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Wash asks slumping club for commitment
ARLINGTON -- Rangers manager Ron Washington is getting the effort he wants from his players. He wants to make sure he is getting the commitment as well and that was the main message he sent to his players during Thursday's postgame clubhouse meeting.
Effort is playing the game hard, according to Washington. Commitment is being committed to playing the game the right way; not worrying about statistics but playing to win.
"Commitment is doing what the game asks you to do and not looking for a reward for what you're doing," Washington said. "I'm in the process of getting this new bunch to understand what it means. Don't worry about stats or numbers. It's about the team. Some people need to check their attitude and check what commitment is.
"We've got some youngsters we're trying to teach and we have some veterans who are who they are. We have to try and get them into a cohesive unit, try to get our belief system going in the right direction. I can live with it if you try to do the right thing and don't get it done. If you at least try to do the right things, people with baseball eyes see you're trying to do the right thing. If you do that, more often than not, you're going to get the right results."
Washington's postgame meeting came after a 15-6 loss to the Angels on Thursday night. It was their 19th loss in their last 22 games.
"There was a bunch of guys that needed to hear that," shortstop Elvis Andrus said. "Wash is super cool but there comes a point where you need to find a way to do your job. Everything he said was right. He didn't say anything out of line. It's not the first time I've heard it but a lot of guys heard it for the first time.
"It's not enough just to be in the big leagues. You've got to help the team win. It's not about numbers. It's about winning. That's what this organization is about."
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. Grace Raynor is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The ground rules have been set for an investigation into a year-long outage at the San Onofre nuclear plant.
The proceeding before the California Public Utilities Commission is expected to decide whether utility customers should continue to pay for a plant that has not produced power since Jan. 31, 2012.
A rough schedule and outline for the proceeding was distributed Monday evening after the close of business at the California Public Utilities Commission.
The initial phase of the investigation will consider the circumstances of equipment failures at San Onofre and whether it was reasonable in 2012 to bill customer for operation, maintenance and capital expenditures, and whether to credit customers for cost-savings from personnel reductions and other avoided costs.
Majority owner and operator Southern California Edison and minority plant owner San Diego Gas & Electric argue that the commission is prohibited by law from reducing rates as a result of the outage until Edison's next general rate review in 2015. Requiring customer rebates before then would constitute "impermissible retroactive ratemaking," the utilities maintain.
Those issues, among others, could be decided as soon as July. Future phases of the proceeding, without deadlines thus far, would wade into who is responsibile for rapid degradation of the plant's recently replaced steam generators -- and ultimately decide whether to reassess the value of the plant tied to utility rates.
Monday's ruling rejected a request by the utility owners of the plant for broad discretion to redact information from public view, with some allowances for market-sensitive information.
Edison and SDG&E asked for "a blanket protective order to govern access to information produced by the utilities which each might claim as either proprietary or 'confidential,'" the decision stated. "We instead direct the utilities to follow the commission's more usual process."
The order was written by Utilities Commissioner Mike Florio, former director of The Utility Reform Network, and Administrative Law Judge Melanie Darling.
The two officials were assigned to oversee the proceedings and provide final recommendations to the five-member commission.

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Topic: Has anyone tried Kudzu Root for diarrhea?
I attended a nutrition class at the Wellness House, a nonprofit in the Chicago suburbs that provides support services for cancer patients and their families. The nutritionist strongly recommended a mixture of Kudzu root (which she says is available at Whole Foods) and apple juice, along with cinnamon, vanilla and ginger for flavoring, for chemo-related diarrhea. She claims that some patients have found it more effective than medication. Before I coerce my poor husband into drinking this concoction, I wondered whether anyone else has had any experience with it.


text: State Senate panel studies roots of child poverty By The Associated Press February 20, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's high teen pregnancy rate is a leading cause of childhood poverty in the state, according to both speakers at the first meeting of the State Senate's select committee on child poverty.The statistics presented Wednesday show a vicious circle: children who grow up in poverty are more likely to become teen parents and then drop out of high school, meaning their children are more likely to grow up in poverty and become teen parents themselves.West Virginia ranks 40th nationally in teen pregnancy rates, although there is a wide variance in teen pregnancy rates in different counties across the state. For instance, Monongalia County has the lowest teen pregnancy rate in the state at 14 teen pregnancies per 1,000 births, less than half the national average. But McDowell County's rate, the state's highest, is 95 per 1,000 births, nearly triple the national average.Margie Hale, the director of West Virginia Kids Count, the organization that compiled the statistics, said that teaching sex education is one of the best-proven ways of reducing teen pregnancy."We know that this is the major tool to reduce teen pregnancy,'' Hale said of sex education. "So kids understand how to say no, how to avoid risky behaviors and how to use birth control if they need to.''The state Department of Education mandates that certain sex education standards must be taught to all students, but it is up to individual schools and teachers to determine how to teach those standards. The standards may be abstinence based but cannot be abstinence only, a Department of Education spokeswoman said.Hale said that the standards are taught haphazardly and she said that the governor's office has been unwilling to give her information on how sex education is taught locally.Senate Finance Chairman Roman Prezioso, a former Marion County school administrator, expressed concern about the impact of some of the state's social services on teen pregnancy, although he stressed he didn't want to take services away from anyone."If a girl has a baby, the agency steps in and gives them a place to live and provides room and board, well, that's a pretty good deal for a junior or senior in high school,'' Prezioso said. While Hale spoke primarily about the causes and spread of childhood poverty, Patricia S. Kusimo, president of the Education Alliance, talked about some of the effects of childhood poverty.Kusimo talked about the damage toxic stress does to young children. Toxic stress is stress that is severe and sustained and is often the result of damaging problems such as homelessness, hunger, absentee parents, domestic violence and drug abuse.Toxic stress can have actual physical impact on the brain development of young children, resulting in weakened language development and a lack of self-control.Kusimo said that early childhood is crucially important. She said that children that live with high levels of toxic stress from birth to age 4 are already behind by the time they enter school. She also said that children who are behind grade level by the time they finish third grade tend not to catch up.In his recent State of the State address, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin also stressed the importance of early childhood education."If a child cannot read at grade level by the end of the 3rd grade, bad things happen,'' Tomblin said. "They will remain poor readers in high school, and they will be more likely to become high school dropouts.'' This was the first meeting of the select committee. It is comprised of select Senate leadership from both parties, as well as the chairmen of the Finance, Judiciary, Education, Health and Agriculture Committees.Senate Majority Leader John Unger, the select committee chairman, said that they will meet year round and travel to communities around the state to see the problem of poverty up close."Poverty is more than economic,'' Unger said. "If a child is hungry or a child is worried about what they're going to go home to, how can we expect that child to achieve?'' Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 3 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent 4 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 5 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU Tomblin asks coal industry to focus on safety Previous Story Review: Clay Center crowd loves Irish dance Next Story


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Last season I injured my right hip. I was doing a forehand drive (right hand) and dragged my right foot instead of lifting it. Now, 7 month later it still hurts. I went to play today for the first time after winter and the feeling is not good. And mentally I am afraid it is going to hurt and therefore the round was a disaster.


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John Lewis staff all over the country celebrate
EXCITEMENT was palpable as it was revealed that staff at Swindon's John Lewis at Home would receive a 15 per cent bonus for their commitment and hard work yesterday.
About 50 of the store's 140 employees gathered at the store at Mannington Retail Park for the announcement of their bonus figure for 2014.
The amount, which represents nearly eight weeks wages, was unveiled by selling assistant Sue Simmons to a shower of streamers and confetti and a storm of applause from her colleagues.
The 47-year-old selling assistant in the electronics department, was selected to open the envelope containing the figure at 9.25am precisely after picking the winning party streamers out of scores handed out to staff to launch the festivities.
"Opening the envelope was a bit nerve-wracking because you don't know what to expect," she said.
"I think 15 per cent is a realistic amount. Anything is good regardless and we are lucky to have the bonus as it is. It is a reward for all the partners' (staff) work. We are all proud to be working for this business."
She said: "My bonus is going to be partly used for a holiday and for a lot of special occasions happening this year. It is my son's 21st birthday and my partner's son's 21st birthday and my best friend is getting married. "It was going to be an expensive year, with lots of presents to buy, so it's welcome."
Last year staff were offered 17 per cent extra wages.
John Lewis gross sales grew strongly throughout the financial year, increasing by 11 per cent to £240.5m.
Deborah Joy, 26, a fellow selling assistant in the electrical section planned to spend the extra money on a trip to Nicaragua.
"I really enjoy being in the shop this time of year as there is such a buzz among the team in anticipation of the bonus announcement." she said. "This year I'm hoping to spend my bonus on a trip to Nicaragua with my partner to visit my best friend and her husband on their ranch. "I'm also going to donate some money to animal charities like ADI and PETA, as I love animals and these are causes I feel strongly about."
Alison Gilbert, the branch manager, said: "We are pleased once again to have delivered a robust performance here at John Lewis at home Swindon and enter 2014 with strong trading momentum. "Having only been open three years, we continue to see our sales and reputation grow within the community. "Key highlights for us were the strength of our furniture trade and the growth in consumer technology.
"It has been a great year for John Lewis at home Swindon and I would like to thank all our staff who are passionate about providing the highest standards of service and delighting our customers with a shopping experience that is second to none."


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C++ programming laguage is undergoing interesting language changes.
The delegating constructor is a useful new addition which changes the semantics of throwing an exception from a constructor. As of now, exception raised during execution of any constructor of a class (including base-member initialization list), the destructor of that class is not invoked (for that object). This is because the object never really got created successfully. This will be now longer be true after C++0x is released!!!
Below is a list of some of the upcoming language changes.
* Nearly all of the Library Technical Report (TR1)
* Auto type deduction
* Delegating constructors
* Right angle brackets
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Source : Highlights of the April 2006 ISO C++ meeting (Herb Sutter)
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Veterinarian Reviewed on June 5, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Ginger is the bulbous root from the plant Zingiber Officinale, ingested wholly as a delicacy, spice or medicinally. Cultivation of Ginger started in South Asia and has since taken root in Eastern Africa and the Caribbean. It is commonly referred to as root Ginger, so as to distinguish it from other plants that appear to be ginger.
One of the most characteristic features of ginger is the odor and strong flavor that is the result of zingerone, shogaols and gingerols. These volatile oils comprise 1 to 3 percent of the mass of freshly harvested ginger. In clinical tests on animals, gingerrols were found to increase movement of the gastrointestinal tract and to have antipyretic, sedative, analgesic and antibacterial properties. Ginger oil was also studied and found to help prevent skin cancer in laboratory mice subjects. A University of Michigan study found that gingerols can eliminate ovarian cancer cells.
The invigorating flavor of ginger is from non-volatile phenylpropanoid – resulting from ginger that is dried or cooked. Zingerone is also created from this process; this results in a less bitter taste and has a spicy-sweet aroma. Ginger has a sialagogue result that stimulates saliva production and makes swallowing easier.
Young ginger roots are very juicy and have a fleshy texture with a very mild flavor. These are most commonly pickled with vinegar or sherry for a snack or are added to dishes for a mild flavor. In teas, the root is steeped in boiling water with honey. Other popular additions are a slice of orange or lemon. Another popular treat is to make ginger candy by baking it in hefty amounts of sugar.
Older ginger roots are nearly dry and very fibrous. When squeezed, older roots produce a very potent juice which is used in East Indian, Chinese, Japanese and many South Asian cuisines.
Ginger appears on the FDA's list of "generally recognized as safe", but can interact with certain medications such as Warfarin, an anticoagulant. If you suffer from gallstones do not consume ginger as it naturally promotes bile production. Over use of ginger causes a condition commonly referred to as "ginger jitters". The body's central nervous system becomes over-stimulated or intoxicated and causes spontaneous movements or pain. This is the result of an individual's ginger tolerance but usually around two thousand milligrams per kilogram of body mass. Another mild reaction to ginger is a slight skin reaction or rash, heartburn, gas, bloating, nausea and belching but this is mainly from consuming ginger in dry granular forms.
Medicinal Uses
Medicinal uses for ginger range from nausea control to potential diabetic treatments. Historically it was touted as a stimulant and a carminative, used for dyspepsia, gastroparesis and slow motility, constipation and colic. Frequently it was utilized to mask strong tasting medicines. Arthritis sufferers also claim joint pain relief due to ginger. Ginger also naturally thins the blood and lowers cholesterol.
Other uses for ginger include :
• Diarrhea: natural combatant of E-coli
• Nausea: Ginger is a natural remedy for seasickness, morning sickness and chemotherapy
• Anxiety: Ginger reduces levels of anxiety
• Diabetes: Has been shown to reduce diabetic cataracts and could be used for prevention or delay of diabetic related complications
Folk medicine suggests using ginger for the treatment of:
• Colds: A strongly brewed tea will help treat a cold
• Coughing: Chinese treatment for coughing is "ginger eggs" – scrambled eggs with finely minced ginger root. Another popular cough suppressant is a dried ginger confection using fermented plum juice and sugar
• Nausea: Ginger-ale or Ginger-beer settles stomach and digestive issues
• Cramps: Ginger water is consumed to avoid heat-related cramps
• Inflammation: Arthritis treatment
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Topic: Issels Treatment Center
Howdy All!
OK...doing a bit more research. Found Issels Treatment Center. Two centers...Tijuana, Mexico & Santa Barbera, California. EXPENSIVE AS ALL GET OUT! But...what do you do when your in a cc position? At this point my husband and I are not sure of ourselves and the decisions we are making. So we just keep gathering information regardless of anything to keep on hand. It seems the more treatments we read about the harder it is to come up with a decisive plan of action...he looks at me and asks should I...I look at him and say we'll do whatever he decides...seems that both of us are fearful of not pursuing/pursuing what might be the answer for him! I HATE THIS CRAPPY DISEASE! Sorry...I had to have one of my moments.
OK...back to the Issels Medical Center. Has anyone read up on them or experienced any of the treatments that they offer? Comprehensive immunobiological treatment protocols specific for each person. Your thoughts? Am I stetching for something that might not be there? I feel like I'm going round and round in a circle and can't stop anywhere! I HATE THIS SO MUCH! Sorry again...seems I'm having a few of my moments today.
Logic tells me to take the information we have gathered to my husbands appointment next week and discuss them with his oncologist...but I wanted to inquire here about your experiences & thoughts as I feel I get the most accurate & truthful information from all of you.


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We will be nationally recognized for excellent pre-hospital medical care with fully integrated EMS and Fire Services delivery.
The Memphis Fire Department's Emergency Medical Service system is one of the first fire-based EMS systems in the United States beginning in 1966 with a fleet of eight emergency ambulances that handled approximately 8,000 runs during its first year of service. Today, the Memphis Fire Department is an all advanced life support (ALS) system operating 36 ALS ambulances, 56 ALS engines, and 21 BLS ladder truck companies. There are also 5 EMS lieutenants and one EMS Battalion Chief on each shift. The Memphis Fire Department has a total of 98 pieces of fire apparatus that are ALS capable with firefighter/paramedics available for emergency calls each day.
In 2014, the Memphis Fire Department responded on 119,273 EMS runs and transported 79,433 patients. There are approximately 350 firefighter/paramedics and 1,100 firefighter/EMTs in the Memphis Fire Department. The balance of firefighters are certified first responders. The Memphis Fire Department is the largest EMS system in the state of Tennessee and the mid-south.
The Memphis Fire Department operates one of the most progressive EMS systems in the United States utilizing some of the latest treatment protocols and procedures including induced hypothermia and mechanical CPR devices for cardiac arrest patients, CPAP for congestive heart failure patients, and intraosseous infusion for intravenous fluid access. The Memphis Fire Department also has an aggressive STEMI (ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction) program with an average time of 65 minutes from first-paramedic-contact-to-balloon in a hospital cardiac cath lab.
The EMS system not only encompasses a field operation component, but an extensive EMS education program and quality improvement program. The Memphis Fire Department is the only non-university or college in the State of Tennessee authorized to educate paramedics. In addition, the Memphis Fire Department also conducts Emergency Medical Technician classes and numerous continuing education programs, many of which are American Heart Association classes.
In 2012, the Tennessee Ambulance Service Association awarded the Memphis Fire Department Tennessee's EMS Service of the Year. In 2014, Memphis Fire EMS was featured on the cover of JEMS (Journal of Emergency Medical Services) magazine.
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(MCT) — CHICAGO — Lawyers for the City of Chicago have asked a federal judge to explore the possibility of settling a 6-year-old lawsuit brought by a California couple who claim their mentally ill daughter was gravely injured after police released her in a high-crime neighborhood.
It is the first public sign that the city is considering settling the lawsuit, which claims police ignored obvious warning signs about Christina Eilman's bipolar condition and frantic calls from her parents after arresting her for erratic behavior at Midway Airport in 2006. They took Eilman, then 21, to a South Side holding cell miles from the airport and later released her into the unfamiliar neighborhood, where she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted, and then fell from a seventh-story window in a public housing high-rise.
The family is seeking as much as $100 million in damages for injuries to Eilman, who her doctors say is permanently disabled and will need around-the-clock care for the rest of her life. The 2006 lawsuit is set for a Jan. 14 trial after years of legal maneuvering that led Eilman's lawyers to accuse the city of intentionally delaying the case.
U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall has also expressed frustration with the city over the slow pace of the case and has sympathized with claims that the delays were harming the medical treatment for Eilman, who was uninsured at the time of the incident and requires many therapies.
The city filed a motion last week seeking appointment of a federal magistrate judge to mediate settlement talks, and is expected to discuss it during a Monday status hearing before Kendall.
Eilman lawyer Jeffrey Singer filed a response expressing willingness to negotiate but not with the city's chosen mediator, saying the city chose a magistrate judge whose calendar is booked through the end of the year. He wants Kendall to appoint a private mediator who can begin talks this fall.
Part of the delay was attributable to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which took 18 months before rejecting the city's attempt to end the lawsuit. In a scathing opinion released April 26, the appellate court suggested that police showed little regard for the danger they were putting Eilman in, saying they "might as well have released her into the lions' den at the Brookfield Zoo."
While a reputed gang member was convicted of abducting and injuring Eilman, the family's lawsuit says police officials negligently violated her rights by denying her the mental health treatment that she clearly needed, then putting her in harm's way by releasing her in a dangerous neighborhood many miles from the relatively safe place where they had arrested her.
City lawyers have argued that the city has no responsibility for Eilman's injuries and that she seemed lucid when a police sergeant interviewed her shortly after her arrest. However, several other officers have said in depositions that they saw signs of mental illness, and that at one point, a supervisor ordered the arresting officers to take her to a hospital, but they did not because no vehicle was available.


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Subordinates should be treated with respect and with concern for their well-being. Supervisors have the responsibility to facilitate the research, educational, and professional development of subordinates, to provide a safe, supportive working environment and fair compensation, and to promote the timely advance of graduate students and young researchers to the next stage of career development. In addition, supervisors should ensure that subordinates know how to appeal decisions without fear of retribution.
Contributions of subordinates should be properly acknowledged in publications, presentations, and performance appraisals. In particular, subordinates who have made significant contributions to the concept, design, execution, or interpretation of a research study should be afforded the opportunity of authorship of resulting publications, consistent with APS Guidelines for Professional Conduct.
Supervisors and/or other senior scientists should not be listed on papers of subordinates unless they have also contributed significantly to the concept, design, execution or interpretation of the research study.
Mentoring of students, postdoctoral researchers, and employees with respect to intellectual development, professional and ethical standards, and career guidance, is a core responsibility for supervisors. Periodic communication of constructive performance appraisals is essential.
These guidelines apply equally for subordinates in permanent positions and for those in temporary or visiting positions.


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Warm Pearl is a warm shimmery white metallic paint. The pearl series can be used for mixing, however, it will affect the translucency and metallic quality of these paints depending on what encaustic paint you mix in and how much. The pearl pigment particles are heavy and will settle easily, so make sure to stir the pearl series to get good pigment distribution.


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Jane Wilson took on the Kingston Breakfast Run to get fit after the birth of her two children Ellie and Alex 15 years' ago and she has not stopped, writes Stuart Amos.
The 48-year-old Teddington mum is the only runner to have contested all 15 Kingston Breakfast Runs since its inception in 1998.
Wilson, a self-employed psychotherapist at Re...root in Richmond, will be on the start line again this year, with Twickenham's Fiona Rennie.
And Wilson, who has completed the 8.2-mile course in just over any hour in the past, would not bet against being there again when
the race celebrates its 30th anniversary.
"Running to keep fit is all very well, but you have to race to keep motivated," she said.
"I started training with my friend Fiona and did my first Breakfast Run after having my children and we've just sort of kept it up really.
"I really like the course. It is so pretty running along by the river, particularly by Hampton Court where people stop and support. There is a great atmosphere."
Wilson set up her psychotherapy business in October 2011 having retrained at Roehampton University.
The Breakfast Run is a traditional warm-up event for the London mmarathon and Great Britain international Phil Wicks holds the men's course record for both the 8.2-mile and 16-mile race.
Wicks, who lives in Cobham, clocked 40 minutes, 15 seconds for the shorter distance in 2006 and then ran the longer course in 1:20:47 in 2011.
Belgrave Harrier Birhan Dagne holds the women's 8.2-mile record of 46:37.0, while Jo Lodge has the 16-mile course record of 1:34:17.
* The Kingston Whole Foods Breakfast Run organised by Human Race takes place in Kingston on March 24. Visit humanrace.co.uk for more details.


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Alex Len, a sophomore center for the University of Maryland, will enter the NBA Draft, Yahoo! Sports reported on Sunday night.
Len is considered to be a lottery pick in most draft projections. He is expected to announce his decision later this week, according to the report.
Len, a 7-1, 255-pound center, averaged 11.9 points per game and 7.8 rebounds for Maryland during the 2012-13 season.
"I'm very grateful for the two years I've spent at Maryland and for everyone that has supported me during my time here," Len said in a statement released by Maryland on Monday. "It's been an honor to play here and I've learned so much. I want to thank Coach Turgeon and the coaching staff for believing in me and helping me grow as a player and a person. I also want to thank my teammates who were always there for me. We shared some great moments together. I've grown a lot, both on the court and off the court, over the past two years and I am looking forward to the next chapter of my life."


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A MAN has been charged with receiving stolen goods following a raid on a men's clothing store.
The 31-year-old man will appear in court following an investigation into a burglary at The Buttery Store in Park Road, Westcliff, in November last year.
The man, who id from Westcliff, was arrested in January along with two others.
He has beenbailed to appear at Southend Magistrates Court on March 4.
The other two men, aged 31 and 37 from Southend have been released from their bail without charge.


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Thanks man, Booker t is the man!
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by Eric Tiansay
Pixar's 13th film, Brave features the studio's first leading heroine—a Scottish princess named Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) who confronts tradition and challenges destiny to change her fate. Christian parents are also confronted with something they're not accustomed to with Pixar, but that's for later on in this review.
Merida is a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the unruly and uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (Robbie Coltrane).
Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric witch (Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to harness all of her skills and resources—including her clever and mischievous triplet brothers —to undo a beastly curse before it's too late, discovering the meaning of true bravery. read more


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State of Michigan Financial Aid Information
The official State of Michigan website, Paying for College, contains detailed information on all state and federal financial aid., providing direct access to specific programs. Here is a summary of Michigan-based programs available to Davenport students:
Michigan Competitive Scholarship (MCS)
The MCS is awarded based on high-school ACT test scores and demonstrated financial need.
Eligibility requirements include:
- Apply via the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Awards range up to $1,200 per year and may be renewed each year based on a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average. Maximum terms of eligibility: 10 semesters.
- Michigan residency is required from July 1 of the year before enrollment.
- Students enrolled at least half-time are eligible if need is established.
- Make sure that Davenport University is listed first under the section on the of colleges that you want to receive the FAFSA information.
- If you receive a notice from financial aid saying that you need to change your college choice, see the information listed under the Michigan Tuition Grant.
Michigan Tuition Grant (MTG)
The MTG is awarded, based on need, to students enrolled at Michigan independent colleges and universities.
Eligibility requirements include:
- Apply via the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
- Awards range up to $1,200 per year to Michigan residents. Recipients must meet Davenport's Standards of Academic Progress.
- Students must reapply each year; filing deadlines may apply. Maximum terms of eligibility: 10 semesters.
- Students enrolled at least half-time are eligible if need is established.
- Change College Choice: The State will award MTG to the school listed first on your FAFSA under the section of colleges. If you receive a financial aid notification asking you to change your college choice, you need to make the change to your FAFSA on the web.
- The State decides on funding each year, so Davenport waits until the State has approved its budget before making any awards and until we receive notification from the State that the awarding period has ended.
- The State of Michigan requires that Davenport confirms all students enrollment prior to disbursing money to students. For fall semester this confirmation occurs after the budget is approved and the State notifies Davenport with a list of eligible students, and for winter semester this typically occurs in early February. After enrollment is confirmed, Davenport is allowed to disburse funds to students for the given semester.
Tuition Incentive Program (TIP)
Eligibility requirements include:
- TIP promotes high school completion by providing tuition assistance to eligible lower-income students enrolled in certificate or associate degree programs.
- The State of Michigan's Office of Scholarships and Grants determine a student's eligibility.
- After being identified, the Office of Scholarships and Grants (OSG) will send the student an acceptance form.
- The student must then complete the acceptance form and return it to OSG before graduation from high school or GED completion and before their 20th birthday to activate financial eligibility for the program.
- The student will then receive an "eligibility letter" from OSG. The student is responsible for notifying OSG of a change in their college choice.
- Students must send a copy of their eligibility letter to the Davenport Financial Aid Office for us to calculate eligibility.
GEAR UP Michigan! Scholarship
The mission of GEAR UP is to significantly increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. Students may receive scholarship assistance for up to four academic years within five years of high school graduation. The maximum amount a student can receive for one year is equal to the maximum Pell Grant award. Future awards are subject to available and approved funds.
Eligibility requirements include:
- Successfully completed the GEAR UP Michigan! six-year program.
- High school diploma or GED certificate.
- Initiate postsecondary enrollment prior to age 22.
- Demonstrate financial need by being eligible for a Pell Grant.
- Enroll at least half-time.
- Be a Michigan resident prior to enrolling in college.
- Be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or approved refugee.
- Not be incarcerated.
- For renewal, meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) policy requirements.
Fostering Futures Scholarship Application and Information
The Fostering Futures Scholarship (FFS) provides eligible foster youth with scholarship funds for tuition, fees, room/board, books, and supplies/equipment required for enrollment. The FFS is available to students on a first-come, first-served basis. Students must complete the application and return it to Student Scholarships and Grants, listed at the bottom of the application.
NOTE: Limited funds for room/board have been reinstated for Winter/Spring 2015 semester.
Application Enrollment Period
December 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015
- Student must have been in foster care on or after their 13th birthday.
- Student may receive funding at any age. (There is no upper age limit.)
- Student must be an undergraduate, attending a Michigan public or private 4-year college/university or a community college.
The Fostering Futures Scholarship application is available here.
Students living outside of Michigan:
All students who reside outside of Michigan should check with their State Department of Education for scholarship and grant information.


text: Kill Brand started as a small act of spontaneity. While his band was on tour, the founder of Kill Brand had run out of wearable tee shirts, and the only thing he had was a pink tee and a can of black spray paint. Using his ingenuity, he spray painted the word "KILL" onto the front and wore that on stage. After the show he was receiving a lot of positive feedback and decided to start selling shirts form the back of the tour van. One thing led to another, and the "KILL" tee made way for Kill Brand. Specializing in attitude, the Kill Brand line of clothing is unique, not just in its appeal, but in that there are certain lines made specifically for certain stores, making sure that Kill Brand maintains its DIY art roots no matter how big it becomes.


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There's a thread over on the Sun Deck where a poster mentions seeing it written that Adam Dunn is the 5th-best defensive LF in the NL at the moment. No link is provided and it certainly goes against the mass perception of Dunn's defense.
Certainly he's no Carl Crawford out there, but he's better than he was last year. He's not elegant, nor terribly instinctive, but he can cover a decent amount of ground when he gets a bead on a ball and his arm is pretty good for the position (traditionally a weak armed position).
While it might seem outrageous to think of Dunn as potentially one of the better defensive LFs in the NL, I think we forget exactly who the competition is. Here's a breakdown in two categories (solid defenders, bad defenders, the names are listed alphabetically):
Solid defenders
Eric Byrnes
Ryan Church
Jose Cruz Jr.
Matt Diaz
Geoff Jenkins
Bad defenders
Moises Alou
Jason Bay
Barry Bonds
Pat Burrell
Chris Duncan
Adam Dunn
Luis Gonzalez
Matt Holliday
Carlos Lee
Alfonso Soriano
Josh Willingham
These are the players, who've played the most games in LF for each of the 16 teams in the NL. There really isn't a good defender in the bunch. Bonds, Duncan, Lee and Willingham probably deserve to be in their own "super awful" category. If someone was ranking defensive LFs in the NL, it's possible Diaz missed the innings cutoff, so a guy from the "bad" list certainly could have been #5.
The AL has a better set of defensive LFs, but it also has Manny Ramirez, Raul Ibanez and Frank Catalanotto.
My point being that when you look at who is playing the position, Dunn's a fairly standard kind of bad. I know his UZR rating for the year is low, but others are worse and my guess is varying rating systems will show that Dunn is no worse than the standard bad defensive LF, which accounts for the majority of players out there.


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Like many reading the story Tuesday, I was a bit stunned that Woodland's crime numbers were up for the months of October, November and December.
The information was presented as a routine item Tuesday night to the Woodland City Council. But the information prepared by the Police Department and Public Safety Chief Dan Bellini, was hardly routine: Aggravated assault with firearms are up 133 percent, auto thefts are up 54 percent, arsons up 126 percent and domestic violence up 22.95 percent. In all, according to the report, total calls for service have climbed by 14.70 percent.
The report only looks at the numbers of crimes committed and not why. So we don't know if there were more crimes because there were more societal pressures such as the poor economy, more people involved in gangs, or coming "over the river" from Sacramento.
And we should also consider ourselves fortunate that for the third quarter of 2012 there were no murders. In short we had plenty of crime, but -- for the most part -- no one died. But I don't think Woodland's sole rape victim or the 128 people who suffered aggravated assault would feel the same way.
Here's the important bit of information in all the figures that we should all be concerned about: For all of 2012, there were 2,232 cases reported to the California Department of Justice. Among those 2,232 cases were 1,068 incidents of larceny and theft, 202 auto thefts, 52 arsons, 489 aggravated assault cases, eight robberies and 36 burglaries. And of those 2,232 cases, only 708 were cleared by arrest.
That's a worrisome statistic, which should jump out to the City Council. For example, of those 361 burglaries, only 89 that were solved. Of 50 robberies, only 26 were solved. Of 202 auto thefts, only 50 were solved. And of 52 arsons, only five were solved.
I'm anxiously waiting to see what the first three months of 2013 bring: Hopefully fewer crimes and more of those crimes solved.
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In other Woodland city news, the City Council undoubtedly voted to support a resolution -- at the request of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson -- to keep the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento, rather then having them move to Seattle, Wash. I don't know if I would have done it; after all, what does Woodland get out of the deal?
Woodland's resolution notes the Kings are a "major economic asset, employing approximately 800 individuals in our region on a full- and part-time basis," that the Sacramento region has proven itself to be one of the top markets in the National Basketball Association, selling out 19 of 27 seasons in one of the 20 largest media markets in the nation; and that "we believe that the Sacramento Kings are an integral part of the fabric of our regional community." Sounds very grandiose. Too bad they can't have better owners or win a few more games.
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Speaking of "major economic assets," the council was also likely to endorse the Next Economy Regional Prosperity Plan at tonight's Council meeting, which includes strategies aimed at accelerating job creation and economic health across a six-county region, Tuesday night. Specifically, the initiative encompasses the counties of Sacramento, Placer, EI Dorado, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba as well as the incorporated cities. The plan seeks to identify, build upon and promote the region's competitive strengths and put forth a set of inter-related strategies to accelerate job and wealth creation, and boost new investment across the region, according to a report to council members.
I'm all for economic development, but we've had so many proposals to bring businesses and jobs to Woodland that it's almost a joke anymore. I want this proposal to be successful, but ever since the Yolo County-UC Davis Economic Development Corporation fizzled I'll merely hope for the best.
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Finally, someone with a sense of humor. The free water-wise workshops being planned in Woodland are very creative. The series of events, which begin in March, include events with titles like "Livin' on a meter"; "I fought the lawn and the lawn won" (turf removal and site preparation; "You can't always plant what you want"; and "I heard it through the drip line" (irrigation options and design).
I'm always interested in water-conservation information and these workshops might event get me to turn out and learn a little.
Now, if we could only get a few zombie-themed workshops such as: "The Walking Deciduous"; "Zinnia Apocalypse." It might even be good to show the "Attack of the Vegan Zombies" to learn more about edible landscaping.


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Here's my current bag:
2 x Discmania P1 (P-line), 172g, both beat:
For putting and short drives (50-60 meters max). Drives tend to turn a bit. The rim is bit too high for my taste, hard to curl my short fingers around the edge.
Discmania MD2 (P-line), 176g, bit beat
For approaches, but when I recently started to approach with putters also, I haven't really figured when to use this. Goes bit further (10-20meters?) than P1, but this too tends to turn hard to right when strong-arming, which happens often. I mostly use it for short hyzer and anhyser throws, and use P1 for straight shots.
Discmania Gremlin (S-line) 172g
Don't use much, for few downhill drives and sometimes to approaches which must fade to left. For some reason haven't got good feeling about this.
2xDiscmania Jackal (S-line) 172g
For driving. Goes pretty straight with nice fade on the end, unless I throw it nose up which happens too often. With strong arming turns to right also.
Other discs not really in use:
Champion MD2 176g, plastics feels too slippery compared to S- and P-lines.
Birdie 172g, bit akward, but maybe I should test it again for short approaches.
Blizzard DD2 166g, too big disc for me, fades hard to left.
TD2, 169g, goes bit further than Jackal but not so consistently, sometimes turns hard, sometimes not at all.
Blizzard Krait, DX Valkyrie and DX Teebird, all are useless as they turn so much to right.
I'm quite happy with the Jackal as my driver, although I'm open for suggestions about something more stable in case of windy days and such. The midrange department is bit lacking though, I have though about buying MVP tangent as many have recommended it. I'd like something more stable than MD2 is. On the other hand I have though about Comet, so that would reveal my technique flaws and would force me to throw properly... P1 is ok for putting, but I don't like to drive with it, bit more stable disc would be nice there also, and maybe tad faster also. I have read about MVP Ion and Anode, and been thinking about one of them.
What do you think?


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The dry spell is now a distant memory for Houston Dynamo forward Will Bruin.
After a breakout 16-goal season last year, there were high expectations of Bruin entering his third MLS campaign. Until he hit a wall of seven matches without a goal which also coincided with a seven-game winless streak for the Dynamo.
Nothing a US national team call-up couldn't fix. In the three games since returning from CONCACAF Gold Cup duty with the USA, Bruin is finding the net again. His two goals and two assists in that time see him tied for the club lead in both categories.
What's the secret? Bruin says it boils down to confidence and a little bit of luck.
WATCH: Bruin's goal vs. Seattle
"When everything's going good, it's going in. When everything's going bad, things are going on the wrong side of the post," Bruin said.
"Confidence for a striker's huge," he added. "Every striker goes through ups and downs; it's just staying with the opportunities."
His confidence could only have been boosted by his month-long stint with the USMNT in July. While he only made a cameo appearance in a pre-Gold Cup friendly against Guatemala, his performances since returning to the Dynamo indicate that the time away has paid dividends.
"Being in those shoes, maybe mentally you come back and say 'I want to prove that I belong at that level and to get that opportunity I've got to come back and play well for my club team,'" said team captain and fellow USMNT player Brad Davis. "I think for him definitely there's some motivation … Hopefully internally that's a boost for him."
The surging Dynamo (4-1-1 in their last six) will hope Bruin's post-Gold Cup run of form doesn't fade any time soon, especially with a tough five-game stretch against Eastern teams in playoff contention, including four on the road.
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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Bow Lake Recycling & Transfer Station
18800 Orillia Rd S (external map)
For more information, see Recycling services.
This facility is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Day
Recycling services
If you are unsure about what is recyclable, call the King County Solid Waste Division for assistance or submit your question online. Please keep recycling areas free of litter and garbage. Excess materials cannot be stored outside of bins. Download a printable copy of "Your Guide to King County Solid Waste Recycling and Transfer Facilities" (PDF, 580 K).
See the disposal fees page for more detailed information.
Minimum fee
Per ton
Unsecured loads
The fine for transporting an unsecured load on a public highway is $216. If an item falls out of or off your vehicle and causes bodily injury, you will be charged with a gross misdemeanor, which carries a penalty up to $5,000 and may include jail time. For safer roads and less litter, secure your load.
Refrigerant type appliances – limit 3 per load
Other large appliances – limit 3 per load
Clean wood and yard waste
Per ton fee
Payment methods accepted
Disposal restrictions at King County solid waste facilities
King County's solid waste facilities are designed to accept a wide range of materials; however, there are legal, operational and safety reasons why some materials are restricted.
Not accepted for disposal
Not accepted for disposal, but accepted for recycling at some facilities. Fees apply for some items.
Visit the What Do I Do With…? website, call the King County Solid Waste Division or contact us online if you have questions about recycling or disposal options for these materials.
Accepted for disposal with restrictions
Visit the What Do I Do With…? website, call the King County Solid Waste Division or contact us online about disposal options for these materials
From residential self-haul customers only:
From residential self-haul customers and commercial customers:
Items that require prior written approval for disposal
The following items may be accepted, with conditions, at King County's Cedar Hills Regional Landfill when accompanied by a waste clearance. See the waste clearance page for more information. Disposal locations are limited and special fees may apply.
Accepted for disposal at all facilities
Length limit for vehicles and trailers
(Subject to operating conditions)
Total length from bumper to bumper may not exceed:
Transfer station safety guidelines
For your safety, please follow these guidelines when visiting the transfer station:
Water conservation measures in effect at all facilities
All non-essential water use is prohibited. Customers may not use water to hose out their vehicles or to rinse garbage cans – use brooms instead.
Transfer station construction projects
Visit the transfer station construction projects page to see if there are any current projects that may affect your visit.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2016


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Can Intravenous Vitamin C Improve Skin Hyperpigmentation in Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients?
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified May 2005 by National Taiwan University Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
National Taiwan University Hospital
Information provided by:
National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 12, 2005
Last updated: NA
Last verified: May 2005
History: No changes posted
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Detailed Description:
Intravenous vitamin C may improve skin hyperpigmentation in chronic hemodialysis patients
|Kidney Failure, Chronic
|Drug: vitamin C, intravenous injection
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Can Intravenous Vitamin C Improve Skin Hyperpigmentation in Long-Term Hemodialysis Patients?
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Dialysis Vitamin C
Drug Information available for: Ascorbic acid Sodium ascorbate Magnesium ascorbateU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Skin pigmentation extent
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- blood anti-oxidant level
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2005
Melanogenesis is caused by enzymatic conversion of tyrosine to melanin pigments.Ascorbic acid has the ability to inhibit peroxidase and may thus inhibit melanin synthesis.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- chronic hemodialysis patients
Exclusion Criteria:
- allergic to vitamin C, using steroid, etc
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00172302
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00172302
|National Taiwan University Hospital
|Not yet recruiting
|Taipei, Taiwan, 100
|Contact: Tze-Wah Kao, MD 886-2-2356-2000 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Tze-Wah Kao, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Taiwan University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Kao Tze-Wah, MD
|National Taiwan University Hospital
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|NCT00172302 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 12, 2005
|Last Updated:
|September 12, 2005
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Renal Insufficiency
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Pigmentation Disorders
Skin Diseases
Ascorbic Acid
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protective Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Kickoff meeting held in first step to consolidate UTB and UTPA academic programs for new Valley institution
The Academic Program Working Groups for Project South Texas held a kickoff meeting, Friday, Oct. 4, at The University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg.
Around 150 individuals, including 120 faculty members from UT Brownsville and UT Pan American, participated. Thirteen academic program working groups will be tasked with considering how the various disciplines should be represented in the new UT university. Each working group has equal faculty representation from UTB and UTPA and is charged with making recommendations on the types of academic programs the new university will offer when it begins in Fall 2015.
"I was very pleased to see the enthusiasm and anticipation of the participating faculty. It is clear they realize the magnitude and the importance of the task ahead. I am confident that these working groups are going to recommend innovative and challenging programs for the new university that will be in tune with the fast-changing environment of the 21st century," said Julio León, who is serving as a special advisor for Project South Texas and leading the transition team in charge of consolidating UT Brownsville and UTPA.
See the attached background materials for more information.


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Ashland County Goat
Association to have meeting
The newly formed Ashland County Goat Association will have its bi-monthly meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17 at Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church on Montgomery Township Road 523.
Featured speaker will be Dr. Dave White of the New Pittsburg Veterinary Clinic. White will give a PowerPoint presentation on goat birthing.
Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
Anyone wanting to get into raising goats of any breed are encouraged to attend.
This association is open to people who have all breeds of goats. For more information, call Valerie Smith at 419-651-9136 or Beth Barr at 419-281-3854.


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Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another sphincter tightening adventure on your computer from me the breezey butting, Ric Flair strutting (sagging tits and old goat balls included), child scaring, mullet wearing Poot-Hair. Yessss that's right, my blogs are more entertaining than a whore in church; errr no that's how sweaty I am. My blogs are more entertaining than seeing Mae Young naked;
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Drupal Performance Data Has Never Looked So Good: TraceView Joins the Acquia Network by Dan Kuebrich November 1, 2012
Filed under: Performance Monitoring
Do you wonder how your site is performing for end users? Why certain pages are slow or throw exceptions? If server resources are limiting performance?
As of today, the most detailed and actionable Drupal performance data available is just one click away for Acquia Network subscribers—thanks to AppNeta's newly launched, awesome partnership with the Acquia team!
And, even better, AppNeta's TraceView APM service is free for Acquia Network subscribers to get started.
What Does TraceView Bring to the Acquia Network?
The Acquia Network provides not only expert support and hosting, but also the best-available tools to help you run and scale your application. Running a speedy and error-free site just got easier with the addition of TraceView to the Acquia family.
The best way to see why we and our partners at Acquia are so excited is to try it out today with your applications today! You can also learn a bit more from our full feature list here. But if you want the quick-and-dirty, here you go!
- Full-stack application tracing: from DOM rendering to slow views queries, you'll have full-stack insight. Requests queued in Apache? Slow calls to 3rd-party services? Covered.
- Advanced data analysis: Say goodbye to dumb averages and context-less per-component statistics, say hello to latency heatmaps that let you literally drag-select your problem and drill down.
- Rich performance data: From time spent in Drupal hooks to memory consumption during requests, TraceView is pulling in the data you need. Want more? Add it using our tracing API.
- Server monitoring: Keep tabs on CPU, memory, disk utilization and more to ensure your application is properly provisioned.
Drupal Community Support
TraceView is not only available for PHP apps but also for Python, Ruby, and Java. And, we've even got special Drupal-specific insight that has been added by the community, and it's totally awesome. Support is provided by the Tracelytics project on drupal.org. Here's a few of the questions you'll be able to answer using the module:
- How is my site performing for authenticated vs anonymous users?
- What menu items are performing poorly and why?
- Which nodes are getting loaded to render specific pages?
- How much time is being spent in each Drupal hook?
Want to find out more? The maintainer of the module, Peter Drake, speaks about Drupal performance in this webcast.
Seeking Curious Developers!
With an easy-to-install, no-credit-card-necessary trial, it's quick and painless to see what you've been missing in your performance data. As a special for Acquia Network subscribers, we are offering two months of the TraceView Premium service for free – simply sign-in to your Acquia Network account and add TraceView to your site.


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Protect Your Identity Week is Oct. 17-24
Oct. 14, 2009
News Highlights
The Consumer Affairs Branch of the Fairfax County Department of Cable Communications and Consumer Protection has joined in the second annual National Protect Your Identity Week (PYIW), Oct. 17-24. This program is sponsored by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling to provide consumers throughout the U.S. with identity theft education and information.
Consumer Affairs will present a free educational seminar on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m., Conference Rooms 2/3, Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. Consumers will have the opportunity to increase their awareness about identity theft and develop a plan of action to deter this crime, which victimizes millions of Americans each year. Information about how to minimize identity theft risk; tips for protecting personal, confidential and financial information, and resources for consumers who have been victimized or think they might be a victim of identity theft will be provided. To register, call Consumer Affairs at 703-222-8435, or e-mail your name and the words "identity theft" to email@example.com.
In addition to providing information about identity theft, Consumer Affairs investigates and mediates consumer complaints and tenant-landlord disputes. It also provides information to homeowner and condominium associations in the county.
Consumers also can get information in person at Suite 433, Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and the South County Center, 8350 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director, Office of Public Affairs
703-324-3189, TTY 711, Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
To request this information in an alternate format, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711


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Most teens dread speaking in front of the class, but not 13-year-old Marina Cepeda.
Marina takes her Power Point presentation on recycling to any class at any time. She was hooked on saving the environment from the first day she joined her school's Earth Club.
"You can do one thing and it accumulates and becomes a big thing," she said. "That's when I realized I wanted to be an activist. I wanted to promote recycling and promote saving our earth against global warming."
Today, marina is the president of the Earth Club and a member of her school's broadcasting team. This year, Marina created a school-wide conservation campaign with daily public service announcements and recycling tips.
She is also reaching out to area departments stores, asking them to provide recycling bins for hangers and paper. She is passionate about saving the planet.
"Small things can make a big difference," she said. "It can make a bad difference or a good difference. I am trying to lean toward the good difference."
That good difference will remain at Palm Springs Middle School long after Marina heads off to high school. The school's eco-friendly garden is one of her pet projects.
"A lot of companies donated tires. We use them to make a frame, because we are growing pumpkins and don't want the pumpkins to go everywhere," she said.
Amazingly, this charismatic 8th grader says a trip to Machu Picchu is on her bucket list.
"On it I did put to go out of the country and to have a third-world experience ... to describe the indescribable."
Copyright 2013 by Local10.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Clearing the decisive hurdle by the narrowest of margins, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed the farm bill by a vote of 216 to 208 on July 11.
Called the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, the legislation passed without the nutrition title and also repealed permanent law provisions.
Democrats did not cast a single vote in support of the measure.
Besides stripping out the nutrition title programs funding food stamps, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program and other small nutrition programs, the legislation repeals "permanent law" provisions in the current farm bill that many farm groups supported. Under current law, when a farm bill expires — as will happen this year on Sept. 30 if new legislation is not approved — parts of farm program law would revert back to what existed in 1949 and 1938. That would cause unacceptably steep increases in farm program expenditures and the consumer price of milk and other commodities and motivate lawmakers to enact a new farm bill.
It is unclear how the House version of the farm bill will be combined with the Senate version in conference committee. Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said in remarks on the floor that the House would soon bring the separate nutrition title to the floor for debate. A new version of the farm bill must be passed before Sept. 30, or farm programs from 1949 would become law.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said in a statement that the bill passed by the House was "an insult to rural America."
"We will go to conference with the bipartisan, comprehensive Farm Bill that was passed in the Senate that not only reforms programs, supports families in need and creates agriculture jobs, but also saves billions more than the extremely flawed House bill," Stabenow said in the statement.
Ray Gilmer, vice president of issues management and communication for the Washington, D.C.-based United Fresh Produce Association, said United Fresh will work with negotiators in the House and the Senate in hopes of getting a final version of the bill that works for everyone.
"It is not how we would have foreseen that the bill would pass, but at least now we have a farm bill that has passed the House and we can get it to conference," he said.
House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said in a statement that House Republicans ignored the will of more than 500 organizations seeking to keep the farm bill together. Though Republicans were able to find a way to pass the bill after a June defeat, Peterson said final approval of the farm bill is still in doubt.
"While we were hopeful the farm bill would not be split, nor permanent law repealed, we will now focus our efforts on working with lawmakers to deliver a farm bill to the president's desk for his signature by September," Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D.C., said in a statement.
Conservative groups were critical that the House didn't cut some programs even more.
"Rather than take advantage of the blank slate of a split bill to improve the bill's operation or trim its cost, House Republicans have instead passed a bill that cuts $1 billion less from agriculture programs than the bill passed by Senate Democrats, and $25 billion less than the cuts proposed by the Obama administration," R Street senior fellow Andrew Moylan said in a news release. R Street is a conservative think tank based in Washington D.C.
Note on correction: The original version of this story incorrectly stated the programs included in the nutrition title the farm bill.


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For a child's view of a day in the life of Stalinist Soviet Union, read: Breaking Stalin's Nose, by Eugene Yelchin. Sasha is ten years old and is in 5th grade and his father is a member of The State Security, which is the Secret Police. Sasha's mother is dead, for some mysterious reason she never returned home after a hospital stay. Sasha and his dad live communally in a house with several other families. Everyone is always under suspicion, every spoken word is potentially threatening and nobody knows whom they can trust. Sasha is getting ready for the ceremony to join the Soviet Young Pioneers. A young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings. But in his haste while carrying Stalin's banner, Sasha accidentally bumps into Stalin's statue and breaks off the nose on the statue! Did anyone see the accident occur? If the accident is discovered, then it is truly a bleak day for Sasha. This story is an excellent portrayal of a day in the life of a fifth grade student and the bleakness of life in the Soviet Union under the dictatorship of Stalin. Eugene Yelchin was born and educated in Russia, but now lives in California.
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By Drew Mackie
Twitter truly has brought about an information revolution. I mean, what other communication device lets us now what kind of sandwich our favorite celebrity is eating? Lame and mundane though some tweets might be, a celeb's Twitter feed is like a miniature reality show, presumably unfiltered by handlers, and offering 140-character peeks into their private life. But for a lot of famous people, Twitter also allows them to make some extra cash.
Take rapper 50 Cent. Maybe because his name is the cash equivalent of, like, a single Jack-in-the-Box taco, you might not associate him with shrewd business plans. But last weekend, 50 Cent demonstrated how celebs could use Twitter to their financial advantage when he implored his 3.8 million followers to invest in H&H Imports, a previously unknown Florida-based company in which the rapper owned 30 percent of the shares. What happened? As MSNBC explains, the stock jumped 290 percent, and in a matter of days Fiddy's shares were worth $5.2 million. The spike was short-lived, however, and the stock value sank this week, after the rapper yanked the Tweets from his profile. As the IFC blog noted, "After Monday, 50 Cent went silent on the subject and in the course of just days without his tweets, the company's stock plummeted 36 percent, back down to 25 cents. S----, that's only half of... well you know."
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The rapper picked an interesting week to introduce the stock market to Twitter in such an eye-catching way. Across the pond, British celebs attempting to use Twitter to turn a profit also made news. The U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading has threatened fines against stars who tweet their love about products that they're being secretly paid to endorse. Reports E! Online, "Exhibit A from Elizabeth Hurley: 'Packing for Barcelona...about to slap on some Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess fake tan' and 'Oooh, best mascara ever, Estee Lauder's Sumptuous.'" If celebs like Hurley are paid to tweet about the products, then it gets a lot harder to believe the idea of Twitter being a window into someone's private life. Really, why would anyone chose to get bombarded with ads from yet another medium? To her credit, at least, Hurley followed up the news of the alleged shenanigans with this Tweet: "It's hardly a secret that I work for Estee Lauder. I've modeled for them for 17 yrs! Love telling u about their products. They're the best xx."
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In the U.S., laws already regulate sponsored tweets, but that hasn't prevented American celebs from turning tweets into big business. For example, this Bloomberg article theorizes that Kim Kardashian could make around $30,000 a month just in promotional tweets. A post on Signature9 elaborates: "Kim's deal for Reebok Easy Tone sneakers has her tweeting pics of her wearing the shoes at the gym saying 'I love my Reebok Easy Tones' and even including a link to buy them. She also recently tweeted 'Where is there a Carl's Jr in the valley? I'm seriously craving that salad!' In what we're sure is just a coincidence, Kim is featured in some Carl's Jr. ads aired this year." Clearly, it's a viable model. There's even a website that lists sponsor-able celebrity tweeters, listing their number of followers and exactly how much money it costs to get them to tweet for you. For example, Khloe Kardashian costs $2941.25. Kim's price? Well, you'd need to call to get that info.
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As you cruise Twitter, soaking up a given celebrity's life one snippet at a time, it's important to keep in mind why the celebs are posting all this information about themselves. Sure, it's fun for them, much in the way it's fun for us to do the same. It's also a great way to increase the public's awareness of an up-and-coming celebrity. But, in the end, any famous person tweeting probably also wants a little more cash in his or her pocket. Engage the Twitterverse with caution -- and if you think of a way to turn it into such a handy moneymaker for us normal folk, tell me about it.
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Dot-matrix printing is at the very root of mass image reproduction. From the earliest forms of halftone printing in newspapers, people have used dots of varying sizes to trick our eyes into seeing smooth, continuous tones or colors. In the art world, using small dots to create a larger image is called pointillism, and artists from Chuck Close to Van Gogh have used the technique to create great works of art.
But we wanted to create pointillistic drawings without investing the countless hours that Close or Van Gogh did. So I enlisted the help of a friend, and we set out to build a computer-controlled printer capable of helping the casual artist churn out a masterpiece.
Our vision was to build a system that could turn any JPEG image into a pointillistic image that the DIY printer could put to paper. A PC, an Arduino microcontroller, and a printing mechanism would work together to precisely position a marker over a sheet of paper. Once in position, the user would press the marker against the paper to create dots of different sizes. With the computers doing the heavy lifting of image processing and motion control, the user would be free to concentrate on making the perfect pointillistic drawing.
Our first task was to make a simple but elegant printing mechanism. We had grand plans to build a two-axis flat plotter, in which the ink delivery system—we chose a Sharpie—would move across a flat surface to the designated coordinates for each dot. But we soon learned that this led to a complicated, unreliable build. After watching some videos of an offset printing press in action, though, the idea hit us: If we could print on a curved surface instead of a flat one, the whole process would be much simpler. The final design has a rotating drum that holds a sheet of paper on its circumference, and a pen that moves back and forth over the surface of the paper. (We gutted and modified the Sharpie so it serves as a marker with a spring return.) The finished product can create a 3-inch-by-5-inch drawing with 10 different dot sizes.
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I don't start that many threads but started one on the Playoffs.
I thought I was going crazy trying to find where my thread went.
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November 27, 2009
A diagnostic medical sonographer, or ultrasound technician, is a person who uses ultrasound machines to view and interpret images with sound waves for the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. One of the most common uses for ultrasound testing is in the field of obstetrics to view the developing fetus for signs of any abnormal conditions and to determine a closer approximation of the age of the fetus. Diagnostic medical sonographer job duties are varied.
Ultrasound Testing
The principal job duty of the diagnostic medical sonographer is to perform accurate ultrasound tests of a particular area of the body, based on a physician's order. The sonographer then directs high-frequency sound waves to the desired area of the patient's body via the ultrasound equipment to create a clear image of the area for analysis and diagnostic purposes. The diagnostic sonographer will perform ultrasound tests many times throughout a typical day.
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The diagnostic medical sonographer then analyzes the test result from the ultrasound equipment. Calculations and measurements of the images are performed and presented to the physician for a diagnosis and treatment plan.
Obstetrics and gynecology use ultrasound testing to view the fetus in the womb to determine size, weight and/or gender, along with any potential problems with the fetus. The sonographer uses ultrasound to test for any problems within the uterus, cervix or vaginal canal. Images of small tumors, cysts or any other diseases can be determined at an earlier stage.
Diagnostic medical sonographers perform ultrasound tests of the heart and cardiovascular system to detect blockage of the arteries, veins or heart. By viewing the image, the diagnostic sonographer can aid the physician in discovering any damage from a previous heart attack, current problems--such as the heart pumping too weakly or pumping too hard--and to determine if surgery is needed.
During emergency situations, a diagnostic medical sonographer uses ultrasound to determine any injuries inside the body. Examples are appendicitis, ruptured spleen, collapsed lungs, lacerated liver, brain damage and shattered bones. Diagnostic medical sonographers who work in an emergency room are extremely busy some days and less busy on other days as opposed to steady testing in an office setting.
Routine Daily Duties
In addition to the main job duty of testing, a diagnostic medical sonographer's routine job duties are to maintain daily logs of patients seen, take care of billing procedures, and perform routine maintenance of machines. Safety and sanitary procedures are performed after each test on the equipment, and maintaining adequate supplies are part of a routine day. Consultations with physicians and supervisors are done daily, as well.
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Employers prefer to hire medical sonographers with 2 to 4 years in a sonography program at an accredited college or university. A bachelor's degree or an associate degree can be obtained. Alternatively, some hospitals and testing centers have training programs for individuals who have been hired into the sonography department. It is important to your career to be registered with the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS). Continuing education is also required on an ongoing basis. Since sonography techniques are not harmful to the body like radiation, this field has less-harmful side effects and is therefore a growing field to work in. Median starting salary for a diagnostic medical sonographer is approximately $40,000 to $70,000, depending on qualifications, area of specialty and region.
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Potty Training and Multi-Tasking Baby! (The Baby Book)
Knox has always had trouble going to the bathroom. But now, Alecia discovered that it is much easier for Knox to go potty if he is multi-tasking! So Knox brings along his Leap Pad (a recommended Leap Frog product) and his prune juice with him to the bathroom. He gets so distracted by the Leap Pad and juice, that it is much easier for him to relax and do his business. Do you have a potty training story to share? Write it in the comments below! And don't forget to check out the brand new Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest pages! Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Pinterest: pinterest.com And don't forget to Subscribe the channel, and let us know what you think. Do you have any questions for Alecia? Subscribe Here: www.youtube.com Check out Alecia's book: "The Queen of Kentucky" www.amazon.com Great Ideas for Baby Names: www.youtube.com mommy happiness: www.youtube.com mh advice channel: www.youtube.com mh health channel: www.youtube.com mh career channel: www.youtube.com mh family channel: www.youtube.com mh humor channel: www.youtube.com Subscribe Here: www.youtube.com The Baby Book is a weekly vlog hosted by Alecia Whitaker. Alecia, author of "Queen of Kentucky", will share her story on everything from thinking about having a child to the terrible two (or threes!). If you have child raising topic you'd like Alecia to talk about please write it in the comments below!


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For many years I had the photos I wanted to show the world on my record label's website. Photos from live shows, promotional photos, studio photos and photos from other artists on my record label. I used Gallery and then later Simpleviewer to make the galleries. All the photos were stored with my ISP on my server. You could come and see the photos if you came to my website. The only way you would know when new ones were added would be if you were on our mailing list. Lame! It's 2007 and there is a much better way.
There are some major advantages to switching from the above method to a flickr pro account.
First off to be clear you can still have your photos on your main website. In fact, the process of putting your photos on a regular web page from flickr is easier than using a gallery generator. A site called flickrSLiDR makes it simple. You input the URL of your flickr set and if you want to limit the gallery to certain photos you list the tags of only those photos you want. Next, you put the size you want your gallery to be and click ok. It then gives you the code you need to put in your html page. Another generator is called PictoBrowser and it works in the same way but the end result has a different look and it has more color options. Both are free.
Here is a flickr slide show/gallery I created using flickrSLiDR from my live show last week: The Horrorist live in Stuttgart
Flickr has an open API which means other software and websites can access your photos if you give them permission. This means that you can also have the same photo set now appear on your MySpace and Facebook profiles. Now we are getting somewhere! MySpace doesn't allow Javascript and it suppresses most galleries ability to click on photos. Luckily there is flickranywhere to the rescue. There are several choices for adding flickr photos to your Facebook profile. The two most popular are My Flickr and zuPort: Flickr
You can also have your flickr photos on the sidebar of your blog. See on the right side of this blog you are reading right now? Those photos from the Things to Come Records studio? Those are from flickr. They are from my own photos tagged with "studio". I used a plug-in called flickrRSS for WordPress to do it. There are many ways to add your photos into blog sidebars for any of the blogging platforms available.
People can subscribe to your flickr photos using RSS. And you can use RSS to collect your latest photos and send them in an email newsletter. For example, I use feeddigest.com to send fans the latest news from the Things to Come blog and I combine it with the RSS from my flickr feed.
Do you think all the above is too complicated? Well there are super easy to use badges and widgets that will show off your flickr photos. You just copy the code for the widget you create and paste it anywhere that accepts html. The three top widget companies are Widgetbox, SpringWidgets and yourminis. Easiest of all flickr has it's own badge service. All these different wigetizers look a little different and allow different kinds of customization.
Wow your photos are everywhere now. And you didn't have to repost the actual photos anywhere. And guess what else? Because your photos are in flickr they show up in google searches! I think thats major deal.
But there is a ton of great things that you can do with your photos inside flickr itself.
Most importantly for you as a musician/artist is the groups feature. There are tons of public groups in flickr. For example "Electronic Music". Now when I upload my latest show photos I pick the best few and send them to that group. Cool no? You can join as many groups as you like and you can create your own group. So in fact you can create a group for your band and your fans can upload any photos they want to it. Originally I think flickr had weddings in mind when they created this but I see some really great band groups happening on flickr. Here's a really cool group: The words of Leonard Cohen. "Images that reflect the writings of Leonard Cohen. All images must reference quotes from his work".
Flickr has a world map and you can pin your photos on the map where you took them. People call this geotagging. This is actually a lot of fun. You get your own map URL so for example you can show your fans all the places you performed and the photo sets associated with each show.
Flickr also lets you get prints, books, calendars, etc… I didn't try these out but there a lot of options.
With a pro account you can create as many collections and sets as you like. You can set any set or individual photo as private. You can have family and friend rules set up so you decide who gets to see which private photos. There is a contact/profile system and forums for each of the many flickr groups.
Your a band and need an album cover? Image for a flyer? You can search photos with creative commons licenses. Many of the photos on this blog are found in the flickr creative common pool. Many times the only requirement to use a photo is you leave a credit.
Lastly is the peace of mind knowing that when your band mates smash your computer in a drunken rage all your photos are safely backed up on flickr!
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Jerome Isma-Ae & Justin Michael feat. Novi - Awaken
November 12, 2013
Armada Music gives a very warm welcome to Jee Productions, the successful label of Jerome Isma- Ae. The label has come a long way since its launch in 2004 and continues to live up to its reputation with the release of 'Awaken'.
A collaboration of Jerome and LA-based producer Justin Michael, and a mighty fine one indeed.
Dark sounds and techy, rough edges give this prog-house tune a dirty, deep push, a perfect play for the 4AM moments in the underground clubs and the prime time killer at any festival. 'Awaken' feat. Novi provides an excellent kick-off to Jee Production's addition on Armada Music.


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Sutter Home for Hope 2012: List of Honor
October 16, 2012
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Last year we started a List of Honor where people can leave names in the comments on our blog, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest of someone close to them, or themselves, to honor in Sutter Home for Hope. We have updated this list to include those we've collected so far this year. If you'd like to honor someone, please leave their name!
Linda Roe - Surviving year 1
In memory of my Great Grandmother Alexina Gervais- Vandersypen, Grandmother Hazel Olson - Patterson,Aunt Joyce Patterson-Huffman
In memory of my Mother in law- Mary Fay Titus
Tina Lightle- survivor :)
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General News of Thursday, 15 November 2012
Source: GNA
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday embarked on a four-day campaign tour of the Brong Ahafo Region with a call on members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to advertise the party's performance for the electorate to recognize its achievements.
"The opposition have deliberately refused to recognize the performance of the NDC by constantly saying we have not done anything and it is for us members to let the electorate to know and recognize our feat in the last four years," President Mahama said when he addressed a rally at Goaso to kick-start his campaign tour of the Region
Before entering the Brong Ahafo Region, President Mahama had addressed rallies at Mankranso , Fawoman and Tepa in the Ahafo Ano South and North Constituencies respectively in the Ashanti Region and later addressed similar ones in Hwiddiem, Kenyasi, Atronie and Kukuom all in the Brong Ahafo Region.
President Mahama said it was sad that in spite of the provision of free school uniform, elimination of schools under trees and free exercise books, opponents of the NDC were still rendering them invalid in their performance and asked for objective evaluation of programmes.
"No matter how well a fowl dances, it will never impress the hawk, and we expect the hawk this time to know that the fowl also deserves some recognition," the President added.
He appealed to NDC members to come out in their numbers to vote massively for the NDC on December 7, to avoid a second round that could deprive them of the usual Christmas merry-making.
President Mahama on his second-day campaign tour of the Region on Wednesday is scheduled to visit Yeji, Atebubu, Amantin and other rural communities in the area where he will address rallies.