+ Ar+ ω X Vr+ α X r + ω X Vr + ω X (ω X r)) (Eqn. 14)
|Ar' =
|A + Ar +
|<– Inertial Acceleration
|2ω X Vr +
|<– Coriolis Acceleration
|α X r +
|<– Euler Acceleration
|ω X (ω X r))
|<– Centripetal Acceleration
|(Eqn. 15)
Eqn. 15 is a classic result, and can give you a lot of insight into tradeoffs associated with accelerometer placement. To see how, let's modify our previous figure by locating Or at the center of mass of a portable consumer device. Point P represents the location of our accelerometer within the same device. Point Of is essentially the center of the earth.
Frames of Reference related to Portable Consumer Device
Since points P and Or are fixed relative to one another (they are part of the same rigid body), Ar and Vr are zero by definition, and drop out of the equation. If the rotational rate of the device is zero, then ω=0, and both Coriolis and Centripetal acceleration terms drop out of the equation. Finally, if α (the rotational acceleration) is zero, there will be no Euler acceleration. If all these terms hold true, then the value measured by our accelerometer is
Ar' = A = the translational rate between the two frames of reference
which is exactly what we would like. But what if ω≠0? If we collapse point P back into the center of mass (Or), then both Euler and Centripetal accelerations still drop out.
What happens if you ignore these effects? Let's work an example assuming that angular acceleration is zero, but angular rotation is not:
|Ar' =
|A + Ar +
|<– Inertial Acceleration
|ω X (ω X r))
|<– Centripetal Acceleration
|(Eqn. 16)
To bound the problem, I'm going to take advantage of the identity:
A X B = |A| |B| sin Θ n
where Θ is the angle between vectors A and B, and n is a unit vector perpendicular to the plane containing both A and B.
Looking at just the extremes, we can see that the Centripetal acceleration ranges between +/- |ω|2r in magnitude, depending upon the axis of rotation and accelerometer offset from center of mass.
- ω = 2π radians/sec (1 RPM)
- r = 5 cm
Putting numbers to Eqn. 16, we get
Centripetal Acceleration = +/- 0.05 (2π)2 =+/- 1.97 m/s2.
That's better than 1/5 gravities! At a very modest rate of rotation!
Basically, sensor fusion mathematics get much easier when the accelerometer is at the center of mass (which is also the center of the rotating frame of reference). If you can make the assumption that, in your use case, the device is in a quasi-static state with no rotation, it doesn't matter. If not, you need to place the sensor at the center of mass OR account for the effects mathematically. That involves keeping continuous track of the axis and rate of rotation and then making the adjustments required to separate out the Centripetal acceleration.
- Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies: A Systematic Approach, Anil V. Rao, Cambridge University Press, 2006
- Motion in a Non-Inertial Frame, Alain J. Brizard, Saint Michael's College, http://www.dartmouth.edu/~phys44/lectures/Chap_6.pdf
Original post: http://blogs.freescale.com/2012/08/01/accelerometer-placement-where-and-why/


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"Fujitsu handled system design and deployment impeccably, helping our organization in building a solution that supports our global needs"
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KONE Oyj is a leading player in its field, providing its customers with industry-leading lifts, escalators and automatic doors, as well as innovative solutions for their maintenance and modernization. During its century-long history, the company has based its operations on understanding the needs of different customer groups.
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...If you like the simplicity and down-home goodness of old-fashioned desserts, I hope you'll give this newfangled interpretation of shortcake a try. It pairs fall harvest fruits with spiced biscuit layers to create a dessert that is delicious and well worth the minimal effort that it takes to prepare. The recipe was created for Midwest Living magazine, and their developers took an already simple dish and made it easier still. They paired a canned pie filling with frozen cherries and used the combination to fill and top the shortcake. I made one small change to their recipe. I used 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon oil in place of the vanilla extract called for in the recipe below. I thought the cinnamon flavor was more in keeping with the fall nature of the dessert and hoped it would better mask any tinny flavor that might be associated with the canned apples. You can purchase cinnamon oil on the King Arthur website if you are unable to find it at your neighborhood supermarket. This makes a nice fall dessert, so I do hope you'll grab your can openers and give the recipe a try. Here is how the winter shortcake is made..
Winter Apple and Cherry Shortcake...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Midwest Living
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 beaten egg
2/3 cup milk
Apple-Cherry Filling (see recipe below)
3/4 to 1 cup whipping cream, whipped
1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Grease an 8 x1-1/2 inch round cake pan. Set aside.
2) To make shortcake: Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a large bowl. Cut in butter to resemble coarse crumbs. Mix egg and milk in a small bowl, then pour into flour mixture and stir just until moistened. Spread batter into prepared pan and bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Split into 2 layers.
3) Meanwhile prepare filling using recipe below. Spoon half of warm filling over bottom shortcake layer and top with half of whipped cream. Top with second layer, remaining filling and whipped cream. Serve immediately. Makes 8 servings.
Apple-Cherry Filling
1 (21-oz.) can apple pie filling
1 cup frozen tart red cherries
1 teaspoon vanilla
In a saucepan, combine apple pie filling and cherries. Cook and stir mixture till heated through. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.
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Eiland throws GIBBY support behind Holland
KANSAS CITY -- Closer Greg Holland is the only Royals player nominated for a GIBBY -- the Greatness in Baseball Yearly Awards, for which fans are casting ballots on MLB.com -- and he has pitching coach Dave Eiland's vote.
"It's a credit to him," Eiland said. "Everybody talks about his stuff -- his fastball and his slider and his good change are almost unhittable when he's on -- but it's his approach and his makeup as well that make him as good as he is. You don't teach a guy or force a kid to have that kind of makeup. He just kind of has it, he was kind of born with it."
Holland had 47 saves and blew just three saves in his 2013 campaign. Those rare glimpses of vulnerability reminded Eiland of his time as Yankees pitching coach with legendary Mariano Rivera.
"It kind of leaves you speechless, because you're not used to seeing it. It kind of brought me back to my years with Rivera -- like, 'Oh wow, well, I guess he is human,'" Eiland said. "But Greg was absolutely tremendous. I don't think anybody could've predicted a better year for him than he had."


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So, er, I have a small confession to make to those of you eagerly awaiting the adventures of Roger Steel and co.
Over the last few weeks I've been, ahem, cheating on Ann and Arthur with those post-life rascals Lily and Ace. This doesn't mean I've stopped working with Ann and Arthur. Far from it. It's just that Jack mentioned he was looking for a writer as an aside in an email to me back in June, and after being teased by Lily and her friends over the last few months (and years…) I finally succumbed to temptation and volunteered to flesh them out, narratively speaking.
This doesn't necessarily mean either game is going to be further delayed. Looking at the progress charts (viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3128), we can see that whereas 80% of Roger Steel's writing is done, a considerable amount of art and coding remain; for Undead Lily, the situation is almost completely the reverse. Of course stuff might happen, as stuff often does, but with Roger Steel's adventures entering the home straight, and Undead Lily having a much simpler narrative, I think writing the projects side-by-side is not only feasible but will make each game that much better, not least because I am scripting Undead Lily straight into Ren'Py and the lessons I learn in that exercise will pay off when I come to transcribe the more complex Roger Steel script from screenplay-format into this framework. I hope to have drafts for both games finished this year.
I won't be making any rash promises to post regular (or irregular for that matter!) sneak previews onto the Undead Lily forum, but I will be posting there to introduce myself. I will continue to update this forum with Roger Steel's progress and post a new sneak previews 'soon'.
In the meantime, thank you for your continued interest and patience!
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Performance is emphasized in the Dance Program at San Jose State University, and dance majors are eligible to perform in their freshman year. The program presents at least three separate, fully-produced student concerts annually, providing ample performance opportunities. Two student companies also offer a more advanced scale of work by professional choreographers. Majors are eligible to audition for these companies at the end of their freshman year.
In addition, the program sponsors nine informal showings of studies each year from Choreography classes, in which all students participate. In their senior year, all majors are required to perform in the Portfolio Concert to be evaluated in performance and/or choreography. Performances take place in the Dance Theatre, which is fully equipped with lighting, sound, theatrical draperies, and a Marley floor.


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Coffee is no mere drink. It can be a crutch, sometimes a drug, a social lubricant and a cash cow, the tissue of many a first date and a multitude of jittery sleepless nights. Throughout history, it's been both banned and consecrated, outlawed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, shunned by many Seventh-Day Adventists, and elevated to a sacrament by 16th century Sufi mystics. It's one of the most traded commodities in the world, as well as one of the most valuable, second only to petroleum.
Santa Cruz-based Community Agroecology Network (CAN) hopes to expose Santa Cruzans to their beloved coffee's origins by serving as the link between Santa Cruz and a small coffee-farming community in Costa Rica. In partnership with the Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company, they're announcing a new initiative, the AgroEco Coffee line, which features single-origin coffee from a small cooperative called Coopepueblos in Agua Buena, Costa Rica.
AgroEco coffee beans begin their lives in Agua Buena, where they're grown and harvested by a small cooperative of about 80 families. They're then shipped to Santa Cruz, where the Santa Cruz Coffee Roasting Company roasts and packages them before selling them directly to customers. This stands in stark contrast to conventionally grown coffee, which can travel through many hands and many countries before ending up, months later, on grocery store shelves. But AgroEco coffee is also unique because it's grown according to ecologically sound principles, ones that enrich the soil and enable the farmers to produce coffee for generations to come.
The goal of the partnership is to create a close interaction between the people who grow the coffee and the people who drink it, with as few intermediaries as possible and as little negative impact to the land. This allows the coffee growers to get the most money for their product, and re-acquaints customers with the revolutionary notion that they can know exactly where their beans were born.
"It's really exciting," says Sarah Albuquerque, general manager of SCCRC. "It's going to be a really interesting opportunity for roasters and consumers to learn a lot more about where their coffee comes from, and to be more engaged in direct contact with coffee farmers.
"It's not just a certification like Fair Trade or organic, where maybe somebody we don't meet or know goes down and visits the farm and certifies it according to a set of rules," she continues. "This is a direct relationship with a network of people who are involved in a long-term sense with the community in Costa Rica." Nick Babin, a graduate student at UCSC and a researcher for CAN, adds that the program is comparable to a "sister-city" relationship.
CAN, without whom AgroEco coffee wouldn't exist, was founded by UCSC environmental studies professor Stephen Gliessman. Gliessman is a leading expert on agroecology, which uses the study of ecology to build agricultural systems that are productive but also conserve precious natural resources. He founded CAN in 2001 with his wife Robbie Jaffe, an environmental educator. Gliessman worked on a coffee farm in Agua Buena from 1972 to 1974; when Jaffe and Gliessman returned to the region in 2001 on a sabbatical trip, the bottom had dropped out of the coffee market. Overproduction had led to drastically lowered prices, and desperate poverty was affecting the entire area. Many farming families had grown only coffee – when the market failed, they had no other source of income.
In 2004, the last large coffee mill in Agua Buena closed for good, taking with it much of the livelihood of the town. CAN made it their mission to work with small-scale coffee producers in Costa Rica, as well as Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Mexico, to redevelop more sustainable and diversified farming practices. Through the program, researchers and student interns from the U.S. can also visit the farms to learn more about agriculture and conservation. The AgroEco Coffee line is a literal fruit of their labors, one that is purchased by the SCCRC at a premium, bringing farmers about a 35 percent profit above Fair Trade brews.
But one question remains: how does it taste? Gliessman, holding a dark, fragrant cupful, has an answer: "I can taste the sweetness of the soil that the coffee's grown in. I know that soil's been cared for, built up, that it's healthy, that it's alive. With that foundation, the plants that grow in it are in the same condition. It ends up concentrating in the beans that form the coffee. I can taste the sweetness of it."


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Eclipse.org's Xtend language is all about modernizing Java apps. At least that's the view of Xtend advocates, who say that the statically typed language, which runs on the JVM (Java Virtual Machine), removes unnecessary syntactical noise, is easy to learn, and lets developers enhance existing Java APIs through extension methods and lambda expressions.
InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill talked with Xtend co-architect Sebastian Zarnekow about Xtend following Zarnekow's presentation at the JavaOne conference last week in San Francisco. The senior software architect at Itemis, which specializes in model-based software development, expanded on the benefits of Xtend, including why it is less complex than Scala, the increasingly popular statically typed JVM language that Zarnekow called "scary."
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InfoWorld: What was the genesis of Xtend?
Zarnekow: We started the Xtend project as a proof of concept that real programming languages can be created with the Xtext framework [for domain-specific languages]. The vision was having something that simplifies the life of a Java developer while being able to address the issues that Xtend [the previous language of the same name] and Xpand [template language] addressed.
InfoWorld: What's the difference between the old Xtend and the new Xtend?
Zarnekow: The old Xtend was the brother of Xpand, so it only provided extension methods, whereas the new Xtend is a complement to Java and the successor of Xpand and the old Xtend.
InfoWorld: The old Xtend didn't run on the JVM, did it?
Zarnekow: No, it was an interpreted language.
InfoWorld: You mentioned that Xtend is similar to but not as scary as Scala. What's scary about Scala and why isn't Xtend scary?
Zarnekow: The Scala type system is quite complicated for most developers. [It is] so complicated that it's even hardly possible to create a reasonable IDE for that. Even though Scala is statically typed, there are so many implicit things going on that a developer has a really hard time to understand what happens there.
InfoWorld: For what type of applications is Xtend best suited?
Zarnekow: Basically, everything that you would otherwise do with Java can be done with Xtend.
InfoWorld: What is the main advantage of Xtend compiling to Java source code and not to Java byte code?
Zarnekow: The Java compiler does a lot of checks for us that otherwise would happen at runtime only, so it helps. It's far more complicated from a given viewpoint to create source code, that's true. But on the other hand, for the end-user it's far easier to understand what happens under the hood, so being able to look at the result of compilation is a benefit that cannot be overvalued.
InfoWorld: You say Xtend has exceptional DSL support and offers annotations on steroids. Can you elaborate on those two concepts?
Zarnekow: Exceptional DSL support is mainly about being able to use other languages that are built with Xtext on the one hand side, so [it is about] interacting with external DSLs. But more importantly, [Xtend has] a syntax that is so flexible that an API can be created in order to directly express the intent of the code without leaving encapsulation or static typing. That is possible with Xtend. By combining orthogonal concepts such as overt overloading or extension methods in combination with the support for lambda expressions and type inference, one can achieve quite readable and remarkable APIs for specific use cases.
InfoWorld: What about annotations?
Zarnekow: Annotations support is something that we have in the pipeline for the next release. What you can do is develop the client of an annotation and the annotation processing itself side by side and without having to deploy something, you can live-influence the way that Xtend is compiled to Java source code. There's again an advantage in compiling to source code -- you immediately see what your annotation processor does by simply looking at the resulting Java code. You can write annotations in order to validate the structures of your Xtend classes in a domain-specific manner.
InfoWorld: What's the status of Xtend? How old is it and what's the next step for it?
Zarnekow: Xtend 2.3 [akin to a 1.0 release] was released this summer. The plan is to have a new release at the end of this year. Annotation processing will be more mature in summer 2013.
InfoWorld: When you say Xtend supports extension methods, could elaborate a bit on that?
Zarnekow: Extension methods are a means to extend types of the Java VM in a lexically scoped way. So without altering the class, you can make functionality methods syntactically available. That is comparable to what other JVM languages do as well, or what C# did. But Xtend goes one step further. We allow [developers] to write extension methods as instance methods, so you can leverage all these things like polymorphism. Combined with dependency injection, you can create a quite extensible API based on extension methods.
This article, "Eclipse Xtend on JVM: Not as 'scary' as rival Scala," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments in business technology news and get a digest of the key stories each day in the InfoWorld Daily newsletter. For the latest developments in business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.
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Steel bested bows and arrows at the movies this weekend, with "Iron Man 2" fighting off the new release "Robin Hood" to stay at the top of the box office.
The superhero sequel starring Robert Downey Jr. took in $53 million domestically to remain at No. 1, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Paramount Pictures release has made over $212 million in its first two weeks.
"Robin Hood," which features Russell Crowe teaming up with director Ridley Scott for the fifth time, debuted in the No. 2 spot with an estimated $37.1 million. The Universal Pictures blockbuster, a sort of prequel to the Robin Hood legend, co-stars Cate Blanchett as Marian.
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Darling, darling we're twisted on the ground
And everything around us is nothing but a blur...
Light and dark are mixed on the wall
Magical sources but I'm not really sure.
Fading screamings breaking in the night
Activate my creativity 'cause I'm a promise in disguise.
It's only a piece of who I really am, don't you understand?
I'm here for you...
It's another face of my master plan, won't you take my hand?
I'm scared too...
Trippin', risin' up 'til the cloud 9
Corageous, outrageous while tasting mushroom tea
Fire tongues flying on the sky, who'd turn off the mourning light?
I was born on 1991, look what I've becoooooome!
"Poderia não fazer sentido... Poderia ser uma música, fácil, fácil..."


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Hal Ketchum is suffering from Alzheimer's disease/dementia, according to a post made by his wife Andrea on Hal's official Facebook page.
Hal, 66, had a string of hits in the 1990s, including "Small Town Saturday Night," "Sure Love," "Hearts Are Gonna Roll" and more.
Andrea shared the news via Facebook to quell speculation related to Hal's lack of future tour dates.
"Unfortunately, Hal is suffering from Alzheimer's/ Dementia," said Andrea, in part. "He has been battling this for some time now, but because of his love for his fans, he continued performing as long as it was possible. Dementia is an exhausting and confusing illness and now it's time for Hal to stay home with loved ones. Hal is otherwise healthy and happy, enjoying time with his family and friends."
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Technically its day 3 but who cares at this rate. Yesterday was a busy day filled with an early flight to JFK and then sleeping all day. Today consisted of me sleeping in till 12:30 pm (bad Carmen!) and not only that but no Insanity or biking. I decided to slack off today but indulged food-wise.
I went to the oh so holy Chipotle! I love going there and especially having the burrito bowl with steak or barbacoa. I'm a sucker for good burritos or anything spicey and fast so I fell fast for Chipotle when I went to school up here. Then, for dinner I had Outback Steakhouse which was basically a WINNING day for me. I had the steak with lobster tails and basically was in heaven.
But anyway, enough about food, now onto something interesting and more enlightening!
Going back to the Guardian. I read and skimmed a few really interesting articles.
Thailand wants Buddha tattoo ban for tourists
Culture minister says tattoos deemed 'fashionable' by visitors seen by many Thais as offensive and disrespectful
These 'virginity tests' will spark Egypt's next revolution
The 'virginity tests' used by Egypt's new rulers show the struggle for women's rights goes on
The most traumatizing and horrendous story that I found was this one:
Nigerian 'baby farm' raided – 32 pregnant girls rescued
Teenage mothers were allegedly forced to give up newborns to human traffickers in southern city of Aba
I won't evan bother putting up an image because it seriously is traumatizing to believe the ability of some people to take advantage of others.
Here is the link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jun/02/nigeria-baby-farm-raided-human-trafficking
This article was poorly put together, I admit it but hey, wanted to spread some of the word on news we don't hear.
So toodles and tomorrow the entry will be better. Remember click on the image to go to the article.
P.S. The Heat lost. By 2 pts. What the hell? I don't care for sports but really?! Wow. 2 flaming pts.


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ATLANTA, March 13 (UPI) -- Kyle Korver's late free throws Wednesday allowed Atlanta to post a 96-92 decision over the Los Angeles Lakers, who lost Kobe Bryant with a sprained ankle.
Bryant came down on the foot of Atlanta's Dahntay Jones after taking his final shot of the game, which turned out to be a miss with 4 seconds remaining and the Lakers trailing by two.
Bryant limped off the court under his own power, but the Lakers said after the game he had suffered a severely sprained left ankle and would be out indefinitely.
His absence could badly damage the Lakers' bid to earn a playoff spot after struggling for much of the season. They finished the night in eighth place in the Western Conference, holding a half-game lead over Utah for the final post-season berth.
Bryant hit a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to bring the Lakers within one, but he missed three other shots during the closing 90 seconds -- the last one doing the damage to his ankle.
After Bryant gave the Lakers a chance with his 3-pointer, Korver hit 1-of-2 from the foul line. Following the last miss by Bryant, Korver grabbed the rebound and then hit two free throws with 2.6 seconds remaining to clinch the victory. Atlanta ended a three-game losing streak.
Devin Harris led Atlanta with 17 points and Korver had 15. Bryant had 33 points, but went 11-of-33 from the field while the Lakers were shooting 39 percent as a team.
Los Angeles is in the midst of a stretch in which it will play 8-of-10 on the road.


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Just A 'Tummy Ache,' or More?
Abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons for a parent to bring his or her child to a health care professional. Evaluation of a "tummy ache" can challenge both parents and the doctor.
Causes of Abdominal Pain in Children
Possible causes for a child's abdominal pain range from trivial to life-threatening with little difference in the child's complaints and symptoms. Fortunately, abdominal pain in a child usually improves quickly. Parents or caregivers face the difficult decision of whether a complaint needs emergency care or not. We'll look at some of the most common causes of abdominal pain in children the following slides.
Causes - Infections
Viruses or bacteria can cause abdominal pain, typically from stomach flu or gut flu (called gastroenteritis). Often these infections are associated with other gastrointestinal symptoms such as cramps, nausea, and diarrhea. Viral infections tend to resolve quickly, while bacterial infections may need an antibiotic to improve.
Causes - Food-Related
Food poisoning (which has symptoms like those of stomach/gut flu), food allergies, eating excessive amounts of food – any of these can cause temporary discomfort.
Causes - Poisoning
Poisoning: This can range from simple problems, such as eating soap, to more serious issues like swallowing iron pills or an overdose of medications (such as acetaminophen poisoning [Tylenol]).
Causes - Surgical Problems & Medical Causes
Surgical problems for abdominal pain include appendicitis and blockage of the bowels.
In addition, things outside the abdomen can cause abdominal pain. For example, a child can have abdominal pain from complications of diabetes or from a black widow spider bite.
Symptoms of Abdominal Pain in Children
A parent or caregiver usually can tell when a child has abdominal pain. Infants and very young toddlers may cry, have painful facial expressions, and curl up. Young children usually will be quick to tell you what is wrong. Some teenagers may be reluctant to report pain, and you must try to get a clear explanation of what they are feeling. Symptoms to ask about are discussed on the following slides.
Symptoms - Duration of the Pain
An important thing to remember is that most simple causes of abdominal pain do not last very long. Most of us have experienced gas pains or the stomach/gut flu and remember that the pain usually was gone within 24 hours. Any abdominal pain that continues longer than 24 hours should be evaluated by a physician.
Symptoms - Location of the Pain
Most simple pains are located in the center of the abdomen. The child will rub around his or her belly button. Pain felt in other areas is more concerning. This is especially true of pain located low and down on the right side of the abdomen. Pain in that area is considered to be appendicitis until proven otherwise.
Symptoms - Appearance of the Child
As a general rule, if the child looks very ill in addition to being in pain, medical help should be sought. Often, the caregiver "just knows" the child is sick. Key things to look for when abdominal pain occurs include pale appearance, sweating, or a child who is sleepy or listless. It is most concerning when a child cannot be distracted from the pain with play, or refuses to drink or eat for several hours.
Symptoms - Vomiting
Children vomit quite frequently with abdominal pain, but vomiting does not always indicate a serious problem. However, as with the duration of the pain, most simple causes of vomiting go away very quickly. The rule again is that vomiting for longer than 24 hours is a legitimate reason to call the physician.
Symptoms - Nature of the Vomiting
At any age, vomiting that appears to contain blood or darker material is a reason to seek emergency care. Prolonged vomiting and the inability to keep down liquids can lead to dehydration. Signs of dehydration such as a dry mouth and no urine is another reason to seek emergency care.
Symptoms - Diarrhea
This is also very common with abdominal pain and often indicates that a virus is the cause. This can continue for several days but usually lasts less than 72 hours (three days). Diarrhea, especially when associated with vomiting, can lead to dehydration. Any blood in the stool is a reason to seek medical care.
Symptoms - Fever
The presence of fever does not always indicate a serious problem. Moreover, a normal temperature can be seen with the more serious causes of abdominal pain.
Symptoms - Groin Pain
One serious problem that a boy may describe as abdominal pain actually comes from somewhere else. It is testicular torsion, a condition in which a testicle twists on itself and cuts off its own blood supply. The child may be embarrassed to mention the location, so you should ask if there is any pain "down there." A testicular problem is usually easy to fix if treated early. So, if a child complains of pain in the groin area or testicles, seek emergency medical care.
Symptoms - Urinary Problems
Abdominal pain associated with any trouble urinating, such as painful or frequent urination, could indicate a bladder infection and is a reason to seek medical care.
Symptoms - Rash
Certain serious causes of abdominal pain also occur with a new rash. The combination of a skin rash with abdominal pain is a reason to contact your doctor.
Exams and Tests
Abdominal pain in children has several potential causes that may affect multiple organ systems, each requiring a unique set of diagnostic tests. The doctor will obtain a thorough history and examine the child, which likely will include a rectal exam to evaluate the presence of blood in the stool. From this information the doctor may order additional tests.
Blood tests, stool samples, imaging studies (including X-rays, ultrasound, and CT scans), as well as other special tests (barium enema/swallow, or pelvic exam) may be done. In some cases a specialist such as a gastroenterologist or pediatric surgeon may be consulted.
Self-Care at Home
A parent or caregiver must be observant and should contact appropriate help at the appropriate time. A child should especially be monitored closely when he or she is recovering. A teenager may not want to be bothered, but still should be monitored. The following slides offer tips for self-care at home.
Self-Care at Home - Rest
A child with active abdominal pain often will benefit from resting. Lying face down may help relieve gas pain, but the optimal position is the one that feels best to the child.
Self-Care at Home - Diet
People can survive a long time without solid food, but need to keep up on liquids. Dehydration takes time to develop unless vomiting or diarrhea is severe, so forcing fluids is not always necessary. A child who is actively vomiting will not be able to hold down a large amount of liquid. Doctors recommend giving small amounts (1-2 ounces) at a time (every 15-20 minutes typically) until the child can handle more.
Self-Care at Home - Fluids to Give
Do not give water or boiled milk to infants in large quantities, because it can cause serious problems with the salt content of their bodies. Doctors recommend various liquids for preventing and treating dehydration. For example, Pedialyte can be bought over-the-counter without a prescription. Try to get the infant back on the usual feedings as soon as possible. Good choices for older children include ginger ale or simple soup broth. Avoid any liquids that aggravate the abdominal pain. If an older child asks for soft drinks, it may be better to avoid those with caffeine. Shaking the fizz out of carbonated beverages may make them more tolerable for an ill child.
Self-Care at Home - Solid Foods
The child will let you know when it is time to get back on solid food. Start them slowly. First try toast or crackers. Then advance to regular foods as they tolerate the feedings. Banana, apple sauce, or cooked rice also are suitable foods for introduction after a full liquid diet.
Self-Care at Home - Medications
You can use acetaminophen (Aspirin Free, Children's Silapap, Panadol, Liquiprin, or Tylenol) to control fever. Most doctors still avoid aspirin in children. Avoid antibiotics unless prescribed by a doctor. Physicians do not recommend herbal medicines or other home remedies. If you use them and later see a physician, be sure to tell the physician exactly what you gave the child because it could affect the treatment recommendations.
Medical Treatment
Treatment will be prescribed according to the history, physical examination, and test results. Treatment may be as simple as sending the child home with instructions for rest, encouraging fluids, and eating a bland diet. For serious conditions, treatment can be as extensive as hospital admission and surgery.
When to Call a Doctor
Call your child's doctor immediately if your child is experiencing any of the symptoms listed
The prognosis for abdominal pain in children is as diverse as the causes themselves. Abdominal pain identified and treated early carries a good prognosis overall; however, pain undiagnosed and untreated can be life-threatening. Consequently, early in the child's illness, a parent or caregiver should work with the pediatrician and hospital to ensure the child receives appropriate care.
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I don't intend to handhold through the Linux installation: If you want to program or script with Linux, I expect that you at least be comfortable enough to partition your laptop and install it. I really recommend that you come into this workshop with either a function Linux installation, OS X installation, or a Cygwin installation so you can begin working immediately – example code I use will be usable in both environments (except for the respective path differences).
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Microsoft is working on a new collaboration tool aimed at users who are looking for a fast and simple way to share documents and screen views with small groups of people. Code-named "Tahiti," the technology is intended to work with Windows Live Messenger and Office Communications Server.
While the pre-beta release is currently geared towards consumers, Microsoft has plans to market Tahiti to businesses assuming that it follows through on rumored plans to integrate with Exchange, Office Communicator, and SharePoint. The company already has a few collaboration and document sharing tools on the market such as Live Meeting and Groove, but Tahiti appears to be an ideal tool for spur-of-the-moment meetings where participants are not all on the same network.
Besides allowing for communications "across physical boundaries, through firewalls, and down to the smallest details," other features that Tahiti offers, or will offer, include:
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Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade wants to be clear: he never said he wouldn't play for Team USA if he weren't paid.
The Chicago native, who won a gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Games, sought to clarify comments he made earlier in the day when asked if he thought players should be compensated for the time they spend competing in the Games.
"It's a lot of things you do for the Olympics -- a lot of jerseys you sell," Wade said Wednesday. "We play the whole summer. I do think guys should be compensated. Just like I think college players should be compensated as well. Unfortunately, it's not there. But I think it should be something, you know, there for it."
Wade was responding to an ESPN reporter following up on comments Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen made the night before.
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Wade said he hasn't thought about how much players should be paid for their time. But he said there is a demanding schedule that comes with a commitment to the national team. This summer, NBA players whose teams advance deep into the playoffs could have only a couple of weeks of down time before the start of Team USA's training camp in late July.
In a burst of Tweets later Wednesday evening, Wade set out to clarify his comments:
I'm reading a lot of reports coming out about my comments re: the Olympics and compensation. And I want to clear this up personally...
I responded 2 a specific question asked by a reporter on my thoughts of Olympians being paid. I never asked to be paid to PLAY.
What I was referencing is there is a lot of Olympic business that happens that athletes are not a part of - and it's a complicated issue
BUT my love 4 the game & pride 4 USA motivates me more than any $$$ amount. I repped my country in 2004 when we won the bronze medal and...
...stood proudly to receive our gold medal in 2008 in Beijing. It's always been an honor for me to be a part of the USA Olympic family...
...and I'm looking forward to doing it again in London this summer.
According to USA Today, Wade earned more than $72 million between 2003 and 2010. A contract he signed in 2010 was reportedly worth more than $100 million.


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Editor's note: Scott Shriner, the associate editor of Record Publishing Co.'s weekly newspapers, performs frequently in many local community theater productions. An avid movie fan, he has seen every Oscar telecast since 1985.
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I love Oscar season, I am the first to admit that the Academy Awards can often seem a bit "elitist." Very often, many of the films nominated are art-house pictures that average moviegoers aren't familiar with. Few had heard of last year's Best Picture winner, "The Artist," for example, before it received a bunch of Oscar nods.
I write an Oscar prediction column for the Record Publishing Co. papers nearly every year, and I pride myself on knowing the films that are up for the awards. And, as good as many of the independent nominees often are, I sometimes wish the Academy would focus on flicks that people have, you know, actually seen.
And that's why this year's awards are gonna be a lot of fun.
Many of the films up for awards on Oscar night, Feb. 24, are big, crowd-pleasing 2012 hits. "Lincoln," "Argo," "Django Unchained," "Les Miserables" and others are films that drew large audiences as well as the pre-requisite critical acclaim.
Here are my predictions and personal choices for the event's big categories, as well as a list of those who I thought were snubbed:
Best Supporting Actor
Nominees: Alan Arkin in "Argo"; Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master"; Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln"; Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained."
The winner will be: Jones. In a category of five previous Oscar winners, Jones is the strongest contender, for his memorable role as abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens in "Lincoln." Although Waltz unexpectedly won the Golden Globe in this category last month, don't expect him to repeat that "dark horse" showing at the Academy Awards.
The winner should be: DeNiro. Much as I love Waltz in "Django," his character is clearly a lead role, so I can't support him in the "supporting" category. DeNiro gives one of his best and most heartfelt performances in years as a troubled but well-meaning dad in "Silver Linings."
Sins of omission: Nate Parker, "Arbitrage"; Tim Roth, "Arbitrage"; Dwight Henry, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; Michael Pena, "End of Watch"; Ezra Miller, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"; John Travolta, "Savages"; Edward Norton, "Moonrise Kingdom"; Tom Hiddleston, "The Avengers."
Best Supporting Actress
Nominees: Amy Adams in "The Master"; Sally Field in "Lincoln"; Anne Hathaway in "Les Misrables"; Helen Hunt in "The Sessions"; Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook."
The winner will be: Hathaway. Although her screen time in "Les Miz" is pretty brief, her performance of the song "I Dreamed a Dream" is one of the most memorable musical moments in movie history.
The winner should be: Hunt. I didn't agree with Hunt's Best Actress win for 1997's "As Good as it Gets," but in "The Sessions," her brave and touching performance as a "sex therapist" to John Hawkes' character illuminates the story and affects the main character's motivations and actions -- just what a supporting role should do.
Sins of omission: Emma Watson, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"; Samantha Barks, "Les Misrables"; Kelly Reilly, "Flight."
Best Actress
Nominees: Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty"; Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour"; Quvenzhan Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; Naomi Watts in "The Impossible."
The winner will (and should) be: Lawrence. She was my choice for Best Actress of 2010 in the underseen "Winter's Bone," and she's even more memorable as "Silver Linings'" Tiffany Maxwell, a quirky, wise-beyond-her-years widow who forms an unexpected bond with the story's protagonist played by Bradley Cooper. It's a strong category overall. The runner-up is probably Chastain, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama last month, and she's sensational as a CIA agent instrumental in tracking down Osama Bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty."
Sins of omission: Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games"; Helen Mirren, "Hitchcock."
Best Actor
Nominees: Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"; Hugh Jackman in "Les Misrables"; Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master"; Denzel Washington in "Flight."
The winner will (and should) be: Day-Lewis.
If you saw "Lincoln," you met the 16th president of the United States. No offense to the four other nominees, who were all excellent (Washington is particularly amazing in the superb "Flight"), but this one's a no-brainer. Day-Lewis will make Oscar history by becoming the first person to ever win three Best Actor trophies (following his previous wins for 1989's "My Left Foot" and 2007's "There Will Be Blood").
Sins of omission: Tom Holland, "The Impossible"; Ewan McGregor, "The Impossible"; John Hawkes, "The Sessions"; Richard Gere, "Arbitrage"; Logan Lerman, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"; Martin Freeman, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."
Best Director
Nominees: "Amour,"SNbSMichael Haneke; "Beasts of the Southern Wild," Benh Zeitlin; "Life of Pi," Ang Lee; "Lincoln,"Steven Spielberg; "Silver Linings Playbook," David O. Russell.
The winner will be: Spielberg. The legendary director will claim this prize for the third time (after "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan") for the mesmerizing "Lincoln," highlighted by fantastic acting and a brilliant script by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner (best known for "Angels in America").
The winner should be: Russell. "Silver Linings Playbook," that lovely, romantic comedy/dramedy, gives a viscerally raw and often humorous portrayal of heartbreakingly real people. And you've got to give props to a director whose movie netted nominations in all four acting categories (it's the first movie to achieve that since 1981's "Reds").
Sins of omission: Ben Affleck, "Argo"; Peter Jackson, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"; Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"; Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty."
Best Picture
Nominees: "Amour"; "Argo"; "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; "Django Unchained"; "Les Misrables"; "Life of Pi"; "Lincoln"; "Silver Linings Playbook"; "Zero Dark Thirty."
The winner will be: "Argo." The smart money is probably on "Lincoln." I've never been that smart, though, so I'm betting my chips on the intensely engaging and entertaining "Argo." Some say it has virtually no shot to win since its director, Ben Affleck, was shut out of the Best Director category, but the praise for -- and unexpected blockbuster success of -- this film should lead it to claim the night's top prize.
The winner should be: "Silver Linings Playbook." This is the best "Best Picture" category in years -- moviegoers were blessed in 2012 with great efforts by Spielberg and Tarantino, a solid movie musical, topical stories like "Zero Dark Thirty," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Argo", and "Lincoln," many of which came really close to getting my vote here. But my favorite of this impressive batch is "Silver Linings." In a race full of "big" movies, here's a small one that swept me off my feet.
Sins of omission: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," "End of Watch," "Flight," "The Dark Knight Rises," "Moonrise Kingdom," "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
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Net overseas migration continued to decline to the end of March 2010, according to preliminary figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The preliminary net overseas migration estimate for the March quarter 2010 (61,800 people) was 37.0% below the historical high recorded for March quarter 2009 (98,100 people).
Australia's population reached 22,272,000 by the end of March 2010, with an increase of 403,100 people over the year. Net overseas migration accounted for 60% of this growth, with the remaining 40% due to natural increase (births minus deaths). The population growth rate was 1.8%, down from its peak of 2.2% in March 2009.
Based on preliminary figures, there were 303,500 births registered in the year ending March 2010, 3.1% more than the previous year. The number of deaths registered over the same period was 141,800, 1.1% fewer than the previous year.
Western Australia continued to record the fastest population growth rate at 2.3%, followed by Queensland (2.2%), Victoria (2.0%), the Northern Territory (1.9%), the Australian Capital Territory (1.8%), New South Wales (1.6%), South Australia (1.3%) and Tasmania (0.9%).
More details are available in Australian Demographic Statistics, March Quarter 2010 (cat. no. 3101.0).
For population estimates at the regional level, please see Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09 (cat. no. 3218.0) and Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2009 (cat. no. 3235.0).
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The short version is that shortly after birthing my daughter (now 2), my family physician where I used to live put me on Lexapro and Zyprexa..my weight shot up 60 lbs in four months, yikes! After being in a zombie like state for over a year, I sought another doctor in my current town and came off both meds. Nothing has changed, in fact it has gotten worse on the depression side, and the weight still hasn't come off. I am also severely asthmatic, so any form of cardio is pretty nearly impossible for me to maintain for more than five minutes without running headlong for my nebulizer for an hour or five.
I don't eat fatty foods (too often, i am human after all). I don't eat fast food, fried foods, I eat steamed or raw veggies (carrots, cabbage, broccoli, celery), love to cook and i make home meals, stews with tons of veggies, including onions since they help prevent the nightmare migraines i've had since age 12. I have been craving sweets like mad lately but normally I am not a sweets person. I like my sweets naturally like apples or peaches. If I just absolutely have to have a sweet I eat a Balance Pure bar, or make a fruit smoothie with non fat vanilla frozen yogurt instead of ice cream and frozen berries or peaches. I still can't manage to get the weight off. I'm not anemic (found that out yesterday by blood work).
My main problem is finding a doctor in this itty bitty town who is willing to treat me based on the plethora of symptoms I experience, rather than strictly blood levels. I tend to do poorly on synthetic hormones of any kind, and I'm a huge fan of holistic medicine (i.e., I make my own cough syrup for colds, lemon, cloves, honey, etc.).
Any ideas would be HUGELY appreciated!
I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 1987. I am 52 yrs old, 5'10", weighs 213. Currently on a thyroid compund (through a Naturopath Dr.). How can I get rid of the puffy face and eyes? I work to lose the weight, but gain it back. Please help.
Dallas and Cynthia, fluoride is antagonistic to iodine in your body, and most municipal water supplies add fluoride (fluosilicic acid, to be precise) to the water, and insist it's safe (it's anything but) and good for your teeth (see "dental fluorosis"). Since the thyroid is where iodine is stored in the body, and the fluoride makes the iodine useless to the body, it's no surprise that water fluoridation causes hypothyroidism. www.fluoridealert.org has many links about the dangers of fluoride. It's not just bad for the thyroid, it's bad for whole body. You should never drink tap water, unless it's been filtered. Berkey PF2 filters are an effective and economical way to eliminate the fluoride and arsenic found in tap water. Also never drink anything with aspartame. You'll catch Rumsfeld's disease, and you don't want to have that, trust me!
your article, lead me to believe i had or have low thyroid function. i had a test an i was told it was ok. Now i have a white spaceb from my nose to the curve of my cheek. it kind of sneaked up on the right side. i;m in va. can you recommend someone to go to for a correct test? thanks
I had an over active thyroid, it is now under control, infact slightly the other way.
However, my main problem is that it has left me with what looks like bags under my eyes due to the fluid retention.
Is there anything I can do about this without have sugery ?