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Berkeley Fossil Fools Day Action
As part of an international day of action, a group of us in Berkeley protested war and global warming.
A global day of action had been called for April 1, The traditional April Fools Day. This year the Rising Tide Network called for people to hold Fossil Fools Day actions to protest the burning of fossil fuels and the global WARming that comes with it.
One person called our attention to this idea only a few days before the event. With a couple emails, a flier and a sign making party we were ready. Twenty people on bikes came and attached signs and flags to their bikes.
We rode around town and announced that a draft had been started for more troops to Iraq, that the polar ice caps are fine, that Americans can continue a lifestyle of consumption and that everything was OK. April Fools. We wished everyone a "Happy oil war."
We stopped at numerous gas stations and three car dealerships, all within a preposterously small area. We rode through and put up stickers and created moments of chaos to symbolize the political and environmental chaos that the unabated burning of fossil fuels creates.
The action was fun and exciting and done with a minimum of effort. While it was small, we all left ready for more in the future.
Actions took place all over the word, well a few other places. Check out http://www.fossilfoolsdayofaction.org/category/front-page/
Protest at 76.
Stickering the pumps at Valero. We know the Socialists love Chavez, but California had to change the Clean Air Act to burn that dirty Venezualan oil.
The nozzles wilted and died.
Ridding down a main car street.
Chevron nozzles hung themselves.
Ridding down a main car street and freeway outlet.
Ridding into a car dealership.
"Think Green" demands the car adds, but the only green will be the dollars the car companies make. Cars are never green, as in an alternative to destroying the world - they are the main cause of it.
Those gas prices sure have gone up. They are almost on par with global prices but far below the actual cost to this world as a life supporting place.
Fun on bikes is better than war.
Sticker on a gas pump.
The ride goes down another main car street to get the word out.
A police car chases cyclists who first ignore the officer then make a game of getting away by turning down a street with barricades to stop cars.
cyclists loop around when the cop goes around the block and pass through the barricades again.
The flag says it all.
We hide out from the cops in an army uniform and with a plastic sword.
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Wednesday Apr 2nd, 2008 12:07 AM
I love the one where the Chevron pumps hang themselves.
Wednesday Apr 2nd, 2008 4:45 AM
it is enormously inspiring to see what's going on to resist the same problems we have elsewhere in the world.
Wednesday Apr 2nd, 2008 12:06 PM
The electric motors that could motivate the industrial revolution without pollution have been in existence for well over one hundred years now. It is the U.S. Imperialist system that is leading the Imperialist world in wars to maintain the coal, gas, oil, and atomic energy monopolization of power to the detriment of the green power. It is liberalism that shorts the process of organic revolution and blames the individual when the fault lays with the government of the U.S. Oil Monopolies. It is they and they alone that are responsible for the disaster and it is deliberately done to the people of the world everyday by their contol of the military war machine. Peoples long ago went for electricity and now the green power movement has brought into being the hi-tech tools to put in power wind, tidal, and solar power which tranforms to electricity and is more power than can be used by society. Since Bushco cancelled the green power agreements of the previous administration, and made laws threatening and arresting those that oppose the pollution of fossil fuels, ten so thousands of Americans and unknown numbers around the world have been killed each and every year that his energy programme is in place. So much for the lie that he is protecting American and the worlds peoples lives. Bushco is corporate power for pollution causing money and so is his military. The people have been marginalized out systematically by the monopoly laws that force the people to live in a polluted war making society to the benefit of the rich elites who make the laws. Good to see the jokes that clowns and serious bikers do to show the contradictions to the peoples. It does awaken their consiouness, however much they have been kept out of the law making processes. Vote anti-war so green becomes a possiblity. So far the voting however has been jerrymandered and there is no indication that the monopolies are willing to give the power to the peoples even if they get a majority vote. That is the truth of their electronic diebold hacking of the vote procedure. If nothing changes there , they will do it again.
Wednesday Apr 2nd, 2008 3:17 PM
Do not delude yourself that driving an electric car or hybrid or whatever is a "green" solution. The electric cars are more envionmentally toxic to produce than internal combustion engine cars, and they take up the same amount of parking spaces, cause the same traffic jams, and choke up our cities just the same as any other car.
And where will the electricity come to fuel these electric cars? From fossil fuel power plants.
Divorce your car. Walk, bike, and take transit.
Thursday Apr 3rd, 2008 7:59 AM
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While electric cars (including hybrids and those powered by hydrogen as well as batteries) are certainly no environmental cure, it's important that people be aware of a DIFFERENT sort of electricity-powered vehicle, which is to my knowledge the cleanest, most sustainable and healthiest form of land-based motorized transport.
Specifically, trains and trolley vehicles (including trolley buses and trolley trucks), also known as grid connected vehicles (GCVs).
These vehicles run directly on electricity, NOT on a battery. Thus they can be powered very efficiently by renewable energy. San Francisco actually runs its trolley buses and trains from hydro (capturing power from natural water movement) at Hetch Hetchy, making it almost carbon neutral after the previously sunk cost (and other environmental damage) of the hydro plant.
These direct-drive vehicles last much longer and require less maintenance than fossil-fuel based vehicles.
They require no batteries or fuel so there's more space for people and any amenities (travel in comfort or pack'em in), and less that can go wrong with the vehicle.
They are preferred by passengers and attract higher ridership than diesels.
They can save a sizeable amount of the energy they use to move by regenerative braking, storing the energy otherwise lost when slowing down in capacitors or feeding it back into the grid and/or to nearby vehicles which need to accelerate at the same time (estimated up to 30% savings).
Their conversion of electricity to power is extremely efficient (90-99%) which compared to internal combustion engines (often as low as 16%) and storage-based electrics (generally the same as internal combustion) makes them very competitive if an efficient way of producing electricity is provided. (Coal plants are often 45% efficient, by the way, so even coal-based electricity is a better way to directly power a vehicle than gasoline or a battery when you include the inefficiency and life cycle of the battery, which is rather short-lived and toxic.)
Electric vehicles are more effective than diesels at acceleration (high torque on startup versus diesels, which have their lowest torque on start-up) so they can get you there faster, reducing delays between stops, and so reducing the number of vehicles and drivers required (the largest cost for public transit) even as they reduce power costs (which for fossil fuels, are going up indefinitely).
They emit no diesel particulates in your face, which cause cancer, respiratory and heart disease, leaving fresh air and quiet instead. (While much electricity is created by coal, coal plants are much more efficient than internal combustion engines and the pollution is centralized, meaning it can more easily be controlled and/or located away from population centers).
It's no wonder General Motors et al. acted all over the world to get rid of trolley buses, interurban rail, and to block electrification of US rail so they'd have a virtual monopoly on diesel trains and gasoline automobiles (the diesel trains actually generate electricity inefficiently to power the electric wheels). (Bought an SUV lately?)
With the decline of energy availability and increasing demands for environmental justice and green cities, it's easy to predict a shift to using direct electricity for motorized transport including truck routes. There's also an effort right now to have large ships in ports switch to the grid for power, rather than running their ugly stinky bunker fuel generators and the like, to help reduce the terrible health harms of diesel-based ports.
Bicycle and pedestrian-based cargo and personal transport can easily pair with direct-electric mass transport, particularly if land use is appropriate (e.g., if people live near centers, and industrial activity is again based around centers). A complete solution thus emerges which saves and improves lives while treading much more lightly on the planet.
The price of trolley trucks and buses should come down below that for fossil-fuel based versions if widely implemented. Moreover, trolley routes can be designed to help transition to rail-based systems which carry more people and have even more benefits (for instance, people prefer to ride trolley buses over diesel buses (9% increase), but like rail even more, and rail lasts longer).
So PLEASE spread the word that there is an alternative to diesel for passenger and goods movement. It requires a higher initial investment and some planning/behavioral adaptation due to the need for caternary wires or "third rails" and related support systems to provide power. However, the long-term sustainability including environmental and health benefits make it by far the best choice for these purposes and an ideal way to transition away from all fossil fuel based transport.
Take-home message: WE DO NOT NEED FOSSIL FUELS FOR TRANSPORTATION.
Particularly pressing in the Bay Are right now is the fact that Bus Rapid Transit lines in the east bay (AC Transit) and west bay (MUNI street Geary) are being planned and diesel or hybrid diesel may be the choice in both cases (hydrogen, by the way, has numerous similar problems to battery-electric (hydrogen fuel cells are really just a battery) and energy inefficiency of 2-5 times that of trolleys and trains (and generally highest, by various studies, when renewables are used rather than fossil fuels are used to make the hydrogen).
Public pressure and public campaigns are needed to prevent such a bad choice. (Hybrid diesels do save some fuel but require large battery banks which reduce space and efficiency. They're also polluting and surprisingly loud, having seen them in operation in parts of San Francisco).
In conclusion, electric vehicles which carry their power source are an improvement for human health but are environmentally destructive, needlessly inefficient, and are driven primarily by forces which seek to maintain automobile hegemony, which is inherently and cataclysmically destructive on myriad levels. A much better choice is that of trolleys and trains (GCVs) which can well serve a modern carfree city with far better performance and public benefit overall than a car-full city, as well as retrofit to an existing city's need for mass transport of people and goods. Their higher initial investment and planning, as with so many sustainable practices, is more than offset by their myriad immediate and long-term benefits.
[Pictured, a trolley bus in Boston on Sept. 9, 2004, from wikipeda commons, by ArnoldReinhold at en.wikipedia.]
Thursday Jul 10th, 2008 11:59 AM
Presentation on this important topic is now online:
ities and suburbs *can* deliver transportation for goods and people *without* petroleum, with a minimal carbon footprint, while greatly alleviating deadly noise and air pollution, through the use of trolley-bus and trolley-truck technology paired with human power. Dedicating resources to direct electric transport increases and supports relocalization and positive densification, boosts public health and creates a healthier, happier and much more sustainable urban whole.
Presentation was given at the 8th annual Towards Carfree Cities Conference, Portland, OR, in June.


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Mexican Official Accuses CIA Of 'Managing' Not 'Fighting' The Drug Trade
A Mexican state government spokesman told Al Jazeera that the CIA and other international security forces "don't fight drug traffickers" as much as "try to manage the drug trade," Chris Arsenault reports.
"It's like pest control companies, they only control," Chihuahua spokesman Guillermo Terrazas Villanueva told Al Jazeera. "If you finish off the pests, you are out of a job. If they finish the drug business, they finish their jobs."
Arsenault quickly notes that Villanueva is not a high ranking official and that the mayor of Juarez, Chihuahua, dismissed the accusations as "baloney." Nevertheless, a government official going on the record with such claims is rare. And a mid-level official with the Secretariat Gobernacion in Juarez (i.e. Mexico's equivalent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security) told Al Jazeera the allegations were true based on discussions he's had with U.S. officials working in Juarez.
Arsenault highlights that the defense attorneys for Jesús Zambada Niebla a leading trafficker from the Sinaloa cartel currently awaiting trial in Chicago stated, as part of his defense, that "United States government agents aided the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel."
Other high-level members of the Sinaloa cartel Mexico's oldest trafficking organization have made similar claims that Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Sinaloa cartel leader and one of the world's most wanted men, works closely with U.S. authorities.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 07:49 AM
MadHound (34,179 posts)
1. CIA makes good money off the black market drug trade,
Why should they try and eliminate it?
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 08:07 AM
Kolesar (30,970 posts)
2. that was imaginative...eom
Response to Kolesar (Reply #2)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 08:10 AM
MadHound (34,179 posts)
3. Imaginative, no, fact.
Or have you never heard of Iran Contra, researched who was behind the crack epidemic, or who got our soldiers hooked on heroin in Vietnam. Fun and games man, fun and games.
Response to Kolesar (Reply #2)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:35 AM
hootinholler (26,449 posts)
5. Nope! Not any imagination necessary
Check this out http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/nsaebb2.htm
Response to hootinholler (Reply #5)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 11:33 AM
Kolesar (30,970 posts)
8. 1985, 1990
Mad poster is just trolling.
Response to Kolesar (Reply #8)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 12:05 PM
hootinholler (26,449 posts)
9. Who is trolling?
If you honestly think they started in 1985 and stopped after Iran Contra, I have a bridge for sale.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 09:32 PM
OldDem2012 (3,526 posts)
12. Try going back to the predecessor of the CIA, the OSS....
If the Contra drug scandal had been the only time the CIA had been deeply entangled in narcotics trafficking, the Agency might have escaped with censure, but it wasn't. Even before the CIA was founded in 1947, its predecessor, the Office of Strategic Service (OSS) already had grimy hands. This arose from a private agreement between Allen Dulles, later to become Director of the CIA, and a group of Nazi SS thugs seeking to escape war crimes trials at the end of WW11. SS General Karl Wolff held a series of secret meetings with Dulles, who was then Swiss "Station Chief" for the OSS. The two men thrashed out an agreement - against the direct, written orders of President Roosevelt. This gave the SS group freedom from prosecution in return for agreeing to secretly work for American intelligence against the Russians in the cold war.
Since it was impossible for the OSS to fund this secret network, Dulles agreed the Nazi's would finance themselves from their vast stocks of Morphine, plundered gold and a mass of counterfeit British bank-notes. These were smuggled to Austria in the last days of the war and hidden. They were later sold on the black market and the proceeds used to finance the black SS-OSS network. The subterfuge was so successful that it would later become an irresistible method of underwriting "off-the-books" CIA black operations.
More US connections to the old Nazis. Interesting.
Very good article....well worth reading.
Response to HiPointDem (Original post)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 08:58 AM
newfie11 (8,159 posts)
4. Wouldn't surprise me
Who knows all the crap the CIA has their fingers in.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:45 AM
Hotler (5,113 posts)
6. I'm shocked!........
I would not expect anything different. Drugs is how they make their money to run their opps. under radar from congress. Yet I suspect they know full well what the goon squad is up to.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 10:55 AM
bemildred (90,061 posts)
7. The Drug War is a racket. nt
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 02:10 PM
tavalon (27,820 posts)
10. Careful, the truth can get you killed
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 09:17 PM
shcrane71 (1,721 posts)
11. Well, as long as we're not questioning the motives of the LAPD.
Carry on with this OP.


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Straying from sidelines could cost NFL coaches15 yards ... for yelling!
By BILL LANKHOF, QMI Agency
The days when coaches can chase officials across the field as if they were tracking Adrian Peterson are over.
NFL coaches are often seen screaming into the ears of referees, or running onto the turf to accost linesmen. In baseball that would get a manager sent off like an eighth grader to the principal's office. In the NBA it would result in a technical foul. But in football the only reaction from officials has been feigned indifference, although a few have been caught looking at Tom Coughlin as if he were some kind of mutant escapee from the insect world.
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WARILLA'S Olympic gold medallist David Smith capped off a whirlwind couple of weeks when he was presented with the Key to the City on Sunday.
Taking time out from a busy schedule of parades, functions and other official duties, the 25-year-old was recognised at the council ceremony honouring Shellharbour City's Olympians.
Also recognised were two Australian hockey team representatives, bronze medallist and Albion Park junior Kieran Govers and Albion Park's Casey Eastham, alongside swimmer Jarrod Poort and Albion Park hockey umpire David Gentles.
Eastham was unable to attend and a presentation will be held for her at a later date.
Govers, 24, who was in Perth preparing to head to Germany for club competition, was represented by family members at the ceremony outside Lamerton House.
The key was presented to Smith in recognition of his achievement in the Men's Kayak Four (K4) 1000m in London. His parents Martin and Mandy are long-time council employees.
The gold medallist's home break is Warilla-Barrack Point Surf Life Saving Club. He graduated from the Nippers through the ranks to represent NSW in surf lifesaving before relocating to the Gold Coast to pursue his Olympic dreams.
Smith was ''overwhelmed'' by the honour.
''It's makes me feel like I'm king of the castle,'' he laughed.
''I'm extremely proud to represent the area and be from Warilla.
''A lot of people here have supported me my whole career.
''All these people in Warilla deserve this gold medal just as much as I do.''
Smith flew to Portugal on Monday for a celebration with the team's boat manufacturer.
Afterwards, he planned to spend time at home, while also doing training and visiting girlfriend/sailing silver medallist Nina Curtis in Sydney.
He is considering competing in the surf lifesaving world titles at Adelaide in November.
He is also intending to return for a third Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Govers' mother Jenny, who lives in Albion Park, attended the Games and accepted the honour on his behalf. ''He's rapt to have a bronze,'' she said.


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A New Beginning–The unstoppable Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott are once again on board to capture Gucci's spring/summer 2013 campaign, featuring model Clément Chabernaud. Approaching to the latest collection of the Italian label with a minimalistic aesthetic, the photographers opt to capture the French model in a bare studio, recalling Gucci's glorious campaign from the 90's. Styled by Camilla Nickerson in a printed number from the Mediterranean-inspired collection designed by Frida Giannini for the legendary fashion house, Clément stuns in a simple shot. / Hair by Luigi Murenu.
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How come I can't push the piston back, still see metal. I used a lever on the c ring and it doesn't seem to be moving a bit.
I agree with itscoo2pyopants, you should NOT push directly on the piston with the c-clamp. If you already have the caliper off the carrier (ie Image #18 in the DIY) then leave the old pad in the piston and tighten the clamp on the middle of the pad (see Image #20).
If you push on one side of the pad, or even worse push directly on the piston, the piston will rotate in the cup and jam. You can also scratch the face of the piston if you push directly on it which can lead to brake squeal.
If you are having trouble pushing in the piston even with a pad in place you can open up the brake fluid reservoir cap which will reduce the pressure required to push in the pad.
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I responded to the divorce petition 10 months ago, but have not filed preliminary disclosures yet. I also was not able to appear at the trial setting conference twice (which was continued) and did not answer any discovery questions of my spouse. The motion to compel discovery is coming soon.
My spouse is ready to pay one-time alimony (2 years of marriage, no kids). However, I have never appeared in front of the judge in court. My spouse told me to file preliminary disclosures in court so that he can file a stipulated judgment. I am planning to file preliminary disclosures in court, sign the stipulation, and get the alimony check from him. If I do this, will I be required to appear before the judge in court, or can the judgment be done without my presence?
I agree with the other answers. Since you responded to the divorce Petition, you have to complete your preliminary disclosures, including an Income and Expense Declaration and Schedule of Assets and Debts, and serve them on your spouse. You also have to file proof that you did so with the Court.
Assuming you are in agreement with the terms of the stipulated judgment and all the necessary paperwork is submitted to court, you do not need to appear in court.
The stipulated judgment should include that your spouse is withdrawing the motion to compel discovery responses or that agreement can be filed as a separate stipulation.
I advise you to have the stipulated judgment reviewed by a family law attorney to make sure your the terms are fair or at the very least so you can make an informed decision.
If you do not appear in court when the stipulated judgment is filed, you must immediately get an endorsed filed copy of the Judgment to make sure your spouse filed the judgment you agreed to and signed.
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My thoughts are get your disclosures to your spouse. Some disclosures can be waived but if your spouse wants them then submit them. They are not that hard.
He can't file a stipulated judgment without your signature since you are stipulating to all of this anyway. You should really consult an attorney before stipulating...
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Thanks but my question is whether I need to appear in the court or not.
Generally stipulations don't require court appearances since it us uncontested or default
If the parties proceed by way of stipulated judgment, a court appearance will not be necessary. The court will not sign a juidgment unless both parties have filed their respective declarations regarding service of the preliminary declaration of disclosure. If you want to avoid a court hearing and the terms of the stipulated judgment are acceptable to you, proceed with your diclsoures.Ask a similar question
If you execute a stipulated judgment, file your Preliminary Declaration, and get an agreement from your ex to take his motion to compel off calendar if you agree to the stipulation and file your PDD, then you probably won't have to appear. But, why are you hiding in getting these things done?Ask a similar question
Assuming you have each exchanged the necessary disclosures, and you file a stipulated judgment that contains all of the agreed upon terms that would conclude each issue of your marriage, you could simply submit it to the court and wait for it to be returned with a judge's signature. Note that many districts have NO budget and it can take months to get it returned. Worse, if you make an error or don't have the proper forms filed, it will be returned, to be corrected. You the have to file it again, and wait again, so try to get it right! If you don't settle the case, resolve the discovery issue as that can hurt your ability to present evidence As a result of an adverse ruling on a motion.
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Where is the honor and respect in regard to our politics?
Some hateful garbage is being said on TV between the two parties.
We need another George Washington for president.
The leadership of both parties need to read George Washington's Rules of Civility, a list of principles by which, supposedly, proper decent people must abide.
Washington believed that a gentleman is someone who makes others comfortable, that good manners are simply a matter of common sense and courtesy.
Last year I lost my job and had to take one making half what I had been earning. So we moved closer to our jobs to save on the ever-increasing gas prices.
When we were moving into our new apartment, we heard a small kitten crying and I thought maybe a stray had a litter and was out looking for food.
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Why must we mail our Watts Bar Utility District payments to Virginia?
This has resulted in a late payment for me.
The clerk said, "It takes more days in the mail since the letters go to Virginia. They deposit it in our account the day they receive it."
Why can't we hire someone in Roane County to do this work? Who authorized this money to go out of our county? Who benefitted? Who has the answer?
We have people in our county who need this job, these wages!
Here's another reason to be concerned — very concerned — about the non-stop partisan bickering going on in Congress:
It has cost taxpayers tons of money!
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office reported that the prolonged fighting in Congress last summer over the debt ceiling cost taxpayers at least $1.3 billion!
I offer my congratulations to Drack Langley and Danny Wright to represent Harriman on the Roane County school board.
While I wanted to run for this seat, the ebbs and tides of my profession forced me to believe I could not devote my full time to the position.But, my passsion and love for the local schools does and will always remain.
I am so pleased the board picked a "home" candidate to be the new director. I have no doubt he will do a good job in difficult times.
I would like to commend the Harriman fire and police departments for their professional response to a wreck in South Harriman on Aug. 7.
I called 911 to report the wreck and vehicle fire.
Both departments arrived within two minutes, secured the area and extinguished the fire.
The men and women of Harriman fire and police are underappreciated for their dedication and sacrifice to our community.
Most of the time, most of the people make most of their decisions without most of the facts.
Therefore, I would like to thank the editor and all of the people working at the Roane County News for printing a wide variety of opinions in Roane County's fine newspaper.
I especially enjoy the opinions and articles concerning the First Amendment.
I think it was Patrick Henry who said something along the line: I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death, your right to say it.
Please keep up the good work.
Tom Hensley
This week marks the 47th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination in voting and has been instrumental in ensuring that citizens' rights are protected from nefarious election laws.
In Tennessee and other states, we have seen laws enacted that have the potential to undermine this vital protection. An estimated 11 percent of the population do not have the type of identification required.
Especially impacted are the elderly, people with disabilities, low-income voters and young people.
I want to write a special thanks to all the Kingston firefighters, paramedics and the Kingston police department for helping save my 3-week-old daughter.
They helped keep me calm when I couldn't take anymore.
The three times they came out, they had a very fast response time.
I especially want to recognize Lynn Ross. He is the paramedic who made sure he was on scene and took special care of our daughter.
Thank you again for all you guys do.
Keep up the good work.
Tim and Mary Austin
What kind of country do we live in where a person cannot express what they believe and quote from a notable resource?
I am referring to the restaurant Chick-fil-A and the Bible.
Isn't this the land of free speech?
Isn't this what we fought wars for? Since when do politicians choose where and what restaurants the public chooses to eat at?
The politicians have way overstepped their bounds.
If they want their cities to be gay-friendly, so be it, but it is not necessary to sneer at Christian beliefs to show their support.
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There are other uses for this form, as well.
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27 Aug CREATIVE VISION
Introducing David Bridges, founder of TheLab & Wellcom's spearhead in the U.S market.
David is a second generation graphic arts man saw opportunity for a niche business in niche market assisting Madison Avenue's finest advertising agencies. David brought in the very best people with the very best ideas to solve agency creative briefs and make everyone else look good. Clients found the service infectious, and very soon the levels of solution solving became more complex, more challenging and more rewarding. Word spread, clients have become more numerous.
This is TheLab: a group of hardworking, personable creatives with a unified goal: make work that they're fiercely proud of, and their clients are too.
Once it was recognised that creative solutions were to become the new strategic landscape for Wellcom Worldwide, some operations have began the serious directional changes.
Wayne Sidwell, Executive Chairman of the Wellcom Group Worldwide, had recognised the future direction of businesses such as TheLab. He had seen first-hand this new generation of creative content providers emerging and had taken steps to steer Wellcom in this direction.
Speaking with Wayne Sidwell, he explained that the future growth for Wellcom was to position the business as a creative content provider, offering agencies and direct clients, niche services. This includes video and sound as well as digital and design.
When Wayne first approached me about my business, I was drawn to the similarities in our two operations. Like Wayne, I'm a second generation graphic arts man too. Like Wayne I realised the potential in creative content and seized the opportunities that presented themselves at every turn. Being creative is fun.
In describing the business I guess we're a collaborative of 'inventors' – my guys invent creative solutions (that at times) catch even me by surprise. We're not formulaic nor are we followers – that's our unique selling proposition, and that's what our clients buy.
We're also media agnostic – sure we're big into motion and sound but we originated in print and remain true to print as part of the media mix. Ideas – truly good ideas work in any medium. And to make it happen I'm supported by developers, designers, writers, animators, artists, technologists, musicians and new media strategists. It's about the people – and without the right people the ideas don't flow and the work becomes ordinary. We're fiercely proud of what we do.
I founded TheLab in 2002 as a creative retouching company. From what I have learnt of Wellcom, the two businesses have evolved considerably in the same amount of time. Over the last ten years we've evolved into a full service creative production agency – just shy of what agencies do and well away from planning, strategy and media. I think this is why advertising agencies remain some of our biggest clients.
I have a philosophy based on environment. It's founded on the premise that good ideas come out of great surroundings, and great surroundings foster some degree of fun – this is TheLab. Indoor and outdoor, every space counts. My employees love it and our clients love it.
I also believe that every great relationship starts with a single job and grows over time with consistent care and hard work. My teams are staffed according to our clients' unique and evolving creative needs. It could call for a traditional copywriter and maybe art director partnership. But it could also find a retoucher, designer, and technologist making an app that changes the way a client does business. Or it could be taken into the realms of a sound designer, animator, developer, and strategist culminating in creating a brave new CG world for a client's next product launch.
I mix and match teams. This means teams are constantly reinvented which keeps them fresh and inspired. We've tackled everything from multi-channel campaign creation, to complex site and app builds, to fashion shoots and retouching. We like a good challenge, and have the creative resources to meet a client brief head on. Our services include:
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I'm regularly asked as a company, who we are. I kinda think we're a small enough design agency to run a tight ship, but big enough to boast a diverse group of creative thinkers and makers.
We maintain a few rules: collaborate well with our clients, strive to improve upon our respective crafts daily, and make work that is simple, memorable, and beautiful. We're an office where music is always playing, dogs are part of the culture, patio BBQs are the norm, and excessive imagination is a must. And we're proud to be Wellcom USA."


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Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition By Nick Stewart Jun 3, 2010,
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One of the more interesting aspects of Xbox Live Arcade is its ability to bring to the table different types of experiences beyond the big-name releases trumpeted in the seasonal "best of" trailers. Just one good example of the off-the-beaten-path of more mainstream titles on offer is Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition. As the name would indicate, it's the enhanced edition of a title that's been available to PC gamers for more than a year now, containing both the original offering with a handful of tweaks and new modes. It's a strange fever dream of thing, and guaranteed to be anything quite unlike anything else you'll find on Xbox Live Arcade, or elsewhere, for that matter.
It's important to note right at the outset that Zeno Clash is, first and foremost, a first-person perspective brawler. Gameplay consists almost exclusively of using trigger buttons to mash – well, it seems a stretch to call them people – "aggressors" in the face, over and over and over again. Combining the punch types with directional moves and other subtle controls allows for a fairly impressive degree of variety, bopping between carefully timed dodges and wild counterpunches, not to mention spinning kicks alongside the occasional less-than-sporting boot to your downed foe's ribcage. Though couched in the shell of a story, each gameplay segment consists of littler more than highly linear progression through locked-in areas, which transform very rapidly into atmospheric arenas where you're trapped until you paste all your foes.
And yes, there are occasional opportunities to mix up the formula a bit as weapons are interspersed throughout. Heavy clubs and hammers let you put the hurt on others much more effectively, albeit with a much slower swing, leaving you vulnerable that much longer. Ranged weapons are equally helpful, particularly against enemies who are similarly armed and need to be tagged from afar. These range from pistols to shotguns and crossbows, each with its own unique strengths and weaknesses.
But to describe Zeno Clash as weapon-tinged brawler is to miss the very core of the entire experience, which is very strongly defined by its truly bizarre plot. The game takes place in the world of Zenozoik, and you spend the game as Ghat, a man who starts the game being hunted for killing his tribal-style parental figure, an oversized chicken-like humanoid known as Father-Mother. This has upset countless individuals, who then spend the game hunting you down around and through the landscape, presenting you with no shortage of individuals to wallop mercilessly. Half the game is spent in flashbacks, exposing why and how you took on Father-Mother, while the other half shows you dealing with the aftermath – and by "dealing with the aftermath," I mean "punching more people in the face."
And again, even this fails to capture the essence of Zeno Clash, whose most strongly defining characteristic, aside from face-punching, is its incredibly trippy visuals. The character and art design of the game is by far its strongest suit, placing you square in this bizarre, Dr. Seussian quasi-tribal, quasi-nightmare of a world, where nearly every inhabitant is some sort of monstrous hybrid, often half-pig, half-bird, half-elephant, or half-something you could never quite describe. It's a dirty, nasty place, and that's meant in the best possible way, as the atmosphere is incredibly strong and conveys at almost all times just how brutish and unrelentingly weird the whole thing is. Even the weapons look as though they were cobbled together by crazy people, or cribbed in part from David Cronenberg's eXistenZ. It's all as though Tim Burton dropped a great deal of acid and took a stab at redesigning the areas of Zen from the original Half-Life, and that's as strong a compliment as I can provide for this wildly inventive, creative, and unique visual experience.
This being the Ultimate Edition of the game, it comes complete with a few additional features, such as a character model viewer as well as the opportunity to work through a series of so-called "tower challenges" with a friend over co-op. Leaderboards have also been integrated into the game, a nice touch given the platform. They're nice if unnecessary for a game that's already decently lengthy, though the real breadth and longevity of the thing will derive entirely from your personal taste in the incessant pummelling, which, to be fair, is visceral and satisfying.
Overall: 7/10Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition is a helluva weird thing, a brawler wearing a thick shell of insanity, couched thoroughly in a madman's fever dream. The character and visual design is anything like you'll ever come across, as the game offers up a world filled with bizarre and monstrous humanoids to create a rich, thick atmosphere that should be experienced if only for its sheer originality. Perhaps somewhat unfortunately, the actual kernel of the game itself is somewhat less enjoyable, with the endless hand-to-hand (and occasional gun-to-face) combat becoming rather repetitive over time. Of course, this isn't to say the actual combat design is in any way deficient; in fact, it's surprisingly complex and satisfying. All in all, it's a strange game that most people will either love or hate, but something that most people should try at least once.
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Stock prices of Tim Hortons Inc. and Burger King shot up this week after news the two companies will merge. A new Canadian address will allow Burger King to pay lower taxes on its international earnings. Burger King's strength in the U.S. and overseas may help Tim Hortons to expand in those markets.
The deal is likely to be controversial in Washington. Elected officials, both Republican and Democrat, have complained that too many U.S. companies are avoiding U.S. corporate income tax by creating nominal head offices in countries with lower tax rates. Since control of the merged restaurant chains will rest with the New York investment firm 3G Capital, (already the controlling shareholder of Burger King) the Canadian head office may be denounced as a flag of convenience and a tax-avoidance device.
Tim Hortons has enjoyed spectacular success providing coffee, doughnuts and other baked goods to Canadians. It long ago overtook McDonalds as the leading fast-food chain in Canada. It stands miles ahead of Starbucks as a provider of brewed coffee for Canadians. Growth in Canada has slowed, however, and the company has been relying on new products and new locations outside Canada to keep the growth going.
In its most recent quarterly report, Tim Hortons announced its same-store sales in Canada grew by 2.6 per cent from the corresponding quarter a year earlier. The number of transactions declined, but customers spent more at each visit because of its new breakfast and lunch products. The chain kept Canadian sales growing by opening new stores. In the U.S., by contrast, same-store sales grew by 5.9 per cent. System-wide sales growth (counting newly opened stores) was 5.9 per cent in Canada and 12.3 per cent in the U.S. These results suggested Tim Hortons was achieving gradual success in its expansion into the U.S.
Tim Hortons said it liked the merger deal with Burger King because of "the potential to leverage Burger King's worldwide footprint and experience in global development to accelerate Tim Hortons growth in international markets."
That was approximately the same reason given for the previous Tim Hortons merger with the Wendy's hamburger chain 18 years ago. That merger came unstuck 10 years later when a potential acquisitor of Wendy's concluded that it could achieve better results by selling Tim Hortons into the market as a standalone company. The new owners of Tim Hortons may come to the same conclusion, especially if the U.S. tax advantages for Burger King turn out to be less than they were counting on. Tim Hortons clearly knows how to expand in the U.S., even without Burger King holding its hand.
Tim Hortons gave Canada the term "double-double" as a name for its sugary, milky coffee. Its advertising tag line "R-r-roll up the r-r-rim to win" became a distinctive Canadian gag, able to raise a smile of recognition from Canadians overseas, but merely puzzling to non-Canadians. This was brilliant marketing, and Canadians can be proud of the success the firm has achieved within Canada and to a lesser extent in the U.S. and overseas.
The new owners are wisely keeping the Burger King and Tim Hortons brands clearly distinct. People don't line up for coffee at Tims because of its international feel. They line up because it has become part of their daily routines and their consciousness. Any attempt to remake Tims into something less Canadian is likely to damage the brand and hurt Canadian sales.
Burger King draws significant shares of its revenue from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Pacific Asia. The experience of expansion in these regions may give Burger King some basis for showing Tims how to sell coffee and baked goods in those same regions, but the results may take many years to appear. The quicker result, if it works, will be Burger King's tax break.


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St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Inc., introduces GCC's newest luxury address with opening of The St. Regis Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi has become an attractive destination for GCC tourists, thanks to its status as a business hub and a regional tourism destination. Hotel guest arrivals this year passed 1.5 million by the end of July, an impressive 10 percent increase over the same period last year, according to a recent report from the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi). With upcoming trade shows, and sports and cultural events, hotel guests are expected to increase, TCA Abu Dhabi said.
Located on the vibrant Corniche in the heart of the UAE capital, The St. Regis Abu Dhabioffers bespoke luxury that combines the brand's unique legacy with exceptional Arabian hospitality. The St. Regis Abu Dhabi is part of Nation Towers and is the third St. Regis hotel to open in the Middle East since the brand was introduced to the region in 2011.
"We are proud to unveil The St. Regis Abu Dhabi, and we look forward to offering the bespoke guest experiences and unparalleled luxury for which the St. Regis brand is renowned," said Oliver Key, General Manager, The St. Regis Abu Dhabi. "We are excited to offer one-of-a-kind experiences to global travellers and local residents alike, including access to the world's highest suspended suite, the first Gary Rhodes restaurant in the emirate and the first Hommage Gentleman's Grooming Atelier in the GCC."
"We are delighted to partner with Starwood to offer Abu Dhabi's business and leisure travellers such an iconic address in the UAE capital," said Mr. Hamad Al Shamsi, Chief Executive Officer, International Capital Trading. "With The St. Regis Abu Dhabi, we will continue to contribute to the growth of the emirate's travel and tourism sectors, enhancing Abu Dhabi's expansion plans to realize its vision for Abu Dhabi 2030.
The St. Regis Abu Dhabi features 283 sumptuously-appointed guest rooms, including 55elegant suites, all offering panoramic waterfront views of the Arabian Gulf. Designed by Hirsch Bedner Associates(HBA) together with local designers, the hotel's understated interiors were inspired by the region's rich heritage and the St. Regis brand's legacy: designed with the colours of the local sands, the traditional cuisine and souks in mind, HBA has imagined a luxurious setting in Abu Dhabi that is steeped in a sophisticated Art Deco past.
The World's Highest Suspended Hotel Suite
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Lane Adkins; Quick Hits from my PM Inbox
From the forums of The Orange and Brown Report, my PM (private message inbox) has been filling up with questions regarding the team and specific players.
Here are Quick Hits from those the PM messages:
Q: Knowing what you know and expecting what you don't know, how do you see the quarterback battle playing out in training camp? Who will be the starter and/or who should be the starter?
LA: The quarterback position is as much up-for-grabs today as it was heading into the OTAs and mini-camp. While Derek Anderson has received some praise and promising press coverage, being the lesser of all the evils at this point, doesn't necessarily mean squat. All we know is that Anderson throws a nice ball and has made fewer errors than Frye and Quinn. I expect a clear-cut candidate to emerge, but that may not necessarily equate to the best player grasping the role and lining up under center. A little fly keeps buzzing by me, telling me there is a faction within the Browns organization that wants Frye under center until Quinn is ready.
Q: If Quinn and Thomas are in camp on time and play well, do you expect them to start and let the team take it bumps along the way? If not, who do they sit behind and do you believe sitting them because they are rookies is a legitimate reason?
LA: If both players are in camp on time - which is very questionable at this time - I would expect them to compete for a starting role. In the case of Thomas, if he is in camp, doesn't get hurt, and doesn't fall on his face, he is the starting left tackle. While Kevin Shaffer is an adequate talent, he is not not nearly as athletic, nor is he as fundamentally strong.
The Brady Quinn situation could prove to be an interesting tale. Getting him into camp on time is going to be difficult due to the perception of his value relative to draft position, as well as the position he plays. As for his on-field ability, Quinn displayed some very good things in the camp sessions, as well as displaying his inexperience with his surrounding players, speed of the game, and offensive scheme. For him to legitimately complete for the starting role, he needs to be in camp on time and make an immediate impression. When the games begin to be played in August is when I expect Quinn to display his ability to the fullest and make the decision at quarterback spot tough on the Browns' staff.
Q: What can you tell us about the rumors surrounding the Browns and Bill Cowher?
LA: Bill Cowher, due to his ties to the Browns of the past and his availability will remain a name mentioned in regards to Cleveland until this team wins, Crennel is let go, or he goes onto coach another team. From everything we have been told, he has not discussed anything with the Browns, officially or unofficially.
Q: Much has been made about wide receiver Tim Carter and how well he has done during the off-season training sessions and mini-camp. Do you see him as a viable option as the second or third receiver for the Browns this season?
LA: Many a man has considered a special talent until the pads go on and the hitting commences. Carter has been known to display great speed and quickness in the past. The issue with Carter while a member of the New York Giants was he tends to display the tendency to falter under pressure or when he is expected to contribute in a significant manner. He is getting a new start with the Browns and he is a player Crennel and Phil Savage like a great bit. Until he shows he can do it when it counts, I don't view him as anything more than a potential return man and a depth player at receiver. For the sake of this team, I hope I am missing the boat on Carter.
Q: If there was one thing about the Browns organization you could change, which would make this a better team today, what would it be?
LA: Tough question. The Browns track record in the draft has been poor. Free agent acquisitions have not really panned out, and the high profile positions on the coaching staff have been regularly maintained by inexperience.
In a nut-shell, I always fall back to Carmen Policy and Dwight Clark. These two men laid the groundwork and direction of this organization and it has been a failure. Also, Policy is responsible for Butch Davis, the coach and commandant.
Q: Tim Couch or Brady Quinn, who is the better quarterback?
LA: At the college level, both played with marginally talented teams and elevated those players around them. Where Couch played in a gimmick type offense and was successful, Quinn played under two different offensive systems and excelled. Tim Couch was not a bust of a player, though he ultimately was a bust of a selection, if that makes any sense. The Browns failed Couch starting in week-two of his rookie season when he thrust into the starting role and took unmerciful beatings for a few seasons. In the case of Quinn, let's see what transpires, as he does have much more talent surrounding him, especially along the offensive line. Though, in the end I believe the mistakes made with Couch will not be made with Quinn.
Q: Could you tell me the one defensive player you expect to be a surprise or make consistent contributions, which really would be unexpected this season?
LA: Rookie cornerback Eric Wright has been outstanding during the off-season training activities and mini-camp and could be starting opposite Leigh Bodden this season. This kid has star written all over him and he is very personable and confident, with great talent. An underdog due to his place on the depth chart is linebacker Leon Williams. I believe if he can gain the playing time, one of the starters, Andra Davis and D'Qwell Jackson may be relegated to being a backup. Williams' play late in the 2006 season was as good, if not better, than that of the present starters.


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The Canadian singer will pay tribute to his fans in one of the songs and tells why he is eligible to be the man of every girl's dreams in another track.
Less than a month before his new album "My World 2.0" arrives in the market, Justin Bieber shared what to expect from the CD in his Twitter. The pop singing sensation simultaneously tweeted the title of the album's tracks in respective orders.
"Anyone want to know the names of all the songs on MY WORLD 2.0?? We are less than 4 weeks away," he began. Afterwards, he names ten songs which will be included in his March 23 release, ranging from lead single "Baby" which features Ludacris and has been put out for download to a solo track "Never Let You Go" which is plotted to come out as the second single.
A song called "Smile" is declared as a fan appreciation tune. "This is the song I wrote for my fans and dedicate to them," Justin gushed. Another track titled "That Should Be Me" is "a song about how I should be your man," he continued.
"My World 2.0" tracklisting:
- "Baby" feat. Ludacris
- "Somebody to Love"
- "Stuck in the Moment"
- "Smile"
- "Runaway Luv"
- "Never Let You Go"
- "Overboard"
- "Eenie Mini" feat. Sean Kingston
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'Surviving the Cut' – Sometimes, I'm Thankful That I'm a Girl [VIDEO]
"This is designed to hurt. This is designed to hurt."
This was uttered over and over again on a recent episode of "Surviving the Cut," a kick-ass show on the Discovery Channel...
Do Babies and Pets Have Nightmares? [VIDEO]
For whatever reason, this week my sleep has been riddled with nightmares. Super scary, I feel like crawling into my parents' bed kind of terrifying. So, while I was sweating it out in the middle of the night, too scared to go back to sleep, I began to wonder: what must babies and animals think when they have nightmares?
Now, I don't have an actual baby, so I've never experienced a baby having a nightmare. But I do have my "babies" – animals – one of which has frequent night terrors. Can you image what's going through their minds?
What happens when the fishermen become the fish? [VIDEO]
Did you see the images of the Great White Shark that jumped out of the water and landed in a boat? Holy. Crap.
Luckily, the boaters were researchers and not fishermen (or in this case, fisherwomen), so karma was on their side...
Is Anyone Else Freezing?
OK, OK, I'm kind of being a jerk. But honestly, as I type this, I'm wrapped in a blanket with a heater on.
You see, this is why I don't mind the 90+ temperatures: people abuse air conditioning...
Prescriptions That Cure You. And Kill You.
If you suffer from COPD, you have a hard time breathing. But thanks to breakthrough prescriptions, relief is in sight. However, it will cost you.
Tis the Season for Festivals!
If you're a foodie – or a beerie – it's one of the best times to be in Buffalo. The Taste of Buffalo, while packed with hot, sweaty, hungry Buffalonians, is still the place to be this weekend. Food stands as far as the eye can see, each offering their own delicious mini menu of yummy goodness, gives you an excuse to be a glutton. You can counteract all the calories you're gorging on with the constant stream of sweat, copious amounts of walking and crowd fighting you have to endure. (Tip: pushing your way to the front of the line burns more calories than waiting patiently.)
Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf Get It On, Say it Isn't So
So, Shia LaBeouf is telling the world that he and Megan Fox did you-know-what during the filming of Transformers.
Megan, you're hot. Like super smoking hot. And Shia, well, not only are you less fortunate, you seem like a super huge d-bag, too. There's a reason your nerdy type was cast as the lead and super sexy Josh Duhamel plays a supporting role. Because you, indeed, fit the nerdy character.
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This weekend marks what used to be my favorite time of the year – the kickoff to summer vacation.
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An Ode to Dad.
Today is Father's Day! And in honor of all fathers out there, I'd like to share a list I've made. Similar to my Mother's Day "Dumb Things Moms Say," here are some doozies I've heard from various dads over my lifetime:
- I used to walk up hill – in the snow – both ways – to and from school
Stay Classy, Vancouver.
If you don't know me by now, let me assure you that I will never – ever – cheer for a team from New England. Actually, I hope every team has a big goose egg in the "W" column for the entire season. So, obviously when I was watching the Stanley Cup Final, I was cheering for Vancouver all the way. (Sidebar: I probably would've been anyway, since I utterly despise any team in the East who's not the Sabres.)


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I am getting very frustrated having these UTI's so frequently
None of the typical preventative ideas seem to work
have you done a uroflometery?
Now the irritable bowel has me concerned as well
what i a uroflometery?
I don't know what a uroflometery is.
thats a test thats very important for recurrent UTI
it will test the flow of your urine and whether you have a proper flow
my urologist did many tests I am not sure if that was among them
it will also give an idea of the residual urine in your bladder - an ultrasound is also needed for this
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i would advise you to discuss this with your doctor
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about a uroflometry test and an ultrasound for residual urine
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then this should be done - ask your urologist for this
this is important as it could be the cause of recurrent UTI
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It would be good to discover the cause
regarding IBS, this is something that can be tackled by diet
take bland diet as advised
Could IBS be caused by a giant hemangioma (which I have)
also add fiber to the diet - you can add flax fiber, this is helpful
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IBS is when there is no known cause
good diet along with fiber will help you to come out of it
My DR told me to hold off on the fiber for now he wants my colon to rest
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* The QB's gotta get rid of the ball to stay clean, and the offensive line also has to do its part. But more than that went into Ben Roethlisberger remaining upright on Sunday.
"I also thought we did a nice job changing some things up and assisting (the offensive line)," coach Mike Tomlin allowed on Monday. "Chips and so forth, the screen game assisted in that, some of the draws we executed.
"I thought it was just a good body of work by all parties involved. Not taking anything away, of course, from the offensive line, but I just thought it was a good group effort in regards to that."
It was also the latest exhibit in the Steelers continuing to state their case that the offense had to change. As it does we're continuing to get a more complete picture of what it'll look like as a finished product.
Points were still left on the field in Sunday's 16-14 win over Philadelphia, but that was mostly attributable to dropped passes, a presumed aberration.
When Ben stays upright and they catch the ball, watch out.
* Tomlin didn't mention checkdowns as a factor in Roethlisberger's first sack-free game since 2010, but they clearly were.
The 13-yard touchdown lateral to Rashard Mendenhall resulted, Roethlisberger said, from his resorting to a checkdown after someone had run the wrong route.
That was a first-and-10 from the Eagles' 13-yard line with 5:01 left in the second quarter.
In years past, Roethlisberger might have tried to extend the play in such a situation, and who knows what might have happened then?
This time, he simply tried to salvage something from a play gone wrong and it wound up changing the scoreboard.
* That pass/lateral touchdown was the latest exhibit in the stating of the case that you can't get the ball to Mendenhall in the flat too often.
* One of the most revealing plays of the game occurred on Philadelphia's second snap of the second half. Michael Vick escaped around left end and Lawrence Timmons flew past a pursuing James Harrison before eventually tracking Vick down after a gain of five.
That's the stuff Tomlin was no doubt referencing on Monday when he described Timmons as "a uniquely talented guy."
When Timmons applies his unique physical skill set with the relentlessness he unleashed against Philadelphia, and when he blitzes as often as he did against the Eagles, the Steelers can survive not having Troy Polamalu and LaMarr Woodley/James Harrison.
When Timmons is approaching his work with something less, the Steelers can't beat Oakland.
* The theory prior to the game was that the returns of Harrison and Polamalu might settle the rest of the defense down and allow everyone else to stop trying to do too much and just play.
Despite Polamalu's early exit, Harrison's appearance turned the trick.
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