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Testing for prediabetes and risk for future diabetes in asymptomatic people should be considered in adults of any age who are overweight or obese (BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 or ≥23 kg/m 2 in Asian Americans) and who have one or more additional risk factors for diabetes ( Table 2.3 ). BTable 2.3
For all people, testing should begin at age 45 years. B
If tests are normal, repeat testing carried out at a minimum of 3-year intervals is reasonable. C
To test for prediabetes, fasting plasma glucose, 2-h plasma glucose during 75-g oral glucose tolerance test, and A1C are equally appropriate. B
In patients with prediabetes, identify and, if appropriate, treat other cardiovascular disease risk factors. B
Testing for prediabetes should be considered in children and adolescents who are overweight or obese (BMI >85th percentile for age and sex, weight for height >85th percentile, or weight >120% of ideal for height) and who have additional risk factors for diabetes ( Table 2.5 ). ETable 2.5
Criteria for testing for diabetes or prediabetes in asymptomatic adults
"Prediabetes" is the term used for individuals whose glucose levels do not meet the criteria for diabetes but are too high to be considered normal ( 23 , 24 ). Patients with prediabetes are defined by the presence of IFG and/or IGT and/or A1C 5.7–6.4% (39–47 mmol/mol) ( Table 2.4 ). Prediabetes should not be viewed as a clinical entity in its own right but rather as an increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Criteria for testing for diabetes or prediabetes in asymptomatic adults is outlined in Table 2.3 . Prediabetes is associated with obesity (especially abdominal or visceral obesity), dyslipidemia with high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol, and hypertension.Table 2.4
Categories of increased risk for diabetes (prediabetes)
IFG is defined as FPG levels between 100 and 125 mg/dL (between 5.6 and 6.9 mmol/L) ( 24 , 25 ) and IGT as 2-h PG during 75-g OGTT levels between 140 and 199 mg/dL (between 7.8 and 11.0 mmol/L) ( 23 ). It should be noted that the World Health Organization (WHO) and numerous other diabetes organizations define the IFG cutoff at 110 mg/dL (6.1 mmol/L).
As with the glucose measures, several prospective studies that used A1C to predict the progression to diabetes as defined by A1C criteria demonstrated a strong, continuous association between A1C and subsequent diabetes. In a systematic review of 44,203 individuals from 16 cohort studies with a follow-up interval averaging 5.6 years (range 2.8–12 years), those with A1C between 5.5 and 6.0% (between 37 and 42 mmol/mol) had a substantially increased risk of diabetes (5-year incidence from 9 to 25%). Those with an A1C range of 6.0–6.5% (42–48 mmol/mol) had a 5-year risk of developing diabetes between 25 and 50% and a relative risk 20 times higher compared with A1C of 5.0% (31 mmol/mol) ( 26 ). In a community-based study of African American and non-Hispanic white adults without diabetes, baseline A1C was a stronger predictor of subsequent diabetes and cardiovascular events than fasting glucose ( 27 ). Other analyses suggest that A1C of 5.7% (39 mmol/mol) or higher is associated with a diabetes risk similar to that of the high-risk participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) ( 28 ), and A1C at baseline was a strong predictor of the development of glucose-defined diabetes during the DPP and its follow-up ( 29 ).
This essay addresses the issue of how best to insert migration concerns into development planning, as a part of a process of thinking more broadly about US migration policies and interests....
Donald Kerwin and Robert Warren
This paper identifies potential common ground in the US immigration debate, including the national interests that underlie US immigration and refugee policies, and broad public support for a legal and orderly immigration system that serves compelling national interests. It focuses on the cornerstone of immigration reform, the legal immigration system, and addresses the widespread belief that broad reform will incentivize illegal migration and ultimately lead to another large undocumented population....
Philip Martin
President Trump issued executive orders after taking office in January 2017 that could lead to the removal of many of the 11 million unauthorized foreigners, including one million who work in US agriculture. Agriculture in the western United States especially has long relied on newcomers to fill seasonal farm jobs. The slowdown in Mexico-US migration since 2008-09 means that there are fewer flexible newcomers to supplement the current workforce. Farm employers are responding with worker bonuses, productivity-increasing tools, mechanization, and guest workers. Several factors suggest that the United States may be poised to embark on another large-scale guest worker program for agriculture. If it does, farmers should begin to pay payroll taxes on the wages of guest workers. This will foster mechanization and development in the workers' communities of origin if payroll taxes are divided equally between departing workers and commodity-specific boards to increase the competitiveness of production in the United States. The economic incentives provided by payroll taxes could help to usher in a new and better era of farm labor....
Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny
US immigration policy has serious limitations, particularly when viewed from an economic perspective. Some shortcomings arise from faulty initial design, others from the inability of the system to adapt to changing circumstances. In either case, a reluctance to confront politically difficult decisions is often a contributing factor to the failure to craft laws that can stand the test of time. This paper argues that, as a result, some key aspects of US immigration policy are incoherent and mutually contradictory — new policies are often inconsistent with past policies and undermine their goals. Inconsistency makes policies less effective because participants in the immigration system realize that lawmakers face powerful incentives to revise policies at a later date. It specifically analyzes US policies regarding unauthorized immigration, temporary visas, and humanitarian migrants as examples of incoherence and inconsistency. Lastly, this paper explores key features of an integrated, coherent immigration policy from an economic perspective and how policymakers could better attempt to achieve policy consistency across laws and over time....
Cristina Rodriguez
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Occasionally you may notice that your breast milk is streaked with red (or pink or brown) after you have expressed your milk or after your baby has spit up some breast milk after a feed. Naturally you will be worried that it might be blood and where it might have come from. Has it come from a cracked nipple or deeper in your breast, could it be from your baby? If it is from your breast will it harm your baby? This article looks at common causes of blood in breast milk and answers frequently asked questions.
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A little blood in breast milk in the early days of breastfeeding is quite common due to the changes within the breast
Common causes of blood in breast milk include:"Rusty pipe syndrome" A cracked or damaged nipple Damagedcapillaries in the breast Intraductal pailloma Fibrocystic changes
Although not usually serious, it's always a good idea to mention any blood to your health care provider. Rarely, a bloody nipple discharge can be an indication of breast cancer
This is the name given to small amounts of blood seen in breastmilk duringthe first week or so after birth. It's thought to be due to extra blood flow to the breast and fast development of glandular tissue. Itis discussed in Dr Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding :
It is not surprising that sometimes blood vessels leak a little blood into a duct, and it then comes out of the nipple. It is not dangerous for the mother or the baby. Sometimes when a baby swallows blood he may spit it up because it irritates his stomach, but it really does him no harm. The bleeding usually disappears by 7 to 10 days after birth. Breastfeeding must not be interrupted.
The work is based on data with high temporal and spatial resolution from publicly available sources. Satellite‐derived chlorophyll (Chl) and sea surface temperate (SST) are blended daily products based on SeaWiFS v2010.0, MODIS Aqua v2010.0, and MODIS Terra v2010.0 with a resolution of 1km (see http://spg. ucsd.edu/satellite_data/california_current/Readme.htm ). While no direct validation data is available for the time period of this study, the standard chlorophyll algorithms are assumed to perform well in the study domain, with typical RMSE values of ∼0.20mgChlm −3 , [ Kahru and Mitchell , 2001 ; Kahru et al. , 2012 ] . We use 6‐hourly velocity fields with a 1km resolution from Jet Propulsion Laboratory [ Dong et al. , 2009 ] generated using the Regional Ocean Modeling System general circulation model with data assimilation included. The model velocities are validated for the Southern California Bight [ Dong et al. , 2009 ].
We combine the satellite products and velocity fields using Lagrangian particle tracking as described in [
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]. Virtual particles are seeded evenly in the domain at 24h intervals and allowed to advect for 7days using the off‐line Lagrangian particle code TRACMASS. Satellite data are attached to the particle each time it intersects with a coincident observation (Figure 2 ). This matchup is done by pairing each cell on the model grid with the nearest potential satellite observation. No data is attached if the nearest observation is not available. The satellite properties are interpolated linearly between every pair of attached values along the flow path. Each interpolation between two end points is treated as an individual trajectory so that a trajectory with satellite data attached at days 1, 4, and 5 is converted to one trajectory interpolated from days 1 to 4 and one interpolated from 1 to 5. The interpolated values are transferred to rates of change by using the along‐track difference from 1day to the next. Finally, the individual results are aggregated back onto the model grid by taking the mean value of all particles located in each grid cell each day (Figure 2 ). A weighting function of 1/days is used for this aggregation, i.e., a value calculated by interpolating between observations 5days apart is given a 20% weight to that of a value interpolated over 1day. As an end result, we are provided with daily fields of rate of change of SST and Chl for the domain. They will hereafter be denoted ΔSST and ΔChl, respectively. Only grid cells that have associated satellite data values, both before and after a given time step, are used to calculate ΔSST and/or ΔChl. We assume ΔChl to be a crude proxy for net community production, which is the measure of the gross production minus community respiration [cf. Jönsson et al. , 2011 ].


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After Bladder Surgery
I had bladder surgery done the last week of August, how long does it take to heal before I know my bladder is working and not having to go to the bathroom as much as I had before surgery.
Treatmet for urinary leakage would not affect you urgency and urinary frequency. Result of anti incontinence surgery is almost always immediate.
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06.28.13HMG Paints Ltd. has announced that its managing drector, John Falder, was elected vice president of the British Coatings Federation's (BCF).
Falder, currently chairman of BCF's Industrial Coatings Council and BCF Vehicle Refinish Group, has had an active role in the BCF for 27 years and has been at the forefront of a number of BCF projects, including apprentice training schemes, environmental and sustainability programmes, and a number of health and safety initiatives.
During his 20 year tenure as managing director, HMG Paints has grown to become the largest independent speciality coatings manufacturer in the UK. Based in Manchester, and with 83 years experience in the coatings industry, HMG Paints has expanded to incorporate sites and associates across the world.


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Youth Waterfowl Weekend Sept. 15-16
North Dakota's two-day youth waterfowl season is Sept. 15-16. Legally licensed resident and nonresident youth waterfowl hunters age 15 and younger can hunt ducks, geese, coots and mergansers statewide.
The daily bag limit and species restrictions for the youth season are the same as for regular duck and goose seasons.
Resident and qualifying nonresident youth waterfowl hunters must possess a general game and habitat license and a fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate. Nonresidents from states that do not provide a reciprocal licensing agreement for North Dakota residents must purchase the entire nonresident waterfowl license package.
In addition, all youth hunters must be Harvest Information Program certified, and youth ages 12 and older need to have passed a certified hunter education course. Hunters age 15 and younger do not need a federal duck stamp.
Hunters who purchase a license through the North Dakota Game and Fish Department can easily get HIP certified. Otherwise, hunters must call (888) 634-4798, or log on to the Game and Fish website at gf.nd.gov, and record the HIP number on their fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate.
Shooting hours for the youth waterfowl season are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. An adult at least 18 years of age must accompany the resident youth hunter into the field, and a licensed adult is required to accompany a nonresident youth hunter. The two-day weekend hunt does not count against a nonresident adult hunter's 14-day regular season waterfowl dates.


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An important consideration for decolonial responses to oppression, then, concerns the forms of critical consciousness that promote collective identification. In recognition of this important consideration, the third pressing task in the Liberation Psychology of Martín-Baró (1994) is recovery of historical memory . In the words of Martín-Baró,
The prevailing discourse puts forth an apparently natural and ahistorical reality, structuring it in such a way as to cause it to be accepted without question. This makes it impossible to derive lessons from experience and, more important, makes it impossible to find the roots of one's own identity, which is as much needed for interpreting one's sense of the present as for glimpsing possible alternatives.… The recovery of historical memory supposes the reconstruction of models of identification that, instead of chaining and caging the people, open up the horizon for them, toward their liberation and fulfillment. (p. 30)
The importance of critical consciousness to the topic of collective identification lies in dismantling representations of history that reflect and reproduce forms of domination and replacing them with alternative forms of collective memory that reflect and promote identification with perspectives of people in oppressed communities.
Evidence for the effect of "recovered" historical memory in promoting support for reparative action comes from an investigation of displays for Black History Month (BHM) that we conducted in secondary schools of a city in the mid-western USA ( Salter Adams, 2015 ). We observed that schools with majority White populations were more likely than majority Black (and Latino) populations to de-emphasize struggles against racism and to link BHM to larger issues of cultural diversity rather than Civil Rights. This relative prominence of different Black History Month representations in the material reality of different school environments is not inconsequential, but instead affords different courses of action. In this case, BHM displays from predominately Black and Latino spaces afforded increases in perceptions of racism among White American participants, which in turn mediated support for anti-racism policies ( Salter Adams, 2015 ). In other words, representations from schools with a majority of Black and Latino students afford support for anti-racism policies because they alert viewers to the ongoing significance of racism in contemporary U.S. society. The recovery and broad distribution of representations of history that afford perception of racism and support for reparative action constitute a productive and liberatory response to situations of oppression.
An emphasis on the recovery of historical memory and development of critical consciousness constitutes a shift away from strategies that implicitly or explicitly advocate adaptation (i.e., to oppressive systems) toward strategies that focus on social transformation. This alternative focus illuminates the coloniality of knowledge in mainstream social psychology and "coping only" response strategies. Mainstream psychological science places a heavy emphasis on reducing stress via adaptation to local realities. But what if these realities are inherently oppressive (as decolonial critiques suggest of the modern global order)? Conventional scientific wisdom implies that the healthy course of action is for people to cope with the situation by adapting themselves to the oppressive social order rather than acting in some fashion to transform it. In this way, mainstream psychological science acts as a conservative force that promotes not only resignation to, but also legitimization or naturalization of an unjust status quo. It elevates oppressive constructions of reality to the status of a natural standard to which individual actors must successfully adapt, and implicitly de-legitimizes attempts to transform those oppressive realities. As we have noted repeatedly, this adaptationist stance to oppressive realities may bring short-term benefits, but it is inimical to long-term or collective well-being if those oppressive realities are the root of the pathology in the first place.
In contrast to mainstream psychological constructions of coping that emphasize individual adaptation to oppressive realities, a decolonial response to oppression emphasizes social transformation. Rather than elevate the unjust status quo to the level of natural or inevitable, a decolonial response to oppression de-naturalizes the status quo by revealing it to be the project of violent repression and injustice. Rather than grudging resignation to the oppressive status quo, decolonial responses encourage imagination of social justice alternatives to the status quo.
Our focus in this paper is a reconsideration of mainstream perspectives that advise people from historically oppressed communities to adapt to, rather than challenge systems of oppression. As a result of this focus, we have not considered the implications that decolonial responses to oppression have for people who benefit from racial and colonial domination. Such people have even more motivation than people from marginalized communities to deny the extent of global oppression, as recognition of this oppression threatens the legitimacy of the racialized global order from which they benefit. Given this motivation, people from dominant groups are perhaps especially likely to develop epistemological tools that both prevent recognition of oppression and afford a construction of the racialized global order as the natural or inevitable product of modern progress and cultural development. By allowing these epistemologies of ignorance to persist unchallenged, mainstream responses to coping with oppression help reproduce domination.
In contrast, decolonial responses to coping promote critical consciousness (rather than identity-enhancing denial), disrupt epistemologies of ignorance that naturalize the racialized injustice of the modern global order, and illuminate models of identification (e.g., imagination of community with broader humanity) that afford dis-investment in the racialized injustice of the modern global order. In other words, decolonial responses to coping seek not only to liberate people in marginalized communities from ongoing racist and colonial violence, but also to liberate people in dominant communities from forces that compel them to perpetrate (often in mindless fashion) forms of racist and colonial violence.
To conclude this contribution to the special section, we step back from the particular discussion of decolonial approaches to coping and examine implications that this discussion raises for the project of "decolonizing psychology". The general strategy is one that informs many contributions to the special section. In particular, we draw upon the epistemological perspective of people in oppressed communities for insights and alternatives to prevailing understandings of well-being, consciousness, and peace.
Intracellular production of TNF (A) and IL-6 (B) in classical (CD14 ++ ), intermediate (CD14 ++ CD16 + ) and non-classical (CD14 + CD16 + ) monocytes from young and elderly donors in response to LPS (50 ng/ml) and S . pneumoniae (5 x10 6 CFU) . C) The secretion of TNF and D) IL-6 for isolated CD14+ monocytes in response to LPS for young and older donors. E) The frequency of intermediate monocytes were found to have a significant, positive correlation with the levels of serum TNF (β = 2.78, p<0.006). (A-D) is representative of ± SEM of n = 7 young donors (26–52 yrs) and n = 6 older donors (63–70 yrs) *indicates p<0.05, and ** indicates p< 0.05. Intermediate monocyte (CD14++CD16+HLA-DR+) count (cells per microlitre of whole blood) increases relative to serum levels of TNF in older donors (n = 94, 61-100yrs).
To determine whether age-related changes in Ly6C
monocyte numbers, phenotype and inflammatory capacity were caused by changes in the aging bone marrow microenvironment or due to intrinsic changes in the myeloid precursors themselves, we created heterochronic bone marrow chimeras. When young bone marrow was transferred to old recipient mice the number of Ly6C
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) or old recipient mice who had received old donor marrow ( Fig 4A ). In contrast, young recipient mice that had received old donor marrow had Ly6C high and Ly6C low monocyte numbers comparable to young mice ( Fig 1A ) or to young recipient mice that had received young donor bone marrow ( Fig 4A ). In addition, the increase in CCR2 expression observed on circulating monocytes from old mice ( Fig 1C ) was also observed in circulating monocytes from old recipient mice who had received young donor marrow but not on young recipient mice who received old donor marrow( Fig 4B ). These data demonstrate that increases of Ly6C + monocytes and increased CCR2 expression occur in a manner entirely dependent on the bone marrow microenvironment.
(A) Total numbers of Ly6C high and Ly6C low monocytes in the blood of heterochronic bone marrow chimeric mice. Old recipient mice which receive young donor marrow have increased numbers of circulating Ly6C high and Ly6C low monocytes which are comparable to old recipient mice that receive old donor marrow. Young recipient mice that receive old donor marrow do not have an increase in Ly6C high and Ly6C low monocytes. The data represent the mean (± SEM) of 5 mice. (B) CCR2 expression on circulating monocytes is elevated when the recipient mouse is old, indicating that the bone marrow microenvironment drives changes in CCR2 expression (CCR2 MFI± SEM; n = 5). (C-D) The percent Ly6C high monocytes as a proportion of CD45 + cells in the (C) blood or (D) bone marrow of young and old WT and TNF KO mice was quantitated (± SEM; n = 4–6). (E-F) Expression of CCR2 on Ly6C high monocytes in the (E) blood or (F) bone marrow of young and old WT and TNF KO mice ( n = 4–8) demonstrate that the presence of TNF drives CCR2 expression with age. (G) IL6 production in whole blood from young and old TNF KO mice stimulated with 100 ng/ml of LPS or a vehicle control for 24 hours was quantitated by ELISA (± SEM; n = 5). Statistical significance was determined by two-tailed Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test, one-way or two-way ANOVA with Fisher's LSD post-test where appropriate. * indicates p < .05, ** indicates p < 0.005, *** indicates p < 0.0005 and **** indicates p < 0.00005. (A-B) is representative of 2 independent experiments; (C-G) is representative of 3 independent experiments.
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SIX members of the same family suffered carbon monoxide poisoning after a leak at their Blackburn home.
Neighbours said it was a 'miracle' the Patel family was rescued after a faulty water heater in the kitchen pumped the lethal gas through their house in Railway Grove, Little Harwood.
Brother and sister Yasin and Fatima managed to escape the worst of the fumes and have been praised for alerting the emergency services, just before 1pm on Saturday.
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But their parents Yusuf and Yasmin, and brothers Mohammed and Anas, had already collapsed and were unresponsive in the dining room of the terraced property.
One firefighter who was among the first to arrive said it was 'like Armageddon', with bodies sprawled around the back room.
Neighbour Asma Patel said: "In another couple of minutes they could have been dead. You could see they weren't well as they came out of the house."
Her husband Salim added: "There were police cars and ambulances all along the road. It is just lucky that one of them managed to call 999."
Watch manager Gary Ibbotson said a crew found an older boy and girl in a confused state on the pavement outside while the rest of the family members were semi-conscious.
Firefighters used ventilation fans to clear the property before officers went inside and gave the victims oxygen.
Mr Ibbotson said: "It was like Armageddon. There were bodies lying around everywhere. They were quite lucky because all six of them could have been in the dining room at the time.
"One of them had said earlier that they felt sick and the father said he couldn't walk straight.
"One of the boys and his sister were in the living room and when they went back to the dining room everyone had collapsed around them.
"He put two and two together and thought that it must have been gas but he couldn't smell anything because it was carbon monoxide.
"He probably saved their lives with what he did.
"The call was made initially to the ambulance service but we were alerted as well and we arrived on the scene at the same time as the first ambulance."
An engineer was called out from the gas board to isolate the supply and the leak was eventually traced to the water heater which had broken and released fumes into the dining room.
All six were initially taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital, where it is said carbon monoxide poisoning was confirmed. The family members were discharged later and were believed to be stopping with family in Bolton yesterday.
Two more people who had been at the property prior to the incident also attended Royal Blackburn as a precaution when they felt unwell.
Mark and Hayley Kelly, who live the other side of the affected house, said they were relieved the family managed to get out in time.
Mr Kelly said: "They have been our neighbours for nearly 20 years. It was a miracle that they got out and we just hope they are all right now."
According to neighbours, Yusuf works for Blackburn Council and his wife is a teaching assistant at St Stephen's Primary School.
Carbon monoxide is both colourless and odourless and can cause those affected to initially suffer dizziness, nausea and led to collapse and even death.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. --- After a rough outing at Middle Tennessee, the Tennessee Tech women's basketball team will look to rebound Saturday evening as it hosts a 7 p.m. contest against the Western Carolina Catamounts.
This will be the fifth meeting between the Golden Eagles and the Catamounts, with TTU owning the series edge at 3-1. Tech won the first three meetings back in the 1970s, but WCU won the last meeting 74-61 back in the 2007-08 season.
TTU is currently 2-3 on the season, including its recent loss to Middle Tennessee last Wednesday.
The Golden Eagles are led by Tacarra Hayes, who recently recorded her 10th career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds against MTSU. Hayes leads TTU in several categories including points (75), rebounds (29) and assists (22).
Junior Kellie Cook is second on the team in scoring with 57 points, with freshman Candace Parson coming in at third with 44 points.
Western Carolina is currently 3-2 on the season, but has lost its last two games to Campbell and Coastal Carolina.
Kaila'She Menendez leads the Catamounts on offense with 61 points and she is followed closely by Rena Wakama, who has tallied 46 points. Caitlin Hollifield is WCU's leading rebounded on the season, accounting for 25 rebounds, while averaging nine points per game.
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I'm having major problems accessing my own Westell Versalink327W Verizon router.
I can go on the Neighborhood and access someone elses wireless service but not my own network.
It's crazy.
I called Verizon twice and they seemed very un helpful when I mentioned Linux.
Can someone out there help me connect to my own provider.


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RALEIGH – If ever there was a time for the N.C. State baseball team to slump its shoulders, shake its collective head and start questioning whether the fates were once again on the other team's side, this was it.
Just as it did two weeks ago in a heartbreaking 18-inning loss to rival North Carolina, the Wolfpack watched its best pitcher walk off the mound without a lead, wasted numerous scoring chances and found itself trailing by a run with three outs to go.
Only this time, instead of going down quietly to a defeat that would have been far more damaging than just the 1-0 hole it would have created in the best-of-three series, coach Elliott Avent's team came out swinging.
Two runs in the bottom of the ninth off the nation's top closer, Rice's Zech Lemond, gave State an improbable 4-3 victory at Doak Field on Saturday, moving it to within one win of its first College World Series trip since 1968.
The Wolfpack can close out the Conference USA champion Owls in Game 2 today at 4 p.m.
"We're at this point for a reason," Avent said after the dramatic victory. "There's been a lot of big moments. Every bit moment you're in, every experience you have in life, you can carry on to your next obstacle. These guys have done a pretty good job of that.
"I do think they got a little antsy a little bit, but I think they'll be much more relaxed (today)."
State (48-14) didn't look like it early, scratching across two runs on only one hit in the bottom of the first against Rice ace Austin Kubitza to take what felt like, at the time at least, a commanding early lead.
The two runs were more than the Wolfpack had scored for ace left-hander Carlos Rodon since a 7-6 extra inning win against Duke on May 17. And they served to have a calming effect on the Wolfpack.
Only not in a positive way.
Instead of using the momentum to take control of the game, State's hitters seemed to take their foot off the gas and let Rodon do the rest. This time, however, the All-ACC sophomore didn't have his usual overpowering stuff.
Rodon did strike out nine while pitching into the eighth, but he also gave up a season-high 11 hits and two runs to allow Rice (44-19) to battle its way back into the game. He left with the score tied at two and stood to take the loss when the Owls went ahead for the first time in the ninth on a single by Christian Stringer off reliever Grant Sasser.
"Getting two runs in the first inning was like the biggest thing for us, because we always get so relaxed with Carlos," center fielder Brett Williams said. "Not that we're not trying to score, but it feels good to repay him once for all the times he's pitched deep into games and we struggled to get him runs."
"We couldn't do that again, added teammate Jake Fincher. "Not after Carolina."
The Wolfpack wasted numerous opportunities to win that long game in Durham, and it looked like a replay was in order when Tarran Senay's eighth inning line drive was caught by Rice first baseman Skylar Ewing with runners on second and third and one out.
A foot either way and State would have led 4-2. Instead, those familiar bad feelings began to creep into the Wolfpack dugout.
If only for a moment.
"Senay's thing, that may have taken a momentary air out of our sail," Avent said. "He hit it good and that guy made a great, great play over at first. That was tough, (but) you just have to go out and compete."
And that's just what the Wolfpack did.
Faced with its first bout with adversity in this NCAA tournament, State responded like a team ready to do whatever it takes to reach its goal and get to Omaha.
Williams drew a leadoff walk, stole second, went to third and raced home with the tying run on a squeeze bunt by ninth hitter Logan Ratledge – one pitch after his first attempt failed – barely beating the throw home.
Two batters later, Fincher finished the job by drilling an RBI single to left that, at long last, forced the other guys to slump their shoulders and walk off the field questioning themselves.
Saturday's game was delayed 24 hours because of the effects of Tropical Storm Andrea, but like UNC's ninth inning Super Regional victory earlier in the day, the dramatic finish made it worth the wait.
With the victory, the Wolfpack now stands just one win from ending an even longer wait — this one, the 45 years since its first and only trip to the College World Series.
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It takes a lot these days to get me to seriously consider cracking open the wallet for new cosmetic purchases. Recently, however, some new products on offer from mark made the cut. I was initially inspired to try the new Lipclick Lipsticks (more on that later...), but along with my order, mark sent me a free tube of Totally Balmed Tinted Lip Balm in Totally Hot ($8).
The unassuming little tube of tinted balm does not make much of an initial first impression. But, don't be fooled because it is seriously amazing! The Totally Hot color is a dark burgundy red that is a little intimidating at first glance. It applies sheer, but it is definitely pigmented and will not work for a nude makeup look. What it will give you is a perfect just-bitten, pretty-but-not-trying, French girl lip tint. You know the one. Amazingly, it imparts an exquisite amount of pigment without being drying (it is balm, after all...) and leaves a long-lasting stain as it wears. It does all of these things for less than $10.
Totally Balmed reminds me a bit of the tarte 24/7 Lip Sheers and Totally Hot is a pretty good match for the Friday shade in that line. While I love me some tarte, the 24/7 Lip Sheers cost almost double what mark is charging for Totally Balmed. So take that into your calculations! Sometimes I have my doubts about the product reviews on the mark website because they are almost universally positive and I think a lot of the people commenting are mark reps, but these little babies are pulling down a 84% approval rating. I am not at all surprised. This little, unassuming black tube could be the answer to your minimally made up, just pretty enough makeup aspirations. I, myself, am already obsessed.


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Earnings: A large number of misses this morning. Among industrials and materials, big misses from Cummins, Pitney Bowes, U.S. Steel, and Martin Marietta Materials. Pfizer also missed, though just by a penny, but lowered its full-year outlook.
Engine maker Cummins was a mess, a big miss on bottom line ($1.44 a share vs. $1.86 a share expected) and slightly light on top line ($3.922 billion vs. $3.966 billion). Once again, there was notable weakness in Europe, but also Brazil and China. First-quarter North America revenue was down 15 percent, international down 10 percent. Engine revenue was down 19 percent.
That said, as with many industrials, it maintained its full-year guidance. Huh? It misses by 40 cents a share and still maintains guidance? Management is insisting that first-quarter is the bottom: "While uncertainty remains in a number of markets, we expect that the first quarter will mark the low point of the year for company revenues."
(Read More: Earnings Preview—Dreamworks & IAC)


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As important as strategy is, we have got to execute to win. Execution involves every employee and every contact we have with customers. The devil is in the details. We must act quickly on problems; drive for results, not just activities; and ensure detailed follow-up so that we meet our commitments. Without discipline, mediocrity rules.


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The Innov-is F480 is the ideal machine for sewing and embroidery projects alike. Packed with features and superior quality, you can create labels, monograms and even your own stitch patterns. Its easy-to-use keypad and numerous advanced features make this machine a favourite amongst keen sewers.
This machine is like new, its been on display in our shop and only switched on a handful of times. It will be repacked into its original box and arrive with the buyer as a new machine would. The manufactures warranty is also unaffected therefore a full 3 year manufactures warranty still applies which is backed by any of the UK Brother service centres. The machine is available for viewing in our shop and on site training could be given if required.
- 182 built-in stitches, including 10 buttonhole styles
- 5 Styles of lettering (upper and lowercase)
- 138 built-in embroidery designs
- SFDS: Square Feed Drive System
- Lock stitch button
- User-friendly colour LCD screen
- Memory function
- My Custom Stitch
- Needle up/down function
- Automatic thread cutter
- Advanced needle threader
- Quick-set bobbin and winder
Included accessories:
- Buttonhole foot "A"
- Overcasting foot "G"
- Monogramming foot "N"
- Zipper foot "I"
- Zigzag foot "J" (on machine)
- Blind stitch foot "R"
- Button fitting foot "M"
- Walking foot
- Quilting foot
- Stitch guide foot "P"
- Adjustable zipper/piping foot
- Non stick foot
- Open toe foot
- 1/4 inch quilting foot
- Side cutter "S"
- Quilting guide
- Seam ripper
- Bobbin (4) (One is on machine)
- Needle set
- Twin needle (Centre)
- Cleaning brush
- Eyelet punch
- Screwdriver (large)
- Screwdriver (small)
- Spool cap (large)
- Spool cap (medium)(2)
- Spool cap (small)
- Extra spool pin
- Spool net
- Foot controller
- Embroidery foot "Q"
- Embroidery frame (large) H18 cm x W 13 cm H 7 inches x W 5 inches
- Embroidery frame (Extra large multi-position) H 30 cm x W 13 cm H 12
- inches x W 5 inches
- Stabilizer material for embroidery
- Embroidery bobbin thread (white)
- Alternate bobbin case (no color on screw)
- Knee lifter
- Grid sheet set
- Scissors
- Hard case
- Accessory bag
- Disc-shaped screwdriver
- Machine net weight: 14.72KG
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|1 units available
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For unwanted items, you must inform us within 14 days from delivery date. For faulty items, you must inform us with 30 days from the delivery date
The consumer must send off the goods intended for return and in any event not later than 14 days after approval of the RMA without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days after the day on which the consumer receives RMA approval.
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It is important you do not use or interfere with the product if you intend to return the item, if the item is used or interfered with then it is deemed accepted as supplied, items MUST be unused, if we receive items back in used condition a refund will not be issued and they will be made available for your collection or a partial refund will be offered if the value has been affected by the use of the item or otherwise damaging it, this includes packaging and accessories.
In essence, you can handle the products just as you would in a shop, but no more than that.
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After 6 months it will be down to the consumer to prove it is a manufacturing fault, if it can be proved then we reserve the right to further inspect the product to confirm a manufacturing fault, if after confirming it is a manufacturing fault then we will repair or replace the item.
Fabric that is cut to length for each individual order, cannot be returned. We deem these products to have been made to order, and as such are exempt from distance selling regulations. Please order carefully.
In order for our customers to order fabric samples, we allow returns when you order a 'Fat Quarter Cut', as quantity of 1. You may order and return as many Fat Quarter Cuts as you like within the same order. Please note, your refund will only include the total of goods returned, and neither your return postage or the delivery postage costs will be refunded.
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We will not charge a restocking fee for returned items.
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Eagles safety Brian Dawkins shook his head in disbelief when the overblown subject of quarterback Donovan McNabb's ignorance about the overtime rules was raised this afternoon.
"To me, that's one of the most ridiculous things ...," Dawkins said. "If you ask cats in this locker room going into that game, did they know the overtime rules were as such, I'm pretty sure the majority of them would have said, 'No, we did not know that,' because it does not come up. We don't sit at the meeting before the game and say, 'Listen, this is what's going on if it's overtime.' It never comes up.
"What you're thinking in an overtime game is that we're going to get the ball and go down and score. It's never going to come to a second overtime. ... I've been a part of it where there was one and we tied with the Baltimore Ravens. I actually knew the rule because I was a part of it. Those guys weren't a part of it."
Dawkins' defense of McNabb lost some steam and logic momentarily after that.
"If we had won that game and he had said what he said, would it be a big deal now?" Dawkins asked the gathered media. "No, it wouldn't be a big deal if we had won that game. But because we lost the game, it's a huge deal and now Donovan is an idiot because he didn't know. ... It's ridiculous."
Of course, McNabb would never have made his infamous disclousure if the Eagles had won because the game would have ended in overtime. It should also be noted that the Eagles did not lose, they tied.
Anyway, Dawkins' point was that too much is being made of McNabb's remarks and he has a point there because it didn't impact the outcome of the game.
Dawkins said when the Eagles played to a 10-10 tie with the Ravens in 1997 that he actually didn't know the overtime rules.
"Call me an idiot," Dawkins said. "I was an idiot in 1997. We went through the first overtime and had another coin toss. I knew there was overtime, but we went through the overtime and had another coin toss. As a matter fact, I might be loopey right now," Dawkins said. "We might not have even played two overtimes. We'll have to go back and look, but from my vast memory ..."
There was only one overtime period in 1997, too.
"See that, now I'm an idiot because I thought we had two," Dawkins said. "I'm an idiot."


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|This company has recently been acquired or received a credible acquisition offer.
Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) is a global technological services company that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). Forty years ago, Ross Perot founded EDS and, in doing so, created the information technology outsourcing industry. Today, EDS offers a range of IT and business process outsourcing services to clients in fields as diverse as Healthcare , financial services, manufacturing, and government. For example, EDS helps businesses process credit card transactions, manages 65,000 servers around the world, and provides technical support for 3 million desktop computers. EDS also runs both the technology and staffing for Human Resources departments for 400 organizations in the western hemisphere, including payroll services and employee relations. Headquartered in Plano, TX, the company has approximately 131,000 employees located in the U.S. and around the world.
Electronic Data Systems is in the process of developing and improving a new technology platform called the EDS Agile Enterprise platform. This network-based platform is intended to increase EDS' flexibility and reduce costs by providing a new way for clients to structure their IT systems. The key feature of this platform is its adaptability to the changing technological environment: while it does not create any new services on its own, the Agile Enterprise platform is designed to accept and integrate additions and new services with the existing services, instead of merely mashing old and new together as many other infrastructures do. A related initiative is the formation of the EDS Agility Alliance, a cooperative group of technology companies including EDS, Cisco Systems, Dell, and Microsoft. The companies in the Agility Alliance have teamed together to promote the Agile Enterprise platform, and the platform supports the services of all Alliance companies, in order for them to best tailor their offerings to client needs.
The net outflow of information technology jobs from the United States and into areas with developing economies has been occurring for several years. Firms are outsourcing more and more of their technology-related needs to offshore offices, many of which are owned and operated by third party firms such as EDS. Electronic Data Systems is taking advantage of this trend by opening many of its new offices in offshore locations, which allows EDS to enjoy the benefits of lower labor costs. EDS has been expanding most rapidly in India, but has also opened branches in China, Latin America, Hungary, and Poland.
The extreme speed at which technological advances are made has serious repercussions for Electronic Data Systems. The infrastructure business, currently the largest division of EDS, faces sizeable depreciation charges every year, as the existing technology becomes outdated and slower, less efficient, or less accurate than newer technology. EDS constantly spends large amounts of capital on research and development of new technologies, and on implementing the new networks and service platforms that are developed.
EDS is somewhat cushioned, however, from the rapid pace of technological development by its business process outsourcing (BPO) services. BPO is much less dependent on technology than the infrastructure division, and requires less capital investment to maintain competitiveness. As EDS continues to expand its BPO division, the firm will become less depending on the capital-intensive IT division and can realize higher margins and greater market stability.
The speed of technology turnover is overall good for EDS, as it creates barriers to entry for potential competitors. EDS has the experience and existing research procedures to keep on top of new developments that newer companies may lack. Furthermore, the growing uses of technology, by both consumers and businesses, contributes to continued demand for EDS's services.
EDS has been active in soliciting other technology companies to cooperate as part of the EDS Agility Alliance. The Alliance was active in jointly developing EDS's Agile Enterprise Platform, which will be integrated with the Alliance members' products and services as well as EDS's own. This allows all the Alliance members to split research and implementation costs, as well as offer a larger number of clients a wider range of functionality on the same service platform than any one firm could do alone.


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"Downfall: a Thriller" (Grand Central Publishing), by Jeff Abbott
A chance encounter with a woman in a bar thrusts Sam Capra into the deadliest and scariest mission yet in Jeff Abbott's new thriller, "Downfall."
Capra is an ex-CIA agent, and now that he's rescued his young son, he's ready to be a family man and run a network of bars around the globe owned by a secret organization called The Round Table.
One night in San Francisco, two men chase a woman into his bar. Capra defends the woman — and himself. Both men are killed. Soon Capra's face is plastered on the front page of newspapers, and a man named Belias decides Capra is worth investigating.
"Every person has his price. What is it you want most? Because, believe me, I can give it to you."
Belias has a network that manipulates people to do his bidding, but the cost isn't readily apparent. For Belias, it's about fulfilling a trusted confidante's wish, even at the cost of another's life. He's the scariest type of villain; someone who can easily get others to do his dirty work. His connections are both unrelenting and seemingly inexhaustible.
Abbott knows how to slowly ratchet up the tension while maintaining great characters and terrific plot twists. Belias has the power to bring down the entire U.S. government — and everything that Capra holds dear — with just a phone call. How can Capra defeat a man capable of doing so much damage?
The Sam Capra series gets better with each outing, and "Downfall" is a "must read" for the action-thriller fan.


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Lauren Pisciotta – Babe of the Day
Today's Babe of the Day is Lauren Pisciotta, the best friend and manager of former Babe of the Day Niykee Heaton.
She's all about #TeamHeaton and helps her best friend get to the top, which is something we can get behind. Not only is she a professional when it comes to artist management and development, but she's also a certifiable hottie. When she and Niykee are together, the hotness levels just start to skyrocket. Check out her pics below to get just an inkling of how incredibly sexy she is.


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Harvest Idaho Hash
|Potatoes, Vegetables
|Day Part
|Menu Part
|Side Dish
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Source: Ann Cooper from her cookbook, LUNCH LESSONS: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children, HarperCollins, 2006; by permission of the author, and the Idaho Potato Commission
Chef Cooper runs a couple of highly regarded restaurants near Atlanta, but in the Boulder schools, she's known as "The Renegade Lunch Lady." She has revamped the school lunch program with dishes like this colorful hash. It combines winter vegetables like rutabaga, butternut squash and parsnips with red potatoes to boost the nutritional value of a classic hash while adding extra servings of vitamin-packed veggies.
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 cup onions, medium dice
2 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 1/4 cups rutabaga, large dice
1 1/4 cups red potatoes, large dice
1 1/4 cups butternut squash, peeled and cut in large dice
1 1/4 cups parsnips, peeled and cut in large dice
3/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/8 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp. freshly ground nutmeg
1 tsp. fresh sage, chopped
4 tbsp. vegetable stock
- In a large skillet with a cover, sauté garlic and onions in butter and oil until onions are lightly browned.
- Add rutabaga, red potatoes, butternut squash and parsnips; sauté for 5 min.
- Add salt, pepper, nutmeg and fresh sage; stir to combine. Add stock and mix well. Cover and simmer for 10 min. or until vegetables are tender. Serve.


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Charlotte, NC
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Located near the intersection of Billy Graham Parkway and Morris Field Drive, ECPI University's Charlotte campus sits in the heart of North Carolina's largest metropolis and the 17th largest city in the United States. It's a major economic hub that provides many opportunities for you as a student.
Here at the Charlotte campus, we have built our reputation based on a host of performance metrics, not the least of which is the strong partnerships we have forged in the local community. Throughout the years, we have aligned ourselves with some of the region's largest and most innovative employers, including Windstream, Hologic, Novant Hospital-Medical, Carolinas Health Care Hospital, Caromont Hospital, American Red Cross, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
Yes, these organizations do hire our graduates but they do so much more. They lecture on campus, provide externship opportunities for our students, and serve on Academic Advisory Boards. Twice a year, they come to campus to review programs and make sure that course material is timely and relevant…so you can be job-ready.
As for extracurricular activities, you'll find our campus welcoming, inclusive, and fun. We have a number of clubs and student associations that host all kinds of interactive learning activities, social events, and fundraisers. They include:
Medical Professionals Club
Nursing Professionals Club
Electronics Technicians Association
Criminal Justice Club
Phi Theta Kappa
Professionals in Information Technology
Student Advisory Council
Technical Professionals Club
Students, faculty, and staff are also active in the community, supporting causes like the American Red Cross, Charlotte Food Bank, Toys for Tots, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Levine Children's Hospital, Wounded Warrior, and the local domestic violence shelter, to name just a few.
- Student Resources
Charlotte Location:
• Writing Assistance Center
• Math Assistance Center
• Tutoring
• Employment during enrollment
• Certification workshops
• Activity days which provide students with varying information from the community and campus
• Bookstore
• Library
- Clubs & Organizations
Throughout campus, you'll find that ECPI University offers a caring and collaborative atmosphere with plenty of clubs and organizations that will make you feel right at home including the:
• Medical Professionals Club
• Nursing Professionals Club
• Phi Theta Kappa
• Student Advisory Council
• Technical Professionals Club
Students, faculty, and staff are also very active in the community, supporting causes like the American Red Cross, Charlotte Food Bank, Toys for Tots, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Levine Children's Hospital, Wounded Warrior, and the local domestic violence shelter, to name just a few.
- Employers
Carolinas Healthcare
Caromont Health
American Red Cross
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Hooksett man dies after being injured in tree-cutting accidentBy BENJAMIN KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
October 03. 2013 9:47PM
HOOKSETT — A man taken to Elliot Hospital in Manchester with injuries suffered Thursday afternoon while trying to cut down an evergreen tree in his back yard has died.
The man, who has been identified as Eugene Fraser, was found non-responsive by the Hooksett Fire Department in the backyard of his residence at 47 Mammoth Road.
When firefighters found him, he had what appeared to be head injuries Deputy Fire Chief Dean Jore said. Jore said the man was given CPR on the way to the hospital and was non-responsive when he arrived at the emergency room.
Jore said that it took six minutes for the fire department to arrive at the scene, and rescue workers had to move the tree to treat the injured man.
When the call came in at 1:52 p.m., Jore said that the department was conducting a training exercise and had extra personnel on hand.
"We responded with a engine, ladder truck, staff cars and an ambulance, which is more than is typical for this type of a call. That came in handy because of the tree. It wasn't right on top of him when we got there but it was a branchy pine tree or spruce and needed to be moved. We were lucky we had extra hands," Jore said.
Jore said the man was pronounced dead at the Hospital.


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Zinnia (Yellow) - Plant
The plant is potted in 6 inch plastic Pot
Description for Zinnia (Yellow)
Zinnias have bright, solitary, daisy-like flower heads on a single, erect stem. The most common zinnia is "dahlia-flowered" and grows up to three feet. Other types are "cactus-flowered."
One of the easy to grow annual flower, Zinnias bloom from mid-summer all the way until frost.
zinnias come in an array of colors, multi-colors and hues. Zinnias come as yellow, orange, white, red, rose, pink, purple, lilac and multi-colored blooms. Zinnia varieties include both miniatures and giants that range from about a foot to over three feet tal.
|Common name
|Flower colours
|Bloom time
|The Zinnia species with small, orange flowers is Zinnia augustifolia, while the species with red, purple, or yellow petals is Zinnia peruviana.
|Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Purple, White, Multicolor
|18 to 24 inches.
Planting and care
Zinnia leaves are opposite and usually stalkless (sessile), with a shape ranging from linear to ovate, and pale to middle green in color. The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals, to a dome shape, with the colors white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac.
Zinnias seem especially favored by butterflies, and many gardeners add zinnias specifically to attract them.
|Full sun.
|Rich, well-drained soil.
|Keep the soil moist, but not soggy, for young plants. Mature zinnias require less watering, as grown flowers are somewhat drought tolerant.
|above 50 F. (10 C).
|A 5-10-5 fertilizer in mid season will help to keep zinnia plants growing strongly.
Caring for Zinnia
- Zinnia care may also include watering in the early morning, which allows the foliage and flowers ample time to dry off before nightfall.
- Zinnias should be planted 12-24" apart in rich, well drained garden soil.
- They require full sun to bloom,
- but will appreciate a little afternoon shade in the hottest regions.
- Zinnias dislike having wet foliage, so if possible, they should be watered with a soaker hose.
- Once established, your Zinnia will only need watering during extended periods of drought.
- They should be planted where they have good air circulation to help prevent powdery mildew.
- Feed every 4-6 weeks with a balanced, all purpose fertilizer.
- Deadhead regularly to keep plants flowering until fall.
Typical uses of Zinnia
Special features:
Ornamental use: Use in an annual or mixed border. Smaller zinnias are suitable for edging, window boxes or other containers. The narrow-leaf zinnia also works well in hanging baskets.
Zinnias are very popular for cut flowers.
- http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/zinnia/growing-zinnia-flowers.htm
- http://www.almanac.com/plant/zinnias
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The Facts
Acne is an inflammation of the skin that causes blackheads, whiteheads, and red spots usually called "pimples" or "zits." The most common type of acne is acne vulgaris (vulgaris means common). Acne appears most often on the face, but can also be a nuisance on your chest, back, and upper arms. Acne affects about 90% of adolescents and can also occur in adulthood, usually affecting people aged 20 to 40 years. It accounts for more doctor visits than any other skin problem.
Acne isn't life-threatening, but it can be upsetting and disfiguring and cause psychosocial problems. Acne can also lead to serious and permanent scarring.
Acne develops because your sebaceous glands are overactive. These glands normally produce small amounts of sebum, which is a thick mixture of oil and skin cells. When you have acne, these glands go into overproduction and the extra sebum can block your follicles and bacteria can move in, particularly the species called Propionibacterium acnes.
Hormones can cause an outbreak of pimples, or increase the number you get. The hormones that are active during puberty also trigger your sebaceous glands to produce more sebum. The hormones with the greatest effect on the oil glands are the androgens, the male hormones. Both men and women have androgens, but men have more.
In women, these hormones can also cause acne during the menstrual cycle, and that's why women often find that acne continues into adulthood. Hormones found in some types of birth control pills can also cause flare-ups of acne.
Eating junk food and chocolate normally has nothing to do with acne. Greasy hair and skin also doesn't cause acne, but they're often a sign of overactive sebaceous glands, which can cause acne. Research suggests that stress may worsen existing acne, but it doesn't cause it.
A tendency to get acne can run in families.
Symptoms and Complications
- blackheads (black spots the size of a pinhead) are open right on the surface of your skin (superficial) and don't leave scars
- whiteheads or pustules, the most common type of acne, are usually the first lesions people get - they don't turn black because they're not exposed to the air
- deep pustules and cysts look irritated; they're usually red and swollen with visible pus
- deep acne can be more severe – it's usually red, inflamed, filled with pus, and painful to touch
Acne symptoms vary from person to person. They include:
Deep acne often appears on the back and chest. It's usually the most difficult type of acne to treat and may leave scarring. Deep acne includes pustules and cysts, both of which can appear on the skin's surface. Some, however, are deep in the layers of the skin. If they burst, the pus that's released will cause more lesions.
Deep acne can lead to scarring. Picking at or squeezing the pimples often leaves a pitted appearance that may or may not be permanent. Scarring is more common in men because deep acne affects more men than women.
Making the Diagnosis
Acne is diagnosed by its appearance. Your doctor may do a physical exam and look at your medical and personal history to rule out any other possibilities. Your doctor may ask about things like cosmetics and any medications you're taking.
Treatment and Prevention
- Creams and lotions containing benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, glycolic acid, or sulphur are widely available without a prescription. They are peeling and drying agents that unplug clogs and help the skin shed dead cells. They usually take about 2 weeks to work and have to be used continuously afterwards to remain effective. These products should be applied to the entire affected area, not just to individual pimples.
- For some women, taking the birth control pill can help regulate the hormones that cause acne flare-ups.
- For more serious acne, an antibiotic or retinoic acid (a derivative of vitamin A) applied directly to the skin usually works.
- For deep acne, antibiotic pills (e.g., tetracycline*, minocycline) may be given.
- Prescription medications (e.g., isotretinoin) are effective in treating deep acne. These should be used with caution by women. It's important to discuss all the risks and benefits of these medications with your doctor.
- For deep acne scarring, collagen injections and laser resurfacing may be used.
- Wash no more than twice daily with a mild, unscented soap or soap-less cleanser.
- Pat (don't rub) your skin dry with a clean towel.
- Don't pop, squeeze, or pick at pimples.
- Avoid scrubbing or vigorous washing with a harsh or rough (abrasive) soap.
- Use a fresh washcloth every day.
- Use non-comedogenic cosmetics, which won't clog pores and cause acne.
- Shampoo your hair at least twice a week.
- Wash off sweat and oil as soon as possible.
- Blackheads should only be removed by your doctor.
- Although foods do not cause acne, some people find their acne worsens with certain foods. If that's the case, avoid these foods.
Most of the cleansers you see advertised for acne aren't necessary. In fact, they may actually make your acne worse. Instead, your doctor will probably recommend some of the following:
Many of these treatments can make your skin more sensitive to the sun. They should be used along with appropriate sun protection. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about the risks and benefits of the different treatment options you are considering.
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By Dan Morrill on March 31, 2011
I got to read an article today over on Illa.ws about how to use Google Hacking techniques for Google Code Search feature. The very good part of this is that people can get an idea of what open or exposed functions are within the Google code base search engine that could lead to a compromise. […]
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So when Google's machine algorithms signalize that there's something "suspicious" about a website, or when people report that website to Google, it can be manually reviewed, with relevant actions taken.
Users can report websites to Google when they see pages with spam, paid links or malware in search results.
However, even if you don't have a manual penalty, you still could be affected by an algorithmic filter.
Here's what Marie had to say:
A filter is a part of the main algorithm that can cause your site to be algorithmically suppressed. For example, the Panda algorithm can act like a filter. If your site is deemed lower quality by Panda, then the filter can act like an anchor that holds your site down. This anchor can make it really hard for you to rank well.filter
In the past, Panda and Penguin were algorithmic filters that would run periodically. Google would update the algorithm and then, if Panda or Penguin thought your site had issues, they would put something like an invisible flag on your site that would cause it to be suppressed. Over the last few years though, much has changed in how Panda and Penguin run. They are both baked into the algorithm and run continuously now. Also, Penguin no longer suppresses sites. As such, it gets difficult to talk about either of these as a distinct filter.
There are likely also additional types of filters now that aren't Panda or Penguin. For example, it's possible that the general core quality algorithm could consider parts or all of your site as lower quality and cause a ranking suppression. A good example of this is for sites that are lacking in E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trust). If you are, say, a medical site that is offering medical advice, but you don't have real-life E-A-T, then Google may put a filter on the site that causes a demotion.
It's worth pointing out that the E-A-T acronym was not created by Marie herself, but rather by Google in their Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines . (See page #32)
Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness (E-A-T) is what shapes the quality of a web page when reviewed by Search Quality evaluators.
But how do you know if you're suffering from an algorithmic filer?
Here's Marie's take:
If you are negatively affected by an algorithmic filter, there is no notification from Google on this. The best way to determine this is by looking at Google organic traffic and seeing if you have a drop that coincides with a known or suspected Google algorithm update . But even then, it's not guaranteed that this update was the cause of your drop. Algorithmic filters are really hard to diagnose.
With Penguin 4.0 in full swing, identifying algorithmic penalties may be a little harder than it was in the past.
In both studies, significant CHD was defined as the presence of one or more ≥70% obstructive lesions by coronary angiography. Angiograms were reviewed by the patient's cardiologist, and from those, patients were determined to have single-, double-, or triple-vessel disease as defined by the presence of a ≥70% stenosis in each major epicardial vessel, with left main stenosis of ≥50% counting as two vessels.
Serial laboratory testing was a voluntary substudy in TRIUMPH performed within a median of 1 day of discharge (25th–75th: 0–2 days). Blood samples in TRIUMPH were processed, serum separated, refrigerated, and sent by overnight mail in freezer packs to the core laboratory (Lenexa, KS, USA). Serum specimens were aliquoted, stored frozen at −70°C, and then sent to Atherotech (Birmingham, AL, USA) by overnight mail on dry ice. In IHCS, all patients consented to blood sampling at the time of coronary angiography. Samples were collected in EDTA and refrigerated at 4°C. Within 24 h, samples were centrifuged, plasma and DNA were separated and stored cryogenically, and then samples were later sent to Atherotech.
Cholesterol concentrations of lipoprotein classes [HDL-C, LDL-C, intermediate-density lipoprotein cholesterol (IDL-C), very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), and lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] and subclasses (including HDL 2 -C and HDL 3 -C) were measured in the same laboratory by the Vertical Auto Profile (VAP) method (Atherotech). 18–20 The VAP method separates lipoproteins based on their density using single vertical-spin density gradient ultracentrifugation, then quantifies cholesterol content using an enzymatic reaction and spectrophotometric absorbance.
The accuracy of the VAP procedure has been validated and is monitored on an ongoing basis by comparing its results with those obtained from the standard beta quantification procedure performed at the Core Laboratories for Clinical Studies at Washington University (St Louis, MO, USA) using split serum specimens. The following correlation coefficients ( r ) are typically obtained: total cholesterol, 0.99; HDL-C, 0.99; LDL-C, 0.98; VLDL-C, 0.98; IDL-C, 0.78; Lp(a)-C, 0.77; HDL 2 -C, 0.94, and HDL 3 -C, 0.91. Typical between-days coefficients of variation are: total cholesterol, 2.0%; HDL-C, 2.9%; LDL-C, 2.1%; VLDL-C, 2.8%; IDL-C, 8.2%; Lp(a)-C, 9.1%; HDL 2 -C, 9.2%, and HDL 3 -C, 2.5%.
Apolipoprotein A1 was measured in all TRIUMPH patients and 1478 IHCS patients by immunoassay (Abbott/Architect C8000; Abbott Park, IL, USA), calibrated against WHO/IFCC/CDC apolipoprotein A1 Reference Material SP1–01. 21 Results from VAP and apolipoprotein testing were available for research purposes, but not to the treating providers.
Research staff conducted detailed chart abstractions to capture baseline characteristics, including the sociodemographic and clinical parameters presented in Table 1 . The methods of risk factor measurement have been previously described in TRIUMPH 16 and IHCS. 17
Nowitzki has spent the last 20 seasons in Dallas. He isn't about to open the next one anywhere else. Still, it could have been fun to see how the rest of the Association values the 40-year-old former MVP.
He lost whatever athleticism he had, but Father Time has had trouble eroding Nowitzki's skill set. The 13-time All-Star just set a personal best with
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He's an elite shooter.He was one of only 14 players to launch at least seven triples per game in 2017-18. In that group, he was also one of five to clear 39-plus percent from three: Stephen Curry , Klay Thompson, Paul George and Kyle Lowry.
That's why, despite being average at best defensively and limited off the bounce, he was invaluable for Miami. Among its rotation players, only Kelly Olynyk had a wider on/off split (plus-2.5 with Ellington, minus-1.6 without).
Certain parts of Jabari Parker's resume suggested a massive payday was inevitable. Who doesn't want a 23-year-old former No. 2 pick who's been both a 49.0 percent shooter for his career and contributed points per 36 minutes over the past two seasons?
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Amy joined Marketplace as a production assistant in September 2001, moving in 2002 to Washington, D.C., as a staff reporter. From 2003 to 2010, she reported from Marketplace's New York bureau, focusing on the culture of Wall Street, and becoming bureau chief in 2008. In addition to leading Marketplace's New York coverage of the financial crisis, Amy hit the road for two cross-country trips, exploring how Americans experienced the fallout. In 2008, she produced stories for Marketplace's remote broadcasts from Egypt and Dubai for the "Middle East @ Work" series. In 2009, she spent a month reporting in Germany as a McCloy Fellow. She is now based in Baltimore.
In 2015, Amy completed the documentary film OYLER, about a Cincinnati public school fighting to break the cycle of poverty in its traditionally Urban Appalachian neighborhood. The film grew out of the year-long Marketplace series "One School, One Year," which won a 2014 Gracie Award. OYLER has screened at film festivals around the country and was broadcast on public television in 2016.
In 2012, Amy and Marketplace China correspondent Rob Schmitz won a national Edward R. Murrow award for their investigation of agencies that place Chinese students in U.S. colleges. Their work also won first prize for investigative reporting from the Education Writers Association. Other honors include a 2010 National Headliner Award and a special citation from the Education Writers Association for an investigation of recruiting abuses at the University of Phoenix, co-reported with Sharona Coutts of ProPublica. The stories led U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings to call for hearings on the conduct of for-profit colleges in the United States. Amy also won a Gracie Allen Award for feature reporting in 2006.
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Throughout the Stanley Cup Final the Vancouver Canucks have tried to beat Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas with more than just shots.
Criticism of his play outside of the crease area and his making contact with Canucks players has been part of the conversation seemingly since Day One, even though those topics weren't an issue for the most part through the first 100 games of the season.
Bruins winger Brad Marchand figures that Vancouver goaltender Roberto Luongo's post-Game 5 comments about Thomas' missing of the lone goal in that game is just another part of the Canucks' psychological assault on their netminder.
"I just think [Thomas is] playing so well right now and that's just how they decided to go about things. It's what they're doing," said the Bruins winger today.
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BOSTON, Mass. - After an exciting set of games on Saturday night, the field for the 2011 Sports Authority Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend has nearly been filled as three teams have clinched a play-off berth.
The Boston Cannons, who earned a 13-8 victory over the Hamilton Nationals on Saturday, secured the MLL regular season title and as a result, will have the top seed for the MLL Championship Weekend. With an 8-3 record, the Cannons will face the Rochester Rattlers at Harvard Stadium in the regular season finale.
Meanwhile, the Denver Outlaws improved to 6-5 on the season after edging the Long Island Lizards by a 14-11 margin on Saturday night. The win allowed the Outlaws to earn a postseason berth for the sixth consecutive season as Denver has reached the playoffs every year since joining the league in 2006.
In addition, the defending MLL champion Chesapeake Bayhawks will get a chance to defend their title after beating the Rochester Rattlers, 13-11, on Saturday night at Sahlen's Stadium. The Bayhawks, who enter the regular season finale with a 6-5 record, earned the playoff berth due to owning a potential three-way tiebreaker against Hamilton and Long Island.
Long Island, which enters the final week of the regular season with a 5-6 record, was not eliminated from play-off consideration despite the loss against the Outlaws. Rochester has been eliminated from the playoff race with a 2-9 record after the two-point loss on Saturday night.
Entering the final week of the regular season, Long Island and Hamilton are battling for the final play-off spot as the two teams will face each other at Shuart Stadium on Saturday night.
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The final week of the regular season features three games on Saturday night as the Cannons welcome Rochester to Harvard Stadium while Hamilton travels to Long Island. Meanwhile, the Outlaws, who ended a four-game losing streak with their win over the Lizards, make the trip to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium to face the Bayhawks.
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