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Pat Cleary reports on a new study by the National Association of Manufacturers which finds that the U.S. suffers from a 32 percent non-wage "cost disadvantage" in relation to our major trading partners/competitors. The two main culprits appear to be our corporate tax rate (the second highest in the world, according to Cleary) and our tort costs (the highest in the world).
Three years ago, NAM estimated our cost disadvantage to be 22 percent. Though tort costs have not risen since then in relation to our competitors, corporate tax rates have because certain other countries have lowered their rates. Other major contributors to the increase in our disadvantage include an increase in what our manufacturers pay for natural gas compared to other countries (an odd phenomenon considering how much natural gas we as a nation sit on) and regulatory compliance costs.
Pat's conclusion: "Congress can certainly fix most of this. Or they can run around making speeches about how pro-business they are. That's a whole lot easier."


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BURBANK — With a cinder block for a right hand, a laundry list of memorable victories, an easy grin and an honest, down-to-earth personality, Dan Henderson has built a lofty fan base in mixed martial arts and a legendary resume.
Next up for "Hendo" is a main event bout against former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight titlist "Suga" Rashad Evans at UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson on June 15 at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
As part of a West Coast media trip, Henderson stopped by Morton's The Steakhouse in Burbank on Thursday afternoon.
As has become accustomed for the 42-year-old Henderson in the lead-up to his latest fights, he fielded myriad questions about just how much longer his fighting days will last.
"As I get older, the challenge gets tougher, but it also gets easier because I'm more experienced," said Henderson, who estimated that he would likely fight another two years or four or five more fights. "I'm still capable of beating people up and I get paid to do what I like."
In Evans, the UFC's sixth-ranked light heavyweight, No. 3 Henderson faces his 10th former UFC champion, having defeated a half-dozen former titlists. Likely his biggest career highlights have come with knockout upsets over heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko in 2011 and light heavyweight Wanderlei Silva in 2007. The defeat of Silva won Henderson the PRIDE middleweight championship, while he simultaneously held the organization's welterweight strap. To this day, he's the only fighter in MMA history to hold two major titles in different weight classes concurrently.
"I didn't think it was a big deal at the time," said Henderson of the historic accolade. "It's definitely something people still talk about."
However, it is Henderson's knockout win over Michael Bisping, seen by many fight fans as a brash, outspoken villain, that "Hendo" said is easily the win he still hears the most about from fans.
"As far as hearing about it every day [it's the biggest highlight]," Henderson said. "The usual [comment] is thanks for doing that."
Boasting a 29-9 record in MMA, Henderson is a two-time former Olympian in Greco-Roman wrestling. Despite his wrestling pedigree, Henderson has grabbed the majority of his highlights with knockouts, having won 13 fights in that manner, with four of his last five victories coming via KO. Facing another former wrestler with good power in Evans (17-3-1), Henderson wouldn't mind taking the fight to the ground, though.
"I'd like to put him on his back and beat him up there, too," Henderson said. "He's not on his back much, I'd like to put him there."
Conversely, Henderson believes Evans' takedowns and subsequent top game are what he must worry the most about.
"[Him] catching me to take me down and humping me to death," Henderson said, "that's the biggest [concern]."
On Tuesday, though, Henderson fielded as many, if not more, questions about his previous fight and possible future fights after Evans.
"I'm used to it," sand Henderson when asked if it could be distracting. "It's not tough to focus on who I'm fighting next."
Henderson was originally scheduled to fight for the light heavyweight crown against champion Jon Jones in September of 2012, but a knee injury forced him to pull out. He then fought former champion Lyoto Machida on Feb. 23, 2013, losing a largely lackluster fight by split decision.
"I typically don't have a problem with having exciting fights except for that one," Henderson said.
Faced with Machida's elusive, or running style, depending on your viewpoint, there was little action in the bout and plenty of frustration for Henderson that still lingers.
"I don't even consider it a fight. ... Nothing happened," Henderson said. "I expected Machida to run. ... It was a lot more than I planned."
Evans, also coming off a lackluster decision loss to Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, has a stick-and-move style that has made for exciting fights and some not so much. Henderson believes their bout, no matter what, will still be better than their last bouts.
"Neither one of them wanted to commit," said Henderson of the Evans-Nogueira bout. "I'm not gonna have that problem.
"Rashad will stand there and throw some punches and not move back the whole time."
And of course, should Henderson emerge victorious, a potential future bout with Jones is still something he's vying for.
"Regardless of whether Jon has the belt or not, it'd be fun just to test myself," Henderson said.
In the end, testing himself more than anything is what still pushes Henderson, having won multiple titles and defeated a who's who of fighters, to keep fighting when he's already accomplished a Hall of Fame-worthy career.
"I love the sport, but it's just the challenge of it," Henderson said. "Testing myself."
And the next test is Evans on June 15.
For more on UFC 161, visit http://www.ufc.com.

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On Memorial Day, we figured it might be worthwhile to pay tribute to those who lost their ACLs in motorcycle accidents, shortly after fighting for The U. Perspective, you know, is free. (Jack Dickey)
So we'd never actually seen this old video of Kellen Winslow Jr., after a Miami game against Tennessee. He is answering a question about whether or not a player he leveled with a devastating block was hurt. And we get confirmation that Kellen Winslow, tight end for an Ohio football team, is a soldier.
Interestingly, this was the exact same take Winslow's motorcycle had after his accident, about him.
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If I were to tell you there was a flower that has only ever been seen growing on the South Side of Chicago, would you believe me?
It's true. The plant, Thismia americana, is a tiny little thing, about a quarter of an inch tall, and it looks like this:
It blooms in late summer in the wet prairies on the south shore of Lake Calumet. Or at least it used to - the only place where it was seen is now the site of a Ford Plant, and Thismia americana hasn't been seen since 1916.
Just about everything about this plant is remarkable. It was discovered in 1912 by Norma Pfeiffer, a graduate student in botany at the University of Chicago, who went on to become the University's youngest PhD (or so I read - I can't vouch for factuality of that claim, and am slightly suspicious of it). The plant itself is parasitic, lacks chlorophyll, and is a member of a plant family that is closely related to orchids and is generally tropical.
In the years since its disappearance Thismia americana has become the holy grail of Chicago-area botany. For a while there were annual searches for it in the remaining areas of similar habitat in the marshy lowlands south of Lake Michigan along the Illinois-Indiana boundary. I took part in one such search; in high school I was a pretty active botanist. Needless to say, the plant remains unrediscovered.
I hope, of course, that Thismia still exists and gets rediscovered, but I further hope that when it does, it will be found within city limits on the South Side.
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Gold edged only slightly lower as Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) downgraded its outlook for gold prices, citing stronger U.S. growth in the second half of next year. The investment firm explains in a client note, "Medium term however, the gold outlook is caught between the opposing forces of more Fed easing and a gradual increase in U.S. real rates on better U.S. economic growth. Our expanded modeling suggests that the improving U.S. growth outlook will outweigh further Fed balance sheet expansion and that the cycle in gold prices will likely turn in 2013."
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Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland takes overall women's title
Petter Northug of Norway clinched the overall cross-country World Cup title Sunday with a convincing victory in the final race of the season.
Northug had a big lead over his main competitors going into the concluding 15-kilometre freestyle pursuit race at the three-day World Cup finals, and won the race in 35 minutes, 48.3 seconds. In his usual flamboyant style, Northug even slowed down on the final straight to savour the win before finally crossing the line. Finn Haagen Krogh came 0.7 seconds back and Martin Johnsrud Sundby was another 1.1 behind in third as Norwegians swept the podium.
Alexander Legkov of Russia and Swiss defending champion Dario Cologna both had a chance of overtaking Northug for the overall victory but couldn't come close to catching the Norwegian. Legkov beat Cologna in a sprint for fourth place, and thereby finished second in the overall standings ahead of the Swiss.
Northug, who also won the overall title in 2010, finished on 1,561 points. Legkov had 1,381 and Cologna 1,364.
In the women's finale, Norway's Marit Bjoergen protected her big lead to win a 10K pursuit that had little impact on the overall standings.
The triple Olympic champion skied alone for the whole race and won in 26 minutes, 39.6 seconds. Fellow Norwegian Therese Johaug was 49.3 seconds back in second, with Sweden's Charlotte Kalla 1:11.7 behind in third.
It was Bjoergen's 59th World Cup race victory. In her 13 races this season, she was never worse than second. However, she skipped several races ahead of the world championships and couldn't prevent Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland from taking the overall title. Kowalczyk skipped Sunday's race but still finished more than 500 points ahead of Johaug in second. Kikkan Randall of the United States was third, with Bjoergen in fourth.


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The theme of the January MxMo is Change. How appropriate, right? New horizons, new ideas, change. Our challenge, from the anonymous Scribe of A Mixed Dram, is appropriate–to simply "Try something new!"
My choice for this challenge features the bitter liqueur Ramazzotti, an Italian tonic that you can sip as an aperitif or a digestif, or even just mix into a cocktail. Now, I've had the Ramazzotti on hand for a long time. I bought it in Brooklyn, back before we moved to Rhode Island. My plan was to make a small batch of Jamie Boudreau's Amer Picon replica. Well, I've had the bottle for nearly a year, haven't made the Amer Picon, and have seen Ramazzotti in local liquor stores. So what's the point of letting this bottle languish in a box for another year?
I grabbed a copy of Robert Hess's new book, The Essential Bartenders Guide, at Borders last week. (This is a book that's screaming, loudly, for an editor. A full review of the book is pending.) Among the recipes in Hess's book is the Chaplin, a mix of bourbon, sherry, Ramazzotti, Cointreau, and orange bitters. That's what I chose to mix up tonight. The Chaplin is a good drink, well balanced but on the tart side. It's not bitter, by any means, but it's nothing to serve to anyone with a sweet tooth. The nuttiness of the sherry really shines. (I'm starting to really love sherry in cocktails.)
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- 3/4 oz. bourbon whiskey
- 3/4 oz. dry sherry
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When the Vikings traded up into the first round to draft Teddy Bridgewater, they knew their quarterback of the future would spend his first two seasons in Minnesota playing outdoors at oft-frigid TCF Bank Stadium.
Amid draftniks' concerns over Bridgewater's 9 1/4-inch hand size and questionable ability to drive the ball deep against the elements, Vikings general manager Rick Spielman says the team's two-year pact to play outdoors didn't "enter in at all" during Minnesota's pursuit of a passer who completed 71 percent of his throws as a senior at Louisville, according to The Star Tribune.
Is the cold a concern? Bridgewater has never made a start in subfreezing temperatures, but he's shown well in 11 starts in games under 50 degrees. In those tilts, Bridgewater completed 63 percent of his throws and posted a 20:9 touchdown-to-pick ratio while seeing his total quarterback rating dip to 66.9 from a 71.0 mark in warmer games, per ESPN.com.
The coldest start he made came in a 34-degree affair against Connecticut in 2012. In that 23-20 Louisville loss, Bridgewater's QBR dipped to 55.1 -- down from his 77.3 season average -- but he still threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns while playing through a broken left wrist.
NFL Media's Nolan Nawrocki believes Bridgewater is better suited to a warm-weather or dome environment, but the rookie is widely seen as one of the smartest quarterbacks in this year's class. The Vikings won't have to keep the training wheels strapped on for long.
Draft analyst Matt Waldman said the cool-under-pressure Bridgewater "has the skills to be the most productive rookie of this crop with as much upside as any of his peers," adding that he has Johnny Manziel-like on-field imagination "with a better governor over his limitations." Scouts have noted Bridgewater's decreased velocity and accuracy on passes beyond 35 yards, but proven quarterback tutor Norv Turner will build this attack around Bridgewater's upside.
Playing in the elements isn't a picnic for any NFL starter. The Vikings have done their homework and believe Bridgewater can handle Mother Nature, as does the determined Bridgewater, who said: "I think we'll be able to use that to our advantage here in Minnesota. It's a mental thing and I'll just block it out and continue to play."
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Bladder Cancer
Your bladder is a hollow organ in the lower abdomen. It stores urine, the liquid waste made by the kidneys. Your bladder is part of the urinary tract. Urine passes from each kidney into the bladder through a long tube called a ureter. Urine leaves the bladder through a shorter tube (the urethra). The wall of the bladder has layers of tissue:
- Inner layer: The inner layer of tissue is also called the lining. As your bladder fills up with urine, the transitional cells on the surface stretch. When you empty your bladder, these cells shrink.
- Middle layer: The middle layer is muscle tissue. When you empty your bladder, the muscle layer in the bladder wall squeezes the urine out of your body.
- Outer layer: The outer layer covers the bladder. It has fat, fibrous tissue, and blood vessels.
Bladder cancer may cause these common symptoms:
- Finding blood in your urine (which may make the urine look rusty or darker red)
- Feeling an urgent need to empty your bladder
- Having to empty your bladder more often than you used to
- Feeling the need to empty your bladder without results
- Needing to strain (bear down) when you empty your bladder
- Feeling pain when you empty your bladder
These symptoms may be caused by bladder cancer or by other health problems, such as an infection. People with these symptoms should tell their doctor so that problems can be diagnosed and treated as early as possible.
Cancer Cells
Cancer begins in cells, the building blocks that make up tissues. Tissues make up the bladder and the other organs of the body.
Normal cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When normal cells grow old or get damaged, they die, and new cells take their place.
Sometimes, this process goes wrong. New cells form when the body doesn't need them, and old or damaged cells don't die as they should. The buildup of extra cells often forms a mass of tissue called a growth or tumor. Tumors in the bladder can be benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer). Benign tumors are not as harmful as malignant tumors:
Begin tumors:
- are usually not a threat to life
- can be treated or removed and usually don't grow back
- don't invade the tissues around them
- don't spread to other parts of the body
Malignant growths:
- may be a threat to life
- usually can be removed but can grow back
- can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs (such as the prostate in a man, or the uterus or vagina in a woman)
- can spread to other parts of the body
Bladder cancer cells can spread by breaking away from the original tumor. They can spread through the blood vessels to the liver, lungs, and bones. In addition, bladder cancer cells can spread through lymph vessels to nearby lymph nodes. After spreading, the cancer cells may attach to other tissues and grow to form new tumors that may damage those tissues. See the Staging section for information about bladder cancer that has spread.
Risk Factors
When you get a diagnosis of bladder cancer, it's natural to wonder what may have caused the disease. Doctors can't always explain why one person gets bladder cancer and another doesn't. However, we do know that people with certain risk factors may be more likely than others to develop bladder cancer. A risk factor is something that may increase the chance of getting a disease.
Studies have found the following risk factors for bladder cancer:
Smoking tobacco is the most important risk factor for bladder cancer. Smoking causes most of the cases of bladder cancer. People who smoke for many years have a higher risk than nonsmokers or those who smoke for a short time.
How to Quit Tobacco
Quitting is important for anyone who uses tobacco. Quitting at any time is good for your health. For people who already have bladder cancer, quitting may reduce the chance of getting another type of cancer (such as lung, esophagus, or oral cancer), lung disease, or heart disease caused by tobacco. Quitting can also help cancer treatments work better.
There are many ways to get help:
- Ask your doctor about medicine or nicotine replacement therapy. Your doctor can suggest a number of treatments that help people quit.
- Ask your doctor or dentist to help you find local programs or trained professionals who help people stop using tobacco.
- Call NCI's Smoking Quitline at 1–877–44U–QUIT (1–877–448–7848) or instant message us through LiveHelp (https://livehelp.cancer.gov).
We can tell you about:
- Ways to quit Smoking
- Groups that help smokers who want to quit
- NCI publications about quitting smoking
How to take part in a study of methods to help smokers quit
- Go online to Smokefree.gov (Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. ), a Federal Government Web site. It offers a guide to quitting smoking and a list of other resources.
- Chemicals in the workplace: Some people have a higher risk of bladder cancer because of cancer-causing chemicals in their workplace. Workers in the dye, rubber, chemical, metal, textile, and leather industries may be at risk of bladder cancer. Also at risk are hairdressers, machinists, printers, painters, and truck drivers.
- Personal history of bladder cancer: People who have had bladder cancer have an increased risk of getting the disease again.
- Certain cancer treatments: People with cancer who have been treated with certain drugs (such as cyclophosphamide) may be at increased risk of bladder cancer. Also, people who have had radiation therapy to the abdomen or pelvis may be at increased risk.
- Arsenic: Arsenic is a poison that increases the risk of bladder cancer. In some areas of the world, arsenic may be found at high levels in drinking water. However, the United States has safety measures limiting the arsenic level in public drinking water.
- Family history of bladder cancer: People with family members who have bladder cancer have a slightly increased risk of the disease.
- Many people who get bladder cancer have none of these risk factors, and many people who have known risk factors don't develop the disease.
If you have symptoms that suggest bladder cancer, your doctor will try to find out what's causing the problems.
You may have a physical exam. Also, you may have one or more of the following tests:
- Urine tests: The lab checks your urine for blood, cancer cells, and other signs of disease.
- Cystoscopy: Your doctor uses a thin, lighted tube (a cystoscope) to look directly into your bladder. It may be done at your doctor's office. This test can be uncomfortable because the doctor will insert the cystoscope into the bladder through your urethra. You may need local anesthesia for this test.
- Biopsy: Your doctor can remove samples of tissue with the cystoscope. A pathologist then examines the tissue under a microscope. The removal of tissue to look for cancer cells is called a biopsy. In most cases, a biopsy is the only sure way to tell whether cancer is present.
- For a small number of patients, the doctor removes the entire area with cancer during the biopsy. For these patients, bladder cancer is diagnosed and treated at the same time.
If cancer cells are found in the tissue sample from the bladder, the pathologist studies the sample under a microscope to learn the grade of the tumor. The grade tells how much the tumor tissue differs from normal bladder tissue. It may suggest how fast the tumor is likely to grow.
Tumors with higher grades tend to grow faster than those with lower grades. They are also more likely to spread. Doctors use tumor grade along with other factors to suggest treatment options.
You may want to ask the doctor these questions before having a biopsy:
- Why do I need a biopsy?
- How long will it take? Will I be awake? Will it hurt?
- What are the chances of infection or bleeding after the biopsy? Are there any other risks?
- How soon will I know the results? How do I get a copy of the pathology report?
- If I do have cancer, who will talk with me about treatment? When?
If bladder cancer is diagnosed, your doctor needs to learn the extent (stage) of the disease to help you choose the best treatment.
Staging is a careful attempt to find out the following:
- Whether the tumor has invaded the muscle layer of the bladder
- Whether the tumor has invaded nearby tissues
- Whether the cancer has spread, and if so, to what parts of the body
Your doctor may order these tests:
- Blood tests: Blood tests can show how well the liver and kidneys are working.
- Chest x-ray: An x-ray of the chest can show a tumor in the lung.
- IVP: A dye that shows up on x-rays is injected into your blood vessel. The dye collects in your urine, which makes the bladder and the rest of the urinary tract show up on x-rays.
- CT scan: An x-ray machine linked to a computer takes a series of detailed pictures of your abdomen. You may receive an injection of contrast material so your urinary tract and lymph nodes show up clearly in the pictures. The CT scan can show cancer in the bladder, lymph nodes, or elsewhere in the abdomen.
- MRI: A large machine with a strong magnet linked to a computer is used to make detailed pictures of your urinary tract and lymph nodes. You may receive an injection of contrast material. MRI can show cancer in the bladder, lymph nodes, or other tissues in the abdomen.
- Ultrasound: The ultrasound device uses sound waves that can't be heard by humans. The sound waves make a pattern of echoes as they bounce off internal organs. The echoes create a picture of your kidneys and other organs in the abdomen. The picture can show a tumor or blockage in the urinary tract.
When cancer spreads from its original place to another part of the body, the new tumor has the same kind of abnormal cells and the same name as the original (primary) tumor. For example, if bladder cancer spreads to the liver, the cancer cells in the liver are actually bladder cancer cells. The disease is metastatic bladder cancer, not liver cancer. It's treated as bladder cancer, not as liver cancer.
Doctors sometimes call the new tumor in the liver "distant" disease.
These are the stages of bladder cancer:
- Stage 0: The cancer cells are found only on the surface of the inner lining of the bladder. The doctor may call this carcinoma in situ.
- Stage I: The tumor has grown deeper into the inner lining of the bladder. But it hasn't invaded the muscle layer of the bladder.
- Stage II: The tumor has invaded the muscle layer of the bladder.
- Stage III: The tumor has grown through the muscle layer to reach tissues near the bladder, such as the prostate, uterus, or vagina.
- Stage IV: The tumor has invaded the wall of the pelvis or abdomen, but cancer is not found in any lymph nodes. Or, the cancer cells have spread to at least one lymph node or to parts of the body far away from the bladder, such as the liver, lungs, or bones.
Treatment options for people with bladder cancer are surgery, chemotherapy, biological therapy, and radiation therapy. You may receive more than one type of treatment.
The treatment that's right for you depends mainly on the following:
- The location of the tumor in the bladder
- Whether the tumor has invaded the muscle layer or tissues outside the bladder
- Whether the tumor has spread to other parts of the body
- The grade of the tumor
- Your age and general health
You may have a team of specialists to help plan your treatment. Your doctor may refer you to a specialist, or you may ask for a referral. You may want to see a urologist, a surgeon who specializes in treating problems in the urinary tract. Other specialists who treat bladder cancer include urologic oncologists (surgeons who specialize in cancers of the urinary tract), medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists.
Your health care team may also include an oncology nurse and a registered dietitian. If your treatment involves surgery to remove the bladder, a wound, ostomy and continence nurse may also be part of your team.
Your health care team can describe your treatment choices, the expected results of each, and the possible side effects. Because cancer therapy often damages healthy cells and tissues, side effects are common. These side effects depend on many factors, including the type and extent of treatment. Side effects may not be the same for each person, and they may even change from one treatment session to the next. Before treatment starts, ask your health care team about possible side effects and how treatment may change your normal activities. You and your health care team can work together to develop a treatment plan that meets your needs.
At any stage of disease, supportive care is available to control pain and other symptoms, to relieve the side effects of treatment, and to ease emotional concerns. Information about such care is available on NCI's Web site at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/coping and from NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1–800–4–CANCER (1–800–422–6237) or at LiveHelp (https://livehelp.cancer.gov).
You may want to talk with your doctor about taking part in a clinical trial. Clinical trials are research studies testing new treatments. They are an important option for people with all stages of bladder cancer. See the Taking Part in Cancer Research section.
You may want to ask your doctor these questions before you begin treatment:
- What is the stage of the disease? Has the tumor invaded the muscle layer of the bladder or spread to other organs?
- What are my treatment choices? Which do you suggest for me? Why?
- What are the expected benefits of each kind of treatment?
- What can I do to prepare for treatment?
- Will I need to stay in the hospital? If so, for how long?
- What are the risks and possible side effects of each treatment? How can side effects be managed?
- What is the treatment likely to cost? Will my insurance cover it?
- How will treatment affect my normal activities?
- Would a research study (clinical trial) be a good choice for me?
- Can you recommend other doctors who could give me a second opinion about my treatment options?
- How often should I have checkups?
Surgery is an option for most people with bladder cancer. You and your surgeon can talk about the types of surgery and which may be right for you:
Transurethral resection (TUR):
The doctor uses a cystoscope to treat early bladder cancer (Stage 0 or Stage I). No incision (cut) into your body is needed, but general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia is usually given.
The doctor inserts the cystoscope into the bladder through your urethra. The cutting tool is slipped through the cystoscope. A small wire loop at the end of the tool removes the cancer and burns away remaining cancer cells with an electric current.
TUR may need to be repeated. Also, chemotherapy or biological therapy may be given after this type of surgery.
For a few days after TUR, you may have some blood in your urine and difficulty or pain when passing urine. Otherwise, TUR generally causes few problems.
Open surgery:
The surgeon makes an incision into your body to remove the cancer from your bladder.
Part of the bladder (called a partial cystectomy): For some people with a single, small tumor in the bladder, the surgeon does not remove the entire bladder. The surgeon removes the tumor, the part of the bladder containing the tumor, and nearby lymph nodes.
After part of the bladder is removed, you may not be able to hold as much urine in your bladder as before surgery. You may need to empty your bladder more often. This problem usually gets better with time.
All of the bladder (called a radical cystectomy): For bladder cancer that has invaded the muscle layer (Stage II or some Stage III), the most common type of surgery is radical cystectomy. The surgeon removes the entire bladder, nearby lymph nodes, and part of the urethra. In addition, the surgeon usually removes the prostate from a man and may remove the uterus from a woman. Other nearby tissues may also be removed.
When the entire bladder is removed, the surgeon makes another way for urine to be collected from the kidneys and stored. You may wear a flat bag outside the body under your clothes, or the surgeon may use part of your intestine to create a pouch inside the body. The Rehabilitation section has more information.
When the prostate or uterus is removed, a man can no longer father a child and a woman can no longer get pregnant. Also, a man may be unable to have sex after surgery. If the surgeon removes part of a woman's vagina, sex may be difficult.
Because bladder cancer surgery may affect your sex life, it may help you and your partner to talk about your feelings and help one another find ways to share intimacy during and after treatment. See Sources of Support for more information.
It takes time to heal after surgery, and the time needed to recover is different for each person. It's common to feel weak or tired for a while.
Also, you may have pain or discomfort for the first few days. Medicine can help control your pain. Before surgery, you should discuss the plan for pain relief with your doctor or nurse. After surgery, your doctor can adjust the plan if you need more pain control.
After TUR or partial cystectomy, the urethra needs time to heal. You'll have a catheter. A catheter is a tube put through the urethra into the bladder to drain urine. You'll have the catheter for 5 days to 3 weeks. Your nurse or doctor will show you how to care for it.
You may want to ask your doctor these questions before having surgery:
- What type of surgery do you recommend for me? Why?
- Will lymph nodes and other tissues be removed? Why?
- How will I feel after surgery?
- If I have pain, how will you control it?
- How long will I be in the hospital?
- Will I have any long-term effects because of the surgery?
- If my bladder is removed, who will teach me how to store urine in a pouch or bag?
- If my bladder is removed, will I need to wear a medical alert bracelet for the rest of my life?
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. It may be used to treat bladder cancer before or after surgery. You may receive chemotherapy in different ways:
- Into the bladder: After TUR for early bladder cancer, the doctor inserts a tube (catheter) through your urethra to put a liquid drug in the bladder. The drug remains in your bladder for several hours. This treatment may be given once a week for six weeks.
- By mouth: Some drugs are pills that you can swallow. They may be given before or after surgery.
- Into a vein: For cancer that has invaded the muscle of the bladder or spread to other tissues, drugs are usually given by vein (intravenous). The drugs enter the bloodstream and travel throughout your body. Chemotherapy may be given before or after surgery.
You may have your treatment in an outpatient part of the hospital, at the doctor's office, or at home. Rarely, you may need to stay in the hospital.
Chemotherapy is usually given in cycles. Each cycle has a treatment period followed by a rest period.
The side effects depend mainly on how the drug is given. If the drugs are given into the bladder, the side effects are usually mild. For a few days after treatment, you may need to empty your bladder more often. You may have blood in your urine. Also, you may have pain when emptying your bladder. Some people get a rash. These problems usually go away after treatment.
If the drugs are given by vein or taken by mouth, the side effects depend mainly on which drugs are given and how much. Chemotherapy kills fast-growing cancer cells, but the drugs can also harm normal cells that divide rapidly:
- Blood cells: When drugs lower the levels of healthy blood cells, you're more likely to get infections, bruise or bleed easily, and feel very weak and tired. Your health care team will check for low levels of blood cells. If your levels are low, your health care team may stop the chemotherapy for a while or reduce the dose of the drug. There are also medicines that can help your body make new blood cells.
- Cells in hair roots: Chemotherapy may cause hair loss. If you lose your hair, it will grow back after treatment, but the color and texture may be changed.
- Cells that line the digestive system: Chemotherapy can cause a poor appetite, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, or mouth and lip sores. Your health care team can give you medicines and suggest other ways to help with these problems. They usually go away when treatment ends.
Some drugs used for bladder cancer may also cause tingling or numbness in your hands and feet. Your health care team can suggest ways to control many of these side effects. You may wish to read the NCI booklet Chemotherapy and You.
Biological Therapy
People with early bladder cancer may receive a treatment called biological therapy. The treatment is BCG solution, which is a liquid containing weakened bacteria. The bacteria help your body's natural defenses (the immune system) to kill cancer cells in the bladder.
Several weeks after TUR, the doctor inserts a tube through your urethra to put a liquid treatment in your bladder. You'll be asked to hold the liquid treatment in your bladder for about two hours.
BCG solution is usually given once a week for six weeks. This treatment helps keep the cancer from coming back.
You may feel unusually tired during the treatment period. Also, BCG solution can irritate the bladder. You may feel an urgent need to empty your bladder, and you may need to empty your bladder more often. Also, you may have pain, especially when emptying your bladder. You may have blood in your urine, nausea, a fever, or chills. Tell your health care team about any problems that you have during the treatment period.
It may help to know that the side effects usually go away when treatment is over. You may want to read the NCI fact sheet Biological Therapies for Cancer.
You may want to ask your doctor these questions about chemotherapy or biological therapy:
- Why do I need this treatment?
- Which drug or drugs will I have?
- How do the drugs work?
- When will treatment start? When will it end?
- Will I have any long-term side effects?
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. It may be given after surgery. Usually it's given along with chemotherapy for cancer that has invaded the muscle layer of the bladder. However, it is sometimes given instead of surgery or chemotherapy.
The radiation comes from a large machine. The machine aims beams of radiation at the bladder area in the abdomen.
You'll go to a hospital or clinic 5 days a week for several weeks to receive radiation therapy. Each treatment session takes about 30 minutes.
Although radiation therapy is painless, it may cause other side effects. The side effects include nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. Also, you may feel very tired during radiation therapy. Your health care team can suggest ways to treat or control these side effects.
You may find it helpful to read the NCI booklet Radiation Therapy and You.
You may want to ask your doctor these questions about radiation therapy:
- Why do I need this treatment?
- When will the treatments begin? When will they end?
- How will I feel during treatment?
- How will we know if the radiation treatment is working?
- Will I have any long-term side effects?
Second Opinion
Before starting treatment, you may want a second opinion about your diagnosis, the stage of cancer, and the treatment plan. Some people worry that the doctor will be offended if they ask for a second opinion. Usually the opposite is true. Most doctors welcome a second opinion. And many health insurance companies will pay for a second opinion if you or your doctor requests it. Some companies require a second opinion.
If you get a second opinion, the second doctor may agree with your first doctor's diagnosis and treatment plan. Or the second doctor may suggest another approach. Either way, you have more information and perhaps a greater sense of control. You can feel more confident about the decisions you make, knowing that you've looked at all of your options.
It may take some time and effort to gather your medical records and see another doctor. In most cases, it's not a problem to take several weeks to get a second opinion. The delay in starting treatment usually will not make treatment less effective. To make sure, you should discuss this delay with your doctor.
There are many ways to find a doctor for a second opinion. You can ask your doctor, a local or state medical society, or a nearby hospital or medical school for names of specialists.
Also, you can get information about treatment centers near you from NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1–800–4–CANCER (1–800–422–6237) or LiveHelp (https://livehelp.cancer.gov).
Other sources can be found in the NCI fact sheet How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer.
Your health care team will help you return to normal activities as soon as possible. The goals of rehabilitation depend on the extent of disease and surgery.
If the surgeon removes your bladder, you'll need a new way to store urine. After your bladder is removed, the surgeon uses a piece of your small intestine or large intestine to make a new path for urine to exit the body or be stored. With this piece of intestine, the surgeon can either make a tube that carries urine from the ureters to the outside of the body or create a new bladder that holds urine inside the body.
Your health care team can tell you more about the following options:
Bag worn outside your body under your clothing: The surgeon can attach a small piece of intestine to the ureters and to a stoma (an opening in the wall of the abdomen). Urine drains from the ureters through the piece of intestine to the stoma. A flat bag fits over the stoma to collect urine, and special glue holds the bag in place. The bag is emptied several times a day.
New bladder or pouch inside your body: The surgeon can create a new bladder or pouch made from a piece of your intestine. The surgeon connects the pouch to the ureters so that urine can flow from the ureters and can be stored in the pouch in the pelvis.
The surgeon also connects the pouch either to your urethra or to a stoma in the wall of your abdomen:
- New bladder connected to your urethra: Because the pouch is joined to your urethra, you will be able to empty your new bladder much as you did before.
- New bladder connected to a stoma: The surgeon creates a new path for urine to leave your body. The pouch is joined to the stoma, and you will use a catheter (a soft tube) to empty your bladder several times a day. You will not need to wear a bag over the stoma.
At first, you will empty your bladder every two or three hours. But later on, you should be able to hold the urine for four to six hours.
A wound, ostomy and continence nurse or another member of your health care team will visit you before surgery to describe what to expect. The nurse or doctor will teach you how to care for yourself after surgery. If you need an ostomy, the nurse or doctor will help you decide where the opening should be on your abdomen and will teach you how to care for the stoma after surgery.
Ask your health care team about your physical, emotional, or sexual concerns. Often they can provide information about resources and support groups.
It's important for you to take very good care of yourself before, during, and after cancer treatment. Taking care of yourself includes eating well so you get the right amount of calories to maintain a good weight. You also need enough protein to keep up your strength. Eating well may help you feel better and have more energy.
Sometimes, especially during or soon after treatment, you may not feel like eating. You may be uncomfortable or tired. You may find that foods don't taste as good as they used to. In addition, the side effects of treatment (such as poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, or mouth blisters) can make it hard to eat well.
Your doctor, a registered dietitian, or another health care provider can suggest ways to help you meet your nutrition needs. Also, the NCI booklet Eating Hints has many useful ideas and recipes.
Follow-up Care
You'll need regular checkups (such as every 3 to 6 months) after treatment for bladder cancer. Checkups help ensure that any changes in your health are noted and treated if needed.
If you have any health problems between checkups, you should contact your doctor.
Bladder cancer may come back after treatment. Your doctor will check for return of cancer. Checkups may include a physical exam, blood tests, urine tests, cystoscopy, or CT scans.
NCI has publications to help answer questions about follow-up care and other concerns. You may find it helpful to read the NCI booklet Facing Forward: Life After Cancer Treatment. You may also want to read the NCI fact sheet Follow-up Care After Cancer Treatment.
Follow-up Care
Learning that you have bladder cancer can change your life and the lives of those close to you. These changes can be hard to handle. It's normal for you, your family, and your friends to need help coping with the feelings that a diagnosis of cancer can bring.
Concerns about treatments and managing side effects, hospital stays, and medical bills are common. You may also worry about caring for your family, keeping your job, or continuing daily activities.
Here's where you can go for support:
- Doctors, nurses, and other members of your health care team can answer questions about treatment, working, or other activities.
- Social workers, counselors, or members of the clergy can be helpful if you want to talk about your feelings or concerns. Often, social workers can suggest resources for financial aid, transportation, home care, or emotional support.
- Support groups also can help. In these groups, patients or their family members meet with other patients or their families to share what they have learned about coping with the disease and the effects of treatment. Groups may offer support in person, over the telephone, or on the Internet. You may want to talk with a member of your health care team about finding a support group.
- NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1–800–4–CANCER (1–800–422–6237) and at LiveHelp (https://livehelp.cancer.gov) can help you locate programs, services, and NCI publications. They can send you a list of organizations that offer services to people with cancer.
- Your doctor or a sex counselor may be helpful if you and your partner are concerned about the effects of bladder cancer on your sex life. Ask your doctor about possible treatment of side effects and whether these effects are likely to last. Whatever the outlook, you and your partner may find it helps to discuss your concerns.
For tips on coping, you may want to read the NCI booklet Taking Time: Support for People With Cancer.


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The Baltimore Ravens are angling to become the first team to win back-to-back Super Bowls since the New England Patriots pulled off the feat in 2003 and 2004.
Ravens players and coaches are sure to be bludgeoned on a daily basis with tired questions about repeating, a dynamic that coach John Harbaugh blames on those pesky media types.
"The only reason it's hard (is) because people associated with the team can't block it out," Harbaugh told Jeff Zrebiec of The Baltimore Sun. "I would say to the media, 'Just get over it.' Life moves quickly. I think all of us are capable of doing more than one thing at once. It's not like we have to forget the Super Bowl in order to move onto the next season. We're capable of being proud of the accomplishment and moving on to the next thing. It's not an either/or proposition. It seems like a pretty simple concept."
Harbaugh argues that this year's Ravens aren't mired in "defend the Lombardi" mode, but they're starting fresh and gunning to win a title with a roster that looks markedly different from a season ago. With so many new faces in-house, pep talks about avoiding a Super Bowl hangover aren't high on the agenda.
"It's not a relevant point, and it won't be until the week of the Super Bowl if we're in the game," Harbaugh said. "Until that time, it's a pointless conversation because we're not playing the Super Bowl. We're playing Tampa Bay in the preseason opener. So you could make it an issue if you want, but it's not, and just because (the media) makes it an issue doesn't mean we need to. We didn't figure this out because we won a Super Bowl, how we're going to approach it. That's how we've approached it all along."
It's a healthy outlook, but Harbaugh's fooling himself if he believes reporters will play along. Questions of repeating are the burden of every Super Bowl-winning team, and they're a minor inconvenience that 31 other coaches gladly would take.
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Jake Shimabukuro can still vividly remember the first time he held a ukulele, at age four. It was an encounter that would shape his destiny and give the world one of the most exceptional and innovative uke players in the history of the instrument—an artist who has drawn comparisons to musical titans such as Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis.
"My mom played, and I kept bugging her to teach me," he recalls. "So one day we sat down on the floor and she put her old Kamaka ukulele in my hands. I remember being so nervous. Then she showed me how to strum the strings and taught me my first chord. I fell in love with the ukulele immediately. From that day on, you had to pry the instrument away from me in order to get me to do anything else."
That first brush with musical fate took place in Honolulu, Hawai'i, where Jake was born and still makes his home. Growing up, he studied and played a number of other musical instruments—drums, piano and guitar. "But none of those instruments spoke to me the way the ukulele did," he says. "There was something about the uke that was different. Music was my passion, but I had no idea that I could make it as a musician. I always thought that maybe I'd be a school teacher and incorporate music into the classroom, rather than being on a stage performing in front of people."


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The following housekeeping tips and other bits of country lore were submitted by readers.
Herbal Bath
After a long, dusty day of working in the garden, about all that most of us can think of is a good hot bath. "But wait!" says Pat Mestern of Fergus, Ontario, Canada. "Raid your herb border first—that is, if you want the most refreshing and sensuous ablutions you've ever enjoyed. Gather a goodly bunch of mint, or lemon balm, or fruit sage, or chamomile. Tie the sprigs together (picking 'em at least five inches long makes it easier) and toss the aromatic bundle into your tub under the running water. A marvelous aura of herbs will permeate the steam while you soak and soap, especially if you use your bouquet garni as a gentle sponge." It sounds downright habit forming, Pat!
Skunk Odor Removal
Last spring, when Paul Lish's pussycat had a "brief encounter" with a skunk under the Lish trailer out in Inkom, Idaho, Paul and his wife were literally "gassed" out of house and home. Airing the place did precious little but make it cold, and when they closed the doors and windows again the overpowering fragrance returned. Paul's native American co-worker, however, had the remedy: Burn cedar or juniper wood in the stove with the damper almost closed so the smoke would fill the house.
Mrs. Lish was skeptical about applying this piece of Indian lore (she fretted over the likelihood of sooty ceilings and drapes), but as Paul pointed out, they had to do something: They couldn't afford to trade in their home on a new one, and they couldn't live in the place as long as it smelled the way it did. So Paul and his wife cedar-smoked that trailer—inside and underside—and behold, the malodorous "eau de polecat" was gone, leaving their dwelling only pleasantly redolent of cedar ... and with no blackened interior after all!
Alternative Toothpaste Uses
Would you believe that Vern Johnson of Bettendorf, Iowa has discovered that his living room wall has 100% fewer cavities after regular brushing with Crest! Vern says that just about any kind of white toothpaste makes an excellent spackling compound for patching small holes and cracks in plaster walls. "It works very well," says Vern, "and it dries surprisingly hard." Johnson adds that toothpaste cures slower than commercial wall spackle, but this only makes it easier to apply and smooth out. And sanding will not be required at all if you blend the paste into the plaster by rubbing the filler with a little water. This "bathroom spackle" takes paint very well and can be cleaned from tools and brushes quite easily with just a little washing. Vern also reminds us about the old trick of using toothpaste to shine rings and other delicate pieces of gold jewelry.
Furthermore, as long as you've got that tube of denture-dazzler in hand, you might as well search around and find that perfectly good watch with the badly scratched crystal ... or the favorite pair of sunglasses that you just can't see through anymore. John Corbin of Sumter, South Carolina recommends buffing the murky glass with a high-abrasive toothpaste—or one of the newer tooth polishes—to erase those troublesome scarifications. One caution in working with watches, though: Be sure to wipe off any excess completely if the timepiece ain't waterproof!
And here's another unusual way to use commercial dentifrice: Raylene Van Ness of Trout Creek, Montana puts it on mosquito bites! "I dab some on ... and the itching ceases immediately," she says. "The bumps will be gone by the next day." (Now if we could just get the little critters to brush before every meal, maybe they'd produce itchless bites in the first place!)
Closet Bug Trap
Naturally, we'd all like to find a way to avoid those biting-bug "blues in the night" in the first place. "You don't have to drape a mosquito net over your bed or inhale insect spray till the wee hours to get your beauty sleep," says Miami, Florida's Robert E. Moffett (and who should know better than a Floridian?). "When you're fixin' to retire for the night, simply turn off all the lights in the house except for one in an open closet. All the winged beasts in the vicinity will answer that hospitable summons, and in 20 minutes or so you'll be able to turn off the beacon, shut the door on the pesky critters, and hit the sack in peace."
Crack Dough
What can you do if the yeast doesn't work in a batch of bread? (It sure is discouraging when the dough just sits there and won't rise.) Well, don't feed that sullen lump to the pigs just yet. Do what Pat McGinnity of Midland, Michigan does: make crackers! Here's how: Roil the dough out as thin as you can and cut it into squares or rectangles. Or use cookie cutters, plain or fancy (how about animal shapes, just for fun?). Then spread the cutouts apart on cookie pans, poke 'em several places with a fork, sprinkle salt with a light hand, and bake the crackers in a 300°F oven till they just begin to brown. Pat promises these snacks will be "the best-tasting mistakes you ever made!"
Frozen Onions
It's harvest time! Got a bumper crop of onions? Here's the system Mrs. Richard Bosart uses down in Leander, Texas to keep the vegetables in season—without tears and without spoilage loss—all year round. She minces the savory bulbs in her blender and fills ice cube trays with the juicy bits. Then, when they've frozen solid, she pops the cubes out and stores 'em in her freezer in plastic bags—ready any time in any amount for soup, meat loaf, or any other dish that calls for chopped onions. And, she gets the blender-deodorizing and the eye-wiping all out of the way at one time.
Wringer Washer Bean Sheller
Puttin' up a good bean harvest may not bring tears to the eyes, but it can present a different hazard all its own: sore fingers from stripping out those pods. And that's why Laurence Brewer uses a wringer washer up in Candor, New York to make bean shelling almost a pleasure instead of surely a pain. According to Larry, once you have a cardboard or plywood "backstop" set up in the tub opposite the wringer, you can just feed those long legumes into the rollers (keep fingers out, o'course, or your pinkies'll hurt even worse than they did when you shelled by hand!), and your beans will rattle into the tub like hail. Bet the kids'll like watchin' these carryin'-ons better'n television! Maybe your small fry will even crank the contraption for you, if you can only find a hand-operated wringer.
Dental Floss Uses
Rumor has it that more dental floss is used per capita in Alaska than in any other state in the Union. Lolly Medley is not surprised by that statistic. Because—away up there in Wasilla, Alaska—she's discovered at least some of the material's convenience and versatility. First and foremost, she points out, waxed dental floss is both the stoutest and most waterproof thread you can use for hand sewing and mending (just don't forget that WAXED is the operative word here). "I first used the treated floss for sewing up mukluks and dog collars," says Lolly, "then for all my mending—even for stitching up wounds on people and dogs when we couldn't get to a doctor."
Now most of us don't need to be our own moccasin makers or malamute medics, but how about anchorin' buttons on jeans? Or closin' garment gaps of all kinds? What's more, Lolly sticks a needle or two inside a packet of the mechanical tooth cleaner, slips the packet in her pocket, and there's her portable repair kit for field or stream! And speakin' of streams, the bicuspids' best friend will even double as fishin' line in a pinch!
Barn Trained Cows
Potty train your dairy critters? Maybe not. But you can barn-break 'em. Edna Ryneveld reports that the dairy farmers out around Humansville, Missouri start bringing their heifers into the barn at milking time about two months before they're due to freshen. The animals are put in unlocked stanchions and given some grain to munch, a treat both old and young cattle dearly love. (Wouldn't you, if you'd been eating grass all day?) But at the first telltale, tailraisin' sign that the dairy debutantes are about to mess up, the bamhands berate the beasts loudly and shoo 'em out of the barn without letting' em finish their business.
This bovine psychology works so well that manure shovelin' is cut down to what seems to be the irreducible minimum. And the heifers get a head start on bein' used to the milking parlor noise and routine, which makes the new bossies more contented and easier to manage when their turn to be milked does come later on.
Recycled Plastic Jugs
Lots of folks have started converting those ubiquitous plastic gallon jugs into scoops and feeders and water carriers and whatnot. Here's a fine addition to the list from Judy Ireton of New Carlisle, Ohio: Judy does her laundry with a liquid, no-phosphate detergent that comes packaged in orangy-pink plastic bottles (a color that glows better'n a raccoon's eyes when a car's headlights hit it). So Ms. Ireton has filled several of the jugs with sand—and a couple with water—and chucked 'em into the trunk of the family car just so's she'll be ready for several kinds of road emergencies. She now has sand to help ease her vehicle's tires off of icy spots, water to soothe a parched radiator, and reflecting warning markers—weighted, so they'll stay in place—to protect her if she has to stop her jalopy along the highway after dark. Judy says, "You can see these signals a long way off, they show up better than those triangle reflectors you have to buy, and they sure last longer than a 10-minute flare!"
Wood Handle Removal
You don't really have to drill, pound, punch, or even swear much to get a broken-off handle out of your maul or sledgehammer or axehead. Bill Gildon of Tonasket, Washington just heats the tool on his wood stove till It's a little hotter than he can hold barehanded. The heat expands the metal so much that the stubborn wooden plug will then almost always fall out after only a light tap or two.
Handle Wrap
And then—once you've reequipped your axe with a good, sturdy handle—you can prevent the replacement from breaking again so easily the way Bill Morgan of Sewanee, Tennessee does: by wrapping the four inches of wood nearest the blade with any kind of fine wire (a smooth electric fence strand works fine) that you have handy. To keep the wrap in place, first drill a hole—big enough for two strands of whatever wire you're using—clear through the handle and about four inches back from the head. Then pass one end of the wire through the hole and leave an eight- or nine-inch "tall" on its end. The other (long) end of the wire is next run up alongside the handle to the head ... and then wound—close and tight—back down to the hole. At that point, run the second end of wire through the hole in the opposite direction to the first, twist the two ends tightly together, and clip off any excess tails. Bill says his handles last 10 times longer this way.
Poison Ivy Cure
Steve Morgan of Branson, Missouri—who says he's "gone through years of playing the hermit" because of poison ivy, even though he's tried all the medications on the market—has finally found a sure-fire remedy for the pesky plague: SALT. One good way to apply it, he says, is to work up a good sweat (the briny perspiration will both soothe the itch and start to dry the rash). And if your pores aren't pumpin' hard enough on these cooler autumn days to do the job? Then just wet the affected areas and sprinkle on a little bit of good ol' table salt! Steve warns that this treatment does bum and smart a bit, but it will make those itching, weeping bumps go away—and a salt shaker is cheaper'n drugstore potions.
Athlete's Food Cure
For another persistent misery—athlete's foot—you might want to try working in the garden barefoot. Steve shucked off his shoes while weeding one hot day, and found that his infested feet healed up fast. He thinks the bacteria in the soil must've destroyed the fungus!
Brick Dust Scrubber
Here's an old-timer's way to clean steel cutlery, from Teri and Mike Anderson of Swan Lake, Montana. Crush a piece of common brick with a hammer to make a pile of fine dust. Then cut a potato In half, dip the cut surface in the abrasive red powder, and simply scour away the rust and stains.


text: Five Monarchs In Double Figures Lead ODU Over Howard, 77-57 November 13, 2013 By ODU Athletics MBB: Omega Institute Men's Basketball vs.Howard: Postgame Press Conference MBB vs. Howard: Recap BoxScore Photo Album Rick Voight ODU freshman Jordan Baker NORFOLK, VA— The ODU Monarchs (1-1) placed five players in double figures led by sophomore guard Aaron Bacote (Hampton, VA.) with 20 points and five assists in a 77-57 victory over Howard (2-1) Wednesday night before a crowd of 6102 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. It was also the first ODU victory for head coach Jeff Jones. Joining Bacote in double figures were freshman guard Jordan Baker with 13, red-shirt junior Dimitri Batten (Newport News, VA.) with 12, freshman forward Denzell Taylor (Brampton, Ontario) and red-shirt junior forward Richard Ross (Wichita Falls, TX.) with 10 points a career high six blocked shots and a career high 12 rebounds. The 10 points for Taylor was also a career high. The Monarchs took a 35-29 halftime lead, then opened it up to 18, 58-40 with 10:49 left in the game led by Jordan Baker (Hampton, VA.) who scored eight straight points at one point. The Monarchs shot .509 (28-55) from the field to the Bison .292 (19-65) and battled Howard even on the boards at 46-46. Denzell Taylor was four-for-six from the floor, while Baker was four-for seven. Ross hauled down a game high 12 rebounds, but Baker had a career high eight and fellow freshman Taylor added a career high seven. ODU also came up with nine steals and nine blocked shots. The Monarchs dished out 18 assists, led by Bacote with a game high five, followed by Keenan Palmore (Stone Mountain, GA.) and Dimitri Batten with four each. Howard was led by James Daniel with a game high 26 points, while Oliver Ellison hauled down nine rebounds. ODU returns to action Friday night when they host the Racers of Murray State at 7 p.m.


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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Radon in drinking water
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When 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick scores a touchdown or does something else worthy of celebration on the football field, he often turns to a move that's become known as "Kaepernicking" as he enjoys the moment.
He did a lot of "Kaepernicking" — flexing and kissing his right bicep — in the team's playoff victory over the Packers, creating a larger audience for Kaepernick and causing someone around him to realize the potential to cash in on his sudden popularity. Eric Branch of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Kaepernick filed an application to trademark "Kaepernicking" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office two days after his huge game against Green Bay.
Kaepernick's application said that he plans to use the term on clothing and ESPN reports that he has designs on other trademarks as well. Kaepernick's camp has already authorized a few small t-shirt companies to use his name and image on shirts with a portion of any proceeds ticketed for camps attended by children with heart problems.
It wasn't too long ago that "Tebowing" was all the rage, so we can't blame Kaepernick from striking while the iron is hot although we feel pretty confident that he'll be able to retain the heat longer than Tim Tebow.


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Phillies rally late, hang on to beat the Cardinals, 5-4.
Brett Myers pitches his second straight strong outing, while the Phillies rally late to score four runs in the eight to take the lead, then they would hang on to win, as the Phillies defeat the Cardinals, 5-4. With the win, they would increase their lead in the East to two and a half games as the Marlins lose to the Rockies. The Cardinals would score the first run in the second, as Troy Glaus would hit a RBI single, scoring Ryan Ludwick, who has doubled earlier, to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. The Cardinals would increase their lead to 2-0 when Ludwick would hit a solo home run in the fourth, his twenty-seventh home run of the year. The Phillies would cut the Cardinals' lead to 2-1 in the sixth, as Chase Utley would hit a solo home run of his own, his twenty-eighth home run of the year. The Phillies would finally light up the Cardinals' bullpen in the top of the eighth. With one out, and Kyle McClellan pitching, Jayson Werth would get on base with a single. McClellan would be replaced by Jaime Garcia. He would get Utley to hit into a force out, first to the shortstop, wiping out Werth at second for the second out. Ryan Howard would follow him with a single, sending Utley to second. Garcia is then replaced by Russ Springer. The Phillies would then go to work. Pat Burrell would greet Spriger with a single, scoring Utley and sending Ryan to second to make it 3-2 Cardinals. Shane Victornio would then take Garcia deep with a three-run home run, his tenth home run of the year, to give the Phillies a 5-2 lead. Greg Dobbs would then ground out to end the inning. The Cardinals then try to rally back in their half of the eighth. With one out, Brendan Ryan, who has gotten on base earlier with a pinch hit single, moved to second on a J.C. Romero's balk, and then went to third on a ground out, would score on a Howard's fielding error of pinch hitter Nick Stavinoha's grounder, making it a 5-3 Phillies' lead. After Romero hits Joe Mather with a pitch to put runners on first and second, he is replaced by Ryan Madson. Madson would then proceed to walk Albert Pujols to load the bases. With Ludwick now batting, Madson would get him to hit into a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning, the third one that the Phillies would get in as many innings. In the ninth, the Phillies would give the ball to Brad Lidge to get the save. The first batter he would face, Glaus, would greet him with a solo shot to left for his nineteenth home run of the year, to cut the lead down to 5-4. After getting Yadier Molina to fly out, the next three Cardinals would get on base with a single (Aaron Miles), a pinch hit single (Rick Ankiel) and a hit batter (Cesar Izturis) to load the bases, with Joel Pineiro pinch running for Ankiel. But Lidge would then buckle down and strike out Stavinoha and Mather to end the game as he records his twenty-eighth save.
Brett Myers would get a no-decision as he pitches his second straight quality start as he goes six innings, giving up only two earned runs on four hits. Chad Durbin would get the win as he pitch an inning plus a batter, as he gives up an earned run on two hits. His record is now 4-2 with a ERA of 1.77. J.C. Romero would pitch a third of an inning, giving up no runs on no hit and a hit batter. Ryan Madson would go two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs on no hits and a walk. Brad Lidge would record his twenty-eighth save in as many tries, as he gives up an earned run on three hits and a hit batter, while striking out two. Todd Wellemeyer would also get a no-decision, as he goes six innings plus a batter, giving up an earned run on four hits. Ron Villone would pitch a third of an inning, giving up no runs on no hits. Kyle McClellan would pitch an inning, giving up an earned run on a hit. Jaime Garcia would receive the lost, as he goes a third of an inning, giving up an earned run on a hit. His record is now 0-1 with a ERA of 4.00. Russ Springer would commit his second blown save, as he goes a third of an inning, giving up two earned runs on two hits. Ryan Franklin would pitch a scoreless inning, giving up no hit.
The Phillies' offense is once again unable to unload on a Cardinals' starter as Todd Wellemeyer would only give them four hits, although one would be a home run. But they would finally light up on the Cardinals' weak bullpen, scoring four of their runs in an one inning outburst. In turn, their own bullpen would bend, but refused to break, when the Cardinals tried to regain the lead in the eight and win it in the ninth. It seems to me that it is now more important than ever that they get some help in the bullpen as long as Tom Gordon (who has just perform a minor league rehab stint) and Rudy Seanez (just placed on the DL) are both out. Yo, idiots, unloosen the purse strings, and get some help for the bullpen.
With tomorrow off, the Phillies (61-50) come back home to Philly with a two and a half games lead in the East as the Marlins lose to the Rockies. The Mets now trail by three games as they lost to the Astros. The Braves still trail by ten games as they defeated the Brewers. The Phillies, after coming home from a 5-1 road trip, will try to deliver an early one-two punch to the Marlins as the fish come in to Philadelphia for a three games series starting on Tuesday night.


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Well it took 10 years, but the update to this book first published in 2006 will be available in the next week or so, now covering 1886 - 2016, it runs to 190 pages, A4 sized, same format as the previous edition.
Final cost still to be worked out but it will be roughly £10 inc postage. Will detail how to order once the copies are received.


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RA – the equal opportunity inflamer.
When RA causes tendinitis, tendinosis, or tendonopathy, it hurts !!!
Typical treatments are rest and NSAIDS. That applies to inflammation of any tendon, whether or not you have RA. Let's see what can be done to hit this problem right out of the ballpark. Batter up!
When it's the achilles tendon, rest involves things such as avoiding stairs and using crutches. When a person's home contains stairs, this suggestion is unrealistic. Sure, I'll just sleep on the couch and not do any laundry for a few months. Strike one!
Crutches might work to rest one side of the body, but when inflammation is symetrical, crutches aren't a good solution. Strike two!
A wheelchair might work – if you don't have stairs to navigate. Foul ball!
NSAIDs – now there's a novel idea. People with RA are already taking prescription-strenghth NSAIDs – or even prednisone – and still get tendonitis. Strike three! You're out!
First line tendonitis treatments don't work when you have RA.
New batter up!
- Home exercises or Physical therapy – double!
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation – hit!
- Massage – hit!
- Night brace – hit!


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Canada: Blood Donor Ban Upheld
September 10, 2010
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In a 187-page decision released Thursday, Justice Catherine Aitken of the Superior Court of Justice upheld the Canadian Blood Services' (CBS) ban on donations by men who have sex with men (MSM). Giving blood is not a civil right on par with voting, marrying or holding public office, Aitken said.
"It would be irresponsible of [CBS] as a blood operator to wait until there is clear scientific evidence regarding a risk before taking reasonable steps to avoid it," Aitken said.
Aitken acknowledged that many MSM may feel a sense of injustice over being denied the opportunity to donate blood, a reaction that could be "all the stronger and more poignant" given the history of discrimination against the MSM community. "That impact, however, is not in the same league as the impact on a blood recipient who has to use blood or blood products in order to survive or make life livable and who is asked to accept lower safety standards," she wrote.
Aitken awarded $10,000 (US $9,648) in damages to CBS after finding that a gay man, Kyle Freeman, committed negligent misrepresentation when he donated blood as many as 18 times between 1990 and 2002, falsely denying he had ever had sex with another man. In 2002, his donation was discarded after it tested positive for syphilis. In an anonymous e-mail to CBS, which the blood service obtained a court order to trace, Freeman admitted his deception and voiced his objections to the ban. Aitken dismissed Freeman's counterclaim of equality rights against CBS and the federal attorney general.
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