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Like Giants, PR inspired by spirit of Angel
Five months after winning World Series, Pagan on cusp of another title
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- If Team Puerto Rico appears touched by an unseen force, it should not be all that surprising.
There is, after all, an Angel in the Puerto Ricans' outfield.
A World Series champion in October with the Giants, Angel Pagan has a shot at doubling down with a World Baseball Classic title five months later. A 3-1 decision on Sunday night by Puerto Rico knocked out two-time defending champion Japan at AT&T Park.
On Tuesday night, Puerto Rico will face the Dominican Republic or the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Classic title.
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"Totally different feelings, but all great," Pagan said, taking warmth from a Puerto Rican flag in the dugout late Sunday night. "When you're playing with a jersey that says your home country on the chest, it's something special.
"The best thing that's happened to me was to win a [World Series] championship. A lot of players have 10, 15 years in the Majors and made a ton of money and never had a taste.
"We have a big responsibility. It's needed in Puerto Rico. We want to lift our country up, to project that image and inspire kids to come over and do this."
Back at AT&T Park, his second home, where he made so much magic last season for the Giants, Pagan and his crew ended Japan's Classic reign with clutch hitting, pressure pitching and solid defense -- the familiar formula of the team that employs Angel.
"It was the same atmosphere as in the playoffs," Pagan said. "When I looked at people in the crowd, it made me comfortable. I didn't know there were so many Puerto Ricans here. We had tremendous support."
Pagan, who had two singles and leads Puerto Rico with 11 hits in the Classic, watched Mike Aviles (two singles, RBI) and Alex Rios (two-run homer) deliver the big blows in the latest triumph.
"We believe," Pagan said. "Everybody contributes. We believe we can beat any team and be a champion. We want to put Puerto Rico as high as we can.
"But we're not done yet. We have more work to do."
Puerto Rico has slain a pair of giants in the space of three days: Team USA on Friday night in Miami and now Japan, which confidently rolled into Sunday night's game with only one Classic loss.
Before they faced Team USA, the Puerto Ricans were given an inspiring pregame speech by Pagan.
"The guys want to get that dream come true like I've had with the Giants," Pagan said. "I was just trying to keep my teammates positive. Nobody expected us to come this far. I just wanted to keep everybody positive and locked in.
"There were a lot of emotions tonight. Nobody thought we could beat this team. Japan was favored big time. But expectations don't matter."
Defensively, Pagan made a rare misplay in the sixth inning, letting a drive by Seiichi Uchikawa skip past him for a two-out triple. But southpaw Xavier Cedeno came on to strike out dangerous Shinnosuke Abe with a pitch in the opposite batter's box to quell the threat.
"Thank God we got the zero," Pagan said, grinning.
As so often happens in these moments, Puerto Rico promptly turned a one-run lead into a three-run cushion on Rios' blast to left against lefty reliever Atsushi Nohmi. Rios had been 3-for-24, all singles, in the Classic before showing the brand of power he gave the White Sox in 2012 with 25 homers and 91 RBIs.
"We've been waiting for Alex to do something like that," said reliever Fernando Cabrera, who got the last two outs for the save as the sixth Puerto Rican pitcher.
Mario Santiago set the tone with 4 1/3 brilliant innings before departing with a forearm strain, and the bullpen pitched in and took care of the rest.
With strong leadership from such established stars as Pagan, Rios, Carlos Beltran and the great Yadier Molina, Puerto Rico is riding a wave in a determined effort to restore the country's fading reputation in the baseball-crazy Caribbean.
The Dominican Republic and Venezuela have gone to the forefront, but Puerto Rico doesn't need to remind us it gave the game Roberto Clemente, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Alomar and Bernie Williams, among others.
"I want to be the player kids follow like I did with Robbie Alomar and Bernie Williams," Pagan said. "They were the type of players who made me what I am."
Not to be overlooked was the magic of Molina behind the plate. On Sunday he guided Santiago, then Jose De La Torre, Cedeno, Randy Fontanez, J.C. Romero and, finally, Cabrera.
All through the Classic, Molina has coaxed quality efforts out of pitchers who are not exactly household names: Nelson Figueroa, Hiram Burgos, Giancarlo Alvarado, Orlando Roman.
"We have the best catcher in the world," Cabrera, hoping to pitch his way back into the big time with the Angels, said. "He wants us to trust him but also ourselves. He knows how to bring out the best in everybody."
Romero, experienced and smart, was on the mound after Japan scored and was threatening to do more damage with the dangerous Abe at the plate in the eighth.
After a baserunning mishap by Uchikawa handed Puerto Rico an out when Molina personally ran him down between first and second, a sliding stop by Irving Falu at second on Abe's grounder put Japan's fans back in their seats, stopping the music.
When you're on a roll the way the Puerto Ricans are, you make your breaks and take what comes your way with a certain grace.
It can't hurt, of course, having an Angel in the outfield.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Milton will stop blacking out police reports
MILTON—After months of blacking out personal identifying information from police reports and making the documents nearly useless to the public and the news media, one city is putting a stop to the practice.
The Milton City Council voted Wednesday to approve an ordinance that directs the police department to stop redacting from police reports people's addresses, ages and other personal identifying information that is available through the state's Department of Transportation databases.
The decision flies in the face of a recommendation by the city's liability insurance carrier last year that the city redact police reports to comply with the insurance company's slant on a two-year-old federal ruling involving the Driver Privacy Protection Act.
The company argues release of DOT information on people is a violation of privacy under a 2012 federal appeals court ruling in Chicago that involved the Driver Privacy Protection Act and a parking ticket placed on an Illinois resident's car, and that the practice of releasing un-redacted police reports creates liability.
In that ruling, the court found the village's police department had violated a man's privacy and the federal Driver Privacy Protection Act by placing a parking ticket on his vehicle overnight. The ticket had all of the man's personal information printed on it, including his social security number, according to court papers.
In a recommendation to the council Wednesday, City Administrator Jerry Schuetz said he believes the insurance company's advice sidesteps Wisconsin Open Records law, and that the city should "err on the side of openness and return to the release of un-redacted Department of Transportation (police report) records."
Schuetz's recommendation came after a ruling in March by a St. Croix County judge that the federal DPPA ruling out of Chicago does not apply to Wisconsin Open Records law, and that municipalities are not required to redact police reports under the federal ruling.
The judge ruled that the federal court's decision—one based on police officers indiscriminately leaving a parking ticket with a person's full personal information in public view in a Chicago suburb—does not directly apply to or even address requests for police reports or other police records under Wisconsin Open Records law.
The ruling came out of a lawsuit by the New Richmond News, a newspaper that sued the city of New Richmond for its choice to redact police reports under the federal DPPA ruling. The paper argued that redacting violated the state's Open Records law.
The Milton City Council unanimously approved Schuetz's recommendation Wednesday, with alderwoman Anissa Welch, boiling down the council's shared sentiments on open government and public access to city police records.�
"I have difficulties having an insurance company tell us how open and transparent our own government should be," Welch said.
The decision means that Milton police will stop redacting personal identifying information from police reports. For instance, if someone is arrested for drunken driving, the city's official reports would include their name, age, address and other information that would clearly identify them.
In recent months, some departments, including the Janesville Police Department, have bucked insurers' recommendations and refused to redact reports, saying the public's right to know outweighs a federal ruling based on an incident in a Chicago suburb.
Schuetz put it another way.
"Our finances are a matter of public record, as is the work done by our employees in all departments. Providing the public with as much information as possible is the legislative intent of the Wisconsin Open Records Law," Schuetz said in his recommendation.
Other police agencies, such as the Edgerton Police Department, no longer include some personal identifying details on reports, citing the federal DPPA ruling and recommendations by municipal insurers.
Schuetz noted in his recommendation that Milton rides a razor's edge of liability regardless of a decision on redaction.
Under its policy, the city would have to absorb $25,000 in liability before the insurance company became liable, Schuetz said. According to its municipal insurer, Cities and Villages Mutual Insurance, fines for violation of DPPA law can total $2,500.
On the other hand, fines for violation of the state's open records law can total $100.
City officials said they believe that media outlets could become more aggressive in suing over police report redactions in the wake of the St. Croix County ruling.
"We're damned if you do or you don't," council member Nancy Lader said.
Schuetz estimated the police department processes between 50 and 150 open records requests annually. He said the current practice of redacting information under its insurer's recommendations costs "thousands" of dollars and could be viewed as "overly cautious."
Cities and Villages Mutual has said that failure to comply with its recommendations could put the city at risk for losing coverage, Schuetz indicated.
Welch said the city could always opt to use a different carrier. She suggested that if the city or other municipalities left Cities and Villages, it could prompt the company to look twice at its practice of trying to dictate public policy.�
"I'd rather have the power of the press over the power of insurance companies," Welch said.
Schuetz told the council that it could modify the ordinance if there was an appeal to the St. Croix County ruling.
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Milton High School staff, students take a dip to support the Special Olympics
WHITEWATER — Milton High School students and staff rubbed their bare legs together as they stared at the pool of water they would be jumping into.
What came next was a high-pitched screech or gasp while leaping into the water at the Special Olympics Wisconsin Polar Plunge Saturday afternoon.
"It took my breath away, I'll tell ya that," Jeremy Bilhorn, Milton High School principal said after he took a dip in the freezing water.
While he shivered in place waiting for dry clothes to put on, he smiled and applauded the other 43 students, staff, and administrators from the high school who also took the leap to support Special Olympics athletes Saturday afternoon.
The school raised more than $6,500 for the Polar Plunge in two weeks.
"It's amazing," Bilhorn said. "It's a tribute to both the students and staff but also the whole Milton community."
The event brought together students from all groups to raise money through the school's new organization Project UNIFY, said Brianna Smith, Milton High School special education teacher and Project UNIFY school liaison.
Project UNIFY is a branch of Special Olympics, and is an education-based project that uses education and sports programs to engage youth to foster school communities that advocate for people with disabilities.
The goal is to make sure all students have equal opportunities to attend activities.
This is the first year Project UNIFY has existed at the high school. The high school received a grant in December to start the organization at the school.
Ross Lemke, a senior and member of student council, has been attending Project UNIFY meetings. He aspires to be an elementary or special education teacher.
"I want to make a difference in the world," Lemke said. "As cheesy as that sounds, I do. And I thought this was a good start."
The goal was to raise $4,000.
When Smith found out they surpassed the goal she was� pleasantly surprised.�
"I just don't think anyone thought we would have that much participation," Smith said.
She gives the credit to the students.
"They do really care about each other and they know this money is going towards the Special Olympics so our students who are in special education can compete in sports and get the same benefits that they get out of sports," Smith said.
Because the school surpassed the $4,000 goal, Bilhorn will be shaving his locks. When asked how he felt about it he chuckled and said it is all for a good cause.
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Fredricks closes out Olympic career with 26th-place finish
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
SOCHI, Russia-Tucker Fredricks was more bewildered than he was disappointed. And he was plenty disappointed.
The Janesville native has been America's top long-track sprinter for a decade and has won a chest full of speedskating medals on the World Cup circuit, but he has had a maddeningly frustrating Olympic career.
He's been to three of these things and has never sniffed the podium.
On Monday, the 500-meter specialist finished 26th in his final Olympic race and was even beaten by teammate Shani Davis, a middle-distance star who was using the 500 to prepare for his other races.
"Worse than I thought," said the 29-year-old Fredricks, who plans to retire after this season. "I don't really know what to say. I guess I'm meant … I don't know. I feel like I'm fine. I wish I could have performed better.
"At least when I have kids I haven't set the bar too high for them."
Fredricks managed a laugh, but it was not a happy laugh. Inside, he had to be hurting. He finished 25th in the 500 at the 2006 Turin Games and 12th at the 2010 Vancouver Games—the latter after a Zamboni broke down and caused a long delay just before his race.
"I would say I was unlucky and maybe a little bit underprepared at times," he said.
While Fredricks was searching for answers in the mixed zone at Adler Arena, the Dutch were celebrating another podium sweep on the ice.
Michel Mulder won the gold medal with a two-race combined time of 69.312 seconds, just 0.02 ahead of teammate Jan Smeekens. Ronald Mulder, Michel's twin brother, took the bronze medal with a combined time of 69.46.
"When I crossed the line I just didn't know and then I saw that I had won and I couldn't believe it," Michel Mulder said. "Now I have won everything there is to win. After all this work, I'm the Olympic champion. I can't believe it."
It was the second podium sweep for the Dutch, who also did it in the men's 5,000 and have won seven of a possible nine long-track medals so far. Historically, the Netherlands has been known more for its distance skaters than its sprinters.
"They're doing something right," Fredricks said. "I don't know what they're doing, but they're doing it right. I have no idea. No idea. I want to know. I'm retiring so just let me know what it was.
"They're doing awesome. They're owning the podium."
Davis had times of 35.39 and 35.59 for a combined 70.98.
"I go out there and I try to win any race I'm in, but I'm realistic and I know I'm not much of a 500-meter skater," he said. "The things I did well today was I got some good top speed out there and I was comfortable off the line and I made some corrections from the first race to the second race, even though the second race was a bit slower."
Fredricks was timed in 35.278 seconds in the first 500 and was tied for 18th place. His chances to medal were over. He skated the second race in 35.721.
"I felt faster than what the time showed so that was kind of discouraging," Fredricks said of the first race. "But it was fun. Being paired with (Russian) Dmitry (Lobkov), the crowd was awesome, and I fed off that energy.
"But it was kind of a surprise when I crossed the line and it was 35.2 instead of something faster."
Fredricks has always been very fast at altitude tracks in Calgary and Salt Lake City but unfortunately his three Olympic Games were held at sea level: Turin, Vancouver and Sochi. He trains in Salt Lake City.
"Tucker is a tremendous talent," Davis said. "He's a very, very technical skater. He's one of the best out there. The conditions have to be exactly what he's used to. But unfortunately the Olympics are never at high-altitude tracks."
Fredricks wouldn't use it as an excuse.
"I don't know," he said. "I mean, I've won at sea level before. Today was one of those days. Yesterday I could have been 35th. Tomorrow I could have been first. Who knows?"
Mitch Whitmore of Waukesha, skating in his second Olympics, finished just behind Fredricks in 27th place. His times were 35.34 and 35.71. Whitmore holds the U.S. record of 34.29.
"Definitely disappointed," he said. "The World Cup season this year has been pretty good. I finished near the top quite a few times. So it's disappointing not being up there because I know I can. But that happens in the 500. Some days it's just not there. The timing is off or something.
"It stinks, but there's some good things I can take away from this and I'll put it towards my skating for the next four years."
Brian Hansen, who trains at the Pettit National Ice Center, skated the first 500 in 35.64—his fastest ever at sea level—but opted out of the second in order to save his legs for the 1,000 and 1,500.
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John C. W. Rindfleisch, Clinton, WI (1931 - 2014)
February 2, 1931 - January 28, 2014
John C. W. Rindfleisch, 82, of Clinton, WI, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at Alden Meadow Park in Clinton. He was born Feb. 2, 1931, to John F. and Evelyn (Barden) Rindfleisch in Beloit. John was a 1949 graduate of Beloit High School. He joined the National Guard and, then, enlisted in the Air Force in Jan. 1950. He was discharged in Nov. 1954, as a staff sergeant, having served his last two years in Japan. John married Gloria Peglow on April 28, 1956, at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beloit. He worked for F.W. Woolworth for six years in the Milwaukee area, and in Sioux City, IA. John moved his family back to Beloit, and, then, worked for General Motors for 10 years. He owned the Rindfleisch Greenhouse & Floral Shop on Hwy X in Clinton. In 1972, the business expanded to include the True Value Hardware Store in downtown Clinton. The downtown business was sold in 1998, and the greenhouse was closed upon John and Gloria's retirement in 2000. He was a life member of the Clinton American Legion and the Clinton VFW. John was a member of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clinton, serving many years on the church council, including serving as president of the congregation. He was a volunteer firefighter for 10 years and an EMT for four years with the Clinton Fire District. John was a member and past president of the Clinton Kiwanis Club.
From 1984 to 2006, John and Gloria enjoyed Square Dancing as members of the Petunia City Square Dance Club in Beloit. They danced all over the State of Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. They attended 22 Wisconsin State Conventions and were the General Chairmen of the 1991 Wisconsin Square Dance Convention in Madison. They also attended several Illinois State Conventions and National Conventions. They made many great friendships through square dancing. John enjoyed family gatherings at their cottage in Tomahawk, WI, playing cards with family and friends, fishing, and hunting. He especially enjoyed gardening, watching and feeding birds, wildlife, and the outdoors.
John is survived by his wife, Gloria; three children: Sue (Randy) Risseeuw, John (Diane) Rindfleisch and Karen (Dan) Kraemer; eight grandchildren: Carryn (Nick) Nugent, Sondra Funk, Christine (Jeremy) Halverson, Dylan (Lauren) Nass, Jameson (Diedra) Nass, John P.D. Rindfleisch, Daniel Kraemer, and Morgan Kraemer; five great-grandchildren: Dominic and Devlyn Halverson, Clayton Nugent, Willa Nass, and John Wylly Nass; a sister, Janet Juliao of Beloit; and a brother, Carl (Donna) Rindfleisch of Wild Rose, WI. John was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Douglas Rindfleisch.
John's Memorial Service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at CHRIST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 300 High Street, Clinton, with Rev. Gary E. Schockman and Rev. William Uffenbeck as officiates. Friends may greet the family on Saturday at the CHURCH from 9:30 a.m. until time of service. Memorials in John's name may be given to Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church elevator fund, Clinton Fire Department, or the Clinton EMS. Please share a memory or a condolence with the Rindfleisch family on our website.
BRIAN G. MARK Funeral Homes
1000 Inman Parkway, Beloit WI 362-2000


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Running Automated Test Suite
This page explains how to run Firebug automated tests. All information on this page are related to Firebug 1.5.
See also:
- Install Firebug 1.6 (the latest version recommended)
- Install FBTest 1.6 (the latest version recommended)
Running Tests
- Use Firebug->Open Test Console menu to open test console window.
- Put http://getfirebug.com/tests/content/testlists/firebug1.6.html URL into the URL bar.
- Press Run All button on the toolbar.
That's it!
You should see how all tests displayed in the test console are executed step by step. The browser window should automatically load test pages and automate specific steps needed for test execution.
In order to test Firebug 1.5 you need to install FBTest 1.5 and load this test suite.
Note: The FBTest extension will be part of the Firebug 'X' (development version) at some point. This means that you'll need to install it only if you want to test Firebug (end user version). This page will be updated as soon as this happens.
Test Console UI
The main purpose of the test console is displaying and executing tests in a test suite. First of all let's see a screenshot of the console. Note that all tests are divided into groups.
You can see a toolbar with following actions:
- Run All Use this button to run all tests from the current test suite.
- Stop Use this button to stop running tests.
- Fail Halt Use this option (two state button) to automatically stop test execution when an error occurs (you need Chromebug 1.5 installed). In such a case Chromebug will automatically switch into the debug mode showing the source line where the error happend. You can continue debugging the test code or put a breakpoint and run the test again.
- Refresh Reloads the current test list.
- No Timeout Use this option to disable timeout on running test. Useful when debugging in Chromebug.
There is also an URL bar that allows to load a test setup file. This file specifies all info necessary to execute the tests. Such a file is included in Firebug distribution and so, if you have Firebug installed you can always load: chrome://firebug/content/testList.html (the default Firebug test setup file).
Export Errors
In order to export all reported failures, just right-click within the Test Console window content and pick Copy All Errors from the context menu. An error report will be copied into the clipboard together with information about current Firebug & Firefox versions, current test-list URL and also version and name of the underlying OS.
Running Tests From The Command Line
It's also possible to automatically run all tests (or one specific test) from the command line when launching Firefox. The syntax of the parameter is as follows:
-runFBTests <test-setup-file-uri>#<test-driver-relative-path>
Let's see some examples.
Run all default tests afer Firefox is started using the default user profile
firefox -runFBTests chrome://firebug/content/testList.html
Run all default tests after Firefox is started using the dev user profile.
firefox -dev -runFBTests chrome://firebug/content/testList.html
Load chrome://firebug/content/testList.html test setup file and run net/1468/issue1468.js test after Firefox is started using the dev user profile.
firefox -dev -runFBTests chrome://firebug/content/testList.html#net/1468/issue1468.js
Each automated test is typically composed two parts.
- Test Page (*.html) This is a regular web page (often with AJAX code) that represents specific scenario being tested. Since (at least in case of Firebug tests) these pages are available online, the tester can simply load it in the browser (no need for FBTest extension), manually follow described scenario and execute the test without any automation.
- Test Driver (*.js) This is the automation part. Piece of javascript that loads the test page and executes all steps automatically.
Finally, tests can be combined together.
- Test List (*.html) This file is loaded into the Test Console and specifies neccessary information (URLs) about test cases and test drivers locations. It also contains a javascript inline defintion of test drivers or includes it from an external *.js file using the <script> tag.
Test List File Structure
The test list file must be implemented as a regular page. Here is an example of such a file.
<html> <head></head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var baseURI = "https://getfirebug.com/content/"; var serverURI = "https://getfirebug.com/content/"; var testList = [ { group: "Group1 Title", uri: "group1/testDriver1.js", desc: "This is a description of test 1", testPage: "group1/testCase1.html" } ]; </script> </body> </html>
If you load such a file into the test console, you should see one expandable group with one test.
There are following variables defined in the file.
- baseURI Root directory with all test-drivers.
- serverURI Root directory with all test-cases
- testList List of tests.
Each test in the array has following properties.
- group Name of the parent group where the test belongs to.
- uri Relative path of the test driver
- desc Short summary of the test (displayed in the UI)
- testPage: relative path to the test case file.
In this particular case, both test drivers and test cases are located at https://getfirebug.com/content/ and the directory structure under this root folder would look like as follows:
<root> group1 testDriver1.js testCase1.js


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Clouds shift in Taiwans favor, says Quanta exec
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. A few years ago, executives from companies like Quanta wouldn't give interviews. They lived in the shadows of customers like Dell and Hewlett-Packard, quietly making their products in factories in Taiwan and China. Times have changed.
Flush with orders from big data centers, Quanta and its peers are on the rise. To feed its growth, Quanta is hungry for simpler silicon, more software expertise in power management and software-defined networks--and just a little limelight.
"Traditional OEMs no longer have the advantage, we do," said Mike Yang, general manager of the cloud computing group at Quanta Computer Inc., a subsidiary of the $37 billion manufacturing giant. "The business model is changing and it provides us a very good opportunity."
Quanta is one of a handful of big Taiwan companies traditionally known for building desktops, notebooks and, more recently, smartphones. It snagged a surprise windfall about five years ago when Facebook awarded it a contract to build a large number of integrated racks of servers, switches and storage systems.
"At that time [the deal] was roughly a single digit percentage of my total volume," said Yang. The Facebook deal "had a big impact on us and was quite surprising because we usually only provided products to OEMs," he said.
Facebook was following the lead of other big data centers such as Google and Microsoft who had come to Taiwan, too. They realized they could order custom-built servers that better suited their needs and get them at lower cost rather than pay a premium for the pre-defined systems from a Dell or Hewlett-Packard that also were made by Taiwan companies such as Quanta.
About two years after its first Facebook deal, Korea Telecom sent Quanta an unexpected request for a quote for racks in its data centers. "We asked them why they came to us, and they said they heard we were doing business with several of the biggest data centers in the world," Yang said.
The deal got Quanta started pursuing the market more proactively. Last year, it officially created its data center group.
Quanta still makes systems for OEMs like Dell and HP, but last year its direct sales to big data center customers became the majority of the groups total business which expanded by 12 percent.
One of Quanta's rivals is Wistron, a former arm of Acer that now makes PCs for OEMs. It started getting orders for data center racks from the big data centers a few years ago, too. Last year it spun out a separate company called WiWynn Corp. to take the data center business and eliminate any possible conflicts with its OEM customers.
For its part Quanta still works both sides of the street. "When the OEMs come to us, we welcome them," Yang said.


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Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Stomach bloating
After reading everyone's story about bloating, I am wondering if anyone has tried routinely eliminating certain "troublesome" foods from their diet, and if so, what were the results? I hear that many people are lactose intolerant, but are unaware. Unlike food allergies, food intolerances do not involve the immune system, so are harder to identify.
I am having bloating issues myself - I work out five days a week and have cut most "bad" carbs from my diet. I don't drink soda - at least not often - and am at a loss as to why I bloat. I have no pain, or fatigue, or digestive issues other than the discomfort of bloating. Well, I am depressed since no matter what I do I seem to bloat.
Would love to hear from anyone who could offer some new insights.
Well im not sure about that, because i never ate "bad" carbs and i dont eat any junk at all, if i had it on my holidays, that couldnt be the problem, because i didnt bloat when on holiday!
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Nysiek, thanks for posting your success story. I hope you will post again and let us know that you are still doing well. I had my gallbladder removed weeks ago and there has been no change in my bloating/distention. I'm considering a grain-free diet; will probably try and elimination diet first. My life has been completely ruined by this.
Stomach bloat & Weight Gain!!!
Like everyone else here it is nice to see I am not alone in this frustrating situation. No matter what I ingest, even water, I bloat out like I am six mos pregnant. It is completely embarrassing. My daughter came up to me while I was sitting down and she attempted to '"push" mommy's stomach back in because it was sticking out' - she is four. I used to be very petite before my last pregancy - I have three children. I have gained 70lbs in 4 years! It is disgusting to me and it is hurting my marriage! My husband is not attracted to me anymore! And I don't blame him. The past three mos alone I have gained 20lbs and I don't know why! I was an athlete most of my life, a runner and a gymnast until my 30s! Now at 36 I can't even run a mile without massive pain and fatigue. I work out on my stepper everyday and I hardly eat a thing. Small meals, soup mostly, salads, and water or green tea. But I am tired all the time, my periods are very irregular, my body hurts all the time, my skin is a mess. I have been tested for everything under the sun! Everything comes back normal. I have been to a Rheumatologist, Internist, and a Homeopathic as well as several different GYN's to make sure it wasn't hormones. All normal! I do have a few small fibroids, but that is it. I was told it was probably Fibromyalgia and Irritable Bowel, but that is only because they have nothing else to pin it on. I have gone from a size 2, to a size 16 in four years. HELP!!! I want this to go away - but it just doesn't seem to get any better. Everytime I get on the scale I have gained another pound. I have been told it is depression and put on antidepressants now. I now have tachycardia, high resting heartrate and hypoglycemia,I was told it was from weight gain...hah!
I was just reading your post, did the naturopath prescribe domperdione to you or did you have to go to a medical doctor?
i dont have an amazing diet or great excercise all the time,niether am i too lazy to move!i have regular periods(touch wood!)wit normal flow,my pms also is not very long,but still i am bloated and puffy around my periods.i am about 5-6kgs overweight,but look fat.i dont know how to help myself with this problem.
could u pls advice something?
Hi kmas and everyone else!
I read all the entries and was grateful to learn that I'm not alone (and neither are you). I have been dealing with this same problem for over a year and several months ago I had had enough so I enlisted the help of a friend who is a doctor and these are some things we learned. First of all, I am a 41 year old female. I'm not allergic to dairy, but I have developed a severe intolerance for it (there's a difference between allergy and intolerance). Even the most minute amount of dairy will cause me extreme discomfort, terrible bloating (yep, makes me look preg. too), swelling of the glands in my neck (which causes my face to swell) and swelling of my hands and feet. Then I have to deal with the constipation that follows. Not fun!
It took a long time to figure out what was causing my symptoms. I went through the scratch test and blood test and discovered I'm not allergic to anything so my doctor said it was a food intolerance. The next step was to eliminate certain types of foods. The two most common types of intolerances are lactose (the sugar found in milk) and gluten (protein found in wheat, rye, barley and oats). I started by eliminating lactose and taking lactose pills when necessary. That didn't work, I was still having symptoms. The next thing I did was eliminate all foods that contained gluten. That didn't work either. Then my doctor had a hunch and suggested I completely eliminate all dairy products. Within 48 hours I knew that was the answer. By cutting out all dairy we discovered that my intolerance is to the protein found in milk products, not the lactose.
Now that I know what causes my symptoms, I have to be very careful about what I eat especially at restaurants. For instance I recently went to a cafeteria and I asked if the mashed potatoes contained milk and I was told they didn't (some places use a non-dairy creamer). They were wrong, the mashed potatoes DID contain milk. I knew within the first 30 minutes after eating them. So beware of what you are eating.
I too experienced weight gain when my symptoms were at there worst and I lost several pounds after getting my diet under control. Since then I have put on a few more pounds, but I can only blame that on myself and my poor eating habits. I started watching what I eat more carefully and hope to lose 15-20 pounds.
This is just my story but perhaps my experience can help someone else. The only suggestion I have is to keep eliminating certain foods until you find the culprit. Once you discover what's causing your symptoms, I promise you'll never eat those kinds of foods again. My friends know how much I love cheese & sour cream and they cannot believe I don't eat them anymore. Why would I put myself through that kind of pain??
I hope my information has helped someone. We're all in this together!
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Hi everyone, I just to want add some more info to work with on the matter. I am only 21, this problem started when I was 20(bout 10 months ago). A quick history, I am lactose intallerant and have been, I have always had some bloating due to that(i never stopped eating dairy), so I don't believe its a food intollerence because my bloating is about 10 times worse now and I eat less dairy than before, unless food intollerences can get worse(I'm no doctor).
I found the weight gain weird because I myself come from a family of human eating machines, in other words. From exception of the last 10 months, I could eat anything, I could eat pure bacon grease everyday and not gain weight, I once ate over a half pound of bacon, 3 eggs, toast, and cereal everyday day just for breakfast(you get the idea). Never gained a pound(5'11'' 135lbs), in fact if I slowed down to much I lost weight, everyone was jelious of our family because we were all like that as well as my relatives.
So the point is, this is without a doubt something wrong, I feel sick, lazy, the works.
Now I found 3 things that I don't think I saw in the posts that go along with our symptoms Ulcerative Colitis, Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. Last but not least is, I went to a fitness and health seminar and the training spoke of a intestinal problem that caused, bloating, firm/round stomach, etc. He recommended some sort of intestenal flush,(which I forgot what it was called) wanted to see if that rang a bell. I am contacting him about what it was called. I have not prosued any of these as of right now but, I intend to find the answer so I will definately let you know how all these go.
Dear Identity101: Funny you should mention ulcerative colitis. I have it. I was diagnosed with "non-specific ulcerative colitis" about 6 years ago. I was having constant constipation, significant weight gain, etc. but I was not experiencing the food intolerance back then that I do now (at least not that I can remember). I was prescribed Asacol, but after 6 months and hundreds of dollars later, I stopped taking it. I was told that another "cure" (for me, anyway) was to significantly increase fiber in my diet. So I did. Now at least 5 days a week I will eat raw brocolli, usually dipped in some sort of salad dressing, as my mid-day snack. It's loaded with fiber. I also eat oatmeal for breakfast, sprinkled with 1/2 cup of FiberOne cereal, also loaded with fiber. My diet is pretty bland, but I no longer deal with the issues of the colitis as I did before. My "cure" worked for me, maybe it will help others too.
I have never heard of intestinal bacterial overgrowth, but will certainly read up on it. And I have never heard of an 'intestinal flush,' but if you get more information, please provide it here. Thank you.
Bloating of the tummy
Glad to hear there are many people that share the same problem as me. I have ups and downs with my bloating problem over the last 5-7 years. It seems anything I eat or drink - even a cup of coffee - my stomach starts to bloat. I have had abusive diet in the past but am much better over the last few years.
My bloating is a bit strange though - I have done pretty much most of the "standard" gastro tests ... and the doctors have not come up with anything concrete except to say its IBS. I dont suffer any other symptoms - I have no pain, no constipation or diarrhea, no discomfort, no gas, no belching, no acid reflux - nothing. Just a very uncomfortable bloat of my tummy ... very much like when you fill a baloon with water it swells immediately. My tummy is the same.
The strange thing though is that suddenly for no reason at all, my tummy goes flat for a few months at a time - I can eat anything and my tummy will not bloat. This has happened at different times in my life, different times of the year, different countries ... so very hard to pin point why this happens.
The only thing that my last gastr doc said to me is that since I dont suffer from the usual IBS symptoms, it maybe worth to do a "Capsule Endoscopy" even though I have done a regular one and nothings wrong. He said that with this kind of endoscopy, it will be able to show what happens to food the minute it enters my mouth.
I was wondering if anyone has done a "Capsule Endoscopy" and has it yielded positive results? Or if anyone has any advise that I can follow to find the cause of this very annoying bloat that I just cant seem to find the cause for.
Thanks a million!
Stomach bloating
I'm a 16 nearly 17 year old girl, and I get this bloating all of the time, and I end up looking 5 months pregnant!! I also get evil glares, as if,
'you're far to young to be a mother!' And I'm not even pregnant!!
I went to my doctor, and she told me that I just need to drink more water... this hasn't helped at all and it's starting to get me down...
Does anyone know what this is? Please Helps!! Thanks...
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