﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"><channel rdf:about="/comments/rss.aspx"><title>Follow the Leader: Recent Comments</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com</link><description /><dc:publisher>Quick Blog</dc:publisher><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://app.onlinequickblog.com/" /><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1209102" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1208114" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205784" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205740" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205681" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/02/local-gallery-has-its-15-minutes-july-3-2008.aspx#comment-1188724" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/05/23/scarborough-yard-sale-to-help-defray-childs-medical-expenses-may-23-2008.aspx#comment-1083995" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/03/28/faith-based-programs-help-addicts-reclaim-their-lives-printed-march-28-2008.aspx#comment-1082641" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/04/18/tim-kings-plant-life-where-i-come-from-printed-april-18-2008.aspx#comment-1006816" /><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/04/24/protect-yourself-against-lyme-disease-this-summer-printed-april-25-2008.aspx#comment-1002291" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1209102"><title>Comment on Letter: Politics spoils parade (July 18, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1209102</link><description><![CDATA[Why is a resident of Florida complaining about how we run our parade here in Scarborough? Politicians walking in Maine parades is a summertime tradition.<br />I'm delighted that Senator Collins thought the Scarborough 350th celebration was worth her participation. <br />Such mean-spirited comments from someone who isn't even a Scarborough resident really makes the town look inhospitable to our elected representatives, and that's a shame.]]></description><dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-19T21:24:01Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1208114"><title>Comment on Letter: Politics spoils parade (July 18, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1208114</link><description><![CDATA["Our town"? The poster is a registered voter in Florida. Is this just more of the effort by people from away to butt in to Maine's business? Chellie Pingree also walked in the parade - with a much more anemic showing, as well as supporters of Senator Collin's opponent - why no complaints about that? Perhaps they don't do thid down in Florida where the poster is from but, here in Maine, we love the close and personal contact we have with our elected officials - especially someone like Susan Collins. I hope she's in every parade there is this summer.]]></description><dc:creator>robert</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-19T09:34:08Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205784"><title>Comment on Letter: Politics spoils parade (July 18, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205784</link><description><![CDATA[If you disliked the electioneering of Senator Collins, why did you not comment about the Pingree Campaign? In all fairness, one should not be criticized without the other. <br /><br />Personally, I have no problem hearing from candidates during a local event.<br /><br />Kim Pettengill, Albion]]></description><dc:creator>Kim Pettengill</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-18T10:49:13Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205740"><title>Comment on Letter: Politics spoils parade (July 18, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205740</link><description><![CDATA[I would like to respond to the above comment.  As a bystander in the parade, I was delighted to see Susan Collins participate so actively in the parade.  Chellie Pingree also marched in the parade and appeared to make no connection with the bystanders, while Susan was running up and down the parade route, handing out stickers to the children and greeting the people of Scarborough.  I thought it was great and showed wonderful enthusiasm.  Further, the balloons that her campaign handed out to my children before the parade were a big hit!<br /><br />I am at a loss for why someone would have had a problem with Susan being at the parade?  I thought she was nothing but friendly and enthusiastic!]]></description><dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-18T10:34:48Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205681"><title>Comment on Letter: Politics spoils parade (July 18, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/18/letter-politics-spoils-parade-july-18-2008.aspx#comment-1205681</link><description><![CDATA[This is not true. Chellie Pingree, Tom Allen, Charlie Summers, and numerous local Democrat and Republican candidates all marched in the parade. And, they were all authorized in advance by the Parade committee. <br />Politicians march in parades in Maine, it is an American institution and an opportunity for people in our town to meet the folks who will be representing them in Augusta and Washington. <br />More likely, the letter writer is a big partisan who was upset to see the overwhelming support Susan Collins received from the crowd. I heard tons of cheers and 'We love you Susan's from the people around me.]]></description><dc:creator>Leo Bloom</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-18T10:13:18Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/02/local-gallery-has-its-15-minutes-july-3-2008.aspx#comment-1188724"><title>Comment on Local gallery has its 15 minutes (July 3, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/07/02/local-gallery-has-its-15-minutes-july-3-2008.aspx#comment-1188724</link><description><![CDATA[I went to this amazing event tonight and i must say THANK YOU to everyone involved,and to the owners,and all the artists,the performers,the caterers everybody! you all pulled it togther so well and you have no idea the kind of impact these art gallery's have had on me,thank you again! an keep it up!<br />~Jakk]]></description><dc:creator>Jakk</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-11T21:05:59Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/05/23/scarborough-yard-sale-to-help-defray-childs-medical-expenses-may-23-2008.aspx#comment-1083995"><title>Comment on Scarborough yard sale to help defray child's medical expenses (May 23, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/05/23/scarborough-yard-sale-to-help-defray-childs-medical-expenses-may-23-2008.aspx#comment-1083995</link><description><![CDATA[Ella is a beautiful, energetic 2 yr old we all love.  It is so hard to believe she has cancer.  Please take your baby and toddlers for their Well Baby Check Ups.]]></description><dc:creator>Linda Smith-Quinn</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-05-31T07:00:58Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/03/28/faith-based-programs-help-addicts-reclaim-their-lives-printed-march-28-2008.aspx#comment-1082641"><title>Comment on Faith based programs help addicts reclaim their lives (Printed March 28, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/03/28/faith-based-programs-help-addicts-reclaim-their-lives-printed-march-28-2008.aspx#comment-1082641</link><description><![CDATA[We are good friends.if our friend goes to bad way........<br />we are seeing about this way. No, we are changing the habit that a man..........<br />Are you an alcoholic man?. If your answer is yes, then you will change your habit...........<br />Its spoil your health and life...........<br />I consult a doctor . he says the affects of alcohol .............that is...<br />"When a person drinks alcohol, the alcohol is absorbed by the stomach, enters the bloodstream, and goes to all the tissues. ..........<br />The effects of alcohol are dependent on a variety of factors, including a person's size, weight, age, and sex, as well as the amount of food and alcohol consumed."...............<br />So you must try to avoid alcoholic drugs..........]]></description><dc:creator>susan</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-05-30T05:23:27Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/04/18/tim-kings-plant-life-where-i-come-from-printed-april-18-2008.aspx#comment-1006816"><title>Comment on Tim King's Plant Life: Where I come from (Printed April 18, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/04/18/tim-kings-plant-life-where-i-come-from-printed-april-18-2008.aspx#comment-1006816</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to all the readers who contacted me about their roots in Dorchester too! It was great to hear about some of the old street names and places. One thing I've been noodling for a while is why/how streets in Maine get "The" status. For example, we've got The Payne Road (scarborough), The Golden Road (millinocket) , The Hogan Road (bangor) and many others....how does a road get this special status ??<br> <br>Tim]]></description><dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-04-28T11:01:27Z</dc:date></item><item rdf:about="http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/04/24/protect-yourself-against-lyme-disease-this-summer-printed-april-25-2008.aspx#comment-1002291"><title>Comment on Protect yourself against Lyme disease this summer (Printed April 25, 2008)</title><link>http://blog.scarboroughleader.com/2008/04/24/protect-yourself-against-lyme-disease-this-summer-printed-april-25-2008.aspx#comment-1002291</link><description><![CDATA[A daily tick check is the number one way to reduce your risk of contracting Lyme &amp; associated diseases [babesia, bartonella, and HGE].<br>Apply 20% DEET to your exposed skin and wear light colored clothing that has been pretreated with .5% permethrin.  Treat your own clothing or buy BuzzOff apparel from LL Bean.<br>Keep grass cut short, get rid of leaf piles, and move    play sets into  sunny areas.  Ticks will be in tall grass, low shrubbery, leaf piles,stone walls, wood piles, or the interface between lawn and woods.   Small rodents are the vectors for the Lyme disease bacteria.<br>When removing ticks, use fine pointed tweezers, grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible, and pull straight up slowly.  It may take 1 to 2 minutes to remove the tick. If the tick has attached, consult your physician and note the date and location of the bite.  <br>There are two treatment protocols- ILADS &amp; IDSA. <br>To learn more about life cycle of the deer ticks, the 2 standards of care and additional web resources, visit <a href="http://www.mainelyticks.com">www.mainelyticks.com</a> <br>Barb Maurais<br>Educational Resources/Webmaster<br>Mainely Ticks]]></description><dc:creator>Barb Maurais</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-04-27T08:34:45Z</dc:date></item></rdf:RDF>