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July 7, 1914
Redlands to join in pageant celebrating through trolley
Active preparation began today for the part which Redlands is to play in the Orange Belt Celebration on Saturday over the driving of "The Last Spike" at San Bernardino, which joins the Gate City to Los Angeles by the Pacific Electric and makes complete electrical connection of Redlands to Los Angeles.
A personal invitation from Judge Frank F. Oster, chairman of the celebration committee of the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Association, to President George S. Biggin of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce, was extended today by Harry Hammond Beall, special representative of the Orange Belt Festival. He is in Redlands arranging for this city's representation on Saturday.
Captain E.J. Underwood, city trustee, who was the first driver on the old mule car line, the first street railway in Redlands, has been asked to drive this old car in the big pageant. It is desired to have as many as possible of the old type of cars and methods of transportation shown in the parade to indicate the contrast between them and the new 1000 class cars, using 1200 voltage, which are to be in service to Los Angeles.
A. Underwood, who constructed this first mule car line, has also been extended a special invitation to be the guest of the celebration committee and ride in the pageant. Numbers of Redlands residents are planning to decorate their automobiles and take part in the parade. It is possible that the Redlands band may also participate.
After receiving his invitation today, Captain Underwood reminisced concerning the early days of traction railroading here.
"It was in 1889, just about this time, that my brother and Norman Barker, now deceased, built the old mule line. It ran from Orange and State streets to Center and Highland. We took about an hour to make the trip. At first when the road was just completed mules were short, and we used my brother's team of horses. Then we got four wild mules from San Jacinto. We ran out of the old car barn now used as a blacksmith shop by More & Templin. In order to turn the corner we had to have a piece cut off the old Citrograph building.
"We were very accommodating in those days. I remember one day the old band was going to the beach. John Wilson, now clearing house bank examiner in Los Angeles, played the flute. When we got about a quarter of a mile away from his house, he found he had forgotten the mouthpiece. So I simply hitched the mules to the other end and we went back after it.
"R.J. Waters, for many years president of the Citizens National Bank in Los Angeles, was the first general manager of the road."
Special trains are to be run to take the Redlanders to San Bernardino on Saturday. The celebration will start with the arrival of the first cars over the new road, and the driving of the last spike, a silver affair, by the mayors of Los Angeles and San Bernardino.
Following this will be the historic pageant, and in the afternoon and evening a special program of sports will take place at Urbita Springs Park, where the exhibits used in the parade are to be parked until Monday.
July 9, 1914
Lost car found but dismantled — first trolley car in the parade
Advertise a lost article in the Facts and you will always find it. Redlands people have found that to be true. The old street car which Cap. Underwood used to drive in the days when the town was young and Cap. was in the kindergarten class, has been found. The trucks of it are down in the gravel pit of the Santa Ana wash. Where the body went, no one knows, and as the body was the picturesque part, probably the trucks will not be resurrected for pageant purposes for Saturday, at San Bernardino. But anything that is lost, from diamonds to street cars, advertise them in the Facts and the information will come in.
The Pacific Electric has also located the first electric car which ran on the Redlands line in 1899. No, it is not now in use and has not been for some little time. Loud pedal on the "little." That car is to be in the parade Saturday, and the management of the big show wants 32 people who were here in 1899, and who used to ride in the car, to be their guests on that occasion and ride again Saturday. There won't be any conductor to call "fare, please," on Saturday, so this ride will be different from those of olden days.
Pioneers of the vintage of 1899 are urged to call up the Chamber of Commerce and leave their names with Miss Ripy if they will go to San Bernardino Saturday and ride in the old coach. The first 32 to apply and agree to go, will be accommodated.
It is also the plan, if the management of the celebration wants more numbers, to try and get a delegation of Redlands automobiles to go into the parade, just to show our neighborly feeling. Miss Ripy and President Biggin of the Chamber of Commerce are expected to work that feature out so that announcement can be made tomorrow.
A sure-enough old-time relic was dug up at the Chamber of Commerce today by Secretary Ripy. It is a United States mail sack which bears this legend placed by Secretary Thaxter many years ago: "Mail sack used by first stage into San Bernardino. Loaned by H.A. Welton, to whom it was given by Mrs. Pierson, daughter of Mr. Grant, owner of the stage line."
Old settlers will remember Dr. J.H. Pierson, who lived at the Mission. Captain Grant, who, with James Stewart, owned the stage line, has been dead nearly 40 years.
The old Board of Trade rooms had a great many curios and the owners were notified to call and get them when removal was made to the newer building. Many of them were not claimed, the old mail sack among them. It will be sent over to San Bernardino and used on the old stage coach.
JuLY 11, 1914
Completion of trolley line basis for big celebration
All Redlands went to the big pageant and display at San Bernardino today, celebrating the completion of the trolley road between Los Angeles and San Bernardino Valley points. Double headers ran on the morning hours of the trolley schedule between Redlands and the county seat, automobiles went by the hundreds, actually forming a line so that one had to keep his place in the procession, not being able to get by those in front, because of the large number.
Miss Ripy, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, gave out Redlands badges, handsome white ones with golden oranges thereon, as long as they lasted, and many had to go without. The Redlands badges were most conspicuous in the crush on the streets at the county seat.
And Redlands had a great place in the parade. The Redlands car in the procession of antiquated trolley transportation outfits was manned by A.S. Davis as motorneer and A.G. Lake as conductor. These faithful employees have been on the local line so long that the memory of the oldest inhabitant hardly runneth back thereto. They looked "so natural" today. In the Redlands car rode a coterie of pioneer women and men, and the Redlands band marched in front, easily taking the place of honor as to quality of music furnished during the day. Redlands' "Flyless Town" float, with H.N. Meacham driving and Fly Catcher Chapman riding, had another place of prominence at the extreme end of the industrial part of the parade, and attracted much attention.
It was a big day for San Bernardino and for the valley. People crowded into the county seat from every direction, and incidentally waited two solid hours for the parade to start. The visitors from Los Angeles, including President Paul Shoup, Mayor Rose and other dignitaries who came in on the first through trolley car, were just that much late in arriving. It is to be hoped that the service will be on time in the future. It undoubtedly will. Fortunately the day was a fine one. It was not excessively warm. A fine cooling fog covered the valley this morning. And the sun's rays were not uncomfortable all day long. And while the big crowd perspired, it waited patiently until after noon for the procession to start.
Promptly after the arrival of the visitors from Los Angeles the silver spike was driven. Participating in this ceremony were Mayor Catick, of San Bernardino; Mayor Rose, of Los Angeles; President Paul Shoup and other notables. The orange wood tie in which the spike was driven was laid in front of the Southern Pacific and Salt Lake depot on Third Street. Then started the big parade.
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Harold Ndebele is accused of raping the schoolgirl in a Rembrandt Park Primary School classroom in June last year.
Ndebele, who pleaded not guilty, has been in custody since his arrest last year.
The girl testified in camera on Wednesday because she is a minor.
The defence gave the seven-year-old five photographs for her to point out who the rapist was.
The girl told the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court she had identified her alleged rapist.
The girl's defence lawyer then asked her to point him out.
"Now I want you to point out Uncle Harold," the lawyer said.
The girl replied without hesitating: "(He is) Number 2."
"Is that the person who undressed you and placed his private parts into your private parts?" he asked.
"Yes," the girl replied quickly.
The matter was postponed to June 13.
The public gallery was packed with members of the Economic Freedom Fighters, who were there to support the victim's family.
Seated parallel to the party's members were the family of the accused.
The court had been cleared earlier to enable the matter to be heard in camera.
Previously, The Star reported that the 7-year-old's grandmother allegedly caught the 39-year-old man in the act in a classroom.
"The door was shut, no one was answering, so I opened. He was behind the stack of chairs with my child," the woman said.
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PHIL JAQUES has credited recent laser eye surgery with improving his batting and fielding.
Prior to the tour of the Caribbean, Jaques had worn contacts at the crease to rectify long-sightedness and astigmatism. But since undergoing the surgery, the Australian opener has dispensed with the lenses and believes he is seeing the ball with a clarity he had not previously known.
"I decided to bite the bullet and go for the laser eye," Jaques said following his innings of 108 at Kensington Oval.
"It was really good. I found that high balls were heaps better, batting I've got a lot more time and I don't have to worry about the contacts. It's a big relief. It's pretty much changed my life, I think."
Jaques was certainly seeing the ball well in the second innings, completing his second Test century and first outside Australia. Content to remove hook and pull shots from his repertoire, the left-hander instead concentrated on driving and cutting against a frustrated West Indian attack, which had few answers to his patience.
"It was definitely a different approach to us with regards to the short-pitched bowling," Jaques said.
"We sort of thought that that was probably the biggest way that we were going to get out on this wicket, particularly when the ball started to get a little bit older and a bit more variable.
"We decided just to get in behind it, or sway out of the way, or get up the other end rather than play the big hook shots that we played earlier on in the game. It seemed to pay off later in the game."
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Rome — Fr. Frans Thoolen has traveled to Sierra Leone to collect testimony from child soldiers and to South Africa to help make peace between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party. He once went on a two-week hunger strike in support of Moroccan immigrants seeking legal documentation in the Netherlands.
The Dutch priest, a member of the Society of African Missions, has dedicated much of his life to working directly with uprooted people, often far from public view.
"Taking up their cause ... it's not something you develop in a chair. You have to be touched by it," he said, then quoted an African proverb: "What the eye has seen, the heart never forgets."
Yet after years of service in the field, Thoolen left the front lines to continue his struggle from, of all places, an office chair. In 2001, he brought his passion for his mission to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Travelers.
Now, Thoolen finally has the world's attention. Working with his colleagues behind the scenes, he has helped provide the foundation of the Holy See's response to the international refugee crisis.
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As world leaders grow increasingly aware of the plight of displaced people, including victims of trafficking, the Holy See has become a pre-eminent moral authority on the matter. At the council's recent plenary assembly, Pope Francis appealed to the global community to treat migrants and refugees with dignity and respect.
"Their condition cannot leave us indifferent," the pope said. "Their flesh is that of Christ."
The urgency of the pope's appeal is reflected in the council's latest document, "Welcoming Christ in Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Persons," released Thursday, which places a new focus on trafficking and argues that internally displaced persons (IDPs) deserve the same protections as refugees who have fled to a new country.
The document focuses on the very people Thoolen has spent more than 40 years serving, starting even before he was ordained a priest in 1983, and continues to serve at the Vatican today.
The priest laughingly recalls the brevity of his interview for his current post.
"They said, 'We have one question: If you are chosen, are you prepared to take the job?' "
The council, established by Pope Paul VI in 1970, focuses on the needs of a wide range of "people on the move," including migrants, refugees, IDPs, victims of human trafficking, international students, pilgrims, tourists, sailors, civil aviation workers, nomads (including the Sinti and Roma peoples), and circus and carnival workers.
Thoolen and his colleague, Francesca Dona, head the section for refugees and IDPs, defined as those forced to leave their homes but remaining within the borders of their own countries.
The priest frequently travels to the United Nations in Geneva and visits refugees across the globe. But most of his days are spent in his office, compiling news and data, analyzing information and preparing reports.
He says his agenda is varied. One day the focus may be on raising awareness of the consumer's responsibility for ending forced labor. The next may involve drafting a proposal for requiring bishops to report their anti-trafficking efforts during their periodic ad limina visits to Rome.
Thoolen emphasizes that a Vatican council does not have the authority of a congregation, which can impose policies on local churches.
"We can start a dialogue with (the local churches)," he said, but "we cannot force our views on them."
The council's most recent document comes at a critical moment for refugees, especially those from the two-year civil war in Syria, whose plight has recently caught the international community's attention.
"We see Jesus suffering in the inhabitants of the beloved Syria," Pope Francis said in his Wednesday address to Catholic aid agencies. "We cannot turn our backs."
"It is a disaster," Thoolen said of Syria, yet observed that it is only one of many countries in desperate need: "Is it much different from the situation in Congo?"
Despite the range of global crises that his job requires him to think about every day, Thoolen remains optimistic.
He points to the wall of his office, covered with photos of refugees from all over the world.
"The most important thing is not the information," he said. "The most important thing is to see the faces of the people, to look into their eyes and to see, to hear, their hope."
[Clare Myers is a student at the University of Dallas and an intern at the Catholic News Service Rome bureau.]
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Vixen Chat: Indigo Charlie Dishes On Darkest Relationship, Style Risks + Today's Fashion Icons
Wow. On the beauty side, what are some beauty products you have to have with you at all times?
I carry MAC Studio Fix, because even though I wear liquid makeup out of the house, I have the Studio Fix to keep it not oily during the day. Then I have a red MAC [lipstick] that I always keep in my bag. I think red lips are a cure to all! I just got introduced to Lime Crime. They sent me some of the most amazing lipstick and eye shadow that I have ever seen in my entire life. They sent me the perfect [nude color]; it's more brown.
Oh, you're definitely a glam girl! What is next for you?
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Discussion in 'Cars Lobby' started by Tiger61378, Aug 5, 2012.
You decide: http://now.msn.com/bike-dents-car-bumper
But officer, his brake lights never came on!
The bike wheel is bent, yet that bumper looks like it got the worst of it.
Looks like a cheap econo-box anyway.
Had it been 15 years ago the wheel probably woulda been buckled more but double walled alloy rims, especially if they're laced with 32 or more spokes, makes a very strong wheel no matter the brand these days (there are much stronger rims), a small radiator certainly won't survive the same impact.
When people forget they have a bike on the roof of their car and drive into their garage the bike is always the last thing to get damaged, significant damage to the roof of the car always occurs otoh.
If you think about it, it is less of a surprise than expected. The lb's per sq. inch of pressure put on the fender which most likely just missed the actual bumper made to absorb impact was pretty high with a small wheel hitting it. The actual PSI that the wheel is made to endure is most likely rather high. The wheel still folded all the same, but the more dramatic visual cue of damage is on the plastic covering that is right between reinforced areas of the frame/bumper, fender.
The bumper taking damage more easily than the bike wheel isn't too much of a surprise or that difficult to understand if you knew that the car ran into the bike while the bike was pretty firmly stuck in place. But how would it be stuck in place? I mean what's odd to me is that the bike didn't lose the battle just because of how lightweight it is. I would think the car should have had way more momentum and just knocked the bike away/down before major damage happened to the bumper. Was the rider like 700 lbs? Was the bike stuck against a wall? Or is my physics just failing me here?
... Although it does kind of look like the bike got stuck under the bumper somehow... or something.
That picture makes it look like I can punch a whole through the hood.
Well, that IS a Chev car...
It had to be said .
You can punch a hole through the whole hood?
With my bare hands
Your two strong
No, those are some of the same thoughts I'm having. Why didn't the car push the bike instead of swallowing it? THAT is the real question.
I am guessing that the plastic hit the tire and immediately started to deform slightly from the bottom, folding in and holding the wheel upright. I am guessing that the force was coming from over half way up the wheel which would direct the force down, increasing the traction of the tire which began to support some of the weight of the car, vastly increasing it's traction.
After the initial impact (which should be plenty) there would've been a greater surface area of the tyre on the bumper than the road


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Ely webcam shows fresh snow today.
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Our well advertised weekend thaw is on track to open December on a mild note. The European model is forecasting a 6 day "thaw" starting Saturday to open the month of December.
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NOAA's NAM (North American Mesoscale Model) shows a big storm in the North Pacific moving into the Pacific Northwest by Friday.
As the system moves inland, it will act as a kind of "heat pump"… turning winds into the south across the Upper Midwest.
Unseasonably mild air will again spill north into the Upper Midwest by this weekend.
The latest GFS & Euro model runs are still advertising temperatures in the upper 40s this weekend, peaking Monday…probably in the 50s.
Source: NOAA via Iowa State University
That's about +15 to +20 degrees vs. average for early December.
NOAA's GFS Model brings peak warming on Monday.
Temps should cool a bit next week, but are still likely to trend above average through the first week of December.
Right now I still don't see any big snow in sight for southern Minnesota. The GFS is hinting at a possible snow system along about December 10th or 11th, followed by much colder weather, but that's way too far out to be credible at this point.
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"And I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of the fabulous four"
This album doesn't begin, it explodes. Thudding drum and ominous, deadened piano chords hang for a moment heavy with threat, briefly preceding a punk blitzkrieg of fuzzing guitar, amphetamine beat and an eruption of snarling vocals, Ezra Furman informing us "I wanna destroy something/I wanna destroy myself". The violence and the anger are clear, but the spice of throaty sax tells us that he's out to set down something far beyond inchoate noise or any primitive garage thrash freakout.
Ezra Furman is a Chicago-based indie-rocker who has had 4 studio albums recording with his previous band, The Harpoons. Alongside his current line-up, trading under the name of Ezra Furman & The Boyfriends, Day Of The Dog is their second long player for Bar None Records. I'm not personally familiar with Furman's back-catalogue but, on the strength of this record, I'm very much looking forward to getting acquainted.
'Tell 'Em All to Go to Hell' is a dark 50's groover, the sound of a formica and neon diner on an archetypal fratboy Friday night, Chevys and Cadillacs lined gleaming outside, but the real scene within the bright diner is of a generation who are damaged, deranged and haunted by their own apocalyptic folklore. Rather than conjuring the inherent romance normally evoked by the contagious greaser beat and the irrepressibly joyful bounce of the sax, the jiving teenagers are gnawed hollow with the frustrations and sadness of life that are far more universal than merely adolescent, or ordinarily found within boy-meets-girl twelve bar blues.
Furman's magic malice is briefly sedated (though it still retains a caustic bite despite the throwaway essence of the track) for the pure pop perfection of this album's first single, 'My Zero'. It's an immediately beguiling piece of dashboard-tapping gold; jilted-lover lamentations over warm acoustic guitar, cruising percussion, those ever-loving saxophones and a synth foundation of bitter-sweet beauty. Resistance to its assured charms is futile.
That brief departure in to floating colour is swiftly and brutally punctured by the arrival of the title-track. Furman is in his most Lennon-raw register (although he gets equally close to Dr. Winston O'Boogie later on with the rasping wail of 'And Maybe God Is A Train' and 'Been So Strange'), raking his half-strangled sneer over a hesitant, funereal piano progression and guitar crunch. The lyrical landscape is grimly Biblical and combative. "From the bums on the street to the prisoners inside/From the losers cast out to the runaway child/And the wandering slave through the wilderness fog/They're all lying in wait for the day of the dog".
'Walk On In Darkness' is maybe the album's most Dylan-esq in terms of vocal delivery and it kicks along with a jagged rockabilly restlessness. "Walk on in darkness and I will not understand/Walk on in darkness, black, opaque and devious." At one point Furman literally growls like a beaten dog biding its vengeful time just before the second verse, and it seems like a completely organic sound, unrehearsed, as though he's authentically sickened and impatient with the human business of verbalising his despair. It's a song of defeat and fury, a track that's not striking a lyrical or stylistic pose: the man who inhabits this sound is smashing his head against the fucking wall.
The rage subsides, or rather shifts to a different focus, for 'Cold Hands', perhaps the closest this fundamentally twisted album edges toward something which could be termed a love song. The simple blues-rock acoustic riff of the first verse graduates to a searing crescendo of piano as the sensual declaration unwinds. "I'm at your bedroom window tonight/Scratching up on the glass/I wanna be held in your cold hands".
On 'Anything Can Happen' bright piano and thigh-squeezing riff are juxtaposed again with the wild-eyed anger at the heart of this whole record. The rolling elegance of the piano and skiffle shuffle of the percussion returns with 'The Mall', a song about the adrenaline, confusion and euphoria we madden ourselves with after a healthy dose of strange and unexpected sex.
With 'Slacker / Adria' Furman dials his tone down to a Velvet Underground, rolling his tongue (firmly in cheek) emphatically in to the narcotic sardonic realm of dear-departed Reed, "How'm I gonna find a new drummer? Been playing with him since last summer" he drawls. As the title suggests, this is two songs sewn together or, possibly, it's some species of miniature opera. The rhythm cuts and shifts at the end of the second verse and we're elevated beyond cute irony and pastiche, a new poetic voice emerges. The 'Adria' section is a soaring incantation, "And sometimes in the night when I'm out of my senses/I see a wide-open country without any fences/I see white crosses burning across a dark landscape/And there's no hidden keys and there's no secret handshake."
This is an album of restless rock and roll perfection. It's a creature rising forth from the exact science of vintage pop mutated with a malicious punk Frankenstein, the creation of a charming monster which has been sharing a filthy bed with Buddy Holly, John Lennon and Lou Reed, among others.
It's a work of boot-stomping nihilistic punk flavoured with polite hand-clap and finger-click rhythms. Leather-jacketed garage dirt-groove carried toward daylight by boisterous brass. It's not so much 'Darkness At The Edge of Town', it's more an intrinsic black void festering within the broken heart of the universe. This is a record of a sickness in the mind and soul; its world is corrupt, bleak and nightmarish. Ezra Furman's genius lies in blending this deep-seated melancholia against the brisk, brash and enlivening force of its rock, its roll, its refusal to lie down.
Rating: ★★★★
Pick up a copy of Day Of The Dog now from iTunes.
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Dale Miller, Larimer County Road & Bridge Director, received the Elaine Spencer Award at the Colorado Counties/Colorado Association of Road Supervisors and Engineers (CARSE) annual meeting.
The Elaine Spencer Award is awarded to a CARSE Member for outstanding service to the CARSE Organization. Dale has been a great supported of CARSE since joining in 1991. During that time he has been a board member, officer, currently serves as the liaison between CARSE and the Colorado Counties Transportation Committee.
The Elaine Spencer Award is named in honor of former Larimer County Engineer, Elaine Spencer. Ms. Spencer was a founding member of CARSE and worked tirelessly to develop CARSE as a professional organization.


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Watch This: Adorable Little Girl Wants Her Dad To Stop Meddling
When Ryan Hunley asked his daughter August if she needed help unbuckling her car seat, she got annoyed and responded with a comeback I'm going to use from now on whenever anyone gets all up in my business: "Worry about yourself!" This video made me laugh when I really needed it. I hope it does the same for you. [YouTube via Laughing Squid]


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A vegan potluck will be held from 6:00 -7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 9th at the Clerical Technical Union located at the Northeast corner of Hagadorn and Lake Lansing Roads.
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ZTE Flash for Sprint appears at Wirefly and Best Buy, high-end specs confirmed
0. phoneArena posted on 12 Nov 2012, 08:36
The pricing is not bad either - $99.99 on Wirefly, $149.99 on Best Buy, which fits our rumor hint of $130 about in the middle. Best Buy currently has it in "sold out" status, whereas Wirefly will ship it "when available". The off-contract price with Wirefly is $479.99, which is pretty reasonable for the specs, but let's wait and see what the complete review will be saying...
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1. Captain_Doug (Posts: 1035; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
How come on screen keys in pic but the specs page has capacitive? Also, this is essentially my dream phone size wise. But ZTE?... we'll see.
6. thunder18 (Posts: 140; Member since: 06 Aug 2009)
The screen itself is capactive in nature so having on-screen keys doesn't make the keys not capacitive, in my mind.
7. Captain_Doug (Posts: 1035; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
That is a really good point...
2. Roomaku (Posts: 278; Member since: 06 Feb 2012)
How forgettable!
3. rembo65 (Posts: 58; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
Unless someone is really dedicated to Sprint, I don't see another reason to get this instead of Lumia 920
4. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
a couple reasons why someone would get this instead of the Lumia 920:
1) They have Sprint, which at this time is not getting the Lumia 920. If they want that phone they have to switch carriers.
2) Its android instead of WP8. A lot of people still aren't sure about Microsoft's new OS, whereas Android is considered familiar to many people.
Anyway, got word from work that this phone apparently has been delayed slightly.
5. mydi.maus (unregistered)
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Second Hand Games market is more damaging than Piracy
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Co-founder of Blitz Games Studios, Andrew Oliver, has said that the second hand games market is having a more damaging effect on the games industry than Piracy.
He said that because of the amount of times a game is changing hands thanks to trade in services, the royalties going back to publishers can be effectively quartered.
"I understand why players do this, games are expensive and after a few weeks of playing you've either beaten it, or got bored of it so trading it back in to help pay for the next seems sensible when people are short of cash," says Oliver.
"The money going back up the chain is a fraction of what it was only a few years ago. This is a much bigger problem than piracy on the main consoles."
The pre-owned market appears to be growing. Argos, Asda and Tesco have all started game trading services this year.
But.... according to an old (2007) article in The Ledger, the small shops that sell video games have to rely heavily on second-hand sales in order to keep up with their chain-store competitors. By focusing on the used games side of the business, retailers can control the pricing of their inventory, whereas with new games, the price is fixed and a retailer may only make $10 or less for one title. With the used games, buying low and selling high has allowed a lot of these stores to stay open.


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Do some readers hate your book? Good! You're doing something right!
There's been a big, uh.. kerfuffle… in the reader community recently that has had me cringing, stupefied and scared at turns. As an unpublished writer I have yet to experience first-hand what it's like to get a negative review, so my post today is partly a way to mark down my thoughts on this so […]Read More →


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Why do Muslims always think we 'infidels' need to be educated about Islam?
Two not so all-American Muslim women whine about being misunderstood by non-Muslims. Well, here's a bulletin: we know more about your stinking so-called religion than we ever wanted to know.
But maybe you could tell us why you have to wash your dirty feet in public restroom sinks where we wash our hands? As for your wearing of headbags (hijabs), the two of you would do the world a favor if you wore the full face-covering veil – niqab.


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While staying in the area, be sure to spend a day exploring nearby areas, like Appio Latino, Celio and Policlinico.
Pigneto has a number of cultural attractions within easy reach that allow visitors to really get a feel for the area. Visit some of the remarkable exhibit spaces and museums including the Museo degli Strumenti Musicali and the Historic Museum of the Liberation. Enjoy the wonderful exhibits at the National Museum of Oriental Art.
If the sun is shining, follow the lead of the locals who know the area best and head outside to the nearby parks and reserves. Rest a while and see the locals at their relaxed best in tranquil places such as the Colle Oppio Park.
Those with some time to spare in the Pigneto area will not want to miss out on Santa Prassede, the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano and the Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore. Learn about history at Porta Maggiore and the Palace of the Holy Steps.
When you're ready to slow down after a long day exploring the charming streets of Pigneto, check in to one of the area's range of short and long stay accommodation options. Whether you're staying for a night or a few weeks check out the amenities at the Hotel Morgana, the Mecenate Palace, and the popular Eurostars Roma Aeterna.


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This week the weather in Guangzhou was especially hot and sunny. Sunny days are rare in the city due to the smog, pollution and typically rainy weather, so dressing for this kind of weather is especially hard. I was excited to spot this Fashionista with her light and comfortable outfit. Not only this outfit is perfect for the weather, but it is suitable to wear for many casual occasions.
This Fashionista's outfit includes a white cropped tank. It is simple, but the details on the tank make it more interesting. A cropped tank like this one is perfect for a hot day; not only is it loose and breathable but it is also white. White and light colored clothing are a must for summer. This Fashionista paired her cropped tank with light blue jean shorts. The shorts add funk to the outfit with ripped detailing and a fringed hem. As seen in this outfit, a girly tank with some washed jeans can make any outfit stand out.
My theory is that any simple outfit can be spiced up and have a classic touch with a designer bag. For instance, this Fashionista finished off her outfit with a Coach bag. The bag is large and spacious enough for anything you need to take on a day out and adds a chic feel to the look.
As for the shoes, this Fashionista wore brown sandals. These sandals are a basic must have. They can be worn with any outfit during the summer.
So, when the weather is bright and sunny, fight off the heat like this Fashionista did with an outfit that's breezy and cool.
Captured: This Fashionista was waiting for her friends by the mall in downtown Guangzhou, China.


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There are nail-biter elections, and then there is the battering that Adriane Carr's cuticles got on Saturday night.
"You know what? They don't look good, but I feel great," says Ms. Carr, able to laugh now after the nerve-wracking ride of Saturday's Vancouver municipal election.
After seven previous tries over nearly three decades, the Green Party candidate won an election, as a Vancouver city councilor, but not before a see-saw night that saw her drop in and out, and then back in, to the 10th and final slot on council.
It's a breakthrough moment not just for Ms. Carr, but for the Green movement nationwide, with an elected representative in a major Canadian city – one that is largely synonymous with environmental concerns in the minds of many Canadians. There have been other instances of Greens winning municipal seats, in Victoria and Kelowna, but Vancouver is a different matter, particularly as Mayor Gregor Robertson gears up for his sizeable ambition of making the city the greenest on the planet by the end of this decade.
Ms. Carr, 59, says she saw the first stirrings of that breakthrough in the first round of election results. There were two polls reporting, from the east end of Vancouver, which has in recent elections swung heavily to the left-leaning slate of Vision Vancouver and the Coalition of Progressive Electors, or COPE. On Saturday, those voters were also opting for Ms. Carr, enough to put her in contention for the 10th and final council spot.
"I realized people were including me as part of the Vision-COPE slate," she said.
When votes were counted in the south part of Vancouver, she dropped out of the top 10, with a Non-Partisan Association candidate edging into that spot. But she was still in contention, so that when less NPA-friendly areas were counted, she leapfrogged back into the 10th council spot.
Ms. Carr attributes her success to the profile she has built up over successive elections, endorsements from a wide range of people and the emphasis she placed on local development issues, including Vancouver's eco-density initiative, and what she contends is a lack of consultation on the spread of high-rise buildings that are at the heart of that initiative.
It also couldn't have hurt that she was able to lean on the brand power of the Green movement, and that she was the only Green candidate on the Vancouver ballot.
Having finally won office, Ms. Carr now has to face up to the reality that she is just one voice – and one inexperienced in municipal politics, at that – on a council where the mayor's party has a commanding majority.
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Kaiser Permanente Becomes HealthSpan Today
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Cleveland, OH (October 1, 2013)
Members of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio will be served by HealthSpan Integrated Care beginning today, October 1. HealthSpan received approval from the Ohio Department of Insurance yesterday to begin providing care and coverage in Northeast Ohio.
The biggest change that most members will notice is the new name and signage that will begin appearing in coming weeks, as the health plan and the physician group begin operating as HealthSpan. HealthSpan is comprised of: HealthSpan Physicians, a not-for-profit medical group practice serving Northeast Ohio, and HealthSpan Integrated Care that will operate as a not-for-profit HMO.
"We are thrilled that 95 percent of the Ohio Permanente Medical Group physicians joined HealthSpan Physicians, ensuring continuity of care for our plan members," said HealthSpan Integrated Care President Ken Page. "The high quality, affordable care that members expect will continue."
Additionally, HealthSpan has committed to honoring all Kaiser Permanente Ohio benefits contracts throughout 2013 as well as honoring the 2014 contracts in place. Members will not experience any significant changes in care. All of the organization's 15 locations will remain open.
Dr. Nabil Chehade, who will serve as HealthSpan Physicians' President and Market CEO, said, "The heart of our practice is for every health care practitioner to work together to help our patients. Whether members see a primary care physician or a specialist, the physician and staff care team delivers an integrated approach to their treatment and preventative care. We make healthcare easier, because working together reduces the number of office visits and medical tests a patient needs. We offer unparalleled access in terms of office visits, phone calls with practitioners and even email access to caregivers. We are pleased to announce that HealthSpan Physicians will continue to deliver that model of integrated care."
"Our highest priority is to reassure plan members that the benefits they have today will not change as a result of this transition," said Ken Page. "Many people are currently making decisions about their 2014 coverage. We want to welcome them to HealthSpan."
Over time, there will be changes in the hospital network serving the organization. HealthSpan has signed an agreement with University Hospitals to serve patients' acute care needs starting in 2014. Every decision regarding where patients are treated will be made by a HealthSpan physician to best meet the patient's needs.
The plans offered by Kaiser Permanente on the Health Insurance Exchange will still be available, and are among the most competitively priced in the Cleveland market.
Current plan members with questions should contact customer relations at 800-686-7100. People who want more information about 2014 benefits packages can call: 216-479-5770 or 1-800-400-1907. Existing Medicare members should call 800-493-6004. HealthSpan's website, www.HealthSpan.org/welcome also provides content to assist members and prospective customers.
HealthSpan Integrated Care and HealthSpan Physicians are part of HealthSpan Partners, a non-religious holding company that invests in innovative healthcare advances and serves as an auxiliary organization to Catholic Health Partners.
About HealthSpan Partners
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, HealthSpan Partners is an auxiliary organization of Catholic Health Partners. HealthSpan Partners includes HealthSpan Physicians, a medical group practice serving Northeast Ohio and HealthSpan Integrated Care, formerly Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio, Inc. Online at www.HealthSpan.org.
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a heart defect that is present
at birth (congenital) in which the left side of the heart and aorta are very
small or underdeveloped. The small left ventricle makes the right ventricle responsible for pumping blood to the
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Over time, too little blood may be pumped to the body, leading to
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TORONTO (Jun. 24)
A group of 59 Toronto doctors have sent a petition to the Canadian government condemning the United Nations and urging that the Western democratic countries end their support to the world body. The petition also urged Canada's immediate withdrawal from UNESCO because of its resolutions excluding Israel from the European regional group. "We felt that the UN has degenerated into a meaningless, useless organization," said Dr. Joseph Grader, who organized the petition drive. The petition criticized the UN General Assembly for allowing Yasir Arafat, head of the PLO to address it last November and for the exclusion of Israel from UNESCO.


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`Waterless cleaners`
It says here to use a "use a waterless cleaner to cleanse your face several times a day" for oiliness. Can you give me an idea of what those products would be? I don`t know what to buy. Thank you.
Waterless cleaners are mixtures of water and surfactants, preservatives, and occasionally long-chain alcohols. They vary with manufacturers. Your drugist can give you a list. Commonly used ones are Cetaphil waterless cleaner, Purpose waterless cleaner, Aveeno waterless cleaner. Your pharmacist can direct you to the right one and give you advice.
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The hunt is on to the find the relatives of a highly-decorated war hero.
Sutton Council are seeking descendants of Alfred Pollard, the borough's only winner of a Victoria Cross (VC).
To mark 100 years since the start of the First World War, commemorative paving stones will be laid up and down the country.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has introduced the programme to remember soldiers who were honoured with a VC.
Commemorative slabs will be presented to councils from August 2014, and the laying of Mr Pollard's stone is set for April 2017.
The date marks the anniversary of the battle for which he was handed the honour.
Between April 9 and May 16 1917, the British troops and their allies launched an attack on German defences on the Western Front.
The assault became known as the Battle of Arras.
On April 29 Mr Pollard was fighting in Gavrelle, France, when his troop came under heavy shellfire.
The men were thrown into disarray and their order fell apart.
Second Lieutenant Pollard got four men together and launched an audacious counter attack which defeated the enemy assault.
He managed to gain a huge amount of ground and the troop were regrouped.
The Victoria Cross recognises bravery in the face of an enemy, and is the highest military decoration a soldier can receive.
Andrew Arnold, a Sutton-based historian, said: "Pollard was decorated many times and received other honours as well as the VC.
"From what I have heard he was a soldier who relished the war, who actually enjoyed the fighting.
"I think he had an older brother who died in the war, so maybe that had something to do with it.
"Usually I would say the likelihood of finding his relatives is slim, because it depends on direct links through his family.
"However with all the publicity and press around the First World War, perhaps now there is as good a chance as any."
Born in Wallington in 1893, Mr Pollard worked as a clerk for an insurance company, before volunteering for service on 8 August 1914.
When the First World War broke out on July 28, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion Honourable Artillery Company.
He was wounded twice in the conflict but returned to his unit both times after recovery.
The MP for Carshalton and Wallington Tom Brake, said: "Mr. Pollard is not just a local hero but also a national hero.
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In 1918 Mr Pollard married, and went on to serve as a pilot officer in the RAF until the mid 1920's.
He also became a writer of fiction and non-fiction after the war, publishing over 60 books.
In 1932 he released his autobiography 'Fire-Eater: the Memoirs of a VC.'
Mr Pollard died in Bournemouth in December 1960.
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Re: On a day honoring TOLERANCE :(
- I figured you would misinterpret my comments, Toni. I'm trying to help you. I don't do challenges. I'm not the one with a group of people calling for my head. I personally don't care what you do to justify your finds--thats *your* numbers and it does not have any effect on mine. But that also doesn't mean that I have to be mute on the matter either. You have a history of doing it "wrong" in many people's eyes (as you admitted yourself with your last post) but everyone likes you so most wouldn't say so. It's not an issue unless you want to make it one--we all like you Toni. If you can't take justified and legit criticism then thats your problem not mine. I'm just trying to help as to what might have spurred this backlash since I find it hard to believe this all is from a single cache. More likely this was the tipping point and not the the fuse. But what do i know? Apparently you don't even do that stuff anymore tho do its whatever anyways.
In response to Matt--I was under the impression that the CO was not directly involve in the beefing since I didn't get to see the logs. I probably don't have enough info to comment one way or the other given such but in general I agree with Wade. He stated it better than I could.
--- In email@example.com, "busybeetoni" wrote:
> Dirk, I used to count my own caches as finds when I first started geocaching because I didn't know any better. That FTF that we shared, we no longer do. The CO of that cache told me to count it as an FTF because I was there first where it was originally hidden and it was missing before even found. I did count it at first, but then took it off. You said at an event that you didn't care because it's just a game, but apparently you do so I'm glad I took it off. Although I was there first, I didn't find it. CO permission or not, the FTF was rightfully yours.
> --- In firstname.lastname@example.com, "Dirk" wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to hear this happened Toni. I didn't get to read the logs before they were deleted but backhanded and/or threatening comments are always uncalled for. I've unfortunately had people leave snarky comments directed at me but, from the sounds of it, nothing as extreme as yours.
> >
> > I'm only now familiar with the new rule but guess I would compare it to every other complaint about "going against the COs intension/instruction/BS" ...which I've certainly been accused of doing, lol. Nothing in the rules saying you can't out-think a hide however COs and lurkers sure get their panties in a wad if you do, so you should expect the same I figure.
> >
> > Ultimately, if you don't want to get called out then I guess you *should* take into account what the CO's intention is for the cache/challenge and, *probably more importantly*, what hoops your fellow cachers are jumping through that you are side stepping. IMHO it's really you ruining the game just as much as your critics with their nasty comments--it takes two to tango... And forcing the cache to be archived (either by you or your supporters) is a clear continuation of such nastiness.
> >
> > Everyone rule bends I figure (I do), but avoid the especially taboo stuff if you don't want to be a target--I've noticed you do/did use to log your own hides (more than once if you replaced the log), count events as FTFs, count your own events as FTFs, sidestep CO intents, claim unfound hides (we share a FTF and we certainly did not find it together), etc, etc... Hey, if that's the way you want to play then whatever, but doing those things are going to open you up to more criticism ultimately (and has!)... so clean up your game if you don't want the criticism... or do what you do and grow thick skin like me! "It's a game" everyone always says but thats plain BS... people take it crazy serious as you well know. It's not "just a game" to most and if you really talk to people everyone has a very developed code of ethics that they unrealistically expect others to follow... or worse, expect others to follow but don't themselves!
> >
> > Anyways, if you feel you are being true to yourself then don't worry about those people. And if not, then reassess the way you are playing maybe?
> >
> > --- In email@example.com, "busybeetoni" wrote:
> > >
> > > Exactly. Putting 2013 in the title and on the top line doesn't superceded Groundspeak rules.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm going to my happy place now. Why don't you turn this back into a happy place and I'll see you all soon.
> > >
> > > --- In firstname.lastname@example.com, Rachele DiTullio wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Wade,
> > > >
> > > > I'm not asking whether the CO would have noticed; I'm asking if we would be
> > > > having this public discussion if she had been anything other than FTF. And
> > > > I interpret the cache name to simply mean a new cache for a new year; I
> > > > don't understand why anyone thinks that the CO's intent trumps the
> > > > Groundspeak rules. Why is that?
> > > >
> > > > -Rachele/strontium87
> > > >
> > >
> >
This is my last post in this thread for the sake of ending this debacle. Sorry, I've got a lot going on in my life right now so I'm limited on time in which I can respond.
CO started off just stating that the requirements had not been met but then went back and chimed in their own two cents about two times with everyone else. It was not as belittling as what others had been saying, but it was negative and hurtful as well.
The last post anyone made before I posted a need archive was about how there were 52ish people watching the cache and that Toni should really be careful about how she 'is antagonizing NTX and trying to force them to cache her way."
And the only opinion I will offer to this now... good. The best way to move past this in the first way is to do the fair thing, prevent further debate over it, align to what Groundspeak says, and if that means archive the cache, do so.On Jan 22, 2013 7:07 PM, "GrnBeret2B" <grn.beret.2b@...> wrote:
Can someone please point me to yahoogroups functionality, should it exist, that allows me to unsubscribe from a single thread so that I don't have to continue receiving emails that consist of little more than internet arguments (I quit moderating F2P MMO forums for a reason....), but can still receive the emails that contain the quality posts that I know the members of this group are capable of making?TIA!~~Nathaniela.k.a. GrnBeret2BOn Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Wade Mercer <wade1@...> wrote:Well I guess y'all got your wish and the challenge cache has been archived. I hope y'all feel some vindication with your "victory". Apparently Tori's log has been restated too even though she did not complete the challenge.What a sad turn of events. It's sad that a group of cachers made such a big deal out of this one simply because their caches with dates restrictions were not approved. This seems to be the real issue.As far as I am concerned Tori's log is not valid. It wasn't logged with respect to what the cache was intended or approved. From the messages I have received outside of this list there's lots I could say with respect to this, but it would serve no purpose here.Again, congratulations in winning. Apparently its what y'all wanted. Unfortunately it's a loss for the caching community, but I don't think that is, or ever was, a concern.Just my two cents worth.Wade
On Jan 21, 2013, at 10:55 AM, "bigguy9211116" <bigguy9211116@...> wrote:
On a day set aside to honor a man that stood up for tolerance and equality I am saddened by all the hoopla circling around our own tfbrown and a cache in the Dallas area.
I dont' know how many of you watch the cache GC432W3 - "2013 Geocacheers To Do List" by zeppo!, but maybe you should go there and read the ugly, mean, nasty, and even threatening posts made by so many.
I am saddened by the whole affair and I can only imagine what tfbrown must be feeling.
I have tried to make some sense out of the whole thing and have tried very hard not to get involved (except one post in her defense) but I just had to vent somewhere.
After much reflection, I have come to a realization that Prime Reviewer allowed this cache to be published as a 2013 finds only cache! That must be why the cachers up there are so upset. They are not aware that down here we were not ALLOWED to do that!
I listed GC4291X - The @#$%& ABC Challenge even before zeppo! did (mine published 12/28/12, his was published 12/31/12) and was explicitly told that this was not allowed by Groundspeak.
Well, I guess this truly means that we are NOT all equal!
Please know that I mean no disrespect to anyone involved with this cache. I represent no opinions other than my own and I speak for no one except myself. Thank you for the opporutnity to speak.
A sad day indeed,
Esther/ Bigguy In Texas


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By Natalie Simmermacher, BSN, FNP, CWOCN
A 44-year-old male has been experiencing swelling and pain in his left knee leading to problems with ambulation for the past 4 days. He has been walking with crutches for 2 days and describes his knee pain as a 10 on a 1-10 scale or as a "continuous dull ache." He has had occasional left foot pain that is diffuse for the past 3 days; and a day after pain onset in the left knee, he developed pain in the right knee, although not as severe.
He denied any injury to his knee or aggravating factors. He admitted to low-grade temperatures up to 99.5¡ F orally in the evenings. He has missed the past 4 days of work due to the increasing pain in his knee and a general feeling of fatigue. He uses a heating pad and an ice pack, alternating them to help relieve the pain.
Additionally, he complained he is unable to sleep due to the severity of the knee pain. He also said his knee has become more swollen and reddened in the past day or so. His prior medical history is unremarkable to his current symptoms. He has no allergies and has been using ibuprofen every 4-6 hours with no relief of pain.
The patient lives alone and has been divorced for several years. He has two grown children living out of state. He works as a machinist at a local factory. He doesn't smoke, drink alcohol, use tobacco products or use illegal drugs. He does report working sometimes 12-15 hours a day, 5 days a week on a regular basis.
He admitted he doesn't have time for dating at this point in his life. His mother and his grown children as well as his co-workers have been his social support systems. He also regularly attends church and visits his children. He eats a healthy diet and usually has no problems sleeping. He was exercising on his treadmill in the mornings 3-4 times a week before his knee became problematic. He has no family history of gout or rheumatoid arthritis.
Additional History
He answered negatively to these additional questions: Is the pain worse during certain times of the day? Is there any crepitus or swelling in other joints? Is there always pain with the edema? Is the joint always hot and edematous? Has he traveled recently to tick-infested areas? Has he noticed any joint stiffness or nodules over any of his other joints? Has he noticed urinary discharge, burning or frequency?
We discussed urinary function as well as his sexual activity, hoping it may give us further clues to diagnosis.1 He reported that he currently does not have a partner and is heterosexual. He denied ever contracting an STD and denied any past or present sexual practices placing him at risk for an STD. In reviewing his urinary habits, he denied the use of caffeine, urination frequency and burning, bladder spasms, incontinence and penile discharge.
The patient was new to our practice and seemed uneasy about answering questions regarding his sexual practices. Our male physician asked to see him privately. After repeatedly explaining how important it was for us to know about STDs and his risk factors for these conditions, the physician received the same responses.
Physical Exam
His physical exam was unremarkable with the exceptions of a temperature of 99.6º F and his left knee being hot and edematous with crepitus and a large joint effusion. He displayed guarding upon palpation, was unable to effectively exhibit range of motion exercises, was unable to walk on the extremity without aid of crutches and had no pedal edema. All pulses were present and he was able to plantarflex and dorsiflex bilateral feet.
Homan's sign on both left and right were negative. No muscle flaccidity, subluxation or spasticity were seen in this left extremity. He had negative findings of tophi or joint nodules in all bilateral extremities. Lachman's, Ober's and McMurray's tests were all deferred. The use of these tests would have been beneficial if there were a history of an injury. Further, pain prevented the tests from being performed.2
Preliminary lab work was unremarkable with the exception of an elevated sedimentation rate of 61. He refused an MRI, X-rays and an STD culture, fearing his insurance would not cover these tests.
Differential Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis included gout, due to the quick onset, fever and presenting symptoms of joint edema, crepitus, effusion, severe pain and heat, although there is no evidence of tophi, back pain or nausea that usually accompanies chronic gout.1 Blood work for gout also was negative. Rheumatoid arthritis was another consideration, although the history the patient provided did not indicate gonococcal arthritis.3
Epstein Barr-induced arthritis was something to rule out as well, but the patient had no history of recent streptococcal infection. Tick-borne illness (arthritis) was not a consideration due to the lack of spending time in an endemic area.4
Treatment Plan
As he refused to have a joint aspiration for culture, the plan was to treat the patient as if he had gout. He was treated immediately with colchicine 0.6 mg every hour while awake and Indocin® (indomethacin) 75 mg twice daily with instructions to return if there is no improvement in 24 hours.5
He returned with no change in his symptoms and we again asked him about his sexual practices. He was more forthcoming and admitted that he had unprotected sex with a woman one time. He denied seeing the woman since. He explained he was embarrassed to mention it as he had never had an experience like this before. He said he was in denial and did not want to accept that unprotected sex could cause problems with his knee or joints, despite all the risks we had explained to him the day before. He also said he had just started having a penile discharge that morning, leading him to realize he needed to be honest about his sexual history.
Joint aspiration of his left knee tested positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae culture and, along with the urethral drainage and burning, confirmed a diagnosis of gonococcal arthritis. Another classic rationale for this condition was the unilateral knee pain and edema at the onset that spread to his right knee within a day, although the pain was not as severe as the left knee at that point.
Management of Gonococcal Arthritis
Management for his gonococcal arthritis and Reiter's syndrome, which usually occur together rather than as separate entities, was injections of Rocephin® (ceftriaxone) 1 g daily for 10 days and Cipro® XR (ciprofloxacin) 500 mg bid for 14 days.6
Positive results were seen within 2 days. Within 3 weeks, he was able to return to work and perform the majority of his activities of daily living with no problems. He was instructed to call if he noticed any returning symptoms, and was instructed to return to the office in 2 weeks for a follow-up.
We kept a close follow-up on this patient and the treatment plan worked remarkably as he was very compliant.
Case Summary
This is a difficult case to manage as it requires multiple treatments and proper patient compliance. One of the main points to learn from this case is the patient must be made to feel as comfortable as possible when discussing sexual issues. Our goal should always be to provide quality care but also make the patient comfortable.
In this patient's scenario he was not ready to admit his sexual history, yet omitting this history could have caused severe consequences to his health.
1. Uphold, C., & Graham, M. (2003). Clinical guidelines in family practice. Gainesville, FL: Barramae Books.
2. Clarke, J. (2001). Organize the approach to musculoskeletal misuse syndrome. The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, 26(7), 11-27.
3. Cassidy, J., & Petty, R. (2001). Textbook of pediatric rheumatology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.
4. Fell, E. (2000). An update on Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care, 25(10), 38-51.
5. Crawther, C. (2003). Primary orthopedic care. St. Louis: Mosby.
6. Gilbert, D., Moellering, R. & Sande, M. (2003). The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy. Hyde Park, VT: Sanford Publishing.
Natalie Tesso Simmermacher is a nationally certified wound ostomy and continence advanced nurse specialist, professional speaker and author who works independently in various practice settings as a specialty nurse clinician.
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