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This week, NECC in partnership with Smart Money People has launched the results of the North East Business Banking Pulse.
Generally, business banking has been somewhat of an enigma in terms of the level of service they receive and whether or not they are facing barriers accessing the finance they need to grow their business. The changing nature of the banking sector, through the emergence of digital banks was another aspect to take into account.
Over 200 businesses took part in the survey and there was a 71% satisfaction rating from respondents which is good to hear. However, if you look deeper into the results, just 19% reported receiving good or excellent customer service, demonstrating that there is still room for improvement, but that things are moving in the right direction. Another interesting figure to mention is that only 7% of businesses indicated a desire for better access to capital.
The rise of digital banking is an area that many are keeping an eye on. Interestingly enough, only 12% of businesses reported using two or more financial providers, in a sign that North East businesses are looking to take advantage of a range of niche financial firms for items such as foreign exchange or working capital. It will be interesting to see whether the rise of digital competitors such as Atom Bank, or existing banks that have not fully tapped into the business sector such as Virgin will have an impact on this, especially as just 4% of North East businesses indicated that they were thinking of switching providers.
The impact of digital banks is likely to be felt by start-ups and emerging SME's – the convenience offered by these from the outset, such as the use of apps and everything being managed online will be something that new innovative businesses may find attractive. However, 21% of those surveyed mentioned that they frequently use a local branch, a big advantage that new digital banks will be unable to match; but whether this will be a game changer remains to be seen. It will be interesting to see if these trends change over time when competitors fully launch over the next couple of years and to see if they will have a significant impact.
Summary of Findings:
- Business banking has an overall satisfaction rating of 71%
- High account charges (particularly around foreign exchange) and a long account opening process were the two biggest sources of frustration, commented on by 30% of all respondents
- 19% of all respondents felt that they received good/excellent customer service
- 12% of all businesses now use two or more financial providers
- 17% of all respondents want more/better relationship management
- Better access to capital (overdrafts/loans) was cited by just 7% of businesses as an area for improvement
- 5% of all respondents would like to see better access to business planning / financial advice
- 3% of all respondents told us that they would like better interest rates for positive balances
- 4% of all businesses mentioned that they were thinking of switching
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Hello there, fellow reader and writer. Allow us to introduce ourselves and explain what How to be a Poet is all about….
In 2015, Jo Bell (poet, project-begetter and internaut, author of Kith and founder of the phenomenal 52 Project) and I (Jane Commane – poet, tutor and editor of Nine Arches Press) got our heads together over a good cup of tea or three to discuss the idea of a project to follow on from 52.
We settled on the idea of How to be a Poet – a very useful handbook which would gather together our combined knowledge from our perspectives as poets and editors, a unique mix of ideas and advice from both sides of the writing and publishing process, as well as some choice essays on a variety of topics from selected poetry experts.
How to be a Poet is a manifesto of sorts. It is an exploration, both practically and creatively, of what it is to write poems, read poems, share poems and publish poetry. It is a guide to writing well, and aims to be bold and upfront about the realities of writing poetry and being a poet in the 21st century. It contains advice, but also a healthy dose of myth-busting, plenty of challenging ideas and some thought-provoking proposals that are designed to stretch both new and more experienced writers of poetry. It won't pull any punches. It is a Poem-Writers Guide to the Galaxy.
What isn't How to be a Poet about? It isn't a step by step fail-safe plan for poetry success. It won't write the poems for you. It doesn't aim to make you an award-winning poet by the power of its pages of advice alone, and that's not what poetry writing is about, anyway. It won't guarantee it can get your first book of poems published, though that may come to pass as a happy offshoot of helping to making you a better poet more generally. And there will be plenty of thoughts on what exactly that means, and how we can strive to write, read and participate better as poets.
The book, How to be a Poet, will feature our complete essays, and those from our special guest contributors. It will be published in July 2017 by Nine Arches Press.
Hopefully, this first post whets your appetite. Check back in soon for our first mini-essay, in which I will look at why being a Good Reader of poetry matters.
Stay tuned!

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The Crest of the College with the Wheel of Konark at the centre symbolizes the unique culture and heritage of Odisha. Three segments stand for the remoteness and the backwardness of the region, the industrial houses indicating the growth and finally the book and the lamp which symbolize learning and wisdom.
The Governing Body Of The College...
It gives me immense pleasure to announce the opening of the website for the Rayagada Autonomous College, Rayagada. It fulfils our long cherished desire.
Rayagada Autonomous College was established in the year 1966 as a sequel to the efforts of the local intelligentia. It was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Sri. Sadasiva Tripathy. The college is affiliated to the Berhampur University, Berhampur and the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar.
The Department of Higher Education, Govt of Odisha, Bhubaneswar.
The Regional Director, Higher Education, Berhampur.
The Governing Body, Rayagada Autonomous College, Rayagada.
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Vlad Tepesh
Other Names
Dracula (although he does not like to be called that name)
Born 1431
Around 600 years
Was the last to be sired by Tenoch. He was changed weeks before Tenoch's death. Mencheres cared for Vlad along with the rest of the dependent members of his line when Tenoch killed himself, (Eternal Kiss of Darkness [EKOD], ch. 26). In At Grave's End (AGE), we learn about the suicide of Vlad's wife and in EKOD we also learn of the death of his son. Vlad became friends with Cat in AGE and probably saved her life. Bones and Vlad have had a long-standing dislike for one another. In Destined for an Early Grave (DFAEG), Vlad describes his feelings for Cat, "I feel a connection to you, as I once told you. It's not love, it's not attraction, and I wouldn't sacrifice myself for you, but if you needed me, and it was possible for me to help you, like today, I'd come. Whichever side you called me from."
Vlad appears thirtyish, lean, six feet tall, with an angular face framed by long brown hair, thin lips and a tight beard. He has a wide, pale forehead set off deep-set eyes. He isn't handsome in a classic sense, but his looks are striking. Scars crisscross his hands. He has unusual eyes that are copper-colored and ringed with emerald. What he may have lacked in perfection of features he made up for in sheer magnetism. Cat and Kira describe his scent as cinnamon and smoke.
Life History
Jeaniene has said that she did a lot of research about the accounts of Vlad when she discovered he was going to be a side character in her Night Huntress books. She talks more about her process below. Historical accounts of Vlad the Impaler can be found on the internet. Other accounts include Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula.
Specific details Jeaniene brought to the Night Huntress world:
"Despite the circumstances, the ten-year-old child inside me wanted to pepper Vlad with questions. Who's buried in the church by your castle? Did you really nail turbans onto the heads of the sultan's emissaries when they refused to take them off? When did you become a vampire–before or after you supposedly drank glasses of blood on a battlefield as you dined among the men you'd impaled?"
"A peasant of similar height. Yes. After, and it was red wine I drank." (AGE, ch. 15)
In AGE, we learn that Vlad was married. "'At a battle near my home, I was struck in the head. It would have been a deathblow, but I'd been a vampire for several weeks. Dawn came, and I slept as all new vampires do, my forehead still caked with blood. My men assumed I'd been slain. A soldier ran to my house to inform my wife of my demise. You know what happened next.'
"Yes, I did. She jumped to her death from their castle roof, thinking to spare herself from enemy captivity or worse. And almost six hundred years later, Vlad had stepped in to help prevent me from doing the same."
"That scarred hand slid across the table to mine. 'My wife stood alone on that roof when I should have been there I hadn't told her what I was. Already I'd horrified her by what I'd done to keep my people safe, I was afraid that my no longer being human would drive a deeper wedge between us. I'd planned on telling her the truth in time…but all at once there was no more time." (AGE, ch. 26)
"Come on, Vlad, live up to your reputation! If you can't burn to death one Egyptian vampire chained to a wall, how did you ever drive the Turks from Romania?" (AGE, ch. 30)
"Dracula's bloody reputation wasn't only made during his days as the infamous prince of Wallachia," (DFAEG, ch. 16)
"Vampires like you piss me off, " Vlad muttered. "Leaving a trail of bodies for humans to be suspicious over when there's no need to kill to feed. Ever had a mob of villagers armed with torches and pitchforks burn your house down while screaming 'death to the wampyre!'? I have, and it's irritating beyond belief," (EKOD, ch. 34).
"At a time like this, you must miss your long wooden poles," Bones noted…
Vlad grunted, "Do I ever," (EKOD, ch. 34).
Special Abilities
Vlad is a master vampire and can fly. Through his pyrokinesis, "Vlad could burn someone to ashes with just his touch…" (DFAEG, ch. 16). He has the ability to read human's minds (and the minds of half-breeds) even through sound proof walls, (AGE, ch. 26).
Personality Traits
Noted for his courtly manners, dry sense of humor and a brutally honest outlook on things. He isn't shy, in fact, in AGE, Bones refers to him as "the bloody showhound." In DFAEG, Spade describes Vlad as "beastly protective of his people."
"Oh, Bones, maybe you should have married a docile girl who didn't stray too far from the kitchen," (AGE, ch. 19).
"Vlad squeezed once. 'I don't want to be alone now either,' he said, making it sound very reasonable and not at all like something to be ashamed of," (DFAEG, ch. 22).
"Don't squander what you have. If you do, you'll spend the rest of your days regretting it. Bones should never be afraid to show you all he is, even though he's an uppity street peasant who's been gifted far and away over what he deserves," (Age, ch. 26).
Jeaniene, how do you picture Vlad?
The man pictured here reminds me a little of how I picture Vlad with his brown hair, tight beard, and sort of I'm-dangerous-but-don't-you-want-to-pet-me-anyway? expression. If only he was paler and had battle scars, he'd be a perfect stand in for Vlad, lol.
For more information on how Jeaniene imagines Vlad to look, check out her post on the Frostfans forums.
Jeaniene, who is your Vlad?
Truthfully, when I started out writing a vampire series, I never intended to mess with the Dracula legend. Right up until I was halfway through writing At Grave's End, I STILL never intended to mess with it. But there I was, typing that scene where Bones says, "Mencheres is here…he's not alone" and – boom! – Vlad popped up in my head fully formed as a character. That only happens once in a blue moon for me (Tate was another one of those). Normally I have to coax side characters from my head and pry their personalities out of them, but Vlad practically shoved himself onto the page and dared me to delete him, lol.
Then once I knew he was there to stay in the story, I did a lot of research on the historical figure of Vlad Tepesh (or Tepes, both spellings appeared in research). I found the records to be very interesting; depending on who gave the accounting back in the fourteen or fifteen hundreds (Germany or Russia) – Vlad was either a raving homicidal dictator or a harsh but protective prince who was renowned for his honesty. The variance between the two descriptions made Vlad a more interesting character to me, and the "harsh but protective prince" personality is the one that best suited the person who'd popped into Cat's living room. I really wanted to show Vlad as more than the monster so famously described in Bram Stoker's novel and/or in movie retellings, but of course, it's hard to separate Vlad Tepesh from the Dracula shadow.
What is the relationship between Cat and Vlad?
In relationship to Cat and Vlad, is there an underlying meaning to their closeness? It seems as though there was an instant trust between the two of the (faster than Cat trusting Bones). Granted Vlad has stated that he means nothing more, but is that really true? There seems to be so much more to that relationship/ friendship than Vlad is leading on.
Yes, Cat trusted Vlad quicker than she did Bones in the beginning, but Vlad didn't have all those "vampires are evil!" prejudices to overcome that Bones did. Cat and Vlad do have an unusual bond considering they haven't known each other very long, but that sort of thing isn't unheard of. In my own life, there are a few people I've met where I felt an instant, unexplained affinity and become fast friends with them – and there have been other people who immediately set off my internal warning bells. Sometimes, you just "click" with someone. And sometimes, you meet a person that makes your skin crawl within ten seconds flat. A few people have wondered about comments Vlad made in AGE that hinted at an attraction to Cat. Let me clarify: Cat's a beautiful, unusual woman and Vlad's a red-blooded male, so yes, an indecent thought or two crossed his mind when they first met, but it really didn't go further than that. Vlad's continued interest and support for Cat is based on friendship, not romantic feelings. This is something of a spoiler but I want to be clear: a Bones/Cat/Vlad triangle is NOT going to happen.
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M.I.K Corporation has recently signed a strategic cooperation deal appointing global real estate services firm Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) to manage and operate real estate projects invested in and developed by the corporation.
JLL will be the exclusive management unit, ensuring quality in M.I.K's projects in key areas of Vietnam such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Phan Thiet and Phu Quoc Island.
"To realize our strategy for maintaining our leading position in real estate development and investment in Vietnam, the corporation always looks for and selects reputable and specifically-experienced international partners to increase the value of its projects," Mr. Pham Thanh Tuan, Deputy Director of M.I.K Corporation, said at the signing ceremony. JLL is one of leading global real estate services and consultant firms with management experience in many countries. "With this cooperation we believe that we can create the best living environment for our residents and the value of our investment properties will constantly increase," he added.
The Villa Park project will be the first of M.I.K's real estate project to be managed by JLL.
M.I.K Corporation is continuing to develop real estate projects in different segments, including luxury high-rise projects such as The Park Residence Condominium in Ho Chi Minh City, Imperia Garden in Hanoi, with 1,600 high-end apartments and villas, and the 222-unit Ascott Waterfront Saigon - the first internationally-acclaimed luxury serviced residence in Vietnam. It is also developing several luxury hotels and resorts on Phu Quoc Island and in Phan Thiet.


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Norton Perina is a renowned immunologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine. His fame is owed, quite simply, to unlocking the key to immortality. This comes courtesy of a rare turtle, found only on the Micronesian island of Ivu'ivu, where those who manage to reach 60 are given eternal life by consuming the turtle. But this gift has its cost, as those chosen few eventually become The Dreamers, doomed to senility and eternally wondering the island of ever fading memories. After fame, Perina adopts many children from the island. The problem however is that he is a paedophile, and this his account of his rise and downfall.
The novel owes a debt to Nabokov, first in its academic paedophile protagonist and secondly in its style being his self-indulgent confessions. Perina is nowhere near as veil a creature as Humbert, and also lacks some of his deviant charm. But his story is perhaps more fascinating, as well as more troubling tragic. The superficial semblance to Lolita is clear, with Perina even having Nabokovian pastimes (note his desire to collect insects rather than participate in his studies), but there is also the overpowering influence of memory. The whole work is Perina's attempts to look back on his life from the confines of prison, ever deeper into the mirrorlike "sea of time" yet unable to reconnect with the life now past, just like The Dreamers he found on Ivu'ivu so many years before.
Tragic and worrying, The People in the Trees is a richly told and engrossing narrative.


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White Horse Theory Part IV- 1997
Hello you! Yes, you. I was standing here in DISTRESS and well, being a chick and all I was wondering, questioning, could you put on some armor and come down from your tower for a moment and humor me?
I really don't ask much. Some simple dragon slaying. Tiny, harmless, mind dragons really and well normally I would tell you to let me handle it, but if you could just once maybe twice save me from myself. I don't care if the slipper of sand fits; I will walk in it, or you don't have to bring that even. Just some armor, some safety. Please, I don't care if, helmets do get in the way I just need some of your grace to ride on for a moment… and… Is that all I want? SAFETY… stop you wimp— shine on armor. Well, I have my own. Assembly required. And it has come to this. Me trying to find some hair to throw down– anything and say hello. Please, I know you have armor. Just use it. Come down from your tower and help me with mine. You must want to the script called for it.
You see… I started out standing on this pedestal. I built for myself. It was abhoridly beautiful and as I went I started climbing down to the true place of my beginning. Now, on hands and knees, weak in my own way, begging– you can't see me, but this is where we both began.
So maybe it is not the armor I want. Helmets do get in the way. The safety of understanding… coaxing you (trying) out of your tower; leaning to far out of my element, out of my dome like, realistically fake bubble world.
But I don't care at this point reason [I cling to] has never done more than become one of my largest dragons and no knight can defeat it; for most of the time I find myself fighting against you for it [for me i used to think]. Now it has become a voracious monster of my own making.
I turn to the door to run… I can't so now I ask for help; listening to my cat in shining armor cry in her (my) defense. I promise to fight on my own side this time. If you could trust that more than I do the belief would take hold. I am not asking anymore. I am just sitting in the rain. The water washes drips down from hair– to eyelashes– then cheeks. I could do this, I am not weak, only tired of fighting myself and anyone who dares to knock on the castle doors.
Pound! I am no Princess! I am no Princess… I am simply a me with pieces of everything barging in at every breath. Only pieces, pieces and I want wholes, alls, everything, oceans endless. Not forever, not eternity. The Infinite is not to be gift wrapped and waiting for me at my door. For we are everything and everything else is us. Endless that is the infinity; we are the pieces.
I am no Princess! That is my reply, I am no Princess.


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Travelling around Prescot
First recorded 100 years after the Domesday Book, Prescot is a town that's filled with history, things to do and plenty of places to see.
Sitting comfortably in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside, this is a town with everything to offer. The town is also close to much larger areas, with Liverpool only eight miles away.
Well served by rail and road, you'll find Prescot and Eccleston Park railway stations here, alongside a number of bus routes. Arriva bus services operate in the area, providing easy access to Liverpool John Lennon Airport. This station provides connections to the City of Liverpool.


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21st January 2009 - Music from David Smith (Bagpipes and Guitar/Vocals), Dancing from the Glen Grant Dance Group, Haggis - address by Andy Watson, Whisky by the RAFA Club, Compereing and Comedy by Me and last but definitely not least - Guest of Honour Sgt. David Imrie Black Watch (Retd) from the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Organised by David Batcock, can I thank Keith Hellyer for introducing me to the RAFA in the first place.
Welcome to my Billy Connolly Tribute website - or as Sir Sean Connery says "Welcome to my webshite!"
The first time I met Billy he said "I bet you get some stick lookin' like that!" - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
I have appeared across the U.K./Europe as Billy Connolly at festivals, comedy clubs, parties, Burn's Suppers, weddings and product launches since 1999.
You can find how to book me by Googling "Billy Connearly"
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2009?! Is that the time awready?
A Happy New Year to everyone out there in Cyberspace! - How do you stop your violin from being stolen? You put it in a Bagpipe case!!
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Aerobics Class
Regular aerobic activity " such as walking, bicycling or swimming " can help you live longer and healthier. Need motivation? See how aerobic exercise affects your heart, lungs and blood flow. Then get moving and start reaping the rewards. How your body responds to aerobic exercise.
During aerobic activity, you repeatedly move large muscles in your arms, legs and hips. You'll notice your body's responses quickly.
You'll breathe faster and more deeply. This maximizes the amount of oxygen in your blood. Your heart will beat faster, which increases blood flow to your muscles and back to your lungs. Your small blood vessels (capillaries) will widen to deliver more oxygen to your muscles and carry away waste products, such as carbon dioxide and lactic acid. Your body will even release endorphins, natural painkillers that promote an increased sense of well-being.
Aerobic exercise: Top 10 reasons to get physical health, What aerobic exercise does for your health.
Regardless of age, weight or athletic ability, aerobic activity is good for you. As your body adapts to regular aerobic exercise, you'll get stronger and fitter. Consider the following 10 ways that aerobic activity can help you feel better and enjoy life to the fullest. Aerobic activity can help you:
1. Keep excess pounds at bay
Combined with a healthy diet, aerobic exercise helps you lose weight and keep it off.
2. Increase your stamina
Aerobic exercise may make you tired in the short term. But over the long term, you'll enjoy increased stamina and reduced fatigue.
3. Ward off viral illnesses
Aerobic exercise activates your immune system. This leaves you less susceptible to minor viral illnesses, such as colds and flu.
4. Reduce your health risks
Aerobic exercise reduces the risk of many conditions, including obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, stroke and certain types of cancer. Weight-bearing aerobic exercises, such as walking, reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
5. Manage chronic conditions
Aerobic exercise helps lower high blood pressure and control blood sugar. If you've had a heart attack, aerobic exercise helps prevent subsequent attacks.
6. Strengthen your heart
A stronger heart doesn't need to beat as fast. A stronger heart also pumps blood more efficiently, which improves blood flow to all parts of your body.
7. Keep your arteries clear
Aerobic exercise boosts your high-density lipoprotein (HDL or "good") cholesterol and lowers your low-density lipoprotein (LDL or "bad") cholesterol. The potential result? Less buildup of plaques in your arteries.
8. Boost your mood
Aerobic exercise can ease the gloominess of depression, reduce the tension associated with anxiety and promote relaxation.
9. Stay active and independent as you age
Aerobic exercise keeps your muscles strong, which can help you maintain mobility as you get older. Aerobic exercise also keeps your mind sharp. At least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three days a week seems to reduce cognitive decline in older adults.
10. Live longer
Studies show that people who participate in regular aerobic exercise live longer than those who don't exercise regularly.


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Buried in Joe Sheehan's chat from BP was a reference to a Plain Dealer series about the Indian's "Game Plan".
I dug up the URL and read 1/2 of it last night and am getting to the other 1/2 today. It is an excellent series and I highly recommend it.
It's quite the remarkable series from the standpoint of the Indians' openess to talk about how they run their business and for the way they do it. It would serve well as a sequel to "Moneyball".
I can only hope the Reds have something approaching this for a plan to go forward.


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Name: Stacey Ann Angelou
Classroom: Room 251
Subject(s): Reading
Grade(s): 6th, 7th, 8thPhone Number: 810-8300School Email: email@example.com
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A great big welcome to all of my students this year!!! Some of you already know me as I have had the priviledge of being your teacher in the "old" Clover Middle School, or at Kinard Elementary School. I feel so honored to be with you again this year and to see how much you have grown!! For those of you who will be new to me; I cannot wait to meet you and begin our new journey together!!
I absolutely love to read, and it is my hope to inspire this love of reading in each one of you! Reading can be such a magical experience when you open your mind, heart and soul. It can whisk you away to places and time periods you've only dreamed about, or have seen on TV and in the movies.Reading will open your mind to new ideas and innovations while challenging you to think about our world from different perspectives.I am looking forward to sharing these experiences with all of you!Sincerely,Stacey Ann Angelou
All parents and students are encouraged to come to CMS for Meet the Teacher on August 19th and 20th. Please follow your child's schedule this evening to meet all of his/her teachers this year!!


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Fleas and ticks are a particular concern for pet owners in New England. Here are answers to some of your frequently asked questions about flea and tick prevention and control to help you better protect your dog or cat.
Ask the Vet
Do you have a pet health question you would like to know the answer to? Submit your question and we may feature it in an upcoming FAQ.
Why do I need flea and tick preventative for my pet in the winter?
In the last few years, we have noticed that both fleas and ticks are able to survive New England winters. Even when we have a winter with lots of snow we still see flea and tick infestations in dogs and cats. We recommend that you protect your pets from fleas and ticks by using one of the veterinarian-approved flea and tick preventatives. We have seen animals that have been treated with non veterinarian-approved flea and tick products become very sick (seizures, cardiac arrest) requiring emergency care.
If my dog or cat has fleas, does my house need to be treated?
First and foremost treat your pets with a veterinarian-approved flea and tick treatment product. You will need to treat your house. Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum and treat the house with a product that kills adult and pre-adult fleas. In extreme cases you may need a professional exterminator. It takes approximately three months of treatments to break the flea life cycle.
Which is worse — fleas or ticks?
Ticks appear to cause more problems in dogs than cats. Dogs are more susceptible to tick borne diseases (Lyme, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichia) than cats. Cats are susceptible to disease that are carried by fleas. Both dogs and cats are susceptible to flea allergy dermatitis, which can be very itchy and can cause skin infections. The ingestion of fleas by either cat or dog can cause intestinal parasites called tapeworms.
Is is dangerous for my human family to be applying flea and tick preventative on my pets?
With any chemical product it is best to have a limited amount of contact with your skin.
We recommend not petting your pets in the area that you have applied the flea and tick preventative until the product is dry. Flea and tick preventative seeps into the hair follicles and spreads out through the animal's skin providing coverage through out its entire body.
Why is it important to use flea and tick preventative if my pets do not go outside?
Unfortunately, fleas, ticks and other insects come inside your house uninvited. (I have never heard anyone tell me that they have a flea infestation in their driveway.) Even if your pets stay indoors, the bugs will come to them. The humans in the family most likely go out and bring in unwanted bugs too.
Dr. Anna Portnoy is Chief of Staff at Riverside Animal Hospital in Riverside, RI. She has a special interest in small animal dermatology, surgery, and large animal ruminant medicine.


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The Editors at the Washington Times report on a nasty initiative by Washington bureaucrats and the White House to take control of the American education system.
When Jimmy Carter opened the Department of Education, Uncle Sam was supposed to be just a financier doling out money to schools. Federal law prohibited the department from writing the curriculum or selecting "instructional materials." Things began to change with the adoption of President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" law, which opened the door for the feds to start dictating standards to local communities. The White House is now taking the next step by offering $4 billion in "Race to the Top" stimulus money to bribe states into embracing decisions made by a central committee.
Common Core is a one-size-fits-all approach to teaching guidelines and assessments that transfers control of what is being taught in local schools away from teachers, parents and administrators and hands it to a remote bureaucracy. Federal officials will eventually take charge.


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And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. – 1 Peter 5:10
Not so long ago, there was a continuous spate of events about the breakdown of our local train made me realised that humans grumbled a lot when they encountered the inconveniences of disruptions. Regarded in the same light, we are also quick and inclined to throw a fist at God for the one thing that caused us great disappointment or anger, yet we failed to count the times God has blessed us with so much more. Just one setback can discount everything else.
When things aren't going in our favour, we are susceptible to strike a protest or stage a long-drawn rebellion. And before long, we spiralled down to a spiritual "black-hole". The truth of the matter is, there is always a cause and effect in everything – it all start with an incidence that provoke a thought to engender a decision which in turn evoke our emotion and lead us to an action. Don't belittle even the little thing because it is often the little foxes that spoilt the vineyards (Song of Solomon 2:15). A small spark is capable to set an entire forest on fire. (James 3:5B)
I once was on a rampage why life was so unfair to me. I felt coerced having to accept my "ill fate" that I did not deserve. Broken dreams broke my heart, so much that I came to hate this God who claimed He was good and everything was in His control. I had been cussing vehemently, "What a joke! There is NO God." I was so broken that God actually came in person- In a deliverance session of dealing with my deepest pain, I saw myself as a three year old lost, enshrouded in darkness and wailing away. At that instance, Jesus came smiling, held my hand to comfort me and led me out of that darkness. As the back view of the two silhouettes dimmed away, I found my heart touched in a very supernatural way in showing me how much I was loved that He came to lead me out of that black-hole. That was my personal encounter with a living God that I could not deny His existence. That was how God got my little fox- it was the aching void of rejection in the need to be loved.
We all had our past, our former way of life with old mindsets and belief systems. And life in the fallen nature has us on roller-coaster from time to time. Although we may have accepted Jesus into our lives which already marked a new beginning, but some of us are still living with foxes that are nestling in deep burrows. The quality of our lives now reveal traces of what had been once-upon-a-time.
Hollow out the little sly fox(es). Jesus is very near to the broken-hearted. When we can't trace HIs Hands in whatever situation we are in, we can trust His Heart no matter how you feel. A victim by exigencies can become a Victor by overcoming.
P.S. Today is Good Friday, let's look at the Cross, again, the horizontal beam demonstrates how wide is His Love and the vertical beam shows how deep is His Grace. And when the two beams intersect in the middle, God affirms that nothing can separate us from the Love of God, no matter how far and how deep we have wandered. Because of His Greatest Sacrifice sending Jesus nailed on the Cross, there is no redemption beyond the impossible. Jesus bore our transgressions, carried the cross for our shame and sting by painful rejection from His own Father, yet He was willing to lay down His Life for our sake, so that we can live. Shouldn't that give you reasons enough to hand to Him what you can't handle? Shouldn't that teach us not to take His Grace for granted?


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SAACS volunteers at Woodlands Academy
In honor of National Chemistry Week, the Lake Forest College Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS) volunteered their time to do demonstrations for the Chemistry Club at Woodlands Academy on Friday, October 22.
High school students ranging from freshmen to seniors enjoyed their lunch while talking with Lake Forest students about what it's like to study chemistry in college.
"We're the college version of you," said SAACS leader Leah Frenette '12 while introducing the group. She showed the students how air inside balloons contracts at liquid nitrogen temperatures by stuffing several balloons into a small cooler filled with liquid nitrogen, performing a great chemistry illusion.
Tom Pospiech '14 demonstrated the chemiluminescence of luminol in a "disco show" and Huy Hoang '14 ignited methanol canons in the hallway. All demonstrations impressed upon the high school students how cool chemistry can be.
Science instructor and moderator of the Chemistry Club at Woodlands Academy, Linda Tilton, was so impressed that she plans to organize demonstrations for her students to do at local elementary schools. "We will join together and spread the love of chemistry," she said. The two chemistry organizations plan on sharing demonstration ideas that appeal to students interested in science.
"It's so much nicer to have students talk to students," Tilton said, pointing out that a teacher's influence can only reach so far. Volunteer visits from local college students helps push the high school students to continue into higher education.
SAACS also volunteers at Waukegan middle schools during the winter semester.


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Here is a letter I received from Dr Sandra Lea-Wood of CHIP Geelong
Gifted and Talented Education in New York
In 2002, I presented my PhD findings to the Wallace Symposium, an international forum for cutting edge research in gifted development. As a result I was invited to be an adjunct professor this northern summer at the City University of New York. Hunter College is located in the heart of New York City, and part of the City University of New York network. New York State has recently created a Gifted Certificate Extension for teachers who work with gifted and talented children and my involvement was designing and presenting coursework within this program.Hunter is committed to understanding and encouraging high level achievement in diverse kinds of learners and since 1941, Hunter College Campus Schools (Kindergarten to Grade 12) have been publicly-funded laboratory schools for intellectually gifted learners, and are widely regarded as pre-eminent schools for gifted education. The Gifted Centre was initiated in 2001and is working toward establishing a set of teacher development opportunities creating a nexus for programs, activities, services, and institutions pertaining to gifted education and development.
Provisions for the gifted and talented in New York comprise dedicated schools for the gifted, self-contained classes in regular schools much like our SEALP schools and pull-out programs in regular schools.
I was fortunate to be able to live on the Upper East Side of NY while I was there and the experience of working and living in New York City certainly was exhilarating. A friend stayed with me for a couple of weeks and, although the weather was extremely hot, around 35-40 degrees with humidity to match, we were able to visit most of the wonderful museums in New York and actually row on Central Park Lake. Claudia and I went to two Broadway shows as well as spending a day at Sag Harbor on Long Island.
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In the spring of 1995, I sat in a stuffy classroom studying "Literary History of England, from Beowulf to 1800," while overlooking Southern Illinois University's iconic Pulliam Clock Tower.
I was on the verge of boiling over. Somehow, the lone Hispanic (me) and the lone black person in the tiny class were engaged in a shouting match over reparations for slavery.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., had just introduced a bill for a commission to study reparations proposals for African Americans and, apparently, it was such a hot topic that it made its way into our classroom discussion on "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
Though I can't remember the student's exact words, they ran along the lines of blacks being owed by the U.S. for the forced labor and suffering of their slave ancestors. I felt targeted, because I had been braver in expressing my opinion than the handful of my white peers nervously sitting out the whole conversation.
"Why are you looking at me?" I shot back at my classmate. "My parents came to this country in 1973, long after slavery ended. They don't owe anyone anything!"
Thank goodness I'm no longer as young and ignorant as I was in 1995.
I think it's appropriate that the issue of reparations has now come back into the national debate. Several of the 2020 presidential candidates have embraced the idea of using federal funds to acknowledge and compensate those affected by the ongoing legacy of slavery, including discrimination and white supremacy.
Yes, in case you hadn't realized it from the bounty of research on the black-white gap in educational attainment, gainful employment, homeownership, health outcomes and a dozen other data points -- this legacy lives on.
Randall Robinson, author of the book "The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks," argues that acknowledgment of the nation's debt to African Americans for slavery, subsequent segregation and continued exploitation would help heal our country's racial divide. "It's foolish to argue that the past has nothing to do with the present," Robinson was quoted as saying in 2001 in the Congressional Quarterly. "There's a reason why so many African Americans are poor: It's because a terrible wrong occurred in our history that produced a lasting inequality."
The question of whether reparations would actually help African Americans improve their social and economic status is hotly debated, but the question that really fires people up is who should have to pay.
I've done a 180 since college on the matter. Of course recent immigrants, Latinos and everyone else who thinks that they did not participate in slavery needs to sign on to the reparations movement.
I have believed this for a while now because, in the case of immigrants, if you adopt a country as your home, you have to take on their victories and their shame. But I now believe there are two more arguments in favor of vigorous support of reparations.
First, all people living in the United States today enjoy the nation's relative wealth, infrastructure, technological advancement, etc. -- all of which were built on the back of slave labor.
And if your skin is, by cosmic lottery, white, you benefit from societal preferences that are so ingrained in our culture that the reams of statistics I've quoted in this column over the years doesn't even begin to convince you -- the beneficiary -- of those preferences.
The second reason to support the reparations movement is that there is a ripple effect when the most vulnerable people in our communities get a boost, indicating that society values and honors the sacrifices their ancestors made.
If blacks get some sort of federally funded investment in their well-being, it will almost surely lift up the low-income Latino, Asian American, white and other people who live alongside them in blighted communities with bad air quality, dirty water, poorly performing schools and few jobs.
"Just, generally, we all do better when we all do better," said Maria Bautista, campaigns director for the New York-based nonprofit Alliance for Quality Education. "We haven't addressed the harm this country has done to African Americans and what that means for black communities today. We're seeing the outcomes [of the legacy of slavery] in terms of education, housing, criminalizing communities. When we start to address and repay the debt we owe to the African American community in this country, we can start towards justice for everyone in this country."
Reparations shouldn't be a controversial topic. Healing America's original sin stands to benefit everyone, not just those who are owed our apology.
Esther Cepeda (email@example.com) is a columnist for The Washington Post.


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I've always loved "show and tell". I loved it as a child and I love it as a grownup. Here's something Madeleine L'Engle said that I had not come across before today. I think it's quite wonderful.
A teacher of small children told us of a child who said to her, "Jesus is God's show and tell." How simple and how wonderful! Jesus is God's show and tell. That's the best theology of incarnation I've ever heard. Jesus said, if you do not understand me as a little child, you will not be able to enter the kingdom of heaven.It's rare that we get to thank the writers who have really made an impact on our thinking and way of experiencing the world but I did get to thank Madeleine L'Engle. I heard her speak back in the late 70s or early 80s and told her afterward how much her writing had meant to me over the years. She was absolutely lovely to me and I've never forgotten it.


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British Library exhibits Children's Illustrated Classics
Classic children's books have given rise to some of the most evocative characters you or I are likely to have ever read about, dreamed about or imagined.
With this in mind, The British Library has turned to writer and illustrator Matthew Eve to curate Picture This: The Children's Illustrated Classics.
Eve has set out to show how classic children's books are often remembered fondly because of the artistic interpretation of the illustrator and their relationship with the story.
In some cases the exhibition looks at different artists' interpretation of the same story, proving that our memory of characters is bound up in the interpretation of particular illustrators.
Eve says, 'If we recall our favourite books from childhood, it's likely the illustrations will come to mind as readily the story.
'Those magical pictures leave an indelible mark and remain with us for life, helping to shape and develop our imagination. Whether our image of Willy Wonka or Augustus Gloop was drawn by Quentin Blake or Faith Jaques, each of us has "our" version which we continue to enjoy with subsequent generations of children.'
The exhibition will feature illustrations from Just So Stories; The Iron Man; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Wind in the Willows; Paddington Bear; Peter Pan and Wendy; The Hobbit; The Borrowers; The Secret Garden; and The Railway Children.
The exhibition features filmed interviews with illustrators Lauren Child, Ian Beck, Michael Foreman, and David Roberts as well as Paddington Bear author Michael Bond. A series of associated events is running alongside the exhibition.
Picture This: Children's Illustrated Classics runs until 26 January 2014 at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1.
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The Corpus Christi Police Department responded to 765 calls for service and generated 212 reports for formal criminal complaints from 7:00 a.m. February 21 to 7:00 a.m. on February 22, 2016. These are samples of the criminal complaints filed by the Corpus Christi Police for that time period.
Date: 2/21/2016 10:20 PM
Location: 600 Texas Avenue
Offense: Deadly Conduct
P.C. 22.05 Third Degree Felony
Case Number: 1602210141
A 33 year old man called Corpus Christi Police after he was shot at while sitting in his suburban in the 600 block of Texas Avenue.
Officers arrived and the victim told them that he was in the driver`s seat of his suburban with the door closed when he saw a silver car that was driving slowly down Texas Avenue.
Before the vehicle passed him, the victim heard two shots. The shots being fired were from a passenger holding a gun out of the window of the passing car. The victim was able to duck down in his vehicle and then four more shots were fired.
The suspect vehicle sped off down the street towards South Staples Street.
Luckily the victim was not hit by any of the shots.
At this time no suspects have been identified.
Date: 2/21/2016 8:40 PM
Location: 6700 Everhart Road
Offense: Injury To A Child
P.C. 22.04 Third Degree Felony
Case Number: 1602220023
Corpus Christi Police arrested the step father of a 2 year old little boy after the child was assaulted by the man inside their apartment located at 6730 Everhart Road.
During the investigation, Officers determined that the step father had called the child's mother, who was at work, and told her that her son had passed out on the floor. She told him to call 911.
CCFD EMS arrived and the child was transported to Driscoll Children's Hospital. After an exam, it was determined that the child had suffered trauma to the head.
Police detectives arrived at the hospital and took the step father, Eric Jonathan Garza (04/15/1992), into custody for injury to a child.
The child remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Driscoll Children's Hospital.
Child Protective Services has been notified and is assisting in this case.
Date: 2/21/2016 11:30 PM
Location: 14200 Allamanda Drive
Offense: Aggravated Assault
P.C. 22.02 First Degree Felony
Case Number: 1602220002
Corpus Christi Police arrested the boyfriend of a 39 year old female after he pointed a rifle at her following an argument inside their apartment at 14241 Allamanda Drive.
Officers arrived and were told by the victim that she and her boyfriend were arguing when he grabbed his 22 rifle and pointed it at her from across the living room. He then put the gun down and began to physically assault her with his hands, hitting her in the face.
Officers arrested the boyfriend, Jerry Norton Jr. (03/25/1958), for aggravated assault.
The female was treated at the scene by CCFD EMS but refused to be taken to the hospital.
Search the website Crimereports.com to research all reported criminal activity in Corpus Christi. Anyone who knows any additional information about these crimes should contact the Corpus Christi Police Department at 886-2840. Information about unsolved crimes may be provided to investigators anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 888-TIPS (8477) or online at 888TIPS.com. Information provided to Crime Stoppers which results in an arrest may earn the caller a cash reward.


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Network Working Group T. Hardie Internet-Draft V. Narayanan Expires: September 9, 2009 Qualcomm, Inc. March 9, 2009 Intended Status: Experimental Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks, Nodes, or Resources draft-hardie-p2psip-p2p-pointers-01.txt Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted to IETF in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This Internet-Draft will expire on September 6, 2009. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents in effect on the date of publication of this document (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 1] Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 Abstract Identifying overlay networks and the resources found within in them presents a number of bootstrapping problems. While those hard problems are under discussion, this draft proposes a small set of URI-based mechanisms which are intended to be generically useful for providing pointers to peer-to-peer overlay networks in web pages, email messages, and other textual media. 1. Requirements notation The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119]. 2. Introduction This document proposes URI-based mechanisms for providing pointers to peer-to-peer overlay networks and resources. These mechanisms are intended to be useful in textual media (web pages, email messages, etc.). While it is commonly true that peer-to-peer networks avoid external dependencies on the DNS or other infrastructure, these mechanisms are intended to be useful in contexts where that infrastructure is present but no connection to a specific overlay has yet been made. These mechanisms are intended to be useable, in other words, as external pointers to specific overlays, their nodes, and their resources. The same mechanisms may be useful once a connection to a specific overlay has been made, as a generic mechanism for referring to overlay nodes, resources, or other characteristics. 3. Overlay pointer URI. A URI scheme specifically for overlay pointers is proposed (as a provisional URI registration) to provide for a direct indicator of the existence and certain core characteristics of an overlay. The use of this scheme requires configuration which associates the scheme with a handler that invokes overlay processing. The possession of this URI does not guarantee that the holder of the URI will be able to enroll in a specific overlay. Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 2] ^L Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 3.1 Registration template for an overlay URI. URI scheme name. "overlay" is requested Status. provisional URI scheme syntax. overlay-URI = overlay-scheme "://" authority "/"";" otype *( ";" service) ; authority as defined in RFC3986 overlay-scheme = "overlay" otype = "otype=" token ;valid tokens are in the "Peer to Peer Overlay ;Network types" IANA registry service="service=" *1ALPHANUM ; While this is free text, this document ; describes an IANA registry "Peer to Peer Overlay ; service types" with a set of well-known ; services. URI scheme semantics. The authority section of the URI contains a hostname or IP address associated with an enrollment server or introducer for the overlay. It may also contain a port on which enrollment services are running. The otype, or overlay type, indicates the registered type for the overlay (e.g., Pastry); these are tokens registered by IANA, in the "Peer to Peer Overlay Network types" registry created by this document. The service parameters (if present), indicate the services that an overlay offers. In the following example: overlay://example.org/;otype=Pastry;service=iana.reload-storage the URI provides a pointer to an enrollment server for an overlay running the Pastry DHT and providing a service of "iana.reloadq-storage". The use of the string "iana." indicates that the specification of the service appears in the IANA registry "Peer to Peer Overlay service types" described later in this document; the field is otherwise free text. Encoding considerations. No special considerations Applications/protocols that use this URI scheme name. Applications which need to provide a protocol pointer to an overlay network's enrollment servers or introducers. Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 3] ^L Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 Interoperability considerations. None known. Security considerations. As currently constructed, this URI scheme's authority section is expected to contain a hostname or IP address . It would be possible to have SRV records or a DDDS application choose entry points based on the authority's DNS name instead. That would provide a better chance that a DoS attack against a specific introducer or enrollment server could not eliminate the ability of new nodes to join an overlay. It does, however, create another layer of indirection and make the use of an IP address in the authority section problematic; in this instance, the ability of someone controlling the zone to add or update the records associated with a server instance was judged a better fit for the problem space. Contact. Ted Hardie <firstname.lastname@example.com> Author/Change controller. Ted Hardie <firstname.lastname@example.com> References. draft-hardie-p2psip-p2p-pointers-01.txt RFC 3986 Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 4] ^L Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 4. Overlay node pointer URI. Among the bootstrapping problems presented by peer to peer overlays is the lack of a generic way to represent nodes within an overlay, resources stored at that node or resources stored within the overlay. A URI scheme focused on the node and its resources is proposed here, along with context-dependent ways to use it that allow for it to represent resources stored within an overlay. This URI scheme registration is intended to be provisional. It contains a significant limitation that deserves to be highlighted: although the typical "host" portion of an authority section for a URI allows DNS names, IP addresses, or a registered name, this proposal limits the authority section to registered names which are current node identifiers for a specific overlay. This does not limit the use of ports or other aspects of the usual authority section for a URI. A second point to note is that the absence of an authority section indicates that the resource noted in the query section is somewhere within the overlay, but the URI does not establish at which node-id. Where the URI contains a pointer to the overlay context, this provides a mechanism to give an external reference to a resource within a specific overlay without referencing a node-id. Within the context of a specific overlay, this would allow the overlay client to invoke overlay-specific search mechanisms to establish one or more appropriate node-ids offering the service or hosting the resource (and thus to construct "full" pointer URIs). A basic example of the node-id use is: overlay-node://22301203/?resource=example.iso The authority points to a specific node-id; the query section points to a resource stored at that node. It is, however, valid only within a context that already understands what overlay that node occurs in. In order to create a context that establishes that, this registration re-uses the overlay URI discussed above to set the context. Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 5] ^L Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 The following examples are presented without percent-encoding to highlight the relation to the sections above, but percent-encoding of the context-setting URIs would be required. See Section 4.1 for the actual syntax. Note that the following lines use \ to indicate that the full URI is carried across two lines. In this example, the context is set with a reference to a specific "overlay" URI: overlay-node://22301203/;context="overlay://enrollment.example.org/\ ;otype=pastry"?resource=example.iso In this example, the context is set with reference to a specific "overlay" URI, but no node ID is given. This is how you would construct a URI for "ICE services, offered within a specific overlay": overlay-node:///;context="overlay://introducer.example.org/;otype\ =pastry"?resource=iana.ICE Note that these examples use "resource=" as a common part of the query string, but that this is a narrative convenience rather than a requirement. Query strings may contain any elements permitted by RFC 3986, and they may omit "resource=". "resource=" is simply a documentation convention, and it might or might not be useful for constructing queries within any specific overlay. Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 6] ^L Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 5.1 Registration template for an overlay node pointer URI. URI scheme name. "overlay-node" is requested Status. provisional URI scheme syntax. overlay-node-URI = overlay-node-scheme "://" [overlay-authority] "/" [";"" context=" overlay-context-uri] ["?" query] ["#"fragment] ; query and fragment are as defined in rfc 3986 overlay-scheme = "overlay-node" overlay-authority= [ userinfo "@" ] reg-name [ ":" port ] ;reg-name is defined in RFC 3986- nb limitation from host overlay-context-uri = overlay-URI ;overlay-URI in draft-hardie-p2psip-p2p-pointers-01.txt otype = "otype=" token ;valid tokens are in the "Peer to Peer ;Overlay Network types" IANA registry service="service=" *1ALPHANUM URI scheme semantics. See section 4 of draft-hardie-p2psip-p2p-pointers-01.txt. Encoding considerations. No special considerations Applications/protocols that use this URI scheme name. Applications which need to provide a protocol pointer to an overlay network node, its resources, or resources stored within a specific overlay network. Interoperability considerations. None known. Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 7] ^L Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 Security considerations. The authority section contains a node-id valid within a specific overlay. Global context is not required; if present, it is given using the "context" parameter. Where it is not present and the context is incorrect, it is possible that the effort to retrieve a resource will fail or will return incorrect results. Careful naming of resources within an overlay may mitigate this problem, but any security system must be aware that overlay-node URIs without a context parameter have different characteristics from URIs that fit in within a known global context like the DNS. Contact. Ted Hardie <email@example.com> Author/Change controller. Ted Hardie <email@example.com> References. draft-hardie-p2psip-p2p-pointers-01.txt RFC 3986 5. IANA Considerations This document registers two provisional URI schemes and creates two registries. The first URI scheme registration is in section 3.1; the second is in section 4.1. The registry for peer-to-peer overlay network types is in section 5.1, below. The registry for Peer to Peer Overlay service types is in section 5.2, below. 5.1 Peer-to-peer overlay network type registry. IANA is requested to create a registry titled "Peer-to-Peer Overlay Network Types". The Registry shall have the following fields: Type Name, Algorithm Type, Record Creator, Record Creator contact, Documentation URI. An example is given below: Type Name: Pastry Algorithm Type: Distributed Hash Table Record Creator: IESG Record Creator contact: firstname.lastname@example.com Docmentation URI: http://freepastry.org/ Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 8] ^L Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 The registry is to permit new entries using the "Expert Review" guidelines as described in RFC 5226[IANA]. The Expert Reviewer is requested to pay particular attention to the Algorithm Type field and to limit the creation of new values for that field where the algorithms are variants of a fundamental type. Since the main purpose of the registry is to enable clients to determine their interoperability with a specific mechanism, however, the Expert Reviewer should not limit the creation of new Type Names, except where the documentation provided either clearly indicates full interoperability with an existing Type Name of is of insufficient completeness to make any determination on interoperability. The Record Creator contact field SHOULD contain at least an email address and MAY contain any other contact data desired by the Record Creator. 5.2 Peer-to-Peer Ovleray Service Types. IANA is requested to create a registry titled "Peer-to-Peer Overlay Service Types". The Registry shall have the following fields: Service Name, Record Creator, Record Creator contact, and Documentation URI. All registered entries should have the initial string "iana.", as this will be used to distinguished registered from unregistered service types. An example is given below: Service Name: iana.reload-storage Record Creator: IESG Record Creator contact: firstname.lastname@example.com Docmentation URI: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-p2psip-base-01.txt The registry is to permit new entries using the "Expert Review" guidelines as described in RFC 5226[IANA]. Hardie & Narayanan Expires September 9, 2009 [Page 9] ^L Internet-Draft Pointers for Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks March 2009 6. Security Considerations The general security issue here is that providing a pointer signals a point at which the overlay may be touched or resource retrieved; disclosure of that indicates either a point of attack, where a specific resource resides, or both. 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There is good news for some taxpayers in eastern Kalamazoo County.
A construction project to keep Big Marsh Drain from flooding is going to cost about one-third less than previously expected, Drain Commissioner Pat Crowley said recently.
For landowners in Pavilion and Comstock townships, that means a three-year assessment will get reduced to two years.
The project, which was initially expected to cost $150,000, will now be about $100,000 because of low construction bids.
"The savings make it possible to do the assessments in two years easily," Crowley said.
The assessment for land zoned agricultural will be about $2 to $4 per acre. Residents will pay an average of $11 to $18 per acre, the drain commissioner said.
The money will be spent removing trees, shrubs and soil along a two-mile portion of the Big Marsh Drain, which has caused headaches for some neighbors. Several culverts will also be replaced.
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Proverbs 24 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
24 Do not envy the wicked,
3 By wisdom a house is built,
8 Whoever plans to do evil
10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
15 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous;
17 Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,
19 Do not fret because of evildoers.
21 My child, fear the Lord and the king,
Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These also are sayings of the wise:
Partiality in judging is not good.
27 Prepare your work outside,
28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
30 I passed by the field of one who was lazy,
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Totally jumping on the bandwagon here but I feel like this is a serious issue…
Here's what I looked like at 14(ish), compared to kids these days:
There have been a lot of memes similar to this popping up after the whole Molly O'Malia, Tyga situation but the question I have to ask myself is a bit like a magazine's "who wore it better" except;"who done it better?"
As far as I am aware teens these days spend their life contouring their babyskin faces, squeezing themselves into midi skirts/ankle grazer jeans and cropped tops and drinking prosecco with their pals at lavish looking venues.
This is not how we did it! My teens were filled with a lot of stripes, beaded necklaces from claires accessories, a bottle of vodkat or white lightening and a freezing cold field. As stupid and as irresponsible as this was, these were literally some of the best times in my life! I'm not saying that teenagers should go and do this, obviously its really dangerous BUT what I took away from these times was a sense of fun, kindness and not giving a f**k.
You could rock up to the field completely alone and be friends with everyone there in a matter of seconds, everyone was friendly, everyone was generous and as silly as it all was, people actually looked out for each other. There was rarely any drama unless other people sought us out specifically to cause trouble (cue being chased by stabby chavs through a dark field at god knows what time. And of course boy drama but this is always going to be a thing – cause boys suck – LOLZ)
Due to the bigger presence of social media these days and the massive pressure on kids to fit in, to look like the women in the magazines, it seems like its difficult for them to genuinely let their hair down in fear that an awful selfie will end up on instagram or someone will tweet about their hook ups.
I mean these pressures were all there when we were younger, they were just less public! Of course there was myspace but this was generally filled with lists of weird emo loves, mine being "I like it when there's crumbs in the butter" and switching up your friends list in accordance with whose been a massive bitch that week. (I set mine to private so I could judge in secret).
Our pictures were of us being silly and having fun… I mean there were posy ones too (my friend Jenna and I would arrange "photoshoots" at the skate park) but nothing like you see today! These glossy images of "real life people" were not thrown in our face – we knew we weren't celebrities and everyone else, in our heads, were just like us. Nowadays kids are seeing set up, fake, edited pictures all over instagram and thinking that is real life.
I honestly believe there needs to be something to counteract this on the curriculum, like a "just so you know insta aint real" class to set these teens up with the tools to know the difference, cause they are pretty convincing pictures!
I fear for the amounting number of teens with anxiety or depression, I don't know if this was just less publicised when I was that age or if it's genuinely getting worse but something needs to happen. Kids need to know that their outlook on life now will COMPLETELY change the older they get. They will stop caring so much about what their peers think, they will establish a strong set of friends and realise who the fake ones are and they will stop getting messed around by little boys and start paying attention to the guys that actually give a crap about them as a person. (Or at least that's the hope, not everyone gets to this stage.)
This is a serious YOLO post cause honestly its true! You only get to be young once so just enjoy yourself, care less about your looks and the judgement and more about the experiences and the knowledge. Be the best version of yourself without beating yourself up when your insta selfie only gets 2 likes. Clue yourself up on the world and find your passion. Be a good person and find the enjoyment in everything.
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Another essential element in motivating employees is knowing them – really knowing. I've found we work a lot on assumptions when it comes to knowing our team. In many cases we particularly assume they have the same values we do. Values impact motivation.
This assuming has really come to light in recent years due to the increase in generation diversity in the work place. Baby boomers are finding it hard to manage Gen-Xers and Gen-Ys. Why?...because their values are different. In a great book I highly recommend entitled, Generation X, there's a quote worth sharing, "Baby Boomers work to live, Gen Xers live to work." That quote reflects two completely different approaches to the role work plays in their lives. The difference in the role of work reflects different values and how and why they work.
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Marian G. Stanton, a co-founder and provost of the old Sojourner-Douglass College who oversaw the school's expansion into the Bahamas campus, died Oct. 28 of renal failure at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
The Northeast Baltimore resident was 76.
"She was dedicated, loved the community, and was dedicated to community self-deterimination. The idea was to create a college that was managed by people from the community," said Charles W. Simmons, who was a co-founder of what was then the Homestead-Montebello Center of Antioch College, which in 1980 became Sojourner-Douglass College, an independent four-year institution.
"She was quiet but determined, but you knew all the time her mind was always working and thinking about how to make things better," he said. "She was sweet, pleasant and positive."
"I worked with her for 26 years and got to know her quite well, and when I think of her, I remember a woman of grace, poise and stature who had confidence in me," said Teresa Hall-Cooper, who taught a course on urban leadership at the college.
"Her very presence commanded respect. I loved to hear her speak the King's English because it had such a melodious sound to it," Dr. Hall-Cooper said.
The college took its name from two seminal figures in African-American history: Sojourner Truth, a well-known 19th-century abolitionist, and Frederick Douglass, the former Talbot County slave and ship's caulker who became a noted orator, abolitionist, diplomat and newspaper editor.
"She was committed to that concept to improve and empower the community, and she worked day and night, loved what she was doing, and the students loved her," Dr. Simmons said. "She was quite a person and is a legacy."
The daughter of Melvin Stanton, a deliveryman, and Georgia Penn Stanton, a Sheppard Pratt psychiatric nurse, Marian Gondola Stanton was born in Baltimore and raised on Aisquith Street.
After graduating in 1959 from Dunbar High School, she earned a bachelor's degree from what is now Coppin State University, a master's from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and a doctorate in education from Union Graduate School in Cincinnati in 1976.
According to a sister, Serena Howell of Baltimore, Dr. Stanton's interest in education began when she was a 6-year-old and enjoyed playing school with her siblings.
Dr. Stanton taught in Baltimore public schools and at St. James and St. John parochial school on Eden Street, before co-founding with Dr. Simmons in 1972 what would eventually become Sojourner-Douglass College. She and Dr. Simmons became acquainted when they were both graduate students at Antioch and Union Graduate School.
She also played an instrumental role beginning in the late 1980s and continuing into the 1990s in the establishment of the college's campus in Nassau, Bahamas.
In addition to being vice president of academic affairs, Dr. Stanton served as director of counseling and dean of academic and student affairs at Sojourner-Douglass.
Most classes at the college, which was located in the 500 block of N. Caroline St., were held in the evenings and on weekends.
"Sojourner-Douglas' learning strategies are designed to inculcate systematic and sequential study of principles, issues, and problems and situations in the community," according to a 1980 Afro-American newspaper article.
"She'd bring food for her students on Tuesday nights, and her classroom was right across the hallway from mine. She was teaching an education seminar class," said Dr. Hall-Cooper, a Catonsville resident who retired from the college in 2015. "She'd ask if I'd like some food, so on Tuesday nights, I always ate quite well."
Leonard F. Spain, who was a student at the college from 2009 to 2015, studied human services with Dr. Stanton.
"She was tough and she wanted you to learn, and she was very big in making sure you understood the material," said Mr. Spain, a West Baltimore resident who is a violence prevention specialist at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
"And the way she taught, you were able to make changes in your community. She had a very unique way of teaching," he said. "She was also very good when it came to teaching Afro-American males. She was quiet but friendly, and enjoyed talking with students."
"She had compassion and was caring when she spoke to students but could be very firm," Dr. Hall-Cooper said. "I always said she had a little cayenne pepper in her voice, but she was loving and respectful."
W. Paul Coates, an author, recalled Dr. Stanton in an online post earlier this year titled "In Appreciation: Six Teachers, Many Lessons Learned."
"Several years after serving in the military and engaging in various other endeavors, such as my involvement with the Black Panther Party and later the founding of the Black Panther Press, I enrolled in classes at Sojourner-Douglass College," he wrote. "My teacher and adviser there was Dr. Marian Stanton. She had a quiet way of moving you along.
"I had been there two years and wasn't doing that much when she said, 'You do know, Mr. Coates, that you have to graduate at some point.' A year after my conversation with her, I graduated from Sojourner-Douglass with a bachelor of arts in community development and education," Mr. Coates wrote.
The college lost its accreditation in 2014, and when it closed the next year, Dr. Stanton retired.
"She continued to volunteer at the college, as do I," Dr. Simmons said. "We are working with other institutions such as Bethune-Cookman University. We're still trying to make something happen."
Dr. Stanton was an avid reader and enjoyed sketching, as well as writing poetry, short stories and plays. She was also an excellent cook and was known for her codfish cakes, cherry chicken, and baked and stuffed fish dishes, family members said.
A service celebrating her life will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 18 at 5438 York Road in Govans.
In addition to her sister, Dr. Stanton is survived by a son, Michael Johnson of Baltimore; three daughters, Joanne Stanton and Joyce Johnson of Northeast Baltimore, and Glenda Johnson of Columbia; two brothers, George Stallings II of Cecil County and Theodore Nelson of California; a stepbrother, George Stallings Jr. of Baltimore; three other sisters, Toni Holley of Chase, Ella Peterson of Randallstown and Teri Whidby of Baltimore; 14 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Her marriage to Howard Johnson ended in divorce.
Baltimore Sun researcher Paul McCardell contributed to this article.


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The Department for International Trade (DIT) London Sports Economy Team and ERDF "Global Growth" project in collaboration with Major Events International, will be hosting a full-day of pitching and one-to-one meetings with a carefully selected group of French sports technology companies.
This is an opportunity for London-based businesses to present their products and services to international buyers and potential partners. These companies have been invited to London to hear about your latest innovations and sports event and technology expertise.
Sports experts from DIT and other partner organisations will also be available throughout the day to provide advice on exporting and general business development.
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PRIVATE LOT WITH GREAT VIEW. Beautiful, lot that flattens out for a patio for outdoor living. This lot has lots of building potential for a partial walkout lot, one level home or two story home. Sheltered and private. Great location and close to the hospital and medical facilities, elementary and middle schools, the new BH Corp headquarters, shopping and dining. There are a limited number of home sites in this desirable covenant controlled neighborhood. Minimum covenant requirement for a new home is 1680 square feet minimum on the main level for a ranch style home and 2000 square feet for a multi-level home with a minimum of a 2 car garage. The developer provides architectural review and welcomes individuals and approved builders. Partially owned by license real estate agent in the State of South Dakota.
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Dotsub Website Stats
Let's take a look at Dotsub.com's statistics for the months of April and May 2015 combined.
We will start with languages. As usual, the top four remain steady with English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Czech dropped to sixth place. These languages have remained consistent for the past several months while the rest hop about.
During these months, both Arabic and Catalan dropped out of the top 20.
Once again, removing the most numerous, reveals the details.
For the location of visitors to Dotsub.com, the U.S. is always on top, and the next few countries, Canada, Australia, and the UK usually round out the top 4, but the rest of the top 20 is quite volatile and their order varies wildly month to month. Portugal, Romania, The Netherlands and New Zealand have dropped off; while Austria, Argentina, Japan, and Poland are now in the top 20.
So, removing the the top 4 gives us a better look at the rest of the top 20.
We had two visits from Vatican City to our website during these months. Vatican City is the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by both area and population.
The Holy See uses Latin as its main official language, Italian as its main working language and French as its main diplomatic language. Their Secretary of State uses English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. Meanwhile, the Swiss Guard, essentially the Pope's body guards, use German, as well as French and Italian.
And, yes it is true that the Vatican's ATMs offer the option to use Latin for banking transactions.


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I was always intimidated by crepes. I thought they would be really finicky, or otherwise difficult to make. It turns out I was wrong, they're actually not that difficult.
I was also intimidated by the thought of cooking crepes in a cast iron skillet. Again, I was wrong: the crepes didn't stick at all. I did use a little bit of coconut oil, but not every time, just after every two or three crepes.
I have to say, I waited too long to try making crepes. They are so good! I'm really glad I found this recipe in the Natural Grocers paper they give out at the checkout. I did modify it because I'm not a fan of protein powder.
I know this is said a lot, but just in case you're not sure: buckwheat is gluten free.
Buckwheat Blueberry Crepes
1 cup buckwheat flour
1 tablespoon sucanat
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (or other dairy free milk)
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup melted coconut oil, plus additional for skillet
- Combine dry ingredients.
- Combine wet ingredients.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Warm a small amount of oil in a 10″ cast iron skillet on medium-low heat. Add about 1/3 cup of crepe batter, tilting skillet so that the bottom is evenly coated. Cook until the crepe releases from the pan, about 1 minute. Flip and cook an additional 30 seconds.
- Place the crepe onto a plate while making another.
- Fill the crepes with desired fillings.
Blueberry "Sauce"
Enough to fill and top 3 crepes
1 small bag frozen blueberries
- Place frozen blueberries in a small pan and heat on medium heat until the liquid begins to bubble. Turn heat to low and let sit while cooking crepes.
Custard Filling
Makes enough to fill 12 crepes
3 egg yolks
3 cups non dairy milk of choice (or a mix of two milks)
1/4 cup sucanat
1/3 cup nonGMO cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp vanilla
- Place a glass storage container into a bath of ice water. Do not submerge, the idea is to have the glass be cold when the custard is poured in.
- Mix egg yolks and milk.
- Mix sugar, starch and salt in a medium saucepan. Gradually whisk in the milk mixture to make a smooth paste, then mix in the remaining milk mixture.
- Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil, 20-25 minutes. Boil and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Pour into the glass storage container, stirring occasionally. Stir in vanilla. Put the lid onto the container and place in the fridge and chill for at least 1 hour.
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With the release of Fedora 13 about a week ago, I decided that my Fedora 11 workstation was getting a little long in the tooth and was due for an upgrade (not to mention the fact that Fedora 11 will go End-Of-Life [EOL] in about 2 weeks.).
I have a separate /home parition so I wasn't too worried about losing stuff, but I opted for an upgrade instead of a clean install. I backed up /etc just in case and dropped to runlevel 3 and ran the preupgrade-cli client that Fedora provides for upgrading. That process ran smoothly and it prompted me to reboot to being the upgrade.


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Recently De Haan SE has developed an improved version of the Heavy Duty swivels. The HD swivels are available in Eye/Eye, Eye/Jaw and Jaw/Jaw, standardized and up to a WLL of 1750 tons. All our deepwater swivels are in the best quality and new streamlined design.


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I religiously watch the debates in real time whenever I can, because I want to have my own reaction to what is said before I hear the play-by-play and reviews that follow. (Sometimes my initial reactions are stupid, which is also sobering.) But, I think I'm gonna take a pass this Monday.
Some friends have invited me out to a movie, and it sounds like a healthier idea because even the thought of tuning in makes me feel a little sick to my stomach.
And I'm Canadian. I can't imagine the anxiety Americans are feeling right now.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is one of the top schools in the nation for producing Peace Corps volunteers.
In a national ranking of top volunteer-producing colleges, SUNY ESF is second among small schools (less than 5,000 students) nationwide for the number of undergraduate alumni currently volunteering with the Peace Corps.
SUNY ESF had 17 alumni volunteers in 2013, an increase of 143 percent from 2012, when seven alumni volunteers worked with the agency.
This is SUNY ESF's first appearance on the annual Peace Corps' top colleges list.
ESF alumni currently serve as volunteers in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Fiji, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Panama, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Zambia.
They work in sectors including agriculture, education, English and health.
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From Tokyo to Brooklyn and back to Tokyo, Kinfolk and Alpha Industries team up once more for a capsule MA-1 Bomber Jacket.
We had the honor of going back to Kinfolk's birthplace, Tokyo, to introduce and photograph the new bomber jackets with Alpha.
The MA-1 collaboration represents a combination of classic American College Sportswear and a Tokyo twist from the 1980s "Shibukaji".
This jacket comes in two colorways – black and burgundy.
Designed with 100% Nylon for durability and comfort feel.
It is also fully reversible with orange lining, along with felt branding on the chest and along the back.
Kinfolk x Alpha Industries MA-1 is available now at the Kinfolk Store.
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Master Mix Trinidad Limited is part of the ADM Animal Nutrition Inc. group which in turn is part of the Ag services group of ADM.
Master Mix Trinidad Limited was incorporated in 1965 and commenced milling operations in rented premises at the Fernandez Industrial Estate Laventille.
In 2010 operations were shifted to a new state of the art facility at Pacific Avenue Point Lisas Industrial Centre Couva.
Master Mix Trinidad Limited is in the business of producing complete animal feeds for many different species and has developed a reputation over the years as the preeminent supplier of animal feeds in Trinidad and Tobago.