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Emily Murgatroyd | October 31, 2007
By Emily Murgatroyd • Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 09:51
In August Al Gore asked, 'why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers and preventing them constructing new coal-fired power plants,' and a group called the Rainforest Action Network took it to heart.
They recently invited the former Vice-President to join their November 16th protest against coal, and VP Gore is reported to be considering joining the action. His participation and possible arrest would bring international attention to the issue of coal combustion.
Coal's combustion processes produce the most carbon dioxide of the three fossil fuels, making it one of the main contributors to global warming. Some states are considering a ban on the development of new coal fired plants while Kansas has become the first state to deny a construction permit to such a plant over concerns of C02 emissions.
In Canada, Ontario has promised to shut down all coal fired plants by 2014.
rob replied on Permalink
An Excellent Question
'why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers and preventing them constructing new coal-fired power plants,'
Um, because young people like having electricity?
Just a guess …
matthew replied on Permalink
Um, Rob, I think they like
Um, Rob, I think they like being alive more, so they should be chained up….
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
Coal = electricty
Wind = electricity
Biomass = electricity
Solar = electricity
Tides = electricity
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
In addition these are also
In addition these are also cleaner than coal.
Geothermal = electricity
Hydro = electricity
Nuclear = electricity
Rob replied on Permalink
Now where's *my* Nobel Peace Prize(tm) ?
Sock feet + carpet + doorknob = electricity
Gerbil + excercise wheel = electricity
AAA battery = electricity
Copper nail + lemon = electricity
True, they're just as utterly futile as your suggestions, Kevin, but, Hey! No "greenhouse gases"!
Kevin Grandia replied on Permalink
But useless, and kind of immature – but, hey, I've come to expect it.
rob replied on Permalink
The Word of the Day:
I think you're starting to catch on.
Tom replied on Permalink
Useless indeed...
It's refreshing to find someone who's willing to admit to their true value to this planet.
I agree, you are useless…
Kevin Grandia, if you're looking for 'maturity' you could do with starting on your 'journalism' and providing well researched, well balanced articles of which I've seen little evidence from you!
Regarding climate and sources of energy as you well know hydrocarbons provide 80% of mans current energy, the balance is provided by nuclear, wind, solar and hydro.
To move man around the planet on a daily basis petrol (and diesel) has been the No.1 method for 100yrs and is the only viable and efficient method to date. Hybrid vehicles are being forced on manufacturers by political controls, legislation and interference but are regarded by most engineers as 'white elephants' and an engineering cul-de-sac.
Namely politicians are forcing business (auto manufacturers) and the civilian population into inefficient (heavy) and half-baked technologies that will cost man overall. We may well be forced into more nuclear and electric drive vehicles but make no mistake this is a costly and misguided perversion of the natural course of engineering with no benefits for climate.
Politicians are now running transport the way they run their finances. With incompetance, ignorance and not to the benefit of the population they purport to represent.
John Dowell replied on Permalink
And none of these ...
… equals electricty output in quantities even remotely adequate to our needs.
Since we have a limited number of rivers we can dam to create clean hydro-electric power, we are forced to burn things to run generators. The things we burn have to be cheap enough to make electricity affordable. Since you climate change alarmists oppose coal, oil or natural gas as generator fuel, why are you not campaigning for nuclear power plants as a GHG-free source of energy?
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
Its mostly because they are
Its mostly because they are not. Same goes for Hydro. I remember reading that the contruction (cement production needed), mining, transport, and breeding of the nuclear fuel, all total up to the same carbon emissions as a natural gas powerplant. So while nuclear fission is emission free the other portions of nuclear process are not. However that being said, it is better than Coal. I would go so far as to assume that Hydro dam construction and cement needed for its structure also has a significant carbon emission footprint. Though over its functional life it also tends to generate little carbon. However, dams have other environmental impacts as well including methyl mercury release etc.
By the way to both you and Rob. Wind for example accounts for approximately 20% of electricity production in Denmark, 9% in Spain, and 7% in Germany.
As for solar potential, the amount of solar energy available to the Earth in one minute exceeds global energy demand for a year. Meaning much solar is untapped.
As for tidal power its still in its infancy in prototypes, the world's first grid-connected turbine, generating 300 kW, started generation on November 13, 2003, in the Kvalsund, south of Hammerfest, Norway, with plans to install a further 19 turbines.
Biomass, being of course biofuels, likely the replacement for fossil fuels, so id hardly call them unable to meet our energy demands because something is going to need to very shortly.
Plus the fact that our
Plus the fact that our current energy "needs" are not really needs. We can most quickly meet our real energy needs by not wasting energy in the first place.
rob replied on Permalink
Good point
Exactly, VJ. Grandma doesn't "need" to heat her house this winter. How selfish and decadent can you get?! Who does she think she is? Louis XIV?
You are wasting electricity
You are wasting electricity by spouting your dishonest crap here. I'm not going to waste any more responding to a liar like you, Rob.
rob replied on Permalink
Ah, if only ...
Promises, promises …
VJ unable to debate
VJ, everytime someone debates with you about global warming you lose the plot and call them 'liars'. This isn't very adult, at least it isn't when you don't back up this strong opnion with some facts!
You don't appear to add anything to the debate (you don't have any facts) and don't have a grasp of the real science out there (like most 'in-denial' one-eyed-eco-muppets) or a grasp of how to discuss a topic in any depth.
Grow up and stop being such a loser. You're letting your side down coz God knows they need all the help they can get!
rob replied on Permalink
Ripley's Believe It or Not
Carl wrote:
"As for solar potential, the amount of solar energy available to the Earth in one minute exceeds global energy demand for a year."
And yet, amazingly, in spite of this, Global Warming(tm) is caused by some guy driving an SUV.
Carl Szczerski replied on Permalink
The Earth's average surface
The Earth's average surface temperature of 15 °C (288 K) is about 33 °C warmer than it would be without the greenhouse effect. Yet somehow that atmosphere manages to significantly change the temperature of the earth…..or perhaps is it our energy demands are just that small in comparrison to the emount of energy thats hitting the planet. Further its quite amazing how the atmospheric composition can make such a difference to….just look at Venus or Mars for too much or to little greenhouse gases…..seriously Rob I know far more about science than you do, play another game.
rob replied on Permalink
I see
So you are saying there are SUVs on Venus?
Who'da thunk it!
"I know far more about science than you do"
Illustrating the axiom that little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Rob is too ignorant to
Rob is too ignorant to realize how ignorant he is. Rob, don't imagine that you can persuade anyone to agree with you when you expose your ignorance repeatedly.
Tom replied on Permalink
Rob the jester...
According to my old Webster:
jester n. one who jests; a professional fool, originally attached to the court or lord's manor.
I wonder…is he a fool, or attached to someone's court?
Perhaps both?
alex Reid replied on Permalink
One Guy
Global warming isn't just caused by one guy in an SUV, even if he is a moron.
However one guy can do something about it.
rob replied on Permalink
Oh, really?
"However one guy can do something about it."
Let's overlook for a moment the rather foolish hyperbole that humans have changed the weather. What remains is the preposterous notion that you can change it back.
Australia, we are told, emits 1.2% of the world's total CO2. If a entire western industrial country of over 20 million comitted mass-suicide and utterly ceased to exist, CO2 emissions would presumably decrease by only 1.2%. Now get your calculator and tell me what on 20.5 millionth of 1.2% works out to – assuming your "one guy" immediately killed himself, and had his corpse disposed of in an eco-friendly manner.
The fact is "one guy" couldn't do anything about your hypothetical apocalypse, nor could 20.5 million "guys".
Your little slogans are banal, vapid bromides; which is entirely appropriate to the situation.
Tom replied on Permalink
I wonder...
If Rob "immediately killed himself, and had his corpse disposed of in an eco-friendly manner", whether there would be a greater than normal reduction in CO2 emissions?
Although he's only "one guy", he does seem to rant and rave an excessive amount.
Romeogolf replied on Permalink
Don't encourage him
Tom, VJ, Femack, Steve L, etc. Please ignore Rob. He isn't interested in contributing anything towards achieving a better understanding of the issues. He's only interested in disparaging non-deniers. You only encourage him.
Hopefully, at some point, in the interests of maintaining a more mature level of discourse, DeSmogBlog will give Rob a warning. And if he persists in his juvenile slander, while contributing nothing of substance, give him the boot.
Missing the Point
Tom, what Rob is pointing out to you is that whether you live or die you cannot change climate. This is not a point scoring exercise, this is a fact of science. Mans CO2 forcings (if any) do not amount to a pint of beer in an Olympic sized swimming pool. Stop point scoring and grow up. Do you get the point or not?
Steve L replied on Permalink
why aren't you?
Instead of wasting time here, why aren't you campaigning for more nuclear? Besides, I doubt most of the "alarmists" are against coal, oil, natural gas as long as pollution from those things can be reduced. R&D of sequestration technology requires incentives. Sitting here pretending that certain physical properties of the atmosphere don't exist doesn't provide any incentive.
Romeogolf replied on Permalink
The Religion of Technology
Putting faith in an unproven technology to solve a problem that is driven by human behaviour is wasting time. Sequestration is not proven and may cause new problems or it may simply shift the problem, not solve it. Jevons Paradox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevon%27s_paradox) also demonstrates how using technology to improve efficiency can actually make the problem worse.
The solution to the problem can begin today and it doesn't require a major sacrifice if the majority of people made "a small step for mankind." That is, reduce, reuse, and recycle. Stop buying/using disposable products, for example. It's not much on a personal level, but it is huge on a national level and doesn't require any government action.
Doing nothing is clever
VJ, Steve L, other Losers - Doing nothing is clever. Doing nothing is considerably cheaper than doing something. Doing something involves the futile activity of curbing energy use, curbing car use, huge investments in changing our power sources, huge investments in climate con offset scams/schemes and achieving nothing at the end of it!
I think what Rob is pointing out to you misguided losers is that trying to change something at huge expense and achieving nothing at the end of this task (man cannot change the climate) is an act of ego, futility and stupidity unmatched in human history.
If you wish to run your own business or a country on the same basis as you plan to act on climate change I'll give you less than 2 weeks to go completly tits-up bankrupt.


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|December 16th, 2008, 02:23 PM
I'm not old, honest...
I think both Darryl and Bryce are right given the circumstances. I ran an early Bronco D44 with 35's and stock axles/joints. I could wheel all day long without breaking but I found myself having to be careful, because if I got a tire in the air and I was still under power, I would break a joint or shaft. If I was quick enough to get off the throttle I could save it. But, since I "like" to use my horsepower, I found it to be a bit of a nusiance. So, I upgraded to alloy shafts and super joints. Over the next 2 years, I NEVER broke anything in my front axle. I switched to 37's (measuring 36") and still did fine.
So, when I decided to do my linked suspension and go full width, I opted to go with a HPD44 Ford axle. I had it sitting in the garage ready to start building. We went to the Unlimited open house & Bryce was there with his tracker. True 37" stickie Trepadore tire. He got it twisted between 2 logs and with a simple burp of the throttle, he broke an alloy outer shaft. It got me to thinking that if Bryce could break an alloy shaft in a parking lot, is this what I want to base my build around? I opted to build a D60. I am absolutely positive that I have less money in my 60 than what I would have had in a blinged out 44 and I have beat the snot out of it with no problems. I've never had a problem hanging it up. I find a front dif is pretty easy to work around obstacles, it's usually the rear that is more likely to hang up.
So to the point, can a person wheel a D44 with 37's successfully? Yes, but you will eat u-joints over time and you will break if you run it hard. If you are a mild wheeler and work at being cautious, it will survive just fine.
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Rubi owners can now have those bling bling longfields for their 44s. If they are anything like the Toy birfs, they'll take some big abuse.
My toy stuff held up just fine, until I moved to 38.5s, and really beat it(apparently blew the r & p's, although the rear was still driveable, and the front just popped from time to time). So I'm moving back to 37s, and taking 1000lbs out of the rig. No ball joints, great ground clearance and weight, blah...
I do think that with gas, economy, etc, people will be scalling back a bit.
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Yeah i have noticed that more and more people are going back to streetable full bodied rigs and selling off buggied type vehicles that really are not streetable. I'm building one of each
|December 16th, 2008, 07:34 PM
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Like Jesus my problem was ring and pinion. And it only broke when getting really stupid. If i was making some money and not in school i would have found a 60 most likely but for now i picked up my axles cheap and will run them stock until summer comes and i'll keep an eye out for a 60. I have no plans on upgrading the d44 unless it seems to be a "gifted" axle.
For now i'm doing what is in the budget so i can just wheel. If i have to use my winch more i will. For both my 44's i will have less into them then a d60 when i'm all done.
And one more thing it was only trailered to one event.
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|December 16th, 2008, 08:05 PM
I'm not old, honest...
I consider mine to be as much or more streetable than when it was on 35's with the D44. I've run both setups 50 miles down the hwy at 55mph with no problems.
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I am considering a 60 in front to go along with my 60 rear. I have done good with my 44 up front (broke one shaft and blown u-joint) on hard trails but I'm with Kirby in that many obsticles make me pucker waiting for a "pop". I want to just have fun and not wait for it. Kinda like driving a clunker around always waiting for it to die on the side of the highway vs something solid that you could drive cross-country and not give it a second thought.
Sure things can be fixed and you move on but I'm not exactly knowledgeable on how to fix a lot of stuff (I'm learning as I go) but I'd rather just wheel and not stop to fix my stuff.
If I change to 60's f/r the clearance issues could be helped some with a larger tire. A larger tire won't let me go any other places then my 37's but I just want to keep doing what I have been with less worry.
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Daryl is simply saying that he is tired of hearing everyone say "by the time you build your D44, you could have a D60." For $1000 (cost of a junkyard D60 front) you can have a D44, a gearset and an ARB. Everything on a D60 is MUCH MUCH more expensive; Bearings, Gears, ARB's (How does $1000 sound for one?), Shafts, Brakes, and Locking Hubs. If you build the D60 yourself with an ARB, Gears, new Brakes, New bearings, new hubs or drive flanges using STOCK SHAFTS, it will cost you nearly $4k.
Are there better axles to be built? Absolutly! But if you trying to be a cost effective wheeler, then go wheel D44's with 35's and have fun. If Tire size is hurting your Man-Meter, then be prepared to open your wallet and not just a little bit!
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must suck to hate the truth!
I'll report back on my axles after I have some time on them... anyone considering a built dana 60 in the rear should think about a spider 9... if done correctly it is only about $500 more and the benefits are HUGE!
I would actually like to go wheeling with you guys some time next year.... I just hope I can keep up!
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|December 17th, 2008, 11:37 AM
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|December 17th, 2008, 12:01 PM
Coil springs are for pens
True finesse is watching a group of ole' boys in 60/75 HP flatties/early 5's travel over the con' on 33's/34's & Dana 44's.
After the lift law changed back in 1992 I never saw the need for anything bigger than 35's on a vehicle that would see any road use. With everyone now a day so badly needing Dana 60's on their primarily street driven rigs I can see 37's being the new 'normal' to get diff clearance back. or more likely impress all the other kids at the mall
|December 17th, 2008, 01:19 PM
I'm not old, honest...
My D60 costs. Please accept the fact that some numbers are rough from memory.
Axle with lockouts: $700
Shortened alloy axle shaft $180 ish
Detroit Locker $600 ish
R&P/bearings: $400 ish
5 on 5.5 conversion. $150 for the brackets. I wouldn't add in calipers/pads/rotors because many junk yard axles would require the same regardless of size. I also re used the bearings because they were in great condition. If I'm forgetting something I'll add it in.
Total; $2030
I re used all other shafts. I did my own conversions for the 5 on 5.5.
Now making some wild ass guesses on a D44:
Axle with lockouts: $150
Shortened axle shaft $150 ish
Detroit Locker $550 ish
R&P/bearings: $350 ish
Sub Total: $1200
Now add in the other alloy shafts required.
$350 ish for shafts.
$360 for super joints.
Total: $1910
OK, maybe my 60 isn't cheaper but it's within $100 (rough estimate) and a hell of a lot stronger. AND, if I find I need to beef it up, upgrades will make it even better.
I know many of you have sarcasm for someone who has, and uses horsepower. You also feel you have more finesse that someone with horsepower. Well, I guess that's your perogative to have the opinion that someone with horsepower doesn't use finesse. I disagree. Sure, there are those that are hammer down guys. I would like to believe that I don't fall into that catagory. But here's where I see the difference. You and I may both try to finesse an obstacle. When you give up, you pull cable or back out. When I give up, I try my horsepower. Does it always work? NOPE, not at all. But sometimes it does. And, then there are those times where you won't even attempt an obstacle (such as a steep sand hill) because you know you can't make it. I have never had criticizm for those who choose to run a 4 or 6 cylinder. It's a personal choice. I think it's insulting to generally catagorize a person with a V8 as an unsafe idiot.
|December 17th, 2008, 02:56 PM
Coil springs are for pens
I know your not an unsafe idiot Jim and I hope you'd know that I would never infer that. I believe most high HP rig owners aren't either, it wasn't meant as a blanket statement. The above was specifically meant toward the hammer down guys (of any engine displacement) that consistantly place lives, property and the sport at risk via their negligence. The ones that make no effort on having, or learning, skill or finesse; so they build to compensate for it.
Orig. cost of my front 44:
Junkyard Scout 44 .................$150
Used 4:88's from postal jeep.....$40
Used Detroit locker ................$300
Narrowed housing at home ......$0.00
Cut/respline long side .............$65.00
Re-use all brakes bearings .......$0.00
Sometimes I also find myself getting sucked into the hype of overbuilding. I put all ChroMo shafts in when I put a 'soft' locker in the front, even though the other shafts lasted years with an old school locker.
Can't say the 60's for the CJ8 are as cost effective
|December 17th, 2008, 03:09 PM
I'm not old, honest...
I know you on a personal level and didn't take it as a personal attack. (you can cement that by buying me a beer) But I also wanted to set the record straight that I disagree with the hammer down stereotype. I see it stated quite often as though those that wheel with a smaller/less hp rig are more skilled than those that sport a V8. I just took this opportunity to speak my mind.
I noticed that you did not include the price of your alloy shafts. Since you felt the need to add them, could you add them to the price of your front axle build?
|December 17th, 2008, 03:20 PM
Coil springs are for pens
Well I went from 1992-2008 with stock shafts and no failures, that's why I didn't add them in. Two shafts, two stubs and 8 full circle clipe were $632 shipped.
Now the F'ers will probably break
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I wasn't having sarcasm for someone that has and used HP. I have a V8 in my YJ and doubled the HP in the flatty with the V6... I still will pull cable or take a strap before I ever hammer down (unless it is obvious that a little more skinny pedal will probably do it). I'd rather not risk a break that may delay the group or the amount of wheeling I get to do that day/that weekend. I like a challenge but I hate equipment failure more if it could be avoided by an extra 5 minutes pulling cable or taking a strap.
Part of that goes to the fact I don't have a tow rig and drive my stuff to and from the trails (the flatty gets towed if Adam is willing)
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Complacency is the last thing Arsène Wenger expects from his team this weekend.
Arsenal are in a rich vein of form with eight victories in their last ten matches in all competitions, including a stunning 5-3 win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last Saturday.
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The Baggies won last season's corresponding fixture 3-2 and the Arsenal manager will be looking for the right attitude from his team.
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Waiting in line to start the night at the VooDoo Rooftop Nightclub, it might seem like the party is going on below you. From the frantic beeping of slot machines to the roving fun of Masquerade Village that's taking place just over the railing, it's an easy mistake to make.
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Once inside the elevator, try and grab a spot against the glass and watch the bright lights of the city grow tinier as the elevator climbs the side of the building. If you don't get a spot (or you're not tall enough to see over heads and hair-dos), take a minute to listen to the squeals and gasps coming from people that did. With the right group, even the elevator ride is a good time.
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- 1/2 teaspoon ground mace
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
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A lower middles class family residing in Najafgarh, New Delhi was busy in their daily chores of life. Late in the mid night, a robbery takes place in Anil's house. Anil's Father Kailashnath and his Mother Meena are urgently rushed to the hospital where Anil's Mother Meena is declared dead. Inspector tries to collect information from Kailashnath about the whole incident that took place in his house. What was thief's real motive behind killing Meena?
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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
Action leads to jati, not just unwholesome action.
PeterB wrote:So all human endevour, noble and ignoble, mundane and creative, merciful and cruel, indeed the sum total of human existance is reducible to unskillful action ? Goethe, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Einstein, Picasso, all those who man suicide prevention lines, all those who care for the newborn, who care for the dying, who spend the night in meditation, who feed the needy, who give their lives in the cause of justice, all those who use their intellects to solve the riddles of creation and to find cures for disease and explore the depths of space and of the oceans....all exist because of unskillful action ? Because of grasping ?
This is kamma as Original Sin.
chownah wrote:What with invitro fertilization etc. seems like descending in a womb is not necessary any more....and....that you can freeze an egg and a sperm indefinitely and then unite them resulting in a living being....is there some ghost like entity keeping track of all the frozen eggs and sperms and just waiting for any possible union and then either assigning or not assigning a kammic connection at that exact moment?.....is there a cosmic validation window where all egg/sperm duos go apply for permission etc.??????.....or maybe is the kammic connection just a way to explain to people that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't?....did people in the Buddha's time even know about sperm and eggs?....I think they knew that the male had to contribute a bit of fluid (as evidenced by similarities with many observable animals like cows, frogs, fish, etc.) but could they have just had the idea that the fluid presented at the right time created the possibility and there was some cosmic decider....the whole idea seems a bit bizarre and not really too important an idea when it comes to progress on the path....
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Tracking by reference worked for me, and all I got was "Shipment information sent to FedEx" at around 8pm on 3/21.
I ordered this and have not received an e-mail regarding shipping or a tracking number! Can you please let me know IF this has been shipped?
Track by reference worked for me and I got my tracking number and the status was "arrived at FEDEX location Dallas 8:49pm Mar 22"
Well my wife really wanted this. I do not know now if we are getting it. Seeing as I really did not want to deal with Woot and there crappy service again I should have insisted on not ordering it. Three times in a row is a strikeout Woot. I get that a lot of people love Woot but I keep getting the short end with them and this is the last time.
I agree that Woot hasn't the foggiest idea what customer service is all about. I'll not be ordering from them again no matter how enticing the deal is.
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Kitrics Digital Nutrition Label Scale has completely shipped via FEDEX SMART POST. All tracking will be emailed tomorrow morning to members who purchased this item. If you would like to find your tracking information sooner, please click the following link and use your ORDER NUMBER as the reference number.
bsmith1 wrote:Track by reference (using the order #) now works for me. FedEx site says mine is anticipated to ship the 21st... at least I have my tracking # now.
To track by reference...
Go to Your Account then click on the item's link on the left-hand side of the screen. Then click the "click here to view your receipt" link. On your receipt page, you should see the order #. (like ORDER 12345678)
Highlight and copy (or write down) that order # then go to the FedEx Track by Reference page. Leave the Account no field blank and paste (or type) your order # in the reference field. Leave the ship date as today's date. Select United States from the country field and, finally, type your zip code in the postal code field. Then click Track. You should see your status if it's in there. You should also see the actual tracking number at that point.
This usually works for woot stuff, but not always. Also, you still have to wait a bit until woot sends Fedex the electronic shipping info for this method to work. When it does work, it usually works well before you get tracking info from woot.
woohoo! worked for me! thanks bro! Mine arrives on friday! just in time for the weekend! my first experience on woot isnt too bad so far.
This worked for me! Thanks!
Track by reference didn't work for me. I'm so bummed. I was sending this to my daughter because she just lost 20 lbs and is training for a 5K. Damn, woot
Spend less $$ on catchy product descriptions and more on regular ol customer service.
First and last purchase on woot. No information at all about shipping until a week after the deal ends. Just awful.
nathan921 wrote:First and last purchase on woot. No information at all about shipping until a week after the deal ends. Just awful.
This is the first problem I've had with Woot--I didn't know they've done this before. Once, they sent me an entire new (and not so cheap) Wine.Woot because the one they sent me was broken. They're not all bad!
And yes, I could have used this a week ago.
got my fedex tracking, but all it says is estimated ship date March 21st.
no actual info on where it is or when it'll get here.
it's a gift for the wife, but luckily not for any particular occasion. who knows when it'll get here.
i'm used to amazon prime where i get things in a day or two after i order, but i guess i can handle the wait for woot due to the deal i got.
slbbw wrote:Track by reference didn't work for me. I'm so bummed. I was sending this to my daughter because she just lost 20 lbs and is training for a 5K. Damn, woot
Spend less $$ on catchy product descriptions and more on regular ol customer service.
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I'm sorry you feel that way, but we typically ship items within 5 business days and release tracking as soon they all ship. I see that there is a tracking number tied to your order so I assume you should be getting the e-mail soon if not already. You are also welcome to e-mail at email@example.com to check up on your order.
To anyone else receiving bad tracking info or no tracking info, that's what you get when you're paying less money for something. It happens to me frequently, but I order items from Woot frequently. I've never not received an item, in a timely (for smartpost) manner. I've also had to email them and their customer service is great, you need to be respectful instead of instantly angry at someone who's done you no wrong. Get over yourselves.
I'm just happy the scale is on it's way, I admit I got a tad worried after a week without a word which is unusual for Woot. Not their fault though, still happy to be getting such a great deal as always!
Honestly, they tell you right under "what is woot?" that you're not going to get the same customer service you're used to. They don't DO that, that's not the point of this site. Read more, whine less.
Remember back in the day...
...when we ordered things through catalogs by either calling someone up (between 8am and 6pm EST) and reading off a list of item numbers? Or worse, filling in the little card and mailing it in. Then we'd wait 4-6 weeks and one day it would just be there on the doorstep. Sometimes we'd even forget what we'd ordered so, it was like a gift from Santa.
I still remember the first tracking number I got. Probably because I watched UPS almost get it to my home only to see them sending it back to where it came from. Then it made it halfway and came back.
I don't understand all the complaining. It clearly states that it will ship within 5 business days which was yesterday.
And oh, by the way, I received mine yesterday and it is great. Thanks, Woot.
What a bunch of whiners in here. As stated above, it says within 5 days, read the friggin message after you buy something.
SarahPants5 wrote: I've also had to email them and their customer service is great, you need to be respectful instead of instantly angry at someone who's done you no wrong.
This is pretty much how you woo any customer service rep.
They should have all shipped by now- feel free to email in if you're worried.
Wow. People are grumpy. I just check until I see something. Really getting something 2 weeks after you order it isn't bad, especially when it is a good deal. I show mine is due to show up on the 31st, and I didn't think anything of it. I'm usually the grumpy one. For those upset perhaps you should continue to order from Amazon and pay $79/year for prime shipping. I have it, and I love it for things I need to buy from there. However I like the deals here even better. I'm used to waiting 3 weeks for my WineWoots, but boy are they good when they get here.
I don't think the tone of MOST people was whining, just surprise that Woot was a bit slow on this item. I've gotten things from them in the past with quick tracking info and quick delivery, but unfortunately this is NOT one of those times.
Although I do admit I did read a few whiners =(
Apsmommy wrote:Wow. People are grumpy...
It's the roid rage. They're waiting to weigh ingredients for their protein shakes and such.
My 2 showed up today. No time to try yet but they look like decent quality.
Got mine today. Man, you people need to chill out and learn2meditation.
It works great, and the wyf will be best pleased with the scads of useful entries in the nutritional database.
I got mine in the mail Saturday. I don't know if I'm the only one to not have an instruction manual but here is a link of someone who has it as a pdf.
i ordered it but it says that it couldn't find my address, other companies find my address but this one cant though. it was supposed to be received on the 26th then today as a delivery exception and still nothing, how can we correct this?
jeffc1110 wrote:i ordered it but it says that it couldn't find my address, other companies find my address but this one cant though. it was supposed to be received on the 26th then today as a delivery exception and still nothing, how can we correct this?
Well, we're not delivering the package personally so we're going to need to look at FedEx or your Post Office here.
First, go to the top of the window to My Account and click on the link for this item in your list of purchases. From there, click on "click here to view your receipt" and check the shipping address for the order to ensure that it is correct. Also make a note of the order number.
If the address is correct and tracking shows that the package has been handed off to your post office, then you probably just need to contact them to resolve the issue.
If it hasn't been handed off to your post office and they can't find your post office, well... that's just bad, bad FedEx. It can also probably be resolved with a call.
Of course, please feel free to contact email@example.com at anytime for assistance. Giving them your order number and what you've already done to resolve the situation will speed things along.
Hang in there.
I got my scale last night. It came packed in a woot box with air pillows and the instruction booklets. There was no retail packaging or anything like that, so my intention to give it as a gift is now pointless. Just a scale, in a box with the manuals.
downdeep wrote:I got my scale last night. It came packed in a woot box with air pillows and the instruction booklets. There was no retail packaging or anything like that, so my intention to give it as a gift is now pointless. Just a scale, in a box with the manuals.
that's Lamuellan. ( i said r.e.t.a.r.d.e.d, but it changed it)
my shipment got pushed back a few days. supposed to come friday now.
i know we only pay $5 shipping, but for how long this takes it should be free.
IMO a $5-$10 shipping charge should get the box to your door within a week.
Ours (a red one) came in a plain box inside the woot shipping box. It had 3 bags of air in it. So, I didn't get a "retail" box with pretty pictures and whatnot on it, but it did come in a perfectly good box.
This is what my inner box looked like:
If I understand correctly, yours was loose inside the woot shipping box? Can you not find a decent box to put it in and wrap it up as a gift? Will the recipient really care what box the gift is in?
Mine showed up yesterday and had a live angry wasp in the larger shipping box along with the air bags. I'm pretty sure it did not come in with the box from outside my house as it is in the mid 30's here and no wasps dare show their faces yet. No big deal, they didn't charge extra. Oddly, that's the second time I've had hitchhikers in a woot shipment. I once got a box that had a bunch of ants in it. I attribute it to smart post leaving it lying on a dock for days on end someplace.
What is a big deal is that the scale is DOA. It won't power on at all. I tried new batteries and made sure the little plastic thingy was removed. Bummed. I guess it's RMA time.
Hey woot, instead of RMAing my scale, how about a Big o' Cosmos? I can't be playing your dang game at my desk at work so I have to look at it just taunting me. How cruel.
It seems to be fairly accurate, but I keep slipping off the scale, especially while I'm holding a wet towel.
Have had it for a few weeks works great, very accurate scale. The nutrition information is great for when my picky brother comes over
scale took a Battlefield Earth (2000) and wont turn on after about 3 uses... cheap manufacturing?
DMD brands, the makers, said they would send me a new one last week and I still don't have it (or an email saying they sent anything). She also said that "this is the first time I've heard of the scale doing that..." Yeah, right. That's the biggest load of Battlefield Earth (2000) I've heard in a while.
Nice Scale and Easy to use. Having to keep the books around for the codes can be a pain, but they are 'laminated, so that they do not get destroyed as easily when around food and water.
My scale is performing great and has come in very handy more than a few times for weighing mail.
Love it so far.
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In a conversation moderated by Future of Diplomacy Project/India & South Asia Program Faculty Director, R. Nicholas Burns, Ambassadors Rabbani and Warlick will offer their distinct perspectives on how the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan by 2014 will affect the country and the region. This event precedes the "Future of Afghanistan" Conference hosted jointly by the India & South Asia Program and Future of Diplomacy Project (HKS) and the South Asia Institute at Harvard University on April 5, 2013.
Salahuddin Rabbani currently serves as the Chair of the Afghan High Peace Council having been officially appointed in 2012, following the martyrdom of his father in September 2011. He is also the acting head of the Jamiat-e-Islami political party. From 2010 to 2011, Rabbani was Afghanistan's Ambassador to Turkey.
He served as Deputy Head of Political Affairs for Jamiat-e-Islami from 2008 to 2010. Prior to this, he was a political counselor at the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York. He has also worked in the private sector and in Northern Afghanistan as an adviser to the President's Office.
James Warlick, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has served as Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan in the office of the Secretary of State since September 2012. Prior to his current assignment, Ambassador Warlick was confirmed on December 24, 2009, by the United States Senate and sworn in on January 19, 2010, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Bulgaria.
Ambassador Warlick served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) from 2006 to 2009, with responsibility for all aspects of U.S. foreign policy at the United Nations and a number of other multilateral organizations.
Immediately before that assignment, Ambassador Warlick was Director of the Office of European Security and Political Affairs, responsible for political-military and security issues for Europe and the former Soviet Union, including NATO, OSCE, and related arms control and nonproliferation policy issues (2005-2006). While Director of the United Nations Political Affairs in IO during 2003-2005, Ambassador Warlick also served as Principal Advisor to Ambassador L. Paul Bremer during January 2004 to July 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. Other assignments have included: Consul General, U.S. Embassy, Moscow; Director, for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the European Affairs Bureau; Acting Minister-Counselor/ Deputy Counselor for Political Affairs, U.S. Embassy, Germany; Special Assistant to the Secretary of State; Operations Center Watch Officer; Consular Officer, Philippines; and Political Officer, Bangladesh.


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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The University of Richmond Spiders men's basketball team began its 100th season in impressive fashion on Friday night, dismantling Liberty, 84-42, at the Robins Center. The victory marked Richmond's (1-0) 13th-straight season-opening win.
Senior Darien Brothers led three players in double-figures with a game-high 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc. Junior Cedrick Lindsay had 12 points, while sophomore Kendall Anthony scored 11 and dished out four assists.
The Spiders took early control of the game on Friday night, as Brothers led Richmond in a 12-0 run to open the contest, hitting a pair of 3-pointers. The Richmond defense was too much for the Flames to handle early, as Liberty didn't score its first bucket till the 14:01 mark.
After the early run, the Spiders continued to push their lead over the Flames, taking a 41-21 lead into the break. In the first 20 minutes, Richmond shot a blistering 53.6 percent on 15-of-28 shooting from the floor. Showing tremendous offensive balance, nine Richmond players scored in the first half. Defensively, the Spiders forced Liberty into eight turnovers in the first stanza, scoring 15 points off Flames' miscues.
The second half was more of the same for Richmond. Liberty cut the Spider advantage to 16 early in the second stanza, but Richmond dominated the final 18 minutes, out-scoring the Flames 43-17. Thanks to a terrific team effort on both ends of the floor, the Spiders cruised to an 84-42 season-opening win over Liberty.
On the night, Richmond out-scored the Flames 24-14 in the paint while netting 30 points off 18 Liberty turnovers. Bench points were 37-16 in favor of Richmond, as 12 of the 14 players who played scored a bucket.
The stifling Spider defense held Liberty to just 26.0 percent shooting (13-of-50) on the night, while the 42 points allowed are the fewest since Richmond defeated Southern, 81-40, on November 23, 2010.
Junior Derrick Williams finished just two points shy of a double-double, totaling eight points and a game-high 11 rebounds, while redshirt freshman Trey Davis had a solid all-around effort with four points, six rebounds and four assists.
The Richmond Spiders men's basketball team returns to the court on Tuesday, November 13 when the team plays host to the UNCW Seahawks at the Robins Center at 7 p.m.
NOTES: Richmond is 62-38 all-time in season openers ... Spiders are 41-8 in their last 49 home games overall and 28-4 in their last 32 non-conference home contests ... 14 players saw time in the victory for Richmond, with six making their collegiate debuts.


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Durrant was fired Tuesday from HCS after he was accused of inappropriate communications with a student. The allegations were brought to the district's attention Monday by an adult and Durrant was asked to leave the school that day. He received his official notification of termination Tuesday.
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HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaiian Airlines' parent company said Tuesday its net income surged to $7.3 million during the first three months of the year from about $900,000 in the same period a year earlier, as the airline continued its expansion into Asian and U.S. mainland markets.
CEO Mark Dunkerley told investors in a conference call that results were better than the company expected at the beginning of the year.
"We are ahead of plan in essentially every dimension of growth and financial performance. So long as the current environment of strong demand persists, and so long as the price of fuel does not surprise all of us, we anticipate staying there," Dunkerley said.
Hawaiian Holdings Inc.'s operating revenue climbed to $435.5 million during the first quarter from $365.5 million during January-March 2011.
Dunkerley said the airline will continue to diversify its revenue base by expanding into international markets as well as growing its domestic business to maintain its strength there.
In the past 18 months, Hawaiian has started flying to Japan and South Korea and has increased the frequency of its flights to Australia. International routes now account for Hawaiian's second largest source of revenue, moving ahead of interisland routes. Flights between Hawaii and U.S. mainland still account for the largest share of the company's revenue at nearly 50 percent.
Dunkerley said Hawaiian pulled in 27 percent of its revenue from international flights in the first quarter, up from 9 percent in the third quarter of 2010 before it started flying to Asia.
Prospects for the airline's first flight to the East Coast are looking strong as well.
Hawaiian's new nonstop flight from Honolulu to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, which is due to start operation in June, is beating internal revenue projections, Dunkerley said.
The CEO only mentioned one area where the airline wasn't doing as well as hoped: the interisland market.
The company's revenue from flying people between the Hawaiian Islands rose 3.5 percent, far short of a 10 percent increase in capacity.
Dunkerley said the airline didn't do a good enough job adapting to the introduction of new Boeing 717 airplanes on its interisland routes and to the launch of a new hub on Maui.
"This is an area that we are looking at, and we will be making further refinements to schedule and fares necessary to improve our short-haul flying results," he said.


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North Carolina A&T at Cincinnati
Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin
Opening Statement:
On Minutes Played:
"When you get into a game and it's up at a certain point, I certainly think 26 minutes would have been the max minutes for anybody tonight, not just (Kilpatrick). I wanted to get Shaquille Thomas at least 20 minutes. I knew that going into the game. I'm just trying to get some guys ready. He hadn't played as much as some other guys. Jermaine, GeLawn, and Jeremiah played last year. You can only get so many opportunities, and it's his first year, so he needs them. Those guys have played."
On the development of the younger players:
"I'm sure some people are wondering how good are we? I can tell you this we aren't good enough yet, but nobody is. That is my job. Using these games to try and improve and get guys minutes. Make sure our guys continue to understand what is out there for us, and our veteran guys know that. If you see me during the game that is what I'm reminding guys of constantly."
On UC's free throw shooting and tomorrow's 7am shooting practice:
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No. 23 - Sean Kilpatrick, G
On his finishing 66.7 percent from the field:
"I was just playing within the game and the flow of the game. Everyone was finding me early. On top of that, there were just open shots. Couldn't of been a good night without the team."
On if this offense suits his style:
"I think so because most of us are all scorers, so we all want to score of course. It opens the floor a lot more to better opportunities. You can also just find the players because the whole floor is just open."
On if Coach Cronin said something to the team about free throw shooting:
"We have 7 a.m. free throws. There's no late night, staying up and watching ESPN. We're all going straight to sleep."
On if the team has ever shot free throws like that before:
"We've never had a bad day at the line like we did today. First time for everything."
On if there was anything he didn't like about today's game:
"I would say so. I still don't like the turnover look. Thirteen is still a lot of turnovers, but at least we had more assists than turnovers."
On UC's defense:
"That comes along with the pressure on the ball and that everyone off the ball is really alert to what's going on. The scouting yesterday was based on you have to be alert off the ball because they can go backdoor or they can creep up a hit a three. So everyone was alert and trying not to let their man score, but also playing help defense."
No. 3 - Shaquille Thomas, F
On how much playing time in these game helps:
"It helped me out a lot. Next week when we go to Las Vegas, it'll help me a lot because it'll give me confidence and help me get into the grove of things after sitting out a year."
On his confidence now:
"It's getting back there. These guys, like Sean and Parker, that play on the wing try and help me on practice and tell me the right spots to be."
On how the adjustment how has been thus far:
"A lot of ups and downs. I'm handling it pretty well."
On what's been the hardest thing:
"Just being in the right spot on defense. The game is faster than high school. Mainly you just have to be in the right spot."
North Carolina A&T head coach Cy Alexander
On the game in general:
"Cincinnati is a great basketball team. We didn't step up and meet the challenge to try and play at this level. They were just a better basketball team than us. We continued not to be able to put the ball in the basket from an offensive standpoint. We've just got to keep doing what we are doing. Hopefully sooner than later, some of the people we are counting on, their shots will fall. We got beat by a better team. There is not a whole lot of strategy involved. Cincinnati was a better basketball team than us. Maybe not 40 points better, but still a better team."
On if his team did a good job trying to stop (Sean) Kilpatrick:
"No. We didn't make the adjustments. We told them what he was capable of doing. This was the first game from a defensive standpoint that I was disappointed in our defensive effort. We knew what we had to do from a defensive standpoint and we didn't do it. It appeared to me from the sideline that we were somewhat intimidated which there is no excuse for whether you are playing mid-major, high-major, or whatever major, you got to step up to the competition that you are playing against. We didn't do that. We played like a team who was scared."
On the height of Cincinnati:
"That is a great defensive weapon that Cincinnati has. They have that big kid in the middle. They block shots. We attacked the basket and tried to score and they just blocked us. That is deflating to our kids."
On what they will take from this game:
"Well, I don't want to take anything from this game. I want to just throw this game away and start over against Iowa State. There is nothing that we can take away from this game except to get better."
On his impressions of Cincinnati:
"I think they got a great mix of inside-outside and ability to get strong defensive presence in the middle. They got Kilpatrick, Cashmere Wright, and Parker on the perimeter. They all three can play. They got depth and keep the pressure on you. Their pressure caused us a few problems and kept us from really attacking."


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Barajas' big fly gives Bucs walk-off win
PITTSBURGH -- Want to play that game? OK, here's the Yin to your Yang. That appeared to be what the Pirates and the Nationals were saying to each other all Tuesday night, when the Bucs got in the last word as Rod Barajas' two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth gave them a 5-4 victory at PNC Park. It was the last act of high drama, which saw Andrew McCutchen get out of a sick bed to deliver his first homer, and A.J. Burnett arise from an unprecedented pratfall to shine.
Yes, this was the same Mr. Barajas who had been booed harshly by the crowd of 10,323 after his previous hitless at-bat had left him hitting .127, with not a single RBI. "I was in a situation where I was able to get them back on my side," said Barajas. "Hope they'll give me a little leeway, and I can have a couple more weeks to get things going in the right direction." Barajas' first homer of a trying season came off Henry Rodriguez, who had surrendered a one-out single to Alex Presley, and ushered him to third by burying consecutive breaking balls in the dirt for wild pitches. On deck, Barajas took note while Rodriguez was fanning Yamaico Navarro for the second out. "I was pretty confident. I know he throws hard," Barajas said of Rodriguez, "and I consider myself a fastball hitter. After seeing two breaking balls in the dirt, I figured chances were he wouldn't throw that again and would come hard. And I was ready to let it go." "[Rodriguez] usually has good command of his curveball, and that kind of got him in the jam," said Nationals manager Davey Johnson. "I still thought he was going to get out of it. Obviously, Barajas knows that he is going to get a fastball. He gets out in front and that's the ballgame." The ballgame went on Rodriguez's first pitch to Barajas, into the left-field corner, as everyone in the park went bonkers, stoked by the walk-off win, maybe stoked even more because of who delivered it. "Pretty exciting, wasn't it?" manager Clint Hurdle asked rhetorically. "Did you think he'd hit one? There was a lot of mixed opinion in our dugout whether to let him go up and hit. [Barajas' slump] can't go on forever, so I figured, 'What the heck, he's hit one before.'" Adam LaRoche had given the Nats a 4-3 lead with his own two-run homer, off Joel Hanrahan, with none out in the top of the inning. The homer marked the 1,000th homer in Nationals history. "Never a good night for that to happen," said Hanrahan, who had converted his prior five save opportunities. "But we had the other guys bounce back. Barajas hears the boos earlier and comes back with a walk-off homer, so that's pretty awesome." On the mound to remove Hanrahan with the save situation gone, Hurdle chatted up the gathered: "We'll hold them," he told them, "and we'll find a way to score two, and it'll be really exciting here late." The Bucs had taken a 3-2 lead on Neil Walker's tie-breaking sacrifice fly in the eighth. McCutchen thumped his first homer of the season, a third-inning blow soon followed by Garrett Jones' tying solo shot, but the Bucs were unable to reward Burnett's return to excellence. The Pirates had tried to sign free-agent right-hander Edwin Jackson this past offseason, and when they couldn't, were happy to end up with Burnett in a trade. They were still happy Tuesday night, when Burnett allowed six hits in eight innings, with the icing of 10 strikeouts. Both McCutchen, who had had the stomach flu, and Burnett, whose problems have been up in the strike zone, recovered nicely. Contrasting his 2 2/3-inning, 12-run outing on Wednesday in St. Louis, Burnett tenaciously kept Washington down after surrendering solo runs in the third and fourth innings. "I was just sharper tonight," said Burnett, particularly pleased that his breaking ball began to click in the middle of the game. "I was able to find the hook that I had in the past, and it paid off. Seemed like everything Rod put down was a '2,' and I've been around him long enough to know not to shake him off." McCutchen was returning to the lineup after having taken most of the previous week off to deal with the weight-loss effects of his illness, and before the game talked about feeling "like my normal self." Then he went out and hit like him, too. McCutchen picked on Jackson's 2-2 pitch to go to straightaway center with his first home run in 135 at-bats, dating back to Sept. 13. Three batters later, Jones pulled his fourth home run. Within the space of four batters, the Bucs matched the previous total of homers Jackson had allowed in 31 2/3 innings. The two long balls neutralized Washington catcher Wilson Ramos' solo homer in the third, and a fourth-inning RBI single by Rick Ankiel that scored Bryce Harper. The 19-year-old outfielder led off that fourth with a double, albeit his only hit in four at-bats. Besides Harper's introduction, the other intrigue surrounding the Nationals was them playing their first game since a forced roster change. Jayson Werth went on the disabled list with the fractured left wrist he suffered Sunday, and Ryan Zimmerman (shoulder inflammation) came off it. In a strange way -- considering they are a couple of headliners -- the Pirates would've preferred having both in Washington's lineup. Zimmerman came in as a career .135 (7-for-52) hitter against the Bucs' current pitching staff, and Werth is not much better at .180 (11-for74).
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The common cold is, alas, all too common. Studies show that babies and kids can get as many eight or even 10 colds per year. And since medical experts now advise against using over-the-counter cold medicines for kids under age six, parents are eagerly searching for safe ways to bring their little patients relief.
The common cold is an upper respiratory virus. Antibiotics, which are effective in treating bacterial infections, can't cure a virus. In other words, a cold simply has to run its course, which usually takes about a week. Of course, it's always your call when to see your pediatrician.
The good news is, there are a number of safe, drug-free ways you can alleviate your child's cold symptoms. These may include a runny nose, sore throat, coughing, sneezing, mild fever (especially at night), loss of appetite, and irritability. Here's our favorite natural and alternative ways to make sniffling, snuffling kids more comfortable.
Aspirators clear out the gunk and relieve stuffed noses. As a faster alternative to bulb aspirators (which many babies and parents object to), consider a battery-operated version.
When mucus is thick, saline drops can be helpful. Place a few drops of pure saline solution (never medicated) in each nostril, and then immediately apply suction. This is especially helpful before meals, particularly for newborns, since it's harder for babies to nurse when sinuses are clogged.
Steam liquefies mucus, loosening up congestion and making breathing easier.The (AAP) recommends using a cool-mist vaporizer around little ones for safety (if tipped over, a hot water vaporizer can cause burns). Or try our Waterless Vaporizer, which runs on pre-moistened aromatherapy pads. Similarly, letting kids safely breathe in the warm steam of a nearby hot shower may help. (Needless to say, never put little ones in the shower, and always stay with them around water.)
Good hydration is always important (fluids keep the body functioning), but it's absolutely essential when kids are sick, especially when they're feverish.
Our moms were right! Chicken soup, which has been used as a cold remedy since the 12th Century, really does offer medical benefits. A study at the University of Nebraska indicates that, in addition to the congestion relief provided by warm liquids, chicken soup may actually function as an anti-inflammatory. Besides that, it's hydrating (not to mention comforting).
If it's not too cold, take baby outside for a brisk walk around the block. The air may temporarily clear your child's head and the change of scene might provide a welcome distraction.
Ear infections can result from clogged sinuses, so be on the lookout for symptoms, such as pulling or tugging at the ears, crying, irritability, and sleeplessness.
If your child has any kind of fever, you'll want to keep a close eye on it. When do you call the pediatrician? Ask your doctor for guidelines, which vary depending on your child's age.
It's not safe to give honey to babies under 12 months. However, the (AAP) suggests trying honey to soothe an older child's cough. Ask your pediatrician if he or she recommends it, and if so, how much to give.
While colds are not avoidable, there are things you can do to limit your child's exposure to viruses. Remember, germs are often transferred through sneezing, coughing, or touching someone who is carrying particles on their skin. So...
On the bright side, once kids are exposed to a particular virus, they develop a natural immunity to it. So as kids mature and their immune systems develop, they will catch fewer and fewer colds. TLC-based strategies really can help kids feel better.
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Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
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Mr. Manners?!
Lennie, my boyfriend totally lacks manners and I find it embarrassing. He never opens the car door for me, or the door to the restaurant. The other day we were at a party and he got a drink for himself and didn't even ask me if I wanted one. How can I change him?
Dear Ms. Manners, I can appreciate your situation. Women like to be treated like ladies, and expect men to be gentlemen. I think many men use the excuse of women's Lib having confused the situation. But, there is simply no excuse for a lack of manners. Manners are sexy. I think you should never open your car door. If this means that he drives off leaving you on the side of the road, and doesn't notice you're missing until he turns over in bed and tries to f*ck you, so be it. I'm sure you dote on him and make him feel special; it's only fair that he do the same in kind. Poor etiquette is a reflection on him not you, so you needn't feel embarrassed. However, I don't think you should stand for that behavior as it indicates that he does not respect and appreciate you.