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You'll have the support of our 1,600 faculty and instructors, academic advisors, personal mentors and more to help you every step of the way – freshman testing to graduation day. With a full menu of academic, leadership, service and internship opportunities available to our best students, be a high achiever in the laboratory, the library or the boardroom.
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College: 2010-11: Started 22 games .... Played in 25 contests ...... One of the top free throw shooters in school history ..... Averaged 7.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game as a junior last season ..... Had seven double-figure scoring efforts, including two of the last three games of the year ..... Netted a season-high 18 points against St. Joseph's (Ind.) ..... Also had 16 points at Bowie State (Md.) ..... Scoted 15 points at home versus Findlay (Feb. 19) .... Shot 81% (38-47) from the free throw stripe ..... Contributed 43 assists, 13 steals and five blocked shots ..... Made 17 three-pointers ..... 2009-10: Started all 27 contests ... Tallied 9.4 points and 3.7 rebounds per contest for the season ... Shot 80.3% (53-66) from the free throw stripe ... Reached double-figure scoring in 15 games, including the final three outings of the season ... Had a season-high 17 points twice in the final three-game stretch ... Scored 15 points in four other contests ... Totaled five rebounds or more in seven games ... Finished with nine rebounds at Wayne State (1/21) ... Also had 58 assists and 22 steals ... 2008-09: Chosen as team's Rookie of the Year Award recipient ... Scored 131 points and finished with 56 rebounds ... Ranked fifth among the team leaders with 33 assists ... Played in 28 contests ... Started five games ... Scored in double-figures in three games ... Tallied 13 points versus Grand Valley State (1/12) ... Twice dished out five assists ... Totaled six rebounds at Northwood (2/26) ... Made 14 of her 15 free throw attempts (.933).
High School: A 2008 graduate of Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart High School ... Honored as Associated Press Class D Player of the Year ... Led team to 2008 MHSAA Class D State Final ... Picked up first team all-state recognition from the Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) and the Associated Press ... Earned Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun "Dream Team" laurels ... Academic All-State recipient ... Totaled 17 points, five rebounds and 4.6 steals her final season ... Averaged 15.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and three assists per contest for the Irish as a junior ... Three-time (2005-08) Mid-State Athletic Conference recipient ... Led Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart to a 21-3 overall record as a sophomore (2005) by pouring in 10.8 points and 4.5 rebounds an outing ... Averaged 9.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per contest in 2004 ... Coached on the prep level by her father, current FSU assistant Mark DeNoyelles ... Also competed in varsity softball in 2004.
Personal: Daugther of Mark and Sandy DeNoyelles of Mount Pleasant, Mich. ... Born 6/1/90 in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. ... Was a Student Council, Model United Nations and National Honor Society member during her high school career ... Younger sister of former FSU guard Stephanie DeNoyelles ... Her father, Mark, served as FSU's assistant coach in 2009-10 ... Majoring in business at FSU.

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An Alabama man got a dressing-down and two years in prison for rubbing his genitals on an unconscious LSU fan in a Bourbon Street burger restaurant after the BCS national title game in January. A video of the incident went viral.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An Alabama man on Thursday began serving a two-year prison sentence for an obscene act against an unconscious LSU fan in a Bourbon Street restaurant after the BCS national title game in January, a videotaped incident that went viral on the Internet.
Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Karen Herman chastised Brian H. Downing, of Smiths Station, Ala., before she formally sentenced him to the terms of a plea deal with New Orleans prosecutors.
Herman called him a bully who has permanently damaged someone's life.
"You have put aside someone's dignity," she said. "(He) didn't have the option to say, 'No,' and tell you to stop."
Downing declined to say anything before he was sentenced and taken into custody at the conclusion of the hearing.
He pleaded guilty in October to two counts of obscenity. Prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of sexual battery, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Downing may be eligible to serve less than half of his two-year sentence. One of his attorneys has estimated Downing would serve a minimum of nine months.
The judge told Downing he "chose wisely" by cutting a plea deal, which also allows him to avoid having to register as a sex offender. The judge recommended that he be allowed to participate in a boot camp program run by prison officials.
The LSU fan, who has sued Downing, didn't attend the sentencing hearing. However, a spokesman for District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro has said prosecutors consulted with him before agreeing on the plea deal.
The incident took place last January after Alabama defeated LSU at the Superdome to claim the BCS title. A video that went viral on the Internet showed Downing expose his genitals and perform a simulated sex act on the unconscious man at the restaurant in front of a crowd of other Alabama fans.


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You can see here a basic map of Ireland from OpenStreetMap, but you can switch easily to other types of the map: Just choose the second option above the map and you can see Bing Maps, which offer other types of detailed maps of Ireland, related countries, geographical places etc. You can also switch to aerial and birds eye maps of Ireland there.
You may remember we offered other types of maps here also in the past, for example Google Maps, Nokia Maps and MapQuest Maps, and many kinds of their infomaps, like the traffic map, bike trails, weather map, map with photos and map of public transport from these sources. But some of these services cancelled their operations or changed the conditions under which their maps may be displayed. We sincerely hope you appreciate these new kinds of maps here, as you can see, for example, the difference between the OpenStreetMap vector map tiles from Mapzen shown by Leaflet here and the bitmap tiles from Bing Maps. We are considering adding more maps of Ireland in the near future again.
You may not only switch among different types of maps using the switches above the map, but you can also change settings of the map using controls on the map. See more details of Ireland using the zoom control on the left side or see street or terrain map of Ireland using the controls on the top of the map (Bing Maps). In the past you could also place the yellow figure (Google Maps) to see a street view of any interesting place, but this feature is not available here anymore. But you can see the Birds eye view on the Bing Maps here. Notice: Not all features are available everywhere. Some maps offer more details then the others.
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Pack your walking shoes
If you're tired of traffic and high gas prices, it's time to put the car in park, unbuckle your seatbelt and enjoy one of these vacation destinations where your wheels aren't welcome. You won't find a single automobile in any of the places on our list — just bicycles and the occasional golf cart or horse-drawn carriage. (Text: Laura Moss)


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Q: My 6-year-old son is a bright and friendly kindergartner. Each day, a color-coded chart is sent home about his behavior. This year, he�s gone through several spells during which he will have a �bad color� for several days in a row. Each time this occurs, we punish him by not allowing him to play soccer, sending him to bed early, confining him to his room for the evening, or taking away TV, but none of this is having any long-term effect. The misbehavior � talking out of turn and not keeping his hands to himself � will happen for a few days, then stop for a week or two, then start happening again, and so on. Your advice?
A:Today�s parents have a �magical� belief in consequences. They believe that behavior modification (the manipulation of reward and punishment to �shape� behavior), used properly, will cure any behavior problem. When a behavior modification-based approach doesn�t work, the conclusion is either (a) it wasn�t used properly or (b) the child in question has a disorder that renders him immune to �normal discipline.�
First, consequences do not work reliably with human beings. Another way of saying this is that behavior modification-based discipline sometimes has no lasting effect (as you�ve discovered) and can even backfire. Punishing a child for a certain misbehavior can make the child that much more determined to get his way, for example.
When you use a proper consequence for a certain behavior problem and the behavior does not improve, the thing to do is stay the course. Continue using the proper consequence. Unfortunately, at that point, most parents begin an increasingly-frustrated search for a consequence that will solve the problem. In so doing, they run the risk of beginning to zig-zag all over the disciplinary playing field.
Most adults, if they look back on their childhoods, will realize that they developed misbehaviors that no consequence on God�s green earth would have stopped them from doing. We all develop misbehaviors during childhood that we carry into our adult lives. Our parents� best efforts to help us solve these problems failed. We had to come to grips with them as adults. We had to take full responsibility for them and purge them from our lives.
The second thing I need to tell you is that talking impusively and not keeping one�s hands to oneself is a symptom of �boy.� When all is said and done, and despite the fact that they are inappropriate to a classroom setting, they are not serious problems. He is not doing anything malicious or pre-sociopathic.
Unfortunately, schools have lost tolerance for �boy.� They hold boys to a female standard of behavior, which is one reason why lots more boys than girls are diagnosed with the disorders referred to above.
So, you�re doing fine. Just stay the course. Keep in mind that your job is not to correct all of his problems before he becomes an adult. You can�t, and the attempt to do so will drive you nuts. Look around you. There are lots of moms who are driving themselves nuts trying to raise perfect kids. Right? Right. Don�t go there.
Family psychologist John Rosemond answers parents� questions at parentguru.com.


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Thanks to one of our original beta testers, Syl Arena, for pointing out that he was having crashes on Mac Lightroom v1.0 when importing over 100 or so photos directly from a CF card. Turns out, there is a bug that can cause a crash under certain circumstances when importing directly from camera memory cards. We've found that you should be able to avoid this problem in the short term by turning OFF the Render Standard-Sized Previews option in the Import dialog.
This problem will be fixed in an upcoming release.
A benefit of turning off the Render Standard-Sized Previews option in the Import dialog will generally be much faster imports. Lightroom will build and cache these previews later as needed anyway, or you can force it to build them in the Library by selecting the photos in the grid, and choosing the Library -> Previews -> Render Standard-Sized Previews menu item.


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Jute Wall Art ~ Sea Horse { Design N }
A veteran artist Late Mr.Asis Pradhan conceptualized and developed these unique Wall Hangings to help a small group of women from underprivileged societies to be economically independent and self reliant. Since then most of the artisans working here are women. The group enables these women working from home to assert their rights, empowering them to bring the right changes in their socio- economic condition.
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In the year 2001, a veteran artist Late Mr. Asis Pradhan conceptualized and developed this unique type of Wall Hangings along with a couple of more crafts to help a small group of women from underprivileged society to be economically independent and self reliant. Since then most of the artisans working here are women. The group enables economic independence to women working at home to help them assert their rights because women empowerment is an essential tool to bring the right changes in their socio- economic condition.
One of the main agends of the group is also to look for ways of crafting natural resources in a non destructive and sustainable manner. Jute is the primary raw material used to create art pieces. Used in yarn form of varying thicknesses a diverse range of wall hangings are made.
The group is a small body of two Artist, two designers, eighteen artisans and two framers. Apart from this there is regular office staff to take care of the managementa and logistics related activities. There is however no physical retail outlet yet.
Materials used are recycled paper compressed boards, Pure cotton cloth, glazed jute yarn.
The art work is first conceptualized on paper. Most of these are inspired by Mr. Pradhan's sculptures and paintings. The board is covered with pure cotton cloth of any chosen color and a sketch or print of the outline of the art work is composed on it. Highly glazed Jute yarn is concentrically placed over the design outline made on the cloth and then gradually the whole form is covered in the same concentric manner. From cutting of the board to framing the art work, the Wall hangings are purely handmade.
Asis Pradhan was born on November 2 , 1938. Since childhood he had an aptitude for the palette and brush. This liking for brush and colours led him to the Government College of Arts and Crafts, Calcutta from where he graduated with a first class in fine arts in 1962. In 1963, he joined the Directorate of Cottage & Small Scale Industries. Here under his able supervision the craftsmen of West Bengal started giving shape to his designs. Some of them went on to receive awards at the State and National Level.
As painting was always his first love, he took out time to create his dreams and imaginations from his busy official schedule. His works exhibited at premier galleries in New Delhi and Calcutta, met with much appreciation. Asis has worked in different media be it cross-hatching in ink, water colour or oil. From time to time he has also experimented with sculptural forms in wood, brass and clay. Infact some of his works on paper or canvas may be studied as a prelude to three-dimensional transcription.
The high point of Asis Pradhan's Oil on Canvas is that he blends colours harmoniously and the finest example of that is the ' Deprived Soul '. While maintaining the uniformity of vision, the red and blue of the bull and the back ground have been developed with dexterity. His water colours, on the other hand reveal depth of clarity as well as his spatiotemporal technical mastery over the medium.
The artist has also worked on medium sized canvases in dry chalky oil in fine tones and textures. Pradhan's evocation of female forms and nudes in their buoyantly classical attitudes is bold and their appeal is intensified by the degree of finesse in their technical execution. The stylization of the nudes often shows traces of European illustrators. At times, the artist evokes the massive and monumental proportions of the female torso in abstract sculptural dimensions though with due accent on chromatic and compositional elements. In others he reduces the form to a few elements which become the modal point for abstract landscapes. The graceful rhythmic postures and sensuous curves bring out nature at its resplendent best.
Intensely charged with passion and energy, the semi-abstract forms in most of his work revealed a technical virtuosity that comes in layers of experiences.In the year 2003 he was diagnosed of Parkinson desease, after which he stopped painting and concentrated only on the development of crafts and craftsmen in West Bengal. He believed in the motto "ART FOR LIFE'S SAKE"....
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For the second year in a row, the Rackspace office in Austin has been selected as one of the Austin American-Statesman Top Workplaces. We're thrilled to have moved up six spots to No. 25 in the midsize category for 2012!
The Top Workplaces are determined based solely on employee feedback. The survey is conducted by WorkplaceDynamics, LLP, a leading research firm on organizational health and employee engagement. WorkplaceDynamics conducts regional Top Workplaces programs with more than 30 major publishing partners and recognizes a national list of Top Workplaces.
Our Austin Rackers are treated to perks such as an on-site gym (with free workout classes three days a week and yoga twice a week), and healthy lunch vendor options throughout the week. In addition, a free Wi-Fi-equipped shuttle takes Rackers daily, back and forth, to Rackspace's San Antonio mother ship. Events such as Sumo wrestling to raise money for the Capital Area Food Bank; all day hackathons; monthly rookie mixers; "Racksgiving;" Earth Day, where you can bring your dog to work; and our annual holiday soirée keep up the fun and weirdness in the office.
While working, Austin Rackers enjoy an open, collaborative environment. Known as one of the Rackspace Innovation Centers, our Austin Rackers are working on cutting edge technology and are constantly innovating on ways to provide Fanatical Support to our customers.
In the Austin office, we have a group of leaders (managers and non-managers) who are committed to making this a great place to work. Throughout the year, they work tirelessly on committees with functions ranging from communications to office logistics. Our improvement year over year is a testament to the hard work and dedication of these awesome Rackers.
Think you've got what it takes to be a Racker in Austin? We'd love to talk to you. Check out rackertalent.com/austin/ for more information.
Congratulations to all of the companies listed as one of the Austin American-Statesman Top Workplaces!


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moving day
I hate moving. You'd think that since we move about every 3 years, I'd be used to it, but I'm not. I loathe it. It's my personal hell. Actually it may be purgatory, you don't know when it will be worse or when it will get better. You're stuck perpetually in between boxes. Every time I move, I tell myself, no, never again. But that is silly since hubby and I are often moving to advance my career and upward means onward!
This time we moved back to Boston. But it was just 3.5 years ago we moved from Boston to Charlotte. And just 3 months ago, I had moved in with friends, as this job at WHDH was only temporary at the time. So I had some stuff in Arlington, hubby and my stuff in Charlotte, and we needed all of it to make its way to our new apartment in Boston.
We had some great movers, Gentle Giants! But no move is without its kinks. This time, it was timing! With me working (in Boston) and hubby traveling, the giants picked up our stuff in Charlotte on July 23rd. But we couldn't get into our apartment until August 1st. We needed to paint so they delivered our belongings on the 4th. We also moved from central air, everywhere, to a quaint brownstone without an air conditioner. Of course moving day was one of the hottest, most humid days of the year, so there was a desperate, last minute search for an air conditioner.
In the middle of unpacking I caught myself saying never again! Hubby looked at me. I'm not sure if his stare was in disbelief, exasperation, or surrender.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Memory Monday: Miss Elgin
Miss Elgin was thin, a little taller than average, and wore her dark gray hair very close-cropped. She dressed plainly and wore sensible shoes. During recess time we always knew where she was, because she wore a whistle on a chain around her neck and used it freely.
The two subjects we studied in fourth grade that I remember very clearly were California state history and long division. I remember studying about Fr. Junipero Serra and Gaspar de Portola and the establishment of the missions in California.
In our study of long division we probably benefited from the calm and focused atmosphere of Miss Elgin's classroom. We were running just ahead of the New Math wave – that is, it would be another year or so before New Math was introduced.
Once, when Miss Elgin had a throat ailment and could not read aloud to us in the afternoons as she usually did (horrors!), she let me do it for a couple of weeks until her throat was better. It was then that I learned that reading aloud for a prolonged stretch without getting tired or losing your concentration was no small feat.
Another milestone I remember from the fourth grade – and, with the exception of a pair of very precocious girls, it seemed to hit all of us girls at the same time – was the realization that boys were not totally yucky, stupid, contemptible beings. This was first reflected in our mode of play at recess. Second grade and the first half of third grade for many of us girls had been dominated by "horsy" games (we pretended to be horses). Another popular pastime was playing "King of the Hill" on top of huge tires that had been installed as playground equipment. By fourth grade these gave way to cut-throat foursquare games and playing inside the tires. Well, not actually playing, but rather chatting and gossiping, two at a time, because two kids could fit inside a tire, one on each side. At first it was just girls, but then it became girls and boys. I had a friend who was a boy who would spend recesses with me talking inside the tire, but I didn't think anything about it at first. Then on Valentine's Day I received a "special" valentine from him. Oh. We both behaved awkwardly for a couple of days and then returned to our normal friendship.
The biggest event I remember from Miss Elgin's class was the Big Class Spelling Challenge. It was not a spelling bee; instead, it was based on our weekly spelling tests. The object: the entire class had to make 100% on the spelling test. The prize: chocolate candy bars for everyone. We were psyched. Week after week, we came so close. We had a couple of classmates in particular who were struggling with schoolwork, but there were a number of weeks when one or both of them made 100% and someone else in the class fell short. It was nice because we were all rooting for one another. Finally the long-awaited Friday arrived: 100% on every test. We were on top of the world – we were the champs!
I wish I could say the story ended on this positive note. It did not. The next Monday, Miss Elgin brought in the chocolate bars and we lined up to claim them. When the last student had received his prize, Miss Elgin turned to us with a frown and an eyebrow raised in disapproval: "Not a single person said, 'Thank you.' I am so disappointed." We hung our heads in shame and went from being all puffed up to deflated little balloons. Bad manners were a definite no-no in Miss Elgin's class.
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Thanks for sharing your memories of grade four. I was particularly fond of my teacher that year. We had multiplication drills at the blackboard.ReplyDelete
She was clever to challenge you all to get 100% on the spelling tests. It taught everyone to encourage each other and it seems you were all reminded about saying thank you. (another lesson learned that you still remember)
Thanks Janet. I also remember doing problems at the blackboard. I believe it taught us to think on our feet.ReplyDelete
I remember things like fourth grade history better than my high school or college history classes.
I am amazed what you remember from fourth grade! I can barely remember my teacher! And wha i do remember doesn't have anything to with school work! LOLReplyDelete
Thanks for a great article about the classroom. It's funny because I'm doing family history and genealogy projects in my classrooms but I hadn't gotten around to having my students canvass their families to find out about their schooling experiences - nor have I written about my own experiences as student or teacher!ReplyDelete
Something else on the list for the summer!
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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the industry's first commercially available 4G system design library for 3GPP Release 10 -- the W1918 LTE-Advanced library.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2011 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the industry's first commercially available 4G system design library for 3GPP Release 10 -- the W1918 LTE-Advanced library. The new system design library is available as an option to Agilent's SystemVue 2011.03 release software. Wireless system architects and chipset makers working to provide the 4G network 1-Gbps peak download speed can now use Agilent's W1918 LTE-Advanced library for earlier verification of physical layer (PHY) algorithms and system performance.
Today's explosion in smart phones is driving wireless operators to accelerate deployment of 3GPP Release 8 (LTE or 3.9G) networks, in order to deliver an order of magnitude increase in peak user capacity, and the improved user experience it promises. 4G networks such as LTE-Advanced promise to provide this capacity improvement, but they require a higher level of sophistication to deliver the necessary performance improvement. Agilent's new W1918 LTE-Advanced baseband verification library helps system architects, baseband algorithm developers and component manufacturers deliver on this performance by providing:
- superior intellectual property access to earlier working models of the evolving 4G standard;
- outstanding RF and MIMO channel modeling fidelity;
- integration between multi-language PHY modeling and wideband test equipment; and
- greater RF and baseband design-flow integration.
"As the provider of world-class LTE solutions, Agilent is fully committed to providing engineers with the resources they need to create the next generation of mobile communication devices based on LTE-Advanced," said Ron Nersesian, president of Agilent's Electronic Measurement Group. "Our delivery of the LTE-Advanced library, almost concurrently with the new standard itself, is a prime example of that leadership. As the LTE-Advanced standard evolves, and infrastructure is deployed, we will continue to honor that commitment by working to keep our customers at the forefront of this technology."
Key features of the new W1918 LTE-Advanced library include:
- support for new Rel10 features such as contiguous and non-contiguous carrier aggregation (CA) and downlink /uplink enhancements;
- support for closed-loop coded throughput simulations with up to 8x8 MIMO with fading and active HARQ feedback;
- simulation-based support for proposed MIMO over-the-air testing with standards-based fading, through optional W1715 MIMO Channel library;
- overlay support for 3GPP Release 8; and
- integration with Agilent's signal generator/signal analyser families, enabling early R&D validation of both algorithms and hardware.
The W1918 LTE-Advanced library is available as an option to Agilent's SystemVue 2011.03 release. Both simulation and measurement integration with Agilent instruments will be showcased at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona Spain, February 14-17, Hall 1, Stand A46. Initial availability of the library is expected in March 2011.
A free 30-day evaluation copy is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-systemvue-evaluation.
To download new application notes about the SystemVue LTE-Advanced library, view a brief demonstration video, or enroll in the Early Access program, please visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof-systemvue-lte-advanced. A photo of the LTE-Advanced library is available at www.agilent.com/find/SystemVue_LTE_A_images.
About Agilent 3GPP LTE Test
Agilent provides a comprehensive portfolio of LTE solutions. In addition to addressing LTE basics and test challenges, Agilent offers resources for those requiring more in-depth LTE technology information. Through its close involvement with the evolution of the LTE standards, Agilent is able to offer leading products that give greater insight into testing LTE devices in design, conformance test, manufacturing and deployment.
Visit www.agilent.com/find/LTE or www.agilent.com/find/LTE-Insight, for 4G LTE Advanced see www.agilent.com/find/4GLTE. A knowledge library of application notes, CDs and more is available at www.agilent.com/find/LTE-Forward.
About Agilent EEsof EDA Software
Agilent EEsof EDA is the leading supplier of electronic design automation software for microwave, RF, high-frequency, high-speed digital, RF system, electronic system level, circuit, 3-D electromagnetic, physical design and device-modeling applications. More information is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-systemvue-lte-advanced.
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During the 1960s, computers were large mainframes stored in rooms– what we call a "data center" today. They were costly and businesses could rent out space on the mainframe to fulfill specific functions. During the 1980s, the computer industry experienced the boom of the microcomputer era and computers were being widely used in the office. When the dot-com bubble occurred in the 1990s, so did the boom of data centers. Businesses needed a quick way to establish presence on the Internet and companies like Rackspace were fulfilling that need by opening up data centers. Check out this infographic to see how data centers have evolved over time.
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Prior to 1960 (1945), the Army developed a huge machine called ENIAC (Electronic Numerator, Integrator, Analyzer, and Computer):
• Weighed 30 tons
• Took up 1,800 sq ft of floor space
• Required 6 full-time technicians to keep it running
• Did 5000 operations per second
Up until the early 1960s, computers were primarily used by government agencies. They were large mainframes stored in rooms– what we call a "datacenter" today.
Starting in 1960, computers converted from vacuum tube to solid state devices such as the transistor, which last much longer, are smaller, more efficient, more reliable, and cheaper than equivalent vacuum tube devices.
In the early 1960s many computers cost about $5 million each and time on one of these computers could be rented for $17,000 per month.
By the mid 1960s, computer use developed commercially and was shared by multiple parties.
American Airlines and IBM teamed up to develop a reservation program termed the Sabre® system. It was installed on 2 IBM 7090 computers, located in a specially designed computer center in Briarcliff Manor, New York. The system processed 84,000 telephone calls per day.
Computer memory slowly moved away from magnetic core devices to solid-state static and dynamic semiconductor memory, which greatly reduced the cost, size and power consumption of computing devices.
In 1971, Intel released the world's first commercial microprocessor: the 4004.
Datacenters in the US began documenting formal disaster recovery plans in 1973. If disaster did strike, it wouldn't necessarily affect business operations, as most functions handled by computers were after-the-fact bookkeeping duties. These functions were batch operations and not complex in nature.
In 1978, SunGuard™ developed the first commercial disaster recovery business, a leased 30,000 square feet of space at 401 Broad Street, where they're still located.
In 1973, the minicomputer Xerox Alto was a landmark step in the development of personal computers because of its graphical user interface, bit-mapped high-resolution screen, large internal and external memory storage, mouse, and special software.
In 1977, the world's first commercially available local area network, ARCnet was first put into service at Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, as a beta-site. It was the simplest, and least expensive type of local area network using token-ring architecture, supporting data rates of 2.5 Mbps, and connecting up to 255 computers.
Mainframes required special cooling and in the late 1970s, air-cooled computers moved into offices. Consequently, datacenters died.
During the 1980s, the computer industry experienced the boom of the microcomputer era thanks to the birth of the IBM Personal Computer (PC).
Computers were installed everywhere, and little thought was given to the specific environmental and operating requirements of the machines.
Starting in 1985, IBM provided more than $30 million in products and support over the course of 5 years to a supercomputer facility established at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
In 1988, IBM introduces the IBM Application System/400 (AS/400), and quickly becomes one of the world's most popular business computing systems.
As information technology operations started to grow in complexity, companies grew aware of the need to control IT resources.
Microcomputers (now called "servers") started to find their places in the old computer rooms and were being called "data centers."
Companies were putting up server rooms inside their company walls with the availability of inexpensive networking equipment.
The boom of data centers came during the dot-com bubble. Companies needed fast Internet connectivity and nonstop operation to deploy systems and establish a presence on the Internet.
Many companies started building very large facilities to provide businesses with a range of solutions for systems deployment and operation.
Rackspace Hosting opened their first datacenter to businesses in 1999.
As of 2007, the average datacenter consumes as much energy as 25,000 homes.
There are 5.75 million new servers deployed every year.
The number of government data centers has gone from 432 in 1999 to 1,100+ today.
Data centers account for 1.5% of US energy consumption and demand is growing 10% per year.
Facebook launched the OpenCompute Project, providing specifications to their Prineville, Oregon data center that uses 38% less energy to do the same work as their other facilities, while costing 24% less.
As the growth of online data grows exponentially, there is opportunity (and a need) to run more efficient data centers.


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Imagine for a moment that all your computing devices had to run on code that had been written in 1986. Your smartphone is, alas, entirely out of luck, but your laptop or desktop computer might be able to get online using a dial-up modem. But you'd better be happy with a command-line interface to services like e-mail, Usenet, and Telnet, because the only "Web browsers" anyone's heard of in 1986 are entomologists. Cloud computing? Location based services? Social networking? No can do, though you can still get into a raging debate about the relative merits of Macs and PCs.
When it comes to federal privacy law, alas, we are running on code written in 1986: The Elecronic Communications Privacy Act, a statute that's not only ludicrously out of date, but so notoriously convoluted and unclear that even legal experts routinely lament the "mess" of electronic privacy law. Scholar Orin Kerr has called it "famously complex, if not entirely impenetrable." Part of the problem, to be sure, lies with the courts. It is scandalous that in 2010, we don't even have a definitive ruling on whether or when the Fourth Amendment requires the government to get a search warrant to read e-mails stored on a server. But the ECPA statute, meant to fill the gap left by the courts, reads like the rules of James T. Kirk's fictional card game Fizzbin.
Suppose the police want to read your e-mail. To come into your home and look through your computer, of course, they'd need a full Fourth Amendment search warrant based on probable cause. If they want to intercept the e-mail in transit, they have to go still further and meet the "super-warrant" standards of the Wiretap Act. Once it lands on your Internet Service Provider's server, a regular search warrant is once again the standard—assuming your ISP is providing access "to the public." If it's a more closed network like your work account, your employer is permitted to voluntarily hand it over. But if you read the e-mail, or leave it on the server for more than 180 days, then suddenly your ISP has become a "remote computing service" provider rather than an "electronic communications service provider" vis a vis that e-mail. So instead of a probable cause warrant, police can get a 2703(d) order based on "specific and articulable facts" showing the information is "relevant and material" to an investigation—a much lower standard—provided they notify you. Except they can ask a judge to delay notification if they think that would impede the investigation. Oh, unless your ISP is in the Ninth Circuit, where opened e-mails still get the higher level of protection until they've "expired in the normal course," whatever that means.
That's for e-mail contents. But maybe they don't actually need to read your e-mail; maybe they just want some "metadata"—the equivalent of scanning the envelopes of physical letters—to see if your online activity is suspicious enough to warrant a closer look. Well, then they can get what's called a pen/trap order based on a mere certification to a judge of "relevance" to capture that information in realtime, but without having to provide any of those "specific and articulable facts." Unless it's information that would reveal your location—maybe because you're e-mailing from your smartphone—in which case, well, the law doesn't really say, but the Justice Department thinks a pen/trap order plus one of those 2703(d) orders will do, unless it's really specific location information, at which point they get a warrant. If they want to get those records after the fact, it's one of those 2703(d) orders—again, unless a non-public provider like your school or employer wants to volunteer them. Oh, unless it's a counterterror investigation, and the FBI thinks your records might be "relevant" somehow, in which case they can get them with a National Security letter, without getting a judge involved at all.
Dizzy yet? Well, a movement launched today with the aim of dragging our electronic privacy law, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century: The Digital Due Process Coalition. They're pushing for a streamlined law that provides clear and consistent protection for sensitive information—the kind of common sense rules you'd have thought would already be in place. If the government wants to read the contents of your letters, they should need a search warrant—regardless of the phase of the moon when an e-mail is acquired. If they want to track your location, they should need a warrant. And all that "metadata" can be pretty revealing in the digital age—maybe some stricter oversight is in order before they start vacuuming up all our IP logs.
Reforms like these are way overdue. You wouldn't trust your most sensitive data to software code that hadn't gone a few years without a security patch. Why would you trust it to legal code that hasn't had a major patch in over two decades?


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acid reflux41 messages in this subject.
|I pass on to all of you with the severe gerds and treatment with many of the ppi prescriptions, I have had nearly all of them with very little effect and after several yrs of these treatments I acquired nearly fatal c.diff infection. The ppis interfere with the stomach flora and the intestines are subject to infection which is difficult to treat. Many doctors are starting to realize this side effect as I have learned. However I am taking a product before meals called Dicetel (a bromide Rx) and it works much better and the oral ulcers are better with B12 and zinc suppliments.
|ROBERTA CECILLE ANAYA 2 February 18
|Ive had reoccurring mouth ulcers for about 12 years . And I have realized , that was about the same time I was diagnosed with Gerd ! But I never put two and two , together . I was put on a medicine for the Gerd , but since I only have one kidney , (with problems) . I cant take the meds prescribed. Im hoping my dr can find something for my problems . Surgery will probably be the next step.
|Helen Fogleman 1 December 17
|Xylimelts for Dry Mouth can help reduce acid reflux and heartburn at night according to this study in the Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System.
|Dom Walton 11 October 17
|My brother had ulcers in his mouth from acid relux since he was a baby. One day in his senior year of high school, my mother gave him vitamins daily ( A, B, D, E, L-Lysine). After a month he noticed he hadn't had an ulcer in awhile. He also does not eat or drink citrus. He is not Suppose to drink coffee either. I hope this helps.
|Ciera 4 June 17
|I was on Prevacid for 5 years with little result. My gastro had me try the probiotic Align and my reflux pain ended. Now, 10 years later, I'm having the feeling of something stuck in my throat and the metal taste in my mouth along with not what I would cause ulcers, but a rash on the roof of my mouth. It was a great 10 years of no symptoms.
|Leisa 20 February 17
|I have had terrible throat ulcers for the past 8 years. I tried everything, but to no avail, to get rid of them. Very large Aphthous ulcers that were very, very painful. I went to doctors who prescribed antibiotics, etc., but nothing helped except a dental paste that I could sometimes apply if I could reach the ulcer. I finally noticed that I was getting ulcers on the right side of my throat when I slept on my right side and ulcers on the left side of my throat when I slept on my left...and ulcers in the back of my throat when, you guessed it, I slept on my back. I had no other symptoms of GERD, such as heart burn, except for the ulcers. I went to my doctor and told him what I had discovered and he prescribed Nexium 40 mg. once a day. NO MORE ULCERS! I also noticed that whenever I got a steroid shot for Bursitis, if I had any ulcers, they would clear up in a day (just a side note). I have stopped sleeping on my right side, since the ulcers I got on that side seemed to settle towards my ear and were worse than the others (and I still get one occassionaly even with the Nexium if I do this). I also sleep slightly elevated to keep any stomach acid from creeping up into my esophagus. Anyway, I just wanted to share my success if it might help anyone. Regards~
|Lisa 28 July 16
|I am healthy 22 year old. I have started a vegan diet about 6 months ago and eat fairly healthy. One night I was forced to eat pizza as my parents believed I was taking the vegan diet too seriously and have not been able to get the healthy benefits of dairy. I had two pieces that night and had some trouble right away and felt like something was stuck in my throat. I drank water and just walked it off. The next day I had some spicy curry and towards the evening started having sharp pains in my chest and so rushed to the ER thinking I might be having a heart attack. The doctor did an ECG and an X-ray and said everything looks good and its probably reflux. I was given pentaprazole magnesium (40mg) and was sent home. The pain continued on and off for the next week so I saw my family doctor who advised to double dose for a week. I was starting to feel like it was going away and after the one week double dose switched back to normal dosage and I started to notice a lot of saliva in my mouth after eating. No chest pains this time just saliva and the feeling of something being stuck in my throat. The symptoms quickly go worse and I was unable to swallow. I was put on PPI (60 mg) once a day and the symptoms of constant burning throat, excess saliva in mouth and sore throat seem to subside in a week. I still have difficulty swallowing and feel like the food is slowly moving through esophagus and the chest pain is there on and off. My question is will I ever be completely symptom free? Am I going to develop barrets esophagus?
|Shmi93 3 July 16
|I am faceing mouth ulcer from last three day on and off .i have used omepraOle .at beging ulcers got better but now no effect of omeprazole ...
|shahid awan 22 June 16
|I have had acid reflux for about 10 year's, but only just started with a sore throat, also mouth ulcers.
I have felt some relief that i am not on my own.
Your mind goes into overdrive wondering what is going on.
|Adele. 20 June 16
|For the last 6/7 years I have been suffering from mouth ulcer and now for about 6 months i have heart burn or what medical term called as acid reflux.There is no habit of spicy food or alchohol smocking .The food habit is also simple veg food.A little stress but that is normal in todays life.The medicine I was given is cures only temporary and the problem recurring .Loss of apetite and heart burning with several ulcers streaded in side the mouth and under lips up to walls of throat.Earlier it was once in a month but slowly now its almost every 2/3 days >no out side food or chille i can consume.What medicine you suggest?
|Ghanshyam Parekh 15 March 16
|After a long time suffering with really painful and regular mouth ulcers a locum GP suggested it could be GERD. Had never crossed my mind before as Ive never had any of the usual symptoms during awake hours. She suggested I try Omeprazole which I did and the ulcers have been so much better ever since, the ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat symptoms Id been getting regularly have almost stopped, I get the occasional painful ulcer but they are WAY less frequent, fewer in number and heal up so much quicker. So it seems acid had been coming up from the stomach as I slept and causing the ulcers and general mouth and throat soreness. The more run down I felt the more I'd tend to drink and eat in the evening which probably made the whole thing worse and it became a vicious circle. I'm off the Omeprazole now and so far so good I've been OK, trying to avoid any food or caffeine late and avoiding alcohol mid week. Also not drinking any fluid one hour before bed seems to help me, I guess the emptier the stomach before bed the better, makes perfect sense now but I'd seen a lot of doctors and done a lot of research before finding what I think was the cause of my ulcers. If you're suffering consider GERD as being the reason and see if Omeprazole and/or lifestyle changes can help. Hope this post helps somebody.
|Charles 5 February 16
|I have pretty bad GERD and yes, recurring mouth ulcers. There has to be a link.
|Connie 8 December 15
|I've had canker sores all my life but recently, I've had them for a longer period (several weeks). Went to see several doctors and they all said that they were canker sores. Take D3, relieve your stress, eat better. Did a lifestyle change and this seemed to have alleviated it to a point but I still have a few. Then it hit me that this could be related to acid reflux (I also have a constant sore throat which is a symptom of acid reflux). Another thing I noticed was a strange sensation in my mouth similar to having excessive acid. I think my stomach is producing extra acid during times of stress and I probably have a leaky stomach valve. I will try and take some Zantac or Prilosec and see if this helps. I'm tired of having canker sores.
|donna 1 August 15
|Licorice plus by Metagenics is very helpful with canker sores! There are many different licorice supplements but prefer those with no artificial sweetners such as Metagenics. Another help is Ulcer Ease Antiseptic Mouth Rinse I got from Mayo Clinic but now order through my local pharmacy - prescription not needed.
|Sherry Winter 28 July 15
|I had a sore throat and burning mouth for months. The doctor said it was acid reflux, but I did not have the usual burning symptoms of that. He prescribed antacids anyway, no good. In the end I found out that I have a gluten I tolerance and it was the gluten that attacked all the membranes. No gluten in,y diet and I am fine, big trouble any time I eat gluten. So go gluten free.
|G2 4 June 15
|Hi, I have acid reflux problem for more than 15 years and tried every type of medicines available on this earth, I have tried all ayurvedic medicine but all went in vain. I am advised to go for Pranayam by Baba Ramdev I have the last hope and going for the same. I shall give you the report. Wish me the luck
|Vinod 11 March 15
|Hi I have had mouth ulcers for as long as I can remember, I am now 52 I have had lots of stress, I have heard he B-12 or antacids....do you think that an antacid at night would prevent these from reoccurring I do not have indigestion or acid reflux....I eat nothing with acid no sodas, nor fruit or tomato sauce.........please help me....what should I try besides zanax or calming agents......I need to be at my best at all times.......my teeth are also degrading, will have the dentist work on helping with the periodontal disease! just mentioning all things I have read on this page Thank you Connie Robin
|Robin 18 January 15
|Make sure that your acid reflux is not caused by a small intestinal fungal overgrowth (sifo), or just plain intestinal fungal overgrowth (candidiasis). This can be evaluated by your gastroenterologist with some tests. My severe acid indigestion was "cured" while I was on an antifungal (Diflucan). It is worth a try if your doctor will agree to the tests.
|Roxanne 29 January 14
|I had reflux for years, and nothing really helped. Finally I went to a GI doctor who did a special test and the scope and found that I had delayed gastric emptying. The food I eat stays in my stomach much longer than it should contributing to increased acid. I was given medication (that we do not even have anymore in the U.S.) that I ordered and since I started taking it, I have no problems. Dr. says that I may have to take it from now on, or we may be able to wean me off of it gradually and see if the problem has gotten better over time. I had taken every conceivable antacid, H2 blockers, etc. and nothing was helping. Just FYI.
|GM Malone 19 June 13
|Hey there all of you acid reflux suffers. I'm just dropping in because of the same problem. I have frequent issues with reflux, but I also I wanted let you guys in on something I found out recently. Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause mouth ulcers, and B12 deficiency can be caused by frequent use of medications for acid reflux. B12 deficiency is a big deal, too because it can eventually cause symptoms that mimic Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's, and plethora of mental and neurological health issues. Everyone with GERD should educate themselves by reading the book Could It Be B12? An Epidemic of Misdisdiagnoses by Sally M. Pacholok and Jeffrey J. Stuart, and then they should see a doctor to rule out the possibility. The symptoms of a B12 deficiency can be reversed for a good while at the beginning of the issue, and the serum for the regular injections only cost roughly $30 a year...not to mention the diagnostic test is cheap and available in any doctor's office, but if you wait.the too long, the symptoms can become irreversible. I know because I developed Narcolepsy because of prolonged B12 deficiency. I'm not saying that you definitely will, but you're definitely at risk so why take a chance? Don't wait until it is too late.
|Kristin 29 November 12
|aci reflux is uncurable...?..i m 23 yr,i m suffring from lpr....:(
|ongdup 12 October 12
|try peptobismol every three days, but eventually will have to find a good antacid which suits you and also eat apple before going to bed seems to work for me
|nina 5 August 12
|I have severe gerd now for 2 years even though I'm on the ppis 20mg omeprazole per day. The problem is I'm on a healthy diet abd eat very small meals but still have severe reflux? Can anyone help??? I was thinking maybe too little stomach acid instead of too much might be the problem!
|ayesha 19 July 12
|pray to god every day about our acid reflux lot of people thinks god is not real but he is if you only believe
|charles ball 9 July 12
|I too suffer from mouth ulcers. i have noticed that there is clear link between mouth ulcers and excess acid of stomach. the best way to cure it is ICE CREAM. have plenty of pure ice cream in empty stomach, ulcer is gone away.
|Sreekumar 12 December 11
|Now that one has determined that she has GERD and taking the medicine which dels és it a bit but sjats the cure for mouth ulcers which refuse to go away?
|Suraiya kasim 9 October 11
|HI there Karen busy mom
I am a firm beleiver that allergies in the mouth are caused by what is put in the mouth, is your little daughter eating sweets with colour or ice lollies etc as years ago my young daughter used to be in a terrible state with blistered skin rashes until we discovered that she was allegic to food colour and as an adult she still is ie colour in sweets and icecream etc, worth a try as it is frustrating when a child is in pain, also orange juice is very acidic, interested to know if this helps but perhaps you already had did all this.
hope she gets better soon.
Regards Beth
|Beth 22 May 10
|my 3 year old daughter is suffering at the end of the month
with terrible canker sores. we cant seem to get rid of them or
discover what is causing them. the last month instead of
in her mouth and throat she had one down on her voicebox.
extremely painful- she didnt really speak for 7 days or eat for 9
days. any ideas? she is seeing an ent, allergist and infecticious disease
|Karenbusymom 22 May 10
|i have recently been diagnosed with acid reflux (GERD). it has been very severe and being only 17 it is quite uncommon. i have also suffered with sore gums but only one ulcer and am not sure whether these are related. i am currently taking the proton pump inhibitor, ranitidine and while it has made some difference i am still suffering quite badly. i dont know whether to mention it to my consultant. my problem just doesnt seem to go. i have been on pills constantly for 4 months and are getting very very fustrated!!
|Mark 9th August 09 9 August 09
|I used to have bad acid relux, chest pains all the time, couldnt even lie down at night because it was so painful. had to sleep sitting up. it was really painful.
My GP at the time was also a natrupath so she was into vitamin therapy herbs etc as well as being a normal doctor. She said the anti acid pills other doctors had given me actually made it worse, as the stomach actually needed MORE acid as it did not have enough.
Weird eh.
So she gave me some pills from a health store that contained acid for my gut i took these and my integestion went away no more pains it all cleared up.
I was booked into go to the hospitual too, to get a camera shoved down my throat. from another doctor, but thankfully this natrupath doctor helped me before that.
I no longer have chest pains but now years later i am noticing acidy stomach acid taste in my mouth and I wonder if i need some more of those pills.
|so sick of being sick 21 May 09
|a while back i went to an ENT doctor, who told me i had acid reflux, and that was what caused my mouth ulcers. I now work for an ENT who did many tests on my mouth ulcers to find out the cause of them, and he too has come to the conclusion that it is acid reflux. does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on this? one thing that has helped me is canker melts, which can be found at any local pharmacy. they dont heal them but soothe and take some of the sharp pain away.
|shelby 7 September 07
|Two months ago I began to feel as if something was stuck in my throat with every swallow... it felt (still does)like my throat was closing. Doct. said it was ACID REFLUX. Previcid didnt agree with my colitis so I was put on presciption Zantac...I STILL have that feeling in my throat constantly, Ive been to several Doct. and it seems to be all a guessing game. The past few years I would get canker sores in the back of my throat and again not a lot of help with these Doctors. I do my extra vitamins (zinc,the Bs &Cs)but Iam open to any suggestions... Thanks,
|Catherine 12 January 04
|Sorry. That last posting went off before I was ready! What I meant to add was that now having put the weight back on and started to get indigestion again the mouth ulcers are back and painful! I sometimes use anti-acid medicine (eg Zantac) and I find (or at least I think I do) that again this has a beneficial effect on the ulcers as well as on the acid reflux.
|CC 17 December 03
|I have been away from this site for a while but recall some suggeation of a link between acid indigestion and mouth ulcers. In my opinion there is a definite link (in my case at least). I lost a lot of weight last winter which had the benefit (expected) of putting an end to the acid reflux, and also the extra effect (unexpected) of seeming to clear up the ulcers. At the time I was under a lot of stress, hence the weight loss. I know some folks reckon stress and anxiety actually cause or aggravate their mouth ulcer problem but this was certainly not my experience.
|CC 17 December 03
| I think its an acid problem too, and Ive found a solution: Having suffered with mouth ulcers all my 36 years, I was finding recently that toothpaste seemed to be a particular irritant. Three months ago, a pharmacist suggested brushing my teeth with bicarbonate of soda powder instead of toothpaste - and IT WORKED LIKE A MIRACLE FOR ME! (Just dip a wet toothbrush into the powder, and clean!) It not only healed the ulcers, it also prevents new ones from developing into the really vicious ones Ive always had. Ill find new ones start during the day, and then by morning theyve vanished, whereas it used to be that by morning theyd become huge and excruciatinly painful. Its not particularly pleasant, brushing with sodium bicarb, but who cares if it prevents the misery of mouth ulcers? Bicarbonate of soda is (among other things) a cleaning agent, and is therefore very suitable for teeth-cleaning. Every day is like a holiday still, when I get up and realise that I have no mouth ulcers - again! I do hope other people might find it works for them too. Its so simple and cheap - Id love to know if it works for other people too. Good luck fellow sufferers!
|Hazel 23 July 03
|Ive had ulcers for 20 year but theyve only become worse in the last couple of years, the same time I found I had moderate to serious reflux. I take the proton pump inhibitor Losec but the ulcers continue strong and sore as ever, particularly on the tongue.
Ive noticed also in the last 2 years that teeth decay has become worse (Ive never had this many holes) but the thing I dont get is that Ive looked after my teeth better since watching my boyfriends cleaning regime.
Thats what made me think of it being an acid problem.
|Kimberly 23 July 03
I have had mouth ulcers for as long as I can remember (Im 38 now). I also have Acid Reflux. The Acid Reflux started about 2 years ago. I am taking Prilosec for the Acid Reflux (prescribed through my doctor) and it has almost eliminated the Reflux. But the ulcers continue. As I type this message I have 4 in mouth. So I dont think the two are linked. However they both have some of the same triggers: stress, high acid foods, etc. Tell your sister to go to the Doctor about the Reflux and come to this site for the ulcers.
PS. A good quick fix for your sister and her Reflux. I found that if I was suffering at night, I could get out of bed and eat a bunch of raw carrots to ease the pain. Dont ask me why, but raw carrots is the only thing I have found to be a quick fix for the Reflux.
|Daniel 31 December 02
| Dear Connie,
We suspect that acid reflux can cause mouth ulcers in some people. The medical term is Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease or GERD for short. It occurs when acid back-flows into the esophagus. Here it can cause ulcers which can cause bleeding or scar the tissue of the esophagus leading to the formation or strictures (narrowings of the esophagus). It is very conceivable that in severe cases acid can reach all the way from the esophagus into the mouth causing ulcers there as well.
Normally a muscle called the Lower Esophageal Sphincter or LES acts as a valve relaxing to allow food to enter the stomach then constricting to prevent acid from back-flowing out of the stomach into the esophagus. Sometimes, however the LES becomes relaxed or weakens allowing acid to back-flow from the stomach into the esophagus.
Some very common things that cause the LES to weaken include
Certain anticholinergic drugs
Calcium channel blocker drugs (many heart medications)
Some signs of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease or GERD include burning chest pain especially after eating, diffultly swallowing, production of excessive amounts of saliva, and excessive coughing.
If you suspect that your sister has Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease or GERD (acid reflux) have her see her doctor. He or she can prescribe oral antacids and special drugs called h2 blockers or proton pump inhibitor drugs. These reduce the amount of acid produced by the stomach. She may also want to address the list of items above with her physician to see if she can eliminate any of these.
Best of luck. Take care.
Chuck Peters
Author of 7 Steps to a Canker Sore (Mouth Ulcer) Cure
|Chuck Peters 10 December 02
|Im no expert, but I would definetly believe that acid reflux would contribute to mouth ulcers, seeing that its acid working back up. The stomach is designed to handle acid on a contant basis because it has a protective lining. The acid is eating at the lining of your mouth which will cause ulcerations, same as your stomach when the protective lining is damaged by bacteria or certain foods such as coffee, smoke and chemicals.
|Karen 8 December 02
|im not sure what you mean by acid reflux. i have heard before that ulcers could be linked to acid stomach.i wish somebody knew instead of all this guess work.ulcers are acurse from hell.
|tony 24 November 02
|I was wondering if acid reflux has any bearing on mouth sores since they seems to really be aggrevated by acid. My sis has acid reflux so bad that she cant sleep and of course has a mouth full of ulcers. any connection? and she was wondering if she could eat potato chips and drink soda. Thanks.
|connie 22 November 02
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Brazil: Provincial Railroads
Description: Map showing provincial railroads in Brazil as of 1876, indicating (with red ink) those already built, in the process of being built, and projected to be built. Includes 2 tables listing location, length, distance from Rio de Janeiro and other statistics of the railroads.
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History has no record of Grover Cleveland and Grover Cleveland ever sitting down together. That's odd, since the two Presidents occupied the Oval Office just four years apart--Cleveland from 1885 to 1889, and Cleveland following him there in 1893. Had it not been for the four years Benjamin Harrison served as President between them, the country could have transitioned from one Cleveland to the other without even changing the monogrammed bathrobe in the White House residence.
Had Cleveland and Cleveland ever spoken, it would have been a decidedly one-way conversation, since they were the same man. But you wouldn't know it from American history books. Right there in the great march of Presidents, from Washington at No. 1 to Bush at 43, is Cleveland clocking in at 22 and then again--like a presidential whack-a-mole--at 24. We're a country with 43 Presidents, but only 42 men have held the job. The two President Bushes affectionately refer to each other by the nicknames 41 and 43, but the fact is, they're really 40 and 42.
It was last week's coverage of the controversy concerning the planet Pluto that brought Cleveland to mind (and, no, not because of his physique; that was Taft). Much the way 19th century pundits no doubt fought over which numeral to assign the inconveniently nonconsecutive Cleveland, astronomers have spent the past few years debating whether or not Pluto is in fact a planet or whether new findings place it in a family of smaller, humbler objects. The problem is more complex than just firing a planet and downsizing the solar system from nine to eight. If you keep your definitions loose enough to retain Pluto, then you have to award the planet label to at least three similar objects in our solar system. Think Congress gets into a slapfest over the problem of immigrant workers? That's civil compared with astronomers' catfights over immigrant worlds.
So let's be clear: Pluto has to go. Clean out your locker, turn in your playbook and go see the coach. Oh, and on your way out, tell the other walk-ons and wannabes that the roster is frozen. We're sticking with the original eight.
There's sound scientific reason to return the solar system to what it was before Pluto the poseur was discovered in 1930. True planets form in roughly the equatorial plane of the sun, occupying specific, permanent orbits. That's not Pluto. It is a tiny joyrider from the rubble stream surrounding the solar system that broke free and orbits the sun in a tilted, elongated orbit.
But astronomers don't see things so simply. Instead, they've appointed a committee that met in Paris in June and July and drafted a proposed solution that defines a planet by shape, center of orbital gravity and more. Committees and clarity don't go together, and the proposal is just what critics feared: science as tax code, with the cosmos codified in such elaborate ways that, never mind nine planets, we could end up with dozens.


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What the Court actually accomplished in 1918 was to thwart democracy and consign large numbers of children to the textile mills for more than two decades. Health care is another context in which the fear of federal power creates a serious risk of ravaging the lives of large numbers of actual people. If the law is upheld, no one is going to be forced to buy broccoli. But if the law is struck down, large numbers of people will die of preventable or treatable diseases, or be bankrupted by medical expenses.Koppelman seems to be saying that because the Supreme Court had an unduly narrow interpretation of the Commerce Clause in 1918 — rejecting federal labor law applicable to factories — that it's pernicious to have even the kind of minimal limits on the Commerce Clause that seem to exist today. And he wants us to concentrate on human suffering: Children, sent to work by their parents, were exploited; and everyone, visited by disease, will... Hmmm. Will what? Koppelman says they "will die... or be bankrupted by medical expenses."
The other, and perhaps most important, analogy is that the challengers to the law, ordinary folk who have been persuaded that they are fighting to preserve their liberties, are likely to be badly hurt if they win. They are frightened of federal power, but they really should be frightened of their "friends" who are trying to shake off government regulation. The prevailing claim in Hammer [v. Dagenhart] was made by a father whose sons had been working sixty hours per week in a North Carolina factory. He claimed that the law violated his rights by depriving him of his children's earnings. Several years later, Reuben Dagenhart, one of those boys, reflected on the constitutional rights that the Supreme Court had given him. "We got some automobile rides" from the wealthy businessmen's committee that had financed the litigation. "They bought both of us a Coca-Cola. That's what we got out of it." At age twenty, having worked twelve hours a day since the age of twelve, now with a wife and child, he said, "Look at me! A hundred and five pounds, a grown man and no education. I may be mistaken, but I think the years I've put in the cotton mills have stunted my growth. They kept me from getting my schooling. I had to stop school after the third grade and now I need the education I didn't get."
"It would have been a good thing for all the kids in this state if that law they passed had been kept," Dagenhart continued. If today's Supreme Court strikes down health care reform, it's not hard to imagine future Americans expressing similar regrets.
But hospitals must treat emergency patients. It really is a problem that some people use this service and fail to pay their bills. But even if you assume the Commerce Clause empowers Congress to solve that market dysfunction — patients consuming a service they can't pay for — the individual mandate requires a purchase of insurance that covers vastly more services than these required emergency hospital visits.
It seems to me that younger, healthier individuals are being swept in to accumulate an immense fund that will be used to cover the expenses of older, sicker folks. It's the exploitation of the young, ironically. But Koppelman doesn't want you think precisely about what the legislation does, and who's really being required to pay for what. He'd like to roll you up into a big ball of emotion where you visualize poor little children....
... that's the illustration at the link... along with all the poor people who suffer from diseases... and where you ache feelingly.... for the power of Congress.


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The last post was in 2014. While we have moved onto other things, We hope this blog can remain an educational resource.
Upcycle Everything: The Monster Box
This is an upcycled box....it has been transformed into this crazy creature by my brother in law the carpenter.
He hand carved the feet and the teeth...then covered the box with fur.
How crazy cool is this thing?
Absolutely perfect for halloween.....
This is a brand new item made from used materials...and that's what I call "upcycling."
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Heading Back to School
If your feeling a bit overwhelmed by the new school year, try to remember that this too shall pass.
It is a right of passage, and millions of students have been through this....and so will you!
Try your best to enjoy yourself at school...learning new things can be exciting and life altering.
Let this school year be the best
The Best MC Hammer Cover EVER!
Check out Sam Westphalen performing Mc Hammer's classic "U Can't Touch This."
Sam studies music at the Australian Institute of Music.
You can watch Sam's other Guitar Percussion videos on this Youtube channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/AimTVSydney
Painting Old Mirrors..Fun Fun Fun!
I love to hunt through yard sales, craigslist, and thrift stores looking for funky old mirrors that people have discarded.
Why...you may ask?
Well...with a little bit of work and a vibrant can of paint you can make them awesome!
Check out these refurbished mirrors....then check back often for our new shop.
Yes...we are working hard here at Cool Like Pie to bring our upcycled, recycled, and refurbished products to our loyal Cool Like Pie fans.
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"The Safest Wall" in Seoul, South Korea
This fence is located at Namsan Tower, which is a giant observation tower at the highest point in the city.
This place has become a place where young couples who are madly and deeply in love come to express their commitment to one another.
Couples lock two padlocks together on the fence and then throw away the key...how cute it that?
Umm....I wonder what you do when if it doesn't work out.
Who the heck is kilroy?
WWII Doodles
During WWII, American servicemen began spreading this doodle with the words "Kilroy was here" all across Europe and Japan.
This tag became extremely popular and soldiers did their duty to draw it everywhere they went.
In 1946, in an effort to find the real Kilroy, the American Transit Association determined that this drawing originated with James Kilroy from Massachusetts.
James worked in a shipyard during the war and, according to the legend, was in charge of counting rivets.
James carried with him a piece of chalk to help him keep a proper count.
He began to mark the ship with "Kilroy was here" to prevent the other workers from erasing his chalk marks.
After a while he added the little doodle and thus an icon was born.
When the ships were completed they were immediately filled with soldiers and sent overseas.
So...one of the first things the soldiers saw when they left the mainland was this image.
The Hanger Hammock
British artist Joshua Notley created this super cool hammock using previously used materials.
I'm not sure how comfortable it is to take a nap in but add a cushion and this is one of the best projects I've ever seen using old hangers.
What could you design using used materials found around your house?
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- By: Cam Sigler Jr.
"Lots of bait on the finder, get ready," were the words spoken by Captain Adrian just moments before the chaos broke out. Both trolled baits on the left side went down in whitewater explosions and a 60-pound torpedo vaulted into the air completely across the spread to take the long bait on the right side. As the boat went out of gear and everyone scrambled for rods, I cast my fly behind the boat and started stripping only to find that the short right rod was bending double and everyone else occupied.
Putting the fly rod between my knees, I grabbed the bait rod and set the hook hard. That's when that sinking feeling set in. In my peripheral vision another projectile appeared from the skies and took the fly at the end of its arc and raced for parts unknown. Somehow I managed to grab the fly rod from between my knees before the fly line came tight and I watched as backing disappeared from the reel. As I yelled "I'm bit!," a strong, calloused ebony hand appeared from behind and relieved me of the bait rod.
Variations on this theme would appear throughout the rest of the day and ones following. The wahoo had packed up on Great Astrolabe Reef.
Friend Bill Boyce, a camera crew and I had somehow been blessed to arrive in this paradise at the right time in early August. The common Fijian word "Vinaka" means thank you. We found our voices easily flowing into this term even with inflection from the minute we arrived in Fiji . I can speak it now and immediately feel the warmth generate through me.
There are those places that you do not often find and that will stick with you forever, and we had found one. Those special places are due in small part by the fishing , the scenery and accommodations . But what truly makes these places special are the people. Matava resort on the island of Kadavu Fiji is one of them.
Capt. Adrian Watt a displaced Englishman and co-owner of Matava resort is passionate about his fishing and his Deep V 31 Bite Me. He and his mate Joe Tuku do not miss a trick and know the waters of the Astralabe Reef like the backyard that it is to them.
Adrian could tell us just about when we would get bit and Joe was always their ever helpful with quick hands and quick wit. You do not often find a captain, mate and anglers that instantly fish well together, but we all found it was like fishing with old friends .
We had luckily hit when the wahoo first packed up on the reef for the year. Trolling the reefs edge a mile or so from land where depths drop to a mind numbing 4,000 feet in places was awesome. When a bait went down we were not sure what might be hitting it. We had rods go down with sails on the left and wahoo on the right .
We were interrupted by 40-pound mackerel and 60-pound barracuda. Casting a popper to the reefs edge could put you into a battle with a GT that you could seat 3 people on? Trolling east between Kandavu and Oni Island put us on schools of yellowfin and though we did not see any marlin of which all 3 species can be found .,they are their and typically bigger than you want on a fly unless you have stock in a fly line company.
Fishing is year round here depending on species you are pursuing. It also a place you can pursue many of these on fly and it wont hurt you to invite a friend who is a conventional fisherman to hook and hold some of these critters and keep his buddies near the boat .
You will need fly rods from 10 weight on up to whatever you can throw. I would suggest 12 and 14 weights. You will need floating lines and some heavy quick sinking ones. Large and small poppers . Big subsurface flies suck as Flashy Profiles and Capt Hook flies, big Deceivers ect.; and lots of them. You will need wire!
Whether it be single strand or multiple bring lots. With all of the wahoo, mackerel and cudas its a must even when targeting other species. Extra fly lines and backing. You will also most likely be the only boat on the reef fishing.
Accommodations are rustic and comfortable with breathtaking views. Food is great with often your catch of the day on the menu. Matava is an eco-friendly resort using lantern light after dark. It does have phone and Internet capability if you really need to contact the outside world.
The local flora and fauna is amazing. Their are numerous species that are found only in Fiji and some only on Kadavu . The Fijian people are always smiling and carefree. (I think they know something we don't in this modern world.) And they still live in small villages in a tribal governed system. If you want to fish inside the reef you will probably have to meet the chief who's village governs that bay and pay a small fee for the privilege.
If you or your spouse and kids snorkel and or fish you will keep busy daily. This is also a world class diving destination and Matava is set up with all the equipment and staff needed. Where else can fish or snorkel all day and then sit back with a cold one and watch the fruit bats head back to roost over a vast expanse of reef. You might even get an offer from a grin bearing Fijian to head over to his village for a little Kava drinking and dinner. Just ask whats on the menu first!
If you wan to go contact the resort at email@example.com. You might even see a crazy american their with a long wand. Most likely it will be me as I will be back.
Cammy Sigler lives on an island outside of Seattle.


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Identification of Lessons-learned of Involving the Public in Environmental Decision-making in South Africa
UNITAR initiated a project in 2004/2005 with the University of Cape Town to develop and test a methodology to identify practical lessons learned from involving the public in environmental decision-making. The methodology is currently being tested through a project executed by the Environmental Evaluation Unit at UCT with funding from the United Kingdom and methodological input from Yale University (USA).
A National Workshop on Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making took place from 12-14 June 2006 in Cape Town with participation of some 100 representatives from various stakeholder groups as well as national, provincial and local government. Participants developed a consensus statement which serves as a basis for follow-up discussions with Government and preparation of a final report. In addition, case studies examined through the research will be published separately in early 2007. Finally, a report was prepared examining challenges of effective participation of public interest groups in environmental decision-making.
At the international level this project facilitated exchange of experiences of lessons learned from involving the public in environmental decision making and led to the development of public participation research methodology to assist countries in strengthening participatory environmental governance through national knowledge management.
Please see our publications page for the Project's Information Note, Workshop Recommendations, and Final Report.