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Raffles in Texas: Know the Law
[updated: 5/10/2010]
We have become aware of a proliferation of illegal raffle activity in Texas. It is important for Texans to be familiar with the law before conducting or participating in a raffle.
Examples of unlawful raffles include any raffle that is:
Texas law allows only certain charitable and nonprofit organizations to conduct raffles to support their charitable causes. Only the following entities which meet certain qualifications are permitted to hold raffles:
In order to conduct a raffle legally, a nonprofit organization must have, among other criteria, an exemption from federal taxes under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. A qualified nonprofit must also have been in existence for three years. The law permits only two raffles per calendar year, requires several disclosures printed on tickets, and limits the value of prizes purchased by the organization to $50,000, or $250,000 if the purchased prize is a residential dwelling.
It is also against the law to hold a raffle in which cash, or anything readily convertible to cash, is offered as a prize, or which is promoted statewide or through paid advertising, including television, radio or newspapers.
An unlawful raffle could be considered illegal gambling, which may carry criminal penalties. A county attorney, district attorney or the attorney general may also shut down an illegal raffle.
The Office of the Attorney General is prohibited by law from providing legal advice to individuals. If you contemplate conducting a raffle for fundraising purposes, you should read the Charitable Raffle Enabling Act (which went into effect January 1, 1990) carefully and consult a private attorney with any questions. You should also avoid participating in an illegal raffle. For more information, you can visit our Web site and read our online consumer protection brochure on charitable raffles.
Individual con artists generally fall under the jurisdiction of a criminal prosecutor -- in Texas, this is the district or county attorney. But even when they are charged and convicted, these individuals usually have spent the money as fast as they have stolen it. A person who is the victim of fraud should report the incident to the police or sheriff. But by far the best thing is for consumers to be aware of fraud, so they are not swindled in the first place. For this reason, the Office of the Attorney General posts these Consumer Alerts about possible scams and schemes that come to our attention through citizen contacts to our office or other sources.


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Manual system for microbial identification have given a great improvement in pathogens identification. They combine in one support various biochemical and/or susceptibilibity antibiotic test for microorganism identification.
Nowadays some systems are available for different application, such as, clinical microorganisms identification, for urogenital pathogens, including Mycoplasm, pathogens from intestinal system and urinary microorganisms, yeast and other pathogens associated to Food Industry.
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For Sheldon Paul, 42, the restoration of landmark buildings not only makes good business sense but also is fun.
The president of Merit Management Corp. was introduced to the boom in landmark renovations last year when he became co-developer of the Victorian, a 32-unit apartment building in the Lincoln Park area at 505 W. Fullerton Pkwy. The condominium project was sold out in five months.


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Coordinates: 37°40′0″N 125°41′47″E / 37.66667°N 125.69639°E
Map of the Yeonpyeong islands and their main population centers
|South Korea
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|7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
|Revised Romanization
Yeonpyeong Island or Yeonpyeongdo (Korean: 연평도 pronounced [jʌnpçʌŋdo]; referred to by North Korea as Yŏnphyŏng Islet) is a group of South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea, located about 80 km (50 mi) west of Incheon and 12 km (7.5 mi) south of the coast of Hwanghae Province, North Korea. The main island of the group is Daeyeonpyeongdo ("Big Yeonpyeong Island"), also referred to simply as Yeonpyeong Island, with an area of 7.01 km2 (2.71 sq mi) and a population of around 1,300.[1]
The principal population centre is Yeonpyeong-ri, where the island's ferry port is located. The other inhabited island is Soyeonpyeongdo ("Small Yeonpyeong Island") with a small population and an area of 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi). Several other small islands comprise the rest of the group.[1]
The island group constitutes Yeonpyeong-myeon, one of the subdivisions of Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea.
Yeonpyeong Island is known for its crab fishery.[2]
Maritime border disputes[edit]
Yeonpyeong lies near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) and is only 12 km (7.5 mi) from the North Korean coastline. The 1953 Armistice Agreement which ended the Korean War specified that five island groups, including Yeonpyeong, would remain under South Korean control.[6] North Korea subsequently respected the UN-acknowledged western maritime border for many years until around the mid-1990s.[7]
However, since the 1990s North Korea has disputed the NLL.[7] The North Korean government claims a border farther south that encompasses valuable fishing grounds (though it skirts around South Korean-held islands such as Yeonpyeong). North Korea's claim is not accepted internationally.[8][citation needed]
2010 bombardment[edit]
On November 23, 2010, North Korean artillery shelled Yeonpyeong with dozens of rounds at Yeonpyeong-ri and the surrounding area.[9] This shelling followed a Southern military exercise in the area. The South returned fire with 155 mm (6 in) K-9 self-propelled howitzers.[10] The shelling damaged dozens of houses as well as Southern military infrastructure and set buildings on fire.[11] Two South Korean Marines and two civilians were killed in the shelling, with eighteen others wounded.[12][13][14]
Accounts of the billowing smoke were reported in Korean and international newspapers;[15] and thick columns of black smoke rising from the island were the primary proof that the attack had occurred. South Koreans watching television saw the smoke rising from the island after it was hit.[16]
- ^ Moore, Malcolm; Hutchison, Peter (2010-11-23). "Yeonpyeong Island: A history". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ Ryoo, Moo Bong. (2009). "The Korean Armistice and the Islands," p. 13 (at PDF-p. 21). Strategy research project at the U.S. Army War College; retrieved 26 Nov 2010.
- ^ "Factbox: What is the Korean Northern Limit Line?" Reuters (UK). November 23, 2010; retrieved 26 Nov 2010.
- ^ Van Dyke, Jon et al. "The North/South Korea Boundary Dispute in the Yellow (West) Sea," Marine Policy 27 (2003), 143-158; note that "Inter-Korean MDL" is cited because it comes from an academic source Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine. and the writers were particular enough to include in quotes as we present it. The broader point is that the maritime demarcation line here is NOT a formal extension of the Military Demarcation Line; compare "NLL—Controversial Sea Border Between S.Korea, DPRK, " People's Daily (PRC), November 21, 2002; retrieved 22 Dec 2010
- ^ Armistice Agreement, paragraph 13(b). "Text of the Korean War Armistice Agreement". FindLaw. 1953-07-27. Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ a b North Korea's reckless attacks cannot be tolerated November 24, 2010. Japanese newspaper Mainichi
- ^ 1. DPRK's claim is neither based on International law nor International Law of the Sea. 2. The United Nations Command insisted that the NLL must be maintained until a new maritime MDL could be established through the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission on the armistice agreement and DPRK's claim was not established through the UNCMAC.
- ^ Hyung-Jin and Kwang-Tae Kim (2010-11-23). "North, South Korea exchange fire; 2 marines killed". Washington Times. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ^ "합참 "우리 군 대응사격으로 북한 측 피해도 상당할 것"". Chosun Ilbo. November 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ Kim, Kwang-Tae (November 22, 2010). "SKorea: NKorea Fires Artillery Onto Island". Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ "(URGENT) Four S. Korean soldiers wounded by N. Korean artillery fire: military officials". Yonhap News Agency. November 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ Branigan, Tania (2010-11-23). "Artillery fire on Korean border". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "Artillery fire on Korean border". BBC Online. BBC. 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ Park Si-soo. "Yeonpyeong turns into inferno," Korea Times. November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Energy and Environment," Salem Radio News Network, November 23, 2010.
External links[edit]
Media related to Yeonpyeongdo at Wikimedia Commons


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Her empty husk did lie
No thoughts, no feelings
Not even regret
Nothingness where pain should be
Naked to the world
Her skeleton exposed
Empty on the inside
With no shame
A self-congratulating, back-patting, narcissistic, creative? writing experiment... Thanks for stopping by, constructive comments appreciated. All posted writing is a work in progress and may be updated at any time.
Pat: "I have things that …Hannah?...I need to do get done today."
Hannah: "Huh? Anyway, this new boss we got at work is a real…"
Pat: "Yo, sunflower, did you hear me? I said I got some stuff I gotta do today, hun hun"
Hannah: "…And I was totally minding my own business and he comes up and says…"
Pat: "Hannah! Did you hear me…?!"
Hannah: "Jesus…fine, I won't talk at all…I mean half the damn time I feel I'm talking to the wall anyway!"
Pat: "Must I really listen to a sentence like that…I mean, 'fine I won't talk at all'…C'mon…again, I'm just saying I gotta go out for awhile…There's no need for…just show me some sun, baby..."
Hannah: "I'm sorry…(as she walks over and wraps her rays around him her face is inches away from his) It's just you worked all week and I worked all week and I thought we could just stay in…use the blender and drink some margaritas…watch a movie and be bums or buddies...both."
Pat: "We can…It's only Friday and I shouldn't even be gone that long anyway, I mean I wish I could just stay in too, but for me that's not in the cards today."
Hannah: "Can't we talk with the dealer…get a new hand? I'll make it worth your while?"
Pat: "And just how will you do that missy kitty?"
Hannah: "The way you like it and then a good flick...um...and a little later the way I like it too."
Pat and Hannah have been together for going on three years, and Hannah is waiting for some kind of ring, while Pat wants to do just that, but is unsure of exactly how. Some would say Pat is your standard indecisive guy at a crossroads in his life cascading slowly towards thirty. Hannah, is none too subtle in dropping hints, and Pat is a pro at deflection, as he just talks then of animals. He has found that beyond socialization, every girl is hard-wired biologically for either animals or little, cute babies. He tells his friends and colleagues of his theory. Luckily for Pat, right now anyway, Hannah is an animal nut. His friends joke with him and try to debunk his theory by simply asking about all the "damn sunflower things."
Hannah: "So, what's my big tall strong man gotta do with all that time? It must be pretty important if you you're givin' up (Exaggerated voice) precious time with sweet little me. I mean I ain't just any old regular little princess, dear."
Pat: "Yeah, I know."
H: "Hey mister, what's that supposed to mean?"
P: I don't know, what did you mean?"
H: "I'm just flirting with you, I mean flirting can be an end in its self, don't ya think? And if you're back too late at least I got to have my teasin' with ya…and you know I don't have a bloated sense of myself like that…you know that."
P: "Yeah I know…we've actually discussed…"
H: "Yeah, we both know where our respective self-esteems stand…you can be so, I don't know, like what he said…that Teddy Roosevelt or someone like..."
P: "What? What in the hell does that mean?! Ted... "
H: "Speak softly but carry a big stick, know what I mean, like he said…"
P: "Yeah I know…that's…" ( smug smile).
H: "No, no, NO…That's not what I mean; you can be so passive-aggressive, that's what I mean, so man's man with your whiskey and all that. I think you're kind of swishy… I, darling do, what do ya think of that…huh?"
P: "Where the hell did you even come up with that…I mean…Teddy Roosevelt and..?!…as we get older I wish you would stop using those dime-store phrases. That can be so embarrassing when you throw one of those out…right… when we're in public?"
H: "Ohhh…just settle….settle down, you haven't heard that before?"
P: "Woman you can be so silly…no, I guess not"
H: "I read it in that quotation book that came with the thesaurus and dictionary set. There are some good ones in there."
P: "…And you can drive me so nuts…sometimes."
H: "Do I?"
P: "Yes, miss…come here…"
H: "I hope that's a good thing?"
P: "Depends."
H: "On?"
P: "On…On? On the dealer!"
H: "Oh, stop it with that whole card thing…"
P: "Sure, if you stop bein'…Ahhhh, presidential."
H: "Okay…I just hope you get home soon, putty puh-leez" (Whisper) "K…"
P: "So, is that your big stick then...right there...'putty puh-leez' "(mockingly).
H: "Pat…c'mon"
P: "Yeah..k...sorry?"
H: "What do you gotta do?"
Pat locks the door to his residence and walks down the hall, and then outside into the light. Pat drives off and parks at his friend Sam's house. He gets out and goes in.
Pat: "So, hey, what's up?"
Sam: "Took ya long enough, busy with that woman of yours?"
Pat: "No, not really…I mean you know how it is…I had to work and yeah, I spent some time with Hannah."
Sam: "Yeah, I bet! I bet double I would puke if I heard you in your quiet tender moments…Puttin' words that don't belong with sugar and sweet and all that spazzy lingo jambo stuff."
P: "The older ya get, the more you section yourself off. Sometimes it gets so smothering, but yet in a way, I need it, or I get comfortable with it…something. But, I can pretty much do what I want when I want."
S: "Yeah…sure... that's why you're late…comfortable?"
P: "No, I told her from the very first date, I ain't the type of guy that goes and gets all whooped up and back around…no, not me, not this guy."
S: "Sure…enough… really your relationship is not much of a priority…, I just was waiting and I coulda picked up some damn cat food or something. Don't worry about it; I'm just givin' ya a little shit. It just seems sometimes you give me excuses vicariously through Hannah's guilting of you…or at least you've talked 'bout that before…last year after my birthday…"
P: "Well, what do you do with all your time?...And I do what I want when I want, Hannah's..."
S: "Yeah, Hannah's subtle...and all I have is all the time. What I don't have is what to do with it. I date…but it's easier to break dates than keep them and takes up less time, I guess you could say I like my time."
P: "Maybe if you didn't date all those younger girls, I mean what do you guys talk about? What do you have in common? I would pull my hair out."
S: "You should think about pullin' somethin'…"
P: "Like Playdoh in your hand, but…"
S: "…Else out…dude, you don't get it…"
P: "How long can that…?"
S: "Don't underestimate 'em."
P: "…amuse you?"
S: "Plenty…long enough…they need father figures…"
P: "I would like to think it's the other way around…anyway, I'm sure there are pluses and minuses…and you're not hurtin' anyone."
S: That's right…They are the ones that always want to hang out."
P: "And you say I'm the master of over-rationalization, yeah, um, where's the beer?"
S: "No, you're the excuse king...either it's money, or you're tired, or you...I don't know...I don't know, but it gets old, and sometimes I wonder why bother...maybe it's that hint of narcissism...
P: "Dude, no...I..."
S: "Oh, here we go, another one...anyway, whatever...are you still on that only smoke when you drink thing?"
P: "No, that didn't really work out. I ended up drinking more just so I could smoke. For awhile there, I was becoming a big drinker. Just so I could smoke...that's..."
S: "Ludicrous…that was insane, I told you that was insane and would never work"
P: "No, I'm done with the cigarettes …for now."
S: "Well, pour yourself a drink, and stay away from those damn things"
P: "You?"
S: "Yeah, but we should get going."
P: "Yeah, we should…I told Hannah I wouldn't be that long."


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I am on Glucovance and Actos [pioglitazone], and I have a lot of diarrhea with the Glucovance which my old doctor (I am looking for a new endocrinologist) brushed off. Twice lately, I've seen a whole Glucovance pill undigested with the diarrhea. What is this? Should I be concerned?
You should not have to suffer with diarrhea. It could be the Glucophage [metformin] part of the Glucovance or something else.
One possibility is that it is a complication of long term diabetes known as gastroparesis. You should go back to your present doctor as soon as possible to discuss possible causes and ways to stop the diarrhea.
[Editor's comment: Hopefully you have not severed all ties with your previous physician! If you have, see Finding a New Diabetes Doctor for some hints on how to locate a new endocrinologist. Call their office, let them know the problem, and ask for an appointment as soon as possible. Of course, you can ask your family doctor for advice, or find an "Urgent Care Clinic". WWQ]
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Sarah Dessen Quotes About SadnessQuotes about: Sadness
Well, it's true that I have been hurt in my life. Quite a bit. But it's also true that I have loved, and been loved. And that carries a weight of its own. A greater weight, in my opinion. It's like that pie chart we talked about earlier. In the end, I'll look back on my life and see that the greatest piece of it was love. The problems, the divorces, the sadness... those will be there too, but just smaller slivers, tiny pieces.
Because you can never go from going out to being friends, just like that. It's a lie. It's just something that people say they'll do to take the permanence out of a breakup. And someone always takes it to mean more than it does, and then is hurt even more when, inevitably, said 'friendly' relationship is still a major step down from the previous relationship, and it's like breaking up all over again. But messier.
He was looking at me, jsut as I'd thought he would be, but like Bert's, his light was not what I expected. No pity, no sadness: nothing had changed. I realized all the times I'd felt people stare at me, their faces had been pictures, abstracts. None of them were mirrors, able to reflect back the expression I thought one I wore, the feelings only I felt.
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Another non authentic ethnic food place. The food was alright until I found not one but TWO strands of hair in my quesadilla!! Never went back. You can hear the cooks in the back laughing and joking around with the waitress,not taking the handling of food seriously. You're better off going to Riviera Maya a few miles away.
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Karl Lagerfeld launches online-exclusive fashion range
Designer Karl Lagerfeld has launched an online fashion collection in conjunction with the London-based web retailer Net-a-Porter.
The Karl line is being marketed as an "accessible" range for women. Items range in price from £20 to £980.
Net-a-Porter has a one-month exclusivity deal before the collection is offered on Lagerfeld-branded sites.
Retail analysts say the move is part of a growing trend of designers using the web to refresh their image.
This is not the Chanel designer's first signature line.
In 2004 he created the "Karl Lagerfeld for H&M" collection which sold in the Swedish retailer's stores.
Private equity firm Apax Partners has also marketed a series of ranges using his name, launched between 2006 and 2010. The company remains involved in this latest venture.
However, this marks the German designer's first internet-only collection.
"Karl Lagerfeld is seen as an older member of the fashion scene, so this might help him rejuvenate his image," said Isabel Cavill, fashion analyst at Planet Retail.
"We also saw Donatella Versace launch a collection which was sold on H&M's website last year, which caused the site to crash because demand was so strong.
"This is a great way to make their brands appear more accessible without risking damage to the perceived exclusivity of their other offline collections."
Sales surge
Online clothes sales have become big business, helping make the high-profile collapse of sportswear store Boo.com in 2000 seem a distant memory.
A research study by the Interactive Media in Retail Group reported that between April 2001 and May 2011, the value of the UK's online clothing sector grew by 3,245%.
The group said that the growth rate had slowed over recent months - in part because of the mild winter - but that the more expensive brands were performing better than their counterparts.
"High-end fashion retailers are experiencing the strongest growth," said IMRG spokesman Andy Mulcahy.
"We think that's partly down to the fact that the more affluent consumers are being hit less hard by the economy, and in general that high-end retailers had been slower to adopt online sales, so there is an element of catch up."


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Kirk Morse Crowner: 1922-2006
April 15, 2006
Former Yampa resident Kirk Morse Crowner died April 7, 2006, surrounded by his family, after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 84.
Kirk was born and raised on the Crowner ranch near Yampa, as was his father.
Kirk finished high school in Yampa and later attended Colorado State University until World War II. At this time, he joined Crowner & Sons, and they provided hay for the training camp of the 10th Mountain Division in Pando. He later served in the European Theater as an engineer in the 126th Battalion of the 10th Mountain Division in Italy.
Upon his discharge from the Army, he returned to his beloved mountains and joined his father and brother in ranching and produce production. He later worked as a maintenance foreman for Pittsburg & Midway Coal Company (Edna Mine) in Oak Creek. During the 11 years before his retirement, he sold heavy equipment throughout Northwest Colorado and Wyoming.
He also served as Routt County commissioner. He was instrumental in obtaining an ambulance for the Yampa area.
Kirk married Coline Stormes of Oak Creek in the First Methodist Church of Temple, Texas. To this union of 62 years, three daughters were born. Becky and Karen spent a great deal of time with him at the ranch and were the joy of his life.
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Kirk was preceded in death by his parents, C.E. Crowner and Pearl Reed Crowner; and a baby daughter.
He is survived by his wife, Coline Crowner; daughters Becky and her husband Richard Cockerill of Vienna, Va., and Karen and her husband Ted Gilroy of Hayden; a brother Earl and his wife Flora Crowner of Grand Junction; three grandchildren, Kristin Coline and her husband Anthony Peredo of Albuquerque, N.M., and Mark and Michael Cockerill of Vienna, Va.; two nephews, Terry and his wife Susi Crowner of Yampa and Gary and his wife Tootie Crowner of Walden; and a great-granddaughter, Sierra Peredo of Albuquerque, N.M.
Kirk was dearly loved and will be missed by all his family.
A memorial service was held April 15, 2006, at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary in Grand Junction.
Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado, P.O. Box 60307, Grand Junction, CO 81506.


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Cobblestone streets. Vintage vibes with historic roots. Handmade threads, coffee, chocolate and more. These are just a few of the elements at play on the Raleigh shopping scene. There is an energy abuzz throughout the city as minds old and young charge forward with an entrepreneurial spirit, producing distinct retail experiences for every kind of style. Get to know Raleigh Up Close: Shopping Like a Local, and look for these local favorites during your visit.
Raleigh Flea Market
Yet another historic shopping venue, the Raleigh Flea Market boasts more than 600 vendors with products ranging from handmade crafts, furniture, jewelry and various odds and ends. The flea market was started in 1971 by the Steward family and has taken place at the Historic State Fairgrounds since its inaugural year. Also one of the Triangle's most popular shopping destinations, the market spans six buildings and sometimes features as many as 1,000 vendors!
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Husband and wife came together to create screen-printed t-shirts on some of the softest cotton threads you can find. The t-shirts feature playful Southern sayings, like "Blackbeard is my home boy" and "Namaste y'all." What started as a side gig selling t-shirts out the back of a truck at concerts and shows blossomed into a loyal following and full fledged business. The t-shirt designs follow a common theme of North Carolina pride in all facets.
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Primarily made from vinyl, black trims and bold accents and shapes, Holly Aiken Bags + Stitch is sometimes retro, but always classic, timeless chic. What began as a side project grew into a full fledged business that aims to sell uncomplicated bags. Look for her shop in the heart of downtown Raleigh.
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Pharmacist turned jewelry designer, Moon & Lola sells jewelry and accessories with one mission–to make people happy. Twice featured among Oprah's Favorite Things, Moon & Lola offers a collection of hip products for girls and women of all ages.
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A father of four and former real estate agent developed his famous sauce in 1987 while trying to copy his mother's recipe for Western style barbecue sauce. The result? A fat-free sauce that blended tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, honey, molasses, mustard, horseradish, lemon juice, onions, garlic, peppers, natural hickory smoke, natural spices and salt. The sauce quickly caught on among the local community, but attributes its big claim to fame when it won the NC Battle of the Sauces in March of 1994. Since then, the sauce has grown to see international food shows, international exports and a spot on grocery shelves throughout the country.
Larry's Coffee
Larry's Coffee is a fair trade, organic, shop that blends and slow roasts unique coffees. The business is socially and environmentally conscious throughout, from its shade grown beans to solar construction systems to rainwater harvesting. Larry's Coffee offers 15 creative blends and 15 single origin blends along with limited time seasonal blends. The coffee names are playful and locals attest the flavor blends are quite a treat.
Videri Chocolate Factory
Chocolate lovers beware! Complete with a retail shop, factory floor and outdoor patio, Videri Chocolate quickly grew to be a wildly popular local favorite. The chocolate factory creates gourmet chocolate from bean-to-bar. Videri boasts an impressive retail selection, from classic milk chocolate to peppermint chocolate, hot chocolate mixes, monthly subscriptions and more!
Shopping Boroughs Worth Mention
Historic City Market
One of the major tourist attractions of the city, City Market has deep historic roots that trace all the way back to 1914. Each month visitors and locals alike can enjoy a festival, referred to as First Friday, on the first Friday of every month, in addition to browsing the many boutiques and open-air vendors in the area.
Cameron Village
As the first planned community in Raleigh, Cameron Village also has a history of its own that dates back to 1949 when the shopping center opened. It quickly grew to become a premier shopping location in the city and is considered to be the first shopping center ever built between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. Today Cameron Village features an open-air shopping environment with stores divided into blocks instead of a strip mall layout. Today it includes 65 stores, a movie theater and business and professional offices. Shops include antique emporiums, fine jewelry, bargain finds, as well as restaurants that feature Japanese fusion, Southern favorites and more.
North Hills
North Hills offers visitors an outdoor shopping venue conveniently located in midtown Raleigh. Although some big brand retailers can be found in the vicinity, there's still plenty of locally owned options to shop. Some include fine art galleries, hair salons, top shelf clothing, jewelry, in addition to restaurants and bars.
Lafayette Village
A European-style village in North Raleigh, Lafayette Village spans over six acres and offers visitors locally owned gourmet restaurants and posh shopping.


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|Attila. Bronze medal after an antique original. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Attila, more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea.
During his reign he was one of the most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires. He crossed the Danube twice and plundered the Balkans, but was unable to take Constantinople. He also attempted to conquer Roman Gaul (modern France), crossing the Rhine in 451 and marching as far as Aurelianum (Orléans) before being defeated at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.
Subsequently he invaded Italy, devastating the northern provinces, but was unable to take Rome. He planned for further campaigns against the Romans but died in 453.
There is no surviving first-person account of Attila's appearance. There is, however, a possible second-hand source, provided by Jordanes, who cites a description given by Priscus. It suggests a person of Asian features.
Short of stature, with a broad chest and a large head; his eyes were small, his beard thin and sprinkled with grey; and he had a flat nose and tanned skin, showing evidence of his origin.
The Huns were a group of Eurasian nomads, appearing from east of the Volga, who migrated into Europe c. 370 and built up an enormous empire there. Their main military techniques were mounted archery and javelin throwing. They were possibly the descendants of the Xiongnu who had been northern neighbours of China three hundred years before and may be the first expansion of Turkic people across Eurasia. The origin and language of the Huns has been the subject of debate for centuries. According to some theories, their leaders at least may have spoken a Turkic language, perhaps closest to the modern Chuvash language. One scholar suggests a relationship to Yeniseian.
The death of Rugila (also known as Rua or Ruga) in 434 left the sons of his brother Mundzuk, Attila and Bleda (Buda), in control of the united Hun tribes. At the time of two brothers' accession, the Hun tribes were bargaining with Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II's envoys for the return of several renegades (possibly Hunnic nobles who disagreed with the brothers' assumption of leadership) who had taken refuge within the Eastern Roman Empire.
The following year Attila and Bleda met with the imperial legation at Margus (present-day Požarevac) and, all seated on horseback in the Hunnic manner, negotiated a successful treaty. The Romans agreed to not only return the fugitives, but to also double their previous tribute of 350 Roman pounds (ca. 115 kg) of gold, to open their markets to Hunnish traders, and to pay a ransom of eight solidi for each Roman taken prisoner by the Huns. The Huns, satisfied with the treaty, decamped from the Roman Empire and returned to their home in the Hungarian Great Plain, perhaps to consolidate and strengthen their empire. Theodosius used this opportunity to strengthen the walls of Constantinople, building the city's first sea wall, and to build up his border defences along the Danube. The Huns remained out of Roman sight for the next few years while they invaded the Sassanid Empire. When defeated in Armenia by the Sassanids, the Huns abandoned their invasion and turned their attentions back to Europe. In 440 they reappeared in force on the borders of the Roman Empire, attacking the merchants at the market on the north bank of the Danube that had been established by the treaty.
Crossing the Danube, they laid waste to the cities of Illyricum and forts on the river, including (according to Priscus) Viminacium, a city of Moesia. Their advance began at Margus, where they demanded that the Romans turn over a bishop who had retained property that Attila regarded as his. While the Romans discussed turning the Bishop over, he slipped away secretly to the Huns and betrayed the city to them.
While the Huns attacked city-states along the Danube, the Vandals led by Geiseric captured the Western Roman province of Africa and its capital of Carthage. Carthage was the richest province of the Western Empire and a main source of food for Rome. The Sassanid Shah Yazdegerd II invaded Armenia in 441.
The Romans stripped the Balkan area of forces needed to defeat the Vandals in Africa which left Attila and Bleda a clear path through Illyricum into the Balkans, which they invaded in 441. The Hunnish army sacked Margus and Viminacium, and then took Singidunum (modern Belgrade) and Sirmium. During 442 Theodosius recalled his troops from Sicily and ordered a large issue of new coins to finance operations against the Huns. Believing he could defeat the Huns, he refused the Hunnish kings' demands.
Attila responded with a campaign in 443. Striking along the Danube, the Huns, equipped with new military weapons like the battering rams and rolling siege towers, overran the military centres of Ratiara and successfully besieged Naissus (modern Niš).
Advancing along the Nisava River, the Huns next took Serdica, Philippopolis, and Arcadiopolis. They encountered and destroyed a Roman army outside Constantinople but were stopped by the double walls of the Eastern capital. They defeated a second army near Callipolis (modern Gallipoli). Theodosius, stripped of his armed forces, admitted defeat, sending the Magister militum per Orientem Anatolius to negotiate peace terms. The terms were harsher than the previous treaty: the Emperor agreed to hand over 6,000 Roman pounds (ca. 2000 kg) of gold as punishment for having disobeyed the terms of the treaty during the invasion; the yearly tribute was tripled, rising to 2,100 Roman pounds (ca. 700 kg) in gold; and the ransom for each Roman prisoner rose to 12 solidi. Their demands were met for a time, the Hun kings withdrew into the interior of their empire. Following the Huns' withdrawal from Byzantium (probably around 445), Bleda died. Attila then took the throne for himself, becoming the sole ruler of the Huns.
In 447 Attila again rode south into the Eastern Roman Empire through Moesia. The Roman army under the Gothic magister militum Arnegisclus met him in the Battle of the Utus and was defeated, though not without inflicting heavy losses. The Huns were left unopposed and rampaged through the Balkans as far as Thermopylae.
Constantinople itself was saved by the Isaurian troops of the magister militum per Orientem Zeno and protected by the intervention of the prefect Constantinus, who organized the reconstruction of the walls that had been previously damaged by earthquakes, and, in some places, to construct a new line of fortification in front of the old.
Attila returned in 452 to claim his marriage to Honoria anew, invading and ravaging Italy along the way. The city of Venice was founded as a result of these attacks when the residents fled to small islands in the Venetian Lagoon. His army sacked numerous cities and razed Aquileia completely, leaving no trace of it behind. After Attila left Italy and returned to his palace across the Danube, he planned to strike at Constantinople again and reclaim the tribute which Marcian had stopped. (Marcian was the successor of Theodosius and had ceased paying tribute in late 450 while Attila was occupied in the west; multiple invasions by the Huns and others had left the Balkans with little to plunder). However, Attila died in the early months of 453.


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In a previous post, I talked about how we tracked risks across multiple projects. In this post, I'll talk about how we tracked quality gates.
Let's ponder this for a moment. Let's say at the beginning of the Orcas development cycle, someone very high up in the organization makes statements like the following:
- VS 2008 will have no performance regressions over VS 2005.
- We will have 70% code coverage via automated test runs
Those are just two statements, but very big ones. How do you ensure that when a 3,000 person organization adds 100's of features over 2-3 years time that those statements will be true when its all done?
Our answer to that question was Quality Gates. In Orcas, we had 16 quality gates, ranging from simple ones like: "You will have a written spec" to measurable ones like "70% code coverage via automation".
On our Feature work item, we had an entire tab dedicated to Quality Gates.
Let's look at this a bit.
The first 4 quality gates were document based. That is, a document had to exist and be signed off to pass those quality gates.
The remaining quality gates were tracked by sign off and a status indicator.
Before a feature crew could mark a feature as complete, they had to ensure all the quality gates were met. To indicate they were done, they set the Quality Gate fields as met, not applicable, or exempted. The feature work item rules would not allow the State to be set to Complete unless this was done. If "Exception" was marked for any quality gate, then an "Exception Authorization" field became required, where you'd have to specify the executive manager who approved that exception.
This was effectively an electronic sign-off document. When you marked a Quality Gate as met, it was stored in the work item revision history that you made that change, effectively recording your signature.
That begs the question: How did you keep people from cheating and just signing them off. The answer is, we really didn't. Do I think that every single feature completed actually met the full spirit of every quality gate when marking the gate as met? No. Ensuring that would require a great deal of effort and time to follow up in detail with every single feature crew. This was an trust-based system. We trusted people to do the right thing, and I think for the most part, they did.
Another safety net was some of the quality gates were re-run on the main branch. For example, all localization testing (Quality Gate "Pseudo Loc" above), all performance testing, automated testing, was also run at the main branch on a regular basis. If someone checked in code that didn't meet those requirements, it showed up on the reports performed on the main branch.
For tracking the progress of quality gates across several feature crews, we used this report:
It was an Excel based report, that pulled in all the in-progress features, and used Excel 2007's conditional formatting to display yellow/green/red/black indicators for each quality gate. (Black meant, not started)
Like the other reports, each week, our project manager displayed the report and would ask questions like:
- I noticed you are getting close to the end of your feature crew (the RI column in the report above), but you haven't started any of your quality gates. Care to explain?
- You have marked some quality gates as Red. Why is that? Can we help?
So what we have here is not rocket science, nor is it mysterious. Just decide on the quality gates, make sure everyone is aware of them, and hold them accountable. However, without a system like TFS/Work Item Tracking to support this process, I do not see how we as an organization (or any organization for that matter) could be successful at implementing a process that is so broadly impacting and culture changing as quality gates was.
Wow, thanks for hanging in there to the end of this blog post! In the next post, I'll talk about some more reports we created to provide visibility from the top to bottom.


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Picasso: Parade at Pompeii
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Picasso and Naples: Parade
Museum and Royal Wood of Capodimonte, Naples
Antiquarium, Pompeii Excavations
curated by Sylvain Bellenger and Luigi Gallo
8th April – 10th July 2017 In 2017
Naples and Pompeii will celebrate the centenary of Picasso's visit to Italy, which the artist undertook together with Jean Cocteau to work with the Ballets Russes on Parade, a ballet that would premiere on stage in Paris in the May of 1917, to an idea of the same Cocteau and to music by Erik Satie. During his visit to our country, the artist came to Naples twice, between the March and April of 1917, and to Pompeii. For the occasion, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Superintendency Pompeii, the Museum and Royal Wood of Capodimonte and the Rome Opera House, with the support of the Campania Region and the Donnaregina Regional Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the regional Scabec company, and with the production and organisation of Electa, will promote the exhibition Picasso and Naples: Parade, which will be held at Capodimonte and Pompeii, and curated by Sylvain Bellenger and Luigi Gallo.
13th March 1917 We are [Picasso, Sergej Diagilev and Massine] once again in Rome after a trip to Naples, and from there to Pompeii by car. I do believe that no city in all the world could please me more than Naples. The teeming classical antiquity, brand new, in this Arab Montmartre, in this great mess of a kermesse that never stops. Food, God and fornication, here are the drives of this novel people. Vesuvius crafts all the clouds of the world. The sea is dark blue. Hyacinths hurl themselves on the pavements Jean Cocteau, Lettres à sa mère, I, 1898-1918, Paris, Gallimard, 1989
The exhibition will allow an emphasis on the importance of the direct meeting of Picasso with antiquity at Pompeii, and above all with traditional Neapolitan culture, in an entirely new dimension of Picassoan studies through some of its greatest expressions - the Presepe, popular theatre and marionette theatre. The combination of the ancient and the modern city seduced Picasso: one for its antiquity in which history is lost in everyday life, the other for its vitality coloured by dramatic hues. With Parade, the cubist painter returns to his first source of inspiration tied to the world of the circus, also renewing interest in the classic tradition, later recalled by Cocteau in his "Call to Order".
The works on display hail from different museums and private collections, including the Musée National d'Art Moderne, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Musée Picasso Paris, the Museu Picasso Barcellona, la Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent, la Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, la Maison Jean Cocteau, Milly la Forêt, la Fundación Almine y Bernard RuizPicasso para el Arte (FABA), the Mart Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, and the Rome Opera House.
The Royal Palace of Capodimonte will host the Parade curtain in her ballroom. The largest work of Picasso, of utmost importance for modern art, will be in Naples for the first time. A canvas of 17 metres wide by 10 metres high, kept at the George Pompidou Centre of Paris but, due to its size, displayed only on rare occasions - at the Brooklyn Museum (New York 1984); at Palazzo della Gran Guardia (Verona 1990); at Palazzo Grassi (Venice 1998) and at the Pompidou Centre of Metz (2012-2013). The work will be accompanied in the exhibition by a wide selection of works by the Spanish painter: in addition to a unique set of sketches from the Musée Picasso of Paris, which allows one to follow the artist's creative direction through the design of costumes for Parade, highlighting their diverse cultural influences, the exhibition also encourages reflection on certain subjects which would recur frequently in the work of Picasso - the artist's stylistic elements, such as still life, the figures of musicians and musical instruments, and the mask of the Harlequin.
Indeed, works like the iconic Acrobat of 1930, whose inspiration comes from the acrobats of Parade, allows one to also analyse the persistence of themes in the works of Picasso. To further investigate the relationship of Picasso with the theatre and Neapolitan tradition, Capodimonte will also host the sketches produced by the artist for the ballet Pulcinella (staged in 1920 in Paris with the music of Stravinsky and the choreography of Massine) together with certain marionettes and puppets from Neapolitan maschera from the Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte collection.
To consider the relationship between Picasso and the world of entertainment - in particular that of cinematography - certain frames will be screened from films, such as Le Mistère Picasso, directed by Henry-Georges Clouzot in 1956 and winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, which shows the artist at the apex of his creativity.
The Antiquarium of Pompei will welcome the ballet costumes designed by the artist, who visited Pompeii in the March of 1917. To confirm the influence of theatrical iconography on the art of Picasso and to celebrate his passion for the maschera, the costumes will be compared alongside a collection of African masks, along with a selection of archaeological finds from the site, including a group of theatrical masks, for the most part never seen before (antefixes, embossed plates, herms and statues). The innovative comparison between the ancient references and arte nègre is underlined at Pompeii by the magnificent sketch of the 'poster painting of Cubism' Les demoiselles d'Avignon painted in 1907 and exhibited for the first time to great fanfare in 1916. The theme of the mask, particularly in its role in dance which references old African tradition, seeks to underline how Picasso analysed the reasoning over a device which able to deeply explore identity: wearing one, in a literal or symbolic sense, means to stop being oneself; while on the other hand, taking it off allows the revelation of a psychological truth. The image of Picasso, meditative as he lights his pipe, and Massine, leaning on a large mask which functions as the mouth of a fountain, which is present in the Antiquarium, was used to illustrate the program of Parade in Paris.
This Summer on the 27th, 28th and 29th July, the Large Theatre of Pompeii will host two ballets with the choreography of Leonide Massine: Parade with music by Erik Satie and Pulcinella with music by Stravinsky, both portrayed by prima ballerinas, soloists and the corps de ballet of the Rome Opera House. While the exhibition at Capodimonte reconstructs Picasso's stay in Naples and the Neapolitan influences upon the creation of the ballets Parade and Pulcinella, Pompeii offers an evocation of the concept of the mask in the art of the Spanish painter, who was accustomed to the masquerade and transformism, as his depictions demonstrate, first with the Harlequin and then later the Minotaur.
The Teatro di San Carlo also commemorates the centenary of Picasso's visit to Naples, and participates in the initiatives following in the wake of the exhibition of Parade at Capodimonte, screening on loop throughout the duration of the exhibition (7th April - 10th July) on monitors located in the Foyer of Mirrors and at Memus (Museum and Historical Archive of the Teatro di San Carlo), films of two ballets produced at the Rome Opera House in 2007 for a Picasso themed evening - Massine, which included Parade, a realistic ballet with music by Erik Satie and Pulcinella with music by Igor Stravinsky. Costumes for the ballet Pulcinella, to an original design by Picasso, will also be displayed alongside the monitors. Thus, during the opening hours of the Theatre, all visitors who attend guided tours, and all those who attend shows in the coming months will be able, in the foyer, to remember the theatrical impact of Picasso as a theatrical set and costume designer, in two masterpieces in the history of dance.
The exhibition Picasso and Naples. Parade in Naples and Pompeii is the inaugural event of the Picasso-Mediterranean initiative of the Musée national Picasso-Paris, an international cultural event which will take place from the Spring of 2017 until the Spring of 2019. More than sixty institutions from 8 counties have developed various exhibition projects on the "stubbornly Mediterranean" work of Pablo Picasso.
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30 dead in attack on Iraq police
A suicide car bombing and an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed ethnically mixed city of northern Iraq killed 30 people on Sunday, security officials said.
The vehicle that was detonated in central Kirkuk had been painted to look like a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said.
The attack shattered a relative calm in Iraq, which has been grappling with a political crisis pitting Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against his erstwhile government partners amid weeks of protests calling for him to resign, all less than three months before key provincial elections.
No organisation immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which was swiftly condemned by the US embassy, the UN mission, and Iraq's parliament speaker.
But local security officials blamed al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, which often targets security forces and officials in a bid to destabilise the country and push it back towards the sectarian bloodshed of 2005 to 2008.
The suicide car bomb was set off during morning rush-hour and quickly followed by at least three gunmen wearing police uniforms, armed with hand grenades and suicide vests, bursting through the main gate of the Kirkuk police compound in the direction of the headquarters building.
They threw multiple grenades as they sought to reach the building, but were killed before they could do so, witnesses said.
Brigadier General Natah Mohammed Sabr, the head of Kirkuk city's emergency services, put the toll at 30 dead and 88 wounded. Among the casualties were four policemen killed and 12 wounded.
Brigadier General Sarhad Qader, commander of police forces for areas surrounding the city, was one of the those hurt.
"I saw a vehicle stop at the checkpoint at the main entrance, and the police started checking it," said Kosrat Hassan Karim, who was nearby when the attack took place.
"Suddenly, a loud explosion happened, it was terrifying.
"I saw many people killed inside their cars — I have never seen such a big explosion in my life."
In addition to the casualties, the attack caused massive damage to nearby buildings and shops, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.
The massive explosion also killed people in nearby buildings. Mohammed Aziz, who works in an office building adjacent to the police headquarters, said at least two of his colleagues died in the blast.
"It seems they came to free prisoners, because they came in a very organised way," General Qader, who suffered back wounds but is now in stable condition, told AFP from a hospital in Arbil north of Kirkuk.
"But the police clashed with them, and we killed all of them."
Police largely cut off traffic in the city centre and evacuated offices and businesses in the area.
Kirkuk, an ethnically mixed city 240 kilometres (150 miles) north of Baghdad, lies at the heart of a swathe of disputed territory claimed by both the central government and Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region.
The unresolved row is persistently cited by diplomats and officials as the biggest threat to Iraq's long-term stability.
Militants often exploit a lack of coordination between the two sides' security forces and launch deadly attacks in the city, which remains one of the most violent in Iraq, and also in nearby towns.
On January 16, twin car bombs in Kirkuk killed 33 people, while 42 people died in a suicide attack on a funeral in the nearby town of Tuz Khurmatu, which also lies in the disputed area, the following week.
Also on Sunday, in three separate attacks north of Baghdad, in Tarmiyah and Baquba, two anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen were killed and three people wounded, officials said.
The violence was the latest in a spike in unrest that comes amid the political tension — 246 people were killed last month, the most since September, according to an AFP tally.


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Leverkusen, December 7, 2017 – Cat and dog ownership has increased globally over the last 5 years, and in many situations, they live in the home and are considered as part of the family. This, and the ubiquitous nature of parasites mean it is inevitable that more pets and their families are also being exposed to unwelcomed pests like fleas, ticks, worms and sandflies, as well as the harmful diseases that they can transmit.
South America and South East Asia have experienced a particular pet boom, with dog ownership increasing in Vietnam by nearly 9.4 per cent and in Brazil by 8 per cent since 2012.(1) South Amercia is now the region with the highest percentage of pet owners in the world.(2) It is estimated that Chile has more pet dogs per person than any other country in the world.(3) Germany leads the cat lovers however, with cat ownership increasing by 11.3 per cent over the past 5 years, now making it the home to nearly 12 million feline citizens.(1)
With increasing numbers of pets, there are also more opportunities for parasites to flourish. Common parasites such as fleas, ticks and sandflies act as vectors of pathogens, facilitating the spread of many diseases, sometimes between animals and humans. There are measures that pet owners can take to reduce the risk to their pet of infection with parasites, such as avoiding tick habitats, discouraging their pet from hunting, and removing and disposing of pet faeces quickly and securely. However, some uncontrollable aspects, such as community animals or wildlife can also act as infection reservoirs of parasites. This means that the correct use of effective parasite protection is now more important than ever before and plays a key role in keeping pets safe.
The specific parasite risk profile for a pet is dependent on various factors, such as climate, housing conditions, access to outdoors, and contact with other pets. As these factors change, the 'typical' habitat of parasites, and the diseases they transmit, can shift too. In Brazil, potentially fatal disease leishmaniasis, which is spread by sandflies and can affect dogs and humans, used to be considered a disease of rural areas. With the rise of large Brazilian cities and associated community dog populations, human cases are now reported mostly in urban areas and the number of cases reported annually has more than doubled in 30 years.(4)
Some parasites, such as ticks, spend the bulk of their life cycle in the environment and their development and survival depend on climate. The effects of global warming on ticks can be seen in a 30-year study conducted in Sweden, which showed a clear expansion of the parasite's distribution range towards northern latitudes.(5) Climate change means that parasite species previously unseen in some regions might start moving in, along with the diseases that they can carry. This may be accelerated by factors such as the growing trend for people to travel with their pets between countries.
In some instances, the understanding about the role of different parasites as vectors of diseases has changed. For example, cats can harbor infected fleas that carry Bartonella bacteria that can be transmitted to a person during a scratch and can cause serious disease. It is only in the last 10-15 years that we have understood that some species of Bartonella can also be transmitted by ticks, opening up a whole new area of risk for infection.
Head of Global Veterinary Scientific Affairs for Companion Animal Products, Animal Health at Bayer, Dr Markus Edingloh explains why it is important for pet owners to take action against parasites, "Companion animals offer many benefits and more people than ever before are sharing their lives with dogs and cats. But the factors that influence parasites and the pathogens they can carry are constantly shifting. This means that it is essential for pet owners to know that parasite protection is not optional, and that repelling parasites like ticks and fleas before they have any opportunity to bite and transmit diseases can go a long way towards ensuring the health of a pet, and ultimately, that of the family."
Pet owners are advised to consult their local veterinarian for information and advice on effective parasite protection, which is the best way to ensure the health and well-being of their pet.
1) Bayer consolidated data from various sources
2) GfK Global pet ownership report – June 2016 https://www.gfk.com/fileadmin/user_upload/country_one_pager/AR/documents/Global-GfK-survey_Pet-Ownership_2016.pdf
3) Euromonitor Pet Care report – July 2015
4) Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: rationale and concerns related to reservoir control. GL Werneck. Rev Saude Publica. 2014 Oct; 48(5): 851–856. doi: 10.1590/S0034-8910.20140480056
5) Why is tick-borne encephalitis increasing? A review of the key factors causing the increasing incidence of human TBE in Sweden. T.G. Jaenson et al. Parasites Vectors, 5 (2012), p. 184
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Isola Bella about a quarter mile off the shores of Stresa in Lake Maggiore. You should click on the link to read about it if for no other reason than to enjoy the interesting translation that Babelfish or some other service has provided. It really is a beautiful palace (of the Borromeo family) – but I was most impressed with the gardens. We could have spent a week wandering around in there.


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Dylan & Cole are Snorkeling Sprouses
Suite Life on Deck stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse stroll along the beach as they continue to enjoy their vacation in Hawaii on Saturday afternoon (August 1).
The talented twins, who will celebrate their 17th birthday on Tuesday, were seen snorkeling and hanging out with their friends on the beach.
Dylan and Cole also attended the Rock-N-Reel 2009 event at Culver Studios in Culver City, Calif., on Thursday evening (July 30). The event, sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, benefited Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. This chronic immune disorder affects children of all ages, and this was a fun-filled family event featuring arts and crafts, interactive games, and musical entertainment by Maroon 5′s Adam Levine.
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Lessons of Election 2010: Alvin Greene Is a Natural Politician
What did it all mean, Tuesday's expression of the will of the American people? After all the narrative and story lines and analysis of momentum, Wonkette's Jack Stuef simply listed some Senate candidates who got fewer votes , or only slightly more votes, than Alvin Greene did. Democracy in action: Greene, the rambling, enigmatic candidate who came out of nowhere to win the Democratic Senate nomination in South Carolina—and then went right back to nowhere and mostly stayed there through the campaign—had 358,069 votes as of yesterday's count. Sharron Angle, symbol of the most important political movement in the country, had 320,996. Chris Coons had 173,900.
"I didn't win," Greene wrote on his Web site in defeat, "but my message did get out."


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The advice also covers the interaction between the national park provisions in the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 and the Environment Bill, and the effect that local government reorganisation will have on the process of establishing Welsh national park authorities.
Further guidance will be issued once the Environment Bill is enacted, and comments are being sought from the local authorities and other bodies in the interim.
The national park authorities in Wales will operate with the same purposes and duties, and with the same relationship towards their constituent local authorities as those in England.
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The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Earl Howe): My right honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Director General of Research Councils have discussed the allocations and have
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Gender equality is a fundamental right and is essential to development. Lack of gender equality results in a large unutilised economic potential, and both women and men should be given the same opportunities to deploy their resources. It is therefore critical that women and men have the same access to democratic and financial institutions, healthcare, education, employment, and natural resources.
Kenya's new constitution and the Government's Vision 2030 are both addressing gender equality. For example, the Bill of Rights in the constitution affirms equal rights and non-discrimination, and the constitution embeds affirmative action aiming at improving equal participation in decision making. Notwithstanding that gender equality is clearly recognized as key for development in Kenya, there are still considerable differences in the country between men and women's possibilities to control and benefit from economic, social and political resources and structures.
The Government of Denmark is committed to promotion of gender equality and women's rights as stated in the Strategy for Denmark's Development Cooperation. Denmark accordingly works to enhance global awareness of gender equality and takes the lead in efforts to improve gender equality and women's freedom, rights and opportunities. Denmark's strong engagement on gender equality is reflected in Danida's activities in Kenya and Somalia. All the Danida supported sector programmes in Kenya as well as the Regions of Origin initiative in Somalia have integrated gender equality as a cross-cutting theme, and Danida also supports interventions specifically targeting women's rights and needs in Kenya and Somalia.
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Copestake joins Endemol marketing team
Will take up post of global head of marketingLONDON -- Endemol chief commercial officer Tom Toumazis has brought in his former Disney colleague Steve Copestake to spearhead the global reality and scripted program producer's international marketing ambitions.
Effective March 29, Copestake will take the post of global head of marketing and joins Endemol from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, where he was senior vp international marketing for seven years, overseeing the international television marketing of Disney's most successful TV and boxoffice hits including such TV juggernauts as "Lost" "Desperate Housewives," "High School Musical" and "Grey's Anatomy."
In his new role he will oversee all Endemol's marketing activities, focusing on global entertainment formats and also working closely with Endemol's distribution business, Endemol Worldwide Distribution, on finished programming. The producer of such formats as "Wipeout" and "Big Brother" has recently ramped up its scripted ambitions with the acquisition of U.K. independent producers Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson.
During his 25-year career he has also been head of marketing communications satcaster BSkyB and a Board Director at leading European marketing agency.
Reporting to Toumazis, who was formerly Disney head of international television in EMEA and Canada, Copestake will also work closely with Endemol Worldwide Distribution's CEO Cathy Payne.
"Steve's outstanding track record in brand communication and strategic marketing has seen him play a key role in the development and continued success of some of the world's biggest TV franchises," Toumazis said.
"He is the ideal candidate to lead the marketing of Endemol's global brands whilst offering a first rate post sales service to our partners around the world."


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Crysis Test Results
Crysis uses a new graphics engine: the CryENGINE2, which is the successor to Far Cry's CryENGINE. CryENGINE2 is among the first engines to use the Direct3D 10 (DirectX10) framework of Windows Vista, but can also run using DirectX9, both on Vista and Windows XP.
Roy Taylor, Vice President of Content Relations at NVIDIA, has spoken on the subject of the engine's complexity, stating that Crysis has over a million lines of code, 1GB of texture data, and 85,000 shaders. To get the most out of modern multicore processor architectures, CPU intensive subsystems of CryENGINE 2 such as physics, networking and sound, have been re-written to support multi-threading.
Crysis offers an in-game benchmark tool, and this short test does place some high amounts of stress on a graphics card, since there are so many landscape features rendered. For benchmarking purposes, Crysis can mean trouble as it places a high demand on both GPU and CPU resources. Benchmark Reviews uses the Crysis Benchmark Tool by Mad Boris to test frame rates in batches, which allows the results of many tests to be averaged.
Low-resolution testing allows the graphics processor to plateau at its maximum output performance, which shifts demand onto the other system components. At the lower resolutions Crysis will reflect the GPU's top-end speed in the composite score, indicating full-throttle performance with little load. This makes for a less GPU-dependant test environment, and is helpful in creating a baseline for measuring maximum system performance. At the lowest 800x600 resolution available, frame rate performance often becomes entirely CPU dependant.
Crysis is well known for putting a substantial load on the CPU as well as the GPU, so it's a good test when you want a more balanced performance measurement. With no Multi-Sample-Anti-Aliasing enabled, the best P7P55D-E Pro performance is 9% better than the best AMD 720BE score. What is interesting is seeing the i5/P55 performance scale up with the higher BCLK settings. That change made more difference than adding a fourth CPU core to the task. Once some MSAA was turned on and turned up to 4x, the test becomes more GPU dependant and there is only a 4% difference between the most powerful motherboard/CPU combination and the lowest. At higher resolutions, the differences were negligible.
I'm a little confused by the choice of ASUS p7p55d-e motherboards: standard, lx, pro, evo, deluxe, premium.
Is there is real reason to choose the deluxe version over the pro version reviewed above (I'm not an overclocker, so not sure if all the power lanes will make a difference, and the only other differences I see are the variety of audio ports and an extra LAN port)?
Thanks for any advice.
If you're not overclocking, then search for the best price to fit your needs. All P55 motherboards, regardless of manufacturer, will produce roughly identical performance results (minus OC). Just make sure that it has the extra features you might need down the road.
Putting it another way, is there a disadvantage of the Deluxe over, say, the Pro version (e.g. power consumption), apart from the price?
Dual LAN Controllers with "Teaming" feature.
TurboV remote control included with Deluxe.
16+3 PWM phases v. 12+2.
If you're not overclocking, and you don't need the two extra audio channels and you don't need dual NICs, then don't spend the extra money. I don't see any of the included features helping to future-proof your system. The USB 3.0 and the SATA 6Gb/s are the keys for that, and both boards have that.


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A tale of two cities or Sign of the times ?
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10 Photos of Grandpas Over Flowers star Kim Hee Chul that solidify his flower boy status
Kim Hee Chul was born to be a flower boy! In Grandpas Over Flowers Investigation Team, the beloved Super Junior member stars as Park Jung Woo. Park is the only hotshot detective from his team to remain in his youth after an experiment goes haywire. Does Kim Hee Chul really qualify to be a flower boy? The ten photos below will strive to prove that he does.
1. Flower boys have to know how to rock beautiful long locks. Plus, the hair color is so appealing. This look reminds me so much of his Sharp 2 K-drama days. Kim had a supporting role on Go Ah Ra's 2005 teen series.
2. Friendships are BAE! Boys Over Flowers illustrated the strong camaraderie flower boys have. This photo shows a bromance that many would envy. Who knew he and F.T. Island's Lee Hong Ki were so close?
3. Who can wear aquamarine hair better than Hee Chul? He can easily top any fan's list with this cute pouty expression too.
4. The glasses and platinum blonde hair should be trending topics! He looks like the smartest flower boy in town.
5. You have to admit he has nice legs. In addition, he is braving the cold in summer clothes. Go Hee Chul!
6. The SuJu member ruled his short military haircut! He didn't need idol hair to be hot.
7. A man in uniform is irresistible. He proves it's true.
8. Flower boys must have smiles that can light up a room. I think he can safely check this off his list.
9. Life without bangs is just as great. This sleek corporate office hairstyle makes him a great candidate for top flower boy.
10. Flower boys are great kissers. His lip-locks with virtual wife Puff Guo on We Got Married were impressive.
Which flower boy photo is your personal favorite? Will you be watching him play Park Jung Woo in Grandpas Over Flowers Investigation Team? The series premieres on January 15 on DramaFever. Sign up for new episode alerts HERE and check out the teaser below!
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15 Jun 2012
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George W Bush recalls that when he first met Vladimir Putin twelve years ago, the Russian leader was strangely transfixed by the presence of Bush's terrier, Barney. Amid anxious conversation about debt and the oil price, Putin stared as Bush patted his diminutive dog.
Eight years later, the Russian leader invited Bush to his dacha. Author Ruchir Sharma narrates what happened next in his book Breakout Nations. A cockier Putin – buoyed by higher oil prices – asked Bush if he'd like to see his own dog, whereupon a black Labrador appeared. Putin then patted his own canine, saying "Bigger, stronger, faster".
The story reveals a strange mix of arrogance and insecurity – two traits that have long defined Russian relations with America. And it perhaps explains a little about Putin's trip to Beijing last week, and the message he sought to send with it.
Since 1949 these three powers have always sought to pair up to isolate the other. After Mao's victory in China's civil war there was an alliance between Moscow and Beijing. That relationship, however, went sour, culminating in a 1969 skirmish in the Zhenbao mudflats that almost triggered war. Mao then used Nixon's 1972 visit to 'isolate' the Russian bear.
Putin's visit last week also looked like a renewed attempt to cosy up to China. Meeting his opposite number Hu Jintao, he claimed that ties between the neighbours had reached "new heights", with political trust between the two "especially high". The China Daily also played ball. It ran a front page photo of Hu and Putin under the headline: "Working for a better world."
Both sides have reason to play up their alliance. Russia has been keen to stop international action in Syria, and has found China a willing partner in blocking attempts at Libya-style regime change.
"China and Russia's cooperation and coordination in a series of international affairs, such as Syria and Iran, have helped lower the risk of major wars," blogged Sun Changhong, the vice-director of the State Council's Euro-Asian Social Development Research Institute.
What China wants most
from Russia is oil.
From China's vantage point, closer ties with Russia send a signal to the US, which it sees as building up its military presence in Asia, as well as interfering in regional disputes in the South China Sea.
But Putin's eighth visit to China had an economic rationale too. Last year Sino-Russian trade volumes rose 40% and Hu set a target of growing cross-border commerce to $200 billion by 2020. A spate of commercial deals were signed during the visit and the Russian delegation included the heads of Russia's energy giants Gazprom, Rosneft and Transneft, as well as "all the major names of Russian business", according to a Kremlin spokesmen.
And what China wants most from Russia is oil. And in the wake of Putin's trip speculation grew about whether one of the Chinese oil majors might purchase BP's 50% stake in TNK-BP, which the British firm has put up for sale.
"I am optimistic about Sinopec and CNOOC acquiring BP's Russian assets," Wu Mouyuan, a deputy director at CNPC Economic and Research Centre, told CBN, as "current good momentum" in relations was making a deal more likely. If so, it would be the largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese energy company.
Other media were less bullish. 21CN Business Herald was typical in quoting an informed source from the oil industry who rated the possibility as "very slim". Instead Moscow will be keener to see the assets pass into Russian hands.
That's less surprising when Russian anxiety about China's rise is also taken into account. As alliances go, this one definitely falls into the 'uneasy' category, regardless of Putin's rhetoric in Beijing.
And as political analyst Bobo Lo also pointed out in the New York Times last week, China continues to see the United States as its "one truly indispensable partner", with the EU also its largest source of foreign trade.
And amidst all the talk about "partnerships for modernisation" on the latest trip, when it comes to advanced technology Beijing (just like Moscow) looks first to the West, Lo suggests.
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