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Spend 15 min to understand exactly how Content Server' Full Text search is working!This article takes you behind the scenes and shows you exactly how the full text indexing works in Oracle Content Server. If you ever tried to troubleshoot your search, indexer, batch loader or a performance issue – without a full understanding of how the things really work under the hood – I don't have to tell you how much time this article can really save you. So without any further due – here it comes.
Before you try to follow these steps, make sure that you have SearchIndexerEngineName=DATABASE.FULLTEXT set in your config.cfg. Oracle Text Search will work in a very similar fashion, even though there're some minor differences. Now for the 10g and 11g systems - the process is the same and the steps below will apply to both.
Now that you checked that you have your full text search enabled, let's begin. First, enable the "systemdatabase" and "indexer" verbose logging. Go to your System Audit Information and make sure you have the options selected like this:
Ready? Now, let's set the stage by checking in a PDF document. I've created a small PDF for this demonstration:
Check it in and then go back and refresh your server output. Search for the content id of the PDF document you've just checked in. You'll see that the indexing process has been initiated (See screenshot below)
You'll see the application/pdf - MIME type being accepted as an indexable format. This means that the document was either successfully checked in or successfully converted by the inbound refinery.
Now let's take a look at the next couple of lines. The Content Server is then spawning a new process - the textexport tool, that comes with Oracle Outside In functionality and comes with the ContentAccess component - part of the standard Content Server distribution.
The textexport program reads the file, extracts the text and saves it as a text file in the active search collection folder - i.e.
If you continue to follow your server output, you'll also see the name and the path to the temporary text file. I'm showing the file and its content here:
(See screenshot below)
Before we go on, let me tell you something else, it's important. For performance and storage efficiency reasons only the latest revision of the document is stored in the IdcColx tables. This means that the full text searches are only done on the latest released revision.
The first step in updating the idcColx table is then to remove any reference to that content ID, if it already exists - to make sure that only one (latest) revision is present. Since we did a new checkin, the attempted delete operation returns "0 Rows Affected." (See screenshot below)
We're now ready to insert metadata and full text into the database table. The text that was extracted out of the document is inserted into the dDocFullText field, which is a BLOB field. Below is the actual SQL statement that indexer is using to do just that:
And here's how the end result looks like if you run a select statement on the database:
Ok, we've just traced the process of creating an index. And now let's look at...
How the index is used
(You can also use the quick search box on the top right.)
Got the page loaded? Gut. Now clear your server output before running your search so you get to see exactly what happens in the database (See screenshot below)
The full text extracted from the document is tokenized per word, so the search is actually looking for word hits. So searching for "test" will return our item and searching for "te" will not. Actually, this doesn't have much to do with the Content Server. Let me show you what the actual SQL statements will return:
Searching for "test" will happily return our record :

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Looking at these photographs, don't search for perfection.
Color film in those days, particularly slide film, could be a pain in the neck!
Kodachrome 25 and 64 were really wonderful, showing sometimes breathtaking results, but by the time you loaded your camera with Ektachrome 100 troubles began to surface.
Going beyond, or above that - say Ektachrome 400, or other film with even higher ISO/ASA -, you felt like committing suicide.
Fun, for sure, but highly unpredictable!
Scanning those old pieces of film is not a simple task: what was already bad, just gets worse, you soon begin to shiver with hallucination, your unassuming photograph may well turn out a surrealistic masterpiece…
Don't understand me wrong, nothing compares to a beautiful Kodachrome reflecting back from the projection screen.
Yes, slide film was intended to be projected – not scanned -, and there it genuinely shone!
Photographs made with Leica cameras on Kodak film.
Heidelberg is a very nice town, and I am glad that I had the chance to live there.
Three of my four kids were born in this friendly place, and that is where my long-lasting love affair with Leica cameras began.
I have not cut ties with Heidelberg: my son Luís and some good friends live nearby, so I am longing to go back there.
I won't forget to bring the Leica along!
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Cameras - Leica M (M2 + M4 + M4-2 + M5)
Lenses - various Leitz/Leica, some with Visoflex III
Films - Kodak Kodachrome + Kodak Ektachrome
Date - between 1981 and 1986
Location - Heidelberg, Germany
Scanner - Epson 4990


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Instead of dining in a restaurant to celebrate my birthday, this year, I decided to do it slightly differently. A more down to earth approach. Remember the group, Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) that I mentioned previously on my blog on Bottle Tree Park and that one of the programmes I intended to attend in June? This is it!
"Ground Up Initative is a place to connect with the earth. We are a community of volunteers - of Thinkers, Warriors and Farmers. Thinker doesn't mean book smart - it means holistic and compassionate thinking - looking at the whole. By warrior I mean people who are hands on and have mental resilience - they are adaptable and have inner strength. And to farm is to connect with the land. It grounds you. You understand in a deep sense that what you plant, you will reap.
GUI is a place where all are invited to come and learn what true kampung spirit really is. It is a place to connect and heal. You come here to learn to connect with yourself then to those around you. People who come here find comfort, peace and clarity. They find purpose and meaning. We have people of all ages and all walks of life. They do not live here but come on weekends to participate in the activates: farming, cooking, carpentry. Some just come to take their shoes off and walk in the stream. It's a kind of leadership training - life training. You learn to care. You learn what is important to you and how to build towards it, to speak up for it. "
- Kampung Chief Tay Lai Hock
|A different sort of birthday celebration with Mother Earth , I decided to get my hands dirty and did some planting...
|The volunteer with the children. GUI is into recycling, of course!
|I think the place looks really nice. I particularly like this lamp. I wonder whether they make that themselves.
|Chalk on wooden blocks. Who would have thought of that? You could also used markers though.
|The rickshaw that looked so antique
|Wow! Trishaw! I doubt I have seen one this colourful!
|A spider spotted in the nursery
After a morning of hard work, we had lunch made by the chefs. The cleaning process is rather new to me. All of us are used to cleaning with detergent. But the process we are going to be introduced is quite unheard of. First you get to clean by rubbing coconut husk on the used plates, the used coconut husk will be used as a compost for plants. Then wash with a plant based powder which was mixed in water. After that, raise in a couple of basins of clean water.
The session ends by listening to a story shared by a volunteer of GUI. Then, we were to do a sharing session by splitting into groups and discussing about what we have learnt from the story and what have we learnt for this trip.
I love being near to nature. I love learning about how to make our life more sustainable. I am glad I learnt a few tips on how to plant. Most importantly, I learnt we can actually clean up our utensils in a more eco-friendly way. Wait till I get my hands on that powder, I shall share on my facebook page.
GUI is an interesting group. They have been appearing in libraries programmes and even the recent Singapore Heritage Festival. Thank you GUI for making my birthday so memorable, I do hope to see you again!
This post is part of the "Care for the Earth" series
- Care for the Earth (introduction)
- Our Green Library and Recommended Green Books.
- Muse
- Making a Pinhole Camera (Craft)
- DIY card holder (Craft)
- "Lungs of the World" in Singapore
- Making a Yoyo Button Hair Accessory (Craft)
- A different birthday- a more down-to-Earth approach
- Celebrating Earth Day


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Enhanced 3-D modeling and realistic physical simulation enables new ways of seeing a green, learning its breaks, and becoming a better putter. Based on LiDAR laser scanned site surveys of real golf courses, PuttAR's 3-D dataset delivers the highest accuracy in greens' modeling.
The PuttPilot™ user interface introduces terrain analysis and precision to golf simulation. Multi-view cameras and architectural graphics reveal the complex design of the green. Realistic physics and precise controls enable the player to develop real world green reading and putting skills. Unlike previous putting simulations, PuttAR players predict their own putts, making it an active learning tool.
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The International Team for Implantology (ITI) is holding the next edition of its flagship event – the ITI World Symposium – in 2017 from May 4 to 6 in Basel, Switzerland. The scientific program along with the faculty list have been published on the ITI World Symposium 2017 website. The main theme of the meeting is "Key factors for long-term success".
More than 80 speakers from all over the world will be sharing their expertise in a series of plenary and parallel breakout sessions over three days. They will be providing keys to the entire treatment cycle from diagnosis through treatment to aftercare, offering sustainable long-term solutions. In addition to the field's leading international speakers, the faculty also includes a broad cross-section of young and talented specialists from around the world, representing a diversity of evidence-based approaches and the next generation of implant dentistry.
The Scientific Program Committee led by Prof. Dr. Daniel Wismeijer has designed a practically oriented program of information and approaches that participants can immediately implement in daily practice. To ensure that the take home messages are directly accessible to as broad an audience as possible, all plenary sessions will be simultaneously translated from English into nine languages.
"With the theme 'key factors for long-term success', our aim is not only to highlight what is state of the art today but also what will be important tomorrow – looking at the technology and approaches that are set to direct practice in the near future," explained Daniel Wismeijer, Chair of the Scientific Program Committee. "Our speakers are providing keys to various areas within implant dentistry and are also showing how they can be used to open doors to best practice."
The role of technology in our lives is the theme of keynote speaker Dr. Kevin Warwick, a leading cybernetics researcher at the University of Coventry whose area of study is artificial intelligence, robots and cyborgs. Kevin Warwick will be taking a look at how healthcare is developing in the light of technological advances. By contrast, the groundbreaking work of the ITI in the field of implant dentistry during its 37-year history forms the subject of a presentation by Dr. h.c. Thomas Straumann and Prof. Dr. Daniel Buser.
The World Symposium scientific program is complemented by a half-day Pre-Symposium Corporate Forum presented by Straumann, Morita and botiss, where opinion leaders talk about their experience with the latest products and technologies. The extensive industry exhibition provides participants with a perfect opportunity to visit key companies, see what's new and find out how they can apply it in daily practice.
The ITI World Symposium is being held at the Messe Basel within the halls designed by renowned Basel architects Herzog & de Meuron. The unique facade of twisted aluminum bands encloses the ITI World Symposium 2017 setting that is inspired by the dynamic world of modern airports. Bustling departure gates, quiet lounges and a lively exhibition zone provide ample opportunity for the event's more than 4,200 anticipated visitors to meet and network while taking part in an exciting scientific journey. This is further facilitated by an innovative technology service that allows participants to exchange and gather information using a small interactive device. Any information gathered continues to be accessible and up to date in the "cloud", which eliminates the need to produce and carry around large amounts of paper during the event.
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Your Physical area of life is directly proportionate to the power of living your personal truth of mindful inspiration, of bodily excitement, and of your souls fulfillment. The Physical area of your life is beautifully woven to your thoughts being alive and forwardly moving in an inspiring direction. It is time for the health of your body's enthusiasm and excitement to come alive! Alive with vital movement is your destiny as I now take you on a brief vitalistic journey of how to engage your body's balance for sustaining years of life ahead. What you think about is your truth which internally is a divine gift as it surfaces the mind and heart daily; therefore what you think about lovingly is exactly what you bring about to love fully. Your body diminishes cellular function when the mind is not living fully its truth. You deserve the life your mind creates for you as love, wisdom and gratitude exists for your plan and beliefs within. This acknowledgment takes mental stimulation which when focused on reaps physical vitality and an energy that sparks your longevity in life.
The body is connected and committed to your minds desires. They are a team and shall be treated equally. Allow the minds wisdom to show you its visionary fruitful buffet of the joys you want in life and there your body will flourish with the thrill of life's adventurous journey. Your body brings you the dance with life la dolce vita! The sweet life of loving and caring completely brings the spice to your life! You deserve to feel, to be felt, and to abundantly balance the treats that your body generously receives from nutrition, exercise, the activities you love to do, sex and making love, and personal hygiene. Your body's health therefore allows your mind to take you where you physically can walk and enjoy life with ease vs discomfort.
Your body is the vehicle that carries your minds ability to achieve your peak interests, as well as your walk in life to the experiences and adventures that life gloriously and gracefully has in store for you. We know that when we walk a path from within dedicated to the things we truly love, our body is at ease with unlimited energy. When we try to do things another wants in order to fulfill their values and go against our own truth inherently, our body has dis-ease which can cause undesired discomfort, slowing down and irritability. Recognizing the drawbacks to living someone else's desires and life plan is a beneficial exercise for actualizing your own health. So, stay true to where your mind is yearning to be, discover and attune to your hearts desires and make a list of what you truly want to do in your life that you must be physically able to move daily toward in order to happily and fulfillingly manifest. Evolution of life brings great results as we accept this fact of the divine design in life. Love is always there in life for people that have traveled with us, though form changes at times that leads you to greater activity, energy, and a life that you find bountiful in all ways.
The medicine of empowering your life to be balanced and wholesome mindfully, bodily, and soulfully is to have a plan each year that you can refine as time goes by, yet you must have a plan that you love and look forward to getting out of bed each day to enjoy and feel alive. Allow your body to feel and be felt, the present loving care you receive and give out enriches your strength and endurance for a long healthy fun loving life. Your body requires your attention and the breath of life to your body is the attention of someone who loves your body as much as you do and for you to love that persons equally – your plan of fitness and health needs to be a "we" plan to continue the shape the health of bodily care that loving each other requires!
We can laugh about relationships and endure certain irritable situations, though to allow our body the gift of its desired pleasure with the one we love, lust for, and make love to invigorates the plethora of fuel for the body's performance in all that you do. To fulfill the body through your nutritional care, exercise and touch from a loving partner in life is to provide the healthiest momentum to your fitness level, to adding years to your life, and advancing your activity level as you live your amazing life of calm and exciting times.
The slower you move, the slower you will become. The more vital you are in creating shared bucket list plans in life as shown in the Jack Nicholson-Morgan Freeman movie The Bucket List, the greater the spectrum of healthy and energetic movement over time will be yours. Do you feel inspired with who you are sharing your life with as you know their goals and yours are a "we" plan? Are you alone with a personal plan of events leading to the vision you hold within. Write out a year plan and unleash a new energy component within you for your life ahead. It is very worth this exercise to plan out a year, then to have five year life plans that add to the depth of your journey ahead. These idea's are the seeds to the mind and body that bring forth your minds exuberance of thoughts for the mind to wake up each day ready to get on with a plan of action and therefore successful and loving feelings at the end of the day.
Do you allow your body be stimulated by your daily routine and also by your nutrition at home and the touch it receives for nurturing tender loving care? Does your mind experience stimulation of personal material as well as shared conversations with who you are in a relationship with? Who you are with to share invigorating active life events with, and your body's daily exercise routine, will bring enthusiasm to your body, to your love for life, and therefore an appealing excitement for the duration of your life. Your diet and cognizant appeal to how your routine everyday is for your nutrition, your rest, your activity, your minds learning tasks, your meditation, and your love in life makes a purposeful impact on the life and the aging process to be either dwindled or invigorated from this moment on. Have a clear road map, be thankful, eat moderately, drink water, breathe fully and deeply, connect your bucket list to someone who can engage fully with you, smile, grasp life by the mane and feel the thrill of life, and count your blessings. Believe in your heart the things you know you want in life. Let's get physical!!
In gratitude to all of you who teach me to fly better each month by your feedback.
I am graciously dedicated to the discovery of the magical and inspiring gifts of femininity that allow our physical being to thrive in human potential and opportunity, and also to survive in the realization that within every perceived crisis is a blessed gift. Be filled with radiant vitality and mental clarity for living your authentic self. Thank you for spending this time exploring your beautiful nature and how to access your greatest powers. Every woman is worthy of deserving her dreams. I've noticed woman need help and support to reawaken their allure of femininity, and the independent successes that they dream of….The Secret to The Beautiful You is the gift of our soul, resonating with the minds mastery and our shining beauty that illuminates our lives, as we are all stars of the universe….full of light for generations to follow. Live with bold genius, knowing that sweat and tears, failures and challenges, and our hearts greatest calling will bring forth our feminine power in success and love for impacting feminine legacies.


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Home Chef as cooking lessons for kids. My eleven year old is really interested in pursuing a culinary degree at our local community college, but has a couple of years until she is eligible for enrollment. She loves getting the boxes, and actually put them at the top of her wishlist! I have been super impressed with both the skills she has learned, and the food she has made; it really has been amazing, restaurant quality meals! This was "Crispy Garlic and Lemon Crusted Salmon with creamed kale and charred grape tomatoes" and you can actually view the recipe by clicking on the recipe title! It was so delicious, and definitely something that we will make again.
I've had a couple of questions from different people about Home Chef that I thought I would address here.
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*You can choose different dietary choices on your profile. I have chosen to prefer meat & seafood over vegetables, and to avoid soy. Avoiding dairy, pork, red meat, nuts, gluten, mushrooms, and shellfish are also an option. I also have selected low-carb, and low-calorie is an option as well.
*Each week there are eleven different dinner options you can choose from! We have tried out two other similar services, and prefer the food Home Chef sends, by far.
*You can skip up to six weeks at a time, by clicking on that date on the calendar. Or, you can "pause" your account for all future deliveries, by clicking the button under your account. You can then "unpause" anytime you would like to receive a delivery.
*The regular price for meals is right at $10 a plate. So it's definitely (way) above our typical grocery budget, but the quantities and quality I think are restaurant quality, and even at full price, the cost is significantly lower than local cooking class options for kids. We order the three meal box for two people, and we either split it up and eat it with leftovers or sandwiches or something as filler, or the person that prepared it gets to have a special meal with Mom or Dad. Many of the meals, like this one, could be easily replicated with ingredients from your local grocery store. The "all in one" box of ingredients is so, super helpful for those learning to cook especially, since the recipe addresses your specific ingredients and quantities; you don't have to go searching through the pantry, fridge, etc. and measuring everything out, etc.
Let me know if you have any questions about Home Chef that you would like me to address, or if you've tried it, what you thought!!


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CNN producers released on bail after World Trade Center trespassing
Two CNN producers were released without bail on Wednesday after they were charged with allegedly trying to sneak into the World Trade Center site.
Connor Boals, 26, and Yon Pomrenze, 35, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court, where they faced misdemeanor charges of attempted criminal trespassing and trespassing.
They were not required to enter a plea at this point of their prosecution, before the judge let them go without having to post bail.
Boals and Pomrenze made four attempts to get onto Ground Zero before being arrested shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday, prosecutors said.
The pair initially tried to get through Gate 1 at Vesey and Washington streets, according to a Manhattan DA criminal complaint, with Boals allegedly telling a Port Authority cop at the scene: "If a 16-year-old got in there, why can't I get in there?"


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Crush on Jennette McCurdy
Oh My God i've been having these obsesion on Jennette McCurdy every time i see her pics I feel desperate about meeting her in person.
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I'm 47 and I would f*** the h*** out of that little b****. I would do her and Carly in a 3way.
i like her too
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I agree. And I feel the same way about Lena Dunham (Hanna Horvath). Much talent, much promise, big future.
im with you. i think shes great. i think shes by far the best actor on that horrible show she got stuck on and i think shes got a great future. i also believe that 20 yrs from now people will look at her as a big star and look back at her resume' and go......"wait a minute she was on THAT??!?!! WTF??!?!!"


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It's a new year and I'm not one for resolutions but this year I wanted to make a promise to myself that I could keep - incorporating more nutritious foods into my diet. Breakfast for me usually consists of multiple cups of coffee which we all know is not very healthy. I decided to add oatmeal to my morning routine since it has so many benefits and keeps you feeling full longer, enabling you to maintain a healthy weight. I started a search for oatmeal recipes and found one that I actually look forward to eating every morning! Overnight oatmeal or refrigerator oatmeal seems to be the latest craze. Oatmeal, Greek yogurt, milk, fruit and chia seeds shaken up and left to rest overnight in the fridge. There are recipes all over the internet with multiple flavor combinations and photos to match. Typically, refrigerator oatmeal is made in a pretty glass mason jar, looks similar to porridge and is eaten cold. I have tried a few combinations and haven't found one yet that I do not like! Some of my favorites are strawberry with vanilla, mango with almond extract, peanut butter and banana and apple cinnamon. Right now the blueberry with maple syrup is my latest obsession.
Chia seeds add an extra benefit to your oatmeal healthy morning meal. They are loaded with calcium, potassium, vitamin B and anti-oxidants; another plus if you want to add nutrients to your diet. They have a neutral taste so you can add them to almost anything. Chias absorb water and help you feel fuller longer. So why not add some chia seeds to your morning breakfast routine?
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Blueberry Maple Refrigerator Oatmeal
1/4 cup uncooked old fashioned oats
1/3 cup skim milk
1/4 cup non-fat Greek Yogurt
1 1/2 tsp dried chia seeds
2 tsp maple syrup
blue berries to fill the jar
Put oats, milk, yogurt, chia seeds and maple syrup into a 1 cup mason jar. Put the lid on and shake well until combined. Remove the lid and add blueberries and stir until mixed. Put the jar in the refrigerator overnight. Eat chilled the next morning. ( will keep for up to three days )
You can find healthy recipes like this in Ellie Krieger's new book
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so from my last post I found the treadmill hard to use for more than 5 mins, I looked back to my time at u-kinetics, and the exercise I did the most was the Exercycle and I really enjoyed it. I think from memory I only did about 15 mins, as well as 5 mins on treadmill and some other weight training type exercise.
One of the girls from work is actually a qualified personal trainer and she has said she will help me formulate a plan that I can do from home and she will help me in any way I need. I am going to take her up on it.
I also met with my liver specialist this week, and she is wanting me to have an ultrasound and another liver biopsy, and all going well she wants to take me off the steroids as she thinks I might actually be in remission.
So it is a matter of watch this space.


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Healthcare professionals working in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need to learn from the progress made in the cardiovascular disease community, according to a new Takeda-backed report.
Launched at the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Vienna, Austria, The Shifting Paradigm in COPD Management report says that more attention needs to be paid to the prevention of disease progress, rather than just treating the symptoms, taking the changes made here in cardiovascular disease (CVD) care as a reference point.
Takeda's key COPD product is its selective phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme inhibitor Daxas (roflumilast). The once-daily pill was acquired through its takeover of Nycomed last year and was launched in Europe in 2010.
The report's publication follows updates made by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) to its treatment recommendations to combine an assessment of a patient's current symptoms with any future risks of disease progression.
The matter is particularly pressing, with COPD set to climb from the fourth most common disease in the world to the third by 2030, due to an increase in ageing population and the factors behind contracting COPD, including smoking and pollution.
Despite this projected increase, awareness of COPD remains low, with Dr Alan Kaplan, chair of the Respiratory Medicine Special Interest Focus Group of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and one of the report's contributors, citing a report that claimed 50 per cent of exacerbations – when a patient's condition declines significantly for a period of time – were not reported.
The reasons for this are varied and can include a lack of knowledge regarding the symptoms of an exacerbation, as well as patient resistance to having a doctor influence their lifestyle choices, such as smoking.
However, this could be changed if the COPD community looks to progress in CVD care during the past few decades, according to Dr Kaplan.
Speaking to PMLiVE, he said: "If we educate people aggressively about what they should be afraid of, they learn. So you know that if you have chest pain, and pain going down your left arm and shortness of breath, you go to a hospital to make sure you're not having a heart attack because you could die.
"If you get submitted to a hospital because of a COPD exacerbation, you're risk of in-hospital mortality is that same as that of an acute heart attack. Now that's pretty scary, and not recognised."
See a video interview with Dr Kaplan at the top of this article.
Another of the report's authors, Professor Wisia Wedzicha, backed Dr Kaplan's views on improving education as part of this "paradigm shift" in care, referencing a study that found only 2 per cent of patients with COPD knew what an exacerbation was.
"We've got to encourage our patients to seek treatments that will prevent [exacerbations], even if they don't yet have immediate symptomatic benefit."
And key to this is improving patient/physician communications, said Prof Wedzicha: "If patients participant and understand and trust their doctor, this will improve adherence to preventive treatments, like there is with CVD. There's no problem giving a statin to someone with CVD, and we've got to look at treatment in the same way."
Other contributors to the report, which was published and developed by Takeda, included Dr Ondrej Rybnicek from the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Assoication (EFA) and Dr Robert Horne, a professor of behavioural medicine at University College London.
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School Photographs Online
School Photographs Online
The College is now utilising the services of the widely respected photography company, Advanced Life Photography. Advanced Life provides the ability for parents to order their child's photos online, for the life of their education. With each student given a unique barcode, every soccer, chess club, drama photo is now at your fingertips!
This is the Advanced Life photography page. This module allows parents to order their child's photographs throughout the course of their son or daughter's entire schooling life, ensuring that they never miss a moment of their child's important school memories.
Simply click the link on the left to access the Advanced Life Photography portal for St Columba College. For any queries, simply contact Advanced Life Photography on 1300 728 972.


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A sad story in Miami, Florida regarding health insurance was recently brought to my attention. It highlights the flaws inherent in both public and private health insurance plans, and is an example of why healthcare reform is so important. A friend of mine has an ailing grandfather, named Benito Jimenez. Benito's daughter, Maria Conroy cares for him 24/7, and has taken charge of navigating the complexities of his insurance coverage. Her 85-year-old father has Medicare, but also has a Medicare Advantage administered by Humana. This would seem like an ideal compromise of the government and corporations, which would allow them to provide the best healthcare possible. Instead, it's only brought Maria and her family one frustration after another.
Benito suffers from various conditions, but his health recently took a turn for the worse. He has developed anemia, which decreases the amount of healthy red blood cells. Severe anemia prevents your body from pumping oxygen everywhere it's needed, so it's obviously an urgent concern, especially for senior citizens. His doctors aren't sure where his internal bleeding is coming from, though Maria suspects that it's related to a previous stomach ulcer that was caused due to Benito taking a large combination of medications daily. The recommended test is an endoscopy, generally considered a simple and safe procedure (as opposed to a colonoscopy, which is more invasive). Unfortunately, possibly due to Benito's age, his gastroenterologist–part of his primary care doctor's "team"–refuses to perform it himself, despite being able and certified to do so–Maria feels that he is most likely scared of a malpractice lawsuit. Maria begged him to allow her to sign a waiver removing his liability, but he refused to take the risk of doing it on an outpatient basis. That gastroenterologist further explained that he would be obligated to do any and all tests necessary to save Benito's life if he was in a hospital setting.
After the gastroenterologist told them to go to the hospital (where the procedure would be performed at a higher cost to them, as well as their health insurance), Maria and Benito were kicked back to their primary care physician. Despite Benito's hemoglobin level being a very low 8.5, they were told that he wouldn't be referred to a hospital until his hemoglobin level was 7. She is unclear as to whether the doctor or the insurance company establishes this arbitrary rule. If they had investigated his medical history, a hemoglobin level of 8 had previously sent Benito to the hospital in need of a blood transfusion. In the infinite wisdom of Medicare and Humana's reimbursement rules, they would not offer preventative treatment until he was in critical condition and needed even more medical care. This runaround was costly for Maria, both financially and emotionally. Benito was prescribed an increasing number of medications to mask his symptoms, but they produced other side effects and exacerbated his main problem (while also resulting in higher co-pays). She felt that the doctors were condescending and were more focused on preventing health insurance fraud than providing care. While Medicare fraud is relatively common, the preventative measures may have backfired. Honest, ethical patients and their loved ones don't receive the care they need, because they are unaware of the loopholes. For example, a previous cardiologist of Benito's once referred him to Baptist Hospital in Miami, in order for another specialist to examine him; however, his insurance company wouldn't pay for a visit to that particular hospital. The cardiologist suggested that he pretend to faint somewhere in close physical proximity to the hospital or in the hospital lobby, so they would be forced to admit him and later discover what he actually needed. This suggestion shocked and dismayed Maria.
For too many doctors, the health insurance bureaucracy has changed their caring vocation into an impersonal business. Ideally, healthcare reform would change this, even though this story shows an negative example of government involvement in health insurance. The saddest part of Maria's story is that Benito was present when his primary care doctor shockingly informed Maria, as if he wasn't capable of understanding or wasn't listening, that further investigation would be pointless due to his frail condition–or at least, not enough of a sure thing to avoid the risk of lawsuits. They indirectly, but essentially told her, in front of him, that he should go home, medicate the symptoms and wait to die. Again, their fear of malpractice judgments and desire to bill Humana and the federal government (thereby making up for decreased funding that cut reimbursement rates) for as many procedures as possible overtook their oath to "do no harm". It seems as though they prefer to wait until someone is in critical condition to provide preventative care, which results in their needing even more medical care. Meanwhile, Benito's condition was far from terminal. A previous gastroenterologist agreed to perform an outpatient procedure, but his insurance was only willing to cover the specialist recommended by his primary care doctor. As opposed to working together for the benefit of the patient, that doctor steered them to the uncooperative gastroenterologist described above. Since the outcome was unsuccessful, Maria eventually managed to get her father's initial gastroenterologist covered under his health insurance plan; however, the delay was detrimental to his care. Benito's anemia is now critical: this lessens the chances of success of an outpatient endoscopy and might mean that he'll need a hospital stay, after all.
In Maria's own words, the health insurance industry has enacted its own "cash for clunkers" program. Only in this case, the so-called "clunkers" are older Americans being sent to the junkyard. There's a lot of fault to go around: Medicare stretches its budget to the limit and has bureaucrats making coverage decisions, while for-profit insurers like Humana have CEOs and shareholders that also demand a reduction in costs. The patients themselves–our parents, grandparents, siblings, children, partners, and friends–are lost in the midst this battle, even though they should be the most important factor of all. Some opponents of the public option claim that it will lead to the forced euthanasia of seniors, while others believe those claims are overblown. Nevertheless, indirect euthanasia is already happening right now; this is a case in point. Healthcare reform is a complicated issue, and it's deeper than greater availability of affordable health insurance. That won't matter if, after paying premiums and/or taxes for decades, your insurance won't give you the care you need most. I don't claim to know what proposal will work best, but Maria says that the current system is broken and that we urgently need healthcare reform of some kind. "Everybody doesn't have a family member to be an advocate," she adds. "I worry about how many elderly people fall through the cracks without someone to find the loopholes to work the system for them."


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In the betting world what we ended up with was likely a Push. Basically, no one 'lost' the contest. Kent Island turned in a most impressive collection at 266 bikes. Otterbein United Methodist topped their total last year collecting 232 bikes and 13 sewing machines.
Both collection managers, George and Mary and Cindy Brown and Mike Johnston (of Otterbein UM) have been recognized by BfW as Featured Volunteers.
We had such an incredible turn out for these specialty requested items we will likely also be sending many to our partner Goodwill Panama.
Sewing machines will be in the container next week for Costa Rica.
Otterbein UM continues to hold the BfW record for a one-day, single-site turn out at 402 bikes in 2009. Since then they regularly collect over 200 bikes every last Saturday in April.


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Christmas in Italy or in Venice: spend a day with an Italian Family and Take a Cooking Class with Mama Isa.
If you are planning a journey in Italy during the Christmas Holiday, one of the best things to do is to take a cooking class and to learn how to cook an Italian Chef during one of the most important Italian Feast. Mama Isa offers you a real and funny cooking experience.
You will learn the best recipes in Italy for Christmas's Eve, for Christmas Lunch and for New Year's Eve. Come to learn the Holiday Tradition in Italy and how is important the family, love and food.
Learn how Christmas is celebrated in Italy.
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Eminem's Illuminati membership analysis
TheDoggStar.com posted up a moderate sized analysis of Eminem's Illuminati membership. The questionables include an analysis of Eminem's 'Recovery' album imagery and some of his lyrics.
The only thing I'd like to add to this is to clarify what my feelings are on the glass cube Eminem is sitting inside of on the album. I think this is a symbol for Eminem's awareness of being trapped in the Saturn worshiping satanists known as the entertainment industry. The cube represents the material, 5-sense world, that was brought to us by the satanic cults and reptilian shape shifters. If you look at most religions, they warn of the influence the material world can have on us. This could be because the religious forefathers knew that the satanists could provide this ability to manipulate our bodies and minds. Eminem is sitting in the transparent cube because he is aware that we are inside of this cube without the ability to see it. It's a prison without the bars. The Saturn worship stuff is a bit complex, I'd recommend reading up on my 'Saturn Worship Beginner's Guide' for more info on cubes and other symbolism.
There's actually another point I'd like to make, and that is in reference to DoggStar's photo of Tyler the Creator and Eminem; it appears like Tyler is performing sexually on Eminem, and perhaps this is on purpose. There's rumor that the satanic cults perform these homosexual acts (that's not to say all homosexuals are satanists though), as is evident in the Lil Wayne 'Love Me' video breakdown that Mark Dice does.
Here's the link for that DoggStar article, it makes some good points: http://thedoggstar.com/secret-societies/illuminati/is-eminem-still-illuminati/


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"The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch men with fire." – Revelation 16:8
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) was launched on February 11, 2010, from Cape Canaveral. SDO is designed to help us study and understand how solar activity is created and how Space Weather comes from that activity.
Indeed, NASA has warned about huge solar flares disrupting satellite, power, radio, and other communications such as the Internet on Earth.
On July 12, 2011, SDO observed a stunning eruption from the Sun's surface. NASA describes the phenomenon as:
A stalk-like prominence rose up above the Sun, then split into roughly four strands, that twisted themselves into a knot and dispersed over a two-hour period…the effect is one of airy gracefulness.
The eruption reached a height of about 90,000 miles above the Sun in just a few minutes. At its peak, the eruption took on the form of a winged angel….
I suggest you watch the video in full screen mode.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
UGLee Pen Giveaway! US - 9/19
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- Laura MillerSeptember 13, 2012 at 7:50 AM
I think I could really benefit from an Uglee pen!ReplyDelete
My hubby would LOVE and benefit from the UGLee pen the most. He writes quite a bit when he is preparing for his Adult Sunday School class.ReplyDelete
- Debbie ClauerSeptember 13, 2012 at 8:38 AM
I would !!!! I write a lot every day & want to try these.ReplyDelete
I would give this to my son who's away at college! 'cause he'll be taking lots & lots of notes, right?!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM
My husband would love these, he does alot of paperworkReplyDelete
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I would be the one.ReplyDelete
- Shirley TurnerSeptember 13, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I would use it. I am on my computer on and off most of the day. I like giveaways, coupons and sweeps. Especially sweeps. So I am making a lot of notes all day and I actually get cramps in my hand. So, I would love to try this pen.I don't judge on looks only so the pen won't have a complex in my home.ReplyDelete
This would be a great pen for my mom and grandma!ReplyDelete
My husbandReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2012 at 2:48 PM
I am a stay at home mom who works from home so i would benefit greatly!ReplyDelete
My husband. Due to a spinal disease and multiple surgeries, his right hand and arm go numb. This makes it hard to write because he often drops pens and pencils. I think the UGLee pen would help him grip the pen and not drop it as easily.ReplyDelete
I would benefit the most, as I do the most writing.ReplyDelete
Myself, If I'm not typing I'm writing!ReplyDelete
Me! I use a pen all day at workReplyDelete
I could use them - I get a bump on the last joint of my middle finger when I use a pen a lot - these would really help.ReplyDelete
I would get the most benefit for sureReplyDelete
I'm a student so I could really use these for class!ReplyDelete
I could benefit most from the Uglee pen because I love pens--even Uglee ones! :)ReplyDelete
I'd use it because I'm always writing. Thanks for the cool giveaway! :)ReplyDelete
I have arthritis in my hands and cannot grip a pen for very long.ReplyDelete
I would. I am always writing at work, school, and home.ReplyDelete
- Lyndi MalarchukSeptember 14, 2012 at 9:07 PM
My son would benefit tremendously from an ergonomic pen. He is on the autistic spectrum and has some fine motor, coordination, and strength issues. He has been getting OT for the last 5 years (he just turned 9), but his handwriting still looks like a kindergartener. Anything that would help him is worth a try!!ReplyDelete
I would because my kids took all my other pens!!ReplyDelete
I would, since I live alone, but I could share with my mom (who has arthitis in her handsReplyDelete
I am always looking for pens cause I have to fill out lots of paperwork!ReplyDelete
- tammy dodsonSeptember 15, 2012 at 5:05 PM
I would definally use it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:27 PM
My husband just had a fight about him takin two of my "good pen." I would love to have some he wouldn't like. ;)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:29 PM
I could definitely use the Uglee pen! :)ReplyDelete
- Ellen BarthSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Looks like a great pen. I do a lot of writing at work!ReplyDelete
- Suzanne LindstadtSeptember 16, 2012 at 9:30 PM
I write a lot at work, I could use a more comofortable pen!ReplyDelete
I think I would most benefit from this pen!ReplyDelete
even though it's really ugly I'd like to have it.. it would make writing very funny lolReplyDelete
- Jamie RamseySeptember 18, 2012 at 10:52 PM
Meee! I love writing and could use an awesome pen like this. =)ReplyDelete
Me! I am a pen junkie and I love trying new pens!ReplyDelete
Me! I'm a full time college student!ReplyDelete
I would most be the one that got the most use out of it until my kids stole them of course.LOLReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2012 at 1:00 PM
I would be the one that would benfit the most from the pen being that i am apply f or job left and right and need something to help me write neat ones. also just to make life easyReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2012 at 1:02 PM
HA aHA This pen is awesome. I would hold it near and close so I could have it. Finally something for me and only me. If it was to be taken I could easily find it and the kids couldnt say it was theres , thats for sure.ReplyDelete
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- Wendy FranklinSeptember 19, 2012 at 10:36 PM
My husband he does lots of paperwork everyday!ReplyDelete
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I would, always writing when i am trying to stay organized.ReplyDelete
- JESSICA RSeptember 19, 2012 at 10:52 PM
I could!! I try every pen I can possibly try and have yet to find a pen that helps my hand. I am a nurse and writing is 98% of my job. I lost feeling in my two middle fingers on my right hand after the pregnancy of my 2 year old as a result of the carpal tunnel I had from it. My hand goes numb and cramps up so bad because of it and I would love to try this pen to see if it helps! Great giveaway! :)ReplyDelete
- Gail BrandSeptember 19, 2012 at 10:52 PM
My husband is a law student and is going through pens fast.ReplyDelete


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Gordon B. Hinckley Quotes About VirtueQuotes about: Virtue
I love the youth of the Church. I have said again and again that I think we have never had a better generation than this. How grateful I am for your integrity, for your ambition to train your minds and your hands to do good work, for your love of the word of the Lord, and for your desire to walk in paths of virtue and truth and goodness.
Imagine how our own families, let alone the world, would change if we vowed to keep faith with one another, strengthen one another, look for and accentuate the virtues in one another, and speak graciously concerning one another. Imagine the cumulative effect if we treated each other with respect and acceptance, if we willingly provided support. Such interactions practiced on a small scale would surely have a rippling effect throughout our homes and communities and, eventually, society at large.
What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable good among those with whom we associate, that we speak of one another's virtues more than we speak of one another's faults, that optimism replace pessimism, that our faith exceed our fears. When I was a young man and was prone to speak critically, my father would say: "Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve.
Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizon of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth. God will hold us accountable if we neglect His daughters. He has given us a great and compelling trust. May we be faithful to that trust.
It is good to LOOK to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the FUTURE. It is good to look upon the VIRTUES of those who have gone before; to gain STRENGTH for whatever lies ahead. It is good to REFLECT upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose DREAMS and early pains, so well nurtured, has come a great gravest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous EXAMPLE can become a compelling MOTIVATION for all of us. ~Gordon B. Hinckley
The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?
I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and abuse, of intolerance and hatred. There is so great a need for repentance and forgiveness. It is the great principle emphasized in all of scripture, both ancient and modern. Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.
None of us is perfect. There was only one perfect man who ever walked the earth, and He was the Son of God. We all have weaknesses and I guess we all make mistakes and will make mistakes in the future, but look for the virtues, the strengths, the goodness in those with whom you labor, and draw those characteristics into your own lives and make them a part of yourselves, and you will be the richer for it all the days that you live.
We are all prone to brood on the evil done us. That brooding becomes as a gnawing and destructive canker. Is there a virtue more in need of application in our time than the virtue of forgiving and forgetting? There are those who would look upon this as a sign of weakness. Is it? I submit that it takes neither strength nor intelligence to brood in anger over wrongs suffered, to go through life with a spirit of vindictiveness, to dissipate one's abilities in planning retribution. There is no peace in the nursing of a grudge. There is no happiness in living for the day when you can 'get even.
There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.
We are particularly proud of our youth. I think we have never had a stronger generation of young men and women than we have today. For the most part they are true to the faith of their forebears. Surrounded by forces that would pull them down and tremendous pressures to pull them away from time-tested virtues, they are going forward with constructive lives, nurturing themselves both intellectually and spiritually. We have no fears or doubts concerning the future of this work.
No system can long command the loyalties of men and women which does not expect of them certain measures of discipline, and particularly self-discipline. The cost in comfort may be great. The sacrifice may be real. But this very demanding reality is the substance of which comes character and strength and nobility. Permissiveness never produced greatness. Integrity, loyalty, and strength are virtues whose sinews are developed through the struggles that go on within as we practice self-discipline under the demands of divinely spoken truth.
Gordon B. Hinckley
- Born: June 23, 1910
- Died: January 27, 2008
- Occupation: Religious Leader
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Linoprint with Watercolour
Have you noticed how many cats seem to be finding their way into my art? I do hope our dogs haven't noticed, Dermott, particularly!.
There is a marvellous interview with Sherrie York on Printsy: Printmakers on Etsy today. Sherrie's linocut prints and her generous and informative blog Brush and Barren have inspired me in my latest adventure. When you see the evolution of her work you will understand why.


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I gave you a room tour, but want to show you a little more of the resort itself. The lobby is always the first impression and it is gorgeous! The arched roof lines are reminiscent of the native canoes and the lighting is a soft golden glow from gourd-like fixtures.
Disney did a lot of research into the Hawaiian culture and, although there are the expected "Hidden Mickeys" like the other resorts, the changed it up at Aulani and had Menehune tucked everywhere! Menehune are little mischievous characters that spend their nights creating fantastic inventions and sleep during the day. I believe there are more than 200 of the little guys all over the resort! Although there is a kind of scavenger hunt activity to try and track them(probably geared toward kids, but that doesn't usually stop me), I chose to snap a few pictures and enjoy floating past ones placed along the Waikolohe Stream.
Water features are prominent throughout Aulani. The Laughing Waters fountain ends in a koi pool which is just across the path from a whirlpool next to the Waikolohe Stream. See what I mean?
The views are extraordinary. We enjoyed breakfasting at Ama Ama – which has a lovely view of the lagoon, or lounging near the pool to look for hidden carvings on Waikolohe Mountain (water slide). At night, looking down from an upper floor to the whole pool area is magical!
On every floor, in elevator bays, along the hallways – there was beautiful artwork. The paintings looked like they were painted on sheets of plywood – there was wood grain visible through the vivid pigments used for each piece. The staircase leading up to the lobby from the entrance to the Makahiki Restaurant at pool level is a work of art in and of itself!
I'm sure I missed many aspects of the Aulani Resort – I probably should go back and take a little better notes…


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Besides serving momma Caroline Manzo's meatballs, Little Town also boasts an impressive cocktail list. And in the name of solid journalism and reporting, I sampled their Blue Reserve Mojito (or three) on a recent date night. The result? Well, Albie and Chris are here sharing the recipe with you for a reason.
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Little Town's Blue Reserve Mojito
1.25 oz Pyrat XO Reserve Rum
1 tbsp whole blueberries
0.25 oz simple syrup
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CRANBROOK, B.C. - Brent Raedeke scored the game winner on a third period power-play as the Edmonton Oil Kings beat the Kootenay Ice 2-1 in Western Hockey League action Sunday.
Edmonton (3-2-1) opened the scoring as Craig McCallum was left alone near the net and converted on a feed from Brenden Dowd.
Dowd leads the WHL in scoring with nine points.
Kootenay tied it late in the second period on a power-play. Andrew Bailey scored on a backhand shot after finding a loose puck in the slot. The goal ended the Ice's 0-for-29 stretch on their power-play.
Oil Kings goalie Cam Lanigan made his first WHL start and earned the win with 25 saves.
Nathan Lieuwen made 13 saves for Kootenay (2-3-2).


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Lowering Your Chances Of A Car Deer Collision
The state where I live has a huge population of whitetail deer, and is listed as having the 2nd highest number of car-deer accidents per year by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (TSA). There is always a high risk of hitting one with a car. Since deer weigh from 50 to 200 pounds, depending on age and size, such crashes always cause significant damage to most vehicles. In addition, animals that die in the roadway can create a hazard for other drivers even after they are dead.
The TSA reports over 1.5 million car-deer collisions a year, with an average cost of damages over $1000. Although the ratio of encounters to deaths is low, there are about 200 human fatalities a year in such crashes.
Interestingly enough, there are usually fewer than 10 deaths per year, in all of North America, from encounters with bears. One might actually conclude that the whitetail deer is the most dangerous animal on the continent!
So, are there ways to reduce the likelihood that you and your vehicle will connect with a deer? Although deer are very fast and unpredictable, there are some ways to improve your chances of remaining unscathed.
These suggestions are based more on personal experience than any official publications.
1. Most car-deer accidents occur from October to December. This is because it is the rutting season, and bucks tend to lose any shred of common sense they may possess. They may be chasing groups of does, and even deer who may be attentive to traffic at other times of the year can be pretty stupid in the late fall. They may even run into the side of your car. Be especially vigilant at this time of year.
2. Deer are mostly nocturnal, and move around the most at dusk and dawn. Try to avoid driving at these times of day. At the very least, pay more attention at these times.
3. Be especially observant on the first few days of firearm hunting season. Deer don't have any trouble figuring out when they are being shot at, and their normal traffic patterns are often disturbed. If you have the option, don't drive on those days.
4. Don't overdrive your headlights. This means to drive so fast that you can not stop in the distance ahead that is illuminated by your lights.
5. Slow down in rural areas, particularly if there are deer crossing signs. These warnings are posted in areas where deer are known to travel regularly. I live about 2/10 of a mile from one of these signs, and there are at least two deer hit in that particular area almost every year.
6. Recently developed farmland can still have high deer populations. Increasing traffic in these areas increases the risk of collisions.
7. Ask local people where the areas are with the greatest danger. If you have just moved to a new place, or are visiting for several days, don't be shy about asking for advice. There are almost always specific areas that locals will avoid whenever possible, for good reason. Where I live, no one likes to drive "Deer Alley" at dusk or dawn. I'm not kidding; that is the road's local nickname.
8. I don't have any statistics, but locally-wise people know that if you see one deer cross in front of you, you are probably going to hit the second one. Deer seldom travel singly. It's a common lament; "I missed the first one, but I hit the second one." So if you see a deer in the road, even if it is moving away, slow down immediately.
9. If you see deer beside the road, slow down now! They are just as likely to run right in front of you as they are to fade into the woods.
10. Wear your seatbelt. This is the law in most states, but people still don't do it. It's a really simple way to avoid serious personal injury in front end crashes, the most common type of car-deer accidents.
11. "Whistlers" that you attach to your car don't work. They are supposed to create a high-pitched sound that warns the deer off. If you have sensitive ears, they will drive you insane, but the deer don't seem to care much.
12. Don't think that if there is a fence along the road that this will stop deer. Deer can easily jump 6-foot fences, 8-foot-high ones will stop some proportion of deer, but highways seldom install fencing that high.
13. If you realize that a collision is imminent, DON'T try to swerve. Press firmly on the brake and stay in your lane. That deer, even if 200 pounds, is a lot more forgiving than another vehicle or a tree. Losing control and hitting other objects is much more likely to result in injury or death.
Finally, if you do hit a deer, and it is injured, be very careful about approaching it. If it is running around, stay in your car. If it is on the ground, but alive, it may still be able to kick. Deer have very sharp hooves. A buck may raise its head and thrust its antlers at you. Any injured animal can be very dangerous.
Different states have different laws about reporting such accidents, so you should inform yourself as to the local regulations.


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A fence alarm is most frequently used as a security device. There is no better way to secure your home than to be notified each and every time someone opens or closes a fence, but there are several other reasons to utilize a fence alarm in your home or business. Often a business will place a fence alarm on the front fence to notify employees when customers enter, thereby allowing employees to stay productive by not having to keep a constant eye on the fence. Emergency exits are often equipped with a fence alarm so that if or when they are opened, the entire building will be aware of a possible emergency situation. To keep small children from gaining access to a swimming pool, a fence alarm can be placed on the gate surrounding the swimming pool area. This type of placement, with the fence alarm access button or key pad out of reach, ensures small children will not be at risk of drowning.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, "57 percent of burglaries in the United States, in 2003, took place without forced entry." Installing a fence alarm is an inexpensive way to ensure your home won't be part of this statistic.
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Mike Huckabee made a fine little splash Sunday when he announced on Meet the Press that he was running for president, demonstrating again that if the measurement is glibness he belongs in the top tier of Republican candidates.
Smooth talk, however, is overrated as a political gift. If fair words and a graceful tongue were the yardstick, Alan Keyes (remember him?) or anyone but George W. Bush would have been president the past six years.
It is itself not overly prized in politics, but there is one quality that a fresh and unknown candidate evades at considerable peril: truthfulness. The former governor has always had a problem with it when he seeks to embellish his record or clean up his mistakes. Elegant phrases will go only so far in papering over untruths.
The weakness was in full panoply in Huckabee's short interview with Tim Russert, host of NBC's Meet the Press. Russert, who is not ordinarily a nervy interviewer, nailed Huckabee only once on a bit of flimflam, — his role in the parole of rapist and murderer Wayne Dumond — and Huckabee may be lucky enough to avoid much contention over his exaggerations and diminutions of his Arkansas record. But his dissembling will catch up with him before the campaign moves far along.
How much better he would be if he stuck laboriously to the truth and owned up to the errors that befall every officeholder. People are supposed to admire straight talk. Huckabee's 10-year record as governor is not as spectacular as he makes it out to be, but the truth would adequately support his essential claim in the Republican race, that he is nearly as socially conservative as the most hidebound of his opponents but he has a heart that makes him want to use the government to improve the fortunes of society's vulnerable, children, the elderly, the disabled and immigrants.
As governor, he was unusually charitable to prisoners, and the most famous of his intercessions, for Wayne Dumond, caused the death of a couple of women in Missouri. He got the state parole board to release Dumond, who was in prison for raping a Forrest City girl, and Dumond was convicted soon afterward of murdering a woman in Missouri and was a suspect in the death of another. He died in prison. Huckabee would maintain that he had nothing to do with Dumond's release although he had advocated it and expressed his satisfaction to Dumond himself. He has blamed his predecessor, Jim Guy Tucker, and even Bill Clinton, whose relative was the rape victim.
Someone apparently passed along to Russert free-lance reporter Murray Waas' documented Arkansas Times account of Huckabee's pleading with the board in a secret meeting to release Dumond. Russert asked Huckabee if he had talked to the parole board. Huckabee first said he had not talked with the board about Dumond.
"You never mentioned Wayne Dumond?" Russert asked with obvious incredulity.
"No," Huckabee said, adding then "they brought it up to me." He said they asked him if he thought Dumond should be paroled and he replied that he thought the rapist's case should be given "you know, a serious look."
That is not what the board members said. They said Dumond was the purpose of the private meeting and that Huckabee brought it up.
A bigger lie, this one a serial prevarication, was this: "I was the first governor in the history of my state to ever lower taxes, the first one in 160 years. We lowered a total of 94 different taxes and fees."
That kind of claim is easily proven false. To name a few tax cuts before him: Clinton in 1991 eliminated income taxes on tens of thousands of low-income families; Dale Bumpers did the same in 1973. Clinton cut capital-gains taxes. Gov. Ben T. Laney eliminated all state ad-valorem taxes, reduced inheritance taxes and gave a homestead exemption for local property taxes.
By claiming to have cut taxes 94 times, Huckabee fixed a standard for what is a tax cut: every little exemption, credit, deduction or tax break of any kind. By that standard every governor the past 60 years cut taxes numerous times. No session of the legislature passes without a dozen or more such cuts.
But tax increases have far outweighed tax cuts in magnitude, and they did under Huckabee, too.
The major tax cut that he claimed, the omnibus income tax cuts for working families in 1997, was the program of Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, who resigned before the legislative session where it was enacted. The legislature rejected Huckabee's plan but he signed the bill patterned on Tucker plan and thus can claim some credit for it.
Challenged on tax increases, Huckabee told Russert that the Arkansas Supreme Court forced some and that the voters had voted to raise highway taxes. Actually no, voters approved a bond issue in 1999. Half the road taxes, those on diesel, were to be levied even if the bond issue failed.
Let's call another of his claims on Meet the Press, that he was a great champion of protecting the environment, a mighty stretch. He began his tenure deriding "environmental wackos" in a talk to the Farm Bureau and ended it fighting to let poultry companies poison the Illinois River, which downstream Oklahoma is trying to stop.
He's no George Washington for sure.
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