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This "new" direction doesn't seem so "new" really, it seems like another twist on the "surprisingly ordinary prices" campaign, which is fine too. Reminds me of my favorite line in an ad of that genre, image: guy walking past his Citroen RV with wheel clamp on it. Headline: "Sod it, I'll buy another one".
The 30 second TV spots break on Saturday 21st July and close with the strapline 'Unbelievable value'. The 3 executions are supported by a print and digital campaign which will run until 10th September.
The campaign targets new car buyers, but aims to make the general public rethink the price of Volkswagen cars. The adverts are supported by strong tactical offers from the brand.
Jeremy Craigen, Executive Creative Director at adam&eveDDB, said: "This campaign marks a new direction for Volkswagen Value ads, but still executed in a way only Volkswagen can with wit, humanity and honesty."
Kirsten Stagg, Volkswagen's National Communications Manager, added: "They are eye-catching and eye-opening adverts that will challenges people's concept of value and help them recognise the affordability of our range."
The media spend across all channels for the campaign is £2.8million.
Title/Project : Volkswagen Value
Brief : A Volkswagen please…
Agency : Adam&EveDDB
Agency contact : Jaimie Jennings
Agency contact job title : Account Director
Managing Partner : Jonathan Hill
Business Director : Paul Billingsley
Account Manager : Naphtali Torrance
Client name : Kate Jenkins/Kirsten Stagg
Client job title : Communications Manager/National Communications Manager
Client Marketing Director : Rod McLeod
Executive Creative Director : Jeremy Craigen
Copywriter : Mike Crowe
Art director : Rob Messeter
Planner : Elaine Miller
Designer : Alek Sonman/Pete Mould/Nick Clements
Project Management : Craig Neilson/Diya Babel/Hege Ulbrich
Art Buyer : Daniel Moorey
Photographer : Jason Hindley
CGI/Retouching : Recom Farmhouse
Media agency : Mediacom
Media planner : Emma Franklin
Agency TV Producer : Lucinda Ker
Production company : Rattling Stick
Director : Andy McLeod
Producer : Kirsty Dye
Audio Post Production : Wave Studios – Joe Mount
Post Production : Big Buoy
Exposure (media channels) : TV, Print, Online


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Cleda L. Meyer
Cleda Louise Meyer, 71, of Alma died Nov. 7 at her home. She was born Feb. 3, 1941, in Fayette County, Ill., to Oscar A. and Fern (Harrison) Copple.
She graduated from Council Grove High School in 1959. She married John F. Meyer on Aug. 26, 1962, at Church of Christ Christian in Council Grove.
Her career was in nursing for 49 years, beginning as a nurse assistant at Morris County Hospital. She graduated from Stormont-Vail School of Nursing in 1962, earned a bachelor's degree in nursing at Marymount College of Salina in 1987, and a master's degree in nursing from Wichita State University in 1991. She earned a doctorate in 2002 from the University of Kansas.
She is survived by her husband, John of the home; three sons, Mark Meyer of Hillsboro, Brian Meyer of Wichita, and Eric Meyer of Austin, Texas; two daughters, Toni Svitak and Terri Meyer of Herington; two brothers, Glenn Copple of Lakeland, Fla., and Earl Copple of Arlington Heights, Ill.; a sister, Lorna McFarren of Topeka; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Friday at Parkerville Baptist Church in Parkerville with Pastor Bob Strom officiating. Burial followed at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Latimer. Visitation was Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home & Crematory, Herington Chapel.
A memorial fund has been established for Morris County Hospital Foundation Nursing Scholarship.
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Delivering Geospatial Intelligence to Health Care Providers (CHICA GIS)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01567228
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 30, 2012
Last Update Posted : September 16, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Other: CHICA GIS (enhanced electronic medical record)
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|1076 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Delivering Geospatial Intelligence to Health Care Providers
|Study Start Date :
|September 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2014
No Intervention: routine counseling (control group)
Children will receive typical counseling for obesity prevention, dental caries prevention, or school problems per routine standards for pediatrician anticipatory guidance
Experimental: CHICA GIS
In randomly assigned experimental clinics, physicians will counsel patients to increase physical activity, seek dental care, or seek academic support services such as tutoring; this counseling will be assisted by an experimental intervention which consist of an electronic medical record that prompts specific counseling in conjunction with a geographic information system. The enhanced electronic medical record will map community resources to support physician counseling and lifestyle modification
Other: CHICA GIS (enhanced electronic medical record)
An electronic medical record enhanced with geographic information systems will assist physicians in directing patients to community resources for increasing physical activity, preventing dental caries or addressing school problems
Other Name: CHICA GIS
- Improved physician counseling [ Time Frame: 6 months ]For the intervention clinics, data gathered by CHICA-GIS on the physician worksheet and just-in-time handouts will also allow us to determine the percentage of children who received behavioral counseling about dentistry, school performance, or physical activity by the physician, as well as the percentage of children who were referred to a community resource.
- User experience and satisfaction [ Time Frame: 24 months ]Surveys will be administered at baseline and end of the trial (18 months) to the entire staff of each practice, in order to document how each practice is organized and provide detailed information about community referral processes. Staff will also be asked about their satisfaction with the CHICA system, CHICA-GIS (Intervention Clinics only), and the community referral module (Intervention Clinics only).
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, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|1 Year to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Referrals to three community resources will be studied: dentists (children older than 1 year), after school tutoring services (children older than 7 years), and physical education programs (children older than 5 years).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability of parent to complete data collection instruments spoken (via telephone survey) or written in English or Spanish.
- Inability to participate in community based physical activity programs due to health related condition
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01567228
|United States, Indiana
|Wishard Health Services
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|Principal Investigator:
|Gilbert C Liu, MD
|Indiana University
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Indiana University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01567228 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1R01LM010923-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
1R01LM010923-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|March 30, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|September 16, 2015
|Last Verified:
|September 2015
Keywords provided by Indiana University:
dental caries
school problems
school failure
child BMI > 85th percentile
Needing dental preventive services
Needing academic support for school problems
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms


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Menopause, also referred to as menopause, most often occur in the 45-55 years old and starts many times that my periods are changing. During menopause, most women some form of menopausal symptoms. One can, for example, feel abnormally hot, get sweating, difficulty sleeping or brittle and dry mucous membranes in the genital area. Search care if you have severe menopausal symptoms, and if you feel mentally ill.
Menopause could be likened to a reverse puberty. During menopause the body produces less amounts of the female hormone estrogen, and some years after the last menstrual period is the level of estrogen in the body as low as before puberty. It is precisely the reduced amount of estrogen that makes you get postmenopausal symptoms. They may be flush, that is, sudden internal heat waves, and sweating. Some women also suffer from fluctuations in mood or have difficulty sleeping.
During menopause, your periods may be more lengthy or rich, come irregularly or at longer intervals than previously. Once your period has ended is the mucous membranes of the vagina and urethra thinner, drier and more fragile, which can cause dryness and itching sensation and also cause problems during intercourse. You may need to urinate more often than usual and find it difficult to hold tight. It also increases the risk of urinary tract infections.
You can often alleviate menopausal symptoms by exercising and eating right. Is the big appeal is to receive treatment in the form of medicines that contain estrogen.
This you can do to relieve symptoms:
- Dress in cool, like layers of clothing made of natural material, so you can easily customize the cover by how warm you feel.
- Get moving – exercise and relaxation has been shown to prevent hot flashes.
- Eat foods that naturally contain estrogen, such as soy products, meat, alfalfa sprouts and plants with green leaves.
- Stop smoking, because smoking contributes to the breakdown of estrogen.
- Reduce down on coffee, tea, hot spices and alcohol, which can increase the discomfort of hot flushes.
- If the skin in the genital area is sensitive, please enter the lubricating oil unperfumed morning and evening, and when necessary.
- In order to prevent urinary incontinence, pelvic floor exercise pelvic floor exercises by.
Find Care
Please refer to your health care center or gynecologist
- if you experience bleeding between periods or bleeding during intercourse
- if you are bleeding more than a year after the last menstrual
- if you need to urinate more often, find it difficult to keep tight or may urinary infection
- the troublesome hot flushes and / or sweating
- if you are dry and have been itching in the genital area after two to three weeks of treatment with estrogen in the form of cream or slidpiller
- if you feel mentally ill.
You can also contact some receptions and order a time via e-Care Guide Service My health care contacts.
Hot flushes and sweating treated with prescription drugs containing estrogen. The medicines come in different forms – tablets, patches or gels – and reading make men entirely free of symptoms. It also affects the mucous membranes of the genital area so that they become stronger and wetter.
If the symptoms are limited to itching and dryness of the vagina is recommended topical treatment with weak estrogens in the form of cream or slidpiller. The treatment makes the vagina and urethral mucosa thicker, wetter and more elastic. For topical treatment is also non-prescription medicines.


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Tipping point in Syria? Houla massacre raises the stakes
Date created : Latest update :
After the expulsion of more than a dozen Syrian ambassadors around the world, how far will the backlash go over the massacre of 108 citizens, more than a third of them children? François Picard's panel argues over the ability to pressure Russia to drop its support for the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
- Vincent FLORIANI, Deputy Spokesperson for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- Monzer MAKHOUS, Syrian National Council Member and Coordinator for the European Union;
- Marietje SCHAAKE, MEP, Alliance for Liberals and Democrats in Europe; Spokesperson for Syria;
- Anton KOZLOV, Associate Professor at the American Graduate School of Paris.
Program prepared and produced by Christopher Davies, Sara Bertilsson and Mary Colombel


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There are some stories that you just enjoy telling and I can honestly say that my piece on LA Galaxy rookie Rafael Garcia is one of those.
I wrote this feature on Garcia and how the ability to be a father to his three year old son Isaiah has helped him as he begins his professional career.
Added quotes on the piece from key members of Garcia's life can be found here
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Mali Population: 17,467,1081 VISITOR FROM HERE!
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|The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 by a military coup that ushered in a period of democratic rule. President Alpha KONARE won Mali's first two democratic presidential elections in 1992 and 1997. In keeping with Mali's two-term constitutional limit, he stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou Toumani TOURE, who was elected to a second term in a 2007 election that was widely judged to be free and fair. Malian returnees from Libya in 2011 exacerbated tensions in northern Mali, and Tuareg ethnic militias rebelled in January 2012. Low- and mid-level soldiers, frustrated with the poor handling of the rebellion, overthrew TOURE on 22 March. Intensive mediation efforts led by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) returned power to a civilian administration in April with the appointment of Interim President Dioncounda TRAORE. The post-coup chaos led to rebels expelling the Malian military from the country's three northern regions and allowed Islamic militants to set up strongholds. Hundreds of thousands of northern Malians fled the violence to southern Mali and neighboring countries, exacerbating regional food shortages in host communities. An international military intervention to retake the three northern regions began in January 2013 and within a month most of the north had been retaken. In a democratic presidential election conducted in July and August of 2013, Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA was elected president. The Malian Government and northern armed groups signed an internationally-mediated peace accord in June 2015.
Landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan
|interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 1,240,192 sq km
land: 1,220,190 sq km
water: 20,002 sq km
Size comparison: slightly less than twice the size of Texas
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 7,908 km border countries (7): Algeria 1,359 km, Burkina Faso 1,325 km, Cote d'Ivoire 599 km, Guinea 1,062 km, Mauritania 2,236 km, Niger 838 km, Senegal 489 km
|0 km (landlocked)
|Maritime claims:
|none (landlocked)
|subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)
|mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
| gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 34.1% arable land 5.6%; permanent crops 0.1%; permanent pasture 28.4% forest: 10.2%
other: 55.7% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|3,780 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
|Current Environment Issues:
|deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Malian(s)
adjective: Malian
|Ethnic groups:
|Bambara 34.1%, Fulani (Peul) 14.7%, Sarakole 10.8%, Senufo 10.5%, Dogon 8.9%, Malinke 8.7%, Bobo 2.9%, Songhai 1.6%, Tuareg 0.9%, other Malian 6.1%, from member of Economic Community of West African States 0.3%, other 0.4% (2012-13 est.)
|French (official), Bambara 46.3%, Peul/Foulfoulbe 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/Soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/Djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, Bobo 2.1%, unspecified 0.7%, other 6.3% note: Mali has 13 national languages in addition to its official language (2009 est.)
|Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3% (2009 est.)
|17,467,108 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 47.27% (male 4,145,290/female 4,110,642)
15-24 years: 19.19% (male 1,601,474/female 1,751,161)
25-54 years: 26.82% (male 2,173,415/female 2,511,844)
55-64 years: 3.76% (male 327,923/female 329,296)
65 years and over: 2.95% (male 257,519/female 258,544) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 100.2%
youth dependency ratio: 95.1%
elderly dependency ratio: 5%
potential support ratio: 19.8% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 16.2 years
male: 15.5 years
female: 16.8 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|2.96% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|44.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|12.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 39.9% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 5.08% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|BAMAKO (capital) 2.515 million (2015)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|18.8 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|587 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 100 deaths/1,000 live births male: 106.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 93.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 55.8 years male: 53.9 years
female: 57.7 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|5.95 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|10.3% (2012/13)
|Health expenditures:
|6.9% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
|Hospital bed density:
|0.1 beds/1,000 population (2010)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 96.5% of population
rural: 64.1% of population
total: 77% of population
urban: 3.5% of population
rural: 35.9% of population
total: 23% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 37.5% of population
rural: 16.1% of population
total: 24.7% of population
urban: 62.5% of population
rural: 83.9% of population
total: 75.3% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|1.25% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|124,200 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|6,500 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|5.7% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|27.9% (2006)
|Education expenditures:
|3.6% of GDP (2014)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 38.7%
male: 48.2%
female: 29.2% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 8 years male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2011)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 11.1% male: NA
female: NA (2014 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Mali
conventional short form: Mali
local long form: Republique de Mali
local short form: Mali
former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic note: name derives from the West African Mali Empire of the 13th to 16th centuries A.D.
|Government type:
|semi-presidential republic
| name: Bamako
geographic coordinates: 12 39 N, 8 00 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|8 regions (regions, singular - region), 1 district*; District de Bamako*, Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou (Timbuktu); note - two new regions, Menaka and Taoudenni, were reportedly created in early 2016, but these have not yet been vetted by the US Board on Geographic Names
|22 September 1960 (from France)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 22 September (1960)
|several previous; latest drafted August 1991, approved by referendum 12 January 1992, effective 25 February 1992; amended 1999, suspended briefly in 2012 (2016)
|Legal system:
|civil law system based on the French civil law model and influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (since 4 September 2013)
head of government: Prime Minister Modibo KEITA (since 8 January 2015)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 28 July 2013 with a runoff on 11 August 2013 (election delayed from April 2012 due to a coup in March 2012); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (RPM) 77.6%, Soumaila CISSE (URD) 22.4%
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (147 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in two rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)
elections: last held in two rounds on 24 November and 15 December 2013 (next to be held in 2018); note - the scheduled July 2012 election was canceled due to a coup d'etat and the Tuareg Rebellion
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FDR coalition 69 (RPM 66, PARENA 3), ADP coalition 37 (ADEMA-PASG 16, URD 17, CNID 4), FARE 6, CODEM 5, SADI 5, ASMA-CFP 3, PDES 3, MPR 3, independent 4, other 12; note - 13 seats were from voters abroad
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of 19 members organized into 3 civil chambers and a criminal chamber); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court members appointed by the Ministry of Justice to serve 5-year terms; Constitutional Court members selected - 3 each by the president, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Council of the Magistracy; members serve single renewable 7-year terms
subordinate courts: subordinate courts: Court of Appeal; High Court of Justice (jurisdiction limited to cases of high treason or criminal offenses by the president or ministers while in office); magistrate courts; first instance courts; labor dispute courts; special court of state security
|Political parties and leaders:
|African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence or SADI [Oumar MARIKO] Alliance for Democracy in Mali-Pan-African Party for Liberty, Solidarity, and Justice or ADEMA-PASJ [Dionconda TRAORE] Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP (coalition including ADEMA and URD formed in December 2006 to support the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE) Alliance for the Solidarity of Mali-Convergence of Patriotic Forces or ASMA-CFP [Soumeylou Boubeye MAIGA] Alternative Forces for Renewal and Emergence or FARE [Modibo SIDIBE] Convergence for the Development of Mali or CODEM [Housseyni Amion GUINDO] Economic and Social Development Party or PDES [Jamille BITTAR] Front for Democracy and the Republic or FDR (coalition including RPM and PARENA formed to oppose the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE) National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL] Party for National Renewal or PARENA [Tiebile DRAME] Patriotic Movement for Renewal or MPR [Choguel Kokalla MAIGA] Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA] (ruling party) Union for Republic and Democracy or URD [Younoussi TOURE]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|other: the army; Islamic authorities; state-run cotton company CMDT
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|Great Mosque of Djenne; national colors: green, yellow, red
|National anthem:
| name: "Le Mali" (Mali)
lyrics/music: Seydou Badian KOUYATE/Banzoumana SISSOKO
note: adopted 1962; also known as "Pour L'Afrique et pour toi, Mali" (For Africa and for You, Mali) and "A ton appel Mali" (At Your Call, Mali)
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Tiena COULIBALY (since 18 November 2014)
chancery: 2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 332-2249, 939-8950
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Paul A. FOLMSBEE (since 2015)
embassy: located just off the Roi Bin Fahad Aziz Bridge just west of the Bamako central district
mailing address: ACI 2000, Rue 243, Porte 297, Bamako
telephone: [223] 2070-2300
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Among the 25 poorest countries in the world, Mali is a landlocked country that depends on gold mining and agricultural exports for revenue. The country's fiscal status fluctuates with gold and agricultural commodity prices and the harvest; cotton and gold exports make up around 80% of export earnings. Mali remains dependent on foreign aid. Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger River and about 65% of its land area is desert or semidesert. About 10% of the population is nomadic and about 80% of the labor force is engaged in farming and fishing. Industrial activity is concentrated on processing farm commodities. The government subsidizes the production of cereals to decrease the country's dependence on imported foodstuffs and to reduce its vulnerability to food price shocks. Mali is developing its iron ore extraction industry to diversify foreign exchange earnings away from gold, but the pace will largely depend on global price trends. Mali's economic performance has improved since 2013 although physical insecurity, high population growth, corruption, weak infrastructure, and low levels of human capital remain hindrances to sustained growth.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $38.09 billion (2016 est.) $36.16 billion (2015 est.) $34.13 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $14.1 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|5.3% (2016 est.) 6% (2015 est.) 7% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,300 (2016 est.) $2,200 (2015 est.) $2,200 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|13.4% of GDP (2016 est.) 20.8% of GDP (2015 est.) 19.7% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 71.1%
government consumption: 17.6%
investment in fixed capital: 17.3%
investment in inventories: 0.1%
exports of goods and services: 23.5%
imports of goods and services: -29.6% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 71.1%
government consumption: 17.6%
investment in fixed capital: 17.3%
investment in inventories: 0.1%
exports of goods and services: 23.5%
imports of goods and services: -29.6% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
|food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
|Industrial production growth rate:
|1.5% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|6.283 million (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 80% industry and
services: 20% (2005 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|30% (2015 est.) 8.1% (2014 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|36.1% (2005 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 3.5%
highest 10%: 25.8% (2010 est.)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|40.1 (2001) 50.5 (1994)
| revenues: $2.571 billion
expenditures: $3.112 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|18.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|27.3% of GDP (2016 est.) 25.9% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.3% (2016 est.) 1.4% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$848 million (2016 est.) -$668 million (2015 est.)
|$2.79 billion (2016 est.) $2.513 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|cotton, gold, livestock
|Exports - partners:
|Switzerland 48.5%, China 9.4%, India 9.1%, Bangladesh 8%, Thailand 4.5%, Indonesia 4.4% (2015)
|$2.904 billion (2016 est.) $2.744 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
|Imports - partners:
|Cote dIvoire 9.9%, France 9.5%, Senegal 7.7%, China 7% (2015)
|Debt - external:
|$3.626 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $3.334 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|$2.645 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.48 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
|$57.48 million (31 December 2016 est.) $49.48 million (31 December 2015 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 605.7 (2016 est.) 591.16 (2015 est.) 591.16 (2014 est.) 494.42 (2013 est.) 510.53 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|1.5 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|1.4 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|600,000 kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|48.4% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|51.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|7,500 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|7,486 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|800,000 Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 22.699 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 134 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: domestic system improving; increasing use of local radio loops to extend network coverage to remote areas
domestic: fixed-line subscribership remains less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has increased sharply to over 130 per 100 persons
international: country code - 223; satellite communications center and fiber-optic links to neighboring countries; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Indian Ocean) (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|national public TV broadcaster; 2 privately owned companies provide subscription services to foreign multi-channel TV packages; national public radio broadcaster supplemented by a large number of privately owned and community broadcast stations; transmiss (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 1.753 million percent of population: 10.3% (July 2015 est.)
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|25 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 8
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 5 (2013)
|2 (2013)
| total 593 km
narrow gauge: 593 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
| total 22,474 km
paved: 5,522 km
unpaved: 16,952 km (2009)
|1,800 km (downstream of Koulikoro; low water levels on the River Niger cause problems in dry years; in the months before the rainy season the river is not navigable by commercial vessels) (2011)
|Ports and terminals:
river port(s): Koulikoro (Niger)
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|Military branches:
|Malian Armed Forces: Army (Armee de Terre), Republic of Mali Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Republique du Mali, FARM), National Guard (Garde National du Mali) (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 years of age for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; 2-year conscript service obligation (2012)
|Military expenditures:
|1.44% of GDP (2012) 1.51% of GDP (2011) 1.44% of GDP (2010)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|demarcation is underway with Burkina Faso
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|refugees (country of origin): 13,539 (Mauritania) (2015) IDPs: 36,690 (Tuareg rebellion since 2012) (2016)
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text: Iowa high school seniors enrolling as new Mount Mercy University freshmen in the fall of 2014 will have a unique financial aid option – the Catherine McAuley Scholarship. "The scholarship is meant to bridge the gap some students encounter between grant amounts and remaining tuition costs, essentially resulting in free tuition," stated Dean of Admissions Terri Crumley. "This scholarship, aligned with our mission, will allow even more talented young people to pursue their academic dreams with Mount Mercy."


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Victor Wanyama: Football's next star?
Of those of you that don't pay attention to Scottish Football, not many of you will have heard of the young Kenyan Victor Wanyama.
Those of you that do might recognise him as one of the hero's of Celtics historic triumph over Barcelona this past season. Whether you know who he is or not, there is a very good chance that you will be hearing a lot about him in the near future.
A move to the Premier League for the young African does look extremely likely. Celtic recently accepted an offer of £12 million for the 21-year-old from Southampton, but this fell through after the player couldn't agree personal terms.
Wanyama has expressed a firm desire to leave Celtic and, as it stands, Cardiff City are looking most likely to wrap up the deal with a preliminary £10 million offer in process.
So why is it that these Premier League newbies are willing to splash out such a big chunk of their transfer budget on the Celtic man?
Well first of all he is strong – very strong. If anybody can find a player who can use his body to win a ball as well as Wanyama I will be very surprised. He absolutely dominates the centre circle with his good use of weight and fair physicality and you will not see him come out with the ball in 50/50 scenarios.
Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, he never gives the ball away. I have seen Wanyama play for entire matches without distributing so much as a slightly wayward pass. The key to this is he keeps it simple. He wins the ball and he plays it short. It's the centre of his game and it keeps everything ticking over smoothly at Celtic. A young man being so cool and calm on the ball is a very good sign for the future.
I think so far though, my emphasis on the simplistic features of Wanyama's game hasn't given him the credit that he's due. He is capable of some moments of absolute brilliance. His stunning header in the Barcelona win was one example of this.
Throw in a couple of beautiful long range goals that he has scored in the Scottish Premier League and you realise how well the young man is shaping up to have a big impact on the game.
Wanyama is very much a blast from the past - the kind of player the seventies would have embraced. He's actually, I believe, a much-needed breed of player in the English Premier League.
A breed we haven't seen much of since the retirement of players like Roy Keane and Dennis Wise. So now that you've seen the type of players that I've compared his style to, the words popping into your head are probably 'disciplinary record'.
Wanyama's disciplinary record, as you might expect, is far from unblemished. He has picked up 14 yellow cards and one red in all competitions this season. I would however, suggest that this record isn't bad. Particularly not for a defensive midfielder and for a man who puts in as many crunching tackles as he does.
In fact I would question any player, in his role, who did have an untarnished disciplinary record. Perhaps the English Premier League is a little less unforgiving on hard tackles than they are up north but all in all I think his temperament isn't any cause for concern.
Despite the Kenyan international's credentials being fairly unrecognised at this point, it would be nice to see one of the bigger clubs cash in on him.
Purely on the basis that the higher end of the game really is lacking the kind of tenacity that he offers. He is the sort of player that would add a lot of credibility to the game in light of many recent controversies concerning 'simulation' or in technical terms 'rolling around on the floor like a wimp' and, indeed, the slight lack of hard tackles that go in at the top flight.
Regardless of where Wanyama ends up or whether he reaches his full potential, he is an absolute credit to the game. His hard but fair tackles and cool head remind us of how simple the game can be. If he does, indeed, complete a move to Cardiff, he will be a valuable member of their squad and a leader out on the field.
There is no doubt that securing this deal would significantly aid their chances of consolidating a place in the top flight and it will be no shock to me if this young powerhouse is a prominent name in world football in five years time.
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How high must the stench of corruption go before some enterprising journalist (what used to be called a "reporter," whose job it was to look for "facts") decides he can make his career by just doing his damn job? Remember the Blagojevich scandal regarding the Senate seat formerly held by Obama? Remember the allegations (pooh-poohed by the Left) that Obama involved himself improperly by suggesting to Governor Blago that he appoint an Obama toady to the vacated seat? Remember how we were told by the MSM that there was no evidence that Obama had anything to do with it? Er, not quite.
Fed informant passed delicate message to Blagojevich from Obama
John Wyma, a lobbyist and Blago's former chief of staff, passed to John Harris (Blago's last chief of staff) the following message: "the President-elect would be thankful and appreciative if the governor would appoint Valerie Jarrett to the Senate seat."
Problem was, Wyma was a Federal informant. Oops. Blago was later caught on a wire-tapped call saying: "We know he wants her, they're not willing to give me anything, just appreciation, f— them."
Does this meet the legal standard required to establish criminal conduct? I don't know. I'm not a criminal lawyer. (I have a real job as a productive member of society, being an oil-speculating, pollution-belching, obscene-profit-acquiring capitalist.) But there's at least a story here. If anyone in the media was paying attention. Which they're not.
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Drew Peterson began the uphill battle to overturn his murder conviction today, filing a motion for a new trial that could force his former lead attorney to testify about how he allegedly botched the case.
Peterson, 58, was convicted in September of drowning his third wife, Kathleen Savio, after some jurors said a witness called by lead defense attorney Joel Brodsky convinced them the former Bolingbrook police sergeant was guilty.
"I think we had a rogue defense attorney," said Peterson attorney Steve Greenberg, who said he "vehemently objected" to Brodsky's decision to call the witness, Savio's divorce attorney Harry Smith.
Brodsky was pressured to withdraw from the case last month in the midst of infighting within the defense team. He was replaced by David Peilet.
In a post-trial motion filed this morning, Peterson's defense attorneys asked Judge Edward Burmila to take the highly unusual step of either overturning the jury's guilty verdict or granting Peterson a new trial.
They cited numerous reasons ranging from the admission of hearsay statements to mistakes they allege Burmila made in allowing evidence to be heard, but much of the focus was on Brodsky's alleged deficient performance at trial.
Peterson's attorneys plan to file a separate motion just on that issue.
But in the newly filed motion, they allege Brodsky had a financial interest in drawing as much publicity as possible to Peterson's case.
The motion includes a contract Peterson and Brodsky signed with Glen Selig, a publicist who also worked for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
"(Brodsky) allowed his own self-interest to pollute how the matter was handled from the pre-trial media blitz to the trial itself," the motion says.
Brodsky said in an email that the contract in question expired in 2008 and didn't give him "any interest in any litigation or money which was to be earned by Mr. Peterson."
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures as he addresses the Afghan Parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Karzai called on his security forces to end incidents of torture and abuse of the Afghan people and said that Afghan forces are violating their own people's rights, making it harder for him to raise the issue when abuses are carried out by foreigners. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday called on his security forces to end incidents of torture and abuse of the Afghan people, a shift from past speeches that have solely blamed NATO troops for the violations in the country.
In an address to parliament, Hamid Karzai said Afghan forces are also violating their own people's rights, making it harder for him to raise the issue when abuses are carried out by foreigners.
"It's not forgivable ... Our Afghan people are not safe in their houses," because of Afghan troops' treatment, he said. "Why should I blame foreigners?"
The Afghan leader said he did not initially want to believe reports that his own security forces had tortured prisoners, for instance, but that now he was calling on Afghan forces to respect human rights.
An Afghan government investigation last month found widespread cases of abuse at government-run prisons, backing up the results of a U.N. investigation that Karzai had initially repudiated.
Karzai's speech is likely to be welcomed by diplomats who have called on him to acknowledge his own troops' responsibility for incidents of abuse.
But with the remarks, the Afghan leader also made a veiled reference to his recent calls for the withdrawal of U.S. special operations forces from Wardak province, neighboring Kabul, because of alleged incidents of abuse by U.S. and Afghan forces there. U.S. officials have said they are investigating the allegations.
Karzai also called on the Afghan Taliban to acknowledge his offer to open negotiations with them through an official Taliban office, which is due to open in Qatar. The senior Taliban leadership has not responded to the offer.
And in a possibly troubling statement for the international community, Karzai criticized the cost of the last presidential elections, saying that paying for international advisers and enablers drove up the price of each vote to between $30 and $40.
He said elections next time around should be run solely by the Afghans, calling into question whether his government would welcome international monitoring. The last round of elections was widely criticized for incidents of fraud.
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Late Tuesday night, Afghan security forces managed to retake most of the prison and freed the final guard through negotiations, he said. A small group of prisoners was still in a standoff with the police in one section of the prison Wednesday, demanding improved conditions, including weekly visits by family members and more freedom of movement within the prison, Jamshid said.
Staff at a nearby hospital said nearly a dozen people — mostly prisoners but also some Afghan security forces — were being treated for injuries sustained during the riot. The medical staff spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential medical records.
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Bay and Walhlberg teamed up on the upcoming crime tale "Pain and Gain." The "Transformers" sequel, planned to debut June 2014, also has a sleek new logo based on the Decepticon insignia.
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Last week, the director denied rumors about Wahlberg taking over for previous franchise star Shia LaBeouf, saying he was considering Wahlberg for another film.
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California Legislature rises in estimation of voters
As surely as lobbyists can rely on finding work in Sacramento, Californians can be counted on to disapprove of their Legislature's performance. But the level of skepticism toward state legislators appears to be ebbing as the state's fiscal footing firms.
A new Field Poll gauging how Californian voters view their state lawmakers preserves the negative perception that has underpinned such polls for years, with 44 percent disapproving and 40 percent approving. That still marks a striking improvement from the last few years, when polls regularly showed Californians disdaining the Legislature by 40-point majorities. The gap was 15 percentage points as recently as February.
The explanation for the rising optimism is twofold, Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo said: an improving fiscal situation and the restraint of Democrats who have solidified their grip on the levers of power.
"I think it's economic, but also the way the Legislature has reacted to the good news," DiCamillo said. "They haven't gone on a spending binge or done things that are over the top."
David Farquhar, a 47-year-old woodworker who lives in Santa Cruz County, was one of those who said he approves of the Legislature. He said Sacramento lawmakers are performing better than their gridlocked Washington, D.C. counterparts and pointed to an improving job market and the lack of a budget deficit as signs of progress.
"They must be doing something right," Farquhar said. "It's probably a combination of things, but we're working."
More respondents than not said California is moving in the right direction, as 43 percent said the state is on an upward trajectory against 42 percent who said it is heading the wrong way.
While that is far more optimistic than in past years, when Californians consistently reported an overwhelmingly gloomy outlook on their state's prospects, it represents a slight decline from earlier this year.
The split in February of 2013 was more positive, with 48 percent saying the state was on the right track vs. 42 percent saying it had veered in the wrong direction. That poll came shortly after a 2012 election that saw voters empowering two-thirds Democratic majorities in both houses and passing Proposition 30, the tax increase championed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Even if the optimism has waned a bit, registered voters still believe the two-thirds supermajorities are a good thing. Forty-five percent said Democratic dominance was good for California, while 39 percent were leery of it.
A deeper look at those numbers shows a partisan divide. Sixty-nine percent of Democrats said the two-thirds majorities are a good thing and 79 percent of Republicans labeled it bad, with no-party-affiliation voters split 41-39. In a state where Republican voter registration has dipped below 30 percent, the resounding Democratic support was enough to push the overall numbers into the positive.
"We're a partisan state on many issues. You see that characteristic and you can see which way the wind is blowing by the nonpartisans," whose division on the supermajority underscores a lack of consensus, DiCamillo said.
While he believes California's tax and spending levels are unsustainable and worries about the state's inhospitable business climate, Lakewood resident Bryan Reed is not a Republican. Reed, 52, is part of the growing number of Californians who register for neither party, an independence reflected in his view on the supermajority.
"I wouldn't like a two-thirds Republican majority or two-thirds Democrat," said Reed, who runs a center that trains automotive workers. "Each side has good ideas; it shouldn't just be one or the other. If you have a significant enough imbalance that one side can just dictate to the people what's going to happen, that's horrible."


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Annual, perennial herb, shrub, glabrous to hairy, generally aromatic
Stems generally erect, generally 4-angled
Leaves generally simple to deeply lobed, opposite, generally gland-dotted
Inflorescence: cyme, generally clustered around stem, head-like, separated by evident internodes (terminal in Monardella ) or collectively crowded, spike-like to panicle-like (sometimes raceme or flowers 212); subtended by leaves or bracts; flowers sessile or pedicelled
Flower generally bisexual; calyx generally 5-lobed, radial to bilateral; corolla generally bilateral, 12-lipped, upper lip entire or 2-lobed, ± flat to hood-like, sometimes 0, lower lip generally 3-lobed; stamens generally 4, generally exserted, paired, pairs unequal, sometimes 2, staminodes 2 or 0; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed to base, chambers 2, ovules 2 per chamber, style 1, arising from center at junction of lobes, stigmas generally 2
Fruit: nutlets 4, generally ovoid to oblong, smooth
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 5500 species: worldwide. Many cultivated for herbs, oils (Lavandula , lavender; Mentha , mint; Ocimum , basil; Rosmarinus , rosemary; Thymus , thyme), some cultivated as ornamental (in CA Cedronella , Leonotis , Phlomis )
Reference: [Cantino & Sanders 1986 Syst Bot 11:163185]
Annual, hairy or not, aromatic
Stem erect, branched or not
Leaf lanceolate to obovate, entire to spiny, petioled
Inflorescence: clusters, head-like, terminal and generally axillary; bracts generally scarious, veins conspicuous, margins spiny
Flower: calyx 2-lipped, lobes spine-tipped, upper 3 acuminate, lower 2 oblong; corolla funnel-shaped, 2-lipped, white, sometimes tinged lavender or rose, throat cream, upper lip 2-lobed or entire, hooded, lower lip 3-lobed, reflexed; stamens 4, upper 2 reduced, sterile or not; style slender, lower lobe longer
Fruit smooth, ovoid
Species in genus: 4 species: s CA-FP
Etymology: (Greek: thorn mint)
Stem 425 cm, generally branched below; hairs 0 to sparse, short or long, some inconspicuously glandular
Leaf: blades 812 mm, ovate or obovate; margins of lower entire or serrate, of those in inflorescence spiny
Inflorescence: bracts 715 mm, shiny, straw-colored at flower, marginal spines 7, 9, or 11, 58 mm
Flower: calyx 713 mm, hairs short or long, sometimes glandular; corolla 1227 mm, white, lobes purple-tipped, upper lip < lower, entire, shallowly hooded; upper stamens fertile, anthers long-hairy, cream, pollen cream
Chromosomes: n=19
Ecology: Grassy slopes, oak woodland, chaparral
Elevation: < 1500 m.
Bioregional distribution: South Coast Ranges, w&c Western Transverse Ranges.Like A. duttonii.
See the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Stem: hairs 0 or short
Inflorescence: bracts round or wider than long, cordate-clasping at base
Flower: calyx hairs 0 or short; anthers densely woolly
Ecology: Habitats and elevations of sp
Bioregional distribution: Outer South Coast Ranges, w&c Western Transverse Ranges (San Luis Obispo to Ventura cos.).


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Terenzo Bozzone Returns to the Front of the Pack
Once the Boy Wonder with apparent superpowers, an older, wiser and hardened Terenzo Bozzone believes he has re-found his winning ways.
by Ian Hepenstall
As a young triathlete, New Zealand's Terenzo Bozzone had the Midas touch. That early success, though, made the last couple of years tough—there were times that the five-time world champion thought about quitting the sport.
"When you are not racing well a lot of doubt settles in. You stop backing yourself and your abilities," Bozzone says. "I had 22 months without being on the podium. There were times I seriously considered giving up."
This year the 28-year-old Bozzone has turned things around with a superb season that included a runner-up finish at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship. He has been on the podium in all nine starts this year, including 70.3 wins in Mont-Tremblant, Florida and Miami, and has two more races in Australia still to go to complete his season.
Bozzone set the triathlon world on fire early in his career, taking four junior world triathlon and duathlon titles from the age of 15, set the course record at Wildflower at age 22 and won the IRONMAN 70.3 world title at age 24.
Then Bozzone got seriously injured for the first time in his life. He suffered an Achilles injury after returning to compete in the USA too soon after finishing runner-up to Cameron Brown at IRONMAN New Zealand in 2011. After the injury would not settle, Bozzone returned home for surgery.
"I came back too soon after the Achilles surgery and just expected things to come back to where they were. But I found out that life isn't a fairytale."
After many setbacks, and with the support of wife Kelly, his family and coach Jon Ackland, Bozzone changed his approach and training.
"I used to think I was training hard, but I had to step it up. We made some big changes. There is much more specificity to my training now, more quality."
In late 2012 he saw light peaking through the dark clouds with late season 70.3 wins in Miami and Shepparton. Then he suffered a freak accident when someone opened a car door into his path during his final bike session before the inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Asia Pacific Championship in his home city of Auckland.
Worse still, a delayed concussion went undetected, which forced him to quit IRONMAN New Zealand.
After a full recovery which set him back several weeks, Bozzone and Ackland starting to rebuild yet again.
"The results in training came with those changes. I am running the best times of my career. I am starting to find confidence, which means I can race more within myself and back myself, knowing I have the race plan and ability to win through."
The big difference is that he will only race now if he is in a position to challenge for victory.
"Jon and I won't go into races with my hands tied behind my back. I will only race when I want to race and I am ready to race."
Another key is that he has balance in his life after marrying long-time partner Kelly last New Year.
"At my lowest point I did consider giving it away. I questioned my ability and if I was doing the right thing to get back. Throughout it all Kelly has been a huge part of my life and has been massive through the tough times. Marriage does make a difference for me. My challenge now is that when I am on the road I miss her horribly."
Bozzone said he has made mistakes in his career, but that his troubled times have helped him grow, mature and understand.
"I wish that may be I had delayed my introduction into IRONMAN for a few more years, but it is a gradual learning process. I am not 16 anymore. I've been at this for 15 years and yet I am still only 28. I think my best years in the sport are still ahead of me."


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Q. I am having an issue with my lower right second molar. I am 51 years old and have had a filling in the molar since I was in my early 20s. My dentist has been trying to get me to put a crown in it.
A few nights ago, I was eating popcorn and I crunched down on a uncooked kernel. I knew I had cracked the tooth. I had a little pain from the nerve, but nothing that would bring me to the ER that night. The next day, I went to the dentist and he did grind down the tooth to stop it from cutting my tongue. He told me that I needed the crown now and that I shouldn�t wait any more than a few days.
My boyfriend, who was with me, asked if the doctor could do a filling instead of the crown. The doctor replied yes, but it might not hold or stick. I am on MassHealth and now my boyfriend is saying he won�t do the filing because it will take a while for the doctor to get paid. The doctor wants $500 upfront and another $5,100 when finished. My boyfriend convinced me to get the filling first and if it doesn�t work to get the crown. I called the dentist yesterday and told him my decision and asked when can he do it? We made the appointment. But now I am really wondering if he really is just out for the money? Should I find another dentist? Do I really need a crown? I am confused. -- Janette
A. I believe it would be smart to do the crown now. Even if it is possible to do a filling, it is likely that it will not last very long unless it is made of cast gold. A silver filling in that area, if too large and unsupported by sound tooth structure, will certainly fail. A tooth-colored filling would be even worse.
When a dental surgeon operates on your tooth for any procedure, it will cause inflammation to the nerve and blood vessels in the tooth. If that happens over and over, because the restorations fail, then the nerve will most likely be irreversibly damaged and you will need root canal therapy before you can do the crown. That and a possible post and core will add substantially to the cost as well as weaken the tooth even more than it is now.
Remember, that the best dentistry is no dentistry, and the next best is to restore the tooth with a restoration that has the potential to last forever. That is what a good crown will do for your cracked tooth assuming there is no nerve damage. Having a little pain when you bit the kernel means that there is life in the tooth and now that it feels better means that the nerve is not irreversibly damaged so most likely needs only a crown, a possible core buildup and no root canal therapy. The core will be needed if there is not enough tooth structure left when the dentist removes the cracked portion along with any filling material and or decay. That will be seen when the preparation for the crown is in progress.
The insurance question is something different. I am not familiar with MassHealth, but I would guess it will pay for something. It may not pay for the best treatment, but even if it does not, insurance should not direct your care. If it is financially out of the question for you to pay some out of pocket, then you have to do what you can afford and save the tooth no matter what. A lower second molar is a very important tooth and if lost, you would lose about 25 to 30 percent of your function on that side of your dentition. Not the end of the world but a major loss.
If you choose the filling option, then you should remember to chew cautiously in that area. Only a healthy unrestored tooth could take the pressure of an unpopped popcorn kernel.
I would however, question the fees quoted. I would guess that you must have misunderstood, as $5,600 for a crown is absolutely out of the question in any part of this country. Please return to your dentist, go over the treatment plan and fees proposed. If that was the correct fee, you need to seek another avenue for treatment.
Dr. Richard Greenberg of Ipswich practiced dentistry for 45 years after having attended dental school at Columbia University, where he was later an associate clinical professor of restorative dentistry and facilitator of the course of ethics. Do you have a dental question? Email him at email@example.com.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – James Nunnally scored a season-high 28 points and had a career-high eight assists with no turnovers and Orlando Johnson had 24 points and nine rebounds as UC Santa Barbara defeated visiting Pacific on Thursday night, 76-61.
The Gauchos (17-9 overall, 11-4 in the Big West) used a 19-5 spurt in the second half to break open a close game. Ross Rivera led the Tigers (11-17 overall, 6-9 in the Big West) with 17 points. The win was the second in a row and fifth in the last six games for Santa Barbara.
"James has been getting better and better all year," said UCSB head coach Bob Williams. "He did so many good things tonight and to see that he had eight assists and no turnovers is huge."
Nunnally also recorded a career-high six three-point baskets and Johnson tied his season-high with four as UCSB made a season-high 12 as a team.
"Things are clicking pretty well for us right now," Nunnally said. "We've been practicing hard and I think we're in as good a shape as we've been all year. That's helped us close games out."
The lead changed hands and was tied four times apiece in the first half. The Tigers tied the game at 36 apiece with just two seconds left when Marvin Cotton intercepted a wayward UCSB pass and scored on a breakaway lay-up.
Santa Barbara's lead was still just 52-51 after Pacific's Travis Fulton made a lay-up with 12:13 to play, but that's when the Gauchos started their 19-5 surge. Nunnally scored the first six points in the run and finished with nine of his 28 over just under eight minutes.
Johnson added eight points during the stretch while freshman Alan Williams had four. Johnson made one out of two free throws with 4:18 left in the game to complete the rally and give the Gauchos a 71-56 lead. A three-pointer by Rivera pulled the Tigers back within 71-59, but UCSB answered with another Johnson lay-up and Nunnally's final three-pointer to take a 76-59 lead with 2:56 left.
Serna joined Nunnally and Johnson in double-figures with 10 points. Trevin Harris and Khalil Kelley each added nine points for Pacific.
Johnson, who became UCSB's all-time leading scorer in its last game, has now scored 1,734 points in his career. Nunnally's 28 points pushed him past Mark Hull and into fifth-place on the all-time list. He now needs just two points to become the fifth player in school history to score 1,600 in his career and 10 to pass Chris Devine for fourth all-time.
The Gauchos remain at home for their regular season finale on Saturday. They will host UC Davis on Saturday, Mar. 3, the final day of the regular season. The five UCSB seniors – Orlando Johnson, James Nunnally, Jaimé Serna, Greg Somogyi and Christian Peterson – will be honored prior to the game against the Aggies.
Tickets for the final regular season home game can be purchased from the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, by calling 805-893-UCSB (8272) or online by clicking here.
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Whether you're just looking for a warm up for another 8 minute workout, or trying to improve flexibility, 8 minute stretch motivates you to achieve maximum results with minimum effort.
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You'll love this 8 minute lower-body workout.
8 Minute Buns
A great cardio workout!
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In just 8 minutes a day you can have arms everyone will envy.
The bottom line is this; 8 Minute Abs is a better product than 90% of the crap currently being sold, but it does have some shortcomings too.
For starters, this program is more than just an ab workout as the list above indicates. I think most people will be overwhelmed with the workout if they're not prepared to put in some effort.
Like any ab machine, the 8 Minute Abs system will not magically transform you from an overweight couch potato to a fitness god overnight with no effort.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks fell on Monday, with the S&P 500 index retreating from a five-year high, as Wall Street looked to the next day's start of the fourth-quarter earnings season.
The S&P 500 index SPX, +1.44% fell 4.58 points, or 0.3%, to end at 1,461.89, with utilities and energy leading the declines and health care and telecommunications faring best among its 10 major sectors.
The benchmark rose 4.6% last week to its highest close since Dec. 31, 2007. See: U.S. stocks close at highest level since 2007.
With the threat of steep spending cuts and tax hikes averted, and the next showdown over the debt ceiling not likely to concern investors until February, Wall Street will shift its focus to results from American corporations.
"Earnings do matter, but what may be as important is the outlook for the first quarter," said Jim Russell, senior equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.
"The equities market is trying so hard to find the all-clear signal, but we think managements will indicate the quarter slowed from October through December, so a slow start to 2013," he said.
"The fourth quarter could tend to be a bit bumpy this time around, with the outlook for the first quarter cautious because of the Washington situation," said Russell of the coming showdown over raising the U.S. debt ceiling.
"We saw evidence of the intensity on the Sunday morning talk shows yesterday. Democrats are looking for additional revenue and Republicans are looking for spending cuts. We are going into this debate with some attitude on both sides," Russell noted.
Fourth-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies are expected to grow 2.8% compared with the same period in 2011, according to Thomson Reuters data. See: Low bar paves way for more earnings blowouts.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +1.20% dropped 50.92 points, or 0.4%, to end at 13,384.29, with Walt Disney Co. DIS, +1.34% and Boeing Co. BA, +0.75% among the top decliners in the 30-component benchmark.
Intel Corp. INTC, +1.75% was one of the gainers in the Dow, its shares up 0.4% after Lazard Capital Markets upgraded the chip maker.
Intel, along with Qualcomm Inc. QCOM, +2.98% and some other tech companies, are holding media presentations Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. See live coverage of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show.
The Nasdaq Composite index COMP, +1.67% declined 2.84 points, or 0.1%, to 3,098.81.
More than 625 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Composite volume exceeded 3.27 billion.
Shares of Illumina Inc. ILMN, +0.49% fell 7.1% after Roche Holding AG RHHBY, +0.41% ROG, +1.58% said it would not be making an offer for the maker of DNA-sequencing equipment. See: Roche chairman: Illumina bid 'off the table.'
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Walgreen Co. US:WAG added 2.3% after Jefferies Group Inc. raised its rating of the drugstore chain to buy from hold.
Yahoo Inc. US:YHOO declined 2.3% after Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. downgraded shares of the search engine.
Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +0.93% gained 3.6% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the online retailer. See: Amazon hits high after ratings upgrade.
Alcoa Inc. AA, +3.55% reports after Tuesday's close, with the aluminum producer the first Dow component slated to release fourth-quarter results.
Mortgage lender Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +2.33% reports earnings Friday.
On Capitol Hill, Republicans are linking raising the U.S. debt ceiling to reduced spending on entitlement programs including Medicare. Congress has to move as soon as mid-February to keep the country out of default. See: Battle lines harden for new budget deal.


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A new undergraduate degree at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) enables students to forge a singular degree with diverse areas or interests.
An information session for the new MDS will be held Thursday, Aug. 8 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the TAMIU Starbucks, located in the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library.
The Multi-Disciplinary Studies Degree (MDS) is ideal for students whose interests are not defined by a conventional college major or minors structure, explained TAMIU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Pablo Arenaz.
"We think this will be a very appealing degree to students who have a range of interests and seek an individualized degree preparation that is tightly attuned to those needs. It really provides the students with the ability to create the program that fits them best, affording them three equivalent areas of concentration," Dr. Arenaz said.
Dr. Conchita Hickey, University College Dean directing the new program, said some students simply have multiple strengths that can be better realized with the MDS program.
"These students are certainly not unfocused…they have very real strengths in multiple areas and this allows them an opportunity to grow all those strengths towards a career or graduate school goal. The program is closely aligned with our Career Services office to make sure that the students' preparation remains tightly focused on employment success too," said Dr. Hickey.
She offered a student example.
" 'Estella' is an accomplished dancer and wants to open a business in dance or fitness. She's also intrigued by psychology. With the MDS, she could build her program with three equivalent areas: business, kinesiology and psychology. A conventional degree program would confine her to a two-part major and minor, and not include experiences in the things that inspire her most. The MDS can build those interests into a program that fits the student individually," Hickey explained.
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But it's still going on. I've been going out with her for 10 months and really thought that we were made for each other.
Then my sister saw her in a club with another guy, snogging him and dancing close.
I didn't want to believe it, but when I asked her about it she admitted that it was her.
I was really angry, but she said that she'd never said we were exclusive and she could do what she liked.
She said she didn't mind if I went out with other girls, then pointed out there was another guy that she saw as well.
I asked her if she had sex with them and she said she did, but she preferred me.
This was in October and I was so upset with her that I stopped seeing her for a while.
Then after two weeks she turned up at my flat, dragged me into the bedroom and begged me to forgive her.
She said she'd missed me so much and no-one else made her feel like I did.
I asked her to promise to stop seeing the other guys and she said she would.
But in December her phone rang while she was out of the room and I'm ashamed to say I couldn't help looking at it. There were loads of texts from these two guys and it was plain that she hadn't stopped seeing them at all.
I got really angry and chucked her out of my flat but she sat on my doorstep in the rain, crying.
Eventually I had to let her back in and she swore to me that she would stop seeing them by New Year's Day.
But I know she hasn't. I don't know what to do now.
JANE SAYS: This girl just can't be trusted.
You've forgiven her once and now it's time to stand up for yourself. She started off by coming up with some non-exclusive excuse when she first got caught out – what rubbish!
If you're going out with someone you're going out with them, and if they start to fool around with anyone else then they're cheating. It's that simple.
You have given her time to get her life sorted out but she has failed to do so.
It's pretty clear she wants to be with you, so I wonder why she has to cheat.
Maybe she likes the thrill of being naughty. I suggest you give her just one more chance but she needs time to ditch these hangers-on.
Tell her that you don't want to see her again until both those guys are out of her life.
Tell her you'll wait for two weeks and if she doesn't come round in that time you'll know that's it.
And if she does return, tell her you want proof that she has dumped these guys. Ask to see her texts or emails.
You need to stop being so tolerant, otherwise she'll keep messing you about until you end up getting really hurt.