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Social Security and Medicare are a sacred trust with our country's seniors who have worked and paid into the system their entire lives. I will steadfastly oppose any effort to reduce Social Security or Medicare benefits for America's retirees or those nearing retirement. I will also oppose any plan that changes the system in any way for those who count on Social Security or Medicare.
I believe Medicare and Social Security should provide for a stable and secure retirement for seniors. That's why I believe Medicare needs to have strong provisions for prescription drug benefits and it's why I've signed the Social Security and Medicare Protection Pledge.
Ensuring that every member of the greatest generation and those who have worked their entire lives receive adequate benefits is the solemn responsibility for all of us, and something that should be protected at all costs.
Congress needs to work together, in a bi-partisan way, to ensure the system is solvent for future generations without changing the programs for seniors who currently count on their earned benefits or are nearing retirement.
I will lead the effort to stop borrowing from Social Security assets, and won't hesitate to stand up to my own party or anyone else who threatens the future of Social Security or Medicare.
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Last night was the Christmas Bacon LIVE show. We had Christmas music, last second gift ideas, and Sean brought back a popular segment, Non-Bacon Bacon Related News.
The hour went by so fast this week that we didn't get a chance to get to everything we wanted too. Maybe the new sound board is a little to distracting. All I know is I need some better sounds for it. Maybe next year.
Tune in next week to find out if we got any bacon goodies for Christmas. If you happen to get a few make sure to join us live in the chatroom and tell us about it! See you next week.
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captchas are getting so hard to read that only robots will be able to solve them soon
Hi. I'm Jon Jagger, a UK software consultant.
You can hire me! My email address is [jon AT jaggersoft DOT com]
I help teams improve their effectiveness at collaboratively developing software.
I built cyber-dojo to promote deliberate practice for software development teams.
If you don't like my work, I won't invoice you.
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I had this yesterday. I doubt any human could read that! As my friend Niklas Bjornerstedt tweeted
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Double word captchas are called recaptchas. One word is random, to check if you are human. The other word is asking you to interpret a printed word that computers can't decipher, to help digitize old books. I heard this on a Ted X talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?language=enReplyDelete
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Id like help in trying to correct a long-standing problem Ive had with my 2002 Escalade EXT regarding the steering. There is grinding and clunking when turning. It sounds and feels like the front end will fall apart.
I've seen reference to Safety Report #000235003: FAILED STEERING . CLUNKING NOISE UNDER HOOD AND CAN BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL.
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I downloaded this app called Footsteps for my iPhone. It's a pedometer app. It's amazing how many steps we take in a day just on average without even running or jogging. I have successfully passed the 10,000 steps that people try and set their daily goal for. Today I did it again. I am hoping in a few months I will feel significantly better and look a lot skinner too. It's been too long since I've been skinny and its about time I get into shape.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Getting In To The Routine
I've been walking/jogging/running after work ever since last Thursday and I have to admit that even though I hate it I do like the feeling of accomplishment after I've done my 3 miles. I've done this five days now and everyday it gets easier and everyday I feel like I can see the results. I can actually walk up two flights of steps in the office without being out of breath. It's a great feeling. I can also fit into pants that were at one time really tight. Things are going pretty good so far.
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East Tennessee Racing Community Mourns the Passing of Scott SextonFriday, January 11th, 2013
By Richard Allen
On Thursday morning, the east Tennessee racing community lost a great competitor and a dear friend with the passing of driver Scott Sexton.The sense of grief was readily apparent as drivers, fans, media members and promoters took to Facebook and other forms of social media to express their memories and sympathies.
Sexton suffered from [...]
Scott Sexton getting back on trackMonday, October 18th, 2010
By Richard Allen
In and around the 1990s there were few late model drivers who found more success on the dirt tracks of east Tennessee and the southeast region of the country than Scott Sexton of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Unfortunately, that strong run came to a rather abrupt halt as life circumstances caused the talented racer [...]
Scott Sexton makes the most of his return to racingSaturday, September 25th, 2010
By Richard Allen
Scott Sexton has been out of the driver's seat of a race car for most of the 2010 season due to health problems involving his legs. However, on Saturday night at the 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tennessee he returned not only to the track but also to victory lane driving the #66 [...]
Scott Sexton takes season opener at 411 Motor SpeedwaySaturday, April 3rd, 2010
By Richard Allen
Scott Sexton began a comeback to full time dirt late model racing at the end of the 2009 season. In the season opener at the 411 Motor Speedway on Saturday that comeback took a big step forward.
Starting from the outside of the front row, Sexton bolted out to an early lead and never [...]
Scott Sexton racing back to dirt track prominenceMonday, November 30th, 2009
By Richard Allen
From 1988 to 2002 Pigeon Forge's Scott Sexton ran roughshod over many of the tracks and competitors of east Tennessee. In that time frame he scored over 200 late model feature wins on the region's dirt.
Unfortunately, for personal reasons surrounding the illness and subsequent death of his father, Sexton's racing career came to [...]
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BULLS GAP, Tenn. — Looking for the perfect present for the race fan on your Christmas gift list? How about a ride in the Volunteer Speedway two-seater Late Model around the high banks on Saturday, Jan. 2, with your choice of driver between four of East Tennessee's top chauffeur's behind the wheel in Jimmy Owens, [...]
East Tennessee driver hoping to learn from talented mentorMonday, November 9th, 2009
By Richard Allen
Anyone who has followed the local racing scene around east Tennessee since the 1990s has heard the name Scott Sexton. The Sevier County native put together just over a decade of dominance that resulted in feature race checkered flags and trophies numbering in the hundreds.
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Snowboarding Forum - Snowboard Enthusiast Forums (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/forum.php)
- Nightlife (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/nightlife/)
- - Mammoth vs Vegas (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/nightlife/20993-mammoth-vs-vegas.html)
Mammoth vs Vegas
tough decision. got two groups of friends going to two different awesome places for the same awesome new year weekend.
let's see... shredding crazy lines at Mammoth, getting wasted, hot tub with possible snow bunnies to watch the balls drop, or...
coke, ecstacy, gambling, alcohol... maybe strippers and hookers, and maybe hooking up with some witless out-of-towner (i used to live in Vegas) in the city of lights.
Did you intend to post this on the snowboarding forum? :dunno:
Agreeed with above. But I'll bite....Vegas you'll blow a ton of money on coke, hookers, and gambling. In Mammoth, you put down cash(actually about as much as you would on blow) for real snow, snow bunnies that require a little less (but it'll be LA girls, so they may be more expensive than the hookers), but no gambling.
So the question here is gamble in sand or board in snow (already a 36-72 inch base and full ops expected for next week). C'mon dude! Save Vegas for Spring Break, Summer Silliness, or Fall Festivities.......Hit the Snow brother! I'd take a bunnie or two in a Roxy beanie Ugg Boots and over a Chick with a Fendi Bag and Gucci shoes any day!
i mean was this even a question?
go snowboarding....and take some blow with you:laugh:
i'm basically looking for a weekend with a lot of intoxicated shenanigans. i enjoy both places equally, and i consider the two equal in terms of fun to be had.
neednsnow hit it on the head though. i can do Vegas other times of the year, but we only have one short winter. Mammoth it is.
I don't know what the scene is like in Mammoth, but partying with a bunch of dudes wouldn't be my idea of a great New Year's, necessarily.
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Yesterday, I considered the interweaving of digital life and embodied life in response to an article that explained how political spats on Facebook impact relationships, including the face-to-face kind. Today, I want to look at another curious case of such interweaving of the digital and the embodied.
In "Seeking Privacy in a Networked Age," New York Times columnist Nick Bilton chronicles the loss of privacy owing to the combination of social media and mobile technology.
A pulled pork taco hovered about four inches from my mouth when my phone impolitely interrupted me. "Hey, I see you're having people over. O.K. if I stop by?" read a text message from someone whom I had not invited to my dinner party.
How did the person know I was even having a party? I needed only to glance at my guests, who were sharing messages and photos of the dinner to their online social networks.
Call it the latest episode of "Nothing's Private Anymore."
Even if you refuse to join Facebook, even if you never take pictures with your iPhone or Galaxy, chances are your face has shown up on Facebook or some other social media platform. I expect this is even truer for people under 30 than it is for folks in my generation on up. But don't think you're safe from having your privacy invaded. Bilton quotes Dennis Crowley, the chief executive of Foursquare, who says, "I don't think it's the norm for most people yet; it is though for the microcosms that are Silicon Valley or South by Southwest. . . . But, at the same time, I think those things predict the future and the way the tech elite act now is the way everyone will experience the world a few years from now."
Bilton speculates about the development of an cloaking service that would allow you to keep your name or image from being displayed on Facebook and similar platforms. But he does not open up a conversation that I think is due, if not overdue. I'm thinking about a serious conversation of how we use social media in embodied social gatherings. In years past, if I were at a dinner party at your home, I would not take a photo of you, print multiple copies, and then send it to all of my friends without first asking your permission. Why, then, would I think it's okay to do this digitally? Is there some unwritten rule that says the person with the the mobile device has the right to post pictures of others without asking, or to comment on private parties?
Or, is it time for us to think about how we ought to use our digital devices in embodied social settings? Perhaps it should be understood that we don't post photos of others without asking. Perhaps we should all agree that we won't describe what's happening at a private party unless everyone involved is okay with that. Perhaps, just perhaps, we might consider whether we should check our mobile devices at the door so that we might be fully present to each other for a short while. Hmmmm.
I don't expect there's a one-size-fits-all answer to these sorts of questions. But I do believe we need to do some serious thinking about the interweaving of our digital and embodied lives, so that we might form new norms for relationship that are respectful both of people and of our privacy.


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Profiling our Federal Government (as they profile you)
Many Australians are mystified as to why our international perception is deteriorating so rapidly.
Mounting concern is evident by the material we receive daily, some items follow; to aid your understanding.
Letter to the Editor: Due Credit? (PDF, 43 KB)
John Gault, 21 October 2011
Congratulations to Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan.
Wayne Swan's Fair Work Act: Ignorant or Misleading? (external link)
JJ Richards, 2 June 2011
Here's one for those Scholars studying Industrial Relations.
Freedom on the Net 2011 (The People vs their Governments) (external link)
Freedom House, 29 April 2011
This report examines internet freedom in 37 countries around the globe, be sure to check out Australia!
Merger rejection exacerbates sovereign-risk concerns in Asia (external link)
Michael Sainsbury and Rowan Callick, 7 April 2011
Wayne Swan's rejection of the Australian Securities Exchange takeover by the Singapore Exchange has exacerbated concerns across Asia that sovereign risk and policy uncertainty is rising under the current Labor government.
Public sector spending (PDF, 18 KB)
Greg Lindsay, 30 March 2011
In the wake of the crushing defeat of Labor in NSW by the Liberal/National Party Coalition, and also as we observe governments around the world trying to come to grips with their economic troubles.
Abbott Not All There (PDF, 11 KB)
Mac Nichols, 15 March 2011
This fellow Greg Hunt is a traitorous pest and Abbott should have the spine to hold his position. He was on a winner.
Debt Clock Australia (external link)
www.debtclock.com.au, 6 October 2010
This is what three years of Socialism Aussie style has achieved for us and it is about to accelerate for the next three years!
Hitler Reacts to Australia's Election (external link)
Novafm, 17 September 2010
A good variation on an old video theme!
Divorce Agreement (PDF, 33 KB)
John J. Wall, 31 August 2010
A proposed divorce agreement for the two political parties in Australia.
A flash of red in the Solomons: Was it our Julia? (external link)
Barry FitzGerald, 25 August 2010
Not very nice of law firm Slater & Gordon to rain on OZ Minerals' parade by lodging a class action yesterday against the company, alleging disclosure shortcomings
Shun All Talk of Consensus (external link)
Andrew Bolt, 25 August 2010
"THE three independent MPs who'll pick our next prime minister may not just sell out their own voters..."
A Taiwanese View Of Our Federal Election! (external link)
Youtube, 24 August 2010
A hilarous take on the Australian Federal Election.
Labor Has Deserted Its Base - The Real Workers (PDF, 35 KB)
Ronald Kitching, 23 August 2010
The Labor Party, having deserted workers years ago, is now revealing its Red/Green core.
Sensible Advice to Canberra Politicians (PDF, 35 KB)
Ronald Kitching, 23 August 2010
Some sensible advice for Tony Abbott, Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshot and Bob Katter.
A Campaign Theme Song for Labor (external link)
Luke McGrath, 20 August 2010
Mannkal Scholar Luke McGrath has suggested a very appropriate theme song for the Labor campaign.
Don't Let Joolya Foolya!! (PDF, 34 KB)
Mannkal Foundation, 15 August 2010
"She can execute a prime minister but she can't execute a government program"
Good Governance! (PDF, 84 KB)
Mannkal Foundation, 13 August 2010
Your government at work....
Beware! Green Is The New Red! (external link)
Facebook Group, 10 August 2010
Founded in 1992 as a harmless environmentalist group, The Greens rise through the Political ranks has been monumental with the 2010 election likely to give them the balance of power in the Senate and the ability to hold the major parties to ransom.
Pensions - Tax By Stealth (external link)
Robert Gottliebsen, 10 August 2010
Labor's spin promises a benefit to pensioners. Reality takes it away.
Implications of the Labor-Green preference swap (external link)
Peter Westmore, 7 August 2010
The decision by the Labor Party and the Greens to exchange preferences is designed to maximise the number of Labor-held seats in the House of Representatives (where governments are formed) and the number of Green seats in the Senate.
Rudd - Builder or Wrecker? (PDF, 35 KB)
Ronald Kitching, 6 August 2010
Rudd's comment: "I've fought for too many years to help build our country up." - True or False?
Sympathy From Gillard? (PDF, 43 KB)
James Darby, 5 August 2010
"Sympathy from Gillard heralds the attempt to win back Rudd voters to vote Labor in order to give Rudd back a post in the Gillard Cabinet as a
Spotlight on the 'Real Julia' (external link)
Terry McCrann, 3 August 2010
As Kevin Rudd's right hand woman, and one of the four key players in his decision-making 'kitchen cabinet', the 'real Julia' signed up to the government's Emissions Trading Scheme.
Who Pays For Paid Maternity Leave? (PDF, 33 KB)
Ronald Kitching, 1 August 2010
The majority of Australian businesses are to be taxed to pay for this proposal, but it is the public who will eventually become lumbered with the cost of Tony
I'm Not Conceding That The Opposition Is Correct, I'm Simply Refusing To Deny It (external link)
The Australian, 27 July 2010
The national broadcaster rewrites the news to put the best possible spin on a painful admission.
Devils Inside Hidden Green Agenda (external link)
Andrew Bolt, 21 July 2010
One election result is already clear - and makes this debate about Tony Abbott's "secret" plans even more brainless.
Budget Revenue from Minerals (PDF, 22 KB)
Des Moore, 20 July 2010
Honesty charter tests Swan
Omnipotent Government (PDF, 18 KB)
Mac Nichols, 18 July 2010
Our coming election has the incumbent Labor party purporting interventionism in our markets, increased public ownership of mineral resources, and centralised governance.
The State of trust: it's a one way street (external link)
Mark Newton, 16 July 2010
Mark Newton always comes up with a good censorship read.
A victory of sorts (PDF, 31 KB)
Peter Martin, 9 July 2010
KEN Henry sidelined? Just about everyone seems to think so. And just about everyone is missing the point.
Children Won't Be Left To Drown... How About Gillard? (external link)
Miranda Devine, 8 July 2010
"The generous view is that all those who vilified conservatives as racists and bigots during the Howard era have realised they were mistaken."
Julia Gilliard (PDF, 32 KB)
Unknown, 5 July 2010
"Do you accept that tomorrow will be Friday?
Gillard's choice on the RSPT (PDF, 26 KB)
Stephen Bartholomeusz, 30 June 2010
Gillard on God (PDF, 53 KB)
James Darby, 29 June 2010
Ms Fit Julia Gillard
New PM a real singer! (external link)
Double Take, 28 June 2010
Double Take's Parody of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5, With Dep. PM Julia Gillard.
Gillard and ALP won't change their spots (PDF, 39 KB)
Peter Brun, 28 June 2010
Limericks? Peter Brun penned this within an hour of the announcement.
Julia, Economic Policy and Taxation (PDF, 39 KB)
Ron Kitching, 27 June 2010
My disagreement with Julia is fundamental. Julia believes that the nation's economy is best run with herself as the chief bureaucrat dictating policy.
Julia's just the new Kevin, only cooler - for now (PDF, 50 KB)
Peter Ruehi, 26 June 2010
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Julia Gillard has a job on her hands - trying to show she's the unKevin while proving 99 per cent of the stuff she was complicit in during his 2-year run is still a hot idea.
Speak out, Robert Manne: Ken Henry silences dissent (external link)
Tim Wilson, 25 June 2010
If Australian bureaucrats were bound by baseball rules, Treasury secretary Ken Henry has had his three strikes, and it's time to go back to the bench.
The Boatie Pokie (external link)
David Knight, 23 June 2010
"You let your boat people in, you put your boat people out..."
Rudd revolt denied (external link)
AAP, WA Today, 19 June 2010
Government ministers have rejected suggestions the prime minister faces a leadership revolt when the party meets in Canberra on Tuesday.
Kevin 7/11 needs to think long term (PDF, 49 KB)
Henry Ergas, 18 June 2010
ONE of the few empirical regularities in politics is that bad policies often lead to policies that are even worse. The resource super-profits tax is a case in point.
Eating Kevin Rudd alive (PDF, 52 KB)
Mark Latham, 17 June 2010
Dear Diary ...
PM's economic shambles (PDF, 55 KB)
Sinclair Davidson, 16 June 2010
The government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has not lived up to its early promise.
Kev's in denial, Julia's a lady in waiting (PDF, 50 KB)
Peter Ruehl, 15 June 2010
A lot of us seem to be changing our minds. Last week I said it was Kevin's to lose, and like many of my thoughts, it wasn't an original one. Now I'm trying to figure out how he can win it.
Kitchen Cabinet to rival Master Chef (PDF, 695 KB)
Unknown, 15 June 2010
What's that saying? A picture says a thousand words...
Kev's Report Card (PDF, 73 KB)
Unknown, 15 June 2010
In blood sport, honesty is bad policy (external link)
Greg Rudd, 12 June 2010
Is honesty the best policy? Not really. If we're honest about everything we feel or think or believe in & articulate our doubts & weaknesses, our honesty inevitably will be used against us by lovers, competitors or political opponents. That's life,
Mad ads won (PDF, 18 KB)
John Roskam, 11 June 2010
Blaming Kevin Rudd
Rudd's electoral cracks about to open further (PDF, 59 KB)
Paul Sheehan, 9 June 2010
The Rudd government is fighting damage-control battles on many fronts but one potentially fatal front is all its double speak about human rights.
Rudd Marred (PDF, 58 KB)
John lizard, 6 June 2010
In a few months time, with a little luck, we should be able to look back at the short-lived Rudd experiment in one-man national government and wonder - "What was all that about"?
Rage powering Kevin Rudd on his journey (external link)
Rage powering Kevin Rudd on his journey Samantha Maiden, 5 June 2010
KEVIN Rudd's "angry heart" is the subject of an extraordinary new essay on the making of the Prime Minister, which asks what drives his ambition and comes to a startling conclusion: that he is "a politician with rage at his core".
Angry man shaped by a tragic past (external link)
Samantha Maiden, 5 June 2010
KEVIN Rudd's "angry heart" is the subject of an extraordinary new essay on the making of the Prime Minister that asks what drives his ambition and comes to a startling conclusion: he is "a politician with rage at his core".
Marx (PDF, 12 KB)
Ronald Kitching, 4 June 2010
Marx would be quite pleased - we are doing well. He did not even think of hospitals and payroll tax.
A cowboy named Bud... (PDF, 26 KB)
Unknown, 16 May 2010
The ANTXAN Report (PDF, 87 KB)
Jeremy O'Gorman, 7 May 2010
Australia is no longer viewed as a politically stable country to invest in!!
Under the Southern Cross (PDF, 38 KB)
Charlie Aitken, 4 May 2010
In this edition Charlie asks, "Who is the next listed sector sacrificed by Canberra?"


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Lena Dunham: Talented Gal at 2014 Emmy Awards
She always loves getting gussied up for big events and Lena Dunham looked adorable at the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards earlier tonight (August 25).
The "Girls" star showed off her red carpet prowess in designer duds as she strolled inside Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre to catch all the action.
Hosted by Seth Meyers, this year's Emmy Awards promises to be full of laughs and excitement, as well as plenty of beautiful people.
As for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series hopefuls, Bryan Cranston, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jeff Daniels, Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey are all up for consideration.


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Memphis got back on the winning track, 8-5. Gissell went 7 ip, 7 h, 4 r, 0 bb, 8 K. I like those BB's and K's. Gonzalez was 2 of 3, Seabol, Berger, and Nelson 2 of 4. And Nelson's hits were both HR's. He's now up to an OBP of .408 and SLG of .554, both very, very nice numbers for anyone, but especially a SS. He's fanned a lot, 29 times to 83 AB. But he's also walked a lot, 13. I get the sense that he's having the patience to take a lot of pitches nnd swing at ones he likes, though that's inference on my part.
Springfield lost 2-1 as the bats got quiet again. Alvarez went 6 ip, 5 h, 2 r, 1 bb, 2 k. Nussbeck made his season debut a good one, 2 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 1 bb, 4 k. Estrada was 2 of 4.
Palm Beach was postponed again. The two games will be made up as back to back DH's in mid-June. Yow. Call up some extra arms then. I saw the report that in the Wednesday game, the bad guys got up 9-0 before the rain started in the second.
Quad Cities romped, 14-3. Dove had a very nice outing at 6 ip, 4 h, 1 r, 0 bb, 8 k. Patrick was 4 of 5 with 3 doubles and 5 RBI. Hammond, Mullinax, and Williams were each 2 of 4.


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*Umnitza* the worst. all emails included!
So I've noticed alot of *umnitza* threads popping up lately. of course this happens AFTER I place my order. Now its time for me to tell my story
2/23 sunday:
I get my tax return WOO and I wanna get some Bi-Xenon headlights. ask some friends they tell me to go to umnitza so I order:
Projector46 Premium Sedan 2002-2005 Facelifted with Orion
Angel Eyes - Standard Halogen
Clear Film Protection - No Thank You
Pre-Installed - FX-R Retrofit
Bulbs - 1 pair Xenix
Car Model - 2002-2005 3-Series Wagon (Screw In)
Xenon - FX-R Retrofit with Adapters 35W
Car Type - Sedan
Color - 6000K
Xenon Fogs - No, I do not wish to have Xenon fogs with my order
650 bucks. pretty excited get a fedex tracking number the next day saying I should get them friday. HOLY CRAP KILLER SERVICE.
2/26 I notice my tracking number hasn't done anything yet. so I shoot them an email asking whats up. tim writes back saying they are backed up blah blah blah shipping next week. should have them by 3/7. cool it happens.
3/3/14 a few friends tell me about the multicolor AE but they are like 300 bucks. so I send an email asking about adding them to the order and if they are hard to install with the depo headlights they use. tim calls like an hour later tells me that they can do it and he'll knock off 50 bucks and install them. but it will push the ship date to 3/10 or 3/17. I agree and pay for them right then.
3/16 I send an email asking if there's a new tracking number or if they are gonna ship. OOPS multiAE is on back order. but I'm FIRST ON THE LIST. getting alittle impatient but I did change the order
3/26 I get an email saying to approve the finished product. HOORAY they are gonna get shipped after a month of waiting.
3/31 I send an email asking if they shipped yet and I get this:
"packaging today."
that's the entire email.
4/2 a new email from umnitza:
Turns out I had your headlights mistakenly referred to as finished. The photos you saw were indeed your headlights but were not yet finished with the FXR upgrade. That is our mistake.
They are actually due to be finished today and we'll send you more/new photos of this result. I'm sorry for the confusion.
so I write back "Are you guys just messing with me at this point? I mean i spend 1000 dollars on these things over a month ago and unless I hound you about them i don't even get an update. It's making it real hard for me to want to get the rest of my stuff there"
and I get a response : "Not sure how to answer your question. We don't "mess" with people. When we make a mistake, we admit it and fix it."
so I respond "Fair enough I just hope you can understand my frustration. You guys came highly recommended and Tim was great on the phone. It just seems like it's been taking forever. And as I said before unless I ask about what's going on I would have no way of knowing. I had an approval email a week ago which would lead me to believe they would be shipped. Come Monday still no word. So I ask and I'm told packing today. Cool they should be out Tuesday. Tuesday comes and goes and so I ask today a week later if you can change the address and I'm told "hey my bad turns out those weren't ready yet". Granted this is 3 weeks after tim told me "yours are top on the list and we will try to get them out by Friday the 7th but no later than the 14th."
The only reason I'm not losing my mind is you are always quick to respond and explain what's going on even if it's like 8 pm on a sunday. I just wanna make my car look cool!"
the response: "We make mistakes. We did on this one when our last line of defense was going over the packing list and noticed that these headlights did not contain the proper FXR.
That's why they were pulled back."
oh word they caught a mistake and wanna fix it. understandable
4/4 I ask if they can change the address since it hasn't be shipped yet they tell me "Same number, it should be ready end of today. Working hard on it."
4/5 tim calls me with the "we are so busy blah blah blah I'm gonna make it all better and send you free stuff sorry that shipping made you feel like a piece of **** for asking where your stuff is. backlog excuse excuse owner sucks blah blah whatever"
15 minutes later some other dude calls who is "incharge of my order" and doesn't have a clue of whats going on he thinks stuff is being shipped back then fixed and shipped back to me I don't know what he's talking about so I say "just ship the lights and I'll be happy I have to go back to work" and hang up
4/8 the headlights finally go out. guess what! they didn't change the address so now I have no way to sign for these things. great customer service dudes! so I go on fedex and get the address changed myself for 5 bucks.
4/15 headlights should arrive today! so excite. well fedex ignored my request for change of address so they don't get delivered. lucky for me the fedex dude is awesome and agrees to meet me at the local gas station before he heads home to get my headlights. so we meet up I sign for these bad boys shoot home open the box and
THE FVCKING HEADLIGHT IS BROKEN the bottom bracket is snapped clean off and the rear tab is cracked well into the housing pretty much exactly what I dont wanna deal with.
so I immediately call tim and tell him what happened he starts whining about being busy and having an inter ear infection and he cant hear anyone on the phone and again excuse excuse and the owner is in china so he has to email this guy first to get it approved.
later that night I get a response from the pictures I sent:
Unless you see something else on that photo, you are fine. That is the bracket. Once you unscrew that screw, you remove the bracket. Those brackets are there for 1 reasons - if you've had an accident and need a new one (yours are already in the most perfect place for the headlights to be installed) AND to stabilize the headlight during shipping.
Once you unscrew that screw you'll see that the bracket slides out and is no longer necessary. The actual tab itself slides onto the bracket on your car. It doesn't need anything other than that.
Just unscrew the screw. Again, this is unless there is something other than what I'm seeing in the photo. Look at your headlights on your car, in fact, slide one out and see how it all works together.
is this dude serious?
so I write back with more colorful language than I normally use because clearly I'm pissed off and this is what I get back
"We can issue a return label, send that one side back. Either fix the bracket (50/50) or just replace the complete back side (100%).
The time to do this is usually 5-7 days - 2-3 to send to us, 1 day to fix, 2-3 to send back. But before we do, please review below."
so it seems to me that they don't care. no shocker there after dealing with them for the last 45 days or so.
so I write back:
Forget it I'll fix it myself. The way everything else has gone I'll send this headlight back and get it shipped back in August. You could send some instructions for hooking up the bixenon shutter and the angel eyes though since they came with nothing.
4/16 I get a response:
The bixenon shutter attaches to the high beam wires - no polarity - by taps to the red wire. I believe it's already wired inside the headlight for you but if not, there will be 2 red wires peaking out.
For the angel eyes - www.fastm.com - and our install guide on our site "install resources".
Let us know if you need any further help.
oh cool just completely blow me off that I'm not happy. And you don't even have write ups on instructions for your own products because your website works 50% of the time and is filled with dead links and no install information.
so I plastic welded the bracket tab used my old stabilizer brackets since the new ones we trashed and put them in today. the connectors for the bixenon shutters are all half assed on there I didn't have enough daylight to wire the AE so hopefully they work when I do it tomorrow.
I will never use this company for anything ever again in my life nothing they can do or say excuses the total lack of customer service they have. completely unresponsive to customers unless you hound them for info. I gave them more chances to right the situation than any person should for anything. so its 1000 bucks wasted.
Now I see all these negative reviews everwhere and I feel like such a fool for not researching more.
thanks for listening hopefully you choose wiser than I did.
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4/15/2014 - Tuesday
4:15 pm
Coatesville, PA
10:09 am
Delivery exception
Customer not available or business closed
8:06 am
On FedEx vehicle for delivery
7:50 am
At local FedEx facility
4/12/2014 - Saturday
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At local FedEx facility
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6:53 am
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3:12 am
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2:05 am
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Let me attempt to summarize your situation.
Your order was changed to multi-color in the middle. Due to them being on back order, there was a delay.
Your order was for FXR - by the time the multi-color arrived, the FXR were then on back order (popular product).
Your order had a few mistakes, but we did ship you pictures of the product prior to shipping that you approved ultimately and the ultimate product is as described.
We didn't blow you off at any point in any of our exchanges.
In fact, you left out one key piece of information, we continue to help you with anything you need and any help you need as long as the warranty is process for the product. If we were blowing you off, would we continue to write up diagrams to help you?
The "break" you describe, you never got back to us with more photos:
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I'd be happy to discuss this with you further when I return next week Friday. Hopefully we can help set a better course together.
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Publication Acceptance Date: 6/16/2010
Publication Date: 9/15/2010
Citation: Hartung, J.S., Halbert, S., Pelz-Stelinski, K., Brlansky, R.H., Chen, C., Gmitter, F. 2010. Lack of Evidence of Transmission of 'Candidatus' Liberibacter Asiaticus Through Citrus Seed Taken From Affected Fruit. Plant Disease. 94(10):1200-1205. Interpretive Summary: Citrus huanglongbing disease is the greatest threat to the world citrus industry today. The cornerstone of disease control programs is the production of healthy seedlings for transplantation into orange grove, but it is not known whether or not the pathogen can infect seed and be transmitted to seedlings. If this were the case, the disease control program would be compromised. This research was undertaken to determine whether or not the pathogen can be transmitted through seed. Fruit affected by citrus huanglongbing were collected in Florida and seed obtained from them were grown in screened greenhouses in both Florida and Maryland. Symptoms of huanglongbing were not observed in any of the 700 seedlings included in this study, even after 3 years of growth. Nor were any of the laboratory tests positive for the pathogen. Thus no evidence of transmission of the citrus huanglongbing pathogen was obtained in this study and we conclude that the pathogen is not transmitted through seed. This research is of significance to the world-wide citrus industry.
Technical Abstract: Citrus huanglongbing disease, putatively caused by the associated bacterium Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus is the greatest threat to the world citrus industry today. The bacterium is spread locally and regionally by the citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, and can also be disseminated by grafting with contaminated budwood. Affected fruit produce aborted seed, suggesting that seed can become contaminated with the pathogen, and there is a previous preliminary report of transmission of the pathogen through true seed. This research was undertaken to determine whether or not Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus can be transmitted through seed. Seed from symptomatic fruit was confirmed to be contaminated by Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus by qPCR. Two groups of approximately 350 seedlings each, of various citrus species were grown from seed removed from fruit on trees that were symptomatic for huanglongbing and confirmed to be infected with the bacterium by PCR-testing. These seedlings were tested over a period of either 7-10 months or up to three years. No symptoms of huanglongbing, such as blotchy leaf mottle, spreading chlorosis and dieback of branches were observed in these seedlings and none of these 700 seedlings tested positive for the presence of the pathogen even after repeated and sensitive testing by q-PCR. Some sour orange seedlings did have quite pronounced and atypical growth habits. These atypical growth habits were limited to seedlings that arose from zygotic embryos as determined by EST-SSR analyses. Thus no evidence of transmission of Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus was obtained, and the earlier report of transmission of the pathogen through seed was not confirmed.


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I brought my two cats over to my sisters to get them familiar with each other before I move them there permanently. After my cats saw her cats, they started hissing at each other. Same happened with her two cats. My cats love each other at home but once we got into a place with unfamiliar cats they turned on each other. Anyone know why this happens or how to stop it?
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Most cats do not get along with new cats right off the bat, and sometimes they never do. And the stress of being in an unfamiliar place with strange cats can cause them to turn on each other. Jackson Galaxy addresses this problem often on his Animal Planet TV show "My Cat from Hell." I recommend that you watch some episodes about this problem to get ideas on how to solve it. In fact, this past Saturday, (4/13) he dealt with this very issue. It isn't easy and it can take weeks or months; you must be 100 percent committed to making it work.
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Will the LIBOR Scandal Jump the Atlantic?
It's big news in Europe right now. Monday morning, before a British Parliamentary committee, a top official with the Bank of England is testifying.
But will it hop the Atlantic and take root here at home?
"It" is the news that Barclays – and perhaps other big banks as well – were playing fast and loose with the rules of the road that govern "LIBOR" or the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate, that affects everything from adjustable mortgage rates to car loans. Barclays has already paid some $450 million to settle charges, and the bank's chairman and CEO have walked the plank.
It's a huge, complicated story: was Barclays fudging the numbers to fatten its profits? To prevent widespread panic during the financial crisis of five years ago? Both – and that's why I'm skeptical that this story will really rivet the attention of the broader public. When it comes to financial scandal, it's much easier to stir interest – and, especially, indignation – if the story involves numbers small enough for us to grasp.
Consider the recent outrage over the antics of the General Services Administration, which "won" huge attention for a Las Vegas retreat it put on back in 2010. The total cost of the event: $823.000, which amounts to the cost of running the government for, oh, a gazillionth of a second. What stirred the outage (apart from the fact that a government agency went to Vegas, rather than, say, Muncie, Indiana)? The details: $400 for rented tuxedos! $3,749 for T-shirts! $95 a person for a reception and dinner! $57.72 per person for lunch!
With numbers like this, a story descends from the high altitudes, and comes down to earth. When I'm told that LIBOR affects as much as $800 trillion in transactions, I simply do not know how to grasp that kind of impact. I need a number that I've had some remote relationship to in my life. That's why when one-time Tyco International CEO Dennis Kozlowski involuntarily entered the public spotlight, the key fact involved not financial wrongdoing, but the fact that he had a $6,000 shower curtain for his 13-room Fifth Avenue duplex.
That's why the public outrage over Defense Department spending in the 1980s involved not tens of billions of dollars in weaponry that did not work, but $700 toilet seats.
So if the LIBOR story is going to become a major, headline-grabbing story on this side of the Atlantic, the financial journalists need to stop trying to figure out how much – if anything – these alleged interest-rate shenanigans cost investors or customers.
What they really need to find out is whether the Barclay's folks ordered in a $150 per person lunch – preferably with a nice Sancerre or Chardonnay – and wrote it off.
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Hello there,
I'm building a cantenna with my linksys WUSB54GC to get better signal strength. I install my cantenna 3 metres high on my home roof and I use 10 metres USB UTP extension cable that I make myself. I joined both end of the UTP with one male & female USB extension cable.
Backtrack 3 can detect & configure my wireless USB only if I plug the USB UTP ext cable using another usb 1.0/1.1 extension cable connected to my computer USB port. Backtrack refuses to detect & configure the wireless USB if I use the USB UTP ext cable with USB 2.0 ext cable!.
That's OK as long as I can get my wireless USB detected & configurable. But I get a problem when I want to capture packet using airodump. I get no output from airodump window. It only shows battery life, date & time followed by these headers: BSSID, PWR, Beacons, #Data, CH, MB, ENC, ESSID.
I tried to use USB ext cable (2.0) that directly connected to the wireless USB without using the USB UTP ext cable and it works. Airodump gives the output as I expect. Still without using USB UTP ext cable, I also tried to mix using USB ext cable 2.0 & 1.0/1.1 and airodump also work.
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See, not all bikers are bad people. Contrary to popular belief.
This is a discussion on Good: Hell's Angel Thwarts Robbery within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Hell's Angel thwarts robbery - Crime & Courts - TheState.com He did it with a collapsible baton. Gutsy....
Hell's Angel thwarts robbery - Crime & Courts - TheState.com
He did it with a collapsible baton. Gutsy.
See, not all bikers are bad people. Contrary to popular belief.
"Gun control should mean hitting your target every time."
Please try to remember- I have a very dry sense of humor. It usually sounds mean, but isn't meant to be.
Chased a 6'2" to 6'4" 220lb+ individual with a knife from the store with a baton. How big was the biker?
Yoda, I am, yes.
Give the brother a case of beer and a carton of smokes for a job well done.
All bikers are He!!s angels, all firearms are Glocks or AKs, dead criminals are victims, all private aircraft are Piper Cubs, etc.
Now, it may be that the biker was HA, but with the press, we'll never know for sure.
It could be worse!
I suppose
A lot of folks would be surprised to learn how polite and friendly some of these outlaw bikers are. As long as you don't get ignorant around them some of them can actually be pleasant company. A lot of them have a moral code that is not all that different from the mainstream.
Infowars- Proving David Hannum right on a daily basis
I'll still be avoiding Hells Angels and anyone else in an "outlaw" MC.
I am not saying that all guys or gals on motorcycles are bad.
I was on my bike one day (a Honda Shadow, nothing spectacular but I love it) and a big bad fella and his hot girl/wife ride up next to me at a light on a chopper. He was wondering about the traffic, and told him there was a concert up the road and everyone was headed that way. He took off in the next lane and then we both turned at the next light onto the highway on ramp. The guy ended up paying my toll for me and gave me a friendly wave before we parted in opposite directions. That was what changed my mind about the "outlaws" although some of them are actually jerks.
The 81 don't like to be annoyed while waiting in line.
I guess the idiot with the knife did not have very good SA.
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I grew up with Hells Angels all around me!
They are not bad guys to be around as long as you're not a jerk.
Treat them like Humans and they will do the same to you.
Cross them or act like you are better than they are and they might make your life hell.
Good for him!
What have you done to prepare for the end of civilization as we know it?
According to the comments on the article, he was not a "Hell's Angel" but a member of a local group called the "Red Devils".
oakchas got it right. I'm suprised the baton did not become an assault weapon.
The Hell's Angels are the largest narcotic distribution organization in the US and even worse in Canada. Meth and Coke. While I appreciate what he did, he is a memeber of a violent organized crime syndicate. Its like saying the Soparanos are good neighbors. I have never had any trouble with them or their affiliates, but I give them a wide berth.
I'd rather be lucky than good any day
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.


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The Roots of Music is about more than teaching New Orleans children to play musical instruments and perform in a marching band. It's about giving them a future.
"I modeled the program after Mr. Donald Richardson, my band director at Andrew J. Bell Junior High School," Derrick Tabb says. "I think he saved my life."
Tabb, the drummer for Rebirth Brass Band, was not a model student when he was growing up in Treme.
"I was in school because of music, and you had to keep a certain grade level to stay in the band," he says. "When I got in trouble, I'd get sent to Mr. Richardson. I think I would have liked suspension a lot better."
His band director was tough and disciplined, and he demanded the best from his students. But he also remembered what is was like to be 13.
"When I was in seventh grade, my grandmother died, and I got a little rebellious," Tabb, 33, says. "Mr. Richardson took a lot of time with me. I guess he saw something special in me."
After Hurricane Katrina washed away the middle-school band programs, and many of the playgrounds were turned into FEMA trailer villages, Tabb knew he needed to do something to help the kids in his broken city the way his favorite teacher had helped him.
"Katrina really messed over a lot of these kids," he says.
When he told his friend Allison Reinhardt about his dream of starting a citywide marching band, things began to happen.
Info: To learn more or donate, go to www.therootsofmusic.com.
"As soon as Derrick started talking about it, I told him, 'That's it. My son is signed up,'" Reinhardt says.
She asked a million questions and started writing down ideas, making plans, talking to other musicians, getting financial backing, finding out how to form a nonprofit group.
"If Allison wouldn't have pushed me toward it, The Roots of Music never would have happened," Tabb says. "She's the brains behind it. I just bring my heart."
From the seed of an idea, The Roots of Music has blossomed into a free after-school program that is changing the lives of 9- to 14-year-olds.
Monday through Thursday and on Saturday mornings, students are bused from around the city to Grace Episcopal Church in Mid-City. They spend 1¤1/2 hours there getting tutoring help with their homework before they pick up their donated instruments and are taught by a group of seasoned instructors with marching band experience.
"We call our staff 'the dream team,'¤" Reinhardt says. "They're more than music teachers. They're father figures and mentors. They really have a passion for the kids."
After an hour of blowing their horns and beating their drums, the students run a lap around the block. Then, they eat a hot meal and get back on the buses to go home.
The 6-foot-4 drummer calls the program he directs "the no-excuse plan."
Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune
The Roots of Music program drum section practices their cadences Tuesday, February 17, 2009 in the front yard of a house behind Grace Episcopal Church.
"We feed the kids, we have tutors for them, we have buses to pick them up, and we supply their instruments. So they have no excuse for not coming," he says.
There are 98 students in the program so far, and their attendance rate is around 95 percent.
"When they miss, it's usually because they have a problem," Tabb says. "They might have a detention and they don't want to tell me. They'll call and say, 'I had to do some extra work. Can you come and pick me up?'¤"
None of the students had any kind of musical training before entering the program.
"Some of them didn't even know what a trumpet was," Tabbs says. "They'd say, 'I want to play that thing right there.'¤"
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Szabolcs Horvát wrote:
> Michael Weyrauch wrote:
>> (More generally: Could it be annotated in the documentation, which
>> functions can be compiled and which functions cannot be compiled. For me
>> it is always an adventure to figure out a compiled version of a routine
>> I need, because of this lack of basic information.)
> I agree, it is quite frustrating that this is not documented. The only
> doc page I could find about this is here:
> http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/kernel/Symbols/System/Compile.html
> (Note that this is for Mathematica 3, not Mathematica 6.)
> Unfortunately it seems that WRI is not putting too much effort into
> developing Compile[] any more. It is not being taught to compile new
> functions, and its bugs are not fixed.
Perhaps it was a bit too harsh to say that "its bugs are not being
fixed". To be fair (and to avoid flames), I will note that this is the
particular problem that I know about:
Of course these kinds of problems are probably difficult to avoid,
because the solution involves keeping track of which functions have side
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I gave birth 12 days ago and still have a fair amount of discomfort from some 2nd degree tears. The sutures are still there in two of the areas, and pee still burns the tears (I use a peri bottle but sometime it still hits the area). My midwife, at 1 week, said they are healing well but to continue to keep my legs togther which I have been doing for the most part. I have read about using comfrey...what kind should I buy? It sound like making tea and putting that in the peri bottle could help? I can send my DH down the street to an herbalist to get comfrey...they carry a lot. I read that the root is best for applying to healing - should I put that in the peri bottle, or make a paste and apply to skin?
Ice helps, though there isn't too much swelling at this point. One area, it's like a triangle, has the stitches dissolved already but is pretty pink and firm. Then I also have a tear at my perineum and up my labia and the sutures are still there (mw used a longer lasting variety on those).
Could part of the pain be from the presence of the sutures, and once they dissolve, things may feel better?
What else can I do? This is my second baby but first vaginal birth (VBAC :) ). I have help till Tuesday while my mom is here.
Alicia, wife to an loving and faithful DH, and mama to three fantastic though nutty children (cs, then a fast HBAC, then a fast VBAC!!). Planning a third VBAC, again at home, in February 2016.
I had a 3rd degree tear & I must admit the healing process was slow. I took several sitz baths a day as I found that the most soothing thing. I know by 4 weeks I was feeling about 90%. I'm pretty sure at 2 weeks out I was most definitely wishing I had more of the prescription pain killers.
Sorry I can't be more cheery about it but if it helps in the long run I found things healed up wonderfully & I'm pleasantly surprised at how normal things look/feel now.
Doula mama to dd (Oct '11) & ds (Oct '08) and expecting (Apr '17)
with my first I had an episotomy, and I think it had completely healed by 6 weeks, then I was just dealing with the scar.
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Yes, at two weeks out from my first vaginal birth I was still pretty sore--I mostly sat on the boppy, rather than straight on the couch. I tried to take a bath every day, which helped. I had a third degree tear with my first child and a second degree with my second child, and everything healed up both times. It was sore for a while, though, and it takes maybe 4-6 weeks to really feel at all back to normal. Hang in there.
I had a big 2nd degree tear, too. Frequent sitz baths helped. Different teas in the peri bottle helped a lot, too- chamomile, even regular lipton tea. Alcohol free witch hazel was also good to rinse. Taking ibuprofen and tylenol helped some too.
I would say it took about 4 weeks for the majority of the pain and discomfort to heal. And I think about 6 months until full recovery.
Congrats on the VBAC! :)
I had a 4th degree tear with my first vbac and a 2nd degree tear (along the scar) with my second vbac. I put together a HUGE "how to heal from tears" list that I started handing out all over the place after my 4th degree tear... here's the short form. ;) I wrote it for 4th degree tears, but it can be applied to any tear and hopefully since you're starting with a smaller tear you'll feel better even faster!
Right off the bat:
---Alternate warm with cold. Although the cold packs will reduce swelling you also want to encourage circulation, which is what a warm pack does. Start out with cold packs, but after the first hour or two (12 hours max) start alternating a warm chem pack, heated rice sock, or warm cloth with the cold pack.
--for the cold/warm therapy, make an herbal tea (see sitz bath ideas below). Soak clean wash cloths or fabric menstrual pads in the herbal blend then freeze or place in a crock pot (depending on whether you want cold or hot). Use these instead of the "glove full of crushed ice" the hospital offers.
---Rock Rose and Star of Bethlehem are Bach Flower Remedies that address shock, trauma, and birth injury. Rescue Remedy is great for any birth, but start taking Star of Bethlehem and Rock Rose as soon as possible... even during suturing!
--homeopathic arnica, 200c, taken orally every 15 minutes on the first day, then 3-4x a day. Again, safe to start during suturing.
After the first few hours:
---sitz baths! At least twice a day for 15 minutes (though I found that a sitz bath before/after every bathroom visit was very helpful during the first weeks... and I even nursed while sitting on the toilet topper sitz bath). An herbal blend can be purchased or make your own. For example, epsom salt, sea salt, lavender, calendula, rosemary, comfrey, uva ursi, garlic, shepherd's purse, or ginger in any combo can be added to the hot water. One recipe (if you want a recipe) is:
2 oz Comfrey (there is some safety concern about Comfrey on injured skin, it can cause liver toxicity so while it has a good track record for tissue healing you may want to substitute a different herb. Personally I used chamomile instead of comfrey and left out the garlic LOL.)
1/2 cup sea salt
2 or 3 bulbs garlic
Put the herbs into an 8-qt pot filling with water 1/2 to 2/3 up the side. Bring to a boil, immediately reduce to simmer and set timer for 20 minutes. In meantime break garlic bulbs into cloves and peel. When timer dings, pour *tea* into another pot covered by strainer or colander. While drawing bath mash garlic (bottom of cast iron pan works great) and add sea salt and mashed garlic to tea.
---use some of the sitz bath "tea" in a peri bottle for bathroom visits
---"Sun you Bum": Use the sitz bath for 10-15 minutes. Then smear the healing tissue with topical aloe vera gel. Lay down on the bed so that your nekkid bum is sticking up, hopefully in a sun beam. Wait 5-10 minutes then get dressed or take another sitz bath.
---keep your legs together! Don't do things where the tissue is "pulled" against for a few weeks. Be careful getting into and out of cars, or walking up and down stairs, to make sure your legs stay together. When picking up your child make sure you don't squat! You'll only do it once (and then you'll NEVER forget to avoid squatting), but it can cause damage to the healing tissue as well as being darned uncomfortable so try to avoid that once.
---some mamas like those donut pillows, but a pillow or cushion made from memory foam may be better. Donut pillows allow the healing tissue to "sag" while the memory foam provides some support. If you do choose a donut pillow, try not to use it for more than a few weeks before moving to a more supportive pillow.
---along with topical aloe vera gel (look in a natural food store for the kind sold as a beverage, it's usually purer than the other brands) applied 1-2x a day to the healing tissue, try patting the healing tissue with honey (a little honey, dabbed on, then "tapped" so that the skin pulls a little with your finger tips) or smooshing on some plain (no added sugar) yogurt. You can leave them in place or rinse them off (rinse off or rinse in a sitz bath).
---Kegel! Kegel kegel kegel.
In general:
---Add more protien to your diet. It takes protien to build new tissue and you're building tissue on top of dealing with a new baby, possibly older kiddos, the rest of the world, etc. So try eating whole foods, in season, with a bit more protien than you'd normally have.
---Take a prenatal multivitamin (with iron, you're building tissue after all and probably have some blood loss due to the tear). Add flax or cod liver oil. Take a probiotic or eat live culture yogurt (plain, without sugar).
---Belly Dance! It sounds odd, but the gentle stretching and increased blood flow to the pelvic area that comes from belly dance is a good healer. In addition, some people feel that genital trauma or birth injury can cause the body to "shut down" the pelvic area. Basically the body responds to the pain by isolating the area, but re-integration of the pelvic area isn't automatic. You need to encourage the body to re-integrate. Belly dance and gentle yoga (svaroopa or kundalini) that encourage focus and awareness of the pelvic muscles while stretching/enhancing blood flow encourages the body to heal on more than just the physical level.
---Tapping, kundalini yoga, chiropractic, acupuncture/acupressure or other energy work. Many traditions believe that there are "energy lines" in the human body. Alternate health therapies like acupuncture, reiki, and some chiropractic schools focus on these channels. Many traditions teach that the perineal area is the root chakra, or that lines of energy flow through this area. Tears damage the energy chanels and chakras as well as the physical tissue so spending some time restoring energy flow can help you heal completely.
---Check out books like Ending Female Pain, The Core Program, Lose the Mummy Tummy, and Beyond Kegels. The Core Program is designed to be done in 15 minutes a day and focuses on helping women create/maintain proper posture and joint stability. The Mummy Tummy book focuses on healing the diastasis that happens during pregnancy and includes detailed exercises for healing the pelvic floor. And the Ending Female Pain book just plain rocks for ANY woman!
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Thanks! Looks like I've done a good bit of that over the last 2 1/2 weeks and at this point, what I mainly feel is discomfort from the lasting sutures, and downward pressure from a weak pelvic floor (I just posted separately asking about that topic). Most of the pain is gone, and it doesn't really burn to pee without using the peri bottle. I haven't done a sitz bath since my mw said that could cause stitches to dissolve prematurely. In two areas I have sutures that last 2-3 weeks, so I'm guessing there will be less discomfort once they are gone?
I've actually started to itch some in the vaginal area, which tells me healing is progressing.
Working on kegels as I really want that saggy feeling when standing to go away, no idea how long that will be. But, I do not have pain when doing a kegel anymore which is another good sign. I do feel pulling but not pain.
I had always heard cold on sutures, but just saw last week about doing heat and made a little rice sock and it's felt quite soothing!
Alicia, wife to an loving and faithful DH, and mama to three fantastic though nutty children (cs, then a fast HBAC, then a fast VBAC!!). Planning a third VBAC, again at home, in February 2016.
I remember having a lot of itching when the sutures were coming out after my first, and it did feel better after they were gone. hope you start to feel better soon.
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Sorry you are uncomfy mama!
I had 3rd degree bilateral sulcus tearing with my 2nd baby (also, a VBAC!). Meaning - I tore from my cervix, all the way down the vaginal canal (on both sides actually), and out the vaginal opening. It took 85 stitches and nearly 3hrs of suturing. It was *not* fun. 2 weeks postpartum I was still in horrendous pain. My MW checked things out and many of the sutures had come open and had to be chemically cauterized with silver nitrate.
I did this
1 G water - bring to a boil
2c sea salt
6oz comfrey
6oz chamomile
6oz calendula
let steep overnight.
I put that in my peribottle and it was amazing.
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Hi there! I had a 4th degree tear with my first (and only) delivery. I wish I had some of the advice in this thread to help me then! I think I was feeling pretty well healed in 6 weeks, and quite a bit better in 4 weeks.
Definitely follow the advice to keep your legs together and not put strain on the area. I started doing too much when I was feeling better at 4 weeks, and I developed a hematoma. The hematoma felt better in about a week, but when it first developed, the pain was horrible, just like it had been in the first few days after the delivery.
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