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I've been hanging here on Sitepoint for quite a while now and have seen lots of things change and evolve. I spend a fair bit of time these days in the CMS area and I thought it would be interesting to find out what CMS systems other people on Sitepoint are using and working with. This is not a this vs. that thread. I just wanted to see some numbers of which ones are being worked on by the Sitepoint community.
I included seven CMS systems that have been discussed on various times but feel free to add a comment with your choice if it's not there. Again, this isn't supposed to be a CMS war type thread, just a poll to see what's going on.
I'm most familiar with Wordpress so if I needed something done as fast as possible that's probably what I would build it in.I did do a round up of different CMS' a little while ago and was really impressed with MODx, I like the flexibility and structure of MODx out of all of them.
These days I'm coding in Ruby almost exclusively so if I would also look at the more minimal static site generators like Jekyll or Pith if I needed a new site for myself.
I normally discuss with a client what functionality and features they want in a CMS for their site. Then I usually build it from scratch. I have my own "default" CMS for adding/deleting/editing categories and products to my eStore.
When I have to use a 3rd party CMS I would use Joomla or cushyCMS, not necessarily in that order.
I'm most familiar with ExpressionEngine, but I also work a lot with WordPress because many clients want that particular CMS. For my own projects, however, I'd use EE over any other although I do like MODx as well...oh and I also think Textpattern is nice, the latter being the CMS I used the most before I stumbled upon EE.
Of the ones you list, I believe Expression Engine is perhaps the most flexible and powerful, if your goal is to build a highly-customized application. On the other hand, Drupal offers the most in terms of contributed code.
But since the question is "What is my CMS of choice?" I have worked with just about every CMS out there, and I can say with great confidence that the best one I've worked with ... is Silverstripe. It has the simplest user interface out there -- simpler than even Wordpress. And under the hood, it's all object-oriented MVC framework, somewhat like Expressionengine. Finally, it has one of the most stellar contributors out there; dude's handle is Uncle Cheese and the extensions he makes for that CMS are just mind-boggling.
The only problem with Silverstripe is that no one knows how freaking incredible it is. It's a complete unknown ... hence it doesn't have the same kind of rapid release cycles, patch fixes, etc. But if people knew about it and knew it's potential, I have no doubt it could take over and render most other CMS's obsolete. It just simply covers all ground, and in my book, could be the definitive CMS for all purposes and levels; from beginner to enterprise.
Apart from EE, I'm also using Perch, which is a great little CMS. I'm also quite interested in Statamic, which I just stumbled upon. (It's only for small affairs, using flat files instead of a DB, but still interesting.) I was also very interested in SilverStripe for a while, but just didn't need another CMS.
Cool. I hadn't seen Perch before, I really like the way that the CMS is just and add on to an existing site. Usually the CMS is a bulky application that you have to install and then squeeze your site into.
I think these small focused applications could become more popular than the bulky / more powerful ones.
Yes, it's an awesome little CMS, and the support for it is incredible. Drew (the maker behind it) is very open and responsive, and a really clever guy. It's been amazing to watch it develop of the past few years.
Well, I guess that's it then... Only six of us on Sitepoint use content management systems and nobody even uses Wordpress. I am quite surprised :rofl:
Oh and thanks for bringing up Perch... I forgot about that one.
It is a bit surprising not to have more folks jump in, but many people seem to have chosen their CMS(es) now and not care to discuss it any more. I am starting to feel that way myself. And, not allowing flame wars ... well, what do you expect? :lol: I'm sure there must be lots of CMS users around. Perhaps they are busy watching the Olympics.
Yes, and yes!!! It's so hard to work when sports are on. I prefer watching the Olympics, I have my priorities set straight.
My preference would be Drupal due to my familiarity with core, key modules and how it all comes to together. It has its flaws but those seem to be addressed every new release. I think I might just fall in love when the work on Symfony 2 component integration is complete for 8. I really like the things they are doing/plan for 8 and is a good indicator that they are not afraid to rip things apart to build them back up to make them better. Which is much less than what I can say for some of the other systems out there.
I prefer WordPress.
After dealing with Joomla a couple times, I'm not surprised to see it has no votes yet.
Oh, me too... That said, I have read that some people just love it... I just haven't met any in person.
Thanks for the vote and your perspective too
I still have no idea why Joomla trips so many people up.
It's really not that different from Drupal in theory.
Drupal Blocks (or "boxes") = Joomla ModulesDrupal Modules = Joomla PluginsPage Regions in Drupal = Page Regions in JoomlaDrupal Nodes = Joomla ArticlesDrupal Taxonomy = Joomla CategoriesDrupal Distributions and/or Features = Joomla ComponentsDrupal CCK = Seblod or K2 in Joomla
Drupal Views = ?? This is where Joomla stops becoming a reasonable option if you're not in to writing custom code in your template (or as an include).
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Under the hood, Joomla has the advantage with a more modern architecture. Joomla's architecture is very modular, like Zend or Kohana, whereas Drupal is bulkier and has more legacy php 4 ways of doing things -- hence I might compare it more with cakephp. Although in many ways, both Drupal and Cake are undergoing similar overhauls in their core, and in time Drupal should be pretty badass as it starts using more of the Symfony2 framework.
I personally use wordpress and prefer it more than others. The reasons behind it are quite simple. Wordpress is having its strong user base, because of its strong user base plugins in supply are huge. One can easily find plugin of each type for its any need. Even more than this wordpress tutorial's availability is huge.
WordPress has improved a lot over the users, but it is not a CMS and when it is used as one it is a very poor choice to make. A lot of developers, especially those that work outside of PHP view those that build sites in WordPress as entry-level or beginner programmers.
Out of this list Umbraco is the clear favourite for me. It beats the rest hands down on features and aside from a Umbraco v5 debacle they're a very reputable choice. I'd go as far as to recommend it to every PHP developer here as a way to get into ASP.NET and see what they have been missing all these years. One thing that .NET has done right for a number of years is Content Management Systems.
If you're set on using PHP then the best CMS around is Concrete5. The rest are rather dated.
Concrete5 has a pretty badass User Interface.
People who think Wordpress is easy to use ... obviously haven't tried either Concrete5 or Silverstripe.
I think worpress but joomla is also good for business purpose.
Well, only about 2-weeks left until the poll is over. It looks sort of the way I had envisioned it with more WP than anything else but I thought there would be more than 15 votes... I think I blew it by not making the results invisible until you actually cast a vote.


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text: Book review: Doctor fights deadliest infectious diseases By Cody Corliss July 21, 2012 Story Share "No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses." By Peter Piot. W.W. Norton & Co. $28.95. 387 pages.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Peter Piot's decision to specialize in infectious disease in the early 1970s came with a warning from one of his Belgian professors. According to one professor, that choice was career suicide. "There's no future in infectious diseases," the professor explained. "They've all been solved."Unfortunately for the state of human health, that professor was absolutely wrong. If there can be a silver lining to an ill-considered prediction about the end of infectious disease, it's that fighting them became Piot's life work. And that work became the basis for a lively, absorbing memoir.Dr. Piot's first encounter with a significant disease came in 1976 when he worked in an Antwerp laboratory. A mysterious disease had developed in the Congo, a former Belgian colony. The samples were sent to Antwerp, and the scenario to this day makes Piot "wince to think of it."The blood samples were sent via passenger airplane and arrived in "a cheap plastic thermos flask, shiny and blue." The protective ice had melted, and one test tube broke in transport, mixing with the ice. Piot and his fellow lab workers wore only latex gloves, "no suits or masks of any kind." In another mishap, a professor leading the research dropped a test tube, splattering the contents onto a fellow worker's shoes.So what was this newly discovered disease? It was Ebola, the highly contagious disease that inspired the 1995 hit movie "Outbreak.""We didn't even imagine the risk we were taking," Piot recalls. "Indeed, shipping those blood samples in a simple thermos, without any kind of precautions, was an incredibly perilous act. Maybe the world was a simpler, more innocent place in those days, or maybe it was just a lot more reckless."After discovering the disease in the lab, Piot raced to the Congo to work with the local population battling the disease -- and to keep Ebola from spreading to population centers. With that crisis averted, life returned to normal for Piot. Then, a mysterious disease started appearing in San Francisco and New York in the early 1980s. By 1982, the disease had sprouted around the globe and carried an official name: AIDS.Again Piot and his team sprang into action in Africa, establishing a safe blood supply, leading research initiatives and caring for the sick. Along the way, Piot survived a hijacking in Morocco and a prick with an AIDS-infected needle.The work took a twist though. Piot traveled from the front lines into the international health bureaucracy, becoming the first director of UNAIDS, a United Nations agency devoted to fighting the AIDS epidemic.Piot devoted much of his UNAIDS work to the developing world. Unquestionably the scale of AIDS there is mind-boggling. For example, a 2004 study found that 42 percent of pregnant women in Swaziland were infected with HIV.It's not a cure, but for many, survival came through antiretroviral drugs that slowed the disease. Survival came at a steep price. At times, treatment in the United States cost $15,000 a year, a figure out of reach for the developing world where much of the population lived on $1 a day.For his crowning achievement, Piot worked with world leaders and drug company executives to lower the cost of these medicines. 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Dale was finally moved when the team was already losing - Rik, Jax and Mullin. And Dale had postured about money and got himself in a bit of bind with his agent that forced things along a bit more than he might have wanted. Had Rik stayed then they would have spent a bit more to keep Jax, not traded Dale and would have taken another shot at it. And they were old.
You don't bail on value right when your in-prime team is starting it's 4-5 year run. That would be akin to trading Dale or Reggie in 1996 or 97. And at the time many posters here at PD would have backed that view given the disappointment of not repeating the ECF runs. In fact they DID TRADE VALUE in 1997 to get a young player coming up - Jax for Rose. This was a big part of why they failed in 1997, and they recognized that when they traded to bring Jax back.
So let's slow the roll on the whole "obviously you trade while a guy has value, it's the smart move". It hasn't been, not when the core is all young and in place. You don't panic in a weird year or a weird 2-3 months. You must have vision for the situation that's only just been assembled in the last year.


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SHRIVENHAM manager Dave Turner says he'll be hoping for a miracle in his side's Bluefin Sports Challenge Cup game against Wantage.
"I'm not even a religious man but I'll be saying a little prayer before Saturday," Turner told the Advertiser.
"We're up against it because we're playing against one of the best teams in the league, if not the best team in the league in Wantage Town. They're a top side and in all honesty I'd like to see them win the title this season because the way they play."
Wantage are currently third in the Hellenic League Premier, 13 places about Shrivenham, and will be bringing one of the league's best away records to Barrington Park.
Turner was insistent that despite his low expectations of a positive result on Saturday he'll be putting out his strongest side and going for the win.
"It's a game of football, things can happen. Realistically it's a massive ask but that doesn't mean we wouldn't be going out there giving it everything we've got," Turner said.
"I'm not looking to take the pressure off by looking at their league table and using that as motivation, I can't dress it any other way than we'll have to give it our best and get a bit of luck."
Dan Drewitt is cup-tied after appearing for Fairford in round one against Wantage.
Also missing will be Nathan Blackford, who picked up a nasty injury in Shrivenham's Floodlit Cup win over Tuffley Rovers.
"We're hoping it's just an impact and not a ligament injury, he can't put any pressure on it today so I'll rule him out of Saturday," said Turner. "I'll have to hear back from the physio and the experts before we can say how long he'll be out for."
Shrivenham may have come out on top against Tuffley but Turner will be making wholesale changes to the team for Wantage.
"It'll be a very different side to the one we put on Wednesday that was an experimental side to try a few things out," he said.
Turner is especially pleased that he can make so many changes and still get wins. He said his side's cup form is a barometer of the how far they've come.
"We're a work in progress. If you look at where we were last season at this stage in the cups we were out of all of them before Christmas, so that shows far we've come. "


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My husband had a a porta embol, since that time he has had alot or problems, he had gallbladder cancer, removed it, he has tumors on his liver and bile duct. They placed a stent in him since there was no flow from the bile duct. He then went into the er with problems breathing, it showed he had pulmonary embolus, they put a filter in him to catch future ones, but the two left in his lungs will remain, they cannot give him blood thinner since he has a hematoma from the gallgladder surgry and he could bleed internally. Then he started having terrible pain and they found out his stent had moved and they went in and replaced it, ever since his last ercp (to remove and replace the new stent, he has total confusion, his speech is slurred and he has terrible swelling in his legs and testicles. It has been 3 days since he has had any morphine or any pain pills. I think they gave him to much morphine, and they did give him 3 doses of narcan, he still is confused and speech is still slurred, the doctors dont really seem to be doing anything about this, he did have a head ct. and a abdominal one too, but it seems like they dont know why this is occuring or they are just not telling us. Has anything like this ever happened to anyone out there or does anyone have any ideas what is wrong with him. He can hardly stand up now. He came into the hospital sharp , not confused, just in pain and breathing problems.


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Topic: First visit to site...have questions re chemo
I was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma September 2007. I have had four surgeries removing my gallbladder, part of my liver, full hysterectomy, a removal of part of my colon leading to a colostomy bag. The last surgery was to remove tumors using the " shake & bake" method (pouring Cisplatin directly into abdominal area and waiting 2hours while rotating my body). That was is January 2012. I've been on different chemos ever since.
The worst chemo was injection thru an intraparentaneal ( sp?) port to provide Cisplatin directly into my abdomen along with lots of hydration. I would gain 10 lbs each time. After injection spending 2 hours turning your body every 15 minutes.
The last series I could only deal with 2 sessions...Abraxine...an off label drug. They are now changing to taxatore and I'm wondering if and how others have handled it.


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Bullis Charter School has hired a new principal and assistant principal to meet its increasing enrollment demand.
Incoming Principal Jocelyn Lee and Assistant Principal Alison Schwartzbaum will assist with campus leadership and innovation. They step into their positions immediately in preparation for the 2013-2014 academic year, with an estimated 600-student enrollment.
"After a nationwide search and screening of 180 highly qualified applicants, I am extremely excited to welcome two outstanding administrators to the BCS community," said Wanny Hersey, superintendent/principal at Bullis Charter School. "Ms. Lee and Ms. Schwartzbaum bring a combined wealth of past experiences that demonstrates their commitments to educating the whole child – in complete alignment with the BCS vision. Their unique skills and talents will be of great benefit as BCS continues to innovate into the future."
Lee has nearly 20 years' experience as an educator, most recently as an elementary and middle school principal in the Ravenswood City School District, which draws students from East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. In her previous positions, Lee worked on expanding enrichment activities, building partnerships with community-based organizations, implementing service learning programs and expanding technology use among students and teachers. She secured 30 laptops for each classroom and spearheaded staff training on technology integration to increase student engagement and outcomes.
Her administrative experience, including the implementation of a full-inclusion model for educating special-education students, required her to restructure school systems to better meet the needs of every student.
Lee also worked in the Fremont Unified School District, the Sunnyvale School District, the Santa Clara Unified School District and the Sequoia Union High School District.
During her tenure in Santa Clara, Lee focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). She initiated partnerships with companies such as Juniper Networks to facilitate student visits to high-tech enterprises and founded GAINS (Girls Achieving in Non-traditional Subjects) to encourage girls to pursue careers in STEM fields.
Lee earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her master's through the Stanford Teacher Education Program. She was an Educator in Residence at the Stanford School Redesign Network and has trained educators locally and statewide, including providing professional development for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Schwartzbaum previously worked in the Boston Public Schools system, where she served as principal intern. Her duties included designing professional development systems and building stronger family and community partnerships for the school.
Prior to her time in Boston, Schwartzbaum taught at Miami Country Day School, where she developed a humanities curriculum that offered a diverse selection of interdisciplinary courses, promoting individual students' success through differentiated instruction. As an English teacher at North Miami Middle School, she helped develop and implement a districtwide writing plan.
Schwartzbaum earned a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University, where she led an effort to create the university's first education major, and a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education's School Leadership Program.
"The programs Lee and Schwartzbaum have championed in prior positions are aligned with what BCS embraces – innovating curricula that integrates the use of new technologies and STEM education with a focus on 21st-century skills and student outcomes," Hersey said. "These instructional leaders will greatly complement BCS' commitment to developing every student and teacher's full potential, and creating local ties to partner with the community in education."
Ken Moore, chairman of the charter school's board of directors, welcomed Lee and Schwartzbaum on behalf of the Bullis Charter School community.
"Wanny Hersey has designed and developed our nationally recognized program and demonstrated what's possible in public education," he said. "The addition of Jocelyn and Alison's tremendous experience and expertise to the already strong BCS leadership team enhances our ability to focus on every detail of delivering a 21st-century public education."


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I bought a DX Bulldog some months ago. I love it. It is a bit heavey for my throwing power but I love the way it flies in the wind. I have hit several trees with it, and it hardly has any scuffs to show. I love it as a putt-approach disc.
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Ultrasound and Other Images of Artery Blockages
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First received: August 17, 2011
Last updated: June 30, 2017
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- Treatments for partly blocked carotid arteries are determined by a person s symptoms and by tests that show how severe the blockage is. Studies show that the material that blocks an artery is more important in spotting future problems than how tight the blockage is. Researchers want to develop better imaging studies to find which blockages are more high-risk.
- To use imaging studies to look at high-risk carotid artery blockages.
- Individuals at least 21 years of age whose ultrasound exams show a major carotid artery blockage.
- Participants will be screened with a medical history, physical exam, blood and urine tests, , an ultrasound scan and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.
- Participants will have ultrasound and other scans to obtain pictures of the arteries. The scans will use drugs that may help study doctors get a better picture of the blood vessels and blockages.
- Participants will have followup phone calls yearly for 3 years. If a participant later has surgery to remove the blockage, the surgeon will save part of it for future study.
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|Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging of Carotid Plaque Neovascularization
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|July 29, 2011
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|April 27, 2016
Traditional evaluations of atherosclerotic disease in the carotid arteries and treatment recommendations have focused primarily on degree of obstruction. Emerging data from histologic series and advanced imaging studies suggests that anatomic features related to plaque biology, including inflammation, lipid accumulation, and angiogenesis, may be used to detect vulnerable plaques more likely to cause clinical effects. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a new technique that uniquely visualizes intraplaque neovascularization. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of carotid plaque lipid core and intraplaque hemorrhage has shown value in the prediction of future neurologic events. We propose a multimodal approach to assess plaque activity in subjects with known carotid disease using CEUS, MRI imaging, and serum biomarker evaluation. In subjects undergoing carotid endarterectomy, imaging findings will be validated by histology. Both imaging and histologic findings will be compared with prospective cardiovascular events.
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- Adult subjects age greater than or equal to 21 years
- Able to give written informed consent
- Prior clinical ultrasound exam showing a carotid stenosis of greater than or equal to 50 percent
Inclusion Criteria for Group B:
- Adult subjects age greater than or equal to 21 years
- Able to give written informed consent
- Prior clinical ultrasound exam showing a carotid stenosis suspected of causing symptoms and/or clinical recommendation to undergo carotid endarterectomy
- Atrial fibrillation or other irregular rhythm that would preclude adequate image acquisition
- Subjects with a contraindication for the ultrasound contrast agent.
- Subjects with pacemakers, defibrillators, cerebral aneurysm clips, neural stimulators, ear implants or other clinical contra-indications for magnetic resonance scanning will be excluded from the MRI portion of the study.
- Subjects with an estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] less than 30 ml/min/1.73 m(2) body surface area will be excluded from the contrast MRI portion of the study but will still undergo non-contrast imaging.
- The eGFR will be used to estimate renal function if reported by the laboratory. Otherwise, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) can be based on the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study equation (see below) in subjects with stable renal function. This formula is not applicable to subjects with acute renal insufficiency: eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m(2)) equal to 175 times (serum creatinine)-1.154 times (age)-0.203 times 0.742 (if the subject is female) times 1.212 (if the subject is black).
- Pregnant or lactating women
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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Naghavi M, Libby P, Falk E, Casscells SW, Litovsky S, Rumberger J, Badimon JJ, Stefanadis C, Moreno P, Pasterkamp G, Fayad Z, Stone PH, Waxman S, Raggi P, Madjid M, Zarrabi A, Burke A, Yuan C, Fitzgerald PJ, Siscovick DS, de Korte CL, Aikawa M, Juhani Airaksinen KE, Assmann G, Becker CR, Chesebro JH, Farb A, Galis ZS, Jackson C, Jang IK, Koenig W, Lodder RA, March K, Demirovic J, Navab M, Priori SG, Rekhter MD, Bahr R, Grundy SM, Mehran R, Colombo A, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne C, Insull W Jr, Schwartz RS, Vogel R, Serruys PW, Hansson GK, Faxon DP, Kaul S, Drexler H, Greenland P, Muller JE, Virmani R, Ridker PM, Zipes DP, Shah PK, Willerson JT. From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part I. Circulation. 2003 Oct 7;108(14):1664-72. Review.
Lorenz MW, Markus HS, Bots ML, Rosvall M, Sitzer M. Prediction of clinical cardiovascular events with carotid intima-media thickness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation. 2007 Jan 30;115(4):459-67. Epub 2007 Jan 22. Review.
Costanzo P, Perrone-Filardi P, Vassallo E, Paolillo S, Cesarano P, Brevetti G, Chiariello M. Does carotid intima-media thickness regression predict reduction of cardiovascular events? A meta-analysis of 41 randomized trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Dec 7;56(24):2006-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.05.059.
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|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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|NCT01419574 History of Changes
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|August 17, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 30, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) ):
Carotid Artery Plaque
Contrast Agents
Vasa Vasorum
Intraplaque Hemorrhage
Solid Tumor
Metastatic Solid Tumor
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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Ooze priority on it is the favored P > Y > Black, though some raids may opt for Y > P > Black if they think their healers will behave with a Blue/Purple combination :)
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Two phones were launched recently: Amazon's Fire phone and Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi's Mi3 (in India). While I learned about Amazon's Fire phone from the article "Teardown.com: Amazon Brings Fire to Phone Market" by Joel Martin published on this site, I came know about Xiaomi's Mi3 phone from a news. The news was about the online shopping portal Flipkart.com through which Xiaomi was selling Mi3 had crashed a couple of days back due to a rush in order booking for Mi3. When I heard about the features and the price, I became tempted too. The Mi3 phone was priced at Rs 14999/- (~USD 249) in India!
When I learned that Amazon had priced its Fire at USD 649, I was curious about making a comparison of features of Xiaomi's Mi3 vs Amazon's Fire phone. When the specs were kept side by side, I was convinced that there are no major differences except that the Fire phone offers double the FLASH size as compared to Mi3, where as Mi3 has some other advantages over Fire:
From the Amazon Fire teardown article I learned that the Bill of Material (BoM) cost of Amazon's Fire phone is ~USD 209. From the specification comparison, it could be inferred that Xiaomi's Mi3 would also have similar BoM cost. If this assumption were valid, I was wondering how Xiaomi could manage to sell Mi3 at USD 249 with such as small margin. Any idea?


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CLAYTON -- Fueled by thick brush on a mountain that hasn't burned significantly in years, a wildfire tore through Mount Diablo State Park for a second day Monday, more than tripling in size as hundreds of firefighters arrived to battle the increasingly stubborn blaze. But by Monday evening officials were more optimistic about the possibility of an earlier-than-expected containment.
Flames chewed through nearly 4,000 acres of mostly remote parkland, sending a plume of smoke that could be seen throughout the Bay Area, but officials said residents in communities near the mountain -- including Clayton and Danville -- had little to worry about.
About 100 homes were evacuated Sunday, with many rural residents scrambling to find places to house pets, horses and livestock. No evacuations were ordered Monday, though Save Mount Diablo's Summit Visitor Center and nearby wooden observation decks were threatened, along with telecommunication towers.
Fire officials said as of 8 p.m. Monday that the blaze had just "stopped," and that the total number of acres consumed had not grown since the afternoon.
"The total acreage has gone up dramatically today," said David Shew, staff chief for Cal Fire. "It's turning into a more difficult fight than we thought yesterday but we're throwing more resources at it."
For now, he said, "The fire is staying where we want." But he added: "Something could always go wrong."
The Morgan Fire, as it is being called, began as a grass fire Sunday at 2 p.m., grew to 1,500 acres by Monday morning, and exploded to 3,718 acres by midafternoon. Only 20 percent contained, it was expected to burn throughout the night, officials said. The cost of the fire had reached $580,000 by Monday night, said Steve Kaufmann, a spokesman for the fire's incident management team.
It's unclear what sparked the fire, which officials are investigating.
A combination of hot weather, occasional winds and thick brush that has seen only limited control burns in recent years is stoking the fire, Shew said. About 700 firefighters, some of whom were fresh off a days-long battle with the Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park, arrived from throughout the state as reinforcements Monday. Their goal for the day was to build a containment ring around the fire to either box it in or let it burn itself out, Shew said.
Firefighters in the area face temperatures Tuesday that could reach 95, with winds expected to be 10-20 mph.
A base camp has been set up for firefighters at Camp Parks, a U.S. Army mobilization and training center for reserve forces in Dublin.
Images of the fire from overnight show a seemingly volcanic mountain top, with flames and smoke shooting from the peak of Mount Diablo, as trucks pulling horses snaked up Morgan Territory Road and back carrying animals to safety zones at Heather Farm in Walnut Creek and the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds in Antioch.
Equestrians from around the area took in horses of residents who had to leave their ranch property behind.
"The horse community is really pretty tight," said Larry Sterling, as he fed hay and carrots to his new charges. "All over Clayton, you've got horse trailers hooked up and ready to go, ready to help people."
A few dozen residents showed up at the Red Cross evacuation center at the Clayton Community library Sunday night, but other residents slept overnight in trailers.
"We had a neighborhood sleepover," Valerie Sterling said with a smile.
Scott Arnott, who was evacuated from his five-wheel trailer on Curry Canyon Road, moved from Vacaville to unincorporated Clayton about three weeks ago.
"I might not have it now," he said of the trailer. "I moved up here for a fresh start and now this."
Displaced residents were told they could return home Monday to collect belongings and pets, though officials discouraged them from staying in the area.
Though there have been limited burns in recent years near Mount Diablo, officials said, this fire is the largest in recent memory. There have been some 100 wildfires on Mount Diablo since 1891, with the largest one burning some 25,000 acres in 1931, according to the conservation group Save Mount Diablo.
Many longtime locals remember the 6,000-acre fire on Aug. 2, 1977, the second-largest recorded fire. Former Mayor Pete Laurence said he was driving on Kirker Pass Road when he saw a lightning bolt strike the mountain and spark the fire. It burned for more than 82 hours, leaving the mountain "a battlefield with charred skeletons of trees," according to a report in the Oakland Tribune at the time.
"It was worrisome because Mother Nature was having her way with the mountain," Laurence said.
Richmond Fire Department's Merlin Turner arrived at the Morgan Fire on Monday, a week after returning from fighting the Rim Fire, and has had two days off in the past three weeks.
"When you work, you don't know how tired you are," Turner said. "At some point, I'll probably sleep for a couple days. I'll just go crash."
Added Mark Tait, 42, a father of two and a 15-year firefighter from Danville: "It's tough on them. You go from a two-parent house to suddenly it's a single mom; it changes things for everybody and it's hard." He then headed out to fight the fire.
David DeBolt covers breaking news. Contact him in Richmond at 510-262-2728. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt. Staff writers Eve Mitchell and Erin Ivie contributed to this report.


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Next up in the blogger opinions on Zack Kassian, is Philip of Black & Blue & Gold for his thoughts on Zack Kassian and Marc-Andre Gragnani. You can follow him on twitter at @PhilBBG
"First of all, it's pronounced "Kass-e-in".
Zack Kassian was the Sabres pick in the 2009 draft, taken 13th overall. At the time, he was the sometimes-scoring, often-punching captain of the Petersborough Petes. It was for this reason that the Sabres drafted the big winger. The spring after he was drafted, he was traded from the Petes to the Windsor Spitfires to boost their jam in the top six. His first game in Spits red, he laid out his infamous missile check to the head that earned him a 20 game suspension. Once he got back on the ice, he was a force along the boards and helped chip in offensively as Windsor won their second straight Memorial Cup. His final season in junior, Kassian was a scoring juggernaut and the undisputed heavyweight champ of the OHL before the WJC in Buffalo. In the tournament at then-HSBC Arena, he played the role of human wrecking ball alongside future Amerks teammate Marcus Foligno. Fans and media alike were impressed by his powerful hitting and offensive instincts.
His play petered off after the WJC tournament, both offensively and aggressively. Critics noticed, but a strong showing in the Traverse City prospect tournament brightened fans on his future. He certainly got his offensive game back in Rochester, but the toughness seldom showed up. He struggled to play consistently when called up by the Sabres as well.
Consistency has been the only real knock on the winger. Kassian is a big boy, capable of fending off multiple defenders with a single arm (it's really impressive how strong he is) and claiming territory on top of the crease. How often he does is another story. He doesn't have the best wheels but is hard to stop when he gets rolling. He doesn't have the best shot, but has shown off "silky mitts" more than once. He can own the ice but rarely challenges for it. e can punch, too. Holy jumpin', can he punch. Just look him up on Hockey Fights. NHL scouts and local pundits question his motivation and heart. If he finds the drive to go hard every game, he's a productive second liner who can score 20 goals, control play along the boards, and defend his linemates. If he doesn't, he could wind-up a 4th line goon with some offense to spare. Is he NHL ready this season? No - he's barely an AHL rookie, much less NHL rookie.
Marc-Andre Gragnani isn't so promising. An offensive defenseman, MAG (or Grags) is a guy whose defensive play was wretched enough that he didn't even dress every night and when he did, he was given bottom pair minutes and scant power play time. Alain Vigneault coached him in the QMJHL, which is why the Canucks might have wanted him, but otherwise he won't be an impact pick-up anytime soon unless something dramatic happens to him. With the depth in Vancouver, he might wind up on the Chicago Wolves' roster. "
So there we have it, though I feel like I've come out of this question feeling less sure of Kassian helping the team this post season than before I started asking questions about him. At least I know how to pronounce his name correctly.
Big thanks to Philip for answering my questions on our new acquisitions so quickly. Give his site Black & Blue & Gold a visit and follow him on twitter at @PhilBBG
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Thom Hodkinson's Pay-Per-Review: Payback To The Future
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Hello once again everyone, your friendly neighbourhood Thom Hodkinson, here to drop my thoughts on this year's inaugural helping of Payback. Some fair excitement headed into this one, with the in-ring returns of both CM Punk & Dolph Ziggler for the Chicago crowd to enjoy, plus the delicious promise of a 3 Stages of Hell Match for the WWE Title.
So, as always, let's get right into the first match
Curtis Axel def. Wade Barrett & The Miz
Well done Joe, you've finally made an impact. Aligning the former Michael McGillicutty with Paul Heyman was a genius move. Having him feud with The Game, Triple H... Even more genius.
It could be said that throwing him this quickly into a title match will be an issue, but then again, WWE have a history of competitors winning titles in their debut matches, with Jerry Lynn & Santino Marella coming quickly to mind, so perhaps a quick title gain isn't so shocking. I'm also a fan of how the win came around, with Miz seconds away from a submission win, only for Axel to run in and score a pinfall victory. Nice moves and some great build for a Miz Vs Axel rivalry in the coming months. The IC title is in some dire need of momentum and I think they've finally found it.
Backstage: C'mon Mr Levesque, play nice...
AJ Lee def. Kaitlyn
C'mon, we saw this one coming. AJ has become the darling of WWE over the last 18 or so months. And having the WHC as he beau, and having the psychological advantage over her opponent meant that only one lady was going to walk out of there with the ugliest title of all time (Prove me wrong, folks)
Slight heart-stopping moment when Kaitlyn hit the spear, but ruined it by trying to add insult to injury. Foolish girl.... Wait, did I actually care about a Diva's match? Damn! Well done Ladies, you've finally caught some attention
Wyatt Family. Stop teasing me and please bring your creepy grappling to Monday or Friday nights A.S.A.P!
Dean Ambrose def. Kane
Still don't believe in The Shield? You will...
I'm such a fan of Dean Ambrose that even if he'd lost the title, I'd totally give him the biggest review and still call him The Future of all Wrestling.
Was the C/O ending a problem? For me, no. It shows that Ambrose used the rules to his advantage, making him seem cunning and conniving, just what his character needs & deserves. He's smart like a fox, and as US Champion he can prove it like never before. Kane also can appear strong in this match and he didn't tap or get pinned to lose. I think that mixing Team Hell No & Randy Orton up like this was a clever move too. It gives Kane & Daniel Bryan the ability to prove their quality as singles competitors. A fairly good match overall, and a well written ending to boot
I know I won't be the only guy to ask this, but How the hell did RVD get past the wellness policy on that one??? The whole world knows he's a weed smoker! Then again, Jack Swagger got arrested for it, and he's still making appearances.
Still, RVD, RVD, RVD, RVD, RVD, RVD!
Alberto Del Rio def. Dolph Ziggler
Wow. Just.... wow.
From the word go, ADR brought the brutal and attacked Ziggler with such intensity, even I felt battered afterwards. Those constant shots to the head were crazy. And what a way to turn ADR heel & Ziggler face almost instantly. I know the fans in Chicago don't always support the competitor that WWE wants them to, but I can't find any reason not to feel bad for Dolph. His first title defence and he drops it to the very man he took it from.
By the way, since Big E Langston physically entered the match by shoving ADR, doesn't that make it a DQ win for the Mexican? I may be wrong, but I've seen DQ calls being given for a lost less than what I saw last night
My one and only hope from all of this is that we don't another saga like Orton Vs Christian were the title changes hands 8 times in 9 months, and rematch after bloody rematch. Keep it small and then add extras to it. Get Kane on the WHC run, or Big Show. Add a monster and mix it up a little.
CM Punk def. Chris Jericho
Tonight, the role of "CM Punk" will be played by Hugh Jackman... Seriously, those Wolverine-esque muttonchops are ridiculous!
I didn't think Punk would come back so soon. I really expected to see Chris Jericho standing alone in the ring waiting for Punk's music to hit, only to be given the W by forfeit. What better way to rile up the Chicago audience than to deny them their star? What better way to sell Punk's "I'm going away for a while" story than to have him make some no-shows?
Anyway, it doesn't matter what I think (Thank Christ!) Punk's return was welcomed by the Hometown crowd who've loved and supported him since day 1. His cheers and roars felt a little bigger at MITB 2011, where it felt like a loss that night would have left the city in ruins after the fans left the arena, but there was no doubt where the love lay in this toss-up. And didn't he just soak up every chant and cheer and roar and woop...
Say whatever you like, this match had it all. The back and forths, the insane dives, the incredible reversals, and THAT ending? GTS, into the corner, straight into another. Brilliant. Easily one of the best matches of the year so far. But what did I expect, it's Punk Vs Jericho. It always going to be amazing. So who's up for CM Punk Vs Dean Ambrose or Seth Rollins?
BTW, does anyone know where I can buy a CM Punk/Black Flag shirt? I am dying to get my hands on one of those bad boys (Reply in the comments below, thanks)
The Shield def. Randy Orton & Daniel Bryan
I'm sorry, this match was.... standard.
You knew Rollins & Reigns were going to do their "win at any cost" routine.
You knew that Bryan was going to do his "I'm not the weak link, watch this flurry of attacks" routine.
You knew that Randy Orton was going to do his "Other 5 moves of Doom" routine.
Paint by numbers, standard as balls. NEXT
John Cena def. Ryback
OK, now seeing as this was technically 3 matches in one, I'll look at each section evenly
1. Lumberjack Match
I love & hate lumberjacks matches. Love them because you can see a bunch of superstars that don't often get the limelight (and won't do for much longer, if rumours are true) but it's the same reason that I hate them. You're not really watching the awesome in-ring action between two superstars, You're trying to remember the last time you saw JTG or whether that's Alex Riley or not. The only stand-out points on this one were some dodgy falling by the Lumberjacks whenever John Cena landed on them (Seriously, at one point it looks like Damien Sandow just fancied a sit down) and the fact that Ryback kept up the stat of John Cena never having pinned Ryback. Handy factoid, that.
2. Tables Match
Liked the idea of them basically playing steps vs table for a while, even going so far as to put one through the other. Nice image to show a likkle bit of carnage and destruction. I can't really remember how this ended. Either way, we all knew it would go down to a third...
3. Ambulance Match
While it was good to see the ambulance being torn apart and used as weaponry, the ending seemed overly-staged. While Extreme Rules' Stage-Crash provided some unexpected thrill, the idea of John Cena being so powerful he can drop a man through the roof of an ambulance is total balls. We all knew Ryback wouldn't win though, so who gives a shit?
Overall, a fair event. I expected a lot less, so was quietly surprised. Now, my favourite part of these idiotic reviews, MY WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNER: Dolph Ziggler
"Wooah there Thom, Ziggler lost his match and his championship. How can he be a winner?"
Did you hear that crowd? They loved him! The sympathy for the guy was insane and playing on the concussion was a brilliant idea. Although I'm not a fan of the quick title reign, I can see a brilliant end game here that'll change a lot of guys in the company. I mean Del Rio is already back to being hated, who would've predicted that?
A high stakes rematch at Money In The Bank could be a highlight of the evening, and may even steal the show if done right
LOSER: Fandango
Ah, to go back to that hilarious night in April, eh? Fandango's gone off the boil ever so quickly lately and it was bound to happen. I reckon, given the great reactions from the Chicago crowd, Fandangomania could've got a second wind last night!
WINNER: The Divas division
Right girls, this is it. You got some respect last night, don't fuck this up.
Seriously, I know how this goes. A match that, for once, I didn't consider as a piss break, the very next night becomes more dull than watching a documentary about Dirt Farming at 4am. The Women have the ball, now it's time to run with it. AJ, you're up!
LOSER: Randy Orton
The ad campaign leading up to this event gave the feeling of a heel turn that everyone, including Orton, is hungry for. In fact, attacking Bryan after the match could've been the perfect time to do it. Instead, the writers are going to drag it out again and leave everyone frustrated. FORSHAME
WINNER: Curtis Axel & Paul Heyman
Yes indeed. This'll be the start of something beautiful for the Third Generation star. The future's bright, the future's Gold.
Paul's guys were 2 for 2 last night. I mean, he must be doing something right, right?
LOSER: Ryback
For a "Force to be reckoned with" you sure do have a pretty shit track record with PPVs. Not winning a single PPV match in nearly a year (MITB 2012) is a baaaaaad record to have
WINNER: CM Punk & Chris Jericho
Each man wrestled his heart out that night and made the best of each other. While it's true that CM Punk was more a winner than Y2J in practically every sense, having Jericho as your first opponent back to clear the cobwebs is a total dream. Thank you both for reaffirming my love of pro-wrestling
LOSER: Sheamus
Hey big guy, how's it going over there on the internet "kick-off"? Not as good as competing for the World Heavyweight Championship, is it? No....
WINNER: Rob Van Dam
An event that lasted nearly 3 hours and all that anyone can talk about is 50 seconds of promotional footage. The whole damn show is set to return and didn't the fans just love it? You could've given that crowd Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs Undertaker Vs The Rock Vs Triple H in a Fatal 4 Way Hell in a Cell match, and all you'd hear throughout the night was "RVD! RVD! RVD! RVD! RVD!"
That's it for this edition of the Pay-Per-Review (You don't have to pay me... unless you want to, that's fine). Let me know what you guys think in the comments below and if you want, I can be followed on Twitter: @thomhodkinson.
Get ready folks, there's only a month until Money in the Bank!


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Police in Southern California have recovered a $195,000-plus car stolen from a Palo Alto street sometime in the past two months.
The blue 2013 Bentley Continental GT Convertible was left parked on the 800 block of Stanford Avenue on May 28, according to police. It was gone when the owner, a Menlo Park resident, went to retrieve it on June 30.
The sticker price for the car ranges from $195,125 to $212,800, according to www.edmunds.com.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recovered the Bentley in unincorporated Pasadena on July 2, Palo Alto police Lt. Zach Perron told The Daily News. It was not damaged.
No arrests have been made, but an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the car's disappearance is continuing, Perron said.
Palo Alto has seen an increase in vehicle thefts. In 2013, a total of 69, including attempts, were reported, according to crime statistics published by the police department. That was up from 48 in 2012 and 38 in 2011.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the police department's 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Tipsters who wish to remain anonymous can text or call 650-383-8984, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Decatur Electronics Moving Manufacturing Operation Out of State
A company in Decatur that produces police radar and traffic enforcement equipment for police agencies in the United States and in other countries is moving its manufacturing division to Arizona and California.
Decatur Electronics will relocate the department to a larger 50-thousand square foot facility near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, and it will also set up an assembly line in San Diego. Forty-three workers would be affected as a result of the move, and 10 of those employees are customer service representatives who will relocate to Arizona.
Tim Roberts, the company's customer service manager, said the sluggish economy has meant that fewer law enforcement agencies are buying new equipment, and instead ordering upgrades or repairs. He said the motivation behind the move is part of an effort to strengthen business
"We're going to a much bigger facility that will allow us to expand our business in the international market as well," Roberts said. "We do service people all over the world, and we need to continue that. So, this will allow us to serve those customers better."
Roberts said it is unclear how many jobs will ultimately be eliminated. He said the company will provide interview training and resume writing workshops to help employees find new work if they lose their jobs.
"We appreciate the functionality and the people who have been here during this time," he said. "We're going to do everything we can to make sure they get job placements and/or transition smoothly."
Relocating the company's manufacturing base is expected to take about three months. The company, which is owned by U.K.-based Bowmer and Kirkland, says the move will not disrupt services or the delivery of products.


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Frizz-Ease Curl Around Style-Starting Daily Shampoo Reviews
Good but prefer other John FriedaI like this but I prefer the John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Lustrous Touch. It smells better and really makes my hair smooth. This took out some of the frizz but not as much as the Brilliant Brunette. It's better than other products on the market for frizzy hair though so you need to try it and see what works for you. If this shampoo doesn't do it for you, try the Lustrous Touch also by John Frieda. — 8 years, 10 months agoleo1999 | 678 reviews
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BlahEven with the curl enhancing conditioner this barely did anything for my hair which already has curl & wave to it. I've used better products for curly hair & some that didn't advertise to do anything special for curls. This did have good cleaning power that doesn't strip moisture, but it didn't do much for my frizz. I'm not factoring that detail much into my rating though since the only thing that seems to control frizz on me is using a sulfate free formula shampoo. — 6 years, 3 months agorunee89 | 299 reviews
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rad stuff :)This shampoo does a good job of getting my hair clean, and it smells good too. I love this paired with the matching conditioner, because they really do bring out the texture in my otherwise pretty straight hair. I like to use it when I have really short hairstyles because I get a pretty cool result :) I find it a little expensive for the amount you get, but otherwise a good product. — 7 years, 9 months agoNotQuiteGlam | 190 reviews
smells amazing and leaves hair softI have to admit it's good for its price, but it didn't completely eliminate the frizz. It lowered the amount of frizz, yeah, but i still have some strange fly-aways. I used the shampoo, conditioner, and then the moose, and it left my hair extremely soft and smelling great! It's better than the shampoo my mom buys and I'm normally stuck using -- I will say that! :] but I've seen better. — 8 years agoxxmuffin_master | 1 reviews
Meh...I've seen better curl products out there. I was all psyched to try the John Frieda Frizz-Ease line since it seemed like the guy really knew what he was talking about in the advertisements. And who could resist those shiny curls those happy women had? I bought the shampoo, conditioner, and gel. The daily shampoo was alright. It did provide a fairly gentle cleanse for my fine hair, and that I'm happ...read morey about. But I do not think it works well with the conditioner as a pair. My curl formation was barely so-so... I could get much better results from my old products. Ended up pitching it when it was halfway through. — 8 years agoeccentricpuzzle | 29 reviews
Great for FrizzI have been using the Frizzz-Ease products for several years and find them all to be quite good especially if you have curly frizzy hair. It helps to bring out curls and make yourhair soft and shiny while eliminating the frizz. — 8 years, 4 months agocamera | 2 reviews
Works GoodThis shampoo really helps my curls hold their shape, and reduces frizz. It works best when I use the shampoo, conditioner, and frizz ease together. Works better than most products I've tried, but there is still some frizz by the middle of the day (especially when it's really humid outside). I think it's worth the price. — 8 years, 10 months agoLC2008 | 26 reviews
niceI really enjoyed this product — 9 years, 3 months agomariden | 5 reviews
Helps cut down on the frizzThe Curl Around Shampoo and Conditioner were rich formulas with a similar scent to Straight Ahead. The shampoo seemed similar, but the conditioner seemed a bit lighter (it is a delicate balance to get a conditioner that is moisturizing enough for curly hair, but not so heavy that it weighs down the curl). Air drying produced similar results to the Straight Ahead - less frizz, but still frizzy. On ...read morethe day I styled it wavy (I blow dry until almost dry, then twist into princess-Leia style buns and let it down when completely dry) I had frizz-free waves that stayed that way longer throughout the day. — 8 years, 10 months agoBeautyIsEasy | 56 reviews
Great for wavy hair!This product really turns my waves into curls and keeps them frizz-free too! — 8 years, 10 months agotoribo | 22 reviews
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Longoria misses camp after birth of daughter
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Evan Longoria was not in camp on Thursday for the second consecutive day due to the birth of his daughter.
According to Maddon, the baby daughter of Longoria and his girlfriend, Jaime Edmondson, was born Wednesday night, which Maddon discovered by random chance after sending Longoria a text message that night.
"I texted him right about the time of birth, almost," Maddon said. "I just wanted to know that he was well and obviously she was well and the baby was well and everything was fine. And that's all I wrote. I didn't say when you need to be back. I didn't ask him when he was going to be back. I just told him to take care of what you need to do and let us know."
No official announcement was made about the birth. Maddon told reporters he did not know when Longoria would be back in camp.
The due date for Longoria's and Edmondson's baby had been April 1, but labor for the birth was induced Wednesday.


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Oil fluctuated on forecasts that rising US output has pushed up inventories and as consumer confidence rose to the highest level in more than four years.
Prices traded in a $US1.42 range as supplies probably grew by 350,000 barrels last week, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg before an Energy Department report tomorrow. The Conference Board's confidence index climbed in November. Demand for goods such as machinery and electronics rose last month.
"There is an expectation that US oil production and inventories are still growing and the market balance is just not that tight," said Kyle Cooper, director of commodities research at IAF Advisors in Houston. "Consumer confidence has definitely improved."
Crude for January delivery slipped 15 cents to $US87.59 a barrel at 1:25 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices are down 11 per cent this year.
Brent for January settlement slid 69 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $US110.23 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange.
Crude inventories probably increased 0.1 per cent last week to 374.8 million, according to the median estimate of nine analysts in the Bloomberg survey. Stockpiles of gasoline and distillate fuels were also expected to rise.
Oil production gained for an 11th week to 6.71 million barrels a day in the week ended Nov 16, an 18-year high, last week's Energy Department report showed.
US Confidence
The consumer confidence index climbed to 73.7, the highest level since February 2008, from a revised 73.1 reading the prior month, figures from the New York-based Conference Board showed today. The median forecast of 75 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected a reading of 73.
Bookings for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a proxy for future business investment, rose 1.7 per cent in October, the most since May, the Commerce Department reported today. Orders for all durable goods were little changed, beating the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg that projected a 0.7 per cent drop.
"The durable goods number was better than the consensus," said Jason Schenker, president of Prestige Economics LLC, an Austin, Texas-based energy consultant. "The recent data paints a picture of modest growth."
Greek Aid
Oil fell as much as 1 per cent earlier as the euro declined against the dollar on the inventory estimates and concern that a deal for Greece to buy back its bonds may falter.
European finance ministers eased the terms on emergency aid for Greece. In the latest bid to keep the 17-nation euro intact, the ministers cut the rates on bailout loans, suspended interest payments for a decade, gave Greece more time to repay and engineered a bond buyback. Greece was also cleared to receive a 34.4 billion-euro ($US44.7 billion) loan installment in December.
Doubters questioned whether Greece can stomach further economic discipline and whether the bond buyback will generate enough savings. A shortfall would put outright debt relief, anathema to northern creditor countries, back on the agenda.
The euro dropped as much as 0.4 per cent to $US1.2915. A weaker euro and stronger dollar reduce oil's appeal as an investment alternative. Earlier, it rose as much as 0.3 per cent.
"There are a lot of different news headlines out there but they aren't giving the market direction," said Jacob Correll, a Louisville, Kentucky-based analyst at Summit Energy Inc., which manages more than $US20 billion in companies' annual energy spending. "There's some optimism about the Greek bailout but that's based on the most bullish possible outcome."
Fiscal Cliff
Oil also followed stocks as the Standard & Poor's 500 Index moved between gains and losses amid the ongoing budget debate in Washington and concern about the so-called fiscal cliff.
Congress returns from the Thanksgiving recess this week, seeking a budget deal to avoid $US607 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts from kicking in next year.
"We are moving with the equities," said Bill Baruch, a senior market strategist at Iitrader.com in Chicago. "Once the Greek deal has gone through, all it does is to bring back the next barrier and that's the fiscal cliff."
While Republicans favor raising federal tax revenue by limiting deductions, Democrats have pushed for higher rates on upper-income earners. The Congressional Budget Office has said a failure to avoid the fiscal cliff could lead to a recession and a jobless rate of about 9 per cent, compared with the October rate of 7.9 per cent.


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LOS ANGELES -- The longest postseason for the Los Angeles Kings led into the longest game they had ever played. After 94 minutes of impossibly tense hockey, Alec Martinez could scarcely believe it when a rebound off Henrik Lundqvist's pads came straight to his stick.
"After it went in, I think I blacked out," Martinez said. "I'm just so happy for these guys."
From their first elimination game seven weeks ago to Martinez's championship-winning goal, these Kings were resilient, relentless and remarkable.
And now they have the Stanley Cup. Again.
Martinez scored 14:43 into the second overtime, and the Kings won the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5 on Friday night.
Marian Gaborik scored a tying power-play goal in the third period for the Kings, who rallied from yet another deficit before finishing off the Rangers in the finals' third overtime game at Staples Center.
Jonathan Quick made 28 saves and Conn Smythe Trophy winner Justin Williams scored an early goal as Los Angeles added a second title to its 2012 championship, the first in the franchise's 47-year history.
Long an NHL afterthought in their warm-weather city, the Kings have turned into a burgeoning dynasty -- and they've turned Hollywood into a hockey town with two titles, capped by this glamorous finish.
"We have a team that simply will not be denied," said Williams, a three-time Cup champion after scoring 25 points. "Every Cup is special. What we went through in 2012 (versus) what we went through this year, huge difference, and we really earned it."
After innumerable chances for both teams in two nail-biting extra periods, Martinez started the final rush with a pass to Kyle Clifford, who dropped it to Tyler Toffoli for a shot. The rebound went straight to Martinez, and the defenseman buried it for his fifth goal of the postseason.
Martinez is becoming a late-game playoff legend after also scoring in overtime in Game 7 against Chicago in the Western Conference finals, but the Kings all see themselves as part of something bigger.
"I don't know if we're part of (a dynasty) yet, but hopefully we're on our way to that," defenseman Drew Doughty said. "I believe this group could be at that point, but it's going to take a lot of work."
The Kings rocketed off the bench and gathered for a huge group hug near the Rangers' net before the handshake line and the Stanley Cup ceremony featuring captain Dustin Brown's second chance to take the 35-pound silver trophy from commissioner Gary Bettman.
While his players went crazy, coach Darryl Sutter nonchalantly walked onto the ice with almost no celebration of his second title. He wore a broad grin when he raised the Cup above his head several minutes later.
Brown swiftly handed the Cup to Robyn Regehr, the veteran defenseman and first-time NHL champion who never got back in the Kings' lineup after his May 3 knee injury. Regehr handed it to Gaborik, the goal-scoring dynamo and late-season acquisition who led the playoffs with 14 goals to win the first title of his 13-season NHL career.
"You go into this hoping that you don't regret anything," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "We put it out there. We gave our best shot, best effort. Three games here all went to OT. What can I say?"
Game 5 was the Kings' 26th playoff game of the spring, matching the NHL record for the longest postseason run. Los Angeles has played 64 playoff games over the last three years, setting another league record.


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Just a suggestion to all the bhikkhus and bhikkhunis out there, that we put our ordination dates in our signature. That would make it easier for everyone to know how to address our fellow monastics (for those of you who don't know, senior monks are to be addressed as "Bhante" and junior monks as "avuso" or by their first name, according to the Buddha's last words (cp. D. 16 tathāgatapacchimavācā)).
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A 62-year-old woman admitted to behavioral hospital unit because of agitation complicating end-stage Parkinson disease. The disease has progressed over 20 years.
States that hand deformities arose more recently. Gives equivocal answer when routinely queried about remote or recent abuse by others; denies that interpersonal violence ever caused a fracture. Claims that a fall down stairs led to hand changes.
Profoundly dysphonic woman, polite but often unfocused in discussion. Hands as shown. Wrists cannot be passively extended; metacarpophalangeal joints cannot be flexed. Interphalangeal joints are somewhat mobile, distal more so than proximal; passive motion does not produce pain.
Hands warm and well perfused; pulses can't be felt because of constant abnormal involuntary movements. Movements may be partly psychogenic. Forearms do not feel woody. Elbows show normal passive range of motion. Sensation testing intact.
Legs: atrophy of muscles. Right clubfoot deformity, left foot somewhat inverted and adducted.
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The International Dairy Foods Association backs the government's drive to highlight the importance of dairy products in school meals, but has expressed concern about banning flavored milk.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture came out with updated standards for school meals.
The government requires schools to offer eight ounces of fluid milk with each school lunch and breakfast. But it has banned all milk products that are not low-fat or fat-free plain milk and fat-free flavored milks.
"We applaud the strong support of dairy as a vital component of a healthy diet and appreciate the priority attention USDA has given to improving the foods and beverages served in our nation's schools," says Connie Tipton, IDFA president and CEO. "However, we are disappointed that USDA has placed limits on milk varieties ahead of constraints on competing beverages widely available today."
Milk will continue to face tough competition from other "competing beverages" sold at schools until the USDA issue rules governing the process.
"Eliminating low-fat flavored milks, which kids like, and still allowing a wide variety a la carte beverages like juice beverages, sports drinks and soda at schools will reduce milk consumption," said Tipton.
New research has shown that much of the decline in milk consumption among children and teens is attributed to the wide availability of other beverages at schools, says the IDFA.
"When beverages other than milk, 100-percent juice and water are offered, total milk consumption at school drops 9 percent to 28 percent," the IDFA says.
Earlier in the year the IDFA sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighting this continuing decline in milk consumption. It warned that schools might use USDA's final school meal rule as their basis for all school milk purchases.
The letter said:
"Our industry would prefer an attainable restriction on added sugars or a calorie limit rather than the exclusion of low-fat flavored milk as proposed in the school meal rule."
The concern has also been shared by members of the House Education and Workforce Committee. Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and Congressman Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), also wrote to the secretary asking for consistent standards for milk and all beverages sold in schools.
"Given the nutritional value of milk, including low-fat flavored milk, we are deeply concerned that USDA would take action that could drastically reduce milk consumption in schools in favor of less healthy alternatives," they said.