The Song Contest "Dein Song für EINE WELT!" (Your song for ONE WORLD) is a measure from the “Globale Entwicklung in deutschen Bildungssystemen (global development in the German education systems)” programme, that is implemented by Engagement Global on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
As such, the song contest was established in 2015 as an accompanying measure for “EINE WELT für alle (ONE WELT for all)” School Competition on Development Policy and has been held every two years since then.
The aim of the Song Contest is to acquaint children, teenagers and young adults with topics of development policy and to strengthen the creative and musical exploration of the field of global development education both in school and lessons as well as beyond the school context.
On the following pages, you can find out more about educational field of sustainable development or global learning and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Furthermore, you can find out which institutes are behind the song contest, what the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has to do with the contest and which partners support the song contest. In addition, we present the School Competition on Development Policy, for which the EINE WELT song (ONE WORLD song) is used as the anthem to accompany each round.


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The final report of a cross-border transport task force appears to have put paid to any revival of the Casino to Murwillumbah rail service.
The service was replaced by buses about five years ago.
New South Wales Transport Minister David Campbell says the report has concluded that recommencing passenger rail services on the line is unwarranted.
Mr Campbell says the report has also recommended that no further work be advanced on potential rail links between northern NSW and south-east Queensland.
"The advice is that most of the journeys are intra-regional and they can be much more flexibly and appropriately delivered under the regional bus contracts that are in place in NSW," he said.

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|Notes:||rock is slightly lower than ground at NY 31467 20265 which could also be Birkett's intended summit|
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Dry, scathing and sarcastic aren’t necessarily words that you associate with bright colours and smiley, pudgy faced cartoons. Wait until you see Rami Niemi’s work and start realising that he’s got the right idea about pretty much everything. He has made editorial illustrations for countless brands, magazines, companies and books, but always with an equally delicious pinch of irony and naughtiness.
The result? A ruthlessly talented man so comfortable in his ability that he is given complete creative freedom by the big dogs and then praised for his subtly snide creations – this man is a superb and powerful illustrator.
- Oliver Jeffers, Yuri Suzuki, Anna Ginsburg and Jimmy Turrell at Nicer Tuesdays
- An exercise in colour and control: David Hockey’s 82 portraits and one still life at the RA
- Woodstock 1969 immortalised on film by iconic photographer Baron Wolman
- Laurina Paperina's dark, weird but charming work
- Studio Frith creates Patti Smith-inspired identity for the inaugural Art Night festival
- Cindy Yang’s poignant animation questions the routine and mundanity of life
- Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - an exclusive interview with Duck, Red Guy and Yellow Guy
- World’s “ugliest” Pantone colour 448C is being used to deter smokers
- North evolves Tate identity to be more adaptable
- Babak Ganjei paints 90s sitcom sitting rooms. But which one's which?
- More bonkers and surreal selfies from Izumi Miyazaki
- Reactions to the referendum and our weekly Best of the Web

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The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it found that no federal crime was committed after a noose was found in the garage of Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver in NASCAR’s top series.
“After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event, we have concluded that no federal crime was committed,” the department and FBI said in a statement.
There was evidence the noose had been in garage No. 4 at the Talladega Superspeedway since October 2019, it said.
“Although the noose is now known to have been in garage number 4 in 2019, nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned to garage number 4 last week,” the statement said.
The incident rocked NASCAR and took on added significance at a time of heightened tension over racism in the United States, as the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Alabama confirmed that they, the FBI and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division were looking into the matter.
In the wake of the nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, NASCAR announced this month that Confederate flags would be prohibited from all of its events and properties.
Wallace was one of the loudest voices in the push for the banning of Confederate flags, formerly a common sight at NASCAR events.
The hangman’s noose is connected to lynching in the United States and is symbol of violence and racism against African Americans.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Mohammad Zargham and Bill Berkrot)
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Earn your Ukulele Anatomy patch by demonstrating your knowledge: draw a ukulele (or make a video) and label (or point to) the following details:
- Lower bout & upper bout
- Sound hole
- Fret board, fret wires, frets and fret marker numbers
- Indications for <— down | up —> the fretboard.
Draw a right and left hand and label them:
- Left hand finger numbers: 1-4 (index, middle, ring, pinky)
- Right hand letters: PIMAE (thumb, index, middle, ring, pinky)


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Volta Basin Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis: National report
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First published in Ghana in 2010 By the UNEP-GEF Volta Project.
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LANSING, MI (WLMI) -- The Michigan State Police are now investigating the handling of evidence at the Ingham County Sheriff's Department. WLNS-TV in Lansing is reporting Ingham County Prosecutor Gretchen Whitmer asked for the investigation.
A sewage leak in 2012 destroyed some evidence at the sheriff's department and other evidence is unaccounted for, according to sources.
E-mails released by the TV station also indicate an indifferrence by Ingham County Sheriff's Department officials into the incident. Some wanted to aknowledge the loss of evidence while others told some to now inform the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office of the damaged and lost evindence.
The sewage leak forced personnel to throw out guns, drugs, rape kits and other evidence.
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The 34-year-old dealer tripped on uneven flooring while playing ping-pong in the basement of the Bank of China's London offices.
The worker, whose job involved making multi-million-pound deals in gold markets, claims the bank failed to keep the floor in the recreation area in good repair, exposing employees to danger.
He also wants to be compensated for the "insult" that followed his injury when he was transferred to a branch of the bank in northern China and told to work as a counter clerk. A spokesman for the Bank of China - whose motto is "Our care and concern; your needs and wants" - said it was unaware of the writ.
The banker, who has 10 years' experience in international trading, had the accident within weeks of taking up his posting.
During a break from his desk in March 2002, he went downstairs to the recreational room. But moments into the game of table tennis he slipped, fracturing his leg. The injury was so severe a titanium plate had to be screwed to the bone and he was bed-bound for three months.
He also claims that within months of returning to work, bosses transferred him to a job at a branch in China where he was responsible for clearing cheques.
His lawyer, James Bell, said his client had been treated badly. "To transfer him to northern China and pay him £53 a month to work behind the counter of the local bank was an insult to him," he said.
It is understood the writ was served after the bank failed to agree compensation.
The banker, who still walks with a crutch, has been unable to get another job with a large international bank.
Richard Yule, chief executive of the English Table Tennis Association, said it was almost unheard of for a player to suffer such a severe injury.
"This is highly unusual," he said. "Some professional players may suffer from strained muscles, but I have never heard of anyone breaking their leg. Organised events always ensure the floor is level and matches take place on wooden flooring or tennis-court-type floors."
The writ comes after the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, launched a broadside against what he called the "compensation culture".
He said: "It creates a fear of legislation, can make organisations risk-averse, cause local authorities to cancel events, doctors to practise defensive medicine. And, critically, it undermines genuine claims."Reuse content


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verview of what happened in Tanintharyi, Myanmar, July 26, 2021
Protests Dawei & Launglon
Local residents in Dawei staged a protest against military regime at their homes today.
Pro democracy youths of Launglone Township marched in heavy rain by chanting revolutionary slogans to revolt the Military Regime
Flying the flags high, Fearless protesters in a village from Launglon Township marched on the streets with motorbikes to raise their voice in defiance of Genocidal Dictatorship.
Marching Strike by residents in Lower Yayphyu, Longlone Township, Dawei.
Fearless protesters from Nyinmaw village, Launglon Township marched and chanted revolutionary solgans to defy military rules.
Scenes of protest movements from the Launglon’s main strike and Nyinmaw village strike on Monday 26 July.
Demonstrations Thayetchaung & Yebyu
Guerilla Strike was led by youths from NyaungZin Village, Thayetchaung Township.
Rural villagers in Thayet Chaung township took to the streets on motorcycles tonight, defying military rules.
Protesters from KanPauk area, YePhyu township held guerrilla strike in somewhere of jungle in this evening to overthrow the Military Dictatorship.

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A confluence of institutional failures, not least of which the mainstream media, have gotten us into this mess. Can we expect any of them to get us out of it?
Donald Trump’s misogynist rhetoric is nothing compared with the sinister record of the former governor, whose actions speak even louder than his "misspoken" words.
These crazy GOP White House hopefuls have dreams well beyond Roe v. Wade. They want to dismantle Griswold v. Connecticut, which gave us the right to birth control and privacy.
This Gen X writer, who is mistrustful of technology, appreciates the former Secretary of State’s reasoning for the email debacle. But she also knows what’s really behind this invasion of privacy.


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The AIBS Public Policy report for June 16, 2014 has a lot of exciting stuff (including reducing administrative paperwork for researchers!!!). Snippets below with links, full report here.
The U.S. Senate is preparing to consider a package of three appropriations bills to fund a diverse array of federal programs ranging from affordable housing to fisheries management to basic research. The minibus, as the package of bills is called, includes annual funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research programs.
On 12 June 2014, the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Research and Technology held a joint hearing on “Reducing the Administrative Workload for Federally Funded Research.” The hearing examined ways to reduce the administrative paperwork required for research funded by federal grants.
The Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits is a national initiative is an opportunity for biologists across the country to meet with their federal or state elected officials to showcase the people, facilities, and equipment that are required to support and conduct scientific research.
In this week’s Science magazine, former Republican Congressman John Porter calls on scientists to “speak up for research.” Well, I’m all in.
We’re in the midst of a remarkable stream of scientific and medical advances, spurred by dramatic advances in biotechnology, computing, and miniaturization. Our knowledge of biology has led to amazing leaps in our understanding of aging, immune responses, inherited diseases, and brain function, to name but a few. And yet we’re cutting science funding, year after year.
Meanwhile, eight of the top 10 causes of death in the U.S. are diseases that we might cure through better research, including heart disease (#1), cancer (#2), Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and kidney disease. We already have far better treatments for these diseases than we had a few decades ago, thanks to our past investments in biomedical research.
In an Editorial on Forbes.com, Steven Salzberg takes the advice of John Porter.
Will Dunham writing for Reuters announces NIH funding of infectious disease research to the tune of 25 million over 5 years. The awarded money is to focus on infectious disease at the genetic level. More funding is always good! Congrats to the J. Craig Venter Institute!
The U.S. National Institutes of Health has awarded $25 million to the J. Craig Venter Institute to back an initiative to study infectious diseases like malaria and influenza at the genetic level to help find better treatments and preventive measures.
The institute, with offices in Maryland and California, will use the 5-year grant from NIH to establish the Genome Center for Infectious Diseases to study the genetic secrets of a wide range of bacteria, viruses and parasites, officials said on Thursday.

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The wet minty smell of a December sunrise smells like the drive back from the airport on the very first morning you would arrive. The cool smokey wind of December evenings feels like the world remembers your absence and sighs. Cigarette breaks on your balcony are haunted by the ghosts you left behind when you visited for the last time.
The explosion of over-stimulation that is every wedding misses your car parked outside, brimming with alcohol and smoking supplies. Sitting in the backseat of a car is proof of an unfulfilled promise of teaching me how to drive. Every invitation sitting on our mantel fails to address our entire family of five. Hurricanes of boozey dancers paint the skies in their celebration while I only catch the rain, soaking in how my partner has died.
Family dinners comprise of either a conscious effort to remain positive or drowning in memories while stifling cries. Maintaining ties becomes integral with everyone who used to be a part of your life. New Years’ invitations may come with best intentions yet they read like the universe’s deliberate effort to patronize. Every party turns into a fight against myself as I attend out of spite against my grief, yet find myself struggling to look anyone in the eye.
December reunions are packed with conversations too polite as we each don on a disguise of a perfect life and insist on painting the town red every night. All the beauty melted and slipped into gutters the night you died. Now clouds make up for your absence by taking your shape in the skies, while I suffocate down here navigating a life we both indulged in together, but after you died I ripped the rose-tinted glasses off my eyes so I can tear apart all that you left behind because you insisted that all the happiness we saw was all lies. So while everyone else strives to make the most of a month like December, I return every year to sit in a grave of your memories, wondering if I can ever do something to still make it right.

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Dusty Waters: A Ghost Story is a family saga, the history of a haunted house, and a biography of a folksinger. It is the debut novel by Laura J. W. Ryan is constructed around the biography of an indie guitar-slinger, folksinger, Dusty Waters. Dusty's childhood friend, the writer, Katharine Tierney, has volunteered to write the official biography of the quirky musician. As they sit down to record interviews over the course of time, there is one piece of Dusty's life that will not be part of the finished book, Dusty can see ghosts. Her family's ancestral home, Tanglewood, is filled with them, including the eccentric 18th century architect, Cornelius Lamoureux, who designed the mansion that sits on the top of Tanglewood hill, the highest point in Lyons, a small, canal town in Upstate New York. This inherited sight adds a vexing dimension to her psyche that becomes an uneasy burden that she eventually comes to terms with as she reviews her past.
Dusty Waters: A Ghost Story is published by Field Stone Press in the same white farmhouse located on a windswept hilltop acre in Lafayette, New York where it was written. Self-published by Laura J. W. Ryan, the book design is by Fred Wellner, and printed through Createspace.
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George Michael's sister, Melanie Panayiotou, has died aged 59, exactly three years after her brother.
The family confirmed in a statement that Melanie "passed away suddenly" over Christmas.
Her brother, pop icon George Michael, died on Christmas Day 2016 at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Andrew Ridgeley, George's former Wham! bandmate, described Melanie's death as "utterly tragic" and said his thoughts were with her family.
Melanie and George - whose mother Lesley died in 1997 - are survived by their father Kyriacos, known as Jack, and their oldest sister Yioda.
In a statement, released through lawyer John Reid, Melanie's family said: "We would simply ask that the family's privacy be respected at this very sad time.
"There will be no further comment."
The Metropolitan Police also confirmed the death in a statement, which read: "Police were called by London Ambulance Service at approximately 1935hrs on Wednesday, 25 December to reports of the sudden death of a woman, aged in her 50s.
"The death is not being treated as suspicious by police."
Her age was initially reported as 55, but the family's lawyer confirmed she was 59 at the time of her death.
Utterly tragic news of Mel Panayiotou’s passing. My thoughts are with her sister and father at this desperately sad time.— Andrew Ridgeley (@ajridgeley) December 27, 2019
In last month's edition of The Big Issue, Melanie spoke about her hopes for the recently-released romantic comedy Last Christmas, which was inspired by George's music.
"My family and I hope you all enjoy the film, and Yog's [George's] music old and new, woven beautifully into this fun, easy tale of love and self-love," she said.
"As many of you know, Yog adored Christmas and he loved the idea of this film. I am sure he will be enjoying seeing Emilia [Clark]'s amazing light bulb smile, something they share, across the celestial miles!"
In 1985, Melanie gave an interview to No.1 Magazine, in which she described what her brother was like growing up.
"I don't think you could say that he was your regular sort of boy," she said.
"I mean, from what I remember, he was never interested in the kind of things the rest of the fellas were, like football and cars and things like that. He wasn't an introvert and I wouldn't say he was shy like some people have made out. He definitely knew what he wanted to do at an early age!"
Melanie added that she and her brother were very similar. "We can be quite honest with each other and we share the same sense of humour," she said, revealing that fans would pester her for locks of George's hair.
But "it goes in the bin like everyone else's," she noted.


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Like the cracked Liberty Bell enshrined here, it’s the irregularities and imperfections that add to Philadelphia’s rich texture and throw its polished aspects into relief. “Philly” is a palimpsest, its eras of history, culture and architecture layered upon (without obscuring) one another — from the quaint colonial streets of Old City to the steel-and-glass skyscrapers downtown. In between are stately Victorian estates, world-class art museums and universities, and a magnificent, sprawling green space, Fairmount Park, 10 times the size of New York City’s Central Park. Art lovers come to Philadelphia specifically to visit the idiosyncratic Barnes Foundation, which contains an astonishing collection of Impressionist and Old Master paintings. And the recently refurbished Rodin Museum is just across the street.
The metropolis of 1.6 million, concentrated between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, reigned as the U.S. capital from 1790-1800, and sites like Independence Hall and the Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation’s first, are among the myriad attractions that will delight any history buff. But modern charms abound, too. With newly invigorated arts and restaurant scenes — combined with the stately infrastructure that’s been there all along — Philadelphia has claimed a place among the top destinations for the sophisticated traveler.


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Ballymena boss Jeffrey has Premiership title in his sights - although maybe not this season
David Jeffrey has outlined his ultimate aim is to win the Premiership title with Ballymena United but has admitted it may be too early to think about achieving that lofty ambition this season.
Last term Jeffrey, who won 31 trophies as Linfield boss, sprinkled his magic stardust on the players at the Showgrounds by helping them finish fourth in the NIFL Premiership, qualify for Europe and lift the League Cup.
It was a stunning effort given they were fighting relegation the season before when he joined them with a couple of months of the campaign left. Now some Ballymena supporters are dreaming of making a bid for the club's first top flight league title.
Ahead of tomorrow night's kick-off at home to Crusaders, Jeffrey is keen to manage expectations although he adds that the title winning feats of Cliftonville and the Crues from 2013 to 2016 offer hope to sides like Ballymena.
He said: "Of course winning the league we would love that and that is the reason Brian McLaughlin (assistant manager) and I have gone back into it, but for anyone to imagine that this season, all I will say is that it took us three and a half seasons to win a league with Linfield.
"And with the greatest respect to Ballymena United when we took over at Linfield we weren't taking over a team fighting a relegation battle!
"Last season our first aim was to ensure we would be nowhere near that. When we reflect objectively on our time at Ballymena we are certainly much further down the road in this journey than we expected to be at this stage. We didn't expect to be playing in Europe, we didn't expect to win a major trophy but we have done that. Having achieved that, that's what you continue to aspire to.
"We want to be competing again for that top six place, for Europe and in the cup competitions.
"The league for me has always been the bread and butter, so we have said to the players can we in the first instance consolidate because I think that is vitally important and then let's see where that takes us.
"If you think back 10 to 12 years ago where Crusaders and Cliftonville where, for me they offer great encouragement and are the role models for others to try and follow."
Jeffrey is content with his summer signings, Conor Brennan, Andrew Burns, Emmet Friars, Michael Gault, Stephen McAlorum and Stephen McCullough, but is well aware the Crues have also impressed in the transfer market.
When the teams last met, in April at the Showgrounds, Jeffrey's side won 3-0 aiding their quest for European football and hitting hard the title hopes of Stephen Baxter's men.
Jeffrey says: "Crusaders will still be hurting from losing out to Linfield in the title race last season and Stephen with his signings has really thrown down the gauntlet and signalled a sign of intent.
"We will be coming up against a highly motivated team. We couldn't have asked for a tougher start."

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Beligian/Italian singer Melanie de Biasio made a record last year, No Deal, a record that showcased her singing, songwriting, even flute playing. With a voice that approached both Karen Carpenter and (more pertinently) Nina Simone, at least stylistically, it was a wake up call that soul jazz was very much alive and well.
Despite picking up accolades and admirers, the album (de Biasio’s second full length) seemed to burn rather slower than expected, and so one of her chief supporters, the venerable Gilles Peterson has leafed through his contacts book, pulling together a varied bunch of artists and producers to give the whole album a rework. It works the same as the original, working its way through the original tracklisting, the only deviation being The Cinematic Orchestra’s ‘I’m gonna leave you’, tagged on at the end, the Clap! Clap! rework tackling the track in its place in the running order.
The album opens with an Eels rework of I Feel You, and has this lush, cinematic brevity about the track, certainly for the most part, until its cut up and wound up, but there’s this feeling of the Spaghetti Western about it, all cloaked in de Biasio’s soft, engaging vocal. Hex takes the tempo up, with a house working of The Flow, these high hats tumbling over an almost tribal beat, but he manages to create this feeling of space, the echoey and minimal piano figures leaving the focus once again on de Biasio.
Ninja Tune beatmaker Seven Davis Jr turns up the heat with this brilliant Nu-Soul vision of No Deal. It bubbles away, the vocal cut up and repositioned in a variety of jigsaws that Davis Jr makes during the course of the track. He adds some ebb and flow to the track that makes it swing a little bit, albeit in a different way, like the original. Gilles himself joins forces with Simbad to give another beat heavy version, this time of With Love / Sweet Darling Pain, throwing in a little bit of dub drum work before the track morphs into this bass rich dub-house banger.
CHASSOL brings the warmth on Sweet Darling Pain, before it weaves away, the bassline jumpy and restless, but impossibly funky at the same time. Clap! Clap! gives the aforementioned ‘I’m gonna leave you’ a liberal dose of sass, shards of sound and electronics fizzing all over it. It’s Jonwayne’s stuttering version of With all my love that almost steals the show, combining the heartlfelt vocals with this fluttering percussion and beautifully minimal piano.
That show stealer appears with album closer I’m gonna leave you, with Peterson favourites The Cinematic Orchestra at the helm. Its cut up, dragged through everything good about modern nu-jazz, shrouded in electronics and put back together again, to produce something fitting to wrap up a highly entertaining and emotion tinged listen.


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11/20 Seniors! Senior Photos
Published in The Chagrin Valley Times
January 9, 2020
Kenston was headlined by its divers during the Western Reserve Conference championship on Friday at Mayfield and Saturday at the Spire Institute in Geneva.
During the girls 1-meter springboard competition at Mayfield, Lady Bomber senior Mary O’Neill recorded an 11-dive score of 461.8 points to become a four-time WRC champion, while junior teammate Courtney Keane took second with 351.1 points.
O’Neill’s performance ranks first among Division II divers in Ohio so far this season.
In the boys competition, Kenston sophomore Clay Foster also won gold on the 1-meter springboard with 380.05 points, while fellow Bomber sophomores Alex Bayus, 364.65, and Joe Drsek, 211.75, finished second and fifth to score a combined 51 points for their team in that event.
Since Kenston rejoined the WRC in 2015, it was the first time the Bombers cleaned up with first and second place in both the boys and girls diving competitions.
During the swimming portion of the meet the following day at the Spire Institute, top performances by junior Leilah Shafer and freshman Madison Jones helped propel the Lady Bombers to a runner-up team finish with 351 1/2 points, bested only by defending champion Chardon, 521 points, in the eight-team league meet.
Shafer finished runner-up in the 50-yard freestyle in 24.45 seconds, breaking Kayla Korenowski’s program mark of 24.66 seconds from 2015. Also, Shafer finished fourth in the 100 freestyle in 56.12 seconds.
Jones, meanwhile, finished runner-up in the 100 breaststroke in 1:13.98, bested only by Madison senior Zoey Fedele’s performance in 1:10.64.
Also leading the Lady Bombers, senior Mandy Glime took third in the 200 individual medley in 2:27.33, while freshman teammates Cayla DiBernardo was fourth in 2:28.69.
A third Kenston freshman churning up the wave was Molly Bochenek, who finished fifth in the 200 freestyle in 2:07.74 and sixth in the 100 backstroke in 1:06.28.
And Kenston senior Ellie Mills took sixth in the 100 butterfly in 1:07.49.
The Kenston girls’ best relay finish came in the 200 freestyle, when the quartet of junior Emily Evans, 27.32 seconds, Bochenek, 26.21 seconds, DiBernardo, 27.59 seconds, and Shafer, 25.52 seconds, clocked a 1:46.64 to finish third.
The Kenston boys, meanwhile, were led by sophomore Nick Korenowski and senior Tyler Adams to finish fifth in the team standings with 224 points.
In the 100 butterfly, Korenowski finished runner-up in 1:02.48, while Adams was third in 1:02.73.
In the 200 individual medley, Adams took fourth in 2:25.92.
And in the 200 freestyle, Korenowski finished sixth in 2:07.24.
Published in The Chagrin Valley Times February 21, 2019 Tony Lange Whether it’s a sense of urgency or simply a matter of boys turning to men, high school males tend to swim their best times senior year. Whatever the reason, Kenston senior Billy Glime got it done for the Bombers, dropping 3.02 seconds off his… Continue Reading
Video courtesy of Chagrin Valley Times and Tony Lange Kenston sophomore Leilah Shafer 100 yard freestyle Kenston senior Billy Glime 100 yard butterfly Kenston junior Mandy Glime 200 yard individual medley Kenston Girls 200 yard Medley Relay Continue Reading
Published in The Chagrin Valley Times February 14, 2019 Tony Lange Kenston junior diver Mary O’Neill was 18.65 points out of the lead and 12.95 points out of second place entering the ninth of 11 rounds during the Division I sectional diving competition last Thursday at Solon High School. The host Lady Comet divers owned… Continue Reading
By Maddie Engoglia (Video by Leilah Shafer) The boys and girls swimming and diving teams finished off their season with their senior night meet against Chagrin Falls on Saturday, Feb. 2. It was the seniors’ night, but junior Mary O’Neill set the team’s first broken record of the season by scoring 262.80 points, breaking her… Continue Reading
Published in The Chagrin Valley Times January 31, 2019 Tony Lange The Kenston girls swim team cleaned up with first places, but the Lady Bombers found themselves needing to win the 400-yard freestyle relay to defeat Solon in a road dual on Saturday afternoon. While the host Lady Comets own a faster time in that… Continue Reading
By Maddie Engoglia The girls and boys swimming and diving teams are back with brand new captains to inspire and lead the team. The swimming and diving captains, Billy Glime, Mary O’Neill, and Sofija Raudins, continue to push themselves and strive to break school records throughout their final season. By setting high personal goals and… Continue Reading
This year, we are looking for boys and girls to join our swim team. We lost most of our seniors, so we are a very weak team at the moment. Also, you will have the opportunity to letter if you receive enough points. You must have fast times to be able to compete in varsity… Continue Reading
The Kenston Swim teams competed at Sectionals on Februrary 10th, at Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Several swimmers managed to advance to Districts, with the team achieving a combined 61 Personal Records. Those who advanced to Districts competed at Cleveland State University on Saturday, and those swimmers earned eight more PR’s. With the season now… Continue Reading
Published in The Chagrin Valley Times February 8, 2018 Tony Lange There were no runaway torpedoes, but double-event champs propelled the Kenston girls and Chagrin Falls boys during a split swimming and diving dual on Saturday afternoon at Orange High School. Kenston seniors Makena Maurer and Cara Joyce and junior Sofija Raudins motored the Lady… Continue Reading


FTSE 100 hits record high as pound weakens below $1.23
London's premier share index powered to a new intraday trading high on Tuesday, aided by a further weakening of sterling
Tuesday 11 October 2016 21:55, UK
A further weakening of sterling helped push the FTSE 100 to a record high during trading on Tuesday.
The country's premier share index climbed above 7,123 points just after midday - beating its previous highest level recorded in April last year and going as high as 7,129 before slipping back.
It finished the day at 7,070, just shy of its highest recorded market close level of 7,103.
Shares in the firms that make up the index have soared this month in pound terms as the currency has sagged to fresh 31-year lows.
The FTSE 100 consists largely of export-dominated multi-nationals which make the bulk of their sales in dollars - making the stocks of such firms more attractive when those sales are converted back to pounds.
However, on dollar terms, the FTSE's market value remains well below its referendum result level - down more than 6%.
The new record for the FTSE was marked as sterling slid back below $1.23 - with more bloodshed for the currency seen likely in the wake of the so-called 'flash crash' last Friday amid a market frenzy over the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Neil Wilson, market analyst at ETX Capital, said: "The index jumped as the pound took another leg lower on mounting concerns about what a 'hard Brexit' will look like.
"Leaked Treasury documents argue that the cost Brexit could be £66bn per year, due to a slump in GDP of up to 9.5% compared with staying in the EU."
The FTSE 250, which has benefited from evidence the UK will avoid recession more than currency weakness, is also hovering near record highs.
Analysts have said the collapse in sterling has made UK firms more attractive for potential overseas buyers.


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South African National Parks (SANparks) are investigating the bizarre deaths of 63 African penguins, whose bodies were found inside the Boulders African Penguin colony in Simonstown.
According to a statement on Facebook, the penguins were killed between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, prompting an immediate investigation by SANParks, in collaboration with the City of Cape Town and penguin experts from the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB).
The birds’ bodies were taken to SANCCOB for post mortems, while samples were taken for toxicology testing.
The main suspects in the deaths are currently a swarm of Cape honey bees, after it was found that none of the birds had any injuries aside from multiple bee stings across their bodies. Dead bees were also found at the site.
“Therefore preliminary investigations suggest that the penguins died because of being stung by a swarm of Cape honey bees,” the statement reads.
“A dead penguin was also found on Fish Hoek beach yesterday which the SANCCOB vet has confirmed also had multiple bee stings. However, samples are still being tested for other toxicity possibilities and diseases to rule out any other potential cause.”


The Liebherr Group is a large equipment manufacturer based in Switzerland. It consists of over 130 companies organized into ten Divisions: Earthmoving, Mining, Mobile Cranes, Tower Cranes, Concrete Technology, Maritime Cranes, Aerospace and Transportation Systems, Machine Tools and Automation Systems, Domestic Appliances, and Components. It has a worldwide workforce of over 41,000, with 8.8 billion euros in revenue for 2014. By 2007, it was the world's largest crane company. Established in 1949 by Hans Liebherr in Kirchdorf an der Iller, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the business is still entirely owned by the Liebherr family.
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Nelly‘s last single, the reader-approved Heaven, was a crossover-friendly ballad with a pro-woman message with a breezy, innocent vibe. On the follow-up, the St. Louis representative pulls a remarkable about-face, channeling the deviant sex appeal of late-‘70s/early-‘80s hitmaker Rick James. While Nelly’s performance sometimes verges on Dave Chappelle-style parody (I’m pretty sure the real Rick James wouldn’t have exclaimed, “I’m rich, b**ch!” in the middle of a song.), he manages to do a quite convincing impression of the funk-soul icon’s flamboyant delivery. Pharrell Williams mans the boards, turning in a grimy bassline worthy of the man behind Super Freak, and T.I. contributes a suave closing verse. Nelly’s seventh album, M.O., is slated to drop September 30, via Derrty/Universal Motown . Click here to pre-order the set on iTunes!
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St. Louis rap veteran Nelly has released his latest album-length collection of original material, M.O.. The follow-up to 2010's 5.0, it is the artist's seventh album in total. Included among its 12 tracks are Booth-featured...
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More for your money
Buying in bulk is a great way to get the products you need and use regularly at a reduced cost. How many times have you entered a supermarket to be faced with “3 for 2” or “BOGOF” deals? It’s true that these kinds of savings are designed to make us spend a little more in the first instance.
However, they will usually save us money in the long run, since we’ll already have a fresh supply of these products when we run out – and at a markedly reduced cost. Check the prices per unit beside the deal. How much would you normally pay? Buying in bulk saves not only money but also time.
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More often than not, you’ll spend more than you intended
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You may buy more than you need
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Do your research
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As it is in Heaven! Mimetic theory, religious transformation and social crisis in Africa
Ikpe, Ibanga B.
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This article is an overview of Rene Girard’s mimetic theory and its application to and implications for conflict in Africa. It accepts Girard’s basic idea that imitation is a feature of all individuals but disagrees with his view that the Christian gospel can adequately eliminate mimetic rivalry and thereby lead to a non-sacrificial culture. Drawing from the concept of culture and the African experience of Christianity, it argues that the Christian influence in Africa has only produced a hybrid culture, which draws heavily from the traditional culture. Thus, instead of demythologizing the culture, the gospel has actually introduced new myths into the African setting, which generate a new type of mimetic crisis that traditional forms of intervention are incapable of ameliorating. It argues that the Christian gospel as the precursor of the new myths cannot, in its current form, diffuse the crisis. The article suggests a re-engineering of the gospel to cater for this new reality and thus diffuse the crisis.


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Monrovia – Like many concerned partisans of the ruling Unity Party, its former chairman, Cllr. Varney Sherman, is also not sure if President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is lending any form of support to Vice President Joseph Boakai’s presidential bid, but says the party does not need her support anyway.
“In 2014 she did not support me when I was contesting in Cape Mount to become Senator, but yet I won by 60% and more, so it’s possible that Joe Boakai could win by more than 60 percent.”
“I cannot confirm or deny whether she supports the Party” Cllr. Varney Sherman, Former Chair, Unity Party
Cllr. Sherman is, however, optimistic that the party would win the October 10 polls by more than 60 percent of votes.
“In 2014, she did not support me when I was contesting in Cape Mount to become Senator, but yet I won by 60% and more so it’s possible that Joe Boakai could win by more than 60 percent. I cannot confirm or deny whether she supports the Party,” Cllr. Sherman said.
He made the assertions in an interview with journalists on Monday in Monrovia.
As former chairman of the Unity Party, Cllr. Sherman believes the Party stands a very good chance in these elections suggesting that they could probably win on the first ballot.
“From our survey, we stand a very good chance and there is a high probability that we could win on the first ballot.”
President Sirleaf has iterated on several occasions that she supports her Vice President to be her successor.
However, she has not made a public spectacle of her pronouncement, though elections campaign started a month ago.
Recently, Presidential Press Secretary Mr. Jerolinmek Piah dispelled rumors that the President had shifted her support to opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) led by soccer legend George Weah, who had allegedly assured her to protection from any form of prosecution after she shall have left office.
Wounds Still Fresh
Cllr. Sherman’s feud with President Sirleaf, reignited a few years ago. Close associates of Cllr. Sherman and President Sirleaf believe that old wounds were dug into after Cllr. Sherman trumpeted the President’s failure to commit to fighting corruption in an oration delivered by him on Liberia’s 166th Independence Celebrations in Bomi County.
Cllr. Sherman slammed the President for what he described as a dismal presidency, citing the president’s lack of effective public relations as the reasons her accomplishments are not known.
Said Sherman: “I am however concerned that enough information about these achievements and accomplishments has not flowed to the Liberian public at large and too many people, even within Monrovia and its immediate environs don’t know enough about these achievements and accomplishments.”
“The absence of information to the Liberian people about these achievements and accomplishments is a serious deficiency that must be remedied immediately.”
Added Cllr. Sherman: “Even after two circles of general and presidential elections, the social and development challenges which face our people are still very daunting; some of our people appear to give up all hopes for the betterment of their situations during their lifetimes.”
‘Diabolical & Wicked’ Allegations
Currently being prosecuted for corruption in for his involvement in the alleged Sable Mining bribery saga which was unearthed by Global Witness, Cllr. Sherman says he would stop at nothing in proving his innocence and reveal the truth in the case.
He described the allegations as diabolical, wicked and unsubstantiated.
“I will not relent until the truth is revealed. If somebody will pay for it, it will be between their God and my God.
He asked: “Have you ever asked yourself: in Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s Government how the making of laws went through?
Do you know any group called the International Senior lawyers Program that had people here assisting with the drafting of law?
Do you know that the law they said I bribed people to change the EU, USAID and the International Senior Lawyers were involved in that change?
Have any of you been able to talk to the Public Procurement and Concession Commission to ask whether I had anything to do with this law?
Have you read the letter the President wrote the legislature to tell them about all the organizations that helped her in changing the law?
You haven’t done that; you have swallowed the Global Witness report,” he asserted sternly.”
Fighting for His ‘Reputation’
Responding to whether he is bitter with the President, Cllr. Sherman asked in return – “If you were me, will you smile? I spent years in this country trying to build my reputation as a lawyer and one night, one moment, some British boy destroys it.”
In a high spirited tone, the Cape Mount County Senator told journalists how he was invited by President Sirleaf into a merger as standard Bearer of the Liberia Action Party at which time he claimed to have raised millions of dollars to support President Sirleaf 2011 campaign.
“Is this how to pay back somebody who worked for you? Wouldn’t you even call him to say a Global Witness has raised this report and we need to talk about it?
President Sirleaf told me when I raised the issue on the Bumper Show, she said, she sent me a text message and I didn’t respond so she decided to do it her own way, so I will do it my own way.”
Recounting some of the sacrifices he made for President Sirleaf he named the simple majority for the legislative seat he won at the Supreme Court after a failed referendum.
He said if wasn’t because of his stance, elections for legislative seat would have only been won by the absolute majority, which he said it could have cost government millions of United States dollars on run-off elections.
“Were you in this country when the TRC brought out its report?
Am I not the one who had a press conference at the then Liberia Action Party (LAP) headquarters in Monrovia promising to stand up for her?
Do you remember that they challenged her on the ten years residency clause and I defended her at the Supreme Court? God will be my Judge.”
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Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction 6.2 (2004) 49-65
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The Jewish Shah
"The Shah of Iran is Jewish," my father would remind us whenever the paper ran a story about Iran, which was often in those days, the sixties and early seventies. One issue of Life showed a magnificent red silk tent supporting a chandelier over a resplendent array of emperors and ambassadors dining in the desert at the shah's celebration of 2,500 years of Persian history and 30 years of his own Pahlavi regime. "Just don't tell anyone," my father warned. "If the shah knew we knew his secret, he would send his police to bump us off."
I loved to hear the story. As far as I could tell, it was the only romantic part of my father's life. He had served in India in World War II. His best friend, Sidney Polivy, another Jewish dentist from New York, used to joke that he and my father should slip over the border to Iran and visit the shah, who happened to be his cousin. As Sidney told the tale, four of his uncle's sons fled Russia in their teens to avoid conscription by the czar. The fifth cousin went east instead of west, making his way over the Caucasus Mountains to Persia. He tried to earn a living as a peddler but eventually joined or was inducted into a troop of Cossacks. He hid his origins, became a Muslim, rose quickly through the ranks. There was a coup. He changed his name and declared himself the shah. At the start of World War II, he threw in with Hitler, and his brothers in America washed their hands of their black-sheep relative. But seeing as how Sidney and my father were in the neighborhood, they might as well stop by.
My father and his friend never made it to Iran. Victory was declared and the men were sent home. My father opened a dental practice in the Catskills, and Sidney in the Bronx. "We drifted apart," my father said. "We would correspond, but not as often." Sidney and his wife drove up to see my parents. "Then we had a falling out," my mother said. "They never came back." She wasn't sure why. [End Page 49]
It bothered my father that he and his friend had lost contact. "We were like two brothers." He shook his head. "But what can you do?" The years slipped by. My father was looking forward to seeing Sidney at their thirtieth dental-school reunion. "Your mother and I had just walked in when someone ran up to me and said, 'Your friend Sidney just died.' I nearly fainted. It hit me like a ton of bricks."
In the years after Sidney's death, telling the story about the shah must have been a way for my father to keep his friend's memory alive. Besides, he believed the story. I believed it too. I wanted to believe it. And in the fall of 2000, when I had a year off from teaching and a grant to do some research, I decided to find out if it could possibly be true.
No matter what his origins, the first Pahlavi shah, Reza Khan, was an extraordinary man. Poor, from an unknown family, he ended the brutal reign of the Qajar tyrants who had ruled Persia unchallenged from the late eight-eenth century. Although Mozaffar al Din Shah granted his people a constitution in 1906, his son, Mohammed Ali Shah, tried to subvert his father's reforms by shelling the Persian parliament. Defeated not far from Tehran, Mohammed Ali Shah abdicated in favor of his adolescent son, Ahmad, and fled the country for Russia.
The friendship between the Qajar shahs and Russian czars had been cozy for many years. On a trip to Russia in 1878, Naser al Din Shah viewed a parade of Cossacks and was so impressed by their efficiency that he asked the czar to help him form a similar force in Persia. The following year, the...

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Golden retrievers – loyal friends, Pets many dog breeders and sensitive psychotherapists. These animals have a positive effect on the condition of people with various types of disabilities, including autism. The psychotherapist Boris Levinson in the middle of the last century created a special method of treatment – canistherapy (therapy with the aid of dogs).
People with autism have difficulties in communication, children with autism sometimes can’t find a way even parents. Golden Retriever helps his young owner to be sociable and to solve problems with socialization. In some countries, charities, and public institutions raise and train Golden retrievers specifically for people with psychological and emotional problems. The main goal is to raise an animal with high intelligence and great character.
Experts note that communication with the dogs develops mental and emotional skills, promotes recovery of motor function, spatial orientation and improves motility, eliminates anxiety, fears, aggression, tension and mistrust. Dogs are autistic from an internal enclosed space, the animal is the main motivator to go to the outside world.
There are many examples where at first the children did not react to the animal, then I started to show interest in him and learned to communicate not only with the four-legged friend, but also people. After a few months of communication with the Golden Retriever the person with autism become more social, trying to overcome the difficulties in socialization.
Unfortunately, not all Golden retrievers fit to help autistic children. To find four-legged friend for your child, parents need to consider that the animal must be tolerant, calm and well trained. Also you can’t get a dog if children have phobias towards animals, exacerbation of chronic, allergic to dog hair, infection, and respiratory disease.


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Latest statistics and disclosures from Mokosak Advisory Group's latest quarterly 13F-HR filing:
- Top 5 stock holdings are SCHG, VBR, SCHV, SCHZ, CORP, and represent 65.18% of Mokosak Advisory Group's stock portfolio.
- Added to shares of these 10 stocks: SCHV, VBR, AAPL, SCHZ, CORP, DE, SCHM, SCHA, VTV, VUG.
- Started 1 new stock positions in DE.
- Reduced shares in these 9 stocks: SCHG, VGT, FTEC, LQD, VB, VO, VBK, ESGV, PFG.
- Mokosak Advisory Group was a net buyer of stock by $2.0M.
- Mokosak Advisory Group has $175M in assets under management (AUM), dropping by 6.80%.
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|Schwab Strategic Tr Us Lcap Gr Etf (SCHG)||18.9||$33M||-2%||286k||115.20|
|Vanguard Index Fds Sm Cp Val Etf (VBR)||15.0||$26M||+2%||238k||110.64|
|Schwab Strategic Tr Us Lcap Va Etf (SCHV)||13.6||$24M||+3%||458k||52.16|
|Schwab Strategic Tr Us Aggregate B (SCHZ)||9.5||$17M||+2%||296k||56.06|
|Pimco Etf Tr Inv Grd Crp Bd (CORP)||8.2||$14M||+2%||125k||114.62|
|Schwab Strategic Tr Us Mid-cap Etf (SCHM)||8.0||$14M||253k||55.50|
|Vanguard World Fds Inf Tech Etf (VGT)||8.0||$14M||45k||312.31|
|Schwab Strategic Tr Us Sml Cap Etf (SCHA)||8.0||$14M||205k||68.30|
|Vanguard Admiral Fds Smlcp 600 Val (VIOV)||2.3||$4.0M||37k||106.20|
|Vanguard Index Fds Value Etf (VTV)||2.0||$3.6M||+2%||34k||104.48|
|Ishares Tr Iboxx Inv Cp Etf (LQD)||1.4||$2.4M||-3%||18k||134.74|
|Vanguard Index Fds Mid Cap Etf (VO)||1.2||$2.2M||12k||176.27|
|Vanguard Index Fds Small Cp Etf (VB)||1.2||$2.2M||14k||154.04|
|Fidelity Covington Trust Msci Info Tech I (FTEC)||1.1||$2.0M||-4%||22k||92.03|
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|Vanguard World Esg Us Stk Etf (ESGV)||0.3||$454k||-4%||7.4k||61.75|
|Ishares Tr Esg Aware Msci (ESML)||0.2||$293k||+3%||11k||26.51|
|Vanguard Index Fds Growth Etf (VUG)||0.2||$286k||+19%||1.3k||227.71|
|Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP)||0.1||$261k||9.4k||27.65|
|Principal Financial (PFG)||0.1||$247k||-2%||6.1k||40.46|
|Vanguard Index Fds Sml Cp Grw Etf (VBK)||0.1||$223k||-9%||1.0k||214.22|
|Deere & Company (DE)||0.1||$216k||NEW||974.00||221.77|
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“That’s when we decided to purchase a digital document management system,” says Visva. FST went with DocuShare from Xerox, which had been supplying its copiers. The first phase of the project was to digitize all the paper records it needed to keep and integrate DocuShare with its main systems. ”All our multifunction printers are integrated with DocuShare. All our receptionists have scanners, so when clients come in and sign their forms, they go directly into the file system and our home-grown client management system for case management,” she says.
Now, all documents are searchable and accessible directly from the core applications. Lifecycle management allows them to migrate outdated documents off the system.
Phase 1 was simply setting up a basic digital document management system. Phase 2 is where FST is seeing benefits from automating workflow for its developmental services division, which serves about 3,200 individuals or their families. Those clients purchase services to live independently for which they apply for reimbursement through FST. “We get thousands of invoices and receipts every month. They could be paper, electronic, email or fax,” says Visva. Each family is assigned a barcode that contains basic information about their account and is required to use those bar-coded forms when sending invoices.
All those documents are detected automatically through intelligent recognition software and then relevant information is populated into fields in an e-Form. Rules set up within e-Forms may trigger a process—for example, if the request is over a certain amount it goes to a manager for approval. Any questions that the approver has can be routed back to the worker for answers.
All this happens within the applications that workers use throughout the approval and payment process. “This all used to be paper based. Now it is 100-percent paperless,” says Visva. “We now process clients within two to five business days. It used to take seven to 10 days. At the end of the day, we improved our client experience.”
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“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
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There are plenty of different parasites that could prove harmful for your pet if she were to contract them.
Three of the most common that you will need to take proactive steps to protect your pets from are fleas, ticks, and heartworms. Each will deprive your pet of nutrients to survive while also causing a range of other unpleasant, debilitating, and potentially deadly effects.
Here is what you need to know about each of these parasites and how to choose the right flea, tick, and heartworm treatment for your pet.
What Are Fleas and How Will They Affect My Pet?
When you think of parasites that affect our pets, fleas are probably the first one that comes to mind. Most animals will develop a flea infestation at some point during their lifetime, but it doesn't have to be inevitable. Fleas are wingless creatures that are so small they are virtually microscopic. Single fleas are very rare, largely due to the immense rate at which they reproduce and their short life cycle. The problem with this is that it means a few fleas can turn into a huge infestation very quickly.
Flea saliva contains a toxin that is irritating to your pet's skin. In fact, many animals are very allergic to flea saliva and will experience a severe reaction known as flea allergy dermatitis. Itching, scratching and bald patches caused by your pet constantly trying to ease the irritation are normal. In some cases, your pet might scratch so much that they break the skin and infection may occur. Fleas can also carry other infectious diseases such as tapeworms.
What Are Ticks and How Will They Affect My Pet?
Ticks are another external parasite; however, they are larger than fleas and their body swells with the blood they drink. They lurk in trees and grasses, ready to drop onto your pet. In addition to consuming her blood, they are also well known for carrying a range of infectious diseases from Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to Ehrlichiosis. These can have serious consequences for your pet. Fortunately, fleas are visible to the naked eye and if you check your pet regularly, you can remove them quickly before they have a chance to spread any disease - a process which can take up to 72 hours from when they first bite her.
What Are Heartworms and How Will They Affect My Pet?
Heartworms are an internal parasite. This means that they set up home inside your pet's body. In the case of heartworms, the parasite can be found inside her heart and lungs and the blood vessels that serve them. Heartworms are spread via mosquitos, which place some of the larvae into your pet's blood. Once the worm larvae have migrated to the heart and lungs and matures, each worm will be around a foot long and capable of reproducing. In severe infestations, a dog could have several hundred worms living inside them. Clogging the heart, lungs, and arteries, these worms cause damage to her organs, eventually blocking the flow of blood entirely, resulting in almost certain death. Heartworms are the most dangerous of all internal parasites and your pet must be protected against them at all costs.
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The good news is that it is possible to prevent your precious pet from ever suffering from any of these parasites. The great news is that there are lots of different products available that can do this, making it possible for every pet to be properly protected regardless of their age or health. Some of these are combination products that will protect against several different parasites in just one application. However, in some cases, you will need to opt for two or three different preventatives depending on what is most suitable for your pet. This is where consulting your vet in Bastrop, LA is invaluable.
Your veterinarian at Melton Veterinary Hospital knows your pet's medical history and will be able to make a recommendation as to which is the best preventative for fleas, ticks, and heartworms for your pet. Keep in mind that the application of these products can vary, and while some are chewable tablets that you can slip into her food, others may require topical, 'spot-on' administration. Working with your vet, you can determine which is most likely to suit your furbaby.
The Importance of Administering Preventatives on Time
All preventatives are only effective for a set period of time before a further dose is required. In most cases, it's around 30 days, at that point, your chosen product will need to be re-administered monthly if your pet is to remain adequately protected. Being even a single day late could leave your pet vulnerable to a flea, tick, or heartworm problem. As such, it is crucial that you make a note of how long your chosen preventative product is effective and ensure that you follow up the initial application of medication with further doses exactly as directed.
If You Have Any Doubt, Consult Your Vet in Bastrop, LA
All preventatives contain active ingredients that help to keep your pet safe from the parasites that they target. Heartworm preventatives are only available on prescription from a licensed veterinarian. This is because your vet will need to confirm that a given variety of heartworm preventative is suitable for your pet based upon her medical history and current health. If you choose to give your pet a combined type of preventative that protects against heartworms as well as other parasites, you will need to obtain this prescription from your veterinary team.
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Claims that the first shots in a new Gulf War have already been fired have been denied by Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon.
The no-fly zone policy has shifted, say Pentagon officials
Senior officials at the Pentagon say there has been a shift in strategy in no-fly zones in Iraq, with strikes intensified in what is seen as clearing the way for war.
Pressed about the reports in the House of Commons, Mr Hoon insisted the way the zones were being patrolled had not changed.
Iraqi claims that six civilians were killed and 15 injured in an Allied bombing raid on the city of Basra have now been disputed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Officials said a "battle damage assessment" about Sunday's overnight no-fly zone attack showed there was no evidence anybody was killed or injured.
The allied planes targeted air defence targets in response to anti-aircraft fire from the ground, said the MoD, pointing to similar previous "unreliable" Iraqi claims.
Over the weekend Iraq began to destroy missiles banned by the United Nations since the end of the Gulf War - but that was dismissed by the US and UK as more deception.
On Monday, Mr Hoon told MPs he had given permission for the 14 US Air Force B-52 bombers to be stationed at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
The first of the long-range aircraft arrived at the base on Monday, with Mr Hoon also announcing there were now 30,000 UK troops in the Gulf region.
The move was part of "contingency preparations" and no decision on military action had been made, the defence secretary told MPs.
In Iraq, new targets in the no-fly zones hit in recent days have included surface-to-surface missile systems and multiple launch rockets that could be used by Iraq against ground troops or neighbouring nations such as Kuwait.
Conservative shadow defence spokesman Bernard Jenkin challenged ministers to be "honest and open" about the change.
Mr Jenkin asked: "While we still hope diplomacy will avoid the need for the last resort of
war, haven't we already seen the opening shots of the second Gulf war?"
Mr Hoon insisted there had been no "substantial change" in the way the no-fly zones were patrolled.
"Clearly those forces have always been entitled to deal with threats that might arise," said Mr Hoon.
That was true whether they were direct threats from aircraft above the no-fly zones or threats to troops on the ground in areas like Kuwait, said Mr Hoon.
He did say Allied planes were mounting more frequent patrols of the no-fly zones "in response to efforts to attack them".
Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Paul Keetch said Mr Hoon's denial of a change in patrols - despite the Pentagon briefings - raised suspicions.
Mr Keetch said: "The no fly zones have no official sanction from the United Nations and it is imperative that they are not abused, especially when the UN Inspectors are hard at work in Iraq."
Anti-war Labour MPs are angry, with Alice Mahon suggesting last week's Iraq debate was a mockery because war was beginning "through the back door".
'No security checks'
Some of the intensification of strikes is down to repeat attacks on sites repaired by the Iraqis.
Iraqi aircraft were banned from the two zones in the aftermath of the Gulf War as part of the US policy of containing Saddam Hussein.
The UK Government also said on Monday it had not been able to carry out security checks on crews of merchant ships chartered to carry military equipment to the Gulf.
Defence Minister Lord Bach said the short notice charters made such checks impractical.
The Washington Post quotes US officials in Kuwait as saying the American 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is likely to be assigned to a British command in the event of a war.
The move, unseen since Montgomery commanded American troops in World War II, is said to be a gesture rewarding Tony Blair for his support.