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Halloween Book DisplaysOctober 31st, 2014 Brian Herzog
One of my coworkers got creative for our Halloween book displays, and I think they look great:
Happy Halloween everyone!
One of my coworkers got creative for our Halloween book displays, and I think they look great:
Happy Halloween everyone!
You know that saying about teaching a man to fish? Well, in this case, it was more like just having to point out to him that he had a big plate of fish sitting right in front of him.
A patron walked up and said this to me:
Can you request a book for me? I think it's a French book, I mean a book from France. I don't know the title or the author though. But it's got instructions for a velocar inside. On second thought, it might not be a book, it might be a magazine, but in French. Can you get that for me?
Well that's all fine, but what's a velocar? Apparently, it's a type of bicycle that's more like a pedal-powered three-wheeled car, and indeed from France.
After talking to the patron a bit, what I learned was that he was interested in building one of these for himself, and found some plans online. Except, the plans were pages from a book (or magazine) that someone posted on a forum - except, they were too small to read, so he wanted to find the original book (or magazine) so he could see the instructions. He said he'd already tried printing what he'd found, and indeed showed me the pages, which indeed were just too low-quality to read.
I told him the only place I could even think of to begin with this was the website where he found them - maybe, I hoped, the book (or magazine) pages would have the title and author on them which would give us a lead. But failing that, it seemed like all we could would be to try to email whoever posted them to the forum and hopefully find out the original source that way.
So we walked back to his computer so I could see the forum he was on. And sure enough, multiple pages were posted there, and the thumbnail images looked more or less like instructions for building a velocar. And of course, being thumbnails, they were too small to read, so I naturally clicked the first one in the hopes of finding information about the source.
A larger image of the page popped up, and the patron immediately stopped me by saying, in a somewhat shocked voice, "what did you just do?"
I explained that the thumbnails like this are usually linked to larger versions, and clicking them will bring up a version you can read or print. I figured he had tried this, because he had the large printed version which were poor quality.
But no, he had no idea you could click the thumbnails. What he did know how to do was right-click on the thumbnail, copy/paste it into Word, expand the image to make it fill the whole page, and print it. Of course, expanding a small thumbnail to fit a whole page will look terrible, which accounted for the low-quality prints he had.
He knew how to do all of that, but didn't know you could just click the thumbnail and see a higher-quality version.
So I showed him how to get from the forum post with the thumbnail to the larger, print-ready version, and he was happy. Sort of befuddled that it was right there in front of him the whole time, but definitely happy that he would so easily get the plans for the velocar.
I always like showing patrons new tricks and things that make their life easier, but holy smokes I didn't expect it in this case. Not only was this a new skill for a patron, but I didn't end up having to try to track down a mysterious book from France.
A few years ago, I posted about a neat inscription in one of our Jack Kerouac books. Well, this past weekend, we found another interesting inscription.
One of my coworkers was doing the weeding list, pulling and deleting books that hadn't circulated in the last three years. One of the books on the list was The Bouviers : from Waterloo to the Kennedys and beyond, by John H. Davis.
Since we're in Massachusetts, I'm always a little reluctant to get rid of Kennedy-related items, but this one just didn't seem like it would be in demand anymore.
That is, until my coworker opened the cover and found this inscription:
Such a personal note from "Jacki Kennedy" - this copy must be priceless! It seems especially rare, too, since she took this single opportunity to sign her name differently than her normal signature.
Of course, we certainly don't encourage anyone to vandalize library materials - even First Ladies.
Just a couple of unrelated interestingnesses this morning.
The first is a neat image my friend Chris forwarded me from something called Facebook:
I don't know anything about this image, other than I like it. And it would be a good image for a caption contest.
Secondly, last week on BoingBoing Cory highlighted some Dewey Decimal System jewelry, made from old catalog cards:
There's lots of it available on Etsy. I think it'd be fun to match the Dewey subject to the function of the piece - like, a ring magnifying 395.22.
Yay for creative people.
I'm not exactly sure why this question stuck out in my mind this week, but it did.
One of our regular patrons is a man with special needs who LOVES horror stories, superheros, movies, television, and reading. He's either in the library or calls every day, and generally all of his questions revolve around the above topics. So, it was slightly unusual one day when he called and asked,
Can you find me Stephen King's email address? I thought of a horror story about the Red Sox I want to tell him so he can write a story about it.
A perfectly reasonable request, and I actually became a little curious about what kind of horror could involve a baseball team.
Generally for these kind of celebrity-contact questions, I always turn to our copy of The Celebrity Black Book, but since I was on the phone I just did a web search.
StephenKing.com was rightly the first search result, and I clicked into the Contact Us form to see if it had an option for submitting story ideas. Not too surprisingly, the form made it clear that it did not go to Stephen King. Then I noticed an FAQ link in the site's navigation bar, so I tried that.
One FAQ was "What is your email address?" which, again, was unsurprising in that it said Stephen King has no public email address (but did refer people to the message boards, which he does apparently follow).
A little lower on the page was the question, "Do you accept story ideas," which was answered,
No, I don't. I really have enough story ideas of my own. Every now and then somebody will advance a concept the way that my foreign rights agent, Ralph Vicinanza suggested wouldn't it be fun to do a modern-day serial story. The result of that was The Green Mile which was published in installments-these little paperback books--but he never suggested what sort of story I might have written in installments and I wouldn't have accepted it if he had done that. I believe in thinking up my own ideas. I really have enough. I really think if I have two or three ideas ahead I'm in totally great shape.
I paraphrased this for my patron, which he seemed to readily accept (and that was surprising) and hung up. Later in the day I did check The Celebrity Black Book, and it does include Stephen King's agent. I briefly weighed the idea of providing this to my patron the next time I saw him, because that's what librarians do, right? Birddog the information through whatever resources possible until we can provide the patron with an answer.
In the end though, I decided against giving the patron the agent's contact info - although the patron asked contact information, the actual answer to his question is that Stephen King does not accept story ideas. Getting in touch with the agent wouldn't have done any good, and so I would have essentially been providing the wrong answer, or misinformation, to the patron. This is kind of an oddly fine line, but it gave me something to think about this week.
This particular patron has written a few stories of his own in the past, so I encouraged him to do it again. And if he does, I'll help him post it to the message board.
But the fact that Stephen King doesn't accept story ideas got me thinking. I remember from high school that Weird Al Yankovic also does not accept song ideas, with the reason given being "legal reasons" (which I've always thought meant he didn't want to get into a royalties fight with someone who thought Al was making a lot of money off an idea a they submitted). But it makes sense that prolifically-creative people have no shortage of their own ideas, and prefer to grow them into a work following their own process. I've never looked into this, but it got me wondering if any famous creator does openly accept fan submissions, and then grow them into a finished work. Has anyone heard of this happening?
This isn't a reference question, but I think it is by far the most interesting email the library received this week. The message below was sent to my Director, and was then forwarded to our cataloger and me to look into:
Subject: former(?) Rare Chelmsford Library Book 1743 MASSACHUSETTS Bay COLONIAL Laws
Hello, I noticed this rare book for sale on ebay and an image shows an ownership label of your library. I'm not interested in buying it, just wanted to bring it to your attention in case this rare item had been removed from your collection. No response needed to me.
Wow. We checked out the ebay listing for this book, and sure enough, the inside cover has a old Chelmsford Library bookplate:
None of us ever recalled seeing this book in the collection, or even anything remotely like it. We have lots of old historical and vital records, but none leather-bound or particularly valuable.
There was no record in the catalog for this item at our library (although a nearby library does have it) - which means this item could have been weeded and discarded, sold as a fundraiser, or stolen by fiends any time in the last 100+ years.
Since we have no way to know, there's nothing we can do. I do occasionally hear about stolen library books being sold at auction (or worse, maps or color plates cut out of library books), but in this case I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt. It is an interesting situation though. If anyone would like to purchase it and donate it to the library, please let me know.


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North Oakland resident Katrina Alcorn, author of Maxed out: American moms on the brink will present materials from her book and host a discussion of the crisis facing the working women of this country in the current economy.
This is part of an on-going series of Saturday salons at the Temescal Branch Library designed to showcase the contributions of local residents to the cultural fabric of the community.

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Homes have been flooded, cars were stranded and part of a road has collapsed after Thaxted was hit by flash flooding in the early hours of this morning.
Firefighters have been called to 20 flooding incidents in the town and have been pumping out water from properties since 3am today.
The flooding has affected the B184 and numerous properties. A road has also collapsed from the heavy rainfall, according to Essex Fire and Rescue.
Firefighters were called to flooding affecting three neighbouring houses on Weaverhead Close.
One family remained on the first floor of their property while crews pumped water from their property.
The flood water was affecting the electrics and the electricity board was called to the incident to isolate the power.
Firefighters led a total of five people to safety and dealt with the incident by 09:14hrs.
Crews from Thaxted, Saffron Walden and Dunmow were sent out to deal with flooding in Thaxted.
Firefighters also reported cars were stranded in floodwater on the B184.
At 7.30am, two fire appliances remain in Thaxted and are continuing to pump water out of the affected areas.
At 8.24am firefighters were called to a flooded boiler house at a primary school on Bardfield Road. Crews used a light portable pump and dealt with the incident by 9.18am.
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Two cottages on Park Street have also had their basements flooded. Crews are currently using a light portable pump to remove the water.
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Georgia Clergy Launch Faith-Based Campaign Against Gun Violence
Atlanta, GA – A broad coalition of clergy and people of faith from across Georgia gathered at The Temple on Tuesday to kick off a campaign to curb gun violence and prevent more harmful gun legislation from passing in the state legislature.
The group was a fraction of the more than 300 clergy who are a part of Outcry: Faith Voices Against Gun Violence.
"It's not easy for all of us with this much theological diversity to agree on anything. But on gun violence, we all agree. We know gun violence in Georgia stems from many places, and won't be solved by just one action, " said Rabbi Peter Berg, Senior Rabbi, The Temple. "This journey will be filled with obstacles and unexpected turns, but we're ready to begin a plan of action that will make a difference in our communities."
Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, Senior Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, said "I'm not a politician, just a preacher. But we believe that what you say on Sunday, you must live on Monday. We have metal detectors at our Statehouse. We ask our politicians who advocate for these gun laws, if they make sense in schools, why not in the legislature? It's time to have an honest debate about this issue. It's time to get serious. Our message is plain. The gun lobby and gun manufacturers should not own our state. So will be advocating throughout the summer and into next session for common sense gun laws."
"This kind of violence and bloodshed we're seeing is a revolt against love. As a father, I struggle to explain what I see on the news to my children. If you want to see if it passes a logic test, try explaining the logic of gun violence to a child," said Bishop Robert Wright, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.
"We believe that the opposite of faith is not doubt, the opposite of faith is fear, and we strongly oppose the ways in which those who profit most from the sale of weapons prey most on the fears of our citizens," said Rev. Dr. David Bartlett, Theologian in Residence, Trinity Presbyterian Church.
"God is on everyone's side. As we go about our work, whatever we do, we do knowing that God's will is that none should be lost to violence," said Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams, retired minister, Presbyterian Church (USA).
Rabbi Loren Lapidus, Associate Rabbi at The Temple said, "Through our understanding of God and Scripture, we know that gun violence is a moral issue. And our faith compels us to take action."
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Warped9 wrote:
The enhanced visuals and sound are appreciated, but they're not changing my opinion of the episodes themselves. The story, ideas, writing and acting remain the same.
I don't know. For me, the muddy picture and awful coloring before was always such a huge distraction, that it kept me from enjoying all but the very
of the episodes-- episodes where the writing was so strong, nothing was going to bring them down.
But now, with the picture cleaned up so beautifully, I find myself liking some of the more average episodes a lot more. Episodes like Symbiosis, Hide and Q, and even Lonely Among Us, which I always dismissed before, actually seem pretty damn
Obviously the terrible episodes like Code of Honor and Angel One are still terrible, but for the most part I'd say the remastering has improved the season quite a bit.
I know what you mean. I've finished the season now, and I was surprised at how tolerable most of the episodes were. The improved visuals really helped, as did not having seen many of these episodes in a couple of decades, if ever. For some reason, I'd seen Justice more times than is right, but even that seemed new and appealing this time round (maybe it was all that skin)...
I'd held-off ordering Season 1 due to fear, but I had such a good time with it in the end, I'm now really looking forward to Season 2. I might even watch
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"I Purchased this car in 2006 brand new with 10 miles, it was my dream car , I thought. within 6 months on Christmas night, the transmission went out, thank god it was under warranty, then a year later the power steering went out, again thank god , it was still under warranty . I started to wonder if I should trade it in. but I really loved my car and felt like all the kinks was out. Well , the A/C vents broke, power seats stop working, had message about the airbags not working , took it to the dealer and all this was not covered with my warranty. spent over $3500. to fix all . the next year the radiator went out , $2,000. the power driver window button snapped off, and the lights needed to be changed , which I have had to do every year. I can't understand why the light bulds don't last because apparentely there is a back up bulds. spent $450 just to change 2 parking lights/fog lights/ 2 back lights. now we are in 2014 , the timming chain broke , $6,000 to fix !!! can't do it !! I will put on craig's list an hope I can get a decent amount for it. I can't even get $6,000 from the dealer to trade in , they offered $5,000. the worst purchase of my life !!! never again will I buy a MERCEDES BENZ !!!"
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I own this car - My approximate mileage is 117,000overall rating 3 of 10rating details
Pros: "Good to drive"
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"This car was a maintenance nightmare - new engine at 15K, transmission problems at 80K, electrical problems - all the time, and finally the Balance Shaft problem - $6300 repair for a known defect that MB knew about. Will never buy another MB product. Have gone to Lexus. Beware of MB, quality is no longer inherent in the name. search ml250 balance shaft --- lots of problems from people"
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By Pwrdad50 on Saturday, December 08, 2012
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 68,000overall rating 9 of 10rating details
Pros: "outstanding drive and ride"
Cons: "Premium gas"
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"My wife is into horses and has a sanctuary. She was driving a big truck to pull horses and needed a smaller vehicle for daily use. She uses this SUV like a mobile tack room and for buying small quantities of horse food. This vehicle far exceeded expectations. It's normal driving is on bumpy dirt roads or very curvy back roads. I did not think it would hold up, but it has and I am now a believer. The only issue was a speed sensor that failed, but was covered under warranty."
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Rev. Dr. James Forbes, The Preacher's Preacher, "Offering a Prophetic Voice" Lecture
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Cincy rockers Wussy are set to join the much-celebrated Afghan Whigs' reunion tour this fall when the band finally hits the U.S. for a string of dates. Another great exhibition of Cincy's rich music scene, again in the national spotlight. Wussy has been touring a lot more than usual lately, including its first West Coast jaunt, so this should help raise the group's national profile even more.
So far, Wussy is set to open for The Afghan Whigs for their homecoming show at Bogart's on Oct. 25 (sold out), as well as dates in New Orleans (Oct. 19), Atlanta (Oct. 20), Carrboro, NC (Oct. 21) and another sold-out affair in Detroit (Oct. 24). More dates are expected to be announced soon.
Wussy co-lead-singer/songwriter Chuck Cleaver is a longtime friend/mutual fan of the Whigs. Back in 1993, the local label Mono Cat 7 released a split single featuring the Whigs and Cleaver's former band, The Ass Ponys. The Ponys covered The Whigs' tune "You My Flower," while Greg Dulli and Co. tackled the Ass Ponys classic "Mr. Superlove." (That's the cover art, with former Short Vine mayor Archie acting as the model, above.)
Here's a fan-made video for the Whigs' take on "Mr. Superlove" (NSFW due to mild nudity).
More recently, Wussy recorded a great cover version of another early Whigs song, Up In It opening track, "Retarded," for an Afghan Whigs tribute compilation put out by fantastic Afghan Whigs site Summer's Kiss (listen or purchase here). The comp also included Whigs renditions by Mark Lanegan, Joseph Arthur and several other acts.
Give a listen to Wussy's "Retarded" below.
Local RCA Records recording artists Walk the Moon surprised fans today by announcing that they have teamed with video service VEVO to premiere its new, self-titled album, which hits stores this coming Tuesday. The album is being premiered as a "series of officially unofficial videos, hand-made, band-made by yours truly without a film crew or a budget."
Check out the full Walk the Moon album below (in playlist form).
The presentations on The History of Cincinnati Music that David ("Uncle Dave") Lewis has been presenting at the Main Library over the last year or so have been so good — so enlightening and entertaining — that one wishes he could do it for much larger crowds at the Aronoff Center or Music Hall. Or as a professor at University of Cincinnati — he'd be great there. He combines his original research with recordings and archival film footage and still photographs (when available).
One of his presentations, about Homer Rodeheaver, whose Cincinnati-based publishing company and record label were pioneers of sacred music and who was also close to the famous 1920s preacher Billy Sunday, got a nod as Best Arts Lecture last year from CityBeat.
But because his presentations have been on Wednesday evenings, many haven't been able to attend. But now there's a second chance. The Main Library's music librarian, Steven Kemple, has arranged for Lewis to present reprises of his past lectures at 3 p.m. on the last Saturday of each month in the Reading Garden.
It starts tomorrow with The Hymn Composers of Cincinnati: Philips, Bliss & Doane, and Lewis will have guest pianist Jeremy Stevenson with him. All lectures are free.
Looking ahead beyond tomorrow, here's the 2015 schedule so far for Lewis' Saturday encore presentations:
At the same time, Lewis is continuing with his new lectures on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Here is the schedule for those to date:
Photo by Joe Lamb - View a gallery of images from the event here.
It's a great time of year to live in a swing state like Ohio. At least if you're a music fan. Last night, popular Ohio-affiliated bands The National and The Breeders played a free rally/concert for Barack Obama and packed Fountain Square front to back. Tonight, in Akron, Devo, The Black Keys and Chrisse Hynde are doing an Obama concert (cleverly dubbed "Duty Now for the Future"). And this coming Thursday, The Beastie Boys headline a "Get Out and Vote" concert at Dayton's Hara Arena, with guests Ben Harper and Sheryl Crow.
I don't know if I've just tuned it out this year, but there seems to be a lot less of that "shut up and sing" sentiment in the 2008 election cycle. I'll credit the Dixie Chicks, the Pop Country band that lost a large chunk of its fanbase and was virtually crucified for daring to criticize the President. A film about their experience with crazed, angry former fans (and their successful rebound), Shut Up and Dance, perhaps provided enough embarrassment that the public has backed off of those damn "activist artists."
Or maybe the "shut up and sing" crowd has backed away because, as always, artists were right in their demand for regime change four years ago.
One of Cincinnati's all-time greatest bands, The Afghan Whigs, have announced numerous overseas dates on its forthcoming reunion tour, but the only U.S. show announced was the Sept. 22 concert headlining the Greg Dulli co-curated "I'll Be Your Mirror" event in Asbury Park, NJ. Today, another American show was announced with the release of the 2012 Lollapalooza lineup (the event takes place in Chicago's Grant Park, Aug. 3-5). The Whigs were up pretty high on the poster for the event, but the top-billed acts announced are soon-to-be Rock & Roll Hall of Famers the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath and Jack White. (Check the full lineup here and the announcement video below.) Lolla tickets are on-sale here.
That sets up a loose timeframe for more U.S. dates for the Whigs — Aug. 3-Sept. 22 (minus about three days in August when they'll be back overseas). We've been hearing about a few offers to the band for shows in Cincinnati from a pair of larger festivals, but so far nothing official has been ironed out (at least to the point that an appearance could be announced). Stay tuned. The band now has about 20 dates booked worldwide.
The best music show on TV, PBS's Austin City Limits, has announced the lineup of artists for its 35th anniversary season (yup, ACL can now officially run for President) starting Oct. 3. The roster is another great mix of established artists and relative newcomers, with the Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Elvis Costello, Ben Harper, M. Ward, Andrew Bird, St. Vincent, Band of Heathens and Okkervil River slated for episodes. The season will also feature the first appearance by Cincinnati's Heartless Bastards.
The group behind last fall's successful effort to erect a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame historical marker at the former King Records studio is at it again. They're now hoping to memorialize Herzog Studios' contributions to local and national music history.
At a press conference downtown this morning, leaders of the Cincinnati Music Heritage Foundation announced plans for a marker at 811 Race St., where in the 1940s and '50s Herzog Studios hosted recording sessions by Hank Williams, Patti Page, Ernest Tubbs, Flatt and Scruggs and other notable "Country & Western" acts.
In a lot of ways, Cincinnati's Over the Rhine belonged to the world almost as soon as they birthed its spectacular debut album, 1991's Patience. There wasn't really an evolutionary period involving chops-honing and building an audience with local bar gigs every weekend before becoming a songwriting and performing powerhouse that could stand toe-to-toe with its peer group on the national level. Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler sprang fully formed from Zeus' forehead as a mature and supremely talented duo with the undeniable ability to mingle heartache and joy with words and music and find an indelible way to invest each emotion with a taste of the other.
Whenever I would get a phone call from Tebbe Farrell, I'd usually save whatever I was working on and put my computer into sleep mode. Regardless of the purpose of the call — to hip me to an upcoming show, to pitch a story that she wanted me to write, to alert me to some injustice that required a damn good righting — I knew it would ultimately turn into a marathon conversation that was destined to go completely and wonderfully off tangent. The primary reason for this was quite simple; if Tebbe felt passionate about something, whether it had to do with music or a social cause or a political issue, she made sure that, a) you knew how passionate she felt about it, and b) by the end of the conversation, you'd feel passionate about it too.
Before its current successful run of reunion concerts across the globe, The Afghan Whigs played its final live show at a New York City club called Hush on Sept. 29, 1999. But that was a private concert. The Whigs last public appearance was Sept. 25, 1999, at Cincinnati's Bogart's with special guests Howlin' Maggie. (The set list featured a large chunk of final album 1965, as well as lots of dips into cover tunes and snippets, including opener "The Boys Are Back in Town," and dashes of "Superstition," "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," "Little Red Corvette," "People Get Ready," "Hot for Teacher," "All You Need is Love" and Madonna's "Express Yourself," among others.)
Today it was announced that The Afghan Whigs will return to the scene of the crime and perform their first hometown show in over a decade on Oct. 25 at Bogart's, one month and 13 years after that final concert. Tickets are $33.50 ($45.86 with fees). The fan pre-sale starts this morning at 10 a.m.; tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. Click here for info. (Check The Afghan Whigs' official site for a password to get in on the pre-sale.)
Though the neighborhood has changed a lot since The Whigs roamed the earth originally, the band returning to Corryville is fitting. While frontman Greg Dulli would eventually bring his band The Twilight Singers to Newport's Southgate House frequently, Bogart's was the Whigs hometown concert home. Before that, the group played many shows at long-since-shuttered Sudsy Malone's across the street from Bogart's, while it and Top Cat's just a few blocks up the street were the sites of a few epic "secret shows," warm-up gigs for tours where the band would perform under a pseudonym like The Havana Sugar Kings or Gato Negro.
Update: The fan pre-sale password for Bogart's is uptownagain. Use it here starting at 10 a.m. today.
Update2: The pre-sale is now at noon today, according to the ticketing site.


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I want to show you in this post the incredible link between the lack of healthy gut flora and your constipation.
Many people don't know that poor gut flora is one of major causes of their constipation and one of the major keys to never ever having a constipation problem ever again…
Did you know our gut is home to 100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) micro-organisms?
The human gut contains more bacteria than there are cells in the entire human body!
Gut flora, and the level of importance it has on our health, has only just started to be understood and integrated by scientific pioneers all around the world. It has been now realized that gut flora makes up of over 75% of our immune system, it regulates our metabolism, provides potent protection from infections and… WAIT FOR IT… powerfully promotes normal gastrointestinal function (that is, eliminates your poo with ease!).
Our gut flora consists of all sorts of creatures from healthy bacteria, nasty bacteria, yeast, pathogens, even parasites. The ratio of a healthy functioning gut flora is about 90% healthy flora – 10% unhealthy flora.
As long as there is a sufficient amount of healthy bacteria present the unhealthy stuff will be kept in check and not cause any problems at all.
But what happens when the ratio is effected and more nasty gut flora is present than there should be?
This is called GUT DYSBIOSIS.
The effects of this can be deadly!
One of the most alarming ways that peoples gut flora is instantly changed for the worse is by the intake of antibiotics. To be fair, antibiotics are great at what they do, which is purely and simply to kill any and all bacteria in your gut… the bad guys AND the good guys.
It's like throwing a nuclear bomb down into your intestinal tract.
Sometimes a treatment of antibiotics is definitely necessary and unavoidable such as when someone has some kind of threatening systemic infection, then a course of antibiotics could actually end up saving their precious life. Fewer people die from common infections now than they did before antibiotics were discovered. So as much as I dislike antibiotics I do believe there is a role for them in our society it must be said.
However, what majority of people do is take antibiotics for reasons that actually do not need them such as a pesky little ache, stomach pains, or a runny nose. Their immune system could have easily taken care of this problem if they supported it with the right nutrition but it's much better to just take a few pills to fix the problem right?…
As people take the antibiotics they wipe out their gut flora therefore leaving them heavily vulnerable to more bacterial or viral infections as pathogenic organisms start to take over in the digestive tract. This is the reason why quite often you see people who take an antibiotic for an infection become sick again shortly after completing the course or why once a person stops taking antibiotics for their acne has the problem come back ten times WORSE straight away.
So what do they do next?
Thats right, they take more antibiotics, throw their gut health into more of a graveyard and the cycle of sickness and inflammation becomes extremely vicious.
There are other factors that contribute to a compromised gut flora but here I'm just going to stick to antibiotics.
I truly feel sorry for people suffering from constipation who; #1, have no idea their ill gut health is probably the number one factor causing their constipation, and #2, because they just don't know the negative effects that antibiotic use is causing them.
What makes it worse it that access to antibiotics is as easy as anything…. the medical profession, especially general practictioners (local doctors), hand them out like lollies.
A new study has found that pediatricians are over-prescribing broad spectrum antibiotics. 21% of all patient visits in the study (about 10 million visits) were met with an antibiotic prescription, 50% of these prescriptions were for broad spectrum antibiotics. For 23% of the visits prescribed antibiotics, the patients conditions were the kind that would NOT EVEN RESPOND to antibiotics, such as asthma, specific viral infections, flu, allergies and bronchitis. The scary part of all this is that majority of the antibiotics prescribed in these unhelpful situations were 'broad spectrum' and most of the recipients were young.
A study from 2010 shows the haunting long lasting effects that a treatment of antibiotics can have. Three people were given two courses of an antibiotic called "ciprofloxacin" commonly used for bone and joint infections, respiratory tract infections, gastroenteritis, endocarditis, urinary tract infections, cellulitis, infectious diarrhea, anthrax infection, typhoid fever, and skin infections. This antibiotic is commonly known as an all-purpose type of antibiotic to treat a wide variety of health issues that surface in people's lives and other species too (vets commonly use this antibiotic in their practices).
The scary part of this study was that three to five days into the treatment the diversity in the gut was severely destroyed and the total composition of the gut flora as a whole was altered significantly.
What could this mean for you who is suffering from constipation?
Stools are made from primarily water, intestinal bacteria, mineral salts, dead bacteria and cells being shed by the body and traces of fat. Even though truth may have been kept from you, it's no secret to colon and stool specialists that intestinal bacteria are by far the most significant and largest component of stools!
"There are over 400 species of bacteria in the colon: bacteria make up 30%-50% of the total dry matter in the feces, or even 75% according to other calculation." [R.F. Schmidt, G. Thews. Colonic Motility. Human Physiology, 2nd edition. 29.7:733.]
Sometimes anti-biotics can be useful which I will talk about more in a future post. But from my personal experience and new breakthrough scientific studies also backing up these real-life experiences, it all points to the importance of a good gut flora and healthy intestinal tract in overcoming any case of constipation. If not, you will continually suffer from recurrent constipation for years on end… with no success in sight.
But replacing this essential gut flora is not as easy as just taking some acidophilus capsules.
I've laid out the whole process of overcoming constipation in my new book 'Cure Your Constipation – The 3 Step Formula to End Your Constipation Nightmare Forever' . It contains over 300 pages of step-by-step guides and critical information you NEED TO KNOW! It's also backed up with over 300 references (scientific, journals, articles, etc.) as well! This is the REAL DEAL! To find out how you can get your hands on a copy CLICK HERE NOW.
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With just less than two weeks to go before Election Day, President Barack Obama is still hot on the campaign trail, having spent time this week in Davenport, Iowa, to greet supporters and reaffirm the importance of voting. Stopping into Antonella's Pizzeria, the president sat down with nurse Vicki Felger, retiree Marcia Teshak, and business owner Deb Willaredt and ordered a small "works" pizza without ham, and a salad that would've pleased the first lady.
The Sioux City Journal reports that Antonella's owner John Sgro was completely unaware of the president's intention to visit his pizzeria, noting that, "It was a big surprise… I just see people in suits, walking around. Then I'm told we have a special guest. He wanted to come to a mom-and-pop place."
After lunch, Obama was greeted by several pre-patted down supporters, who expressed their intentions to vote for him come Nov. 6. Partisanship may pervade politics, but everyone can agree that pizza is delicious.
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Mind if I ask what broke? Was it physically broken? Was it covered under any sort of manufacturer warranty? What environment was it being used in (Carried on a keychain, bounced around, etc.)?
I want to be able to carry all 1.5gb of my images around with me at all times, so I'm leaning towards the PNY... :-(
Bump; anything is appreciated. Black Friday is only five days away! :-(
I also have a SanDisk Cruzer. It's only 128MB, but it has held up pretty good.
What is "Black Friday"?
Black Friday is the day when all the flu vacinations given to millions of people are activated, turning generally frugal individuals into all consuming, shopping whores.
Really though, its the Friday after Indian Killing celebration day. Stores mark stuff down big time....there are many reasons why they do this. In summary, "yay capitalism"
The USB plug became loose, and wouldn't transfer data anymore. I could make it connect for a second by twisting it in the port, but not long enough to get anything off of it.
sandisk, those thigns are fucking indestructable
i had the original usb 1.0, or possibly 1.1 one that was either 16 or 32mb for YEARS. got it free when i ordered my laptop in about 1999, which was a pentium III 700 when that was hot shit, to give you an idea of the timeframe here.
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Uh, if I remember the whole Thanksgiving thing right, it started as a feast /with/ Native Americans.
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Yes it did start as a feast with Native Americans (according to Thanksgiving legend anyway). And then it rapidly changed to stealing almost all of the Native American land from coast to coast and killing thousands of Native Americans along the way.
Right-wingers want all Americans to make sure we remember Pearl Harbor, and make sure we remember the Alamo, and make sure we remember any other attacks on our soil, but make sure we forget how we got this soil in the first place.
Get over it, ignore it, cover it up, and use various other such right-wing tactics.
I'm a right-winger, but I'm not Amerikan. If I were American, I'd want governments to stop being stupid (keep out of trouble and trouble will keep out of you), and I'd want citizens to stop being stupid with whatever happened at Pearl Harbor, and whatever happened to natives.
Wait, what? So every Thanksgiving, families gathered to kill Native Americans?
Are you planning to pay reparations to whatever groups your ancestors victimized? Regardless of who you are, if you believe in "sins of the father," you'd better just kill yourself right now, since your very existence is probably at least partly the result of some disagreeable thing that happened in the past.
of course, we have to remember the times our nation was attacked so we will be more proactive in the future with how we defend our nation.
Early settlers in this continent killed native Americans because they wanted their land.
i'm failing to see what is illogical about wanting the former after considering the latter.
There are no Native Americans. Homo Sapiens Sapiens was not indigenous to this continent.
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Heading into the 2012 offseason was extremely difficult for Indianapolis Colts fans. Owner Jim Irsay made hard decisions that marked the end of an era of Colts football. Gone were the team's legendary General Manager Bill Polian and his son Chris, gone was nearly the entire coaching staff, and gone was a large portion of the nucleus of a 2006 NFL Championship team -- of course all starting with Peyton Manning. The impact on fan confidence was drastic. Younger fans I have spoken to have said, "It just doesn't seem like the Colts anymore." Frankly, they're right, it's not the Colts they knew anymore, which made it extremely important for Jim Irsay to find and hire a new general manager that had the football smarts, talent evaluation skills, and individual fortitude as a leader to quickly create a new identity for fans to connect with. When the team announced Ryan Grigson as the new general manager he was received with mixed opinions. Fans liked that he played at Purdue and liked h...
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Mark Cavendish, of the Isle of Man, who brings the curtain down on his season in Delhi, took a gold in the men's track cycling scratch event at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006.
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