Tips in having a Clear Skin

To truly remove dirt and oil from your skin, give soap/cleanser 2 minutes to work. You don't have to rub the whole time but it helps. To relieve the boredom, play the radio or do something else (brush your teeth? lie down and relax for a mini-spa experience?). Rinse and repeat. 

The most effective final rinse is to fill a sink with warm water and soak your skin while rubbing it gently until the cleanser is gone. That's right, you need to plunge your face in the water. If you've used a lot of cleanser, then you may need to repeat the rinse. Rinse one more time using cold water to close your pores. Some people prefer a toner for this last step.

 Any cleanser residue simply contributes to the next round of oil and dirt accumulation. This procedure is most effective if done in the morning and evening. Watch out for reddened skin or rebound oil production. These are clear signs you need a gentler cleanser. 

Using this procedure, the gentlest cleansers on the market can clean the oiliest skin more effectively than the harshest. 

During the first two weeks, you may experience increased acne as clogged pores open up and form pimples. Have courage. Be of good cheer. Eventually, you'll get'em all and your acne will improve.

Benzoyl peroxide gels, and other over the counter products work really well. Talk to your doctor about trying one.

Exfoliate every four days with a scrub to get rid of dead skin cells.

When you get rid of those pimples, watch out for the rush of confidence. It's coming.

Even after your acne disappears, continue your routine for at least thirty days, sometimes more. Acne can continue coming back well after puberty; if your acne does come back, just pick your old routine back up.

Acne is a stage everyone goes through and some things work for different people, if this doesn't work it is O.K. Try something else!

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Chinese Steamed buns

Ingredients

1 tablespoon active dry yeast

1 teaspoon white sugar

¼ cup water

½ cup warm water

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

¼ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon white sugar

1tablespoon vegetable oil

½ teaspoon baking powder

Directions

Mix together yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar , ¼ cup warm water. Allow to stand for 30 minutes.

Mix in ½ warm water , flour, salt, 2 tablespoons sugar and vegetable oil. Knead until dough surface is smooth and elastic. Roll over in a greased bowl, and let stand until triple in size, about 2 /1/2 to 3 hours.

Punch down dough, and spread out on a floured board. Sprinkle baking powder evenly on surface, and knead for 5 minutes. Divide dough into 2 parts, and place the piece you are not working with in a covered bowl. Divide each half into 12 parts. Shape each part into a ball with smooth surface up. Put each ball on a wax paper square. Let stand covered until double, about 30 minutes.

Bring water to a boil in wok, and reduce heat to medium; the water should still be boiling. Place steam-plate on a small wire rack in the middle of the wok. Transfer as many buns on wax paper as will comfortably fit onto steam-plate leaving 1 to 2 inches between the buns. At least 2 inches space should be left between steam-plate and the wok. Cover wok with lid. Steam buns over boiling water for 15 minutes.

REMOVE LID BEFORE you turn off heat, or else water will drip back onto bun surface and produce yellowish "blisters" on bun surfaces. Continue steaming batches of buns until all are cooked.

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Craft Helps Ohio State escape

The West Region is in shambles. The one, three, four, five, seven and eight seeds will not be going to Los Angeles for the regional semifinals later this week.

But somehow — barely, luckily, unbelievably — the No. 2 seed, Ohio State, can pack its bags.

AaronCraft, the senior point guard from Findlay, Ohio, grew up dreaming about hitting a game-winning shot for the Buckeyes in the N.C.A.A.tournament. He lived out that fantasy Sunday when his go-ahead 3-pointer with five-tenths of a second remaining sent Ohio State past Iowa State, 78-75, and gave an already wild N.C.A.A. tournament another memorable moment.

Craft did not have thoughts of home or family or realized dreams when the ball splashed through the net. He raised his arms and yelled to his teammates to return to their full-court press.

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Pope Francis keeps it spontaneous on Palm Sunday

Pope Francis celebrate his first Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart as he promised to go to a youth jamboree Brazil this summer, while the faithful enthusiastically waved olive branches and braided palm fronds.

The square overflowed with some 250,000 pilgrims, tourists and Romans eager to join the new pope at the start of solemn Holy Weekceremonies which lead up to Easter, Christianity's most importantday.

Keeping with his spontaneous style, the first pope from Latin America broke away several times from the text of his prepared homily to encourage the faithful to lead simple lives.

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Winning $338M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in New Jersey

A jackpot dream has come true for the lucky owner of one Powerball ticket worth $338.3 million, and lottery officials in New Jersey are holding a press conference Monday to reveal some details about the lucky ticket from Saturday's drawing.

At the Soda King in Manalapan, N.J., clerk Govind Patel said he is hoping the store's recent good fortune will continue. A week ago a lucky customer hit five numbers -- and won $1 million.

"We are very excited," Patel said. "It would amazing if we sold another winner."

It would also bring a small financial windfall -- the store that sells the winning ticket claims a $10,000 check. The winning numbers from Saturday night's drawing: 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31. It's the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history. A lump sum payout would be $221 million.

Other Powerball players also stand to get rich. One Powerball ticket that matched five numbers, sold in Iowa, is good for $2 million. Spreading the wealth even further, 13 tickets worth a cool $1 million were sold in 11 states. Florida and Pennsylvania each had two; Arizona, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia had one each.

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Powerball Lottery Jackpot could rise

Viola Mourton buys a Powerball ticket every day. But with a $320 million jackpot that could grow in the next few days, she's upping her chances Thursday and buying several at her local convenience store.

"It's just a chance to win big money," said the 51-year-old secretary from Ottumwa, Iowa. "I'll probably buy a couple today because it's so high. But it only takes one to win."

That could be the game plan for others around the country. No Powerball winner yet? No problem. That just means a bigger jackpot for the rest of us.

Lotteryofficials said no ticket matched all the numbers in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing. Three tickets won the $1 Million Match 5 prize. But it means the current $320 million jackpot could swell before the next drawing on Saturday.

The jackpot is the sixth highest in history, but it could grow depending on sales at the end of each day, said Mary Neubauer, spokeswoman for the Iowa Lottery, one of the founding Powerball states.

"I think it has reached the water cooler level," she said. "Itjust starts to buzz."

No one has won the Powerball jackpot since early February, when DaveHoneywell in Virginia bought the winning ticket for the $217 million jackpot.

The largest Powerball jackpot came in at $587.5 million in November. The winning numbers were picked on two different tickets — one by a couple in Missouri and the other by an Arizona man — and the jackpot was split.

Nebraska still holds the record for the largest Powerball jackpot won on a single ticket — $365 million. That jackpot was won by eight workers at a Lincoln, Neb., meatpacking plant in February 2006.

"We've seen a little more traffic than we usually do. Saturday will be the busy day," said Abbey Locatis, a customer service clerk at a central Omaha grocery store that sells more Powerball tickets than any other retailer in the state.

Saturdays and Wednesdays get a bit harried when the jackpot exceeds $300 million, she said.

How does the store handle the crush of ticket buyers?

"We just keep printing them," Locatis said. "We usually have three people behind the counter, so we're able to keep up."

The search is on for the next lucky winner or winners. Neubauer said there's universal appeal to the possibility of winning the top prize.

"Everybody starts to tune in when the lottery gets to this level," she said. "It gives you a mental break from the day — something else to think about than day-to-day life activities."

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Live analysis of the first full day of the N.C.A.A tournament

You’ve spent hours pondering your N.C.A.A. tournament bracket, or minutes picking randomly. You’ve invested the kids’ college fund, or maybe a five-spot. But in any case you’ll want to know when your bracket begins to implode or when the first big upset is in the making. 

Follow Zach Hillesland, Mike Huguenin, Times editors and reporters here all day and night to stay up to date.

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