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Temazepam – organiczny związek chemiczny, pochodna 1,4-benzodiazepiny, krótko działający lek psychotropowy o działaniu nasennym, uspokajającym oraz słabszym przeciwdrgawkowym i rozluźniającym napięcie mięśniowe, znajdujący zastosowanie także w dysforii w padaczce.

Działanie
Temazepam działa przeciwlękowo i nasennie przez pobudzanie receptorów benzodiazepinowych. W konsekwencji, poprzez nasilenie działania GABA, następuje otwarcie sprzężonych z receptorem GABAA kanałów chlorkowych co w ostateczności skutkuje przechodzeniem jonów chlorkowych do wnętrza neuronów, ich hiperpolaryzację i zahamowanie aktywności.

Wskazania do stosowania
Doraźnie i krótkotrwale:
 w leczeniu ciężkich zaburzeń snu w przypadkach, gdy bezsenność powoduje znacznie nasilone wyczerpanie u pacjenta
 w premedykacji (przygotowanie do zabiegów chirurgicznych i uciążliwych badań diagnostycznych)

Stany napięcia i niepokoju związane z problemami dnia codziennego nie są wskazaniem do stosowania leku.

Przeciwwskazania
 nadwrażliwość na benzodiazepiny
 ciężka niewydolność oddechowa
 zespół bezdechu nocnego
 ciężka niewydolność wątroby
 Myasthenia gravis
 zatrucie alkoholem lub lekami działającymi hamująco na ośrodkowy układ nerwowy
 wiek pacjenta poniżej 18 roku życia.

Środki ostrożności
 Przed rozpoczęciem leczenia należy określić przyczynę bezsenności.
 Podczas leczenia może rozwinąć się psychiczne i fizyczne uzależnienie – szczególnie ostrożnie stosować u pacjentów z uzależnieniem od alkoholu, narkotyków lub innych leków w wywiadzie.
 Regularne stosowanie temazepamu może prowadzić do rozwoju tolerancji.
 Po zakończeniu leczenia preparatem może pojawić się tzw. bezsenność z odbicia (nawrót objawów o większym nasileniu).
 Ze względu na ryzyko wstąpienia niepamięci następczej należy zapewnić pacjentowi 7-8 h nieprzerwanego snu po zażyciu leku.
 Jedyny preparat zarejestrowany w Polsce zawiera laktozę – nie powinien być stosowany u pacjentów z rzadko występującą dziedziczną nietolerancją galaktozy, niedoborem laktazy typu Lappa lub zespołem złego wchłaniania glukozy-galaktozy.
 Preparatu nie należy stosować w ciąży i w okresie karmienia piersią. U dzieci matek, które długotrwale przyjmowały benzodiazepiny w ostatnim okresie ciąży, może wystąpić uzależnienie fizyczne oraz ryzyko wystąpienia objawów odstawiennych w okresie po urodzeniu.
 Lek może osłabiać zdolność prowadzenia pojazdów mechanicznych i obsługi maszyn, pacjenci powinni unikać tych czynności w trakcie leczenia i 3 dni po jego zakończeniu.
 Preparatu nie należy stosować jako jedynego leku w leczeniu depresji lub lęku związanego z depresją (zwiększone ryzyko prób samobójczych).
 W trakcie leczenia oraz przez 3 dni po jego zakończeniu nie należy pić alkoholu.

Interakcje
Opioidowe leki przeciwbólowe, inhibitory MAO, leki przeciwdrgawkowe, anestetyki, leki nasenne, leki psychotropowe, leki przeciwdepresyjne, leki przeciwhistaminowe, leki hipotensyjne o działaniu ośrodkowym oraz alkohol nasilają depresyjny wpływ temazepamu na ośrodkowy układ nerwowy.

Działania niepożądane
 senność, spowolnienie reakcji
 osłabienie mięśni, ataksja
 zamazane widzenie
 nudności, dolegliwości żołądkowe
 uczucie suchości w jamie ustnej.

Podczas leczenia może rozwinąć się psychiczne i fizyczne uzależnienie. Przerwanie leczenia może wywołać zespół abstynencyjny: ból głowy, ból mięśni, zwiększony lęk, napięcie, niepokój, dezorientacja, drażliwość; w ciężkich przypadkach: derealizacja, depersonalizacja, nadwrażliwość na dźwięki, światło, hałas, kontakt fizyczny, uczucie drętwienia i mrowienia kończyn, omamy, napady padaczkowe. Po przerwaniu leczenia może też wystąpić nasilenie bezsenności "z odbicia". Podczas terapii może ujawnić się wcześniej istniejąca niezdiagnozowana depresja.

Dawkowanie
Dawkę leku i czas podawania należy ustalać indywidualnie, należy stosować najmniejszą skuteczną dawkę przez możliwie jak najkrótszy czas. Temazepamu nie powinno się podawać dłużej 4 tygodnie wliczając w to okres stopniowego odstawiania leku.

Zaburzenia snu: zwykle 10–20 mg podawane 30min przed snem, w razie braku odpowiedzi na lek dawkę można zwiększyć do 40 mg na dobę.
Premedykacja: zwykle 20–40 mg w dawce jednorazowej 30–60min przed planowanym zabiegiem.

Przedawkowanie
Podobnie, jak w przypadku innych benzodiazepin, celowe lub przypadkowe przedawkowanie temazepamu rzadko może stanowić zagrożenie dla życia, z wyjątkiem przypadków, gdy został on zażyty jednocześnie ze środkami hamującymi czynność ośrodkowego układu nerwowego (w tym z alkoholem).

Do częstych objawów przedawkowania należą: senność, zaburzenia koordynacji, zaburzenia mowy oraz ataksja i depresja oddechowa. Po doustnym przyjęciu większych ilości leku wskazane jest jak najszybsze wykonanie płukania żołądka lub podanie węgla aktywnego aby zapobiec dalszemu wchłanianiu leku. W przypadku silnego zahamowania czynności ośrodka oddechowego można rozważyć podanie flumazenilu, który jest antagonistą receptora benzodiazepinowego. Flumazenil może być stosowany jedynie pod ścisłym nadzorem medycznym ze względu na krótki okres półtrwania i możliwość nawrotu objawów przedawkowania oraz działaniu wywołującym drgawki.

Preparaty
Dostępny w Polsce preparat prosty:
 Signopam (Tarchomińskie Zakłady Farmaceutyczne "Polfa" SA) – tabletki 10 mg, 20szt.

Preparat jest produkowany od 1977 roku.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

ATC-N05
Pochodne benzodiazepin o działaniu nasennym i uspokajającym
Związki chloroaromatyczne


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Four of the nation's leading veterans service organizations— Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), American Veterans (AMVETS), Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)—released a report calling on renewed focus on access to timely, high quality care, particularly for women veterans; continued commitment to reducing the claims backlog; real investments in infrastructure; and support for all veterans in need of caregiver support. The policy recommendations are included in the 29th edition of The Independent Budget (IB), available online at www.independentbudget.org.
This year's IB marks a change from past editions. The new IB represents a policy guide to support the two-year term of the 114th Congress. The IB outlines many policy concerns that impact the millions of veterans who comprise the four organizations' membership. Additionally, the groups have highlighted critical issues that they believe should be at the forefront of any oversight and legislative activity in Congress. The five critical issues include:
Ensuring Timely Access to High Quality Care
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Bass Coast 2019: Application Overview – Bass Coast Project.
Preparations for Bass Coast 2019 have begun and a number of applications have just been opened to the public. Beyond the music, Bass Coast offers an array of curated experiences including art installations, workshops, artisan vending and movement classes. A number of artists and artisans come together every year to make the festival a success. Here is a look at some of the applications that are available.
Bass Coast is an immersive artistic experience. Each year a number of highly talented visual artists are given the opportunity to showcase their work at the festival. This year over $20,000 in financial support will be made available. Bass Coast is seeking three dimensional art that has strong evocative qualities, designs that are interactive with the viewer, and installations that initiate profound conversation. If you are interested, apply here.
The Brain is Bass Coast's dedicated learning space. Last year saw a number of highly informative and thought provoking experiences take place, with topics ranging from consent culture to artist management. Bass Coast is committed to fostering meaningful conversations that inspire personal growth. If you would like to share your expertise with the community, apply here.
Every year Bass Coast provides its community with access to a full program of movement workshops. These classes facilitated by professional instructors are designed to help attendees unwind, relax, and stay moving throughout the weekend. Bass Coast is looking for educators with training and experience relevant to their workshop topic, and accessible and inclusive workshops and classes that offer unique and innovative perspectives and techniques. You can apply to lead one of these workshops here.
Roving performances that move throughout the festival site. These performances are encouraged to include interactive elements or characters.
Group stage performances lasting from 5-20 minutes.
Aerial artists that perform to their own music or during another set.
Bass Coast unfortunately cannot accept applications from performances featuring fire due to environmental conditions that make wildfire risk extremely high. To learn more and apply, click here.
The 6500+ attendees of Bass Coast work up a serious appetite over a weekend of dancing. Luckily there are a number of food vendors ready to serve them. Bass Coast encourages applications from vendors who locally source their resources and have innovative ways to handle waste. To learn more and apply, click here.
Artisans of all kinds are invited to sell their wares at Bass Coast. Three different store sizes are being made available to suit multiple kinds of businesses. Bass Coast encourages vendors to have a unique presentation of their store. To learn more and apply, click here.
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Just wondering when applications for volunteering are available?
I was hoping to get involved with First Aid at Bass Coast in 2019. How do I go about applying as an RN?


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In with the Newb, Out with the Old: The Future of World of Warcraft
Comercial Publicado 02/09/2011 a las 07:44 por Ashelia
It was an interesting week for outside sources, with an interview featuring Tom Chilton on IGN and a very in-depth examination of WoW's subscriber woes at Gamasutra.
The catch? Both of them deal with the future of Azeroth in different ways. Gamasutra analyzed the shortcomings of Cataclysm, interviewing players and even Blizzard employees to figure out what's in store. IGN took a more basic approach, going directly to the source with both Tom Chilton and WoW's art director explaining everything in their own words without leaving room for speculation.
IGN With Tom Chilton on 4.3
Chilton didn't waste time getting to the point in IGN's interview. He immediately started dropping juicy tidbits about the Deathwing encounter, saying: "The fight takes place in multiple different environments, you'll actually potentially get loot at different points in the encounter so it's broken up into larger scale overall. Players will start at Wyrmrest Temple and then eventually it progresses to players fighting on back flying towards the Maelstrom, trying to wrestle him to the ground, basically."
He explained further, turning to the three 5-man instances that have been on many players' minds. "They tie in from story standpoint," said Chilton. "Really the five man instances are all about building up to the Deathwing fight in a lot the same way that the five-man instances in Icecrown were building up to the king, so all of them are very tied together story-wise."
The interview then switched onward to transmogrification, where art director Chris Robinson gave his two cents. He said part of transmogrification's inspiration came from how he found TBC's armor to mismatch, even going as far as to call them "clown suits."
Robinson also explained the importance of class identity in WoW. "We do have to be careful about iconic class looks bleeding into other classes," he said. "That's one reason we have that restriction with transmogrification that you wouldn't be able to take a class-specific item and apply it to something for an item with a different class. I think that's important to protect integrity. When you see those demon wings you know 'Okay that's a warlock,' you know you can apply that to his tier twenty-one armor but it's still a warlock." Personally, I think anymore restrictions on transmogrification besides tier and class intended armor type (i.e. cloth for casters), and you have a feature that is too narrow and restrictive for players to truly enjoy. Why not let a Paladin wear a DPS warrior's offset pieces if they want to? What does the game lose by offering that?
Shortly after, Tom Chilton returned and explained void storage, dismissed Mists of Pandaria, and talked very candidly of World of Warcraft's decline. "If you look at, if you look at the way the population breaks down, we're at a point in our history where there are more people that played World of Warcraft but no longer play World of Warcraft than currently play World of Warcraft," Chilton admitted, before wrapping the interview up by focusing on future ways to help player retention and the growth of WoW.
Gamasutra on WoW's Decline
Staying on the same topic but switching both gears and participants, Gamasutra posted a piece after talking to dozens of prolific World of Warcraft developers, researchers, and players about the decline of World of Warcraft. The end result shines a lot of light into Blizzard's subscriber numbers, Cataclysm's changes, and the playerbase's ever-growing divide between "hardcore" and "casual" players.
The article in particular touches on a prevailing problem for World of Warcraft: Most people dislike Cataclysm. Even more problematically, most people can't explain why exactly--they just dislike it. Some players throw out difficulties as a reason, others blame the 10 and 25-man divide, and even talk about Titan taking away all of Blizzard's talent.
But what's the real source to blame? And can we fix it?
The game's age is the real issue is what Gamasutra ultimately concludes. Cataclysm had some failures that made the balance out of tune, but we're all in the same boat whether we're casual or not: the game is in decline because it's starting to reach a stale point. It needs new features and explorations at rates Blizzard can't keep up with. It's also hard to predict the future as World of Warcraft is sailing into uncharted territory--a place where no MMORPG has been so successful for so long in and one that ultimately is hard to maintain.
As for the second question, no one knows the answer. Gamasutra fittingly asks: "If WoW's mechanics are at a saturation point where adding variety doesn't add new complexity, and its charms as a social network are waning in comparison to other platforms, is this the beginning of the end?"
Of course, no one's willing to throw the towel in so soon. But it is an interesting thought to expand on. At what point does World of Warcraft end up like the iconic EverQuest did--do all virtual worlds inevitably have to die? Will it still be here in ten years? Fifteen? At what point does World of Warcraft retire to let another MMORPG into the limelight?
And what will really kill World of Warcraft in the end?
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Q: How to algorithmically select the appropriate accounts from a tree of accounts To create an accounting report (such as Income statement/Balance sheet/ Cash flow statement), certain accounts have to be considered, for an income statement we need to consider the revenue, depreciation, cogs, interest, tax,... and so on.
My qestion is for an accounting software to generate the report, there is a critria/algorithm to use to pick the right group. How would this be approached?

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*surely not enumerating all the possible accounts, since those will just be names, and can be any value,

*Enumerating the the tree then? enumerating the right part of the chart of account tree? This implies some rigidity in the initial setup of the tree, making sure every new account falls somewhere in the current tree (Assets/Liabilities/EQuity/Income/Expense)?

For a report like the income statement this is more involved since the income related to operating activities has to be distinguished from investing and financing, can this be distinguished in software simply from examining the right part of the chart of account tree?

A: Yes, it can be distinguished in software simply from examining the right part of the chart of account tree

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Bosco's New Year (Jan. 1/20)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Jan. 31, 2011, about a dog named Bosco.
I was in Beaver Creek Animal Hospital about a week ago. A beautiful young black Lab was waiting to see the doctor… He was like any young healthy Lab – friendly, ready to play and very, very nice.
His woman said "he's Bosco." I said "what did you say?" She repeated his name, and I asked "THE Bosco?" "Well…" "Bosco from the St. Thomas Pound?" She said yes, that was him…
Jerry and Oscar (Dec. 4/19)
Two new horses, two new horse pedigrees to explore. Jerry was easy. He is registered with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) as Mea Classico Duster. His full pedigree, therefore, is known and available.
Oscar is a different story. He is a Thoroughbred-Quarter Horse cross, or an Appendix if registered. He entered shows under the name Playing to the Crowd…
Roxie Spencer (Sep. 22/19)
Without Roxie, the city of St. Thomas likely wouldn't have a dog park. At least not in 2010 when the first one was built. Because, a couple of years earlier, Joe and Linda Spencer wouldn't have been looking for somewhere their young dog Roxie could run and play with other dogs…
Missouri Puppy Mills (May 20/19)
Last week, the Humane Society of the US released its 7th annual list of the 100 worst puppy mills in the USA. For the 7th year, Missouri took first place. From April 17 2011, here's what I wrote in the St. Thomas Dog Blog about Missouri's Proposition B.
Proposition B, setting rules for animal care by commercial dog breeders, last week was repealed by the Republican majority Missouri state government. Despite being voted into legislation in the last election, it now will be kept in place only if the Governor vetoes the state legislature action…
Kennel Club Show (Feb. 10/19)
The 143rd Westminster Dog Show is on television today through Tuesday. So from Jan. 13, 2011 here is my St. Thomas Dog Blog post about that year's Elgin County Kennel Club Show in London, Ontario.
The Elgin Co. Kennel Club dog show is fun. A chance to see so many different kinds of beautiful dogs, and a chance to learn something about each breed…
Sled Dogs (Feb. 6/19)
Sled dogs kept the Inuit alive by giving them the mobility to hunt across vast expanses of the Arctic. Sled dogs kept stranded hunters alive by sharing with them the warmth of their bodies and fur. Sometimes, an individual sled dog gave his or her life to provide meat for starving hunters…
Half a ton of pet food (Jan. 17/19)
Day 27 of the US government shutdown. Food banks are helping feed furloughed federal employees. Animal shelters are helping feed their pets. This is short-term desperate need. These are people with jobs. Many are still working, but not getting pay cheques. So volunteer and community groups are trying to minimize the damage. Here's my St. Thomas Dog Blog post from March 13, 2011 on ten weeks into operating a pet food bank. A bit of inspiration, I hope…
Pet Food Bank (Dec. 31/18)
Eight years ago today, the St. Thomas Dog Owners Association started a pet food bank. Here is my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Dec. 31, 2010 post called "The cupboard is open!"
As of today, there are seven local pet stores and services that are accepting donations of pet food for The Caring Pet Cupboard. Yippee!..
St. Thomas Happy Endings (Dec. 4/18)
(St. Thomas Dog Blog, Dec. 11, 2010) It's been a good week in St. Thomas for happy endings to harrowing animal tales.
Kathi Baslaugh fed an injured goose she named Sweetie for several weeks… The cold weather make Kathi realize something had to be done or Sweetie was a goner. So she put out an appeal for help and many people responded…
Then an orange and white cat atop a hydro pole. He couldn't get down and had been up there for four days. A neighbour named Bob Walker, a Korean War veteran, took on the mission – Saving Private Kitty…
Animal Testing (Nov. 7/18)
Cover Girl, one of the biggest cosmetic lines, has stopped all animal testing of their products. This is such good news. There are still some caveats to think about, but hurray!
One caveat is "except where required by law" – which means China. But if they are putting pressure on China to change their policy – well, they're a really big company capable of a lot of pressure…
Dog Park Groupies (Oct. 24/18)
When I began going to the Hamilton Road dog park in London several years ago, I never thought about how it came to be. It was just there, placed for my convenience and my dog's entertainment. I saw, and read, the rules. But even the sign didn't really make me think about who devised the rules, who put up the fencing, who kept the park clean. Like the natural world, the dog park was just there…
They shouldn't have pets (Aug. 29/18)
You may hear people say "people who need help from food banks shouldn't have pets." If you can't afford to feed your animal/your kids/yourself you can't afford a pet. Easy to say. You could, however, also say if you can't afford to feed your kids, you shouldn't have them…
Can't keep your pet? (July 26/18)
I took this from MuttShack.org on Facebook and shortened it some. Be warned: it is a chilling story. (From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Apr. 10/11)
"As a shelter manager, I am going to share a view from the inside. Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would stop flagging the ads on craigslist and help these animals find homes. That puppy you just bought will most likely end up in my shelter when it's not a cute little puppy anymore…"
Angel in a Foxhole (June 28/18)
Writer Dave Tabar wants to make a movie called Angel in a Foxhole – about Smoky, the Yorkshire Terrier war dog. Until July 4th, Blackpool Records will match all contributions. Here is Dave's email.
96 year old WWII Veteran Bill Wynne needs your help! He has a Yorkie story that must be told – the incredible and inspirational TRUE story of "Smoky", his 4 lb. Yorkshire Terrier, who literally became the tiniest Hero of WWII!…
Royal Corgis (Apr. 24/18)
A week ago, the death of an elderly dog made headlines. A pet's death is always momentous for his or her loved ones. But it's usually not world news. Willow, who died April 15th, was Queen Elizabeth's pet, however, and her last link to Susan, matriarch of the Royal Corgis…
Queen Elizabeth with her pet Corgi terrier Susan, at Balmoral Castle. Photo by Lida Sheridan
Best in Show (Mar. 28/18)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, January 23, 2011. The 2018 Elgin County Kennel Club dog show will be in October. Lots of other dog, and cat, shows too. To get in the mood, watch Cat Walk, a cat show documentary, Sunday, April 1st on CBC 9 pm ET.
The Elgin County Kennel Club dog show this weekend at the Western Fairgrounds was great. So many beautiful dogs…
Acts of Kindness (Feb. 19/18)
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From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Feb. 3, 2012. Reposted in honour of Rebecca Schofield of #BeccaToldMeTo acts of kindness renown.
Ms. Schofield, of Riverview NB, passed away Feb. 17, 2018. She wanted to make the world a better place, she said. Becca, you did. Visit BeccaToldMeTo and you too can see just how much she achieved.
This week, I stopped at Elgin Animal Hospital to check their Caring Pet Cupboard donation bin. There was a bag of cat kibble in it, high-quality food sold by the clinic. There's usually a bag or two of it in their bin…
Druggie Pets (Feb. 8/18)
First posted on my St. Thomas Dog Blog, 3 Nov. 2010.
Filmmaker Patrick Reed was on CBC Radio's Q, talking about his new film, Pet Pharm. (It is no longer online, but there is a good post about the film at Hye's Musings.) It is about the booming business in pharmaceuticals – for pets.
The pharmaceuticals for people industry is already huge, and increasingly so for pets. Michael Schaffer, in his book One Nation Under Dog, has a chapter on it…
Getting Chicks (Dec. 30/17)
Our elderly hens will soon shuffle off this mortal coil. Time to get some chicks, we decided. For five summers, our hens have gone broody. Weeks of sitting on eggs that will never hatch, and nothing can dislodge them. It would be nice for them after such diligence to have chicks. Thus began 2017's Major Project…
So this is Christmas (Dec. 18/17)
From the St. Thomas Dog Blog, December 2011, this is my summary of STDOA events and animals of the year.
Christmas – and what have you done. Looking back at 2011, I am proud of what STDOA has done. It has been a hard year in St. Thomas, with plant closures and the world economic debacle. A deluge of abandoned pets in the city reflects that…
Cat Show (Oct. 21/17)
Tomorrow, Oct. 22, is the London Cat Show at Western Fairgrounds (Canada Building 9-4:30). I went to it in 2011 and wrote the following in my St. Thomas Dog Blog.
The good news for me with last Sunday's STDOA meeting being cancelled was I got to go to the PAWSitive PAWS Cat Show at London's Western Fairgrounds.
Many years ago, I went to a cat show. I found it very funny, mainly because no one else – exhibitors, judges or cats – did…
Redemption: Shelter Plan B (Sept. 15/17)
My impression after reading about Nathan Winograd is that it's animal shelters that need redemption. He is Director of the No Kill Advocacy Center. I don't get star-struck that often, but this sounds like one very impressive man…
Diseases of Friend and Foe (Aug. 2/17)
When Waterworks Wally got his shots last week, his vet tested him for diseases I'd rarely heard of in cats. He was tested for FIV (cat HIV) and feline leukemia (FeLV).
The doctor said FIV is "a disease of foes," transmitted by blood exchange usually through fighting. Leukemia (FELV) is "a disease of friends," transmitted by saliva shared by grooming another cat or eating from the same bowl... (From Aug. 5, 2011 on my St. Thomas Dog Blog.)
Wilma the Cat (June 8/17)
In honour of Wilma, cat colony princess, who died yesterday in St. Thomas ON. Reposted from St. Thomas Dog Blog, March 29, 2012.
Wilma was a homeless cat who was instrumental in the creation of the Charity Cat Project. That initiative has provided food, shelter and neutering to innumerable feral and stray St. Thomas cats. Charity Cat and other rescue groups worked with St. Thomas City Council in establishing animal welfare programmes. Among these are low-cost pet neutering and maintenance of feral cat colonies. So, Wilma, thank you…
Homeless Companions (May 29/17)
From St. Thomas Dog Blog, Sept. 4, 2013. Reposted in honour of US Memorial Day and Harold Palmquist, a US veteran who is biking across the country with his dog to raise money for homeless vets and their pets.
Please God, I have never had to beg on the street and I've never been homeless. I don't know how I'd look after myself, let alone a dog or cat. But people do; they survive on the streets of even the coldest cities, and many do so with a pet… Today, on CBC Radio's The Current (sorry, story no longer available), the stories of some people perhaps marginalized by society but not by their companion animals…
Training at the Dog Park (May 17/17)
This week in May 2010, we in the St. Thomas Dog Owners Association were doing a final spit and polish on our new Lions Club Dog Park.
The Lions Club Dog Park had its grand opening on the May 24th weekend – one day of rain, one day of beautiful sunshine. A pretty good time though, I thought.
I picked up some pointers on dog training from Anne MacDonald of K-9 Concepts Saturday afternoon. She gave a workshop on recall training, one of the hardest and most important things to teach…
Cedric and Jamie (Apr. 13/17)
This day, in 1997, I laid my cat and dog in their final resting place. Cedric, the cat, had cancer of the jaw. Jamie, the dog, had arthritis so bad he could barely walk. Cedric had been with me for fifteen years and Jamie for ten. There was nothing more that could be done for them. I knew I couldn't go through it twice so decided they'd go together…
Blue Blue Merle (Feb. 20/17)
While watching the 2012 Westminster dog show, this dog was the one I wanted. What a beauty! Then a Collie-knowledgeable friend commented that he should never have won Best of Breed because of his merle-to-merle breeding. Huh?
I started googling. 2012 Best of Breed Collie GCH Wyndlair Cherokee Vindication, Vinnie for short, is son of Wyndlair Avalanche, aka Aiden, top breeding collie in the US. Aiden was the only pup born from a deliberate merle to merle breeding, and he is deaf and almost if not fully blind. (from my St. Thomas Dog Blog Feb. 23, 2012) …
Pet Heirs (Jan. 31/17)
Preparing a will isn't what most people consider a fun thing to do. And even for those who do, it still takes a lot of time and thought to get it right. You don't know when your will is going to take effect or what the circumstances around it will be so you have to balance specificity and generality so it can be satisfactorily fulfilled.
If you have pets you need to think about them. Just leaving it to hope, or even a promise, that a family member or friend will look after Fluffy, isn't enough…
Happy Meals (Dec. 28/16)
In Memoriam: In honour of our Phoenix hen Grayneck. On Dec. 23, 2016, Grayneck died of natural causes, aged 4 1/2 years. She is survived by her four sisters.
The girls are the first hens I have had since the ones I write about here. This was first posted on my St. Thomas Dog Blog on June 13, 2010.
I used to keep chickens. Mainly bantams who produce lovely little eggs. They also are very broody, meaning they will easily sit on eggs in order to hatch them. When you have chicks, it's 50/50 whether you get hens or roosters…
Poodle Clip (Nov. 30/16)
Leo was filthy. His hair was long and matted. He smelled. But cold weather and his arthritis made me reluctant to take him to his groomer. "What about we try bathing him in the tub?" my husband said.
I had only before clipped his feet and around his eyes between salon visits. We had hosed him off a couple times when needed. But bathe, shampoo and clip him completely? Never. "Worth a try," I said…
Puppy Mill (Nov. 25/16)
I supported a puppy mill. Not directly, but I contributed to the financial well-being of one. My Standard Poodle Leo had spent five years in a US puppy mill as a breeding dog. His adoption fee from All Breed Canine Rescue was $100 higher than the usual because the original rescue group in the States had paid the puppy mill owner $100 each for the dogs they had taken from him…
Arthritic Dogs (Nov. 14/16)
One week ago today at 7:15 pm AT, my dearly beloved Standard Poodle Leo died. He was about 14 years old. He's been with us for eight years and six weeks. Since 2012, he had severe arthritis. Arthritis and old age finally took him. Took a big chunk of our hearts too. This post was first published Jan. 30, 2013 on my St. Thomas Dog Blog in memory of Leo's predecessor Jack. Now it's in honour of Leo too.
Five years ago today at 2:15 pm ET, my beautiful German Shepherd Jack died. We had his vet euthanize him before his body did it by itself. It was getting pretty close…
The Dog Park (Oct. 19/16)
Went to the dog park yesterday with the boys. It was a mauzy day, light rain and cool. I figured nobody would be there, and I was right. It was beautiful.
From Oct. 2011, in loving memory of Forte, original STDOA and Dog Park dog.
Burdock Dog (Oct. 4/16)
This is Leo after he walked for just a second into a patch of burdock. The burs didn't just stick to his hair, they burrowed right in his face, chest and ears. I picked off as many as I could right away. Before I did, his ears were stuck to the top of his head.
Having a poodle, I can easily believe the commercial with the man saying he came up with the idea for velcro thanks to his sheepdog who liked to run through the woods.
Missouri Puppy Mills & Prop B (Sept. 6/16)
On November 2, 2010, Americans voted in mid-term elections. One of the things voted on in Missouri was Proposition B, proposed legislation that would regulate dog-breeding kennels. It was passed by a small margin of mainly urban votes [update below]. The ASPCA, Humane Society and state- and community-level animal rescue groups supported it…
Pawlooza Dog Party (Aug. 17/16)
Pawlooza happens this coming Saturday, August 20th from 10 to 6, at Steve Plunkett's Fleetwood Farm on Elviage Road, near Westdel Bourne in west London. It is a huge dog party organized by ARF Ontario (Animal Rescue Foundation) in London. Admission for the day, including parking, is $10 per vehicle. Hundreds of vendors of dog stuff are there, along with specialty groups like dog sports, specific breed clubs and rescue groups…
The Boxer, Copper (July 20/16)
When I was 13, our next door neighbour got a dog. In itself, that's not extraordinary. However, this dog acquisition caused quite a stir. She was an elderly widow and lived alone. The dog was a young Boxer. His name was Copper. He was the colour of a new penny, she or someone said. I can't remember where she got him, if she sought him out or if he just happened along. I thought it was wonderful that Mrs. Layfield got a dog, but even I was a bit surprised, especially the dog being a big energetic Boxer…
Pittie Myths (Jun 21/16)
I don't often agree with Peter Worthington, but I did with what he wrote (March 14, 2012) about Pit Bulls and Ontario's Breed Specific Legislation. He calls BSL a "Ku Klux Klan law", "akin to deciding guilt based on appearance, not behaviour." Like him, I applaud Cons. Randy Hillier, NDP Cheri DiNova and Lib. Kim Craitor for bringing forward a private members' bill to rescind it. No law should apply to a specific breed and dogs who look "substantially similar" to that breed…
Super Superdogs! (May 25/16)
Came home smelling of strange dogs tonight. I'd been to see the PC Superdogs at London's John Labatt Centre [now Budweiser Gardens]. My dogs are now sitting either side of me, as close as they can get. Maybe they're afraid I'm going to trade them in. They're not in any danger of being replaced, but the Superdogs were awesome…
The Miracle of Birth (Apr. 26/16)
A while ago, I met a man, his son and their two dogs. I was making a fuss over the dogs, and the boy said "she's going to have babies". The dad confirmed it. She was purebred, he said, as was the father of the pups. So I figured daddy dog wasn't their other dog, an unneutered male, but not the same breed. Both dogs were about 2 years old, and after the puppies were born, the man said, they'd have both dogs neutered. But they wanted her to have one litter of puppies – for her sake, for the kids to see…
Bear (Mar. 15/16)
"A sad Goodbye to Bear, the dog who you may remember that was abandoned at Dalewood, that became a ABCR rescue dog. Bear was adopted by a young man who dearly cherished this sweet boy and lived the rest of his life well fed and very much loved until cancer took his breath from him today. RIP Bear." Mar. 15/16 ABCR Facebook
St. Thomas people and pets have a lot to thank Bear for. He caused a pet food bank to be set up, and major policy and procedure changes to be made in Animal Control. Below is a post from my St. Thomas Dog Blog that tells his story and, after it, a bit of what happened next. My condolences to Bear's family…
Westminster Dogs (Feb. 26/16)
"Crategate" exploded in Mitt Romney's campaign for the US Republican leadership, just as his Irish Setter Seamus' bowels did when he was strapped in a crate on the roof of the family car for a 12-hour ride. This story finally hit the media this week [Feb. 2012*]. Protestors used the publicity around the Westminster Dog Show held this week in New York City to garner attention for what Romney did to his dog… (*from St. Thomas Dog Blog, Feb. 17/12.)
Farm Dog (Feb. 10/16)
They are not fenced in. They have free rein over their property but must stay within its boundaries. No chasing squirrels across the road. No chasing other farm animals. They learn to manoeuvre around large animals, and be gentle with small ones…
Watch Dog (Jan. 6/16)
Bing was a small German Shepherd or Alsatian as Mom called her. She was a watch dog. My dad got her from another service station when he opened his. She was very good at her job – the perfect Walmart greeter during the day and to those who had legitimate business, a holy horror of snapping teeth and bristled fur at night or to those without good reason to be on the property…
Home for the Holidays (Dec. 15/15)
Don't give a dog as a Christmas present. At least not as a spur of the moment gift. But if you are planning to get a dog anyway, why not? If you are aware that your "present" is alive and, with luck, will live many years, you will give an enormous gift to the dog as well. A home – permanent and loving.
The St. Thomas Animal Shelter gives you a $75 spay/neuter rebate when you adopt an eligible pet. Wherever you live, if you can give a dog or cat a home, please do…
Dog Hallowe'en (Oct. 28/15)
This Saturday is Howl-O-Een at the STDOA Kettle Creek Dog Park. Party at the park from 2 to 4 pm. Treats, prizes and no charge to come. But donations for the pet food bank would be greatly
appreciated. To put you in the mood to find a costume for Fido, here are photos from the 2010 STDOA-ABCR fund-raising Hallowe'en walkathon, Paws in the Park…
Movin' Dogs: An underground railway (Oct. 1/15)
Who can resist this little face! Small, friendly terrier mix desperately needs a home. House-trained, healthy 1 year old male.
That might have been the ad for Charlie placed by the pound near Lexington, Kentucky where he was in September 2008. Maybe he never was advertised. That pound, like many in the US, was overcrowded that summer. It was the height of the subprime mortgage collapse, house foreclosures, abandoned homes, abandoned pets…
Who's Kitten Who? (Sept. 8/15)
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In the mood for a fluffy book, I wondered if Cynthia Baxter's Who's Kitten Who? might be a bit too fluffy based on the cover and title. Still, give it a try.
Amateur sleuth Jessica Popper is a veterinarian who runs a mobile clinic on Long Island. She lives with her fiancé and numerous animals. She has a habit of running into murder and mystery. In this book, it's the murder of a community theatre writer. The backdrop is her home life and the visit of her future in-laws, whom she has not yet met, and their little dog Mitzi…
Spot, the Fire Muster Dog (Sept. 3/15)
I decided to do a little creative grooming for the Fire Muster. White Poodle plus Fire Muster Dog Show equals Dalmatian Look-alike contender! So I checked with my groomer, a Poodle grooming specialist, a hair dresser, a pharmacist and online creative grooming sites. The consensus was anything temporary, without bleach and safe for children's hair would be ok…
Bathing Jamie (Aug. 26/15)
Jamie hated baths, indeed Jamie hated water. He was a Collie mixed with something, clearly not a water dog. He had long Collie hair with a thick undercoat. He had long fluffy hair on his feet, legs and backside. He'd get knotted and matted. Jamie also hated being brushed…
Water for Elephants (Aug. 5/15)
(from 2011*) In the past week, I've been sent two Facebook requests to boycott the film Water for Elephants. ADI (Animal Defenders International) says that Have Trunk Will Travel, trainers of the elephants in the film, use abusive methods. This contradicts the trainers' statement that they only use positive reinforcement.
I watched the 2005 video ADI provided, and I think I don't know enough about elephants to know…
Cat Ladies: The movie (July 30/15)
Finally saw the documentary Cat Ladies and it's well worth watching. What struck me was the ambivalence that all four women felt about what they were doing. They love cats and enjoy looking after them and they don't like seeing animals suffer. But they do not want as many cats as they have and/or they don't want cats to define their entire lives.
The youngest of the four has the fewest cats, also a dog. She has a number in her head of what separates a "cat person" from a "crazy cat lady."…
Dallas, a Shepherd (July 14/15)
Dallas was on the All Breed Canine Rescue website under "Mature Dogs." I had been looking through rescue sites, hoping no dog would 'speak' to me. This gray-muzzled, sharp-faced, squat-bodied Shepherd-type did. It was way too soon…
(From my St. Thomas Dog Blog 'animal stories', Nov. 19, 2010)
Hot Cars Hot Dogs (July 7/15)
My brother and I conducted an experiment recently on heat build up in a car. We didn't plan to, but what happened while he was waiting for me in a parking lot proved instructive. It was a pleasant summer day, a nice breeze, no humidity and a temperature of 22º Celsius…
Dog Gone – Review (Jun 17/15)
Eileen Key's Dog Gone is about dogs disappearing from a boarding kennel. Cleaning lady Belle wants to help her friend, the kennel owner, keep her business alive so she enters the world of dogs and dog shows.
It's a well-intentioned story about dog breeding and showing, and dangers posed by a black market in purebred dogs. But I felt important issues about pets and show dogs and breeding were muddled in their presentation…
My Dog's Arthritis (Jun 2/15)
My Standard Poodle Leo has arthritis in his spine and left hip. His running, jumping and dancing on hind legs must be curtailed. I am sad and furious.
He's maybe 9, no longer a young dog. So you might say: he's had good years, aging happens. I'd agree – but. He's only had 3 "good years."…
Living 'Equipment' (May 25/15)
Armed Forces Day in the US is the 3rd Saturday in May, honouring those who protect and defend. But what of Military Working Dogs, important contributors to any country's defence?
The text below is an email from the ASPCA sent in May 2012. With so many touching photos online of present-day K9 teams, who knew this was still the case? I thought treating military animals as equipment to be left behind or destroyed was something long gone in the US Armed Forces…
Lost and Found (May 12/15)
Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats, and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelter is a wonderful book. Elizabeth Hess, a New York City arts journalist and author of Nim Chimpsky, writes about volunteering at the Columbia-Greene Animal Shelter near Hudson, New York. She and her family were among the "weekenders" who travel between this rural area and the city. When her daughter wanted a dog, they found one at the shelter and Elizabeth found a world that she hadn't known before…
Track Royalty (Apr. 28/15)
This coming Saturday, May 2nd, is the Run for the Roses, the first leg of the Triple Crown. The 141st running of the Kentucky Derby. The young royals of mainly North American horses will be there. Both connections and horses dream of winning it and going on to win the other two jewels of American Thoroughbred racing…
Raining Puppies (Apr. 16/15)
Four years ago, I wrote about emails I received about a litter of pups, and a swamped rescue group. I doubt the situation has changed much. I just checked Kijiji – still lots of pups for sale for high prices.
"Jesus, it is raining puppies! Here's pictures of the 10 puppies All Breed Canine Rescue got. Three of the litter went to another rescue group. ABCR is just about going crazy. They already had the pair of Shelties and 2 other dogs (one with severe runs) just pulled out of the pound and at the vet's…
Barn Cats (Apr. 10/15)
Frank Moore, a farmer north of Belmont who my parents knew, always had lots of barn cats. He said one year, years before, there had been an explosion of cats – so many that all the farms were overrun. That year he, like the other farmers, got rid of many of them. "The next couple years, it just seemed like there weren't any cats. Some died, some just disappeared, kittens didn't live. The mice and rats were everywhere, and you couldn't find a good mouser in the whole county…
Australia honours Smoky (Apr. 2/15)
On July 20, 2012 in Brisbane Australia, Smoky the war dog was awarded posthumously the Australian Defence Force Tracker and War Dog Association medal for military service. At the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, US Consul General Niels Marquardt accepted the medal on behalf of Bill Wynne, Smoky's person…
Yorkie Doodle Update (Mar. 30/15)
After I wrote a review of Yorkie Doodle Dandy (St. Thomas Dog Blog, April 2012), I got a lovely email from author Bill Wynne.
Thank you so much for the wonderful review of my memoir about my dog Smoky… I'm working a on a second book because YDD has been popular and resulted in many diverse things happening. Among them, some readers asking for another book. It will be "Angel in a Foxhole: Yorkie Smoky and Her Friends." Below is what is happening currently with our 69 year old hero…
Yorkie Doodle Dandy (Mar. 27/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog Apr. 26/12
I don't know much about WWII, and even less about the American campaign in the South Pacific. I learned a lot, and felt it, reading about a Yorkshire Terrier. William Wynne's book about his dog Smoky takes you to the war with him. He explains it so clearly, the geography of battle, the military sorties and the day-to-day existence of the soldiers.
Military history was not his purpose in writing Yorkie Doodle Dandy: A memoir . It is about a dog he acquired in New Guinea while stationed there as an aerial photographer…
Dog On It: Review (Mar. 25/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Nov. 10/11
Dog on It is the first in a mystery series by Spencer Quinn, aka Peter Abrahams. The protagonists are Chet (dog) and Bernie (human). Set in the US Southwest, the story is told by Chet. He is a K-9 police school flunk-out and Bernie barely scrapes by as a private detective. They work as an investigation team, but neither of them has a superior or supernatural method of communication with the other…
Iditarod Murder: Review (Mar. 6/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, June 13/11. The 2015 Iditarod starts Sat. March 7th.
A 1991 mystery novel by Sue Henry. Murder on the Iditarod Trail is good. Several murders: at first I thought she just wanted to use all the ways she'd thought of for murder in a dogteam race. But actually all the murders are necessary for the plot line. They're inventive and the murder mystery part of the book is good – right to the end.
But what's just as good is you, the reader, are going along with the teams every hard mile of the race…
Giving Shelter (Feb. 24/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Apr. 6/10
Years ago, I went to the London Humane Society with a friend. While she looked for a cat, I stayed at the front desk. I was horrified – justifiably or not, I don't know. It was my first time in an animal shelter. A man came in with a box of kittens he wanted to leave. The attendant started processing them, and I said "I'll take them." The attendant said "ok", and the box of kittens never even crossed the reception counter…
The Wrong Dog (Feb. 17/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Aug. 21st, 2010
In the library last week, I found a new-to-me dog mystery writer. Carol Lea Benjamin writes a series featuring private detective Rachel Alexander and her intrepid Pit Bull partner Dashiell (as in Hammett), Dash for short. I have so far only read The Wrong Dog which is about cloning of dogs. The dog who is cloned is a Bull Terrier, a "seizure alert" dog for her person who has severe epilepsy. It's a good story with quite a bit of information about dogs' ability to sense an impending seizure and how they respond in such an event. It also talks about the issue of cloning, not so much technical information, but more ethical…
Fur Babies (Feb. 11/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Mar. 15/10
I'm reading Michael Schaffer's One Nation Under Dog . Very interesting. He talks about something I've thought about – the term "pet parent." When I first encountered this phrase, I saw it as, yes, a bit 'politically correct', as in it's bad to think of yourself as an authority figure over another being. It's like trying to be 'friends' with your kids, discussing why they shouldn't do something, instead of being 'mom' explaining only with "because I said so."…
Death and Repose (Jan. 30/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Apr. 13 2010 – in memory of Jack who died 7 years ago today
Today is the 13th anniversary of the death of my old Collie-mix Jamie and tortoiseshell cat Cedric. They were put to sleep together, due to cancer and crippling arthritis, and they're buried together behind a house I used to live in. The present occupants of the house know they're there, but in future no one will know the significance of that small bed of orange and white dahlias and tiger lilies. Now my animals have plots at Sandy Ridge Pet Cemetery just south of Eden…
The Wolf in the Parlor (Jan. 28/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, May 20, 2011
It took me a few months to read Jon Franklin's The Wolf in the Parlor: How the dog came to share your brain . It was my 'morning coffee' book. Those always are read slowly. But I had trouble with this one. I considered not finishing it, but I'm glad I did.
Franklin's premise is that humans and dogs evolved together and, in fact, became parts of each other in terms of brain function…
Lab Mysteries (Jan. 15/15)
From my St. Thomas Dog Blog, Apr. 24/10
If you like dogs and mystery novels, or even just one or the other, have a look at J. F. Englert's Bull Moose Dog Run series . There are three so far; A Dog About Town (2007), A Dog Among Diplomats (2008) and A Dog At Sea (2009). The 'sleuth' who tells the story is Randolph, a middle-aged black Labrador Retriever.
A sucker for animal stories, I've read some of the other dog- and cat-perspective mystery series…
Cat People (Dec. 30/14)
There are unsung heroes among us. Almost everyone knows one or two, or at least has encountered them. They're usually not thought of as heroic or civic-minded. Instead they're a code word for loneliness with a bit of looniness thrown in: "cat ladies."…
Cigar 1990-2014 (Oct. 9/14)
The news from the Kentucky Horse Park that Cigar died Tuesday Oct. 7 made me look through photos I have of him.
After retiring in 1999, he lived in the Hall of Champions at the Kentucky Horse Park. I met him there in December 2007. He was in his stall, watching a stablehand clean it. But when he saw he had visitors, well, over he came. Seeing my camera, he posed. According to the woman looking after him, he loved putting on a show for the punters…
Dogs in War (Sept. 10/14)
Today is the 75th anniversary of Canada declaring war on Germany in World War II. In honour of that, I have posted Dogs in War, a page constructed by Jim Stewart and previously posted on the St. Thomas Dog Owners website.
While doing that, I decided to reorganize my site. Having many posts about dogs, cats, horses and chickens, I decided to give them a spot on the top menu. Animals has replaced posts previously in Musings and non-animal posts in it have been distributed to other categories. There is no change in the permalinks of posts, just the locations of introductory bits. The Table of Contents shows the new order.
Northern Dancer (May 16/14)
There are some athletes so well known that, fan or not, you can place the name without thinking. Gordie Howe, Muhammed Ali, Michael Jordan, Northern Dancer.
50 years ago, the little Canadian Thoroughbred Northern Dancer won the Preakness. Two weeks earlier he'd won the Kentucky Derby, setting a record…
The Princesses Louise (Nov. 7/13)
Is Princess Louise Park in Sussex named for a British Royal or a horse? I've heard both answers. The person was daughter of Queen Victoria and patron of the 8th Hussars Regiment. The horse was the 8th Hussars Regimental Mascot.
Princess Louise, the horse, was an Italian-born WWII refugee who was naturalized as a Canadian citizen, made a Freewoman of the Village of Hampton and a member of the Canadian Legion #28 Hampton Branch…
Make-up Trade (Oct. 30/13)
Revlon tests products on animals, Facebook says.* Huh? I thought Revlon was one of the few major mainstream cosmetic companies that did not do animal testing…
Jack 1998-2008 (Jan. 30/13)
Five years ago today at 2:15 pm ET, my beautiful German Shepherd Jack died. We had his vet euthanize him before his body did it by itself. It was getting pretty close; I don't think he would have survived another night. He had a number of physical ailments; we don't know exactly what all was wrong internally but I suspect a fast-growing cancer was involved…
Santa Bunny (Dec. 6/12)
The cosmetics sections of stores have beautiful Christmas displays. Toiletries, creams and bath oils are lovely and easy gifts to give almost anyone. You can do it in one stop shopping in any drugstore or department store. But look beyond the pretty packaging…
Hens movin' on up (Nov. 14/12)
The girls have moved yet again. That's what happens when you've got wheels on your coop, you get itchy claws.
There has been some awfully cold days and nights the past couple weeks. The girls are hardy, but I've worried about them at night despite the insulation in their coop…
Happy Hallowe'en (Oct. 31/12)
Mouse batteries dead in my usual computer, and not a new battery in the house. But luckily I have pets in costumes pics on my laptop (as if there aren't always 'stupid pet pics' on any computer of mine!). So in case you need some inspiration to dress up your dog, cat, kid or self on this eve of All Saints' Day, here you go…
The Cluck Sisters (Sept. 19/12)
The girls are moved in! Sunday evening they were put in their new coop. They'd waited in the back of a truck and, by that time, were clucking and pretty much pointing with their little beaks at their little chicken wrists as if to say "don't you know it's bedtime?"…
Have Chicken – Will Travel (Aug. 29/12)
Some hens need a home, so the first construction project at the house? A chicken coop. It's just big enough for five or six chickens and their furnishings and for us to go in to tend to them. They need one or two roosts to sleep on, nest boxes to lay their eggs in and a feeder and waterer. Bins to store their food, and that's pretty much it. And it's mobile…
Dressage Top Hat (Aug. 8/12)
A requirement for safety helmets to be worn by riders in all equestrian shows is a good idea and, by and large, the helmets look ok. But dressage needs something that is as elegant as the sport itself. Something that looks like, well, the traditional top hat…
Tale of Two Dog Parks (July 24/12)
I don't know if St. Thomas dog people and City Hall are still battling about the weeds in the dog park. Please God, I hope not! Of all the issues that may cause problems between the powers that be and dogs running loose, tall weeds should not even register on the fight-o-meter.
No one has suggested clear cutting the woods or leveling the ravine. All that was asked was to keep weeds and grasses to a manageable height so that dogs, and their poop, cannot get lost in them. No one wants a dog or a small child to get a stick in their eye while running through an area where they can't see where they're going…
Island Dogs (Dec. 16/11)
On our recent trip to PEI, we stopped to get our bearings in Gateway Village at Borden-Carleton, just off the bridge. Walking around, saw a pet store with an open sign. That's all the dogs and I needed. In we went to Island Petwear…
Luanne Demers, Founding President (Nov. 15/11)
It was with much sorrow that we learned of the passing of a lovely woman – our friend and founder of STDOA Luanne Demers. Luanne died of cancer, too young, this past weekend.
Those of us on the executive of the STDOA met Luanne three years ago when she began bringing her dogs, Lab crosses named Katie and Buddy, to play with our dogs. I remember her watching Katie and Buddy wrestling with each other and anyone that would play, and saying "what we need in town is a proper dog park."…
Hickstead (Nov. 10/11)
Canadian athletics and the world of show jumping lost a superstar last Sunday. The great Hickstead died during competition in Verona, Italy November 6th at age 15. His big heart just gave out it seems.
He and rider Eric Lamaze became heroes of Canadian sport, even for those not interested in show jumping. Especially after they won individual gold and team silver for Canada in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, everyone knew their names…
Sussex NB Dog Park (Oct. 31st, 2011)
In Sussex, New Brunswick, when the first snow of the season hit. Beautiful weather the past few days, then bam – rain, snow and high winds. Not as bad as New England got it, where we had just been, but still very cold. Not a day for the dog park.
But, having been told by my brother that there was one, I wanted to see it. So off Leo, Charlie and I went…
Elsie 1997-2011 (Sept. 2nd, 2011)
Elsie Rose died yesterday, Sept. 1st, peacefully with her family beside her. She is buried at Sandy Ridge Pet Cemetery in Eden. She is mourned. This was written last Sunday.
I'm writing this when I've realized Elsie is in pain. It's time to phone the vet, time for her to go peacefully. She wants to, I think, but I don't want her to.
She arrived around my house in May fourteen years ago, a month after my old cat had died. I wasn't looking for another one. But there she was, still kittenish, but past the fluffball stage…
Dear Cat Dumper (July 29/11)
To the person who dumped a grey tiger and white male neutered cat at Waterworks Parks on or before July 4, 2011:
He's doing well, considering. He misses you and his own bed and routine. He spends a lot of time in the garage. It's where he feels safest, I guess. It was where he stayed that first night with us, a place to let him adjust…
Waterworks Cat (July 6/11)
I'd planned to write something about this past week's national birthdays but I've been busy – dealing with someone else's problem, I think. We have a new cat. We didn't seek him out, didn't want a new cat. But he's here and my hope that he will return to his real home is fading fast.
Monday evening he was wandering the parking lot at Waterworks Park, meowing…
In Memoriam: Mya 2007-2011 (June 29/11)
Last night a friend called. She and her husband had to put their lovely young dog to sleep. Mya, a beautiful Doberman Pinscher. On Saturday, she was ill and her vet diagnosed her with Dilated Cardiomyopathy. They were familiar with this heart disease, a congestive failure too common in Dobermans. They knew it meant probably only months left of life…
Circus Cirque (June 22/11)
We went to see Cirque du Soleil at London's John Labatt Centre recently. The show, Quidam, was fabulous. Also the first circus I've been to at the JLC with no protestors outside. When my husband said he'd bought tickets, I said "but they don't have animals!" Yes, I've been to other circuses at the JLC. Took the protestors' pamphlets, walked on into the show and enjoyed it…
A Dog's "Night Before Christmas" (Dec. 22/10)
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
in hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there.
with nary a thought of the dog in their heads…
Dog blankets, beds & coats needed! (Dec. 8th, 2010)
All Breed Canine Rescue needs beds for foster dogs. If you have washable dog beds, fluffy blankets or towels would you please take them to K-9 Concepts (9830 Sunset Drive, just east of Talbotville) or contact Linda at rjspencer@sympatico.ca or 519-631-5607 or Lois at 519-633-6226 or allbreedcaninerescue@sympatico.ca. ABCR is being deluged with litters of puppies…
Commodity Dogs (Oct. 27/10)
Dogs and cats have always been a part of my life – an important part. Most of them, from my childhood and adulthood, have just come along and stayed. An agreement was reached, a negotiation and relationship I suppose…
Secretariat: The Movie 2010 (Oct. 15/10)
The thing that annoyed me most about the movie Secretariat was that the horses playing him were not in the credits. In particular, the one who played him in close-ups was superb – playing to the camera, acting the ham. Just like the real Big Red, so those who knew him say. I hope I will learn his and the others' names and more about them on the dvd.
Ok, that's my criticism. Other than that, I loved the movie…
Horse: Free to a good home (Sept. 8/10)
A few years ago, I got involved in trying to find homes for two Standardbred ex-racehorses whose owner had died. Neither were broke for saddle, they were getting up in years and they'd been together for most of their lives, so finding a home wasn't going to be easy. As it happened, we did find a home for both of them as companion horses in a small herd. But in the course of all this, I learned a couple things about horses and people. One thing was beware of meat buyers…


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City Claims Google's Water Use Is A Trade Secret and Exempt from Oregon's Public Records Laws
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In a case pitting Wasco County, Oregon residents and a newspaper against the City of Dalles, Oregon, a court will decide whether a public interest exception in a state law will mandate the disclosure of potential trade secrets. After a reporter from The Oregonian inquired into Google's water use, the City of Dalles ("Dalles") filed a Complaint against both the reporter and the newspaper (the "Defendants") seeking declaratory relief, requesting that the court declare Google's water use a trade secret under Oregon's Public Records Law, ORS 192.311 et seq, and the Oregon Uniform Trade Secrets Act, ORS 646.461 et seq. As described below, the issue is whether Google's water use is a trade secret, and if so, if the public interest exception, which may permit public disclosure of trade secrets, applies.
According to the Complaint for Declaratory Relief filed last month, Google plans to build two new server farms in Dalles – a city in Wasco County, Oregon. To cool its data centers, Google needs water. The Complaint notes that Defendants submitted a FOIA Request in late September of 2021, seeking information relating to Google's water consumption for 2020. The Complaint further noted that on the same day, Dalles denied the FOIA Request under Oregon Public Records Law, ORS 192.311 et seq. The Defendants subsequently petitioned the Wasco County District Attorney for review of Dalles' denial of the FOIA request (the District Attorney has authority to review public records for disclosure). Both parties submitted to the Wasco County District Attorney memoranda of law in support of their respective positions, which, along with the petition, are attached to the Complaint. The Wasco County District Attorney decided that "water use" is not a trade secret as defined under either Oregon Public Records Law or the Oregon Uniform Trade Secrets Act and ordered Dalles to disclose all responsive records. It did not address the public interest in the decision. Dalles refused to produce the water use information pursuant to the conditional exemption under ORS 192.345(2) – that the extent of Google's water use is a trade secret and the public interest does not require disclosure – and instead, Dalles filed its Complaint seeking declaratory relief.
Under the Oregon Public Records Law, ORS 192.345(2), absent a public interest requiring disclosure, public records are conditionally exempt if they contain trade secrets. The Public Records Law defines "trade secrets" to include "any formula, plan, pattern, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production data, or compilation of information which is not patented, which is known only to certain individuals within an organization and which is used in a business it conducts, having actual or potential commercial value, and which gives its user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors who do not know or use it." Though the Oregon Uniform Trade Secrets Act, ORS 646.461(4), defines "trade secrets" similarly, it does not include a public interest exception that would require disclosure if a party can prove that the disclosure benefits the public interest.
According to Dalles, the volume of water Google uses to cool its data centers satisfies the requirements for trade secret protection under both the Public Records Law and the Oregon Trade Secrets Act, and is thus exempt from disclosure. Dalles claims that the water usage is not patented; the usage is relevant to operating the data centers and is only known to few people; the data centers are competitive in the global market and disclosing water usage could deprive Google of the value of its investment and know-how.
In the petition submitted to the Wasco County District Attorney, the Defendants claim that (1) Google's water use is not a trade secret because its consumption in other states has already been disclosed and (2) the public interest favors disclosure. In the petition to the Wasco County District Attorney, the Defendants set forth their public interest arguments, noting that (i) Google will pay $28.5 million to upgrade Dalles' public water system and receive "substantial tax breaks"; (ii) the upgrade will include an expansion to the water supply to accommodate Google's water consumption; and (iii) because the water is a public resource from Dalles' groundwater aquifer, the public has a right to know how much water Google has consumed and intends to consume following the expansion. Whether Defendants will make the same arguments in response to the Complaint that they made in the petition to the Wasco County District Attorney is unclear.
The Oregon Circuit Court will be required to determine whether the volume of Google's water use is a trade secret within the meaning of Oregon's Uniform Trade Secrets Act and Public Records Law. If it is, the Court will have to balance the potential public interest in disclosure versus the private interest in maintaining the trade secret as confidential commercial information. Under the Public Records Law's public interest exception, if the defendants can show the trade secrets are in the public interest, the trade secrets could be subject to public disclosure.
The case is City of Dalles v. Michael Rogoway, et. al, 21 CV 42306 (City of Wasco, Oregon Circuit Court).
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Is that medical bill correct? A Dallas company wants to help you find out
Filed under Health Care at May 2017
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Dallas-based startup Take Command Health announced Monday that it has hired specialized negotiators to review medical bills and flag costly coding errors and other mistakes.
It's the latest service in the portfolio of the online health insurance brokerage, launched in 2014 to help people navigate the fine print while shopping for health insurance policies.
There's no doubt that health care billing is of major national concern.
Medical bills are chock-full of alphanumeric codes and abbreviations, letters and numbers that make up a complex language used by health care providers and insurance companies that generate charges and submit for payments.
But it's "completely indecipherable for regular people," said Take Command health co-founder Jack Hooper.
The average person already struggles to understand terms like coinsurance and benefit maximums, and even savvy consumers can get stuck with unexpected charges, advocates say.
"It's not like dealing with your bank or paying taxes, where you get the hang of it," said Lynn Quincy, director of the Healthcare Value Hub at Consumer Reports.
Too often, patients are left feeling "completely powerless," she said.
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Health insurance brokers make up one of many industries that help both individuals and small businesses navigate the complex health insurance maze. They were traditionally paid by commission from insurance companies; however, more have been charging fees.
Take Command charges a $15 monthly membership fee to help people select a health insurance plan and stay up to date on changes. The billing assistance option is a new feature it is adding that will be available to members at no additional charge.
Take Command says it has partnered with about a dozen specialists who have previous experience working in hospital and insurance billing departments, and they know what to flag.
"You have to know where to go to find out the information that's not being provided to you. And that's where we come in," said Tracy McDougald of Proven Reimbursement Negotiators, an Oregon-based group that Take Command has contracted with to provide the service.
"If you're not feeling good about the dollar amount left over after insurance has paid its part, that would be your first red flag," she said.
As an example, McDougald described a $28,000 medical bill she reviewed in 2016. The hospital had erroneously marked the patient's psychiatrist as out-of-network, and the insurer kept denying the submitted claim. "We were able to get them to reduce the bill down to zero," she said.
Medical billing is a national problem that's even a bigger headache in Texas
Studies have found that hospital billing errors are rampant and can leave patients paying for services at costs that are more than 25 percent higher than what they should be.
Health care and insurance companies deploy "armies of back-room experts" who help them to engage in a war over payments, a New York Times article recently noted.
That's great for them, but the result is a system "so messed up that a whole industry has been created" to help patients navigate it, explained a post in MarketWatch, a publication that tracks business trends.
Even the federal government last year introduced a challenge called "A Bill You Can Understand," to encourage innovative approaches to simplify medical bills.
"The joke about real estate is that price is based on three things: Location, Location and Location," said a report on the results of the challenge. "Today, the patient's experience of medical costs are based on Surprise, Confusion and Delay."
Take Command Health joins a handful of other companies already offering billing assistance to consumers. Others include New Jersey-based Medical Cost Advocate and CoPatient, a company founded in Boston.
People who subscribe to use Take Command Health can upload a photo of a concerning bill. Then, navigators will scour through it in search of issues and make the calls to insurers, hospitals and doctors' offices that take up hours of time and leave patients frustrated.
"When you're a patient, you're not thinking about bills. You're thinking about getting healthy," said Megan Espinoza, another billing expert who is working with Take Command Health. "It's not emotional for us. It's strictly about getting it corrected."
A look at the website at the offices of Take Command Health in downtown Dallas. The business is a start-up founded in 2014 to help people navigate the fine print while health insurance shopping. Photographed on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
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Take Command has been piloting the program for several months using existing customers. Sometimes, it finds that the bill is correct.
But often, billing codes have been entered incorrectly, or charges are found that appear to be more than the usual and customary rate.
"It's definitely still in version one," said Hooper. "But having a professional cadre of people that can do this will help folks a lot. We negotiate. You save."
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While the model being used by Take Command is interesting, Quincy points out that there are patient advocacy groups and medical billing advocates that offer a similar service at no charge.
She also says it is important for patients to send complaints to the state health insurance regulator, regardless of whether a billing advocate or another service helps them with the bill.
"Regulators are very dependent on complaints to know where the problems are," Quincy said. "If enough people complain about a given market practice, it can trigger regulatory action."
Consumers in Texas can submit a complaint about a medical bill to the Texas Department of Insurance.


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Java objects live in computer memory and normally vanish when the program that created them terminates. The lifecycle of most objects ends then. However, some objects must survive for a longer period of time. Databases and files are common datastores that you can use to keep these objects around for extended periods of time. The application layer that deals with mapping objects from memory to datastores is called the persistence layer, and the place where these objects are stored is called the persistence tier (see the Persistence section in Chapter 5).