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Win7 x64: programs fail to start short while after boot + Windows jams
Hi :)
Im having a serious issue with my Windows 7 64bit.
Immediately after Windows 7 startup, everything seem fine. I start up programs and everything works.
But a short while (~10 seconds) after startup, I cannot start any 32 bit software (Tried Google Chrome, Spotify, Steam, WinRar now. Nothing starts). The programs that I had started earlier works fine. Other software (Notepad & Internet explorer) seems to work fine. I guess these two programs are 64-bit.
If I close any of the software that I had started earlier then I cannot start them again.
I tried to right-click the programs .exe file but then the window crashes. I restart explorer.exe but then NOTHING works. I can't even open My Computer (Error message: "explorer.exe - The remote procedure call failed and did not execute").
Any help on how I can fix this?
My specs:
*Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5, Socket-AM3
*AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
*Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz 4GB CL9
*XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB
*Intel X25-M SSD 80GB 2,5",
*WD Caviar® Black 750GB, 3,5", SATA
I have tried to format my C-drive and reinstalling Windows 7 64-bit several times. The issue keeps reappearing..
Thanks in advance
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|06 Apr 2011
Several, including Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
OK. Can you download from the net?
If so, then download this ( the free version) and run a full scan;
If it finds anything, then post the log here.
Regards....Mike Connor
|My System Specs
|07 Apr 2011
An update on my issue:
This problem occurs if I start op my computer normally.
However, I tried to start my computer and then interrupt startup so that I get to choose between normal startup and safe mode.
Then I chose normal startup, and everything works.
If I restart my computer and lets it start up normally then the issue reappears.
So in order to get my computer working as it should I have to:
Start it up
Shut down during Windows loading
Start up again
Choose normal startup from "safe mode"-window
Then Windows starts up without the "Starting Windows"-hang. It only takes a couple of seconds now..
What do you make of this? :S
EDIT: Oh and I am running the test as suggested. I will post the log as soon as it is done
EDIT2: The log:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 184.108.40.2060 www.malwarebytes.org Database version: 6297 Windows 6.1.7600 Internet Explorer 8.0.7600.16385 07.04.2011 11:37:25 mbam-log-2011-04-07 (11-37-21).txt Scan type: Full scan (C:\|D:\|E:\|) Objects scanned: 415938 Time elapsed: 12 minute(s), 43 second(s) Memory Processes Infected: 0 Memory Modules Infected: 0 Registry Keys Infected: 0 Registry Values Infected: 0 Registry Data Items Infected: 0 Folders Infected: 0 Files Infected: 0 Memory Processes Infected: (No malicious items detected) Memory Modules Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Keys Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Values Infected: (No malicious items detected) Registry Data Items Infected: (No malicious items detected) Folders Infected: (No malicious items detected) Files Infected: (No malicious items detected)
|My System Specs
|07 Apr 2011
I tried to disable all services in msconfig.exe and this made the system stable. So there's something in there making the issue... Any idea what it could be? Im enabling some at a time to isolate the error but it's taking a lot of time as I have to restart my computer every time..
|My System Specs
|25 Apr 2011
Win 7 64
Its probably the AMD reservation manager that does this.
|My System Specs
|25 Apr 2011
Never heard of it, is it a program installed on my computer?
Anyways, disconnected my printer and now everything works great :)
|My System Specs
|29 Apr 2011
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Hi, I had exactly the same issue, but it seems to disappear if I turn off the printer(disconnect).
Can you tell me what printer do you have, I have a Brother DCP-195C?
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So you're dating a great guy who seems to be into you. You're feeling confident, desirable, and optimistic that he just might be "the one". But then something hits you like a ton of bricks: a picture of, or an offhand reference to, his ex.
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Is he going to compare you to his ex? Is he going to be disappointed?
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Open Thread: Talk About What Matters Most to You
Discuss and debate the issues that mean the most to you.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Derkin just sentenced Dennis Hastert, the former Speaker of the House, to 15 months in prison for hinky financial activity (the layperson's term for "structuring" — withdrawing money in amounts below the threshold that triggers reporting requirements, but doing it often enough that something illegal is clearly going on). At the same time, he also referred to Speaker Hastert as a "serial child molester."
So why is he going to prison for financial misdoings, rather than the much more serious crime of molesting multiple students while coaching wrestling at Yorkville High in the 1970s?
We can thank the statute of limitations for that — while we found out about the child abuse through the investigation of his suspicious financial activity, he can never actually be prosecuted for it, because the window of opportunity has passed. This is a grave injustice to his victims, many of whom have spoken out about it, including Scott Cross, who made public comments in court about the pain he's still experiencing, decades later. (n.b. — Normally I don't identify victims, but Cross has been outspoken about his identity and his decision to be open is a big contribution to breaking down stigma, which is why I'm naming him here.)
Sexual assault leaves a lasting legacy, and yet, under the law, it's treated like any other crime. In theory, a statute of limitations is supposed to prevent situations where people are slapped with charges unexpectedly, years after the fact, and it's supposed to encourage victims of crime to report early, while pushing prosecutors to develop and pursue cases quickly. It's also somewhat hard for people to defend themselves when years have lapsed, and evidence or witnesses can be difficult to locate.
For rape, though, the standards are different, because this is an intimate, complex, personal crime — and nearly everyone argues that it's ridiculous to treat it as though it should fall under the same laws that protect, say, burglars. There's no statute of limitations on murder, and the same should hold true for rape, sexual assault, and child molestation. These are serious crimes and they should be treated seriously under the law — like, for starters, when victims do report, it would be awfully nice if their rape kits were actually properly collected and tested.
The laws on the statute of limitations vary between states, and some actually do have progressive laws that allow for prosecution at any time. Specific exceptions to address the issues of child sexual assault, molestation, and incest are also present in some states, acknowledging that children in particular face barriers in reporting. But we don't have a consistent national policy, even in the face of repeated illustrations that we need to change the way we handle reporting and prosecution for sexual assault. Rapists and molesters need to know that wherever they are, we will find them, even if it's decades later, that they will always be held accountable for what they did.
There's the Cosby case, for one thing, with many victims coming forward years after the fact because they felt at the time that reporting their assaults wouldn't have any results — they'd be dismissed or mocked, they'd never be able to defend themselves in the court of public opinion that vilifies rape victims, they'd never be able to take down a beloved pop culture figure. With more and more victims coming forward, taking courage from statements made by other women, the situation highlights the fact that people sometimes only talk about rape decades after the incident, because of shame, fear of retributions for reporting, and other social factors.
The explosion of rape on college campuses is another sharp illustration — just this week, we're learning about a BYU student who is actually being punished for reporting her rape, while rape in the higher levels of academia is an ongoing scandal. These victims don't report because they're afraid of the consequences, because they see that other victims never receive any justice, because they know that rape culture will result in slut shaming and abuse from peers. Later, in positions of greater safety, they might be willing to report, but by then it's too late.
Or, for that matter, look to the scandal surrounding the Catholic Church and child abuse, in which systemic violations of children occurred throughout the world across the church at every level, and the church did nothing about it. While the church claims to be reforming its practices to address the problem, and there are obviously plenty of priests and officials who most definitely do not participate in child molestation and think it is abhorrent, there's a deep culture of tolerance for abusing children in the church. The church has at times tried to wrest control of it as an internal discipline matter, rather than something that should be investigated by law enforcement.
Rape culture is everywhere, and that's really evident in the fact that society still thinks it's acceptable to have a statute of limitations in place beyond which people cannot be prosecuted for sex crimes.
Hastert says he feels "ashamed" about "mistreating" athletes, but as always in cases like these, there's a part of me that wonders whether he's more ashamed that he was caught than he is by what he did. Like many sexual assailants, he apparently felt so confident about not being caught that he went right on with his life. In his case, he pursued a career in the highest levels of government, and at one point stood closer to the presidency than many of us will ever begin to imagine.
That his history of abuse came to light because of the money, rather than his victims, is telling. The people he hurt were afraid to report at the time — many youth don't identify what they are experiencing as sexual assault, or they're afraid of what rape culture will bring about. His victims, who were male and living in an era with very decided ideas about masculinity, knew that reporting carried serious social consequences for them — admitting to molestation and rape was and is a deeply shameful thing, and a culture of toxic masculinity makes it extremely loaded for young men in ways that are different from the pressures experienced by women.
Hastert didn't get in trouble because he molested children. He got in trouble because he withdrew suspicious amounts of money with the goal of using those funds to make his victims stay quiet — ironically, a law he actually pushed through turned out to be the driving force behind his prosecution. Tragically, because his victims can't see him prosecuted in court for what he did to them, they're having to resort to other means, as in the case of Individual A, who is filing for damages on the grounds of "breach of contract," saying that he never received all of his hush money from Hastert.
More than 40 people stepped up with "that's not the man I know" letters in support of Hastert, to say nothing of public statements. That's a particularly stark example of rape culture at work, that a rapist should become a respected public figure with an army of people behind him who will rush to his defense when people speak out about what they experienced. In this climate, the imperative for getting rid of the statute of limitations is painfully obvious. Victims need to have an assurance that their words will actually mean something to society.
Speaking truth to power is always dangerous, and rape victims are inherently disadvantaged in a power dynamic that blames them for what happened to them. Whenever victims choose to report, they should be taken seriously, and they shouldn't be shamed for taking years to come to terms with what happened to them and speak out publicly. While simply being open about the experience of sexual assault can be freeing, the fact that rapists won't necessarily face legal penalties even as their victims are facing them down in the public sphere is heartbreaking, and unacceptable.
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High-Yield Fabrication and Characterizations of Sub-50 nm Nanomechanical Resonators
C. Guthy, R. Das, S. Evoy
University of Alberta, CA
Keywords: mechanical resonance, silicon carbonitride, NEMS, interferometric detection, quality factor, energy dissipation, surface loss effects
Abstract:We report the machining and resonant analysis of SiCN doubly-clamped nanomechanical resonators as narrow as 35 nm with a yield approaching 100%. These are the narrowest suspended structures ever produced by a surface machining technique. The nanoresonators were actuated using a piezoelectric disk, and their resonant response analyzed using optical interferometry. Resonators with widths ranging from 35 nm to 150 nm and length from 10 to 24 um were analyzed at room temperature and in the 10-100 mTorr pressure range. Resonant frequencies in the 4-15 MHz range and quality factors in the 1000 - 7000 range were observed. The quality factor exhibits a decreasing trend with decreasing resonator width and is independent of the resonator length or resonant frequency. Based on our analysis we conclude that surface loss effects dominate the overall dissipative processes. Additionally, the performance of 35 nm, 100 nm and 350 nm wide devices was investigated as a function of vacuum level in the 0.0001-10 Torr range. Although the resonance quality is lower for narrower resonantors, they can be operated at poorer vacuum levels without a negative effect on their performance.


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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Earthquakes of magnitude 6.2 and 6.1 struck Myanmar and India's Andaman islands on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
No Tsunami warning was issued after the Andaman quake, an official at the India Meteorological Department said.
The Myanmar quake struck 185 miles west of Mergui and was 19.3 miles deep, according to USGS.
(Reporting by Aditya Kalra; editing by Malini Menon)


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If elected, Burrello-Gype would like to create a close relationship between the city and the school district.
"I would utilize my relationship with the Mayfield School District to promote additional interaction, support and inclusion between the school and the community by establishing common goals of the city and the school district," she said.
She will also work to make sure parks and recreation programs are serving the community and to have open communication with all residents.
"I would be available through standard forms of communication and social media to listen to and respond to thoughts and concerns of residents," she said.
Burrello-Gype said she should be elected because she "possesses the ability and the track record of bringing groups together for a common cause," is "very accessible to the community" and will "ensure that the city continues to be fiscally responsible".
- Amy Popik, The News-Herald article from Oct. 18, 2013


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Today, I continue my series of what webmasters should do on their first week of having their web site, you can see the summary here: Learn to Blog and Earn Money: Week 1. Two weeks ago, I left you with what you should do on the first Monday having your blog. You can review that post here with Learn to Blog and Earn Money: Monday.
Today's post will cover Meta tags. There has been much discrepancy as to the importance of using Meta tags. The reason this is my number two thing to do when starting a web site or blog is because Meta tags are one of those things that are a lot easier to do when creating something from scratch. They don't hurt right? They do help and help in a monetizing way. I have implemented them on a site or two. I did so only when creating a new site or blog.
There are so many other things you can do to better optimize your site that take a lot less time. Things such as including title and heading tags and great content can be a better use of time if you already have a site created. Having to go through an already existing site to include these tags would be tedious. If you have an existing blog, I wouldn't go through the trouble of inserting these tags, focus on the headings.
A major reason I like to use these tags is because they tend to have an impact on my adsense and the ads that are being shown. Anytime I can focus those ads translates to more adsense revenues. This can be a major factor in turning daily totals from $100 into $300 with adsense.
Meta Description Tag
Meta description tags are not visible for the world to see. Well, at least they are not supposed to be. Sometimes web sites leave the tag out of their code. Why can this be a bad thing? Well, search engines usually display snippets from your site in their listings.
Here are some possible scenarios in which your Meta description tag might be displayed instead:
- If you have a Flash or graphics only site, or maybe even if you have the only content on your site being a redirect to another page.
- When off-page factors make your site a relevant match for a search but no exact match is found in your site's text
- In less-sophisticated search engines that use the description tag as a workaround for their inability to display snippets
Search engines often display 150 characters or more for the listing description. That's kind of a lot of space. Well, a lot of space relative to the page title that is. That space is prime real estate to convey your message. So, if good writing comes naturally to you, you have a lot of opportunity to make this tag stand out. But if writing isn't your strong suit, this tag gives you a little more room to make mistakes. Bring in a proofreader if you need to; this is a bad spot for an embarrassing typo.
I've recently taken a tour around my community on MyBlogLog and there are a good 50% of blogs in my community that have some sort of grammatical errors in key places. I usually cut and paste my content into a word document to catch any minor grammar errors I might have missed.
Here are some pointers for writing a great Meta description tag:
Keep it simple and informative. Think of the Meta description tag as an "About Us" blurb, not a "Buy Now!" advertisement. Do you have a 30 second elevator speech you have prepared for those key moments when you are next to a high profile executive and you want to network? Well, this is similar, think of it as your keyword-rich elevator speech. It's not worth the upkeep to write this tag to promote special events or deals.
Pair it with the page title. While you can't be sure exactly when or how people will see your Meta description tag, it's a sure bet that when it is shown, it will be right under your optimized page title. So, don't repeat your title text in your description tag.
Include your keywords. While the Meta description tag may not be a huge factor in influencing rank, include your target keywords because they'll be bolded in the search results. Notice how the bolding catches your eye in these pointers.
Make it Unique. Like your page title, your Meta description tag should be custom-written for each landing page to match its specific content.
Here's some good news if you're interested in saving time: The combination of page title and Meta description tag can be used as is, or with a little trimming or spinning, for any directories that you submit your site to later. And, if you're looking for a keyword-rich tagline to add to the bottom of your page, your Meta description tag can be a great starting point.


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Campaign Against Vivisection Animal Transport Launched
From Animals In Print
The On-Line Newsletter
From 16 February 2005 Issue
Campaign Against Vivisection Animal Transport Launched
Recently at the Animal Rights Coalition meeting in Nottingham, theGateway To Hell campaign was launched.
The aim of this campaign is to bring about an end to the transport of animals to vivisection laboratories from the airports and ferry ports of Britain. Whether guinea pigs from Newchurch being flown out to labs around the world from Manchester to the primates coming through Dover and Heathrow, this vicious trade will be stopped.
This is not yet another vivisection campaign. It is a campaign which supports and compliments all existing campaigns - whether against HLS, Oxford University, Sequani or Covance. It will also affect the many other labs currently not been targeted. All these labs and universities need animals brought in from abroad, in particular primates. It is our intention to break this trade and thus knock out a major strut supporting the entire vivisection industry. After all they are going to find it very hard to experiment on animals if they cant get their hands on them in the first place.
The vivisectors are going to be forced to look at alternatives as we remove their access to primates and other animals. This in intended as a blow against vivisection itself. Given the nature of this trade we anticipate that this campaign will be beneficial to other non-vivisection campaigns where the importing of animals in horrific conditions is an issue, such as in the exotic pet trade. Information passed to us has shown that the demand for animals by UK labs is not being met as it is, and prices have risen as a result. Every victory will push those prices higher, and out of reach of many vivisectors, especially in the Universities. The profits of labs such as HLS and Wickham will also be further chiseled away.
The first targets are the airport owners who facilitate this trade taking place on their property. They are BAA who own Heathrow, Stansted, Southampton, Gatwick, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, and Manchester Airport. We will also be looking at other places.
We are calling on all animal rights protestors who want to stop this evil trade to campaign against these companies until they give a statement that they will no longer allow primates, dogs, cats and other animals destined for the vivisection laboratories to come through their airports. It is very simple - get some free merchandise from us (see below for our details; leaflets, posters, etc available), jump in a car and get down to the airports and get your message across. There is plenty of scope and opportunity to be very effective here.
If you cant make it, then check out the emails, telephone numbers, faxes and addresses which can be found on our website at www.gatewaytohell.net
Gateway To Hell is a coalition of grassroots activists with the support of the grassroot anti-vivisection groups and other campaigns. World Day in the UK this year will also be held under the Gateway To Hell banner. It is the first step in what is hoped will develop into a global campaign aimed at ending the entire trade in primate and other laboratory animals.
If you wish to be on our mailing list and join our action alert email
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text: PHOENIX – A 27-year-old man has pleaded not guilty in the fatal stabbing of his 12-year-old half-brother.Andrew Ward entered his plea Thursday morning. He is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse and aggravated assault. Ward was arrested March 12 after calling 911 from a convenience store near his family's Phoenix home and said he had stabbed someone.Police went to the home and found Austin Tapia with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the brothers were home alone while their mother and two sisters were out to dinner."When asked why he did this he said, 'Honestly I just felt like killing,'" Phoenix police Sgt. Steve Martos said.


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Several fast-food chains offer super-sized meal combinations. The principle is simple: You get more food for a small additional charge. Imagine the following conversation between you and a vendor:
You: "I'd like a dual-Pentium III Xeon system with 512MB of RAM and a 9GB hard disk, please."
Vendor: "Would you like to try our super-size server special? For only $15 more, you get a RAID 5 array of three 18GB hard disks and a free copy of Quake III."
If only purchasing Microsoft Exchange Server systems worked that way. One reason why maximizing Exchange Server performance isn't so easy is that you can't isolate one factor that by itself will make a big difference in performance. Many people assume that a computer's performance depends on only its CPU speed. In the old days, when a 4MHz 8086 CPU was powerful, this belief might have been true. But with modern hardware and OSs, performance typically depends on four resources—the CPU, memory, the disk subsystem, and the network—and how applications on a target computer use those resources. By understanding those resources and processes, you can learn how to boost each resource—and in turn, each performance aspect—to maximum efficiency.
Exchange Server Performance Factors
When a resource limits an application's performance, we say that the application is bound (e.g., CPU-bound, network-bound). Which resource binds Exchange Server performance? The answer depends on what the server is doing. Network speed might limit a public folder server, whereas CPU or disk throughput might limit a heavily loaded mailbox server. Just as balanced nutrition is important to people, balanced performance is important to your servers.
The CPU
The CPU is the most obvious candidate for inclusion in the Fab Four. Every instruction that executes must go through the CPU, and most other system components exist to get data from, or feed data to, the CPU. CPU speed plays a big role in overall CPU performance. All other things being equal, you'd expect a 900MHz processor to be 1.5 times as fast as a 600MHz processor. However, speed isn't the only player. Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Exchange Server are sensitive to three aspects of CPU performance: the CPU speed, the number of CPUs, and the amount of onboard cache.
In addition to CPU speed, the number of CPUs makes a big performance difference. Two 450MHz Pentium II CPUs can perform better than one 800MHz Pentium III CPU. Why? Win2K, NT, and Exchange Server are heavily multithreaded, which means that multiple tasks might execute simultaneously within one process. The more CPUs you have, the greater the number of threads that can execute at the same time. Since I discovered that my dual 90MHz Pentium system running NT Workstation 3.51 compiled code more than twice as fast as a single-CPU machine of equivalent speed, I've preferred multiprocessor machines.
The amount of onboard CPU cache is also important. Remember the Pentium Pro system? One reason that processor was so popular for servers was that its large onboard cache let NT and Exchange Server run more efficiently than faster processors with smaller caches permitted. This performance difference is also one reason why a cost differential exists between ordinary Pentium-family processors and their Xeon counterparts. The Xeon systems have much larger onboard caches than standard Pentium systems have; this difference boosts performance—and price.
To measure CPU usage, use the % Total Processor Time counter on the NT Performance Monitor's CPU object. (For information about using Performance Monitor, see Michael D. Reilly, Getting Started with NT, "Performance Monitor and Networks," May 1998.) This counter gives you a good overview of your total CPU utilization; you can also monitor individual CPUs, if you prefer. I assume a server is CPU-bound when its average processor utilization stays higher than approximately 75 percent, or when the processor queue length count stays one number higher than the number of installed CPUs. To isolate peaks, you can export Performance Monitor data into Microsoft Excel and look at the raw figures in a chart. This process lets you monitor the data at 30-second intervals and still get a good overall view.
A joke in the aviation community goes, "You can never have too much fuel on your aircraft (unless it's on fire)." You can say the same of RAM (except that it isn't flammable). To cache pages from the public and private Information Store (IS) databases, Exchange Server uses as much RAM as it can get. This process, called dynamic buffer allocation, makes Exchange Server look like a RAM hog because Exchange Server gradually sucks up all the server's available RAM. However, if other applications on the server request a lot of RAM (as measured by the number of memory pages swapped in and out per second), Exchange Server gives up some of its hoard.
If your server has less physical RAM than it needs, Win2K and NT can make up the difference by using virtual memory, which allocates a chunk of disk space (i.e., a pagefile) as a backing store for RAM. By swapping pages in and out of the pagefile, the OS can simulate a larger amount of RAM—at a performance cost. The Pages/sec counter on Performance Monitor's Memory object shows you how much swapping is occurring. You can also use Task Manager to take a quick snapshot of how much physical and virtual memory your server is using. If your server has a sustained paging rate higher than 8 to 10 pages per second, you need to add RAM.
The Disk Subsystem
Most Exchange Server performance problems are I/O-related. The number and kinds of disks and controllers you have can make a huge difference in overall Exchange Server performance because Exchange Server mixes two types of I/O operations. Transaction logs use sequential I/O, in which the store process always writes new data to the end of the log file. The IS databases usually use random I/O, in which Exchange Server writes or reads data (in 4KB chunks) to or from anywhere in the database file. Mixing these sequential and random I/O operations slows down performance. I strongly suggest separating your logs and IS databases on separate physical drives, with or without RAID.
The total number of I/O operations on your system is important, too. Any disk drive can satisfy a certain number of I/O requests per second. In a typical simple Exchange Server configuration, the OS, pagefile, transaction logs, and store databases must share one disk drive. If your disk supports 15 I/O operations per second, and the OS and pagefile use 10 of those operations, that leaves 5 operations per second for Exchange Server. If you add a second 15-operations-per-second disk, you end up with 20 operations per second for Exchange Server—a fourfold increase. In general, more disk spindles will give better performance.
What about RAID? Choosing the wrong RAID type can actually decrease your performance because different RAID levels work best with different types of I/O. For example, mirroring (i.e., RAID 1) doesn't provide any performance gain for reading or writing data, and striping (i.e., RAID 0) provides little benefit for writing data. However, choosing the right RAID setup can bring a large performance boost because a good RAID controller will do a lot of behind-the-scenes work. In addition, RAID can add data safety. RAID 0 provides the best available performance for read and write but provides no additional data protection. RAID 5 provides the same read performance as RAID 1, as well as redundancy, but suffers under heavy write loads. You need to choose the configuration that meets your needs and budget.
Performance Monitor includes many disk-related performance counters. The Logical Disk object's Disk Queue Length, as well as the counters that monitor the number of reads and writes per second and the number of seconds required for an average read or write, is probably the most useful. (You must manually enable these counters with the diskperf y or diskperf e commands, respectively.)
The Network
Exchange Server is seldom network-bound, but it can be. You'll notice very high network utilization on heavily loaded servers. Often, users blame the network for slow client performance even though name-resolution problems, improper binding order, or slow dial-up connections are the culprits. Your Exchange Server system can generate a lot of traffic (especially if you're using many public folder replicas) in multiserver sites and multisite organizations, but disk, RAM, and CPU availability are more likely to slow your server's performance.
Toe the Baseline
How do you know when you're outgrowing your server? No hard-and-fast rule applies; a server that is too slow for one user might perform at the perfect speed for another. The best way to make upgrade decisions is to look at hard performance data, which you can gather from Performance Monitor. The key is to gather baseline data that shows where your server performance is fast and where it's slow. Choosing the right performance counters for each resource category will give you a good picture of your server's performance under typical conditions. Armed with baseline data, you can objectively assess whether your server has slowed down and, if so, where the problem lies. Be sure to take baseline data from both average and peak load periods to ensure you get an accurate picture.
Choose a Configuration That Makes Sense
How do you get the most bang for your buck when you want to upgrade your server? Whether you're buying a new server or refitting an older one, these recommendations will guide you in the right direction.
Plan ahead. Unless you're sure that you'll never run Win2K or Exchange 2000 Server on the box, consider a server that can accommodate at least 512MB of RAM, two CPUs, and five 3.5" disks. You don't need to fill that expansion capacity immediately, but you'll want it when you decide to upgrade the OS or Exchange Server.
Take two. Two slower CPUs will probably make you happier than one fast CPU. And you'll avoid the current price premium for the fastest members of the Pentium family.
Buy plenty of I/O. Buy a lot of I/O operations per second. My ideal configuration uses a mirrored (i.e., RAID 1) pair of disks for the OS and pagefile, a second RAID 1 pair for the transaction log, and a RAID 5 array for the IS databases. If your budget doesn't permit such a configuration, use three disks—with SCSI, please. (Putting multiple disks on the same IDE channel is a performance loser.) The more disks you have in a RAID 5 array, the more concurrent I/O operations per second you can satisfy. Pierre Bijaoui, senior solution architect for Compaq's Applied Microsoft Technologies Group, has presented numbers that show that IS activity for an active user causes, on average, 0.1 to 0.15 I/O operations per second, and that log-file activity adds another 0.02 I/O operations per second. On a 500-user server, IS activity and log-file activity can reach peak values 10 to 15 times as high as these figures, so if you want to put 1000 users on your server, plan your disk I/O budget (and hardware budget) accordingly. Choosing the best disk controller that you can afford is also crucial: A good controller that supports write-back caching can immediately boost disk performance by as much as 50 percent.
Stock up on RAM. When RAM is cheap, stock up. This advice is wise whether your server runs Exchange Server or the Mac OS. Having more RAM than you need is better than needing more RAM than you have.
Don't let Exchange Server's Fab Four intimidate you. Learn how to use their power for good, and reap the super-sized rewards.


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Friday, November 30, 2012
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Ottawa Reaches New Low in Suppressing Science
The Canadian Federal Government has moved to strip the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island of it's credentials as an international reference laboratory for veterinary pathogens, including Infectious Salmon Anemia virus (ISAv). The lab which is run by internationally acclaimed expert Fred Kibenge, was the first to reveal the presence of an ISAv like virus o the West Coast of Canada, prompting backlash from the Canadain Federal Government and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in particular. Since that time Dr.Kibenge has continued to collaborate with independent researchers, screening tissue samples from salmon taken on the West Coast for diseases ranging from ISAv to Heart and Skeletal Inflammation (HSMI) and IHN. He also served as an expert witness for the Cohen commission, a judicial review that revealed deep flaws and conflicts of interest in management of wild salmon and the way that the federal government has balanced the development of salmon aquaculture with it's paramount duty of conserving wild salmon. The latest move by the CFIA is clearly intended to discredit Dr. Kibenge and silence their critics, a troubling continuation of the trend in Ottawa to suppress science in instances when it may challenge their economic agenda.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
Seattle Times Article on Snake River Sockeye
With as many as 1000 fish returning to the Snake in good years (around 250 returned this year), sockeye populations are no longer on critical life support, and it is time to phase out hatchery production and allow fish to spawn in the wild, maintaining the fitness and genetic diversity of these fragile stocks. Instead managers have opted to spend $14 million dollars on a new production hatchery, that will preserve the status quo allowing the BPA to continue operating the four lower Snake River dams that are the primary impediment to true recovery in the Snake basin.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Crooked River Water Bill Could Sabotage Steelhead Recovery
A contentious bill on the future of water management in the Upper Deschutes is working its way through the US Congress. The bill, drafted by Senator Jeff Merkley would guarantee first fill priority in Crooked River (Prineville Reservoir) be allocated to irrigation regardless of water levels (ie. how much water is available for fish), squandering the opportunity afforded by a nearly $130 million dollar outlay by Portland General Electric to provide fish passage into the Upper Deschutes by creating conditions in the Crooked River that are inhospitable to steelhead and other anadromous fish. Flow regimes on the Crooked have been altered tremendously since the construction of Prineville Reservoir and with very little water left in the system to support fish, harming the productive potential of an otherwise potentially excellent spawning area for salmon and steelhead.
The proposed bill would make things even worse, and the ball is in the court of Oregon's other Senator Ron Wyden. Should he choose to support the bill, recovery of ESA listed steelhead and salmon in the Crooked will never even approach it's full potential. On the contrary, if this bill is scrapped, and legislators go back to the drawing board to adopt a plan based on credible scientific input which balances the needs of other users of the Crooked River (as well as ESA listed fish) with those of irrigators, the future is bright for wild fish in the Upper Deschutes.
Please call or email Senator Wyden's office and let him know how you feel about this bill.
Below is a letter drafted by a coalition of retired scientists to Senator Wyden:
221 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C., 20510
Dear Senator Wyden:
We are writing to inform you that we represent a growing number of non-affiliated retired scientists who do not support the Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act for the reasons stated below.
Fundamentally, this bill contains too many huge uncertainties with respect to obtaining the critical seasonal flows needed to support fish. We therefore urge introduction of a modified alternative bill approving the City of Prineville request for 5,100 acre feet of water, the Portland General Electric request for constructing a hydroelectric plant at Bowman Dam and the McKay Creek exchange of 2,740 acre feet of water. Our primary reasons for opposing the Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act are stated below.
• Our most serious objection is that the bill mandates first-fill priority for the release of irrigation water regardless of Prineville Reservoir water levels. Linked with this objection is the equally serious concern that the bill does not include a meaningful Drought Management Plan. Historical river flows and reservoir water levels show that every 3 out of 4 years the reservoir has contained enough water to meet the needs of irrigation, the City of Prineville, downstream flows to support fish, and reservoir levels associated with fishing and other flat water recreational endeavors. Unfortunately, what is overlooked in your bill (and the Walden bill) is that the primary future problem that needs to be addressed is how to allocate water for fish survival during those years when the reservoir does not contain enough water to meet all desired requests. With multiple year droughts becoming more common as global warming continues a strong Drought Management Plan is needed to ensure the successful re-establishment of Chinook salmon and threatened Steelhead in the Crooked River and its tributaries. Clearly, in this high desert ecosystem a first order priority for a Crooked River bill needs to mandate preparation of a Drought Management Plan that requires that during periods of drought all water users shall receive proportional reductions in their water allocations.
Unfortunately the evasive language presented in points 2 and 3 of the bill's Dry-Year Management Plan (P-12) is clearly crafted to ensure that irrigators will not have to participate in a plan that mandates proportional reductions in water allocations during periods of drought. The bill even states that if water needs to be released to meet ESA requirements for threatened fish it cannot be taken from irrigation allotments.
The first-fill mandate for irrigation water during periods of drought will result in the worst case scenario for being able to receive instream water flows necessary to maintain the re-introduced anadromous fish, and to maintain adequate water in the reservoir to support fisheries and other flat water recreational activities. When one or a series of low water years will be a certainty in the future, an Adaptive Drought Management Plan based on the best available science needs to be the strongest, not the weakest, part of an overall reservoir and stream water management plan. Unfortunately, as the bill is written, when reservoir water levels decline to critical lows associated with periods of drought the first-fill mandate for irrigators will leave little or no water for fish below the irrigation diversions above the City of Prineville.
• Another key concern we have is that we see no evidence that the best available science was used in crafting this bill. It seems apparent that the expertise of fisheries biologists from the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW), the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) – those most qualified to make critical flow decisions – was not sought during the planning process. Furthermore, the bill basically eliminates their participation in future decisions about flows released to support the survival of fish. Instead it is projected that such critical decisions are to be made by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (CTWS) and the State of Oregon (which aside from ODFW, will include representatives from the Oregon Department of Water Resources, the Department of Parks & Recreation, and the Department of Environmental Quality). As only the ODFW employs fisheries biologists knowledgeable about the needs of fish, we are aware of no rationale that supports the inclusion of individuals from the other State agencies to be involved in fish flow decisions. The ODWR, in fact, has a long history of supporting irrigation interests – not those of fisheries. Contrary to what is stated in the bill we believe that reservoir fish flow decisions need to be made by a Commission of equals including members from ODFW, CTWS, USF&WS, NMFS and BOR, with all representatives having expertise in fisheries biology and ecology. Such a commission could make yearly flow decisions, including during periods of droughts.
• Another key concern we have is that there is no evidence that those who crafted the bill had the knowledge to assess and understand the flow models developed by the ODFW fisheries biologists or the Reservoir Management Model developed by BOR scientists. Both of these flow models were prepared by scientists who used the best available scientific data to model minimum flows needed to support fish in the Crooked River under a variety of scenarios. Instead of using these models in making decisions reflected in the bill the writers relied on a Excel spread sheet scheme proposed by an ODWR retired Watermaster employed by the irrigators. This simplified spread sheet proposal sets back science about 50 years. In the present century plans and decisions should be made on the basis of the best available science. For example, if the ODFW flow model for the Crooked River had been used people now learning about the contents of the bill from newspaper articles would have few or no concerns about seasonal flow levels for fish being inadequate or the reservoir being drained to support fish flows in the river. The ODFW flow model illustrates how flows from the reservoir can be managed to provide water for all needs when the reservoir contains various amounts of water.
• Up to the present time there has been no opportunity for impartial review of either your bill or the Walden bill by scientists with expertise in fisheries biology. We hope you will be agreeable to delaying movement of your bill in the Senate until after you are able to appoint a committee of independent scientists with expertise in fisheries biology to review and provide comments on it. The other alternative is to introduce a minimal bill like that described on page 1 of this letter. In any event we encourage a review process similar to that associated with the recent Sage Grouse Conservation Objectives team appointed by Ken Salazar of the Department of the Interior. This is a standard process for identifying scientific solutions that was lacking in the preparation of your bill. Nearly 100 million dollars have thus far been invested to re-establish anadromous fish in the Crooked River and certain tributaries, and no water for fish during periods of drought would be disastrous for this program.
Thank you for considering our remarks.
John R. Anderson, Emeritus Professor and Associate Dear for Research, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, California
William D. Davies, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Fisheries and Allied Aquatics, Auburn
University, Alabama
H. Tom Davis, Retired Hydrologist, Montgomery Watson Consulting Engineers
Phil Havens, Retired Biologist, Bonneville Power Administration
Clair Kunkel, Retired Fisheries Biologist and Manager, Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
Bill Merrill, Retired Fishing Guide & Past President, SunRiver Anglers
Max Johnson, Retired Fisheries Biologist, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources
William L. Robinson, Retired Regional Director, NOAA Natl. Marine Fisheries
William Seitz, Retired Director of the Alaska Integrated Science Center, and Deputy Regional Director of USGS in Alaska.
Gene Silovsky, Retired Fisheries/Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service
Marv Yoshinaka, Retired Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
* (The above scientists have resided in Central Oregon for 10 to 20+ years and are particularly knowledgeable about the Crooked River).
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Condit Dam All the Way Out, White Salmon Flows Free Again
Condit Dam is now completely gone
The restoration of the White Salmon River started with a blast last fall when engineers blew a hole out of the base of Condit Dam, and will continue for the next several years, but recovery of the White Salmon reached an important, if mostly symbolic milestone last week. The last remnants of the dam were removed, meaning for the first time in more than 100 years the river is completely free of the dam which once obstructed salmon passage. Fish have been naturally migrating above the dam since last spring and good numbers of chinook and steelhead are thought to have migrated into the upper river this year, filling more than 30 miles of habitat that had been vacant for a century. While the rebuilding of salmon populations in the White Salmon will take a few generations, the dam removal project is expected to have major benefits for chinook and coho as well as winter and summer steelhead.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion, Public Meetings in Vancouver
Town hall style meetings will be held in a number of venues throughout Vancouver and on Vancouver Island over the next couple weeks, here's the schedule:
7 Nov. - West Vancouver Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., 4 – 7 pm
10 Nov. - Bowen Island, Bowen Island Community School 1041 Mt Gardner Rd., 2:30 – 4:30 pm
13 Nov. - East Vancouver Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), Hastings Room 2901 East Hastings Street, 5 – 8 pm
15 Nov. - Downtown Vancouver Harbour Centre, Segal Hall 515 West Hastings Street, 5 – 8 pm
17 Nov. - West Point Grey Aberthau Mansion, 4397 West 2nd Ave., 5 – 8 pm
03 Dec - Victoria - Location, Date & Time to be confirmed
03 Dec - Saanich - Location, Date & Time to be confirmed
03 Dec - Nanaimo - Location, Date & Time to be confirmed
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Suit Challenges Suction Dredging in Oregon
A coalition of three environmental groups, Cascadia Wildlands, Rouge Riverkeepers and the Klamath-Siskyou Wildlands Center have filed suit against the Rogue River-Siskyou National forest for failing to protect ESA listed coho from the impacts of suction dredge mining. In recent years, the rising price of gold has created an explosion of small scale suction dredge mining in southern Oregon and northern California, prompting major concerns over the impact of the industry, and it's legality given the consequences for ESA listed coho salmon and other anadromous fish. The three groups, as well as other concerned organizations and citizens are argue that the government must conduct reviews of proposed suction dredging operations to evaluate their impact on listed salmon, and in the meantime have asked them to suspend all ongoing operations. Ultimately though, the practice is fundamentally inconsistent with society's values. Having spent millions of dollars on recovery and restoration of wild salmon in the region it is ridiculous to allow a few individuals benefit from a practices that can result in severe harm to salmon populations.
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Burke Museum, Wild Steelhead Coalition partner to raise awareness of "The Magnificent Steelhead"
A press release from the Wild Steelhead Coalition, about their new Burke Museum exhibit and upcoming event
SEATTLE – Anglers know it as the "fish of a thousand casts." Washingtonians know it as their state fish, symbolizing the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. And through November 15th, the steelhead will be celebrated in an exhibit at the University of Washington's Burke Museum to raise awareness and support for this iconic, and threatened, fish.
Titled "The Magnificent Steelhead," the display will culminate with a reception and art sale on November 8, with all proceeds benefiting the Wild Steelhead Coalition, an organization dedicated to increasing the return of wild steelhead to the rivers and streams of the Pacific Northwest.
Works in the Burke exhibit include photographs printed on canvas, as well as mixed media pieces from individuals in the angling community, including Andy Anderson, Jeff Bright, Keith Douglas, Brian Huskey, Brian O'Keefe, Jonathan Marquardt, Dave McCoy, Ken Moorish, Tim Pask, Steve Perih, Mike Savlen, and Bob White.
Visitors can also learn more about steelhead, as well as conservation efforts being taken by the Wild Steelhead Coalition to support the species through hatchery reform, scientific research and policy changes on behalf of wild fish.
The event runs from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. and includes hors d'oeuvres from the Steelhead Diner and beverages from Precept Wine.
Burke Museum Exhibit Reception & Sale: A Benefit for the Wild Steelhead Coalition
November 8, 2012 | 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. | Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
On the UW Campus - 17th Ave NE & NE 45th St
Burke Museum Exhibit Info: http://www.burkemuseum.org/exhibits/browse/the_magnificent_steelhead
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An exclusive edifice
Painter Shuvaprasanna dreamt of setting up a museum for Bengal art and the result is Arts Acre, Museum of Bengal Modern Art.
When social scientist and thinker Prof. Ashish Nandy visited Arts Acre, painter Shuvaprasanna's long cherished dream of creating a museum of Bengal Modern Art, he marvelled at the creation and remarked, "Shuvaprasanna has secured a place in the annals of history. This is a watershed in Indian Art."
Arts Acre, Museum of Bengal Modern Art, is perhaps the country's first private museum and art centre, largely funded by an Indian painter. Located in the Rajarhat Newtown area in Kolkata, this self-contained mini city for artists and art lovers is situated amidst over four and half acres of lush surroundings.
Lifelong passion
The Arts Acre project is the brainchild and lifelong passion of renowned painter, sculptor, educator, writer and art activist Shuvaprasanna. Shuvaprasanna or Shuva or Shuvada as he is fondly called, is one of India's foremost painters and the city, it's urban milieu, the agony and joys of the people who live here has featured prominently in his work. Keen on experimentation, he continues to engage with new themes, media and forms. The scrap-metal installation on Arts Acre campus featuring his favourite crows, a recurrent motif in his work, is a case in point.
Lifelong passion
The Arts Acre project is the brainchild and lifelong passion of renowned painter, sculptor, educator, writer and art activist Shuvaprasanna. Shuvaprasanna or Shuva or Shuvada as he is fondly called, is one of India's foremost painters and the city, it's urban milieu, the agony and joys of the people who live here has featured prominently in his work. Keen on experimentation, he continues to engage with new themes, media and forms. The scrap-metal installation on Arts Acre campus featuring his favourite crows, a recurrent motif in his work, is a case in point.
Shuvaprasanna's spouse, Shipra Bhattacharya herself a well-known painter, has been an unflinching source of strength and support since the inception of this dream and has worked tirelessly to realise the long cherished goal of her husband.
Says Shuvaprasanna, "Paintings and sculptures are human resources. As compared to other countries, there is a huge apathy and ignorance in India about our fine arts. When I visited Europe for the first time in 1974, I saw museums at every nook and corner. They know how to preserve their arts. I aspired to do something similar here but did not know whom to approach and if at all anyone would be interested to help. So, I have invested my own savings and earnings to create this exclusive edifice on Bengal Art. Many friends too came along and contributed. Anybody from the creative arts is most welcome to come and work here and I invite people from all walks of life to be part of this experience."
The centre comprises four galleries with permanent display of over 300 art works voluntarily contributed by more than 100 artists and private collectors, thus chronicling Bengal's rich and diverse art history. All the artists featured in the museum, were either born in Bengal or had worked/ studied there at some point in their lives.
From English landscape painters, Thomas and William Daniell to several members of the Tagore family including the bard himself, from representative figures of the Bengal School to Kalighat and Battala paintings and a plethora of big names of the contemporary arts scene such as Jogen Chowdhury, Shakti Burman, Paresh Maity and Shuvaprasanna himself are part of the permanent display here.
Besides, Arts Acre is equipped with a Restoration centre, exhibition halls, workshop and studio spaces dedicated to various art practices such as sculpture, painting, graphics and ceramics, living quarters for artists, cafeteria, library and a state-of-the-art indoor auditorium, which has already begun to attract artists across disciplines. The accommodation and gallery rental charges are nominal to enable young, up and coming artists and other creative groups to showcase their art.
Arts Acre was originally conceived as an institution for nurturing artists in the field of visual arts. On March 3, 1984, Pandit Ravi Shankar laid the foundation stone for the initial Arts Acre site (in North Kolkata). Gradually, the campus became a shelter for budding artists and rendezvous address for intellectuals. Nobel laureate and Shuvaprasanna's long time friend, Gunter Grass visited the old Arts Acre campus in 1987 and held an exhibition of his drawings. Chintamani Kar, Mrinal Sen, Bhabesh Sanyal, Subhas Mukhopadyay, Ashok Mitra, Santosh Kumar Ghosh, Arun Mitra, Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant Singh, Sibnarayan Ray, N.S. Bendre, Annada Shankar Ray, Satish Gujral and Manjit Bawa visited the campus on many occasions to encourage the artists. Invitee artists from around the world came and worked here. Exchange of ideas and workshops became a regular affair.
An exchange programme with international artists eventually led to exhibitions by Arts Acre artists in London and Washington. The new Arts Acre village is an enhanced edition of that vision. Inaugurated on March 6, 2014, by Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, the arts were adequately represented by stalwarts such as Pt. Birju Maharaj, Mahasweta Devi, Dr. Karan Singh, Dr. Balamuralikrishna and Anjolie Ela Menon.
Kolkata-based sculptor Samir Roy says, "I cannot even begin to tell you how grateful we are to Shuvaprasanna. This is a huge platform for all of us. Under one roof, you can see the entire history of art in Bengal. Any collector, curator visiting Kolkata now has access to our work. This is immense exposure to all artists."
Independent curator Sounak Chacraverti remarks, "This is actually a great moment not only for Kolkata but also India's cultural history. Paritosh Sen used to often tell me that Shuvaprasanna will touch the sky one day. I think Shuvada has done that with Arts Acre."


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I delivered a 7 pound, 9 ounce baby boy several days ago. He was delivered at 37 weeks as I had been diagnosed with both pregnancy-induced hypertension and gestational diabetes with multiple complications during the pregnancy. The gestational diabetes had been diet controlled only and blood sugars remained mostly in the normal range during the last 2 months of pregnancy. Since birth, his blood sugars has been unstable ranging anywhere from 24 to 78. He has been asymptomatic with these episodes except possibly for some lethargy. I wanted to know whether this is a transient thing because of my gestational diabetes or if I should be concerned about other causes. I have asked his neonatologist some of these questions, but he just gives vague answers about insulin production which I am well aware of since I am a registered nurse. What could some of the other causes for this hypoglycemia be and is it too early to be really concerned about other causes since he is only 4 days old. I am also interested in what you would recommend for the treatment at this point since he is presently in a small local hospital and only under the care of a neonatologist as opposed to a pediatric endocrinologist.
Neonatal hypoglycemia from maternal gestational diabetes is usually transient, lasting a few days. This is due to excess insulin production by the baby. As the baby adjusts to a more normal glucose intake, the symptoms should improve. If there is no improvement, then additional tests for other metabolic disorders such be obtained. You should discuss this further with the pediatrician taking care of your baby.
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