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★ "iLearn US States hit it right on the spot with their educational approach to this app." - theiPhoneMom.com★ "This app is a great way for younger students to get familiar with the states and represents a tremendous supplement to any geography or civics lesson." - educationworld.com
★ Winner for the 2011 Best Middle School Student App - BestAppEver.com
A fun way to learn the names and locations of all 50 states and their capitals.
➤ Quiz yourself on both states and capitals.
➤ Easy Mode for beginners.
➤ Spoken pronunciation of each state and capital.
➤ Facts about each state including capital city, flag, bird, statehood and more.
➤ Settings screen to allow students to concentrate on specific states.
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Three modes to choose from for both states and capitals:
• Learn Mode allows you to tap and highlight each state to see its name or capital and hear it spoken. Launch the information panel to view additional facts about each state, including: capital city, nickname, tree and more.
• Game Mode uses both text and audio prompts to see how many states or capitals you can identify. There are two difficulty settings: Easy and Hard. Easy setting does not have a time restriction, and indicates states that have already been found or are not being played. The Easy setting is great for young learners. Hard setting pits you against the clock to see how may states you can identify in one minute. Earn bonus points for any time remaining on the clock. Leader board keeps track of high scores.
• Test Mode is where you can measure your progress similar to how you may be tested in the classroom. Tap each state in any order you choose, and type its name at the prompt. There is no time restriction for Test Mode.
Engaging and fun application designed by a classroom teacher. Game Mode can be addictive, allowing you to unwittingly learn all 50 states in just a few hours.
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April 20, 2013 New version 3.1
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Abdominal Muscle Strain
(Pulled Muscle in Abdomen; Strain, Abdominal Muscle)
An abdominal muscle strain is a partial or full tear of the small muscle fibers in the abdomen. The abdominal muscles are grouped around the abdomen and trunk. They make up the core muscles in our body.
Abdominal muscle strain is caused by:
- Activity that the muscle is not ready for
- Excessive exercise
- Improper technique while playing sports
- Lifting heavy objects
- Sharply twisting the body
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Risk Factors
These factors increase your chance of developing abdominal muscle strain:
- Improper technique during sports activities, especially running and jumping
- Previous strain or injury to the area
- Muscle fatigue
- Tight abdominal muscles
Symptoms may include:
- Muscle pain or soreness immediately after an injury
- Stiffness and discomfort
- Problems flexing or pain while stretching the muscle
- Pain when touching the area
- Muscle spasms
- Swelling or bruising
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Muscle strains are graded according to their severity:
- Grade 1—Some stretching with micro tearing of muscle fibers.
- Grade 2—Partial tearing of muscle fibers.
- Grade 3—Complete tearing of muscle fibers. This may also be called a rupture or avulsion.
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Recovery time ranges depending on the grade of your injury. Treatment steps may include:
Acute Care
Your muscle will need time to heal. Avoid activities that place extra stress on these muscles:
- Do not do activities that cause pain. This includes running, jumping, and weight lifting using the abdominal muscles.
- Do not play sports until your doctor has said it is safe to do so.
Apply an ice or a cold pack to the area for 15-20 minutes, four times a day, for several days after the injury. Do not apply the ice directly to your skin. Wrap the ice or cold pack in a towel.
Pain Relief Medications
To manage pain, your doctor may recommend:
- Over-the-counter medication, such as aspirin, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen
- Topical creams or patches that are applied to the skin
- Prescription pain relievers
Recovery Steps
Use heat only when you are returning to physical activity. Heat may then be used before stretching or getting ready to play sports to help loosen the muscle.
When the acute pain is gone, start gentle stretching as recommended. Stay within pain limits. Hold each stretch for about 10 seconds and repeat six times. Stretch several times a day.
Begin strengthening exercises for your muscles as recommended.
To help reduce your chance of getting another abdominal muscle strain, take the following steps:
- Do not overexert yourself while exercising
- Get proper training for sports and exercises
- Do exercises to strengthen your abdominal muscles
- Learn how to properly lift heavy objects.
- If you are tired, stop exercising
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Abdominal muscles. Better Health Channel website. Available at:
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Abdominal%5Fmuscles?open. Updated January 9, 2013. Accessed April 26, 2013.
Johns Hopkins sports medicine patient guide to muscle strain. John Hopskin Medicine website. Available at:
http://www.hopkinsortho.org/muscle%5Fstrain.html. Accessed April 26, 2013.
Muscle strain. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Accessed April 26, 2013.
Sprains, strains, and tears. American College of Sports Medicine website. Available at:
http://www.acsm.org/docs/brochures/sprains-strains-and-tears.pdf. Accessed April 26, 2013.
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Most first-year courses pay particular attention to writing and library research to ensure that all students are introduced to Macalester's high academic expectations for these skills. Many of these courses are regular department offerings that have been tailored to the needs of incoming students. Those courses meet requirements for a major in that department and serve as pre-requisites to more advanced courses.
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Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has admitted defeat in his attempts to sign Lazio defender Guglielmo Stendardo on loan until the end of the season.
McLeish is keen to increase his defensive options for the months ahead, but has missed out on 26-year-old stopper Stendardo, who will remain with his Italian club due to injury problems among their squad.
"Stendardo, who we were looking at bringing on loan, won't be happening," McLeish told the Birmingham Mail.
"Lazio have got a bit of an injury crisis right now. He won't be going anywhere.
"The reason we were considering him on loan and not making a commitment to his club was that we didn't know enough about him.
"I did the diligence on him, I spoke to contacts in Italy and I felt it was right we should try to get him on loan first.
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text: Diabetes and TB: A growing threatBy Dr. Susan Fisher-Hoch, Special to CNNUpdated 1638 GMT (0038 HKT) March 24, 2014Rising diabetes rates could threaten to increase the number of tuberculosis cases, a doctor says.Story highlightsNearly 9,600 cases of tuberculosis were reported in the U.S. in 2013Diabetes impairs the immune system and can leave a person vulnerable to TBThe rise in diabetes cases is worrisome, especially for tuberculosis, doctor saysWorking in public health for 14 years in Brownsville, Texas, in a border region with poor health conditions, has taught me a lot about how disease threats can get a boost from an unsuspected source. For tuberculosis, this unsuspected source is now diabetes.Tuberculosis is common globally but mistakenly thought of as something that does not affect the United States. It is an airborne, bacterial infection, easily spread by coughing, and it can be fatal. It often lies dormant in the body for many years, and most of the 11 million people in the United States who have the infection are not even aware of it. The only vaccine has limited effectiveness and is not given in the United States.TB continues to have a serious impact in America, with nearly 9,600 cases in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is not only an issue on the U.S. border with Mexico; rather, it is found in every state, with a particular impact in Florida, Texas, California and New York. Drug-resistant varieties pose an alarming threat since the required treatment is so lengthy and often toxic. Dr. Susan Fisher-HochToday, the biggest risk for tuberculosis is not HIV/AIDS, which led to a surge in cases in the late 1980s, but diabetes. Diabetes impairs the immune system and leaves a person who has been exposed to TB much more likely to develop active disease.Fast facts on tuberculosisThis is precisely what we saw when we started to investigate TB in communities on the border with Mexico. The alarm has spread to California and the Pacific Northwest, where 20% to 30% of TB cases can be traced to diabetes. TB experts in Florida are also concerned about this phenomenon.Just WatchedSenior citizens and diabetesreplayMore Videos ...Senior citizens and diabetes 02:34PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedRisks of diabetes replayMore Videos ...Risks of diabetes 01:08PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedDiabetic clinic goes to remote patientsreplayMore Videos ...Diabetic clinic goes to remote patients 02:41PLAY VIDEOIs this on the radar of health providers treating diabetes patients in the United States? Unfortunately, few are aware of the risk of TB or are looking for it. They are also unaware that the course of TB disease is frequently more severe in patients with diabetes, who do not tolerate TB drugs well. Diabetes patients often have difficulty completing treatment, take longer to be cured and are more likely to relapse, even die, and develop drug-resistant TB.TB physicians in Texas are acutely aware of the problem. One told me about a woman with severe diabetes in her 30s. When exposed to TB, she quickly developed active disease. Despite the best efforts of the medical staff, she was not able to absorb the TB medication due to nausea and vomiting. As a result, her TB became drug-resistant, and she had to undergo a rigorous, two-year ordeal of treatment. Five of her children also became infected, and two had to be treated for active disease. She was cured and survived, but this is not always the case.The dimensions of the problem are truly staggering. Diabetes is an exploding global epidemic, much larger than HIV/AIDS. In India, diabetes has nearly doubled the number of cases of TB. Today, 26 million of the 382 million people with diabetes live in the United States. By 2035, nearly 600 million people in the world will have diabetes, and by 2050 so will a third of all Americans, according to the International Diabetes Federation and the CDC. Ignoring this new threat could result in a reversal of the decline in TB experienced over recent years. Diabetes took my teeth but not my lifeSo what do we need to do?We must educate health care providers, patients and communities. All TB patients should be screened for diabetes. Diabetes caregivers and their patients need to be aware of the risk of TB, and patients born in or traveling to neighborhoods or countries where TB is common should be screened. If TB is found, these patients need treatment, along with the support they need to get through the many months of daily medication.We also need strong investment in research and development of TB vaccines, rapid and inexpensive diagnostic methods for both TB and diabetes, and fast-acting, easy-to-take TB medication. Research largely depends on government funding since the pharmaceutical industry shows little interest in TB. Congress has not made TB a priority despite the increasing risk to the public at large.We all know someone with diabetes. Diabetes could reverse the achievements of several decades in TB control, but, if we combine good science, adequate funding and above all, political will, we can get ahead of this looming crisis. We responded slowly to the combined AIDS/TB threat in the 1980s. We need to react faster to the diabetes/TB threat today.Diabetes continues to spread around the worldMore from healthFit Nation: Want to lose weight and find romance? 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I proudly posted the results of my beauty dish below on the Strobist thread and some folks who clearly know more about the quality of light than I do ask some questions… First they said well show me some pictures of how the light spread out on the wall? So I took some pictures… I wasn't real happy and the results shown here.
So I listened to what they had to say and I made adjustments… I changed the CD cover that was holding my convex mirror to one that was about 2 1/2 inches longer. The difference was striking. Just not good. The new version of the mirror holder made the center circle more pronounced.
The answer to all of this was to create and adjustable mirror mount. It's funny because that's what I had on the old plastic dish I tried a while back – not that I adjusted it but it was adjustable. So I pulled it off the old one and move it to the new better dish and flash mount. The new old mirror was just mounted on the bolts through the same type of door guard with a CD. Once I moved it to the new dish it was just a matter of moving it in and out until I found the sweet spot for my dish. turned out to be way closer than I would have guessed – only about an inch from the flash. But the result looks way better – no dead spot at all. Here it is.
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The Domain akadns.net and the name servers in the DNS records belong to Akamai.
So, effectively, Google do no longer control their DNS load balancing. It's all done by Akamai now. It puzzles me that Google have outsourced a somewhat crucial part of their business, especially since it is a purely technological issue.
BTW, similar Akamai services are used by Microsoft and the FBI ;)
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hmmm... alternate branding opportunity? ;)
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Kind of strange to see that Google now also uses Akamai.
I was looking at a lot of log files and for the first time since 97 I see a decreease in logs file for 4 weeks in a row. And if Microsoft also switch for Akamai (and linux proxy servers) like M$ few weeks ago [internetweek.com].... Take your own conclusion! Isabel will be a "drop" compare to the next virus flood.


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i have arthritic hands and need help opening jars etc sometimes. this just never worked for me. i would put it around the lid ---it seemed like it was on there good---but it just kinda went round and round and never actually opened the jar. i never use it cause it doesnt work.
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It is not as useful as I was hoping for. It does not seems to have enough friction to grab some lids.
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I bought this last year for all the women in my family, since we all have a hard time openning jars, and I have to say, it works really well. It's soft on the hands yet has a strong enough grip to open jars. I haven't found anything yet that I couldn't open. Everyone else loved it too. A must have kitchen gadget!
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The nature of the mind is repetition, and the nature of life is no repetition. Life is always new, always. Newness is the nature of life, Tao; nothing is old, cannot be. Life never repeats, it simply becomes new every day, new every moment - and mind is old; hence mind and life never meet. Mind simply repeats, life never repeats - how can mind and life meet? That's why philosophy never understands life.
The whole effort of religion is: how to drop the mind and move into life, how to drop the repetitive mechanism and how to enter the ever-new, evergreen phenomenon of existence. This is the whole point of this beautiful story, Tozan's Five Pounds.
The master Tozan was weighing some flax in the storeroom. A monk came up to him and asked: "What is Buddha?"Tozan said: "This flax weighs five pounds."
Many things: first, a Zen master is not a recluse, he has not renounced life; rather, on the contrary, he has renounced the mind and entered life.
There are two types of sannyasins in the world: one type renounces life and enters the life of the mind completely - these are the anti-life people, escaping from the world towards the Himalayas, Tibet. They renounce life to be completely absorbed in the mind - and they are in the majority, because to renounce life is easy; to renounce mind is difficult.
What is the difficulty? If you want to escape from here, you can escape! You can leave your wife, your children, your house, your job - really you will feel unburdened, because your wife has become a burden, the children have become a burden, and the whole thing, working every day, earning.you are fed up! You will feel unburdened.
And what will you do in the Himalayas? The whole energy will become mind: you will repeat Ram, Ram, Ram, you will read the Upanishads and the Vedas, and you will think profound truths. You will think about where the world came from, where the world is going, who created the world, why he created the world, what is good and what is evil. You will contemplate, think - great things! Your whole life energy which was engaged in other things will be freed from them now and will be absorbed in the mind. You will become a mind.
And people will pay you respect because you renounced life. You are a great man! Fools will recognize you as a great man: fools can recognize you only because you are the greatest of them and they will pay respect, they will prostrate themselves at your feet - you have done a great miracle!


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It's not difficult to avoid the pitfalls, Roll says. "There are four fundamental steps to ensuring a smooth-running project from start to finish. Homeowners should take advantage of all available tools and resources designed to help protect their interests."
It all begins with a realistic selection of the type of remodeling project that's best for your situation.
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Setting a firm budget and getting your financing in place ahead of time is another important part of planning methodically for a smooth-running remodel.
Budget-busting cost overruns are often the result of not having firm design plans before accepting estimates, so give yourself plenty of time during the planning stage. If, for example, you know in advance that there is a special feature or an expensive material you consider a "must-have," be prepared to cut corners in other places, or to reduce the overall scope of the project in order to stay within your budget.
Don't over-improve for the neighborhood, either, Roll advises. By keeping your improvements consistent with other homes in your area, you'll be likely to recoup more of your remodeling costs at re-sale time.
Failing to choose a properly licensed and insured, experienced, and financially stable contracting firm or by not working closely enough with your chosen contractor to create a clear, equitable contract is where many homeowners relinquish control of their remodeling projects, right from the start, Roll warns.
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finding and restoring redirected folders and a users contacts
i had a failure of a windows sbs 2008 server and could not migrate it over to a new server . instead i clean installed on a new server with sbs 2011 standard but failed to have a couple users save there my documents in the redirected folders and the email contacts and calenders
i have backups of the failed server including exchange in SSR 2011 for small business server edition with granular restore. i can mount the two mail stores i have in the exchange tab but just see email no contacts - where do i find them
when i find the folder redirections the folders are empty - is the information hidden somewhere else
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GRO does not recover Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Notes or Folder Lists items from Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 data stores.
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Every time I find a new catalog in the mailbox, the pictures look so good that I start to feel a little guilty that I don't have at least one of everything. Now if I'm feeling this way and I'm a professional gardener, what's the casual gardener supposed to do?
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Following the recent unveiling of the striking S550 Coupe at the Geneva motor show, Mercedes-Benz has now taken the wraps off the even more powerful S-class two-door: The 2015 S63 AMG Coupe. Autoweek's Greg Kable brings a look at the new Mercedes, which is set to make a public debut at the New York International Auto Show, April 18 to 27.
The plush, leather-lined four-seater, which will lock horns with the Bentley Continental GT when North American sales get under way later this year, runs a carry-over twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8 engine from its predecessor, the CL63 AMG.
With 577 hp, the direct-injection gasoline unit kicks out 40 hp more than the CL63 AMG did in standard guise (or 14 hp more than the CL63 AMG equipped with the earlier performance package option, which is no longer offered). Torque remains the same as before, swelling to a peak of 663 lb-ft at 2,250 pm.
These heady power reserves are channeled through a standard seven-speed AMG Speedshift automatic gearbox offering three driving modes as well as a stop/start function for added fuel savings in urban driving conditions.
As with the CL63 AMG, the new S63 AMG Coupe will be produced in both standard rear-wheel drive and optional 4Matic four-wheel drive guises, although, as with the newly unveiled S550 Coupe, it will only be sold in 4Matic all-wheel drive form in the U.S.
Thanks to more aluminum within its body structure, Mercedes-Benz claims a 143-pound reduction in weight over the old CL63 AMG both for the rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive S63 AMG Coupes. Both configurations get the same curb weight figure of 4,398 pounds for a weight-to-power ratio of 7.6 lb per hp.
The common weight is possible thanks to different underpinnings; the rear-wheel drive car receives a standard AirMatic air suspension, while the all-wheel drive car receives a more conventional, and lighter, steel sprung suspension.
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I just punched your number into a calculator I use, upped yhe batch size to 6 US gallons, which is equivilant to 5 UK gallins and you should have an OG of 1.040-1 with a 75% efficiency. however if I leave it at 5 US gallons it says 1.049-50.
Don't forget that British Gallons are larger than American gallons also when using a recipe from this site. One British Gallon is 1.2 American so use approx 4.2 gallons of water to an American 5 gallon recipe. Looks like somebody beat me to it.
As a point of interest, your efficiency from the session mentioned in post 21 would be about 65% if the US to imperial gallons problem was sorted out. That's a little bit low, but quite acceptable for starting out. I'm sure your efficiency will increase as you get more familiar with the process. -a.
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Pioneer Natural Resources Discontinuing Divesture Process For Barnett Shale Properties
Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE:PXD) ("Pioneer" or "the Company") today announced the Company has discontinued efforts to divest its properties in the Barnett Shale.
Pioneer commenced a divestiture process for these properties in September 2012. Several bids were received in December, but none were representative of the value Pioneer places on these properties. As a result, Pioneer will retain operatorship of this asset.
Pioneer holds approximately 155,000 gross acres in the play, of which approximately two-thirds are located in the liquids-rich Barnett Shale Combo play. The remaining one-third is located in the dry gas area of the play. Production in the fourth quarter of 2012 was approximately nine thousand barrels oil equivalent per day, of which approximately 55% was liquids (oil and natural gas liquids) and 45% was dry gas. Pioneer is currently operating one rig in the Combo Play and plans to continue to focus its drilling activities in this area.
As a result of the planned divestiture, Pioneer's Barnett Shale properties were reclassified to discontinued operations in the third quarter of 2012. With the discontinuance of the divestment process, the financial and operating results for these properties will be reclassified back to continuing operations beginning in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Pioneer's future plans for its Barnett Shale properties will be discussed further during Pioneer's quarterly conference call on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time, when Pioneer will also discuss its fourth quarter and full-year 2012 financial results and 2013 Capital Budget, with an accompanying presentation. Instructions for listening to the call and viewing the presentation are shown below. Internet: www.pxd.comSelect "Investors," then "Earnings & Webcasts," to listen to the discussion, view the presentation and see other related material. Telephone: Dial (877) 718-5108, confirmation code: 7431932 five minutes before the call. View the presentation via Pioneer's internet address above.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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