Tails from the B Side is a dog's-eyed view of life from our narrator, Beowulf, a lovable and hilarious canine, who give readers his everyday observations of living with an anxious human in a quirky world. As a therapy dog and “reading tutor,” Beowulf has insights into humans, both large and small, and his furry friends keep him on his toes, getting him into all manner of comical situations! Written in short story format, we travel alongside Beowulf from the beginning of his unexpected cancer treatment to beyond the rainbow bridge, as his human companion clearly needs some help navigating the world. Along the way, we meet the characters who make up the stuff of everyday life, and end up being unexpected teachers and guides. Tails from the B Side is incredibly funny, heartfelt, and offers a rare insight into us humans from the viewpoint of a dog.

In the United States there is still a race gap in education. Black students tend to perform less well in school on standardized tests and grades. Many black students come from low income families and do not have the same resources as middle and upper class Caucasian students. High school counselors can assist in providing support to these students by referring them to tutoring, giving them college and career advice, assisting them in applying for scholarships and to colleges. This study looks at how Black and White students feel about their high counseling experience. This research examined the Monitoring The Future study. Two thousand three hundred and thirty seven high school students were surveyed across the United States. This study found that in general African-American students are more likely to request high school counseling compared to their White counterparts. In addition, that African-American students are more likely to find counseling more helpful than white students. School counselors can help close the racial gap in education.

This project focuses on the Field Service unit of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax Department in DEW. One core function of the Field Service unit is to audit employer accounts to ensure that businesses are properly reporting and paying unemployment insurance taxes. Over the past 3 years DEW's audit program has generated over 6,442 audits, reclassified 10,273 employees, and uncovered over $3.44 million owed by employers to the UI Trust Fund. These accomplishments were achieved by using a primarily random audit assignment process. The recommendation to enhance to the current audit assignment process by using a 10% random rate, and a 90% focused audit rate will not only be focusing more efforts on ensuring that noncompliant employers are reporting and paying their fair share, but will also improve the integrity of the UI Trust Fund by uncovering monies that should be assessed.

Exterminator ROXY BUCKLES, a bounty hunter-cum-mercenary, lives on Aurora, a highly advanced Earth-2 planet in a solar system on the flip side of the Milky Way. At the helm of Buckles & Associates, Roxy takes down space thugs and alien lawbreakers with relish. Her longsuffering best friend, SUKI KWAN, runs the office with an iron fist. She desperately wants Roxy to let go of the past. But Roxy is consumed by a need for revenge... Ten years ago, Roxy's fiancé, SAM SPARROW, a high-ranking fly-guy at The Academy for Intergalactic Law Enforcement, stood accused of a heinous crime - setting a bomb that destroyed The Academy, killing hundreds of innocent people and leaving Suki Kwan with near fatal injuries. Sparrow insisted his innocence but then he escaped custody, disappearing from the authorities' eyes... That day, Roxy swore she would bring him to justice, one way or another. Perhaps her time has finally come.

"The purpose of this study was to determine if embigin normally interacts with MCT 1, 2, or 4 in the mouse brain and if so, whether the interaction is similar to that between basigin and MCT1." -- Leaf [ix]

It's not always easy to know the right thing to do since the consequences of our actions are often felt in the future. Forbidden teenage love separates two innocent souls who struggle in a world of intolerance and ignorance. Can they overcome the challenges to find each other and themselves? If love had a heart is their attempt to build bridges where barriers currently reside.

Detailed hand-drawn illustrations featuring crosshatching demonstrate the steps of making coffee drinks using an espresso machine at home.

Cassidy Cane goes by many titles - archeologist, anthropologist, adventurer - but none more fitting than that given to her on some strange worlds: Slipstreamer. After barely escaping the Xik'en Empire Cassidy has vowed to give her normal life more of the attention it deserves. But adventure follows Cassidy wherever she goes, and she discovers a portal to the world of Lotus Lorea, where there are no men! Then, after being stricken with a common cold, Cassidy exposes the plague to an unsuspecting world and must save it! Can she save Cephalon and procure the Digital Heart? Written by JD Ryot, Nicole Little, Jennifer Shelby, and, bestselling author Jon Dobbin!

Exterminator ROXY BUCKLES, a bounty hunter-cum-mercenary, lives on Aurora, a highly advanced Earth-2 planet in a solar system on the flip side of the Milky Way. At the helm of Buckles & Associates, Roxy takes down space thugs and alien lawbreakers with relish. While avoiding Earth on the way home from her last adventure, Roxy receives a distress signal from an area of space she'd thought uninhabited, one she cannot ignore: THE CRY OF THE FALCON. Following it, Roxy discovers a new world of trouble and turmoil that only she can get out of. Meanwhile, back on Aurora, Roxy's business partner and bestie Suki Kwan is concerned about Roxy's sudden absence and unusual silence. Convinced that Roxy is in peril, Suki gathers together a motley assortment of friends and associates to begin the frantic search. They will soon find themselves in a race against time to track down their missing comrade before it's too late... if they don't kill each other first!