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House and Senate leaders have agreed to forward fund public education with $1 billion in budget surplus, the temporary boon of high oil prices.
It's a good idea. The $1 billion for the 2008-2009 school year could allow school districts to plan ahead with more confidence, sparing all of us the rite of spring that includes layoff notices and uncertainty about programs because the Legislature is still struggling with the next year's budget.
Forward funding also makes sense if the Legislature is going to cut its sessions to 90 days, providing less time to wrangle through budgets, geographic cost differentials, base student allocations and all the other nuts and bolts of paying for learning.
And it makes much more sense to put aside this surplus money for the recurring costs of schooling than it does to sock it away in the Constitutional Budget Reserve or the Alaska Permanent Fund.
"I definitely think it's a step in the right direction," says Carol Comeau, Anchorage schools superintendent.
But it's only a step. School districts welcome the move but would be much better off with a few more.
Janet Stokesbury, chief financial officer for the Anchorage district, points out that districts could plan ahead if they had a fix on the base student allocation a year out - in other words, what the state's contribution would be to each district based on expected enrollment.
Right now that base allocation is $5,380 per student, which provides $265 million for Anchorage.
Ideally, Comeau says, forward funding would also include an index to inflation that would account for increases in utilities, insurance, supplies and other costs so that districts aren't strapped into cutting programs so they can heat buildings - or forced to give layoff notices that may or may not count.
Lawmakers have a good idea here, but it's incomplete. Guaranteed, there will be future battles over spending increases. And what happens after 2008-09? What happens if state revenues come up short in future years to forward fund the next year? We're back to the same old uncertainty.
The legislative exercise reflects wise thinking; it even hints of a fiscal plan. But there's the rub. Without a long-range, sustainable fiscal plan, smart moves like forward funding for education depend on the vagaries of oil prices.
Alaska has been fortunate over the years - even in the lean deficit years when oil prices fell below $10 a barrel - because we had savings to pay for state services without taxing ourselves or tapping permanent fund earnings. And in recent years, oil prices have been high enough to keep us well in the black, even as production has declined.
We've been lucky, not wise.
All along we've had the means to build a sound fiscal plan. It would be one thing if budget surpluses were our only option for planning ahead. But we have a tremendous machine for making wealth in the permanent fund ($38 billion) and a robust Constitutional Budget Reserve ($2.5 billion). We have the wealth to put our finances - including the education of Alaska's students - on a sustainable basis.
Oil prices will matter for a long time, but we still can and should put ourselves more in control of our own destiny.
Comeau is right. Putting that $1 billion forward is a good step. Let's take it - and keep going.
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Irish Gorse Fires Decimate Species
More fires have continued to decimate bird species in the British Isles. In Ireland gorse fires have spread across 16 counties, and according to Birdwatch Ireland, have proved a great threat to local wildlife. The fires have come at the worst time because of the nesting season. The organisation estimates that the worst affected species of birds are likely to include the red grouse, twite, grasshopper warbler, whitethroat, linnet, stonechat, dunnock, curlew, blackbird and meadow pipit. Mr. Murphy of Birdwatch Ireland explained that gorse fires in Ireland have greater consequences for wildlife than similar fires in other countries.
"Gorse and bog fires in Ireland are different in many respects to similar fires in Scotland, for example, as the compacted peat (up to 20ft deep in places) that lies underneath the gorse here continues to smoulder long after the gorse fires have been extinguished. Scotland's granite terrain means that the gorse fire is faster burning and does not penetrate as deep underground and therefore the effects on wildlife are not as significant. In Ireland, the grass that grows in the aftermath of such fires benefits cattle and sheep only and not the birds and food sources that previously inhabited the area."


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Chorley Community Housing has welcomed a Government move to give councils sweeping powers to track down tenancy cheats who illegally rent out their homes.
Town halls will be able to demand information from banks, utility firms and phone companies to check if people are actually living elsewhere.
Richard Houghton, director of operations for Chorley Community Housing (CCH), said: "People who have a tenancy with us and let the property out to someone else are breaking the law.
"So we welcome anything that makes it easier for us to track down tenancy cheats and bring them to justice."
It is thought that 98,000 social homes are currently being illegally occupied in England.
Over the past two years, CCH has recovered seven properties where tenancy fraud was alleged.
Mr Houghton added: "Many tenancy cheats are illegally subletting properties and charging rip-off rents.
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Dental Press J. Orthod. vol.17 no.3 Maringá May/June 2012
The orthodontist's profile in Minas Gerais
Luiz Fernando EtoI; Valéria Matos Nunes de AndradeII
ISpecialist and MSc in Orthodontics, PUC-Minas. Assistant Professor of Orthodontics, University of Itauna. Former-president of the Brazilian Association of Lingual Orthodontics (2006-2010)
IISpecialist in Orthodontics, Univale. MSc in Orthodontics, São Leopoldo Mandic
OBJECTIVE: Due of the growing number of orthodontists and courses in Orthodontics, interest has grown in having a profile of these practitioners in Minas Gerais state (Brazil), showing how do they work in order to promote excellence in orthodontics, showing the most used techniques, the changes in the target public, and other views that impact on the future of the specialty and professional groups.
METHODS: Questionnaires were sent to all orthodontists registered with the Regional Council of Dentistry of Minas Gerais (Conselho Regional de Odontologia de Minas Gerais, CRO-MG) until March 30, 2005, consisting of 722 professionals. Questionnaires were sent back by 241 (33%) professionals.
CONCLUSIONS: This study clarified some relevant aspects about the profile of orthodontists in Minas Gerais regarding their individuality, training and the techniques used. The patient base was composed mainly of teenagers (33.75%) and young adults (27.45%), with referral predominantly by the patients themselves (46.79%). Among the most important facts, we can mention the lack of use of some individual protection equipment, with only 37.76% using all the features of biological safety. Final exams have been requested less frequently than initial records, and findings from the literature review is even more frightening, considering the importance of these records. Looking at the future of the profession, optimistic orthodontists did not exceed half (45%) of participants.
Keywords: Orthodontics practice. Orthodontics in Minas Gerais state. Orthodontics in Brazil.
Access to the profile of a professional field is of great importance both for those already practicing, as well as for those who will join in the future. Once a profile has been determined, the practitioners will have available valuable information, such as: Where the great demand is located, current professional tendencies, and what changes are occurring within the target public. In addition, enables opinion sharing about the future of the profession.
In the field of Orthodontics, studies are already available showing the profile of the practitioners and the profession. In Brazil, the first research on the profile of orthodontists on a national scale14 was performed in 1994.
This present work, however, was motivated by the absence of specific studies on orthodontists in the state of Minas Gerais (MG, Brazil). The present study brings data and conclusions obtained through a questionnaire that sought the following information: professional data, patient demand, philosophy, and perspectives about the profession.
The United States has carried out most of the statistical surveys aimed at providing a profile of Orthodontics in its various aspects, especially the economic one.
In 1980, 7,500 American Orthodontists were practicing, with an increase of about 230 practitioners per year.4 The study found that the average age was 45 years and that men prevalently composed the market (95.5%).7 The requested diagnostic documentation showed heterogeneous distribution: periapical radiographs, 22.5%; bite-wings, 13.6%; panoramic radiography, 91.7%; lateral cephalometrics, 97.8%. At the end of treatment, a considerable reduction in requested documentation was noted: periapical radiographs, 10.5%; bite-wings, 5.8%; panoramic radiography, 77.7%; lateral cephalometrics, 69.3%.7 The cephalometric tracings presented variable preference among Steiner 43.3%, Ricketts 27.4% and Tweed 27.1%.7
In relation to the work philosophy of orthodontists, the literature showed that the practice of orthodontics and orthopedics coexisted. In orthodontics, there was a preference for the fixed and pre-adjusted appliances in comparison to other techniques, such as, standard edgewise (20.0%), bioprogressive therapy (7.9%), lingual (1.3%). In orthopedics, the headgear appliance was indicated more frequently (Kloehn, 36.5%, cervical, 41.5%, and high pull, 26.6%), followed by bionator, 23.7%, and bite plane, 23.1%.7
Regarding the patients, adult request for treatment was observed as a growing,3,7,15 tendency, referred, preferentially, from general dental clinicians (50%) or from patients' own initiative (34.6%).6 In respect to the use of technology in the office, only 2% were computerized, and another 30% paid specialized companies for this service.5
In Brazil, this kind of orthodontic clinical activity survey was carried out in 1992.14 The data showed that the average age of practitioners was 42 years. The initial records of patients included initial casts (99.19%), intraoral photographs (87.71%), lateral cephalogram (97.58%) and panoramic radiography (98.31%) and periapicals (75.78%).
In respect to work philosophy, both orthodontics and orthopedics were practiced. Regarding orthodontics, the Edgewise technique was the most prevalent (52.36%) in relation to the bioprogressive technique (35.62%) or to the continuous arch (32.62%); the 0.022-inch slot was the most used (66.5%). In orthopedic practice, 70.78% used removable appliances and the bionator was the most prevalently used (75%).
The daily life of these practitioners, most of them have worked for 16 years in Orthodontics field, consisted of a 40-hour work per week, distributed in four days during the week. On average, treating 16 patients per day, making a total of about 178 patients, referred from colleagues (44.34%) or from patients' own initiative (42%). In respect to the practitioners, 63.37% treated ortho-surgical patients and 74.49% took care of patients with temperomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. Regarding computer usage in the office, 40% of the practitioners already had computer services.14
In Brazil, the number of orthodontists has grown 37% in seven years (1993-2001), varying between 1,597 and 3,831 according to data from the Federal Council of Dentistry (Conselho Federal de Odontologia - CFO). In this period, orthodontists consisted 2.2% of the total of dentists in the country.10 Comparing Brazil and the United States, a fact calls attention: despite of having a population equivalent to 40% of that in the United States and 82% less income, Brazil has almost three times more orthodontics courses (n=124, 2001).10
The majority of practitioners revealed a pessimistic outlook in regard to the future of the specialty. The main reasons mentioned are: market saturation, unofficial courses, competition with general clinician and insufficient income.10
The review of literature showed the absence of more specific studies on the current status of the profession in specific regions in Brazil. In this context, interest has risen in creating a profile of these practitioners in the state of Minas Gerais in order to improve professional practice and achieve excellence. The study sought to show the most utilized techniques used in treatment; the changes in the target public, and the opinions of colleagues relative to the future of the specialty and the role of the regulation institutions.
Data collection was done by means of a questionnaire designed by the researchers involved in the study and was comprised of 33 objective questions about the daily work of orthodontists and a descriptive space for suggestions to improve the professional regulation. In addition to the questionnaire, the mailed envelope included a Free and Informed Consent Form that had to be signed by the practitioner participating in the research. The material was then returned by the participants in an enclosed sealed and pre-addressed envelope.
All the material was printed as official document form from the university (UNIVERSIDADE VALE DO RIO DOCE UNIVALE). The documents were mailed to all orthodontists registered in the Regional Dental Council of Minas Gerais (CRO-MG) up to March 30, 2005. There were 722 active practitioners enrolled, who regularly received mail from the council. The sample consisted of 241 orthodontists who responded and returned the questionnaires.
From the total of 722 questionnaires mailed, 241 were sent back to the examiners, representing 33.3% of the initial sample. The collected data were divided as follows.
» Gender: 71.8% of the orthodontists were male, while 28.2 were female.
» Age: The average age of the orthodontics specialists in Minas Gerais was 39 years, with a minimum age of 27 and a maximum of 82.
» Marital status: The number of married practitioners represented 75.9% of the sample; 13.3 were single; 9.5% responded "other" and 1.2% did not respond.
» Demographic profile: All the participating orthodontists resided and worked in the state of Minas Gerais, with 11.63% living around the capital city Belo Horizonte (including cities within 50 kilometers of Belo Horizonte such as: Contagem, 21 km, Nova Lima, 22 km, Betim, 30 km, and São Joaquim de Bicas, 39 km) and 88.37% living in other cities of the State. Practitioners of 74 cities participated spontaneously in the survey.
» Academic degrees: 91% of those interviewed had formal specialist registration; 24% had a master's degree and 4.6% PhD. The State with greatest post-graduate degree practitioners was Minas Gerais with 54.8%, followed by São Paulo, with 29% (Fig 1).
» Profession: 96.7% of the practitioners in the sample worked alone and 5.8% revealed sharing the office with colleagues (Fig 2). Eighty-three percent of the orthodontists declared to work exclusively with orthodontics.
Regarding time in practice, Figure 3 shows that 40% of the orthodontists had worked for more than 10 years in the specialty; 36.9% had 5 to 10 years of experience in the field. It was found that 56.4% of the orthodontist worked an average of 30 to 40 hours per week (Fig 4).
» Patients: 36.1% of the orthodontists related that they generally treat more than 200 patients (Fig 5). 37.8% of the professionals related that the average number of patients treated per day was 11 to 20, as shown in Figure 6.
Adolescents ranging from 10 to 17 years of age made up 33.75% of the demand for orthodontic treatment, followed by young adults ranging from 17 to 30 years of age 27.45%; followed by children up to 10 years 19.82% and adults over 30 years representing 18.98% of the demand.
Patients mainly paid the treatment with own resources, totaling 80.49%, while 19.51% of the patients came through dental insurance companies. Regarding reference, 46.79% of patients came from own initiative and 24.26% from general clinician referral (Fig 7).
Offices treating more than 15 patients a year with TMD represented 29.5% of the sample, 6 to 10 patients represented 26.6% of the sample; up to five patients 22.4% and from 11 to 15 patients 17.8% of the sample.
In respect to patients who needed orthognatic surgery, the demand for treatment was three to five patients a year in 35.7% of the sample; 1 to 2 patients in 33.6% of the sample and more than 10 patients per year in 9.1% of the sample.
» Radiographic records: 100% of the orthodontists requested radiographic records at some phase of the treatment; 98.8% requested it at the beginning of treatment, 70.5% requested it at an intermediate phase and 80.01% requested the records at the end of treatment.
Regarding the type of records requested, the examination were distributed as follows: cephalometric radiograph, 97.1%; panoramic radiograph, 96.3%; dental casts, 94.6%; photographs, 93.4%; periapical radiographs of incisors, 70.01%; periapical radiographs of all teeth, 42.7%; slides, 22.8%.
In relation to cephalometric analyses used for diagnostics, the most used by the orthodontists from Minas Gerais was the USP, with 48.1% of preference. Afterward came: Steiner-Tweed cephalometrics, with 32.8%; Ricketts, with 27.8%; Profis, with 19.5%; and finally, Sassouni with 14.9% (Fig 8).
» Orthodontic techniques and appliances used: The Edgewise Straight-Wire orthodontic technique was shown to be the most used by the orthodontists in Minas Gerais, with the preference of 73.4% of the practitioners. 35.3% used the Standard Edgewise technique and 13.7% practiced Ricketts-bioprogressive technique (Fig 9).
The size of the slot of the brackets most used in Minas Gerais is 0.022-in, with 80.9% preference, and the 0.018-in with 16.2%. The other 2.9% of the participants did not respond.
It is shown that 54.8% of the practitioners perform Orthopedics, and the most used appliances were: Bionator (65.6%), Planas (27.0%), Bimler (22.8%) and Frankel (10.0%) (Fig 10).
In regard to extraction, 63.9% of the practitioners declared that they use extractions for orthodontic purposes only when necessary; the other 32.8% preferred to avoid extraction.
» Legal aspects of services provided: 80.1% of the practitioners fill out records with the clinical history of the patient; 88% formalize treatment plan in written document; 83.4% requested the patient's signature on a document before initiating treatment; and 73% prepare a service contract form before initiation orthodontic treatment, with 40% of these contracts being revised by a lawyer.
» Use of computers in the office: 75% of the participants declared the use of computers in the office.
» Use of biosafety equipment in the office: The use of biosafety equipment was distributed as follows: 96.25% of the practitioners used gloves; 95.8% masks; 77.6%, safety glasses; 44%, caps; and 80%, lab coats (Fig 11). The percentage of practitioners who used all these types of biosafety items was 37.76%.
» Degree of professional development, regulation institutions, and outlook for the future of the profession: 38.6% of the practitioners attend conferences once a year, 22.4% twice a year and 35.3% attend more than two conferences annually.
Of those interviewed, 55.2% consider themselves updated, 41.5% very updated, and 0.4% not updated. Among those who consider themselves updated, 42.15% attend conferences in other states (Fig 12). The orthodontists indicated that the conferences they attend in other states represent 79.3%; regional conferences 69.7%, and international conferences 40.2% (Fig 13).
Regarding participation in some kind of professional association, 80.1% participate in a regional group; 34% in a national group; 30.3% participated in groups in other states, and 15.7% had correlation to an international group. The specialists who did not take part in any professional group totaled 7.1%.
Among the practitioners, 45% revealed a positive outlook on the future of the specialty; 22.6% showed a neutral outlook, and 28.6% a negative outlook.
The suggestions provided by the specialists to improve the regional professional group are listed below:
• Create a seal of quality, such as that used by plastic surgeons.
• Develop improvement campaigns for the specialty and the practitioner, as well as increasing public awareness and enlightenment in respect the importance of orthodontics.
• Supervise professional practice.
• Motivate greater participation of orthodontists in professional groups, strengthening and turning them into an active voice in society.
• Create instruments that can prohibit non-regulated courses, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and the Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO).
On March 2005, the Regional Council of Dentistry of the State of Minas Gerais (CRO-MG) listed 722 orthodontists, a number that represents 9.81% of the specialists in Brazil. By the same date, Brazil had 6,428 specialists in Orthodontics and Facial Orthopedics.
Our sample, represented by 241 questionnaires, corresponds to 33.3% of the total number of practitioners in the state of Minas Gerais. In 1992, 1,597 orthodontists were registered with the Federal Council of Dentistry (CFO).14 In 1995, 2,008 specialists in orthodontics were duly registered with the CFO.13 In 2001, this number increased to 3,831.10 A national survey showed that the orthodontists represented 16.4% of the dentists registered with the Federal Council of Dentistry in 1993.2
» Gender: We could note the increase of women participation in the labor market, corresponding to a proportion of one woman (28.2%) for every three male orthodontists (71.8%). In 2002, a national survey showed that the number of Brazilian female dentists (57.5%) had already exceeded the number of Brazilian male dentists (42.5%).2
» Age: In regard to the age of the specialist practitioners in orthodontics, the results showed that in Minas Gerais the average age was 39 years, with the minimum age of 27 years and the maximum of 82. In this same period, the majority (29.5%) of Brazilian dentists were between 26 and 39 years of age.2
» Marital status: The number of married practitioners represented 75.9% of the sample; 13.3% are single. The percentage of single clinicians interviewed in 2002 was much greater (41%) when compared to married ones (54.2%).2
» Demographic profile: When compared to dentists throughout Brazil, who in their majority (83.9%) practice only in the city where they live,2 the percentages are inverted for orthodontists in Minas Gerais, whose work takes place away from their residence (88.37%).
» Academic degree: 91% had full specialist title; 24% had a master's degree and 4.6% PhD. 42.7% of Brazilian dentists have not completed post-graduation courses mainly due to the lack of financial resources (46.6%) and lack of time (19.5%). Those who have completed post-graduate education represented 42% of specialists and a minority of masters (2.6%) and doctors (1.6%).2
» Profession: The majority (96.7%) of orthodontists worked for themselves with no formal link with companies, which corresponded to the Brazilian general dentists situation (89.6%).2 It was seen that 56.4% worked an average of 30 to 40 hours per week (Fig 4). The same proportion of working hours was verified in relation to dentists throughout the country (54.6%).2
» Patients: It is assumed that the best age for treatment of malocclusion is during the growth phase ranging from 6 to 14 years. In the present study, however, it is seen that the demand for treatment of children up to 10 years of age is low (19.82%) and is similar to that of adult patients over 30 years of age (18.98%).
The patients in 46.79% of the cases searched for treatment without being referred by any professional, and 24.26% were introduced by dental clinicians. The present finding confirms a previous study that showed that: the greatest source of coming clients is the patient's own initiative (89.2%).10
The demand for treatment from patients with TMD was distributed as follows: 29.5% of the sample treated more than 15 patients per year; 26.6% 6 and 10 patients; 22.4% up to 5 patients; and 17.8% 11 and 15 patients.
TMD14 was found in 74.49% of the patients. The necessity for a more careful examination of the signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) before beginning orthodontic treatment has already been emphasized in a study involving 168 adolescents, which correlated symptoms of facial pain and discomfort in female patients, mainly in post-orthodontic treatment.9
In another study, the prevalence of TMD was observed in 201 pre-orthodontic patients, which led the researchers to the conclusion that, in a great number of patients, there is a pre-existing subclinical TMD condition, which can be exacerbated by orthodontic treatment.11
It is opportune also to mention that orthodontists, who are responsible for the maintenance of balanced functional occlusion, many times neglected the integrity of TMA5 and the mandibular musculature of pre-orthodontic adolescents with TMD symptoms.12
In respect to patients needing orthognatic surgery, the demand was divided as follows: 35.7% of the sample treated from 3 to 5 patients; 33.6% from 1 to 2 patients; and 9.1% treated more than 10 patients. The literature cited the prevalence of 63.37%.14 of this kind of patient. Consequently, it is necessary for the investigated orthodontists to work in an interdisciplinary manner with the oral and maxillofacial surgery specialty.
» Radiographic records: 100% of the orthodontists requested radiographic records at some phase of treatment, given the importance of these complementary exams, not only for diagnosis, but also for legal reasons. Contrary to these findings, we observed that intermediate and final records were not being requested by 82.8% of orthodontists.10
» Orthodontic techniques and appliances used: The orthodontic technique preferred by the orthodontists in Minas Gerais is the Edgewise Straight-Wire, with 73.4% of use. There is a significant group that use the Standard Edgewise technique (35.3%) and a smaller group (13.7%) that practices Ricketts-bioprogressive.
Several factors influenced the use of new orthodontic practices such as the Straight-Wire technique. These factors are: productivity, or in other words, less clinical time that the patient spends in the orthodontist's chair, and the desire of every practitioner to simplify treatment methods, while at the same time seeking for excellence and stability.
» Legal aspects of services provided: Due to the possibility of legal demands regarding dental procedures, it became important to emphasize certain preventive actions on the legalization of the service provided to the patients.8 This study found concern among the participating orthodontists in relation to the legal aspects: 80.1% affirmed that they fill out clinical forms; 88% formalize treatment plan in written document; 73% required signed contract prior to beginning of the treatment, with 40% of these contracts being reviewed by a lawyer.
» Use of computers in the office: 75% of participants disclosed that they use a computer in the office. Comparatively, 43.3% of Brazilian dentists revealed to use computer.2
» Use of biosafety equipment in the office: The percentage of practitioners who use all types of biosafety items is still low (37.76%) and needs emphasis. In order to prevent occurrences of contamination in the team and to protect the patients from possible infections, all patients should be considered as potential vectors of some kind of disease.
» Professional associations and the outlook for the future of the profession: 80.1% of the practitioners participated in some regional group; 34% participated in a national group; 30.3% participated in groups in other states; and 15.7% in international groups. It was noted that 7.1% of the specialists did not participate in any professional group. Among general clinicians, we found that 57.7% participated in some professional group such as Associations (94.4%). The degree of satisfaction in relation to this type of group was high (22.6% excellent and 47.7% good).2
According to the findings we noted that: 45% of the practitioners have a positive outlook for the future of the specialty; 22.6% were neutral while 28.6% provided negative perspectives.
Among Brazilian general dentists, the situation was a little better, with 69.1% of the interviewees declaring that they would choose the same profession if hypothetically needed 69.5% reporting optimism about the future of dentistry.2 In contrast to these data, other authors indicated an high percentage (66.9%) of orthodontists who would not encourage their children to study dentistry at present.10
Seeking a more promising future for the profession, the specialists who participated in the study made several requests to the regulative institutions, as follows: reduction of the number of courses and orthodontists; opening new specialization courses, bringing greater possibilities of financial benefits for practitioners, as well as improving their performance. enhance financial income for the specialist in orthodontics and enhance social recognition.
This study allowed us to obtain information to define the profile of practitioners of Orthodontics in the state of Minas Gerais, focusing at professional individuality, patients, education and the techniques used. In relation to the target public, we can conclude that it is comprised, mainly, of adolescents (33.75%) and young adults (27.45%). Patients come to the offices of orthodontists predominantly by own initiative (46.79%). Among the most relevant information collected, we can cite the lack of use of some individual protection equipment, with only 37.76% using all the items for biosafety.
Final records has been requested with less frequency than initial ones, which can be considered a negligence in orthodontic treatment. In regard to future perspectives of the profession, optimistic orthodontists did not exceed half (45%) of those interviewed.
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text:
What the Commissioners Did
to the Assessments.
Thoro Were Not Many Complaints.
ami AH Were Satiefnciorily
I roceedingu of tbe board of equaliza
tion io and for Whitman county Wash
ington, August G, 7, 8,9, 10, 13 14 15
16. 17,18, 20, 21 and 22; mo! * '
In accordance with law, the board of
equalization of Whitman county Wash
ington, met August 6, l.too.with (bounty
Commiasiooera A. B. Willard and
William Huntley present. The board
organised hy election of William Hunt
ley Bfl chairman. After taking the oath
of office prescribed by law, the following
business wan transacted:
The application of II .1 Welty, attor
ney fur X A Hryan, asking tor the reduc
tion of aMesament on lots '.), 10 and 11,
block •"{, Reaney's 2d addition to Pull
mimii, from 91850 toslsoo, was granted.
1 lv- application of Charles Swartz tax
agent of tbe N. P. K. R Co., asking that
the asseHsmeut on right of way tract-t,
Snake River branch, be stricken from the
rolls for the reaHon that it is a double
assessment, wan granted.
The application of W Vangorden, ask
ing that iiiH personal assessment be re
doced from $165 to $100 and that the
assessment on the w hf of the se qr and
the ehf of hw () r of 1 15 42 be reduced
From 11320 to $720, was granted.
The application of H Burgunder, ask
ing for a reduction of his assessment on
a mortgage from $1000 to SUM), was
granted for the reason that all of said
mortgage except $1O« had been paid
prior to said asHessment.
The application of .1 W Steams, agent
of the IfcNaoght Land and Investment
Co., asking fora redaction of assessment
on 15 acres in sw qr of 19 20 4G fcom
•*44(l to £240, was granted.
The application of R H Lacey, agent
of the estate of M S burrell, asking for
a reduction of assessments on the se qr
of 13 20 4.-> from $2350 to $2100 and on
the nw qr of G I<> 44 from $2440 to
$1820, was granted.
The application of C M Mecklem, ask
ing for a reduction of assessment on
stock of merchandise in Palouse from
12300 to $1100, was granted.
The application of F W Oaines, ask
ing for a reduction of assessment on wh
of lot 3, block 2, Fitch's addition to Pa
louse, was rejected.
The application of I N Xye, asking for
the reduction of assessment on the nh
of ne of 9 l.~> 45 and improvements on
same from $825 to $50, was granted for
the reason that said land is lieu land.
The application of A P Johnson, man
ager of the (iarfield Hardware & Mercan
tile Co., asking for a reduction of assess
nient on tbe nh of lot 1, block 8, (Jar
field, from $2250 to $2000 and on the
nh of lot 2, block 8, Uarfield, from
$225(t to $2000, was granted.
The application of YV V W'indus, ask
ing for a cancellation of assessment of
perttonal property consisting of Pullman
State Hank stock amounting to $.*IBO,
for the reason that at the time of said
assessment be whh indebted for more
than that hum, was granted.
The application of A T Fariss, member
of the timi of Fariss Bros., asking for
the cancellation of assessment on 30
Bbarea of l'ullmau State Bank stock
valued by assessor at $G7<), for the rea
son that when saui wMwwßincnt was
made, Haid Farias Bros, were indebted
lor the amount of said stock, was
The affidavit of S 15 Kiler states that
fortbejear 1900 he assessed A B Wil
lard with notes and accouuts to the
v«lae of $1000. That said A B Willard
wan entitled to an offset for the reason
an shown b,y his affidavit filed in the
aftoeacor'a office that he was indebted to
another party for the value of the note,
but through an error of the assessor
said offset was not allowed and said
affiant asks the board of equalization to
cornet said assessment by striking from
the 101 l (1000 from "notes and ac
counts." The application was granted.
The application of Aaron Kuhn, ask
ing for the cancellation of assessment of
personal property consisting of wheat,
was granted for the reason that at the
time said assessment was made the
wheat was uot his property.
Hie application of C L Waken'eld, ask
ing for the reduction of assessment on
stock of merchandise in Endicott from
|5500 to |3000, was granted.
The application of E N Beach, asking
for the cancellation of assessment on
one mortgage of $1500 and one mort
gage nnnrnnrd for $400, was granted for
the reason that said mortgagee were
given as part of the purchase price for
The application of A J Davis, asking
for the cancellation of assessment on im
provement* on lot 1», Perkins 2d addi
tiou to Colfax, assessed at $100, was
The application of C E Frederick,
senior member of the C E Frederick A
Co.. asking for the reduction of assess
ment on a stock of merchandise from
$8800 to $7000, was granted.
The application of U E Cronk, asking
foi a redaction of assessment on the sw
of HIT 44 from $2185 to f 1600, was
granted in part, said assessment being
reduced to $1900.
The application of Eleanor Inmin,
asking lor a reduction of assessment on
notes and accounts from $2340 to
$1900, for the reason that part of said
notes were paid, was granted.
The application of Q. W. Peddycord,
manager of the Palouse Hiver Lumber
Co., asking fora reduction of assessment
on tract of 14 acres in the city of Pa
louse from $1900 to $450, was granted
in part, said assessment being reduced
m ?700.
The application of J W Johnson, agent
for J C Nicholson, asking for a reduction
of assessment on the sw of 29 19 44
from $1860 to $1600, was granted in
part, said assessment being reduced to
The application of W VV VVaite, asking
for a nduction of assessment on lot 2,
block 19, aud lot 11, block 19, city of
Colfax, from $3400 to $3250, was
The application of 0 M Sparks, asking
for a reduction of assessment on the
east 44 feet of lot 5, block 6, and the
met 8 feet of lot 9, block 6, Wiley's ad
to Palouse, from $5300 to $2500, was
granted in part, said assessment being
reduced to $2750.
The application of G W Sutherland,
asking for a reduction of assessment on
the north 20 ft of lot 2, block 2, Cotfas
from $8000 to $2500, was granted
The application of Theo Reed, agent
for the Northwestern and Pacific Hypo
tbeekbauk, asking for a reduction of
assessment on improvements on the nh
of ne of 10 1G 45, from f 1000 to $800
was granted.
The application of P F Chadwick
agent for Jane A Cuadwick, asking for
a reduction of assessment on the ne of
19 19 44 from $2300 to $14o<>, was
granted in part, said assessment being
reduced to $IGOO.
The application of P W Lawrence
agent for the Puget Sound Warehouse
( 0., asking for the cancellation of assess
ment on the warehouse at Fallons
assessed to Hiestand, Warner ft Co
with the valuation of $500, for the rea
son that said warehouse is also assessed
to Puget Sound Warehouse Co., be re
duced from $950 to $.",00, was granted
The application of J C Lloyd, asking
for a reduction of assessment on the sw
of .'lO 1G 4.M from $1280 to $040, was
granted in part, said assessment beine
reduced to fS^GO.
The application of Fred Timm, asking
that the improvements on the nw of
12 17 4"> be reduced from $10. rjo to $650,
was granted in part, said assessment
being reduced to $800.
The application of A 15 WL'lard, mem
ber of the firm of Kay i Willard, ask
ing for the cancellation of assessment
on a warehouse at Tekoa, valued at
$500, was granted for the reason that
at the time assessment was made they
were not the owner of the warehouse.
The application of L J. Lindley, one
of the firm of Toimte, Rose & Co., ask
ing for a reduction of assessment on
personal property consisting of merchan
dise from f;*2oo to $2240, was granted
in part, said assessment being reduced
to $2500.
On application of S B Siler, the sw of
nw of G 13 45, assessed at |4GO, was
ordered stricken from the rolls, for the
reason that it is doubly assessed.
The application of Mrs. J G Potter,
asking for a reduction of assessment on
the south hf of lot 5, block 7, (Jolfux
from |1260 to $GOO was granted in partj
said assessment being reduced to $7oo!
The application of William Huutleyl
asking for the reduction of assessment
on the nh of uw of 30 17 41 from $1980
to $1000, was granted.
The application of William Iluntley
member of the tirm of Huntley Bros.,'
asking for the reduction of assessment
on stock of merchandise at Endicott
from $5500 to $4000, was granted.
The application of W I) Hunton, ask
ing that the assessment of 5 acres in the
se of 10 17 43, assessed to C W Hunton"
be cancelled, was granted.
The assessment of S W Gage, on per
sonal property consisting of library
valued at $100, was ordered cancelled.
The assessment of B Burgnnder on
lot G, block 7, Colfax, amounting to
$2800, was reduced to $2300.
The assessment of M M Walsh on the
nw of 1G 10 44 was reduced from $2430
to |2000.
The assessments of J C Lawrence were
reduced as follows: 8 acres in ne of ne
of 5 17 45 was reduced from $IGS to
$110. NE of 9 17 45 was reduced from
£2200 to $1800. SE of 9 17 45 was
reduced from $2300 to $2000.
It was ordered by the board of equal
ization that the assessments of the
following described lands be stricken
from the roll, for tLe reason that they
are school lands:
WH of 24 17 40, valuation $1280.
NW of 36 20 45, valuation $1550.
8E of 36 20 45, valuation $1450.
Nil of 26 17 41, valuation $1920.
NW of se of 26 17 41, valuation $240.
SH of sw of 32 17 41, valuation $420.
SH of se of 32 17 41, valuation $480.
It was ordered by the board of equal
ization that the assessment on the ne of
31 17 41 be stricken from the rolls, for
the reason that said land comprises the
towusite of Endicott and is also assessed
as lots and blocks of said town.
Reductions on Merchandise.
It was ordered by the board of equal
ization that the following assessments
of personal property, consisting of mer
chandise, etc., be reduced as hereinafter
Value. Value.
Adams, JO § 1100 § 1000
Bakala, Frank 315 250
Cohn, A 750 (iSO
Codd. William 5000 3850
Codd Bros 1100 1000
Codd & MacKenzie 240 220
Cottield & Ferbroch 220 200
Collard, William. 3000 2500
Crawford, PL 650 (iOO
Crumbaker, J A 840 800
Davis & Moffatt 2640 2400
Deremiach, UG 3850 3500
Dix, J A 1320 1200
Donnelly & Hailev 770 700
Eitel, H C ltiOO 900
Ellis, W D 200 100
Ellis & Hill 2000 1800
Ellsworth Bros.. 1500 1300
Emery, WE.. 330 300
Faires, E G & Co 3000 2700
FarißS, Bros & Co 6000 5640
Fouts, A E 275 250
Fussy, J H 820 745
Garfield Hardware & Mer Co.. 6600 6000
Giles, J H 550 500
Goddard, R B 440 400
Gordon, Bros 1350 1230
Great Eastern Co, St John .. 2200 2000
Gritman & Co 150 100
Gwinn, Bros 2180 1980
Haizlip, Norman & Co 3300 3000
Hall, Oliver 2200 2000
Hall, J F 275 250
Hamilton, W J 2200 2000
Hardisty & O'Connor 925 840
Harper, JW.. 385 300
Hayfield, Bros 1980 1800
Hensley, PA 550 500
Hill, Otis & Co 5500 5000
Hinchliff. EH 2200 2000
Hoare, William 3300 3000
Hoeppner, Mrs D. 660 600
Hogue, M C 440 400
Holzer, Dr A 165 150
Hooks, C C 165 150
Howard & Lacey 1980 1800
Hub Clothing Co 880 800
Huffman, Joe. 275 250
Irwin, H D 440 400
Janeck, Fred L 1100 1000
Johnson, 0H... 550 500
Johnston, JO 110 100
Johnston, R M 1320 1200
Kay, H D. Hardware Co 2500 2500
King, A E 1100 1000
King, CarL 155 140
Kirkham, H L 930 845
Kopple & Kranz 80 70
Krausse, E 770 700
Kuehl, HO 450 400
Kuhn, A 19,250 17,5(J0
LaFollette, W L 230 200
Lamphere, Geo N 330 300
L»wler, MM 110 100
Leonard, R 1595 1450
Libby.H W, Manufacturing Co 7»>o 690
Lippitt, Julius 18.700 17,000
Livengood, F E 2200 2000
Livingstone, H W 6000 6000
Lyons, EMt Co 8800 8000
I Morrison, John 275 260
I Moore, CH 1100 1000
Moser Bros 880 800
Continued on Fifth Page.
<'OLKAX (lAZKTTE, (OLFAX, WASHINGTON, AUGUST, 31, 1900.
Statistics as Collected by the
County Superintendent.
Values of School Properties and an
Exhibit of the District
County School Superintendent Roberts
has made his annual report to the state
superintendent of public instruction as
to school affairs in Whitman county. It
shows good progress in all school depart
ments. He finds in the county 9209
cbildrt-n of Bcbooi age, between 5 and 21
years. Of these, 4GCI are males and
4."48 females. The enrollment in the
county schools was 790G—male 4123,
females .'s7^o. The average daily attend
ance was 4802—male 2470, female 2."U2.
The averuge number of months of school
maintained in all of the 152 districts
was 0' 2 Total days of actual attend
ance was 71G.438. and toUl days ac
credited «03,75 G. There were 215 rooms
or departments maintained. Teachers
employed were 2G7—male 113, female
1 54. Average monthly salary paid male
teachers was $52 BG, and female $49.72.
The number of children over G years of
age not enrolled in any school" during
the year reached 954, and those between
the ages of 8 and 15 attending school
less than three months were 324. Pupils
in first year course were 1422, second
year 1020, third 114G, fourth 1082,
fifth 90G, feixth 7G7, seventh 630, eighth
490, advanced grades 29G. Graduated
from common schools during the year
on state questions—males 52, females 7G.
Average number of daily recitations,
21. Private schools taught, 12; aver
age mouths of private schools, 5 1-3.
Teachers employed in private schools
males 9, females 21. Resident pupils
attending private schools—males 115,
females 125. School houses built dur
ing the year, 7 frames. School houses
in county—log 1, frame 151, brick 9,
total 161. Total seatinc capacity,
10,263. Estimated value of school
houses and grounds, $252,798; value of
school furniture, $11,707; library values,
ij-2420; total of all school property,
$297,242. Insurance on school houses
and furniture, $137,831. School dis
tricts supplied with libraries, 56; with
unabridged dictionaries, 149. districts
organized during the year, 2; total in
county, 152; maintaining school at least
three months of the year, 152. Graded
schools employing more than one
teacher, 18. Districts not supplied with
school houses, none. Districts having
bonded indebtedness, 42. Schools visited
by superintendent, 172. Defective youth
in the county, 8. Teachers' associa
tions are maintained in the county and
meet in each town; approximate attend
ance, 53. Teachers required to conduct
all schools, 215. Teachers registered as
engaged in reading circle work, 36.
Temporary certificates issued during the
year—males 9, females 19. Teachers
employed holding state or territorial
certificates or diplomas—males 11,
females 19. Teachers employed holding
first grade certificates—males 19, female
35; second grades—nudes 55, females 72;
third grades—males 19, females 34.
Balance on hand July 1, 1809 $ 43,400 3(1
Apportioned— state funds 07,094 00
Apportioned- county funds 80,182 20
Received from special levies 04,477 79
Received from bond sales 13,878 07
Received from all other sources 1,990 28
T°tal $235,523 73
Teachers' wages $ 86,083 10
Rents, repairs, fuel, etc 23,768 51
Sites, buildings, furniture, etc. ... 22,058 58
Interest on bonds 11,503 55
Interest on warrants 9,080 21
Redemption of bonds 8*23155
Transferred to other districts 0,508 19
Total §109,953 85
Balance on hand 06,651 08
Bond* and Warrants.
Assessed valuation districts' §12,033,028 00
Bonds outstanding 189,030 00
Warrants out July 1, 1899 95,700 00
Warrants registered during year 79,302 83
Decrease of warrant indebtedness,
$1(5,409.77. Average rate of interest
on bonds, Cr\ per cent. Total expenee
of superintendent's oth'ce for the year
In 1899 there were 904G school chil
dren in the county, and the decrease
in warrant indebtedness last year wae
Assessor Board
According to a report brought to this
office Wednesday, Frank English, a
farmer, seems to be playing in hard luck
lately with his utock, says the Farming
ton News. Last week one of his most
valuable horees was found to be suffer
ing from a dose of some kind of poison,
and the animal though better, has not
yet fully recovered. The day after the
finding of the horse, a 4 months old
heifer was found to be suffering from a
similar cause and on Wednesday the
animal died. A few days ago a second
horue was found to be poisoned, and the
worst is Mr. English is entirely at a loss
as to the cause of this wholesale poison
"Through the months of June and
July our baby was teething and took a
running off of the bowels and sickness of
the stomach," says O. P. M. Holiday,
of Deming, Ind. "His bowels would
move from five to eight times a day. I
had a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the
house and gave him four drops in a tea
spoonful of water and he got better at
once. Sold by all druggiste 0
I intend to open a school for small
children early in September, in the build
ing formerly occupied by the kinder
garten. Will be glad to consult with
interested parties. Mrs. J. M. Stinson.
Stone's Pain-Not Liniment is becom
ing the favorite household remedy. Cures
all pains. Sold only at The Elk Drug
Store o
Wanted —Girl to do general house
work. Apply at my store. Julius
Wanted—Girl for general housework.
Apply to Mrs. W. H. Winfree, South
Wanted—Girl for general housework.
Apply to Mrs. Ivan Chase. South Colfax 0
Wanted—Woman to do general house
work; small family. Apply sheriff's office.
Wanted—Girl for general housework.
Apply to Mrs. B. Burgunder, Colfax o
Financial Exhibit.
Poisoned Stock,
favors the Appointment of a Hall-
way Commission.
! The charge is being advanced by
opposing politicians that Hon. J. M.
brink, republican nominee for governor
ie unfriendly to the interests of the farm
jng t-ommuuitieeof Eastern Washington
Ihese reiterations led Hon. John W*
Arrasmith to address the following letter
v• . • Knnk« un(l h'B reP'y follows. Mr.
rnnk s reputation as a man of his word
is unsurpassed, and all who know him
have implicit faith in what he may say
upon any question, public or private:
Colfax Wash., Aug. 1, l'.KX>.-Hon. J. M.
*nnk, .Seattle, Wash.—My Dear Sir: The
farmers of Eastern Washington have been for
years, and are now, anxious to secure some
reasonable adjustment of freight rates upon
farra products. They have in the past sought
relief in urging the legislative enactment of
maximum rate lawe, but the poor result of
these efforts have convinced many of us that
the real remedy lies in an appointive railroad
Your nomination by the recent republican
state convention for the office of governor has
naturally aroused much interest, and occa
sioned some discussion as to your views of
that question.
Having served with you in the legislature
oi this state, and there learned to rely upon
your word, I take it upon myself to address
you this letter and ask you to define in your
reply your attitude upon that subject. I
know that when you and I were together in
the legislative session of 18H3, you supported
the freight rate measure known as the Ander
son bill, but I am anxious to know your pres
ent attitude as bearing upon your present
action in the premises if elected governor. I
am, respectfully yours,
J. W. AIiKAHMITH.
Mr. Frink's Heply.
Seattle, Washington, August 23, I!KK) —
»?' i\ V,Arrasmith. Colfax, Washington.
—My Dear bir: lam in receipt of your letter
ot the 18th mst. In reply I would Bay: lam
heartily in sympathy with you and your peo
ple in Eastern Washington in your desire for
a just and equitable reduction of the present
freight rates. It is my judgment after mature
deliberation, and watching the effects of rail
way legislation in other states, that the best
way to arrive at a proper solution of this
matter, which will do justice to all parties
and sections concerned, is through a railway
commission. Every legislature convened has
had this matter under consideration, and with
the exception of the freight rate bill known as
theAndersoQ bill, passed by the legislature of
IB.W, no railway legislation has been passed.
I his is owing largely to local and conflicting
interests. The creation of a railway com
mission, to whom all these matters could be
referred, wauld, in my opinion, bring about a
freight rate reduction satisfactory to all par
ties concerned,
If I am elected governor of this state and
the legislature, in its wisdom, ehould pass an
act creating such a commission, it will have
my immediate approval, and if the duty of
appointment devolve upon me, I promise you
that such appointments would be made solely
on the basis of merit and qualification. No
appointment would be made for the purpose
of compensating political workers or paying
campaign debts.
Hoping that I have made myself clear in
this matter, I remain, Sincerely yours,
J. M. Frink.
Adolph Anderson, 12 years old, was
badly burned and disfigured for life by
carbolic acid thrown in his face at Port
land Sunday by a playmate named Pye.
At Heppner, Oregon, a man claims to
be raffling "the old Kentucky rifle that
was used by Davy Crockett at the battle
of the Alamo, and with which he
whacked Santa Ana over the head,
cracking the stock." The owner is said
to be a granddaughter of Crockett.
P. 0. Smith of Scio, Oregon, before
his death, asked that $2000," due from
the A. O. U. W., be used iv buying a
home for his daughter, Mrs. Mack. His
wish was respected by his agents, who
last week purchoHed an SO acre farm in
Marion county for Mrs. Mack and
stocked it.
Twenty-three ocean sailing vessels
were in Tacoma harbor Tuesday after
noon, representing a combined aggregate
vet registered tonnage of 27 871 tons,
and a carrying capacity of over 50,000
tons. Of these 19 were sailing vessels
find four ocean steamers. No fuch fleet
was ever assembled in any other Pacific
coast port with the possible exception of
San Francisco.
The Oregon tviilway & Navigation
company has purchased the Ilwaco Rail
way & Navigation company's property
i» Pacific county, this state, taking pos
session September 1. The road runs
from Ilwaco to Nahcotta, a distance of
sixteen miles, and is largely used for
summer resort travel to the ocean beacl>.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney, & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure in taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills ar9 the best.
Certificates Nos. 38 and 39 for stock
of the Surapter Free Gold Mining Co ,
having been stolen froiu tbe (stock hook,
all persons are warned against purchas
ing the same as they have been cancelled
on the books of the company.
C. F. Stlaht, Secy.
Colfax, Wash , Aug. 13, 1900.
For Rent.
A well-furnished 5 room house, 3 blocks
from business center. Tenant must
have no small children. Apply to Geo.
H. Lennox, Colfax.
For Sale.
Several Jshn F. Fuller Whitman coun
ty atlases Never been used. Will sell
cheap. Address Geo. H. Lennox, Colfax.
If you would have the best liniment,
get Stone's Pain-Not. Good for colic,
sprains, bruises and all sorts of pain.
50 cents only at The Elk Drug Store o
It's a doctor's business to study
health. Doctors confidently recommend
Harper Whiskey. Sold by W. J. Ham
ilton, Colfax, Wash o
Averill & Co., Elberton, have put in a
new stock of groceries, dry goods and
tinware. Get their prices before buying 0
Mrs. M. M. Donnelly, manager for the
Viavi remedies. Will mail a Health
Book on application,,
Bargains in gloves at Armstrong &
Co.'c, successors to McDonald Bros,
Bring your chickens and eggs to
Averill's store, Elberton.
M id-Sum mer US Bargains
Jo?*n™lS*ri t "£\£ h m9k*™2? t°* F"" (i"<"'« now on the way, m«l Rive
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I'm trying to decide what noSQL database to use, and I've certainly decided against mongodb due to its use of mmap. I'm wondering if Cassandra would also suffer from a similar inefficiency with small documents. In mongodb, if you have a large set of small documents (each much less than the 4KB page size) you will require far more RAM to fit your working set into memory, since a large percentage of a 4KB chunk could very easily include infrequently accessed data outside of your working set. Cassandra doesn't use mmap, but it would still have to intelligently discard the excess data that does not pertain to a small document that exists in the same allocation unit on the hard disk when reading it into RAM. As an example lets say your cluster size is 4KB as well, and you have 1000 small 256 byte documents that are scattered on the disk that you want to fetch on a given query (the total number of documents is over 1 billion). I want to make sure it only consumes roughly 256,000 bytes for those 1000 documents and not 4,096,000 bytes. When it first fetches a cluster from disk it may consume 4KB of cache, but it should ultimately only ideally consume the relevant amount of bytes in RAM. If Cassandra just indiscriminately uses RAM in 4KB blocks than that is unacceptable to me, because if my working set at any given time is just 20% of my huge collection of small sized documents, I don't want to have to use servers with 5X as much RAM. That's a huge expense. Thanks, Ben P.S. Here's a detailed post I made this morning in the mongodb user group about this topic. People have often complained that because mongodb memory maps everything and leaves memory management to the OS's virtual memory system, the swapping algorithm isn't optimized for database usage. I disagree with this. For the most part, the swapping or paging algorithm itself can't be much better than the sophisticated algorithms (such as LRU based ones) that OSes have refined over many years. Why reinvent the wheel? Yes, you could potentially ensure that certain data (such as the indexes) never get swapped out to disk, because even if they haven't been accessed recently the cost of reading them back into memory will be too costly when they are in fact needed. But that's not the bigger issue. It breaks down with small documents << than page size This is where using virtual memory for everything really becomes an issue. Suppose you've got a bunch of really tiny documents (e.g. ~256 bytes) that are much smaller than the virtual memory page size (e.g. 4KB). Now let's say that you've determined that your working set (e.g. those documents in your collection that constitute say 99% of those accessed in a given hour) to be 20GB. But your entire collection size is actually 100GB (it's just that 20% of your documents are much much likely to be accessed in a given time period. It's not uncommon that a small minority of documents will be accessed a large majority of the time). If your collection is randomly distributed (such as would happen if you simply inserted new documents into your collection) then in this example only about 20% of the documents that fit onto a 4KB page will be part of the working set (i.e. the data that you need frequent access to at the moment). The rest of the data will be made up of much less frequently accessed documents, that should ideally be sitting on disk. So there's a huge inefficiency here. 80% of the data that is in RAM is not even something I need to frequently access. In this example, I would need 5X the amount of RAM to accommodate my working set. Now, as a solution to this problem, you could separate your documents into two (or even a few) collections with the grouping done by access frequency. The problem with this, is that your working set can often change as a function of time of day and day of week. If your application is global, your working set will be far different during 12pm local in NY vs 12pm local in Tokyo. But more even more likely is that the working set is constantly changing as new data is inserted into the database. Popularity of a document is often viral. As an example, a photo that's posted on a social network may start off infrequently accessed but then quickly after hundreds of "likes" could become very frequently accessed and part of your working set. You'd need to actively monitor your documents and manually move a document from one collection to the other, which is very inefficient. Quite frankly this is not a burden that should be placed on the user anyways. By punting the problem of memory management to the OS, mongodb requires the user to essentially do its job and group data in a way that patches the inefficiencies in its memory management. As far as I'm concerned, not until mongodb steps up and takes control of memory management can it be taken seriously for very large datasets that often require many small documents with ever changing working sets.
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December 14, 2004
From Seasickness to Altitude Sickness
Getting from Buenos Aires to Uyuni, Bolivia, my jumping off point for the tour to the Bolivian Salt Flats was an adventure in itself. The flight from Buenos Aires to Salta was uneventful, and I only stayed one night there before leaving on a bus heading north to La Quiaca in the morning. The bus to La Quiaca was about seven hours long and not too bad of a journey, despite the sweltering heat on the bus, and my need to use the bathroom for hours but being afraid that the bus would leave without me if I went. For the first three hours, I sat next to a 12 year old girl named Cynthia who was hopping off in a little village on the way to visit her four brothers. It was good to practice my spanglish with her, and I taught her to count to ten in english. After she got off the bus, I befriended an Argentinian named Jose Luis that had spent six months in Mossuri studying geology and spoke English very well. His destination was La Quiaca also, and when I told him I was planning to cross the border into Bolivia and head to Tupiza, he was kind enough to offer to escort me over the border and make sure I find the correct bus to Tupiza (where I would then have to find another bus to Uyuni). The random kindness of strangers is always refreshing. I must make it a point to be nicer to strangers when I get home.
As Jose Luis saw me off on the bus,he kept shouting to me, "Be careful! Watch your things! DON'T go to sleep!" His concern was very nice, and I really appreciate that he went out of his way to help me out. I have heard stories from other travelers' experiences on Bolivian busses of kids climbing under your seat to get stuff out of your bag and that sort of thing, so I had my eyes peeled the entire time. One thing that I think I have taken for granted being on the "tourist" busses, is that they always have either reading lights or track lighting so that its not totally dark at night. The sun set about half way through the journey to Tupiza and there were no lights on the bus, and since we were driving out in the middle of NO WHERE, it was a little unnerving. I was starting to get worried about arriving in Tupiza in the dark and having to find a place to stay, but in the end, everything worked out fine. There were taxis everywhere and I went to the most highly recommended hotel in my Lonely Planet where I got a nice hotel room with private bathroom, TV and phone... for the bargain price of $5 USD. The altitude in Tupiza was about 3000m ASL so of course, I went to bed with a headache. But I must say, I prefer altitude sickness to seasickness.
The next morning I decided to just press on to Uyuni, instead of waiting in Tupiza for another day to rest, and went to the bus station to find a ride. There are trains and busses that leave everyday that go the long way around via Potosi to Uyuni, and then there is the shorter 4 hour jeep ride that cuts through the dried riverbeds. I wanted the jeep. Organizing the jeep was complete chaos, with locals pushing their way through the line and no one seemed to really know if the jeep was really leaving or not. Everyone paid there 60 bolivianos (approx 4 USD) and our luggage was loaded onto the jeep. Then just as we were about to leave, for some reason we all had to go get a refund from the original cashier and go around the corner and pay someone else. I didn't quite understand what was happening and felt a slight panic when we all got off the bus and the jeep tore off with all of our luggage still on its rack. I got my ticket and met two other travelers that were also going to Uyuni that day, Thomas from Switzerland and Tao from Vancouver. It's always nice finding fellow travelers that are going in the same direction. They crammed TEN people into the car, and we left. We were really crowded in there,but the jeep ride was great! Admittedly one of the more dangerous rides I've ever been on, the driver seemed to round corners without any concern of oncoming traffic. There were two times when we, in my mind, almost hit cars head on coming around curves, but the driver seemed to have it all under control. Went through some beautiful scenery and got to Uyuni in about half the time than if we were to have gone the normal way. The three of us all came to Uyuni to visit the Salt Flats and have organized a tour beginning tomorrow for 3 days! Unfortunately, since I won't be near "civilization" for the next few days, I will miss my moms birthday, which is thursday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! Thanks for having me!
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Actually I prefer seasickness over altitude sickness... haha.
You probably won't read this until after the standard salt flat tour -- but are you in agreement that Dali is a fraud?Posted by: Erik in Hue on December 15, 2004 03:07 AM
Actually I prefer seasickness over altitude sickness... haha.
You probably won't read this until after the standard salt flat tour -- but are you in agreement that Dali is a fraud?Posted by: Erik in Hue on December 15, 2004 03:09 AM
Ten folks crammed in a jeep? Hope everyone was wearing their seatbelts!Posted by: Ali on December 15, 2004 11:28 AM
Michelle, do you only end up meeting really cute guys while you're vacationing or was this just a spot of luck? :)Posted by: Michelle S on December 15, 2004 06:57 PM
Happy birthday Mrs Tsai!Posted by: Kellie on December 15, 2004 09:02 PM
ditto that! happy birthday, Mrs. Tsai. you did a great job w/that little girl of yours!!!Posted by: el en on December 16, 2004 01:04 PM
You absolutely must go to Potosi and do the miner tour... you get to buy nitroglycerin even, and then set it off on the side of a mountain!Posted by: Erik in Saigon on December 18, 2004 12:43 AM
ERIK: Why? Altitude sickness got you a lovely scenic flight over the Himalayas, didn't it? :) and yes, Dali = Fraud.
ALI: Seatbelts? There are no seatbelts in Bolivia.
MICHELLE S: Must have been luck, most of the people I am surrounded by on a daily basis are smelly locals.
EL EN: Little girl? Who you calling a little girl?Posted by: Michelle on December 18, 2004 03:31 PM
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23 June 2006
Large Education Project
Around the middle of June I received a large commission from the Chronicle of Higher Education. I don't remember if these were all for the same supplement, or if they ended up in two different places. Some of them were regarding financial aid, and were finished in my more traditional scratchboard style, and these were a variety of sizes, depending on where they would fall in the publication. Others were in a lighter cartoon style, and seemed to be concerning a different aspect of college admissions.
Also in the mix, were a number of small spots that I seem to remember would accompany a story about different humorous ways in which potential students tried to impress the admissions officer. I think I did a pretty good job of keeping these all consistent in style and tone, and I ended up with some nice pieces out of the assignment.
The illustrations, from top to bottom: First, likely a piece on using your guidance counselor to navigate the 'jungle' of college admissions.
Second, one of the 'admissions officers' illustrations, about 'landing the top students', then under that, one of the 'humorous student' spots. Then another larger illustration, this one about 'affirmative action' no doubt, specifically about female minority students. Below that, another of the 'admissions officer' illustrations, and then another of the 'humorous student' illos.
I don't quite remember what the illustration to the left was regarding, but I do remember having my wife pose for me, holding a rolled up newspaper or something to signify the torch. One of the rare times that one of the pictures she poses for actually ends up looking like her to a certain degree.
The above illustration was no doubt concerned with students who take a 'different path' to college. I remember having trouble with the 'road surface'. I didn't want it to be solid black, but then again, I don't think the solution I came up with was entirely successful either. Need to do some work on that in the future I think. Also in the mix, I was asked to come up with a series of small spots under the general heading of 'students and finance', and the two to the right and left above (and another one further down the page) fell under this category.
The above illustration, I don't quite remember what the topic was, perhaps about changing schools, or changing majors. The illustration to the left was another of the 'humorous student' series.
To the right is another of the 'general finance' spots (my favorite of the bunch, due to its simplicity), and the illustration below is another of the 'admissions officer' cartoons. This extended project certainly kept me busy for a couple weeks or so, and it was greatly appreciated, falling during what is usually for me a slow time of year.
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18 June 2006
June Busting Out All Over
The top half of June brought a wide variety of assignments, and a few strange ones as well. I had a rare 'western' fiction piece for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. I got a note from the author a few months later when it ran, thanking me for the nice work. Always nice to get a little feedback, it happens pretty rarely.
Barrons assigned a long vertical piece and requested some sort of 'runner' preparing for a long haul as the concept. Turned out pretty nice, and fit the space well.
And had a few small spots for The Wall Street Journal, a same day color piece on 'standing out at board meetings' (pictured below), and a few 'health care' column spots, one on brain MRIs and another on the health benefits of sugarcane. (pictured below)
For the same client, I also had a spot on the rash of 'superhero movies' that would be invading the theaters this summer, and the growing trend of simultaneously releasing them to IMAX venues. (pictured below)
An assignment for Highlights also fell during this time, this one having to do with a children's board game activity. (pictured right)
An assignment from Honolulu magazine concerned a boisterous dog and his transplanted owner. (pictured below) In addition to these, I also had a pair of illustrations for America magazine. The first one was pretty straightforward. I had done a similar piece for them in the months previous, and they simply wanted another one to match but with a different pose and layout. (the bible illustration below). The other assignment was a little different, and a little troubling in a couple of ways which I will explain.
The article was pretty interesting, and well reasoned. It concerned a major religion that seems to have a problem with getting bent out of joint when someone ridicules them in print. Recent examples include the author of a satirical book who had to live under a death threat for years (and who I heard give a very interesting talk on PBS right around this time on this very same subject), and more recently the riots and deaths that occurred because a cartoon appeared about this religion in a newspaper overseas. The article bravely stated that this religion needs to grow up and get a sense of humor, and that the rest of us, as a whole, need to stand up to these thin skinned bullies, and I was proud to find myself in the position to provide an image for this essay. I supplied what I thought was a subtle, but powerful image.
Ironically, the publication didn't want to offend anyone, and had me soften the image by removing the item on the end of the gentleman's nose. I saved a version of both, just because I liked the original version better. (the "I heart NY" button was an editor's suggestion, one that I didn't quite understand, but included anyway)
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02 June 2006
Summer Begins
The above illustration was for the Wall Street Journal. I don't, however remember what the topic was for this one. Airline regulations maybe? (but then why the little golf carts at his feet?) Anyhow, featuring our old cliched friend Uncle Sam (plus I also provided a few tiny 'airplane & helicopter spots' that they could use throughout the article (they can be found in the 'transportation' morgue).
An assignment from Barrons came across my desk in early June, this one being an illustration of that old phrase "when the other shoe drops". I normally have a hard time with shoes (ladies shoes especially), but when that's the job, you knuckle down, do the research, and give it all you've got. I'm happy to say that this is without a doubt the best pair of shoes I have ever rendered.
An odd one about 'home respiration' for Log Home Living came through around this time. I also had a portrait assignment for the Journal. The president had just appointed a new treasury secretary, and it was requested that I put him on the new ten dollar bill. Dollars are tricky, you don't want to just 'copy them', so you do little tricks with the rendering to make them look fairly accurate, but at the same time unique. I really liked how the portrait came out here, i really felt I captured the dollar bill portraiture style pretty well. The only problem came when I tried to run the illustration through the photoshop program (as it is my routine, to both put it into a recognizable file format and adjust colors when needed). Turns out that photoshop has some sort of built in counterfitting filter and it wouldn't let me open the file, even though it was only half of a dollar, with the wrong face on it, and rendered all over with my own signature scratchboard marks. Very annoying, I ended up having to break it into 4 pieces, flipping the image and then putting it back together on the other end just to avoid the filter.
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Winter Nature Scavenger Hunt Bingo
Winter is almost upon us and honestly, I've got the hardest time convincing myself to get outside and play with the kids. It's one thing if it's beautiful and snowing out, but it's another if it's just cold and gray, and let's face it… ugly. I'm NOT a fan of cold weather, but there's one thing I've learned since we started traveling full time, and that is that you've got to dress right if you want to enjoy the seasons! I've also learned that if you keep yourself cooped up in the house (or RV in our case), especially with small kids all day, you will go insane. It's basically inevitable. Winter nature bingo scavenger hunt free printable
We are a family of nature lovers during all of the other seasons, so I make it a point to get outdoors daily during the winter. We bundle up in our hats, coats, and oakiwear boots, and head outdoors. You would not believe how wonderful the fresh cold air feels when you are dressed right and you've been cooped up in the house for what seems like an eternity.
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011
melbourne tweed ride
On Sunday me, John and a friend went on the Melbourne Tweed Ride. I have wanted to do this for such a long time, and I was chuffed that it was finally happening. Being unsure of the weather, I went for the vintage dress option rather than tweed, and, while that suited the elements – pretty cold morning, nicely warm lunchtime, very hot afternoon – typical, Melbourne! – I must admit I do wish I had suited up in tweed too! As in my case the wearing of a bike helmet renders good hair impossible, I simply enjoyed the ride, and photographed the amazing turn outs of my fellow tweed riders!
It was a pretty good feeling to be riding along, at a leisurely pace, with such a group of great bikes and dapper types. I can't wait for the next one! I have some far more tweedy outfits in mind ;)
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- The Collar of the Dove said...
oh what a stylish bunch!
- 30 November 2011 at 10:29
- Michelle's Style File said...
How fabulous! I would love to have seen this in person.
- 30 November 2011 at 11:10
- Madeleine said...
I participated in the Sydney Tweed Ride- such a fun idea, showing people you don't need to be tight-lycra clad to be able to ride a bike. Cycling can be a very classy & dapper affair! Beautiful photos.
- 30 November 2011 at 11:48
- Miss Tallulah Porkchop said...
I cannot believe I have never heard of this. It looks awesome!
*sings* Ridin' along on my pushbike, honey...
- 30 November 2011 at 12:03
- Jo said...
Ohh, this sounds like the greatest idea ever! <3 Everyone looks oh-so stylish!
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- 30 November 2011 at 12:41
- Emily Baker said...
this looks incredible!! I had no idea anything like this existed. Your photographs came out beautifully too :)
- 30 November 2011 at 13:36
- Q's Daydream said...
amazingly fun!
- 30 November 2011 at 13:42
- Tegan McIntosh said...
This is seriously awesome, I didn't know that such a thing existed!
- 30 November 2011 at 16:15
- Katie said...
How fantastic! I had no idea a tweed run was being held in Melbourne. It looks like much fun was had by all.
- 30 November 2011 at 16:25
- Aureart said...
Great Post . . .W the bikers & Viva la Bicicletta!
- 30 November 2011 at 18:01
- Zane said...
great photos, I really enjoyed this
- 30 November 2011 at 21:10
- Rose said...
Looks like you'd an amazing time riding! After having something planned from ages and seeing it manifesting in reality is an overwhelming experience in itself.
Check this out if you want to -
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- 30 November 2011 at 21:53
- LandGirl1980 said...
Oh this looks like SO much fun!! I really must try and do the one in the UK next year...
- 30 November 2011 at 22:04
- Pull Your Socks Up! said...
Oh what I would have given to be there!!! I love the girl with the bike that has a tartan pannier bag (is it you?) and how about the guy with the awesome hat box on his bike!! Penny farthings, outfits in such a glorious variety and lots of smiles - what a day!
- 30 November 2011 at 23:09
- Pippy O' Hara said...
oooo this is wonderful :)
- 30 November 2011 at 23:27
- Miss Emmi said...
Is that girl with the pith hat wearing one of those awesome helmets-disguised-as-hats? I must know where she got it, if so!
- 30 November 2011 at 23:35
- esme and the lane way said...
Miss Emmi: it is! And wearing it is the lovely Joyce of Cyclestyle – she can help with all sorts of not-ugly helmets! x
- 30 November 2011 at 23:52
- Lilian Harlow said...
This looks like so much fun! I harbour an unrequited love for bicycles... I love them, but they don't love me. I adore these photos, each and every one is beautiful and you've captured the day perfectly! Glorious.
- 1 December 2011 at 10:33
- hong-lean said...
awesome fashionable helmets!
- 2 December 2011 at 06:57
- megcasson said...
This looks amazing, so many nice outfits! What a fun day!
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- 3 December 2011 at 22:27
- Tasha said...
This looks just so magical! I love all the outfits and tweedy goodness. Looks like a delightful time.
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The argument over the state's so-called millionaire's tax (actually an income tax surcharge on those earning more than $200,000) is raging here in the Capitol but it's also being looked at across the border in New Jersey. Specifically, the Garden State's legislative budget and finance officer estimates that letting the surcharge expire as Gov. Cuomo is planning, would bring in at least another $350 million to New Jersey.
That's because the Jersey residents who now pay New York City income tax get a credit from their state taxes based on what they pay here. It's an illustration of something that advocates, mostly the labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute, have made for years: that a substantial amount of NY income taxes are paid by New Jersey or Connecticut residents who work in the city and therefore pay taxes in the Empire State.
This was outlined in a story over the weekend where Star-Ledger reporter Jarrett Renshaw notes that lawmakers in New Jersey, like here, are debating a millionaire's tax.


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It's so easy to be sucked in by a whizzy interface and a happy shiny feature set. I've known about URL shortening services since their inception, but I've always been troubled by the fact that there is no guarantee that they will continue to redirect URLs forever. The site could go down, the company could go bankrupt, and so on. In fact, this has happened, with the tr.im service (see "Tr.im Trims Its Shortening Service," 11 August 2009).
For those unfamiliar with URL shortening services, the basic idea is that you give them a long, unwieldy URL to be shortened, and they store it in a database along with a unique code of four to seven characters. The service then appends that code to their already short domain - I'll be talking about <http://bit.ly/>, for example - and when someone clicks the short link, the service's Web server looks up the associated long link and silently redirects to it. The shortened URLs are popular for space-constrained situations like Twitter, where 140 characters leaves little room for a long URL. (For more details, see "The Incredible Shrinking URL," 6 February 2006.)
In recent years, the URL shortening services have tried to differentiate themselves by adding a variety of features, and this is why I was attracted to bit.ly. Bit.ly has an elegant interface that makes it easy to create short URLs, either from their site or using a bookmarklet. They maintain a list of all the URLs you've shortened, and you can even give them readable names. For each shortened URL, bit.ly tracks how many clicks it has received, and provides a nicely formatted page with graphs that show you how many people have clicked on your link across time, what the top referrers were, and the country locations of the people who clicked. Bit.ly also provides an analysis page that summarizes that data for all your links.
Sounds great, right? So I thought as well, and I've been using bit.ly in a limited way to track how many people clicked certain links - mainly some truly long ones - in Take Control announcement messages I send out. It has worked fine up to now, and I wasn't terribly worried about bit.ly having a major outage or the company behind bit.ly going bankrupt in the week or so that my message announcing "Take Control of PDFpen 5" would be live. The risk seemed small.
What I hadn't counted on was the scourge of the Internet, spammers. URL shortening services are apparently being hammered constantly by these scoundrels, who see them as a way of obfuscating URLs that point to phishing sites, malware sites, and so on. I'm sure it's a never-ending battle between the engineers and the spammers, and bit.ly, like other services, also makes it possible for users to report spammy links. When a link is flagged as being spammy, bit.ly displays an interstitial page warning users that the destination might be problematic. It is possible to click through to the destination, but the mere existence of the page is going to scare off nearly everyone.
That's what happened to us. Someone on our mailing list reported the link to the "Take Control of PDFpen 5" book page as suspect, and suddenly, everyone who subsequently followed that link saw bit.ly's warning page. Luckily, a kind reader alerted us to the problem, and bit.ly support promptly removed the flag. Nevertheless, the damage was done.
Before I go further, let me be clear. Bit.ly's support representative, Rex, responded quickly, answered my questions, and was unfailingly polite. I can in no way complain about my support experience. Nevertheless, I cannot recommend anyone use bit.ly or a similar service for any link that impacts your business.
The simple fact of the matter is that it's too easy for someone - anyone - to flag any shortened link as spam in order to cause bit.ly to display that warning page. Even if it wasn't done with malice, as I'm sure it wasn't in our case, having a third party warning about the safety of a link to your site will both prevent people from clicking through and hurt your reputation. We send email only to people who have ordered from us in the past and who have agreed to be contacted, and we even delayed this particular mailing by a few hours to finish off a quick-unsubscribe feature for our site. We're trying to be as non-spammy as we can, but all it takes is one person who doesn't remember buying a book from us 7 years ago and doesn't read carefully, and suddenly we're tarred as spammers.
Rex at bit.ly said they had no way of knowing what was and was not legitimate. When I pointed out that they could easily have contacted me first, since I'd created the link from a registered account with my contact information, or that they could at least whitelist my domain or links made from my account in the future, he said that bit.ly has an extremely small team and has been unable to get to such features, but that he'd forward them on up the chain again. I have no reason to disbelieve him, nor do I have any reason to doubt that bit.ly is essentially under constant attack from spammers.
And yet, it comes down to trust. If I can't trust that my bit.ly links will be redirected quickly and silently, there's no way I can even consider using the service for business purposes. Yesterday I was extremely happy with bit.ly, since I felt the clickthrough statistics were providing some useful data. Today I'm left wondering how many sales were lost and how many of my customers think less of me because of bit.ly's flagging. Needless to say, bit.ly says nothing about this possibility in the interface when you're creating links.
A quick glance at other URL shortening services reveals similar policies, so I can't recommend using one at all unless you have some guarantee that your URLs won't be flagged as spam or encumbered in some way.
After I initially wrote this article, I heard from a couple of people for whom the Take Control mailing in which I'd used the bit.ly link had been marked as spam by an automatic spam filter run by their email provider, whereas previous Take Control mailings had not been. Although there's no way of knowing for sure, it seems plausible that the fact that scoundrels are using services like bit.ly to obscure malicious links means that email messages with shortened URLs may be more likely to trigger spam filters.
The URL shortening business is a tough one, since it's not a particularly difficult technical task. We could - and very well may - build our own internal shortening service. It won't be as whizzy as bit.ly, I'm sure, but at least we'll be able to trust it to redirect our URLs silently and without an increased chance of triggering spam filters.


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Forth, Worth, Texas - Light Welterweight "Mighty Mo" Maurice Hooker (15-0-2, 11KO) out of Maple Ave Boxing Gym in Dallas demolished Carlos Valenzuela (6-1, 3KO) from Sonora, Mexico in the first round of their headliner for Scott G Sherman Boxing at the Ballroom at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. This annual event is promoted by Paulie Ayala Productions, led by 2x World Champion Paulie Ayala, and is aptly named after Ayala's late manager Scott Sherman. The proceeds will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Fort Worth.
Maurice Hooker vs Carlos Valenzuela - Hooker wins TKO 2:37 of 1st round
Samuel Clarkson vs Wiliam Johnson - Clarkson wins, TKO .37 of 3rd round
Jasmine Clarkson vs Rachel Vidal - Vidal wins 37-38, 36-39 x 2
Johnathan Steele vs Jonathan O'Neal - Steele KO 1:09 of 3rd round
Jay Williams vs Clarence Joseph - Joseph decision 36-40 x2, 38-38
DeAnthony Bonner vs Clifton Thames - Bonner decision 39-37 x 2, 40-36
Ernesto Delgadillo vs Jermichael Neal - Delgadillo decsion 40-36 x 3
Ruann Visser vs Eric Lindsey fight cancelled due to Visser not being able to fit into gloves.