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XThe Miami University men's ice hockey team defeated Bemidji State 4-1 tonight to earn a spot in the national championship game, and a spotlight on another Mid American Conference university.
Miami will face either Boston University or Vermont Saturday at 7pm Eastern in Washington, D.C. The Redhawks (23-12-5), who were unseeded, defeated third-seeded Denver in the first round and Minnesota Duluth in the second. Bemidji State upset second-seeded Notre Dame, the defending national champions, in the first round of the 16-team tournament.
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Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig have already worked together on the big screen, so now the couple is heading to Broadway.
The "Dream House" stars, who have been married since 2011, will star in an upcoming Broadway production of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal." Weisz will play Emma, a woman who has been cheating on her husband Robert for seven years. Craig will be playing Robert. Rafe Spall will play Jerry, the man Emma is cheating on Robert with. "Betrayal" tells the story of the affair in reverse.
"Betrayal" will be Weisz' Broadway debut. Craig had his first Broadway performance in 2009 opposite Hugh Jackman in "A Steady Rain." Mike Nichols, a Broadway vet also known for directing movies like "The Graduate" and "Charlie Wilson's War," is directing "Betrayal." The play will open in previews on Oct. 1 and then officially open on Nov. 3, and will run at New York's Barrymore Theatre.


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Referee Admits To Missed Call In Bulls Game NBA referee Bennett Salvatore acknowledged Sunday that he blew a call in the closing minutes of the Chicago Bulls' 100-88 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, which evened the Eastern Conference semifinal at two games apiece.
Bernstein: Don't Whine About Bad CallWe have a tendency in this town to look for scapegoats when things go badly for the home team. Ask Steve Bartman, Hue Hollins, Jerry Dybzinski, and the Gatorade-soaked glove of Leon Durham.


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Today we encounter something different—an Anti-Auto Branding Adventure—with luggage giant, Samsonite, taking cutes from the auto industry for luggage designs. Recently announced are a few different types of luggage designs inspired by the automobile industry. The Graviton is a polycarbonate case with a design inspired by diamond plating used on vehicles. The Proteo is a case with unique laptop shock absorbing technology inspired by a car's suspension. The Silhouette 10 is a stylish rolling case that is "Inspired by modern cars," whatever the hell that really means. Check out the gallery below to see the luggage shown off with cars that wouldn't have near-enough trunk space to actually hold said luggage.
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What do a hot potato, a live goat and a basket of oranges have in common?
It might sound like the setup for a punch line, but in fact these three elements represent the thorny issue of governance for panelists at Pensions & Investments' inaugural Investment Innovation and the Global Future of Retirement conference, held in New York June 22-24.
In the central conversation on the topic, "Global Plan Governance," Jonathan Boersma, executive director, global investment performance standards and head of professional standards at the CFA Institute, said a recent World Bank education session on trustee ethical conduct posed tricky questions about gifts. One was a live goat, which representatives said they could not accept and take home on a plane. "So (the givers) took it back and gave them a basket of oranges," he said.
Mr. Boersma's example illustrated the difficulty in designing global ethical and governance standards. "As we are developing those standards ... the goal is to ... move people to better practice, and eventually to best practice," he said.
Use of the CFA Institute's GIPS and code of conduct may be widespread, he said, but many pension boards need continuing education about their fiduciary roles and duties.
"At the end of the day, you have to own it, educate yourself and make sure colleagues are educated," added Martin J. Sullivan, senior vice president and head of asset owner solutions, Americas, at State Street Corp. (STT), on the same panel discussion. "In the absence of that, you will have bad things happen."
Public plans have to operate "in a fishbowl" and can be affected by "headline risk," said Ian D. Lanoff, principal at the Washington-based Groom Law Group, and are forced to answer questions on investments in response to world events and corporate scandals. But corporate boards can ignore the headlines and "focus on the merits of the investment."
However, public defined benefit plans have the advantage of a clear fiduciary structure, he said, while corporate plans have more difficulty.
Mr. Sullivan said one problem is finding someone to accept the role of fiduciary. "Being the fiduciary is kind of (like) the hot potato — nobody wants it. When you don't have a plan, things break down."
Mr. Sullivan added that the "expanded" use of alternative assets "is changing the governance of oversight. There is greater reliance away from the governance board and toward the (chief investment officer)" when it comes to research and what drives returns.
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A company's board of directors and the pension plan CIO should not have fiduciary input on pension matters, said Mr. Lanoff.
That issue was addressed in the opening roundtable discussion of the conference, "The Endgame - Retiring With Dignity."
Sadayuki Horie, deputy chairman of the investment committee at the Government Pension Investment Fund, Tokyo, and senior researcher at the Nomura Research Institute, said the $1.3 trillion plan needs to address its own governance structure. "We must have an independent trustee for GPIF — but this is quite challenging as many are against it," he said. "We are trying to change the governance structure. The CEO can control everything — that is ridiculous. We have to change that."
The theme of governance ran through other sessions at the conference and was picked up by keynote speaker Keith Ambachtsheer, director emeritus, Rotman International Centre for Pension Management at the University of Toronto.
Mr. Ambachtsheer opened his talk with reference to Peter Drucker's 1976 book, "The Unseen Revolution: How Pension Fund Socialism Came to America." Referring to Mr. Drucker's conclusion that without good governance, pension funds will not achieve legitimacy when it comes to the stakeholder groups that they serve, Mr. Ambachtsheer said: "Pensions will not be exempt from the good governance practice. They can be good or not. If you don't pay attention to good governance, it will be too bad as the system suffers as a whole."
He said both corporate and public sector pension fund boards are "suffering with these difficult questions" and with the importance of governance, and of having "bodies that are accountable for (the) thinking" behind investment and operational decisions.
And when it comes to creating the perfect pensions plan, Mr. Ambachtsheer recommended four factors to bear in mind. "An effective pension organization is at arm's length, has a clear mission, has good governance and is competitive in the relevant labor markets where it needs to attract talent in order to be effective," he said. "Put those together and you would have a dynamite pensionorganization." n
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Hummus' Spunky Sister: Lemony White Bean Dip with Herbs
Every other Thursday, Gena Hamshaw of the blog Choosing Raw shares satisfying, flavorful recipes that also happen to be vegan.
Today: Gena introduces us to hummus' spunky big sister: a white bean dip laced with fresh herbs.
If you're like me, you always have a stash of hummus in your fridge for snacking. Though we usually rely on chickpeas, a variety of beans can be used to create rich, flavorful, and creamy dips. A personal favorite of mine is white bean dip, which I like to make with olive oil instead of the tahini traditionally used in hummus. This dip has a light, delicate flavor, so it is a perfect canvas for showcasing seasonal herbs.
In this recipe, fresh rosemary, thyme, and parsley shine through, along with a bright squeeze of lemon -- a perfect celebration of spring. When I make hummus, I tend to add raw garlic to the food processor, but in this recipe, I sautée the garlic along with the beans to mellow the garlic's bite and deepen the flavor of the dish. I like to cook my beans from scratch, but if you're short on time, canned cannellini or navy beans will work just fine.
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This dip will work beautifully with a wide variety of seasonal herbs. As the weather continues to get warmer, try it with chives, tarragon, basil, or dill. I've also served the dip with a swirl of fresh pesto or olive tapenade. Feel free to experiment with different combinations; it's hard for this dip to taste anything but irresistible.
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2 cups cooked white beans
1 clove garlic, minced
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
2 teaspoons fresh thyme
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2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
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Struggling first year drama "Vegas" has been bumped to Saturday this week to make room for a CBS News special on the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
It's not unusual for breaking news to impact a network's regularly scheduled programming, but it's telling that CBS chose to bump tonight's 9 p.m. "Vegas" — the only series with a fresh episode scheduled to air on the network — instead of the repeat "Undercover Boss" or "Hawaii Five-0" episodes airing at 8 and 10 p.m. ET, respectively.
Rather than holding the new episode for a later date, CBS is hastily dumping it on Saturday (April 20) night at 8 p.m. That's not a good sign at all for one of the few CBS series still awaiting word on a renewal for next season.
Given the show's declining ratings, especially in its shift to Friday nights, "Vegas" is considered a major long-shot to make it to Season 2 and this move appears to seal the deal.
"Vegas" — a period drama starring Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis and Carrie-Anne Moss — hit a series low of 7.2 million viewers and a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demo in its most recent Friday airing. The final three episodes of the season are still scheduled to air on Fridays, at least for now.


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No cause for concern … yet.
Certainly no reason to panic … now.
The Canadiens are still four points up on ninth-place Atlanta. But the Thrashers are hot, and they have a game in hand.
So just when we thought the playoffs were a cinch …
Well, they probably still are.
But your Montreal Canadiens were not good in salvaging a point at the ACC on Saturday night.
And they were even worse back home against the Ottawa "Who's your daddy, habbies?" Senators.
The Canadiens took three of a possible 12 points from Otawa this season, and the last loss might have been the most dispiriting.
Extremely boring game, and an easy shutout for Brian Elliott.
Oh well, at least Kovy didn't get a hat trick.
The game can be summarized by some goose eggs:
• The Canadiens were shut out on home ice for the fifth time. I can't remember any of the preceding goaltenders having an easier time than Brian Elliott. He made 29 stops, maybe four of which were slightly difficult.
• Jaroslav Spacek, Roman Hamrlik, Ryan O'Byrne and Hal Gill copmbined for ZERO hits. Yes, you read that right: four defencemen had no hits. Ottawa's Andy Sutton had four, including good neutral-zone licks on Benoit Pouliot and Andrei Kostitsyn.
• Pouliot didn't have a shot on goal. Neither did Glen Metropolit or Maxim Lapierre.
Ottawa wanted the game more and had a sounder plan for winning it.
The Senators played a tight, disciplined style. They forechecked effectively and clogged the neutral zone, denying the Canadiens any chance to move up ice at speed.
During Jacques Martin's press conference, Eric Engels suggested the Canadiens had stretched the ice too much and played with poor puck support. The coach jumped on this analysis, labeling it "bang on" and lamenting his teams's lack of crisp, 10- to 15-foot passes that would let five skaters advance the puck.
Prompted by Pat Hickey, Martin also critiqued some unfortunate pinches by his Dmen that resulted in several odd-man rushes, particularly in the first period, by the Senators.
The loss, Martin said, was attributable to special teams.
The Canadiens' power play went 0-for-5 and looked gosh-awful.
Ottawa had a 20-second power play when Andrei Kostitsyn took a brain-dead penalty to nullify a Canadiens' advantage. But with Dominic Moore off in the third period, the Senators needed a little over a minute to make it 2-0, a PP score that effectively put the game out of reach.
Moore lost one of his wingers when Travis Moen suffered a horrific skate cut in the second period. But he and Sergei Kostitsyn had a tough time against an Ottawa system that afforded them little time or space to make effective plays.
Brian Gionta, who hasn't played a bad game this season, had five shots on goal , as did Scott Gomez. But their linemate, Pouliot, seems to have fallen into a bit of a regression. Maybe he's reading the summaries and noticing how many goals Guillaume Latendresse is scoring in Minnesota.
(Cheap shot. I'm still happy with the trade.)
There had been speculation that Mike Cammalleri and Marc-André Bergeron would return to the lineup against Ottawa. The PP certainly could have used a couple of trigger-men.
And Tomas Plekanec desperately needs Cammalleri as a finisher. We love Tom Pyatt, but not on that line.
As it is however, Cammalleri – who has scored 18 of his 26 goals at home – will return to the lineup in Buffalo on Wednesday.
Martin McGuire, on CKAC, said we'd see Carey Price against the Sabres.
Jaro Halak couldn't be faulted for either of the Ottawa goals. But Price hasn't played since getting the hook in Anaheim.
It's time.
And it's time for the Canadiens to pull up their tri-coloured socks. The team skating in quicksand for most of the night against Ottawa wasd not the playoff-bound juggernaut that reeled off six straight Ws.
Will the real Montreal Canadiens show up in Buffalo, or back home against Florida and – gulp! – New Jersey?
They'll have to, before this thing gets out of hand.
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Moen, who does not wear a visor, took 25 stitches on that scary play.
If Matt Cullen's skate hits his eye … well, it doesn't bear thinking about.


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Norwegian Epic, Its all right: Norwegian Epic Cruise Review by J Curran
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Norwegian Epic, Its all right
Destination: Europe - Western Mediterranean
Embarkation: Barcelona
Embarkation and Disembarkation very easy and quick.
Despite many comments food was good. Taste and Manhattan Suite did tend to copy menus each day. Irish bar very good for traditional pub lunch. Went to Teppanyaki and it was OK but we went free and not sure I would have paid for it.
Entertainment not good for standard of ship. Blue Man Group OK but not everyones taste. Beatles tribute bank OK. Slam Allen Blues band excellent. Los Locos excellent. Duo in middle area very good.
Crew were friendly enough and helpful.
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Cabin is worst design ever seen. Wave effect just makes moving about difficult. Cant imagine what the cabin would be like with more than two people sharing.Two people cant pass each other. Hated the glass toilet and shower which was talking point for most people we met and comments all negative.
Too many pay to attend Restaurants on ship. Outnumber complementary dining.
Also you More had to pay for coffee in restaurants?
You feel like you are being constantly bombarded with requests to take your money from you. Sale of cheap watches, poor quality tee-shirts etc etc. Prices at bars fairly high. Twelve dollars per day per person service charge is higher than other ships we have been on especially as you also pay for children over three.They then hit you with another 15% gratuity charge at the bars plus 1% tax. I'm not mean but come on. We did not take any excursions or port transfers as they were ridiculously priced. We paid half on a previous cruise on what Norwegian wanted to go to Rome for the day.
Entertainment was overall poor. No real main show each night. Legends in Concert was poor. Motown tribute poor especially as I love Motown. Comedy/Impressionist was not funny and could not do impressions, also all American characters.
In the mornings breakfast was like a scrum and difficult to find a table. Also had to wait at night for a table in Manhattan Restaurant upto forty minutes.
Norwegian Cruises not the same quality and standard as Royal Carribean. We sailed on Oasis of the Seas and never felt nthat the ship was crowded. The Norwegian Epic is always crowded every where you go. We enjoyed a better cruise and service on Island Star which sadly has now moved to Australia. We would not choose Norwegian Cruises again as there are much better available. Less
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High glycemic foods make the major blood vessel of our upper arms swell out or expand from internal pressure, according to new research. This brachial artery is the most convenient place that scientists and doctors have to measure how elastic our arteries are.
The elasticity of our arteries anywhere in our body is a measure of our heart health. When the walls of an artery anywhere in our body expand suddenly, this can lead to heart disease or sudden death.
Those of us who have diabetes need to do what we can to keep our arteries healthy. The statistics are shocking: 68 percent of Americans 65 or older die from heart disease, and adults with diabetes are two to four times more likely to die from a heart attack than other Americans.
The Journal of the American College of Cardiology just published the important study, "The Acute Effect of Various Glycemic Index Dietary Carbohydrates on Endothelial Function in Nondiabetic Overweight and Obese Subjects." Only the abstract is free online. But the principal author, Dr. Michael Shechter, kindly send me a PDF of the article's full text. He is the senior cardiologist and director of the Clinical Research Unit at Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine.
Note that Dr. Shechter and his associates studied people who do not have diabetes. Clearly, if they studied people like us, their results would be different -- almost certainly even more dramatic, because we react even more strongly to high glycemic foods.
Those of us who have diabetes have known for years that high glycemic foods can spike our blood glucose levels. But this study adds a whole new dimension of concern about a high glycemic diet.
This study found no correlation between endothelial dysfunction and high blood glucose levels. Clearly, something more is going on, but the researchers aren't sure what it is. They speculate that the culprit could be changes in free fatty acids and inflammatory cytokines, insulin, adiponectin, ghrelin, nitric oxide, endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression, intracellular adhesion molecules, or endothelin.
Count on the answer to that question as a forthcoming research finding. Meanwhile, whatever the cause, we know now that eating foods high on the glycemic index will not only spike our blood glucose levels but will also directly damage our hearts.
Endothelial dysfunction is a root cause of heart attacks and strokes. It is "the riskiest of the risk factors," Dr. Shechter says.
Recently, when I was in Houston to attend the annual convention of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, I took the opportunity to get tested on the VENDYS device made by Endothelix Inc., which measures vascular endothelial dysfunction. My arteries are fine, thanks in large part to following a low glycemic diet for the past 14 years. My diet is now very low-carbohydrate, but that means it's low glycemic in spades.
Most Americans, on the other hand, start their day with a breakfast cereal, and many of us choose Corn Flakes. I don't have the U.S. statistics. But about half of the people in the U.K. eat cereal for breakfast, and "Kellogg's Corn Flakes is the U.K.'s and Europe's number one breakfast cereal." -
Corn Flakes cereal has a high glycemic index, approximately 80 on the scale where glucose is 100. Dr. Shechter and his associates divided the 56 volunteers into four groups, comparing their responses on Corn Flakes, glucose, a high-fiber cereal (GI of about 40), and water.
Unless you prefer pure glucose, Corn Flakes cereal is perhaps the fasting way to spike your blood glucose levels. We knew that, but now we also know that high glycemic foods, like Corn Flakes cereal, are some of the best ways to damage our hearts.
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Minnesota Wild Defeat Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1
The Minnesota Wild got back on the win column with a 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Wild scored 3 goals in the first period, with Cal Clutterbuck, John Madden, and Antti Miettinen lighting the lamp. Eric Nystrom sealed the victory for an empty-netter and his 1st goal of the season. Martin Havlat chipped in 3 assists. The win left the Minnesota Wild with a 2-2 away trip. Next up is the Anaheim Ducks at home on Wednesday, November 17th. Get your Minnesota Wild tickets at Ticket King!
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Unemployment, one of the biggest issues that Europe is facing today, was discussed in Paris during a ReACT conference organised by the European Parliament on 15 October 2013.
Launched as the first ReAct event, the conference discussed the different options which Europe has for creating employment and was the first in a series of five which will take place in different European cities. The idea behind the organisation of such events is for experts and opinion leaders to share ideas and to find ways to tackle this challenge.
Creating jobs is the key to restarting Europe s economy and the European Union has developed a number of new initiatives which aim to employ 75% of people between 20 and 64. These initiatives are:
The youth guarantee (a preparatory action plan worth ¬4 million which aims to help EU countries to find employment for young, to further education opportunities or to (re)train candidates for employment within 4 months of leaving school.)
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The Erasmus exchange programme (130,000 company placements in 2012 in other EU countries for university-level and vocational students as well as 600 placements for young entrepreneurs in small businesses in other EU countries)
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(Heb. satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that speaks against another, a complainant (Matt. 5:25; Luke 12:58); an enemy (Luke 18:3), and specially the devil (1 Pet. 5:8).


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Youth jobless rate of 22.4% masks huge gap between successful north and failing south.
Unemployment among Europe's young people has soared by 50% since the financial crisis of 2008. It is rising faster than overall jobless rates, and almost half of young people in work across the EU do not have permanent jobs, according to the European commission.
Three policy papers obtained by the Guardian outline action to create 17.5m jobs in Europe by 2020, but paint a grim picture of prospects for Europe's youth and underline how the sovereign debt crisis of the last two years has widened the gap between the eurozone's successful northern core and its failing periphery.
Three out of 10 people currently losing their jobs are under the age of 24, although the young represent only a tenth of the labour force, the commission study says.
There are 5.5 million 15- to 24-year-olds without a job in the EU, a rate of 22.4%, up from 15% in early 2008. But the overall figures mask huge national and regional disparities. While half of young people in Spain and Greece are out of work, in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands it is only one in 10. In a further six EU countries, youth unemployment is around 30%. Of those in work, 44% are on temporary contracts.
"The level of youth unemployment remains very worrying," says one of the three papers. "Young people who are neither in employment, education or training constitute the most problematic group. In the second quarter of 2011, more than 13% of young people were in this case …
"The increase in the long-term unemployment rate for young people during the crisis was more noticeable than for other age groups … The recent unfavourable developments in unemployment for youth may soon intensify the long-term unemployment issue and have serious social consequences."
A summit of EU leaders in June is to debate how to tackle Europe's worsening unemployment levels. But the leaders' hands are tied by the savage spending cuts of debt-reduction programmes. In advance of the summit, the commission is to unveil proposals aimed at raising employment levels in the EU to 75% by 2020 from 64.5% at the moment. That means generating 17.5m jobs or increasing employment by 0.8% every year.
The commission proposals on Wednesday will single out the green economy, the IT sector, and health and social services struggling to cope with ageing populations as the most promising areas for job creation. In addition the commission is to call for labour market reforms and an opening of the pan-European labour market to facilitate greater worker mobility. But it acknowledges that history, traditions, cultural differences and language all militate against a common EU labour market.
One of the core causes of the euro's current travails, the loss of competitiveness and soaring debt costs in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy, is highlighted as a key reason for the gross divergences in employment patterns.
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Glyburide (GLYE-bure-ide), Metformin Hydrochloride (met-FOR-min hye-droe-KLOR-ide)
Used with diet and exercise to help control blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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When This Medicine Should Not Be Used
You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to glyburide or metformin, or if you have kidney disease or metabolic acidosis, including diabetic ketoacidosis (high ketones and acid in the blood). Do not use this medicine if you are also taking bosentan (Tracleer®).
How to Use This Medicine
- Your doctor will tell you how much of this medicine to use and how often. Your dose may need to be changed several times in order to find out what works best for you. Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to.
- It is best to take this medicine with food or milk.
- This medicine comes with patient instructions. Read and follow these instructions carefully. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
If a dose is missed:
- If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to use the medicine and skip the missed dose. Do not use extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.
How to Store and Dispose of This Medicine
- Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
- Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
- Keep all medicine away from children and never share your medicine with anyone.
Drugs and Foods to Avoid
Ask your doctor or pharmacist before using any other medicine, including over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products.
- Many medicines can raise or lower your blood sugar. Tell your doctor about ALL other medicines you are using while taking glyburide/metformin. It is especially important to let your doctor know whenever you start or stop any other medicine.
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using a pain or arthritis medicine called an "NSAID" (such as aspirin, Aleve®, Feldene®, Indocin®, Orudis®, Relafen®, or Voltaren®), medicine to treat an infection (such as chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, gatifloxacin, isoniazid, rifampin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, Bactrim®, Biaxin®, Chloromycetin®, Cipro®, Cotrim®, Rifadin®, Rimactane®, Septra®, or Tequin®), an MAO inhibitor (such as Eldepryl®, Marplan®, Nardil®, or Parnate®), a blood pressure medicine (such as atenolol, metoprolol, propranolol, nifedipine, verapamil, Corgard®, Inderal®, Lotrel®, Norvasc®, or Toprol®), or a blood thinner (such as warfarin, Coumadin®).
- Tell your doctor if you are using a diuretic or "water pill" (such as hydrochlorothiazide or HCTZ), a steroid medicine (such as dexamethasone, prednisolone, prednisone, or Medrol®), a phenothiazine medicine (such as prochlorperazine, Compazine®, Mellaril®, Phenergan®, Thorazine®, or Trilafon®), or a thyroid medicine (such as levothyroxine, liothyronine, Cytomel®, or Synthroid®). Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using birth control pills, estrogens (Premarin®), cyclosporine (Gengraf®, Neoral®, or Sandimmune®), disopyramide (Norpace®), fluoxetine (Prozac®), nicotinic acid (Nicobid®, Nicolar®). oral miconazole, phenytoin (Dilantin®), or probenecid (Benemid®).
- Do not drink alcohol while you are using this medicine.
- Make sure your doctor knows about all other medicines you are using for diabetes, including insulin.
Warnings While Using This Medicine
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney disease, liver disease, heart or blood vessel disease, congestive heart failure, or adrenal or pituitary gland problems. Tell your doctor if you also have a condition called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency.
- This medicine may not work as well if you have surgery, get hurt, or get sick. If you have severe vomiting, diarrhea, or fever, call your doctor for instructions.
- You may need to stop using this medicine several days before having surgery or medical tests. This medicine may interact with the dye used for an X-ray or CT scan.
- Under certain conditions, too much metformin can cause lactic acidosis. The symptoms of lactic acidosis are severe and quick to appear. They usually occur when other health problems not related to the medicine are present and very severe, such as a heart attack or kidney failure. The symptoms of lactic acidosis include abdominal or stomach discomfort; decreased appetite; diarrhea; fast, shallow breathing; a general feeling of discomfort; muscle pain or cramping; and unusual sleepiness, tiredness, or weakness. If you have any symptoms of lactic acidosis, get emergency medical help right away.
- You may develop low blood sugar while you are taking this medicine. You may feel weak, drowsy, confused, anxious, or very hungry. You may have trouble seeing or have a headache that won't go away. Ask your doctor what you should do if this happens. Some things that can lead to low blood sugar are exercising more than normal or waiting too long to eat.
- Tell your doctor if you start having trouble controlling your blood sugar after you use this medicine for awhile.
- Your doctor will need to check your blood or urine at regular visits while you are using this medicine. Be sure to keep all appointments.
- Call your doctor if you have any unusual feeling of illness, even if you don't have specific symptoms.
- This medicine is only part of a complete program for controlling diabetes. You can also help yourself by eating a healthy diet, watching your weight, and getting regular exercise.
Possible Side Effects While Using This Medicine
Call your doctor right away if you notice any of these side effects:
- Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing
- Extreme thirst, extreme change in urination, or hot, dry skin.
- Extreme weakness, tiredness, or confusion.
- Lightheadedness, dizziness, shakiness, or hunger.
- Severe nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or stomach pain.
- Unusual tiredness or weakness, trouble breathing, muscle aches, or stomach discomfort.
If you notice these less serious side effects, talk with your doctor:
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- Headache.
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LogRhythm is consistently recognised as a market leader. The company has been positioned as a Leader in Gartner's SIEM Magic Quadrant report for five consecutive years, named a 'Champion' in Info-Tech Research Group's 2014-15 SIEM Vendor Landscape report, received SC Labs 'Recommended' 5-Star rating for SIEM and UTM for 2016 and earned Frost & Sullivan's 2015 Global Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Enabling Technology Leadership Award.
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"I think with speed, obviously you'll hear people say, 'Well if you improve by 10 seconds, you can add this much in sales,'" adds Carmen Gianguzzo, director of franchise operations at Taco John's. "Speed is not the end game, but we do want to look at anything we can do to enhance that, whether it's looking at standardized, new drive-thru menuboards that should help simplify the ordering process … [or] we want to eliminate anything that gets in the way of speed that isn't critical toward quality or guest experience."
Still, the industry's evolution toward more complex menu items and consumers' purchasing behaviors signal that speed-of-service times may never return to the highs of the mid-2000s heyday. And brands are discovering that even slight tweaks to the menu or operations can have a significant effect on speed of service in the drive thru.
Take Krystal as an example. The company's average speed of service fell more than 40 seconds over last year's 175.94-second showing. Krystal CEO Doug Pendergast, who joined the brand in 2012 and spearheaded its recent move from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, acknowledges that he didn't expect speed of service to improve this year because the company has been undergoing several operational changes to improve the overall business.
"We have not had the time to focus on the drive thru as much as we'd like, but we have been able to build a new scorecard where we're tracking every single score, every single day, week, period, and quarter, based on the window time," Pendergast says, noting that the company focuses mostly on window speed of service so as not to rush customers at the ordering station. "So I think we now have the leadership in place, the data in place, to begin to systematically improve what we're doing."
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How to Compete at the Drive-Thru: You Need More Than Speed and Accuracy
Pendergast adds that Krystal has experienced a shift in its menu mix, with more customers purchasing bulk orders of Krystal's signature sliders.
"Right now, as an example, over 20 percent of our sales are multi-packs—12 packs, 24 packs of Krystals," he says. "That's a pretty significant increase from what it was when we came into the company just over a year ago. That's a little bit more of a challenge to execute in a drive-thru environment. So we're working on the changes and procedures, layout, and production to make that happen." He says the company is developing a new store prototype that reconfigures the drive-thru set-up; tests have shown that the new prototype cuts about 20 seconds off the Krystal drive-thru experience.
Eby says Taco John's internal speed-of-service benchmark in the drive thru is 180 seconds, almost exactly its measured time (181.19 seconds) in this year's Study. But he adds that the figure is not set in stone, as speed of service is a fluid metric that evolves across the system.
"I think for guests, they want it fast, but everyone's perception of fast is different," he says. "But they absolutely want the order correct, and they want the food hot and fresh, so you have to have a combination of those. But the first two come
before speed."
If operators were to formally rank their priorities, accuracy would likely be No. 1 at each of the benchmark brands. It doesn't matter how fast you get the food out, brand reps say; if the order is wrong, the whole experience turns sour.
Accuracy has come a long way since the Drive-Thru Study's inaugural year. In 1998, accuracy ratings for today's benchmark brands were as low as 61.8 percent and only as high as 83.9 percent. Today, their accuracy ratings range from 79.5 to 91.6 percent. Even though accuracy has slipped slightly since last year—average order accuracy at benchmark brands last year was 88.8 percent, compared with 87.2 percent this year—operators are still laser-focused on making sure the right food is being served to the right cars.
Similar to speed of service, the complexities involved with new menu items are affecting the way the benchmark brands approach accuracy in the drive thru. Lynch uses Wendy's Berry Almond Chicken Salad as an example of a premium product that throws a wrench into the drive-thru process. The salad comes with dressings, almonds, and croutons in separate packages and can be customized based on how the customer designs the order. "Those things, the customer likes, but it makes it tougher in the drive thru to make sure you have all of the condiments and the extra ingredients that go with the whole meal," Lynch says. "So order accuracy becomes a constant point of emphasis."
Savage shares a similar story in regards to Taco Bell's new Cantina Bell menu. The burritos and bowls have nearly 10 ingredients, he says, making it the most complex product line the chain serves. Taco Bell has rolled out special training procedures to ensure employees are able to consistently serve the right product. Another system that ensures accuracy at Taco Bell is a triple-check system, Savage says. At most restaurants, orders are confirmed through an OCB, the crewmember repeating the order to the customer over the speaker box, and then an employee repeating the order one final time at the pick-up window.
"In our best circumstance, they repeat the order back to the customer and say, 'Here are your two Doritos Locos Tacos and your Cantina Bowl,'" Savage says. "So you as a customer felt good when you ordered it, because we guaranteed on the screen and when we brought it up to you, and then when it's being handed to you at the drive thru. You feel good that we paid attention to your order specifically because that team member is presenting it to you."
While accuracy percentages in the Study can be affected by mistakes that OCBs cannot control—missing napkins, for example, or inaccurate change—the boards are increasingly employed by the benchmark brands to improve accuracy in the drive thru. The vast majority of Burger King, McDonald's, and Wendy's units studied this year had an OCB in place, while the share of Taco Bell restaurants with one in place grew over last year.
Chick-fil-A has famously opted against using OCBs; the brand only has the boards in place at 11.7 percent of its restaurants. Moraitakis says the company is leveraging people over technology under the belief that employees firing on all cylinders can be plenty fast and accurate.
"I think there's a concern that speed of service could slow down [with OCBs]," he says. "We can think of what all the reasons are you would want an order-confirmation board, and then … design the experience that gives you those without that actual technology. That's been our philosophy at this point as we've thought through all the ways we can enhance the drive-thru experience. We'd rather people be our confirmation board."
knowforsure replied on Permalink
The drive-thru times are false. At a few different fast food places, I've watched clerks and managers drive their cars through the drive-thru multiple times, only stopping for a couple of seconds at the window. This skews the numbers in their favor and looks good on paper. You can't believe anything anymore. Honesty and integrity are in short supply and not often rewarded.
Sam Smith replied on Permalink
A simple solution: Get people off their fat butts and into the stores. When drive throughs first started, stores would put drive through orders ahead of counter orders, somehow thinking that lazy people deserved preferential treatment. But computer ordering, showing on a screen the sequence for orders, has essentially eliminated this. Which is good.
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Richard replied on Permalink
McDonalds is the worst in my opinion in both speed and quality. What I don't get about them is that many times there are a dozen employees milling around in their kitchen and behind the counter with only a few customers yet the orders are consistently slow, cold and often wrong. Don't even think about getting a "thank you" from their ill-trained employees. I now only go there when there is nothing else or if the person I'm traveling with insists. I despise McDonalds.
An appreciative... replied on Permalink
There are some great McDonald's in the world. There are I believe 14000 in just USA. more people visit them than the rest of QSR put together. I have hardly ever had any problems with them being nice. But then I goo out of my way yo be polite to them. Some people treats them with such disrespect and then what do they expect.My daughter worked there and she would come home and would ash why some of the customers are so horrible to them. She would say only if the could see how hard the staff work to serve them. Just saying..
victor replied on Permalink
Its not that easy to work in the kitchen, if your were in their shoes you will know how it feel! not easy! No one in this world is perfect, but some few people are !
Amber replied on Permalink
Del taco workers are the best, google search "del taco conversation" #1 youtube result, she was willing and happy :) deff my favorite
victor replied on Permalink
Some Del taco "California " like Los Angeles or Orange county have bad customer service! Sometime they don't have dinner room clean or restroom !
Jared replied on Permalink
um.....I run a qsr and having a physical car at the window does not affect service times at all. we dont cheat the times, but if we wanted to we would just ring up an order and promo it to clear it from the register. that would give it a "fast" time on the report. there doesn't need to be an actual car there. the recorded time is based solely on when the order is rang up, and when it gets cleared off the monitor. Having a car at the window doesn't affect it at all.
Wanz replied on Permalink
I go to various drive-thru restaurants four or five times per week. The particular store/crew seems to make more difference than the brand. By and large they are all friendly, fast, and accurate.
Aaron replied on Permalink
I actually came up with a solution to this exact problem. Too bad it's going to take a couple million to develop the idea. Hey, if McDonalds or Wendys are reading this and want the solution, shoot me an email to [email protected]
terry replied on Permalink
I used to be a drivethru cashier at a McDonalds just north of Charlotte. Most of the time, esp. atbreakfast, the line never came to a full stop. If it did, horns would blow.Then came a morediverse menu and cell phones. The avg. cell phone holder did not have money in handand was often oblivious that they needed to pay for their order. I would have been firedback then if a customer spent 3 minutes at the drivethru. In that "era" we also had timeto relate to a repeat customer by name and build rapport. In my opinion, McDonalds cansimplify the menu to under 6 items but as long as a customer is on a cellphone, the waitwill not measurably be reduced.
victor replied on Permalink
Some McDonalds Don't have good customers service, but some McDonalds have GOOD CUSTOMERS SERVICE (:. But when I'm about to receive my order I always ask for the manger and ill give them my feed back how was my service. All depends who is charge of their shift, how they train there employees. How to give good customer service. ONE the that I hate when your done making order , they always say "ANYTHING ELSE " !!!!!!!!! They should offer you Apple pie, sundae or cookies (: That all I have to say .
dee replied on Permalink
What's MOST amazing about this article -- and even more so, about the fact that a regular study is done -- is that the SLOW times amount to a matter of MINUTES! Less than FIVE MINUTES! And yet, people -- few, if any, of them brain surgeons or even fire fighters -- complain about SLOW SERVICE. Which drives the hurryhurryhurry mentality that created the new, 21st century "drive-thru" wherein most people are asked to pull up and park while the fast food place finishes the order. This insane -- I'm in a hurry (though I may not know why) -- attitude is seen in the way people drive, treat each other (someone below, likely NOT a brain surgeon with a life on his or her hands, complained about courtesy at drive-through windows) 'cause they don't have time to stop and smell roses, much less be polite -- is only getting worse in our tech-heavy society. Drive-through service -- from fast food restaurants to liquor to marriages -- are a symptom of a society that is so self-involved it has forgotten the most important things in life.Hint: the "drive-thru" time at your local fast food restaurant ain't one of them.Take the time to pick up FASTER by James Gleick and educate yourselves (ya crazy, hurry up and wait maroons)!
Nanette replied on Permalink
That was very well said...I hate when people tell the person that is waiting on them that "they are in a hurry" because my comment to them would be "you should have thought of that a little sooner". Also, I think you may have used the wrong word at the end of your post you really meant "Moron's instead of Maroon's" right!
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Can anyone suggest designing the simplest way of video streaming? I want to put on somevideos over web to be watched over web 3*5 or full screen using real or windows player. Thats the idea.
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Yeah, that's pretty much what's going through my mind. There aren't many people around, I live in the boonies...maybe ten houses on the strech he burns up. +/- .25 miles
And we live right on the border of two towns, the street divides the two, so there's hardly any police...ever. It's awfully close to their jurisdiction boundries...sticky situation I guess. And State troopers, or county sheriffs for that matter aren't in very high supply in our neck of the woods (maybe once a month, maybe). Which is why he does it here...
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Il Volo's self-titled debut album is now available in the US, both in stores and online. Already certified platinum in the group's native Italy, Il Volo is a mix of reimagined classics and original material that includes Italian standards "O Sole Mio" and "Il Mundo," and two new tracks penned by multi-platinum songwriter Dianne Warren.
To celebrate their album release, Il Volo – seventeen year old Piero Barone and sixteen year olds Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble – are taking the US airwaves by storm this week, with performances on FOX's American Idol results show this Thursday night, NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, and an appearance on the CBS Early Show's Second Cup Cafe on Saturday morning.
For the latest information on the boys and to check out their video for "O Sole Mio," visit IlVoloMusic.com.
Wow. I am going to be completely hones and say that I am not a big Opera fan. I appreciate the talent but can't say there has ever been a moment where I've said "Hey, let's listen to some Opera".
But that, my friends, has changed!! Wow, wow and um…Wow! What amazing voices God has given these young men. The instant I put the CD into the player my daughters and I were hooked.
I mentioned to the girls that I had a new CD that I wanted to listen to and they were like "Ok, sure". I hear music all the time so it's not a big deal for them….but when the first song started to play you could have heard a pin drop. Rylan asked "Mom, what kind of music is that?" and Skylar immediately said and I quote "What a beautiful voice".
We listened to the entire CD in one car drive and quickly found our favorites. Now, the girls will say can we listen to the beautiful voices? I love it. I would have never considered myself an Opera lover and I still don't but I am definitely an IL Volo lover.
I love that these three young men are able to introduce to children and adults and especially teens a sound and culture that is so refined…it moves your soul. Just take a moment, close your eyes and listen to one of our favorites (yes, this one is in Spanish not Italian)
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Black moor dying help!!! i recently bought some black moores to keep as pets...about 2 weeks l8er 1 of them started to thin out and his tail started to seperate into little sections. His scales look rotten and he only move with 1 arm. Now he sits at the top of the tank and gobbles 24/7. What should i do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o btw what does it mean when a goldfish gobbles at the surface of a tank? :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( |
it sounds like its either ammonia poisoning, nitrite poisoning or lack of dissolved oxygen, please include these information please :) 1. Size of aquarium (# of gallons) 2. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or saltwater? 3. How long the aquarium has been setup 4. What fish and how many are in the aquarium (species are important to know) 5. Are there live plants in the aquarium? 6. What make/model filter are you using? 7. Are you using a CO2 unit? 8. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? 9. When did you perform your last water exchange, and how much water was changed? 10.How often and what foods do you feed your fish? 11.Is your aquarium light incandescent or fluorescent and how often is it kept on? 12.What specific concerns bring you here at this time? 13. Water are your water test results for: pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate? |
thanks for reponding 1. 9" *9" *15" 2. fresh 3. 2 weeks 4. moors and common red goldfish 5. no 1 fake with pebbles on the bottom not much should i add more 6. i dont have a filter i change water every 1 or 2 weaks its a bowl so a filter wont fit 7.no should i what is that 8. yah some what 9. like 75% every 1 to 2 weeks 10.once a day 11.no lights just sunligh i guess 12.i dont want my fish to die does he have bacterial infection?. plus he doesnt eat every often 13. no i bought drinking water from walmart lol 7 fish 3 moor 3 common 1 bottom feeder |
ok, many problems here, first problem and the biggest problem you have, the tank is too small for it, two goldfish alone require 30 gallons or more, i can go on forever on why they need a bigger tank but that will take a couple of pages. Ok all your other problems are connected to the fact you cannot have goldfish in a bowl. Also im looking for water parameters not what type of water that you use. But this wont matter as i know exactly what is wrong without you telling me the parameters The goldfish is suffering from a highly toxic ammonia poisoning. In case you didnt know ammonia is created after a fish poops as the poop decays. Ammonia will burn the gills like acid litterally suffocating the goldfish, the goldfish is in dire need of oxygen so it "gobbles" water from the top of the bowl which carries the most oxygen. No matter what you do you cannot fix this problem in this bowl simply because it is too small. It will die if you dont act fast. Now what you do: get the goldfishes a bigger tank, a tank bigger than 30 gallons for them with filtration enough to filter a 60 gallon, if possible you can give them away to someone who has a tank that can house them or a pond as a pond will be even better. Thats all you need to do, simple as that, as you are getting the goldfish tank ready, do daily 50% water changes this will buy you a tiny bit more time. Once set up immediatly move the goldfish into the big tank, if you are able to keep the ammonia down in the 30 gallon using water changes (no chemicals) the goldfish will heal by itself. Please act fast, the goldfish wont last long in a bowl. I wish you the best of luck. Do not blame yourself for this, it is the companies that make and sell bowls fault, they shouldnt advertise bowls for goldfish, the only fish that can fit in a small bowl is a betta (there might be more but the betta is the most common) Its sad to know that the second most popular bowl fish is actually one of the worse for a bowl. Please also understand i am here to help, whatever questions you have ask them, however stupid they sound, this forum will help you out great. I wish you the best of luck with your goldfish, i hope it will be alright. |
ok thx ill defiently listen but the thing is my rents wont buy me a new taNK but i am can add a filter to the tank would that help. see my rents care about 2 things money and good grades boy do i hate them at times. but ill thing to an alternative if not ill try to buy one my self thx for helping me. |
hmm if you cant get a bigger tank do you know anyone else who will take in the goldfish? It is a really big concern of having this goldfish here, even with a filter the ammonia levels are too high. There are other fish that can go into the bowl better though, this includes bettas |
well i guessi could convince ym mom and my dad cu zmy mom is better at taking care will my dad is just a cold blooded monster lol ok of course 30 gallon or higher how much will that cost? |
o and 1 thing the dying fish wont eat so is that cuz of ammonia |
you can get a second hand 30 gallon tank cheap, maybe like..... 75-100 dollars with everything included, filter, stand etc The fish not eating might have stuff to do with ammonia, if not it could be swim bladder disease from the gulping of the air at the top of the bowl, the ammonia could have opened another doorway to an internal paracite but it could just be from poor water conditions. you are going to have to ask someone for better help on this as i am no good with feeding disorders. |
thx u r very good help thx alot but ill ask u ? l8 though but i message uso u dont hae to hceck this very now and then |
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