Exercise 15 spinal cord
disc herniation vs Piriformis syndrome
2024.05.19 05:33 Remarkable_Log_1975 disc herniation vs Piriformis syndrome
how to tell if your pain is caused by disc herniation or piriformis muscle is pressing on your nerve!
I have little herniation even that the radiologist in my report said it's not pressing on my spinal canal
when i read about piriformis syndrome they say the paitent come with history of heavy cycling and that was the cause of my pain in first place
so how to differentiate bw them? + if there is any exercises for piriformis muscle to strengthen it at home (not stretch)
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I have little herniation even that the radiologist in my report said it's not pressing on my spinal canal
when i read about piriformis syndrome they say the paitent come with history of heavy cycling and that was the cause of my pain in first place
so how to differentiate bw them? + if there is any exercises for piriformis muscle to strengthen it at home (not stretch)
2024.05.19 05:16 H2O_pete [Request] how long was the foot in 1683 England and what is a half quarter in respect to length
This comes from a 340-year-old book that I’ve been reading. It may seem simple because the text says half-quarter which just sounds like an eighth, yeah I’d be inclined to assume that as well. Unfortunately I have gotten about 100 pages into it and it uses the word eighth for a measurement… much to my dismay. "150 Nonpareil (6pt) to make 1 foot gives 12.5 Nonpareil for an inch, and consequently 25 scabbords for an inch; so by proportion, 15 scabbords and 1/3 part of a scabbords, gives 5/8 part of an inch." so it might not and don’t even get me started on trying to figure out the foot Which I also kind of need to figure that out to figure this out so is greatly appreciated. The text comes from “Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises” which has a table for how many pieces of the of a certain point size fit in a “foot” problem is that the foot is 12.5 modern inches plus or minus 5/16” please I’m at wits end with this godforsaken measurement. it’s the same issue as trying to make something from an old recipe. We don’t know the size of the cups and you don’t know what kind of eggs they were using so when you try to re-create Napoleon’s cake, it doesn’t work. Got a love that standardization, THANK YOU NIST.
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2024.05.19 04:22 Own_Tailor9802 I can't wait to be an adult and vote
Recently, my school organized a special lecture on the history of the Orient.This lecture was called "The Miracle of the Han River," and it was given by a professor from outside Korea.I was very curious about Korea, so I was looking forward to this lecture. In fact, the reason why this lecture was held was at the request of the students. Since Korean culture has been penetrating into American society for a long time, and many things that we enjoy without thinking are related to Korea, students were curious about what Korea is like.
Then Patrick, the student leader and president of our school, asked the teachers if they could organize a special lecture on Korean history, and they accepted, and eventually the whole class gathered in the auditorium and participated in the lecture. Often, our school invites outside professors to give lectures like this, and most of the time, the interest in such lectures is very high, and the lecture on Korean history was also extremely popular. However, the lectures that invite professors from prestigious universities and the opportunity to gain new knowledge about Korea are popular enough to fill the gymnasium.On this day, there were many students in the gymnasium converted into a lecture hall.As the professor entered, gave a brief introduction, and announced the topic of the day's lecture, everyone looked at him with interest. The professor said that he was asked to give a lecture on the history of the East, and when he was thinking about what topic to tell the students, he thought it would be better to talk about the modern history and economic development of Korea, and for two hours without a break, he explained in depth, in detail, easily understandable, and really interesting.
The professor's first words were impactful: "You all know Haiti, the country that receives U.S. aid, suffered a major earthquake about 15 years ago and has never recovered from it, and is in a state of chaos as one of the poorest countries in the world." "But how would you feel if, 30 years later, you were told to congratulate Haiti on becoming an economic powerhouse?" "I'm the generation that actually witnessed it. "I'm the generation that actually saw that happen, where we were the poorest country in the world, and all of a sudden, we were told that we were an economic powerhouse and that we should be congratulated."The students were surprised to learn that South Korea was once the poorest country in the world, even though it was still a decade after the end of World War II.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Korea was a very poor country until the middle of the 20th century, but since the 1960s, it has experienced rapid economic growth and made remarkable progress, which has been called the 'Miracle on the Han River', and today I am going to tell you the story."
From the beginning of the lecture, the students listened attentively as the professor engaged their interest, and I was particularly curious about how South Korea was able to develop so quickly.
"Korea was devastated after the Korean War in the 1950s, but in the 1960s, a government-led economic development plan began.At that time, Korea made a five-year plan for economic development under the leadership of the government, and fostered industries centered on heavy chemical industries such as steel, chemicals, and electronics.In addition, the country invested heavily in education, and many talented people were produced based on high educational enthusiasm."
The professor's explanation was very detailed and interesting, and I was in awe as he talked about Korea's economic development.
"In particular, in the 1970s, the Saemaul movement was launched to promote the development of rural areas and improve the living standards of the people."At that time, residents in rural areas voluntarily maintained their villages and strived for the development of their communities."These efforts helped Korea to rapidly transform from an agriculture-oriented society to an industry-oriented society.""And this Saemaul movement has become an example for many developing countries to this day, and countless policies have been implemented to copy Korea's Saemaul movement. "It is now accepted wisdom that Korea's Saemaul movement was a seemingly simple campaign that contributed tremendously to building the country's economic foundation, with reports of rapid development in some cases and failure in others." "Korea has written a textbook curriculum on how to grow an economy, and its achievements have become a model."
I realized how much effort Korea, which was poor in the past, made to grow its economy.It was a huge lecture of 2 hours, so I can only write down the core flow, so please understand.The process of Korea laying the economic foundation and starting the high-speed growth was really interesting, and there were many points where I learned how much effort Korean policy researchers made at that time.And the efforts of Korean people who believed in the government and followed the policy, even sacrificing themselves, were also great.
"Today, Korea is an IT powerhouse, with world-class companies such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai Motor, which have great influence in the global market and are an important pillar of Korea's economy." "The characteristic of Korean companies is that they have always strived to develop technology. "There are five technological powers in the world," he said, "the United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, and France." "The United States and Germany have been doing research and development since the Industrial Revolution, while France has been doing research and development since the Industrial Revolution, and Japan received a huge amount of aid from the United States in 1950, taking advantage of the Korean War. It was thought that Japan, which started 20 years earlier than Korea, would be recognized as the last technological power of the 20th century, but how Korea, which started research and development from the 1970s onwards, became the world's fifth technological power, was a very interesting topic among professors in the 1990s.
And unlike Japan, Korea became a semiconductor powerhouse in the 21st century, and even succeeded in fostering an industry that Japan did not, and created a great foundation for Korea to become a developed country.Look at the iPhone you're using right now, and look at it.Do you see a Samsung product in there?
Most Americans think that the iPhone is made by Apple and developed by Apple, but many of the components in it come from Korea, and without Korea, the product you're using would be half as powerful as it is today.
The professor kept the students' attention for the entire two-hour lecture, explaining the difficult content in terms of the smartphones they use.
At the end of the lecture, the professor said that there are only two role models of economic development in the 20th century, Germany's development and Korea's development are very meaningful, and if you want to major in economics or international affairs, you should familiarize yourself with these contents because they are all liberal arts contents.
And originally, this kind of lecture should be 200 hours instead of 2 hours, but since it was shortened to a hundred and one, the fun is only a hundred and one, and if you want to hear more details, you should study hard and go to the prestigious university where you are, and the excellent lecture ended with the story.
After the lecture, I wanted to ask the professor more questions, but there were already a lot of students gathered around him.Then, my friend Xiao approached me.Xiao was a student who was educated in China until elementary school and then moved to the United States."Avery, how did you like the lecture?" Xiao asked me. I really liked the lecture and I have a lot of questions, so I wanted to ask the professor, but I could already hear the other students lamenting that they wouldn't be able to because the professor was surrounded by other students.I had to leave the lecture hall with Xiao, who was listening to the lecture with interest next to me.As we walked down the hall, I continued to talk to Xiao.Minhwa and Jia told me that they didn't know why they hated Korea so much, and they had to tell me a frustrating story.
In fact, Minhwa and Jia are two students who are very anti-Korean, especially since the student council voted for and against this lecture, and there were two votes against it, so everyone could tell that it was Minhwa and Jia from China, and their anti-Korean feelings, or even hatred, were very strong.
Xiao told me that today's lecture was very different from what they teach in China, and what the professor told us today. Of course, in China, they teach distorted facts, and they don't believe in it, but if you're like Min Hua or Jia, who went to school in China until middle school, it's natural to have a negative opinion of Korea.
Xiao's words were sincere because he had lived in China until elementary school and had been educated in China, so he knew the reality of China very well.In China, Korea is often taught negatively, and Xiao also said that when he went to elementary school in China, he was taught that way, but when he came to the United States and was exposed to different perspectives, he realized that it was wrong.
At that moment, Minhwa and Jia walked up to us, or maybe I should say they walked up to Xiao.Minhwa had a disgruntled look on her face."Korea is so great? I never think so, Korea is worse than our China," Minhwa said unhappily.Jia, who had an equally unhappy look on her face, also spoke up."Right. What's so great about Korea, our China is better."
I was offended by their words, because the facts I learned about Korea all seemed interesting and amazing, so why didn't they think so? And when they said that China was better, they didn't have any basis, they just said that China was better, what's so great about Korea, and there was no power in their argument.Xiao was also not happy when his two Chinese friends asked him to sympathize with them.
Xiao usually doesn't like to argue with them, but this time he was in the mood for a fight.I intervened first."Korea has made great progress, and you'll see that when you do a little more research," I said calmly to Minhwa and Jia.But Minhwa and Jia didn't listen to me.They wouldn't even look at me when I was talking to them.That's when Xiao stepped in and said.
"I'm sorry Avery, Minhua and Jia have been mis-educated, so I'll apologize for them.I know why they think that way, but I know the truth is different, so I want to apologize to you."
After hearing Xiao's words, Minhua and Jia still showed their disapproval. They even loudly argued with Xiao in the hallway. All the students passing by couldn't help but notice that two Chinese friends with wrong ideas were bullying Xiao, a normal thinking Chinese friend, again.
In fact, this scene was not uncommon, but this day was different. Despite the fact that everyone had attended an impactful and fact-based lecture by a professor from a prestigious university, Min Hua and Jia seemed to have no room for improvement, and they were still shouting distorted facts and misinformation without any basis.
From that day on, they were increasingly bullied by their schoolmates. Even when Minhua and Jia tried to talk to their American friends, all their American friends would scold them, saying, "Are you going to distort American history like that?" and no one would listen to them.
At first, Minhua and Jia's attitude was nonetheless brazen and confident, but two Chinese students armed with wrong ideas can't live in isolation in this school. Our school has group work as the basic form of class participation, so there are many tasks that require the help of other students.
Eventually, Minhua and Jia came to me, Xiao, and our Korean friend Minji and apologized to us.To be honest, to this day, I don't know if their apology was sincere.They said that they had learned that much of the education they had received was false, and they promised that they would never say anything wrong again in the future.Part of me wanted to tell them that I knew they were lying to survive, but I couldn't turn my back on them, so I accepted their apology.After Minhua and Jia's disturbance and apology
Although I'm still a high school student, I know that when I grow up, I want to exercise my right to vote and join the anti-China movement. We also realized that China's policy of teaching the wrong history and the wrong international affairs is having a negative impact even here in the United States, a country so far away, and that it is causing the Chinese people to suffer.China's ambitious plan to turn the tables by playing shallow games is just ridiculous and will not work.
I can't help but think that the impact of these lectures on our school is great: first of all, we learned how important it is to filter out misleading and distorted information, and how important it is to listen to such information; secondly, many students have a deep understanding of what exactly the "Miracle of the Han River" is.
As a reminder, South Korea was very poor until the mid-20th century, but through government-led economic development plans and people's efforts, it has achieved remarkable growth, especially spontaneous rural development movements such as the Saemaul movement, which played a huge role in accelerating South Korea's industrialization.
Korea's development has been not just economic, but social as well, with Koreans overcoming difficulties and achieving remarkable results through their high levels of education, hard work, and sense of community.
Now, do you feel that there is any reason for Chinese people here to say that China is greater than Korea? Isn't it just that Korea has created a remarkable growth in the history of East Asia, and it is because of Korea's development that China's factories are able to operate? Just because China is lagging behind, to say that Korea is a lesser country is an expression of inferiority, and it is seen as a desperate attempt to deny their own lack.
This is a good liberal arts course where you can learn the facts about what Korea has done and speak about it with confidence in public, but I think the disturbance by the two Chinese students clouded the essence of the course, because the impact of the miracle of the Han River was diluted by the emotion of outrage at the Chinese students' behavior.
In my final presentation at the end of the semester, I plan to find more information about the Han River Miracle, add new information, and present it to my class, because I feel that it is unfair that the attention to Korea has been diverted for a while, and I think that it would be meaningful to talk about Korea in front of Minhwa, Jia, and my Korean friend Minji.
I hope that the country will soon develop into a mature society that can accept the truth as the truth.
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Then Patrick, the student leader and president of our school, asked the teachers if they could organize a special lecture on Korean history, and they accepted, and eventually the whole class gathered in the auditorium and participated in the lecture. Often, our school invites outside professors to give lectures like this, and most of the time, the interest in such lectures is very high, and the lecture on Korean history was also extremely popular. However, the lectures that invite professors from prestigious universities and the opportunity to gain new knowledge about Korea are popular enough to fill the gymnasium.On this day, there were many students in the gymnasium converted into a lecture hall.As the professor entered, gave a brief introduction, and announced the topic of the day's lecture, everyone looked at him with interest. The professor said that he was asked to give a lecture on the history of the East, and when he was thinking about what topic to tell the students, he thought it would be better to talk about the modern history and economic development of Korea, and for two hours without a break, he explained in depth, in detail, easily understandable, and really interesting.
The professor's first words were impactful: "You all know Haiti, the country that receives U.S. aid, suffered a major earthquake about 15 years ago and has never recovered from it, and is in a state of chaos as one of the poorest countries in the world." "But how would you feel if, 30 years later, you were told to congratulate Haiti on becoming an economic powerhouse?" "I'm the generation that actually witnessed it. "I'm the generation that actually saw that happen, where we were the poorest country in the world, and all of a sudden, we were told that we were an economic powerhouse and that we should be congratulated."The students were surprised to learn that South Korea was once the poorest country in the world, even though it was still a decade after the end of World War II.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Korea was a very poor country until the middle of the 20th century, but since the 1960s, it has experienced rapid economic growth and made remarkable progress, which has been called the 'Miracle on the Han River', and today I am going to tell you the story."
From the beginning of the lecture, the students listened attentively as the professor engaged their interest, and I was particularly curious about how South Korea was able to develop so quickly.
"Korea was devastated after the Korean War in the 1950s, but in the 1960s, a government-led economic development plan began.At that time, Korea made a five-year plan for economic development under the leadership of the government, and fostered industries centered on heavy chemical industries such as steel, chemicals, and electronics.In addition, the country invested heavily in education, and many talented people were produced based on high educational enthusiasm."
The professor's explanation was very detailed and interesting, and I was in awe as he talked about Korea's economic development.
"In particular, in the 1970s, the Saemaul movement was launched to promote the development of rural areas and improve the living standards of the people."At that time, residents in rural areas voluntarily maintained their villages and strived for the development of their communities."These efforts helped Korea to rapidly transform from an agriculture-oriented society to an industry-oriented society.""And this Saemaul movement has become an example for many developing countries to this day, and countless policies have been implemented to copy Korea's Saemaul movement. "It is now accepted wisdom that Korea's Saemaul movement was a seemingly simple campaign that contributed tremendously to building the country's economic foundation, with reports of rapid development in some cases and failure in others." "Korea has written a textbook curriculum on how to grow an economy, and its achievements have become a model."
I realized how much effort Korea, which was poor in the past, made to grow its economy.It was a huge lecture of 2 hours, so I can only write down the core flow, so please understand.The process of Korea laying the economic foundation and starting the high-speed growth was really interesting, and there were many points where I learned how much effort Korean policy researchers made at that time.And the efforts of Korean people who believed in the government and followed the policy, even sacrificing themselves, were also great.
"Today, Korea is an IT powerhouse, with world-class companies such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai Motor, which have great influence in the global market and are an important pillar of Korea's economy." "The characteristic of Korean companies is that they have always strived to develop technology. "There are five technological powers in the world," he said, "the United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, and France." "The United States and Germany have been doing research and development since the Industrial Revolution, while France has been doing research and development since the Industrial Revolution, and Japan received a huge amount of aid from the United States in 1950, taking advantage of the Korean War. It was thought that Japan, which started 20 years earlier than Korea, would be recognized as the last technological power of the 20th century, but how Korea, which started research and development from the 1970s onwards, became the world's fifth technological power, was a very interesting topic among professors in the 1990s.
And unlike Japan, Korea became a semiconductor powerhouse in the 21st century, and even succeeded in fostering an industry that Japan did not, and created a great foundation for Korea to become a developed country.Look at the iPhone you're using right now, and look at it.Do you see a Samsung product in there?
Most Americans think that the iPhone is made by Apple and developed by Apple, but many of the components in it come from Korea, and without Korea, the product you're using would be half as powerful as it is today.
The professor kept the students' attention for the entire two-hour lecture, explaining the difficult content in terms of the smartphones they use.
At the end of the lecture, the professor said that there are only two role models of economic development in the 20th century, Germany's development and Korea's development are very meaningful, and if you want to major in economics or international affairs, you should familiarize yourself with these contents because they are all liberal arts contents.
And originally, this kind of lecture should be 200 hours instead of 2 hours, but since it was shortened to a hundred and one, the fun is only a hundred and one, and if you want to hear more details, you should study hard and go to the prestigious university where you are, and the excellent lecture ended with the story.
After the lecture, I wanted to ask the professor more questions, but there were already a lot of students gathered around him.Then, my friend Xiao approached me.Xiao was a student who was educated in China until elementary school and then moved to the United States."Avery, how did you like the lecture?" Xiao asked me. I really liked the lecture and I have a lot of questions, so I wanted to ask the professor, but I could already hear the other students lamenting that they wouldn't be able to because the professor was surrounded by other students.I had to leave the lecture hall with Xiao, who was listening to the lecture with interest next to me.As we walked down the hall, I continued to talk to Xiao.Minhwa and Jia told me that they didn't know why they hated Korea so much, and they had to tell me a frustrating story.
In fact, Minhwa and Jia are two students who are very anti-Korean, especially since the student council voted for and against this lecture, and there were two votes against it, so everyone could tell that it was Minhwa and Jia from China, and their anti-Korean feelings, or even hatred, were very strong.
Xiao told me that today's lecture was very different from what they teach in China, and what the professor told us today. Of course, in China, they teach distorted facts, and they don't believe in it, but if you're like Min Hua or Jia, who went to school in China until middle school, it's natural to have a negative opinion of Korea.
Xiao's words were sincere because he had lived in China until elementary school and had been educated in China, so he knew the reality of China very well.In China, Korea is often taught negatively, and Xiao also said that when he went to elementary school in China, he was taught that way, but when he came to the United States and was exposed to different perspectives, he realized that it was wrong.
At that moment, Minhwa and Jia walked up to us, or maybe I should say they walked up to Xiao.Minhwa had a disgruntled look on her face."Korea is so great? I never think so, Korea is worse than our China," Minhwa said unhappily.Jia, who had an equally unhappy look on her face, also spoke up."Right. What's so great about Korea, our China is better."
I was offended by their words, because the facts I learned about Korea all seemed interesting and amazing, so why didn't they think so? And when they said that China was better, they didn't have any basis, they just said that China was better, what's so great about Korea, and there was no power in their argument.Xiao was also not happy when his two Chinese friends asked him to sympathize with them.
Xiao usually doesn't like to argue with them, but this time he was in the mood for a fight.I intervened first."Korea has made great progress, and you'll see that when you do a little more research," I said calmly to Minhwa and Jia.But Minhwa and Jia didn't listen to me.They wouldn't even look at me when I was talking to them.That's when Xiao stepped in and said.
"I'm sorry Avery, Minhua and Jia have been mis-educated, so I'll apologize for them.I know why they think that way, but I know the truth is different, so I want to apologize to you."
After hearing Xiao's words, Minhua and Jia still showed their disapproval. They even loudly argued with Xiao in the hallway. All the students passing by couldn't help but notice that two Chinese friends with wrong ideas were bullying Xiao, a normal thinking Chinese friend, again.
In fact, this scene was not uncommon, but this day was different. Despite the fact that everyone had attended an impactful and fact-based lecture by a professor from a prestigious university, Min Hua and Jia seemed to have no room for improvement, and they were still shouting distorted facts and misinformation without any basis.
From that day on, they were increasingly bullied by their schoolmates. Even when Minhua and Jia tried to talk to their American friends, all their American friends would scold them, saying, "Are you going to distort American history like that?" and no one would listen to them.
At first, Minhua and Jia's attitude was nonetheless brazen and confident, but two Chinese students armed with wrong ideas can't live in isolation in this school. Our school has group work as the basic form of class participation, so there are many tasks that require the help of other students.
Eventually, Minhua and Jia came to me, Xiao, and our Korean friend Minji and apologized to us.To be honest, to this day, I don't know if their apology was sincere.They said that they had learned that much of the education they had received was false, and they promised that they would never say anything wrong again in the future.Part of me wanted to tell them that I knew they were lying to survive, but I couldn't turn my back on them, so I accepted their apology.After Minhua and Jia's disturbance and apology
Although I'm still a high school student, I know that when I grow up, I want to exercise my right to vote and join the anti-China movement. We also realized that China's policy of teaching the wrong history and the wrong international affairs is having a negative impact even here in the United States, a country so far away, and that it is causing the Chinese people to suffer.China's ambitious plan to turn the tables by playing shallow games is just ridiculous and will not work.
I can't help but think that the impact of these lectures on our school is great: first of all, we learned how important it is to filter out misleading and distorted information, and how important it is to listen to such information; secondly, many students have a deep understanding of what exactly the "Miracle of the Han River" is.
As a reminder, South Korea was very poor until the mid-20th century, but through government-led economic development plans and people's efforts, it has achieved remarkable growth, especially spontaneous rural development movements such as the Saemaul movement, which played a huge role in accelerating South Korea's industrialization.
Korea's development has been not just economic, but social as well, with Koreans overcoming difficulties and achieving remarkable results through their high levels of education, hard work, and sense of community.
Now, do you feel that there is any reason for Chinese people here to say that China is greater than Korea? Isn't it just that Korea has created a remarkable growth in the history of East Asia, and it is because of Korea's development that China's factories are able to operate? Just because China is lagging behind, to say that Korea is a lesser country is an expression of inferiority, and it is seen as a desperate attempt to deny their own lack.
This is a good liberal arts course where you can learn the facts about what Korea has done and speak about it with confidence in public, but I think the disturbance by the two Chinese students clouded the essence of the course, because the impact of the miracle of the Han River was diluted by the emotion of outrage at the Chinese students' behavior.
In my final presentation at the end of the semester, I plan to find more information about the Han River Miracle, add new information, and present it to my class, because I feel that it is unfair that the attention to Korea has been diverted for a while, and I think that it would be meaningful to talk about Korea in front of Minhwa, Jia, and my Korean friend Minji.
I hope that the country will soon develop into a mature society that can accept the truth as the truth.
2024.05.19 04:04 breakfast_sammich Breed Recommendation
**Introduction**
1)Will this be your first dog? If not, what experience do you have owning/training dogs?
* YES
2)Do you have a preference for rescuing a dog vs. going through a [reputable breeder]( http://ownresponsibly.blogspot.com/2011/07/identifying-reputable-breeder.html)?
* PREFER A BREEDER, BUT RESCUES ARE AN OPTION
3)Describe your ideal dog.
* HARDY, SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED, NOT A LOT OF BARKING, NOT A TON OF SHEDDING, TRAINABLE, MEDIUM ACTIVITY, FETCH AND WALK AROUND THE BLOCK, RUN A MILE OR TWO OCCASIONALLY, HIKING
4)What breeds or types of dogs are you interested in and why?
* LABRADOR RETRIEVER (FAMILIAR), DANISH-SWEDISH FARMDOG (INTELLIGENT, GOOD WITH KIDS), TERRIERS (AFFECTIONATE)
5)What sorts of things would you like to train your dog to do?
* CRATE TRAINED, FETCH, WALK WITH A LEASH, SIT, NOT JUMP ON PEOPLE
6) Do you want to compete with your dog in a sport (e.g. agility, obedience, rally) or use your dog for a form of work (e.g. hunting, herding, livestock guarding)? If so, how much experience do you have with this work/sport?
* NO
**Care Commitments**
7) How long do you want to devote to training, playing with, or otherwise interacting with your dog each day?
* 3-4 HOURS DAILY BETWEEN 4 FAMILY MEMBERS
8) How long can you exercise your dog each day, on average? What sorts of exercise are you planning to give your dog regularly and does that include using a dog park?
* 5, 30 MINUTE WALKS PER WEEK, 2-3 LONGER WALKS OR RUNS PER MONTH, ~2-3 5-10 MILE HIKES PER YEAR
9)How much regular brushing are you willing to do? Are you open to trimming hair, cleaning ears, or doing other grooming at home? If not, would you be willing to pay a professional to do it regularly?
* OPEN TO DOING SOME GROOMING 2-3 HOURS A WEEK AND PAYING A PRO ON OCCASION
**Personal Preferences**
10)What size dog are you looking for?
* SMALL TO MEDIUM
11) How much shedding, barking, and slobber can you handle?
* SOME SHEDDING IS OK (SEASONAL?), MINIMAL BARKING, MINIMAL SLOBBER
12) How important is being able to let your dog off-leash in an unfenced area?
* NOT IMPORTANT
**Dog Personality and Behavior**
13) Do you want a snuggly dog or one that prefers some personal space?
* SNUGGLY
14) Would you prefer a dog that wants to do its own thing or one that’s more eager-to-please?
* PREFER ONE TO DO IT'S OWN THING, BUT I'M GOOD EITHER WAY
15) How would you prefer your dog to respond to someone knocking on the door or entering your yard? How would you prefer your dog to greet strangers or visitors?
* A SLIGHT BARK OR TWO WOULD BE FINE, BUT NOT REPETITIVE
16) Are you willing to manage a dog that is aggressive to other dogs?
* SOMEWHAT
17) Are there any other behaviors you can’t deal with or want to avoid?
* JUMPING ON PEOPLE
**Lifestyle**
18) How often and how long will the dog be left alone?
* 4-6 HOURS 2-3 TIMES PER WEEK
19) What are the dog-related preferences of other people in the house and what will be their involvement in caring for the dog?
* WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PREFERENCES, FAMILY OF 4 WILL SHARE IN DUTIES
20) Do you have other pets or are you planning on having other pets? What breed or type of animal are they?
* NO OTHER PETS AND NO PLANS
21) Will the dog be interacting with children regularly?
* YES TWO KIDS BETWEEN 9 AND 13
22) Do you rent or plan to rent in the future? If applicable, what breed or weight restrictions are on your current lease?
* NO
23) What city or country do you live in and are you aware of any laws banning certain breeds?
* MICHIGAN, USA
24) What is the average temperature of a typical summer and winter day where you live?
* 75 IN THE SUMMER AND 15 IN THE WINTER
**Additional Information and Questions**
25) Please provide any additional information you feel may be relevant.
* I WORK FROM HOME 2-3 DAYS / WEEK. WE CAN AFFORD OCCASIONAL BOARDING. WE OFTEN GO ON CAMPING, HIKING VACATIONS
26) Feel free to ask any questions below.
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1)Will this be your first dog? If not, what experience do you have owning/training dogs?
* YES
2)Do you have a preference for rescuing a dog vs. going through a [reputable breeder]( http://ownresponsibly.blogspot.com/2011/07/identifying-reputable-breeder.html)?
* PREFER A BREEDER, BUT RESCUES ARE AN OPTION
3)Describe your ideal dog.
* HARDY, SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED, NOT A LOT OF BARKING, NOT A TON OF SHEDDING, TRAINABLE, MEDIUM ACTIVITY, FETCH AND WALK AROUND THE BLOCK, RUN A MILE OR TWO OCCASIONALLY, HIKING
4)What breeds or types of dogs are you interested in and why?
* LABRADOR RETRIEVER (FAMILIAR), DANISH-SWEDISH FARMDOG (INTELLIGENT, GOOD WITH KIDS), TERRIERS (AFFECTIONATE)
5)What sorts of things would you like to train your dog to do?
* CRATE TRAINED, FETCH, WALK WITH A LEASH, SIT, NOT JUMP ON PEOPLE
6) Do you want to compete with your dog in a sport (e.g. agility, obedience, rally) or use your dog for a form of work (e.g. hunting, herding, livestock guarding)? If so, how much experience do you have with this work/sport?
* NO
**Care Commitments**
7) How long do you want to devote to training, playing with, or otherwise interacting with your dog each day?
* 3-4 HOURS DAILY BETWEEN 4 FAMILY MEMBERS
8) How long can you exercise your dog each day, on average? What sorts of exercise are you planning to give your dog regularly and does that include using a dog park?
* 5, 30 MINUTE WALKS PER WEEK, 2-3 LONGER WALKS OR RUNS PER MONTH, ~2-3 5-10 MILE HIKES PER YEAR
9)How much regular brushing are you willing to do? Are you open to trimming hair, cleaning ears, or doing other grooming at home? If not, would you be willing to pay a professional to do it regularly?
* OPEN TO DOING SOME GROOMING 2-3 HOURS A WEEK AND PAYING A PRO ON OCCASION
**Personal Preferences**
10)What size dog are you looking for?
* SMALL TO MEDIUM
11) How much shedding, barking, and slobber can you handle?
* SOME SHEDDING IS OK (SEASONAL?), MINIMAL BARKING, MINIMAL SLOBBER
12) How important is being able to let your dog off-leash in an unfenced area?
* NOT IMPORTANT
**Dog Personality and Behavior**
13) Do you want a snuggly dog or one that prefers some personal space?
* SNUGGLY
14) Would you prefer a dog that wants to do its own thing or one that’s more eager-to-please?
* PREFER ONE TO DO IT'S OWN THING, BUT I'M GOOD EITHER WAY
15) How would you prefer your dog to respond to someone knocking on the door or entering your yard? How would you prefer your dog to greet strangers or visitors?
* A SLIGHT BARK OR TWO WOULD BE FINE, BUT NOT REPETITIVE
16) Are you willing to manage a dog that is aggressive to other dogs?
* SOMEWHAT
17) Are there any other behaviors you can’t deal with or want to avoid?
* JUMPING ON PEOPLE
**Lifestyle**
18) How often and how long will the dog be left alone?
* 4-6 HOURS 2-3 TIMES PER WEEK
19) What are the dog-related preferences of other people in the house and what will be their involvement in caring for the dog?
* WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PREFERENCES, FAMILY OF 4 WILL SHARE IN DUTIES
20) Do you have other pets or are you planning on having other pets? What breed or type of animal are they?
* NO OTHER PETS AND NO PLANS
21) Will the dog be interacting with children regularly?
* YES TWO KIDS BETWEEN 9 AND 13
22) Do you rent or plan to rent in the future? If applicable, what breed or weight restrictions are on your current lease?
* NO
23) What city or country do you live in and are you aware of any laws banning certain breeds?
* MICHIGAN, USA
24) What is the average temperature of a typical summer and winter day where you live?
* 75 IN THE SUMMER AND 15 IN THE WINTER
**Additional Information and Questions**
25) Please provide any additional information you feel may be relevant.
* I WORK FROM HOME 2-3 DAYS / WEEK. WE CAN AFFORD OCCASIONAL BOARDING. WE OFTEN GO ON CAMPING, HIKING VACATIONS
26) Feel free to ask any questions below.
2024.05.19 03:42 Own-Examination-9960 $BETSF Cash levels analysis & speculation
Hi guys,
Congratulations to long holders and the imminent official opening of Site2 that will overnight double $BETSF bitcoin production amid $BTC bullish super cycle (100k$+ very soon).
The biggest uknown thus far is how much cash is left for Site3. Most likely they have sufficient cash to launch Site3 but how much? Here is some analysis and speculation on how much cash is left that could be dedicated to bitcoin production expansion.
Here is what we know officially from the SEC filings:
https://www.sec.gov/edgabrowse/?CIK=1543268&owner=exclude
1- from SEC20 annual financial report (released on 12 october 2023), we know from page 81 of the report that they had 5.4 million$US of cash on 30 june 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources We have financed our operations primarily through shareholder contributions, cash flow from operations, private placements, and public offerings of securities. As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, we had cash of $5,368,284 and $12,990,659, respectively, from our continuing operations.
Source: https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgadata/0001543268/000101376223003519/f20f2023_bitbrother.htm
2- since 30 june 2023, we know that they have raised:
50 Million$ in july 2023.
15.12 Million$ in october 2023.
(5.04 M$ class A ordinary shares then 5.04 M$ exercised B warrants then 5.04 M$ exercised C warrants)
36 Million$ in december 2023.
(12 M$ class A ordinary shares then 12 M$ exercised D warrants then finally 12 M$ exercised E warrants).
That is a total of 101.12 M$ of cash that the company raised since 30 june 2023. These are gross proceeds.
Since the Company agreed to pay the Placement Agent an aggregate fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised in the Offerings. Total Net Proceeds (net cash) raised since 30 june 2023 should be: 94.04 Million $US. Lets add the 5.4 Million$ of cash they had left from 30 june 2023 which provides us with a total of 99.44 Million$ of net cash.
Form 6K released on 21 july 2023:
On July 14, 2023, Bit Brother Limited (the “Company”) entered into certain securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain non-affiliated institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 200,000,000 of its Class A ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), for gross proceeds of approximately $50 million. The purchase price for each Ordinary Share is $0.25.
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgadata/0001543268/000121390023058895/ea182157-6k_bitbrother.htm
Form 6k released on 31 october 2023
On October 25, 2023, Bit Brother Limited (the “Company”) entered into certain securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain non-affiliated institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 14,000,000 of its Class A ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) Class B warrants (“Class B Warrants”) to purchase 14,000,000 Ordinary Shares and Class C warrants (“Class C Warrants”, together with the Class B Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase 14,000,000 Ordinary Shares in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), for gross proceeds of approximately $5.04 million. The purchase price for each Ordinary Share and the corresponding Class B Warrant and Class C Warrant is $0.36
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgadata/0001543268/000121390023081794/ea187473-6k_bitbrother.htm
Form 6k released on 11 december 2023
On December 5, 2023, Bit Brother Limited (the “Company”) entered into certain securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain non-affiliated institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 184,615,385 of its Class A ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) Class D warrants (“Class D Warrants”) to purchase 184,615,385 Ordinary Shares and Class E warrants (“Class E Warrants”, together with the Class D Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase 184,615,385 Ordinary Shares in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), for gross proceeds of approximately $12 million. The purchase price for each Ordinary Share and the corresponding Class D Warrant and Class E Warrant is $0.065
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgadata/0001543268/000121390023094713/ea189684-6k_bitbrother.htm
3- Now lets assume three scenarios:
1- Worst case scenario:
They spent 50% of their cash since 30 june 2023 or around 50 Million$. They still have left some 50 Million$. This is an extreme unrealistic scenario.
2- Realistic scenario:
They spent 25% of their cash or around 25 Million$. This leave them with 75 Million$ of cash that they could spend on Site3 and further expansion.
Note that When we read carefully their previous years annual reports, we get the impression that they are burning anything between 10 Million$ per year to 20 Million$ of cash per year on their operations especially general and administrative as a public company.
Note also that the 92.2 Million$ accounting loss in 2023 was exceptional, a one off loss, and due mainly to a written off bad debt (28.2 Million$) they made (as a deposit for crypto mining material in china) and tha they dont expect to recuperate and also due to impairments of deposits for property and equipment (54.1 Million$). For more details look at the table on page 73 of the annual 2023 financial report titled: "Results of Operations Year Ended June 30, 2023 as Compared to Year Ended June 30, 2022".
Source info for the bad debt of 28.2 Million$ the company suffered in 2022-2023
During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company entered into certain loan agreements of approximately $28.2 million with six individuals & two off-shore legal entities to purchase miners on behalf of the Company. As the Company planned to enage and provide blockchain business. The loans bear fixed interest rates ranging between 1% and 2.64% per annum, and matured through November 2022. The Company did not recognize interest income on loans until interest were received.
As of June 30, 2023, the customers returned all the borrowings except borrowings to Golden Mountain Solution Inc. and Golden Bridge Solution Inc. Considering that the borrowing contracts ended on October 12, 2022 and November 25, 2022, the customers did not returned the borrowings, the possibility of collecting was expected to be low, those overdue borrowings was written-off in 100% and was recorded in General and administrative expenses –Bad debts ledger accounts.
Source info for the impairment of deposits for property and equipment of 54.1 Million$ the cimpany suffered in 2022-2023
Page 75 of the annual report:
Impairment of deposits for property and equipment
The deposits for mining equipment was mainly for the deposits for digital asset miners as the Company planned to launch its blockchain business. As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, certain vendors from suffered adverse impact from COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide economic recession and could not deliver miners on time, accordingly the Company accrued impairment of $54.1million and $2.6 million.
3- Optimistic best case scenario:
They spent just 10% of their cash or 10 Million$ since 30 june 2023 leaving them with 90 Million$ of cash, largely sufficient for big expansion plans.
Conclusion:
As a speculation, I predict that the company has sufficient cash to spend 20 M$ to acquire a 40 MW capacity Site3 and then spend another 20 Million$ to acquire the newly released Antminers Bitmain S21 Pro with 230 TH/s specs and still have some cash for even further expansion.
According to my realistic senario, the company should have sufficient cash for site3 and beyond and doesnt need to raise capital until at least 2025, once it consolidates its position as a new and serious bitcoin miner player in this burgeoning exciting space amid the bitcoin bullish super cycle.
Hope that helped, Good luck to longs,
submitted by Own-Examination-9960 to bitbrother [link] [comments]
Congratulations to long holders and the imminent official opening of Site2 that will overnight double $BETSF bitcoin production amid $BTC bullish super cycle (100k$+ very soon).
The biggest uknown thus far is how much cash is left for Site3. Most likely they have sufficient cash to launch Site3 but how much? Here is some analysis and speculation on how much cash is left that could be dedicated to bitcoin production expansion.
Here is what we know officially from the SEC filings:
https://www.sec.gov/edgabrowse/?CIK=1543268&owner=exclude
1- from SEC20 annual financial report (released on 12 october 2023), we know from page 81 of the report that they had 5.4 million$US of cash on 30 june 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources We have financed our operations primarily through shareholder contributions, cash flow from operations, private placements, and public offerings of securities. As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, we had cash of $5,368,284 and $12,990,659, respectively, from our continuing operations.
Source: https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgadata/0001543268/000101376223003519/f20f2023_bitbrother.htm
2- since 30 june 2023, we know that they have raised:
50 Million$ in july 2023.
15.12 Million$ in october 2023.
(5.04 M$ class A ordinary shares then 5.04 M$ exercised B warrants then 5.04 M$ exercised C warrants)
36 Million$ in december 2023.
(12 M$ class A ordinary shares then 12 M$ exercised D warrants then finally 12 M$ exercised E warrants).
That is a total of 101.12 M$ of cash that the company raised since 30 june 2023. These are gross proceeds.
Since the Company agreed to pay the Placement Agent an aggregate fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised in the Offerings. Total Net Proceeds (net cash) raised since 30 june 2023 should be: 94.04 Million $US. Lets add the 5.4 Million$ of cash they had left from 30 june 2023 which provides us with a total of 99.44 Million$ of net cash.
Form 6K released on 21 july 2023:
On July 14, 2023, Bit Brother Limited (the “Company”) entered into certain securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain non-affiliated institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 200,000,000 of its Class A ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), for gross proceeds of approximately $50 million. The purchase price for each Ordinary Share is $0.25.
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgadata/0001543268/000121390023058895/ea182157-6k_bitbrother.htm
Form 6k released on 31 october 2023
On October 25, 2023, Bit Brother Limited (the “Company”) entered into certain securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain non-affiliated institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 14,000,000 of its Class A ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) Class B warrants (“Class B Warrants”) to purchase 14,000,000 Ordinary Shares and Class C warrants (“Class C Warrants”, together with the Class B Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase 14,000,000 Ordinary Shares in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), for gross proceeds of approximately $5.04 million. The purchase price for each Ordinary Share and the corresponding Class B Warrant and Class C Warrant is $0.36
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgadata/0001543268/000121390023081794/ea187473-6k_bitbrother.htm
Form 6k released on 11 december 2023
On December 5, 2023, Bit Brother Limited (the “Company”) entered into certain securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain non-affiliated institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 184,615,385 of its Class A ordinary shares (“Ordinary Shares”) Class D warrants (“Class D Warrants”) to purchase 184,615,385 Ordinary Shares and Class E warrants (“Class E Warrants”, together with the Class D Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase 184,615,385 Ordinary Shares in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), for gross proceeds of approximately $12 million. The purchase price for each Ordinary Share and the corresponding Class D Warrant and Class E Warrant is $0.065
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgadata/0001543268/000121390023094713/ea189684-6k_bitbrother.htm
3- Now lets assume three scenarios:
1- Worst case scenario:
They spent 50% of their cash since 30 june 2023 or around 50 Million$. They still have left some 50 Million$. This is an extreme unrealistic scenario.
2- Realistic scenario:
They spent 25% of their cash or around 25 Million$. This leave them with 75 Million$ of cash that they could spend on Site3 and further expansion.
Note that When we read carefully their previous years annual reports, we get the impression that they are burning anything between 10 Million$ per year to 20 Million$ of cash per year on their operations especially general and administrative as a public company.
Note also that the 92.2 Million$ accounting loss in 2023 was exceptional, a one off loss, and due mainly to a written off bad debt (28.2 Million$) they made (as a deposit for crypto mining material in china) and tha they dont expect to recuperate and also due to impairments of deposits for property and equipment (54.1 Million$). For more details look at the table on page 73 of the annual 2023 financial report titled: "Results of Operations Year Ended June 30, 2023 as Compared to Year Ended June 30, 2022".
Source info for the bad debt of 28.2 Million$ the company suffered in 2022-2023
During the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company entered into certain loan agreements of approximately $28.2 million with six individuals & two off-shore legal entities to purchase miners on behalf of the Company. As the Company planned to enage and provide blockchain business. The loans bear fixed interest rates ranging between 1% and 2.64% per annum, and matured through November 2022. The Company did not recognize interest income on loans until interest were received.
As of June 30, 2023, the customers returned all the borrowings except borrowings to Golden Mountain Solution Inc. and Golden Bridge Solution Inc. Considering that the borrowing contracts ended on October 12, 2022 and November 25, 2022, the customers did not returned the borrowings, the possibility of collecting was expected to be low, those overdue borrowings was written-off in 100% and was recorded in General and administrative expenses –Bad debts ledger accounts.
Source info for the impairment of deposits for property and equipment of 54.1 Million$ the cimpany suffered in 2022-2023
Page 75 of the annual report:
Impairment of deposits for property and equipment
The deposits for mining equipment was mainly for the deposits for digital asset miners as the Company planned to launch its blockchain business. As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, certain vendors from suffered adverse impact from COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide economic recession and could not deliver miners on time, accordingly the Company accrued impairment of $54.1million and $2.6 million.
3- Optimistic best case scenario:
They spent just 10% of their cash or 10 Million$ since 30 june 2023 leaving them with 90 Million$ of cash, largely sufficient for big expansion plans.
Conclusion:
As a speculation, I predict that the company has sufficient cash to spend 20 M$ to acquire a 40 MW capacity Site3 and then spend another 20 Million$ to acquire the newly released Antminers Bitmain S21 Pro with 230 TH/s specs and still have some cash for even further expansion.
According to my realistic senario, the company should have sufficient cash for site3 and beyond and doesnt need to raise capital until at least 2025, once it consolidates its position as a new and serious bitcoin miner player in this burgeoning exciting space amid the bitcoin bullish super cycle.
Hope that helped, Good luck to longs,
2024.05.19 03:20 minime1011 Let’s gooooo
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2024.05.19 03:19 Swimming_Market2089 Teen boy weight gain
My son is 15 years old and very slim. He is all muscle, but is really trying to gain some mass so he isn’t quite so slim. He does taekwondo 3 days a week, lifts weights when he has time (usually on the weekends b/c he is also in the IB program in school), exercises on his punching bag, is always doing push ups with or without a 12 lb vest on, pull ups, sit ups, crunches, squats, etc. He’s in really good cardiovascular shape. He’s getting as much food and protein as he can - I cook from scratch at home almost every night, so very nutritious dinners - and he recently started taking creatine. What else should he be doing? He’ll be able to increase weightlifting over the summer, but are there any other supplements that will help him? What are the best foods for me to make sure he has around to eat?
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2024.05.19 02:46 Savvagesean My tipping point
Hey everyone, never really turned to the internet for advice but im at an impasse right now. I’m a 21 year old male sitting at about 6’0 280lbs. I’ve always been a heavyset guy but would never consider myself extremely obese. As of late im beginning to see that change, I’ve tried a lot of different things growing up (keto, fasting, push pull exercises) in attempt to lose weight and keep it off and I have been successful for short periods of time but never permanent , at my lowest I reached 220 about 3-4 years ago. Once I got to college I wasn’t going to the gym as much and definitely put on that freshman 15, again I was fluctuating but was still near the high 250s at this point. Now im a senior about to graduate and probably close to breaking 300, this is the last thing I want to happen and it would be the heaviest I have ever been if I reach that point. The past couple months I’ve known i had to do something but when it comes to it im just completely unmotivated and don’t feel like I can. I bought a weight set with dumbbells and a bar but it’s sat in the corner of my room since I bought it. I feel like my biggest hinderance at this point is my lack of knowledge/ solid plan on what I can do to lose the weight. I feel if I had a set plan with workouts and meal plans/ food ideas I would be more capable of finishing out what I wanna start, I just don’t know where to start this journey. If anyone has any tips or plans they followed it would be a great help. I wanna do this not only for my health but im also looking at becoming a game warden and I want to be as prepared as possible for that. I feel like I’m letting myself down at this point, I know what I need to do but I don’t have the strength to do it. Thanks for listening hope to hear some feedback!
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2024.05.19 02:39 NotConnor365 "You just need to work on your posture."
I don't know what those people forced on me but it totally changed the structure of my spine. It's not in my head. I wish they would've just told me to go back on the Lamictal so I didn't have to go through that. I needed somebody to assure me it was safe to take. Maybe they tried and I don't remember it.
Chiropractor couldn't help, exercises don't help. Looks like the only option is spinal fusion but nobody is going to offer that because all of my doctors say everything is fine with me since that happened. It's not. I'm awake for days at a time unless I take pills. It's actually hell and I hate to bitch about it but there's nothing else I can do.
Edit: I need to know what that stuff was so that I can warn others about it. Sorry this was negative, but I'm really confused about this whole ordeal and want to bury it because it was a long time ago.
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Chiropractor couldn't help, exercises don't help. Looks like the only option is spinal fusion but nobody is going to offer that because all of my doctors say everything is fine with me since that happened. It's not. I'm awake for days at a time unless I take pills. It's actually hell and I hate to bitch about it but there's nothing else I can do.
Edit: I need to know what that stuff was so that I can warn others about it. Sorry this was negative, but I'm really confused about this whole ordeal and want to bury it because it was a long time ago.
2024.05.19 02:23 Ev1lC4t Numbness in right calf but can still feel pain, what could it be?
26 Male 6’1 200 lbs
I’m in shape, fit, and exercise and eat well regularly. No drugs, no alcohol (only socially once in a blue moon).
I recently got diagnosed with a C5-C6 spinal hernia after ive been living with excruciating pain for the last year and my doctor dismissing me for “Anxiety”. I went in one day and basically told the Doc I want a fucking CT scan now. After the CT I got my diagnosis. Anyways… Last night I noticed that my right calf is numb.
I touch it and it feels like I’m touching someone else’s calf, but strangely when I pinch it I can feel the pain, it’s as if the muscle inside is numb and the numbness is radiating to the outside.
Today it feels like there’s pressure in there, the numbness remains. I went to gym and worked out normally, I have no weakness in my arms or legs nor my affected calf. When sitting down I noticed a “vibration” shooting from my calf down to my ankle, no pain, just a tingly vibration. Imagine how your stomach gurgles when you’re hungry, but in my calf.
Anyways, I fell into the Google trap and now I’m worried about MS and a whole bunch of other crap, knowing that it doesn’t even run in my family.
Given my history, physical condition, and my diagnosis of herniated disk, can any physician please tell me what this numbness may be caused by? Is it the hernia or another underlying condition that warrants a visit to the GP?
Thank you
TLDR; Diagnosed with spinal herniated disk, feeling numbness in my right calf for the last two days, and would like to know if that’s related to the hernia or something else that I need to go get checked
submitted by Ev1lC4t to AskDocs [link] [comments]
I’m in shape, fit, and exercise and eat well regularly. No drugs, no alcohol (only socially once in a blue moon).
I recently got diagnosed with a C5-C6 spinal hernia after ive been living with excruciating pain for the last year and my doctor dismissing me for “Anxiety”. I went in one day and basically told the Doc I want a fucking CT scan now. After the CT I got my diagnosis. Anyways… Last night I noticed that my right calf is numb.
I touch it and it feels like I’m touching someone else’s calf, but strangely when I pinch it I can feel the pain, it’s as if the muscle inside is numb and the numbness is radiating to the outside.
Today it feels like there’s pressure in there, the numbness remains. I went to gym and worked out normally, I have no weakness in my arms or legs nor my affected calf. When sitting down I noticed a “vibration” shooting from my calf down to my ankle, no pain, just a tingly vibration. Imagine how your stomach gurgles when you’re hungry, but in my calf.
Anyways, I fell into the Google trap and now I’m worried about MS and a whole bunch of other crap, knowing that it doesn’t even run in my family.
Given my history, physical condition, and my diagnosis of herniated disk, can any physician please tell me what this numbness may be caused by? Is it the hernia or another underlying condition that warrants a visit to the GP?
Thank you
TLDR; Diagnosed with spinal herniated disk, feeling numbness in my right calf for the last two days, and would like to know if that’s related to the hernia or something else that I need to go get checked
2024.05.19 02:21 UnseenMichael If I do not feel tired/sore Should I push for 7 days a week of moderate intensity instead of 5?
Here's what Im currently doing and its been working, but I think I could push further since I have the time. (All weighted stuff is 45 lbs)
I do this everyday from Mon-Fri and It takes be roughly an Hour to 80 mins. I do the Cardio/core/legs in the morning and the Upper body at night. (well not sure if 5mins a day of squats counts as legs tho lol )
Should I start trying to do 7 days a week or add more reps/ weight to what Im already doing? for context im 5'8 142-145 lbs
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- 25 weighted pullups, +10 without weights
- 40 weighted pushups +10 archer pushups each side
- 30 weighted dips + 10 without weights
- 30 curls 20 lbs
- 30 lateral raises 10 lbs
- 15 mins of abdomin/core exercise
- 10 mins of cardio
- 5 mins of weighted squats
I do this everyday from Mon-Fri and It takes be roughly an Hour to 80 mins. I do the Cardio/core/legs in the morning and the Upper body at night. (well not sure if 5mins a day of squats counts as legs tho lol )
Should I start trying to do 7 days a week or add more reps/ weight to what Im already doing? for context im 5'8 142-145 lbs
2024.05.19 02:10 Klukteru Got2b review.
 | As promised I’m reviewing got2b after a week of use. For the whole week I have retouched 4 times. Because I’m not really balding, just my hair is flat and I needed volume so I still have my full hairline intact, I found out that got2b works well with freshly shaved scalp like skinhead level. It doesn’t seem to adhere strongly to the “stubble” on the scalp. It works “ok” with exercising at the gym but does terribly with dancing. To that person who told me that got2b survived running and swimming, please teach me your ways. As soon as i started sweating profusely, got2b broke down ever so quickly that my HS was sliding off my head so I needed to wear something on my head just to secure it. I was 15 mins in the 1.5hrs dance class when it happened. submitted by Klukteru to HairSystem [link] [comments] Overall, I like the easiness of got2b. Easy install. Easy clean up. Easy everything. I did not like that it will never hold up with dancing. Also I needed to master timing the “tackiness” of got2b. If you install it too early(wet) or too late(dry) the adhesion will be very poor. It’s a learning curve. Hope this review helped some of you guys here. If you have questions, do not hesitate to ask here or through chat. |
2024.05.19 01:55 NoPressure_5159 Apple car play on 2020 RAV4 not working
Recently me and my wife recently upgraded to iPhone 15’s. Not sure if it’s the phones or the connection to USB-C but can’t get my CarPlay to work. We’ve bought adapters and used multiple cords as well. Anyone else have this problem and how did you fix it?
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2024.05.19 01:51 adulting4kids More Lessons
Lesson 11: Reflecting on Progress and Adjustment
Take a moment to reflecton your journey so far. Acknowledge any insights, shifts, or challenges you've encountered. The Hermit card represents introspection and wisdom gained through experience. Meditate on your personal growth, recognizing the lessons learned.
Exercise 11: Set aside time for self-reflection. Create a list of key insights from your Tarot studies and experiences. Consider any adjustments needed in your approach to personal development.
Lesson 12: Shadow Work with the Devil
Explore the concept of shadow work using the Devil card. Shadow work involves confronting and integrating aspects of yourself that you may avoid. Engage in a guided meditation to delve into your shadows.
Exercise 12: Journal about your shadow work experience. Identify any patterns or behaviors that may need acknowledgment and acceptance. Explore ways to transform and integrate these aspects.
Lesson 13: Healing Energy with the Star
The Star card represents hope, healing, and renewal. Practice a guided meditation focusing on accessing healing energy and envisioning a bright future.
Exercise 13: Incorporate healing practices into your routine. Whether through meditation, energy work, or self-care, align with the energy of the Star to promote emotional and physical well-being.
Lesson 14: Finding Balance with Temperance
Learn about balance and moderation with the Temperance card. Engage in a meditation to cultivate harmony within, blending different aspects of your life.
Exercise 14: Identify areas where balance is needed in your life. Create a plan to incorporate moderation and equilibrium. Journal about the effects of finding harmony in daily activities.
Lesson 15: Transformation with Death
Understand the transformative energy of the Death card. Meditate on embracing change and letting go of what no longer serves your growth.
Exercise 15: Reflect on aspects of your life that require transformation. Journal about what needs releasing and how you can navigate change positively. Embrace the potential for rebirth.
Lesson 16: Strength and Resilience with the Strength Card
Explore the concept of inner strength and resilience with the Strength card. Engage in a guided meditation to tap into your inner fortitude.
Exercise 16: Identify situations where you need inner strength. Practice the qualities of courage and resilience in your daily life. Journal about moments of personal strength.
Lesson 17: Exploring Intuition with the Hanged Man
Delve into the Hanged Man's energy, representing surrender and a shift in perspective. Practice intuitive exercises and meditation to enhance your connection with higher guidance.
Exercise 17: Dedicate time to intuitive practices, such as meditation and divination. Record any intuitive insights and how they guide your decision-making. Reflect on the power of surrender.
Lesson 18: Embracing Change with the Wheel of Fortune
Understand the cyclical nature of life with the Wheel of Fortune. Meditate on embracing change, acknowledging the constant ebb and flow of existence.
Exercise 18: Reflect on cycles in your life. Identify areas where change is needed and how you can align with the natural rhythm. Journal about your willingness to adapt to life's fluctuations.
Lesson 19: Wisdom and Experience with the Hierophant
The Hierophant represents tradition and spiritual guidance. Engage in a meditation to connect with your inner wisdom and seek guidance from spiritual sources.
Exercise 19: Explore different spiritual practices. Incorporate rituals or traditions that resonate with you. Journal about the insights gained and the connection to your inner wisdom.
Lesson 20: Integration and Mastery with the World
As you conclude your Tarot journey, meditate on the energy of the World card, symbolizing completion and mastery. Reflect on how your understanding of esoteric wisdom has deepened.
Exercise 20: Summarize your Tarot journey. Create a visual representation or written reflection on how each card has contributed to your personal growth. Celebrate your achievements and newfound wisdom.
Congratulations on completing your Tarot journey! May your ongoing exploration of esoteric wisdom bring continued insight and inspiration.
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Take a moment to reflecton your journey so far. Acknowledge any insights, shifts, or challenges you've encountered. The Hermit card represents introspection and wisdom gained through experience. Meditate on your personal growth, recognizing the lessons learned.
Exercise 11: Set aside time for self-reflection. Create a list of key insights from your Tarot studies and experiences. Consider any adjustments needed in your approach to personal development.
Lesson 12: Shadow Work with the Devil
Explore the concept of shadow work using the Devil card. Shadow work involves confronting and integrating aspects of yourself that you may avoid. Engage in a guided meditation to delve into your shadows.
Exercise 12: Journal about your shadow work experience. Identify any patterns or behaviors that may need acknowledgment and acceptance. Explore ways to transform and integrate these aspects.
Lesson 13: Healing Energy with the Star
The Star card represents hope, healing, and renewal. Practice a guided meditation focusing on accessing healing energy and envisioning a bright future.
Exercise 13: Incorporate healing practices into your routine. Whether through meditation, energy work, or self-care, align with the energy of the Star to promote emotional and physical well-being.
Lesson 14: Finding Balance with Temperance
Learn about balance and moderation with the Temperance card. Engage in a meditation to cultivate harmony within, blending different aspects of your life.
Exercise 14: Identify areas where balance is needed in your life. Create a plan to incorporate moderation and equilibrium. Journal about the effects of finding harmony in daily activities.
Lesson 15: Transformation with Death
Understand the transformative energy of the Death card. Meditate on embracing change and letting go of what no longer serves your growth.
Exercise 15: Reflect on aspects of your life that require transformation. Journal about what needs releasing and how you can navigate change positively. Embrace the potential for rebirth.
Lesson 16: Strength and Resilience with the Strength Card
Explore the concept of inner strength and resilience with the Strength card. Engage in a guided meditation to tap into your inner fortitude.
Exercise 16: Identify situations where you need inner strength. Practice the qualities of courage and resilience in your daily life. Journal about moments of personal strength.
Lesson 17: Exploring Intuition with the Hanged Man
Delve into the Hanged Man's energy, representing surrender and a shift in perspective. Practice intuitive exercises and meditation to enhance your connection with higher guidance.
Exercise 17: Dedicate time to intuitive practices, such as meditation and divination. Record any intuitive insights and how they guide your decision-making. Reflect on the power of surrender.
Lesson 18: Embracing Change with the Wheel of Fortune
Understand the cyclical nature of life with the Wheel of Fortune. Meditate on embracing change, acknowledging the constant ebb and flow of existence.
Exercise 18: Reflect on cycles in your life. Identify areas where change is needed and how you can align with the natural rhythm. Journal about your willingness to adapt to life's fluctuations.
Lesson 19: Wisdom and Experience with the Hierophant
The Hierophant represents tradition and spiritual guidance. Engage in a meditation to connect with your inner wisdom and seek guidance from spiritual sources.
Exercise 19: Explore different spiritual practices. Incorporate rituals or traditions that resonate with you. Journal about the insights gained and the connection to your inner wisdom.
Lesson 20: Integration and Mastery with the World
As you conclude your Tarot journey, meditate on the energy of the World card, symbolizing completion and mastery. Reflect on how your understanding of esoteric wisdom has deepened.
Exercise 20: Summarize your Tarot journey. Create a visual representation or written reflection on how each card has contributed to your personal growth. Celebrate your achievements and newfound wisdom.
Congratulations on completing your Tarot journey! May your ongoing exploration of esoteric wisdom bring continued insight and inspiration.
2024.05.19 01:47 xy1245 My cat died in January. When my dog dies, I'm going with him
I am sorry if this post is not appropiate here but I have no idea where to turn for help. Or just a listening ear.
I have been suicidal since I was 12. I have no idea why it started but I think I've been struggling with depression ever since. I had a few near attempts, the one I remember clearly is when I was standing with 10 of my father's blood pressure pills in my hands. I was 15 when I had the guts for the first time to tell my parents. I was told to exercise more and it was left at that.
Since then suicidal thoughts come and go in waves but never really leave. I know how and where I can do it when I need to. I'm disgusted with myself. The only reason I'm not dead yet are my pets. We have many, but I have two "soul pets", if you know what I mean. I love all of them but that one cat and dog are my best and only friends.
I lost my cat in January to poisoning and I've never been worse in my whole life. I still see her from the corner of my eyes and the images of her having seizures still haunts me. When I see the vet clinic I break down. When our other dog has seizures (he has epilepsy and is checked on by a vet regularly), I break down. I see a cat that resembles her, I break down.
After she was put to sleep I could barely get out of bed for two weeks. I didn't take care of myself and had to play stupid games on my phone all the time, otherwise I started sobbing. Now I'm either empty or just want to end it all.
My dog is still alive, but he's old. Maybe this is his last year. Maybe he has two or three left. When he's gone, my last reason to stay alive will be gone with him. I am going to go with him if I even last that long. I'm fucked up and don't think that can be helped. I don't know how to help myself anymore.
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I have been suicidal since I was 12. I have no idea why it started but I think I've been struggling with depression ever since. I had a few near attempts, the one I remember clearly is when I was standing with 10 of my father's blood pressure pills in my hands. I was 15 when I had the guts for the first time to tell my parents. I was told to exercise more and it was left at that.
Since then suicidal thoughts come and go in waves but never really leave. I know how and where I can do it when I need to. I'm disgusted with myself. The only reason I'm not dead yet are my pets. We have many, but I have two "soul pets", if you know what I mean. I love all of them but that one cat and dog are my best and only friends.
I lost my cat in January to poisoning and I've never been worse in my whole life. I still see her from the corner of my eyes and the images of her having seizures still haunts me. When I see the vet clinic I break down. When our other dog has seizures (he has epilepsy and is checked on by a vet regularly), I break down. I see a cat that resembles her, I break down.
After she was put to sleep I could barely get out of bed for two weeks. I didn't take care of myself and had to play stupid games on my phone all the time, otherwise I started sobbing. Now I'm either empty or just want to end it all.
My dog is still alive, but he's old. Maybe this is his last year. Maybe he has two or three left. When he's gone, my last reason to stay alive will be gone with him. I am going to go with him if I even last that long. I'm fucked up and don't think that can be helped. I don't know how to help myself anymore.
2024.05.19 01:43 dsb122105 PC keeps dying randomly and not sure how to diagnose the problem, please help!
 | Sorry for the long post. I have always been a Mac user and this is my first PC. I built it myself. I probably haven't used all of the correct windows terms and my experience and knowledge of windows is pretty poor. submitted by dsb122105 to pcmasterrace [link] [comments] TLDR: My PC has started randomly shutting itself off suddenly, as if somebody went and ripped the cord from the wall. How do I go about diagnosing this issue? I think it is either hardware related or an issue with the BIOS, as this has happened early on in the boot process, right as the BIOS screen pops up. I checked all the connections to the Mobo and none were loose that I could find. The power cable is firmly planted in the socket. I put in a fresh CR2032 battery into the mobo but that didn't help. SPECS:
At first I thought it was a software issue and decided to do a full system reset - erase everything, install fresh copy of windows. Then it lost power during one of the early stages of the reset - I think the system was still "preparing" as I am still able to boot into windows and my files are still there. I can't even get the computer to stay on long enough to do a factory reset. Then it happened during the boot process, before the BIOS loads. I am pretty sure this indicates a hardware or BIOS problem more likely - correct? As stated in TLDR, I looked over all the connections to the Mobo, PSU, etc. and everything seemed fine. I swapped out the generic CR2032 battery that keeps the BIOS settings (maybe?) - this didn't help but it did make the system forget the PIN and I now have to enter my password to log in. https://preview.redd.it/6zs4opqut91d1.jpg?width=5520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e7c5ea76456c74c4bf05e5ac59745a2e6a08081 https://preview.redd.it/uq234qqut91d1.jpg?width=5652&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c2becefc2e38d4d72bc76be86b5f41ecfa9a874 |
2024.05.19 01:15 Riverjig 45 year old getting back into it
Howdy! I'm a 45 year old getting ready to play my first match (drop in game) in over 15 years. Played competitive back in the day. Club and ODP. I'm pretty familiar with warm up exercises from back then. So I'm figuring basic hand work, ground work, side/dive work, some crosses and corner kicks to get timing down (not sure this is needed for this) and some goal kicks and punts. I feel like I'll be doing more throwing than anything. No? I might be over thinking the shit out of this which is my style 😂
My question is for you 40+ year old keepers. What is your warm up routuine? I'm also in pretty decent shape. Gym and cardio 6x a week on average.
I appreciate any advice you have for this old man!
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My question is for you 40+ year old keepers. What is your warm up routuine? I'm also in pretty decent shape. Gym and cardio 6x a week on average.
I appreciate any advice you have for this old man!
2024.05.19 01:08 Present_Major7734 Trying to get to 15 cords by sept to sell in winter
 | Getting there one stick at a time submitted by Present_Major7734 to firewood [link] [comments] |
2024.05.19 01:03 lxe 35M - lower back pain for 18 years - herniated disc(s). Thinking of my options.
I feel like I've always had lower back pain on and off ever since I experienced (what I thought was) a pulled muscle when I was around 17 while rowing. I'm 35 now, and the pain this year has been so bad at times that it would wake me up, and spread to my left buttock and leg.
I had to stop my running routine. I decided to get it checked. Turns out I have DDD and bulges/herniation at L5-S1 and L4-L5 which is tugging on a few of my nerves. The spine DR pointed out that due to bone growth on top of one of the bulges it seems that I've already experienced herniation in the past... I'm guessing 18 years ago.
I'm currently on daily Ibuprofen and doing regular PT stretches, foam rolling, and exercises. The pain is bothering me, is on and off, but I'm trying to see if PT helps. I have a toddler and another one on the way, so reducing lifting or prolonged rest is not really an option.
I have more X-rays and surgical consult scheduled, and I'm also considering steroid injections. I've been reading stories about microdiscectomy and ADR here, and I'm trying to judge if this is something for me to undertake.
Anyone experienced something similar? Any stories about the pain going away through PT and exercise alone? I don't want it to get worse and I would like to "fix" it (yes, I know it might not be that simple, but I want to find the best option for me).
Attaching a bunch of MRI and DR results.
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I had to stop my running routine. I decided to get it checked. Turns out I have DDD and bulges/herniation at L5-S1 and L4-L5 which is tugging on a few of my nerves. The spine DR pointed out that due to bone growth on top of one of the bulges it seems that I've already experienced herniation in the past... I'm guessing 18 years ago.
I'm currently on daily Ibuprofen and doing regular PT stretches, foam rolling, and exercises. The pain is bothering me, is on and off, but I'm trying to see if PT helps. I have a toddler and another one on the way, so reducing lifting or prolonged rest is not really an option.
I have more X-rays and surgical consult scheduled, and I'm also considering steroid injections. I've been reading stories about microdiscectomy and ADR here, and I'm trying to judge if this is something for me to undertake.
Anyone experienced something similar? Any stories about the pain going away through PT and exercise alone? I don't want it to get worse and I would like to "fix" it (yes, I know it might not be that simple, but I want to find the best option for me).
Attaching a bunch of MRI and DR results.
https://preview.redd.it/9oeld5p7n91d1.png?width=1292&format=png&auto=webp&s=8a8bf68e5a4cd384a7dbf0e033b87a1a23c70295
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Narrative MRI LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST ** HISTORY **: 35 years old, worsening chronic low back pain. ** TECHNIQUE **: MR images of the lumbar spine acquired without intravenous contrast. COMPARISON: None available. ** FINDINGS **: NUMBERING: Last fully formed disc space is designated L5-S1. SPINAL CORD: Normal conus. Conus terminates at the L1 level. DISCS: Multilevel disc dessication at L4-L5 and L5-S1. BONES: Normal vertebral alignment. Normal vertebral body height. Marrow signal is normal. SOFT TISSUES: Normal. T12-L1: No canal or foraminal stenosis. L1-L2: No canal or foraminal stenosis. L2-L3: No canal or foraminal stenosis. L3-L4: No canal or foraminal stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy bilaterally. L4-L5: Left asymmetric lateral disc bulge causing mild left neural foramen stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy bilaterally. L5-S1: Left asymmetric disc protrusion effacing the left lateral recess and compressing on the left S1 nerve root. No significant central canal stenosis or neural foramen stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy bilaterally. OTHER: None.
2024.05.19 01:01 pinkflurrie anyone else experience abnormally long and heavy periods?
i got diagnosed with pcos almost 10 years ago and how it all started was with periods ranging from 2-3 weeks that were very heavy and painful. i also had a cyst and what made it go away and brought my periods back to normal was birth control, inositol and following a ‘healthy’ diet.
in the years since, my most alarming symptom that always alerts me to make some lifestyle changes or get a checkup is the same long, painful, heavy periods (thought never as long as those 15+ day ones i had at the start). and usually when i’m getting regular exercise and eating in accordance with pcos, my periods are not painful or that heavy, and go on for around 5 days.
my other female relatives who have pcos and many other women i’ve spoken to always say that their periods are infrequent or spotty and i have been told that my experience is more common with fibroids or other disorders. i’ve definitely been diagnosed with pcos though and have other pcos symptoms like hirsutism etc, and have regular ultrasounds that don’t show fibroids.
so i’m just wondering if anyone else with pcos has had the same experience as me, because i rarely see heavy, prolonged bleeding discussed when it comes to this condition.
i do want to mention that i got my diagnosis when i was going through puberty which i think is quite early and may explain a difference in symptoms.
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in the years since, my most alarming symptom that always alerts me to make some lifestyle changes or get a checkup is the same long, painful, heavy periods (thought never as long as those 15+ day ones i had at the start). and usually when i’m getting regular exercise and eating in accordance with pcos, my periods are not painful or that heavy, and go on for around 5 days.
my other female relatives who have pcos and many other women i’ve spoken to always say that their periods are infrequent or spotty and i have been told that my experience is more common with fibroids or other disorders. i’ve definitely been diagnosed with pcos though and have other pcos symptoms like hirsutism etc, and have regular ultrasounds that don’t show fibroids.
so i’m just wondering if anyone else with pcos has had the same experience as me, because i rarely see heavy, prolonged bleeding discussed when it comes to this condition.
i do want to mention that i got my diagnosis when i was going through puberty which i think is quite early and may explain a difference in symptoms.
2024.05.19 01:00 lxe 35M - lower back pain for 18 years - herniated disc(s). Thinking of my options
 | I feel like I've always had lower back pain on and off ever since I experienced (what I thought was) a pulled muscle when I was around 17 while rowing. I'm 35 now, and the pain this year has been so bad at times that it would wake me up, and spread to my left buttock and leg. submitted by lxe to backpain [link] [comments] I had to stop my running routine. I decided to get it checked. Turns out I have DDD and bulges/herniation at L5-S1 and L4-L5 which is tugging on a few of my nerves. The spine DR pointed out that due to bone growth on top of one of the bulges it seems that I've already experienced herniation in the past... I'm guessing 18 years ago. I'm currently on daily Ibuprofen and doing regular PT stretches, foam rolling, and exercises. The pain is bothering me, is on and off, but I'm trying to see if PT helps. I have a toddler and another one on the way, so reducing lifting or prolonged rest is not really an option. I have more X-rays and surgical consult scheduled, and I'm also considering steroid injections. I've been reading stories about microdiscectomy and ADR here, and I'm trying to judge if this is something for me to undertake. Anyone experienced something similar? Any stories about the pain going away through PT and exercise alone? I don't want it to get worse and I would like to "fix" it (yes, I know it might not be that simple, but I want to find the best option for me). Attaching a bunch of MRI and DR results. https://preview.redd.it/91i6lx3km91d1.png?width=1292&format=png&auto=webp&s=1482d166263dca2848f282f4e28968a17eee710d https://preview.redd.it/lw73dy3km91d1.png?width=3096&format=png&auto=webp&s=d33eeb369f6b88782afc7e2738a834971d18a065 https://preview.redd.it/2c7rtx3km91d1.png?width=3028&format=png&auto=webp&s=1142e6b6be69de40bbb02ce4e6c88560ca866a1e Narrative MRI LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST ** HISTORY **: 35 years old, worsening chronic low back pain. ** TECHNIQUE **: MR images of the lumbar spine acquired without intravenous contrast. COMPARISON: None available. ** FINDINGS **: NUMBERING: Last fully formed disc space is designated L5-S1. SPINAL CORD: Normal conus. Conus terminates at the L1 level. DISCS: Multilevel disc dessication at L4-L5 and L5-S1. BONES: Normal vertebral alignment. Normal vertebral body height. Marrow signal is normal. SOFT TISSUES: Normal. T12-L1: No canal or foraminal stenosis. L1-L2: No canal or foraminal stenosis. L2-L3: No canal or foraminal stenosis. L3-L4: No canal or foraminal stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy bilaterally. L4-L5: Left asymmetric lateral disc bulge causing mild left neural foramen stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy bilaterally. L5-S1: Left asymmetric disc protrusion effacing the left lateral recess and compressing on the left S1 nerve root. No significant central canal stenosis or neural foramen stenosis. Mild facet arthropathy bilaterally. OTHER: None. |
2024.05.19 00:59 GoAheadMMDay UPDATE 3: Torment Techniques Used by Canadian and US Militaries
 | Update #3 appears at the bottom. submitted by GoAheadMMDay to Liberty [link] [comments] Due to numerous disparaging comments by multiple individuals, I have reposted my article. Heckling does not change what occurred. People need to know these truths, especially those who have experienced the same. They need to know they are sane, that such things are indeed being perpetrated, and the perpetrators use shame to silence them and protect their activities. I write to encourage them not to listen to disparaging people who speak without knowledge. February 10, 2024 I am Joseph Cafariello, a Canadian citizen and ex-member of the Canadian military. Of sound mind, not on medication, not a drug user, not a marijuana smoker, not an alcohol drinker, with no mental disorders. I recently posted to this Liberty subreddit experiences of harassment by Vancouver's police and fire departments (Vancouver, BC, Canada). I’m the fellow who was repeatedly ordered by police to stay out of Vancouver’s Stanley Park, and was continually harassed whenever I visited the park (which I do every second day on my early morning walks). Immediately following that post, they changed some of the techniques they use in my case. They were either informed of my post or found it themselves, seeing as my internet activity, and phone activity for that matter, are under continuous surveillance (plenty of proof which I will not include here to avoid running off-topic). In this post, I would like to shed some light on other harassment which is still ongoing, since it occurs in private, away from potential observers. It involves the Canadian and US militaries. Havana Syndrome In 2016, numerous employees of the Canadian and US embassies in Havana, Cuba, started experiencing head injuries ranging from mild headaches to concussions. It happened in their sleep, and came to be called Havana Syndrome. Wikipedia explains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana\_syndrome): “Havana syndrome is a cluster of idiopathic symptoms experienced mostly abroad by U.S. government officials and military personnel. The symptoms range in severity from pain and ringing in the ears to cognitive dysfunction and were first reported in 2016 by U.S. and Canadian embassy staff in Havana, Cuba. Beginning in 2017, more people, including U.S. intelligence and military personnel and their families, reported having these symptoms in other places, such as China, India, Europe, and Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of State, Department of Defense, and other federal entities have called the events "Anomalous Health Incidents" (AHI). Of over a thousand purported cases, the majority of US investigative bodies found only a few dozen cases to be suspicious.” Ladies and gentlemen, I can tell you exactly what happens, because I have been experiencing this since I first joined the Canadian military back in 2002, and am still experiencing these “torments” (as I call them) to this day, already 3 years after leaving the military. I go to bed. In about 15 minutes, just as I am on the cusp of falling asleep, a hear and feel a heavy thud reverberate and ultimately strike my skull. My body releases a sharp burst of adrenalin, my heart starts racing, and my blood’s circulation speeds up significantly. Depending on the severity of the blow, it can take me anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to fall asleep again. Though there have been times I could not return to sleep for more than 2 hours. A strong headache is felt immediately, and lasts for hours. There have been times when my heart felt like it was going to burst, having been startled as such. The pulse to the head sometimes reverberates through the wall and my bed’s headboard. I distinctly feel as though I have been hit on the top of my skull. At other times, it feels as though the pulse has come through the air, striking the side of my skull. This is not a sleep disorder, for it does not occur regularly. At times, my sleep is disturbed in this manner 3 or 4 days in a row. At other times, there is no disturbance for up to a week. But they never let me go more than a week without such interruptions to my sleep. Neither is it sleep apnea, as I do not awaken gasping for breath. The pounding headaches, sudden release of adrenaline, and heart palpitations I experience are caused by external impacts of sound waves or air bursts. Sonic Weapons How these pulses are produced is not easy to identify. As Wikipedia explains: “Once the story became public, various U.S. government representatives attributed the incidents to attacks by unidentified foreign actors, and various U.S. officials blamed the reported symptoms on a variety of unidentified and unknown technologies, including ultrasound and microwave weapons.” Sonic weapons have been in use for many years by militaries, and by police in crowd control. As Wikipedia explains (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic\_weapon): “Some sonic weapons make a focused beam of sound or of ultrasound; others produce an area field of sound. As of 2023 military and police forces make some limited use of sonic weapons.” (Do not believe the 2023 timeline. The Canadian military has been using these weapons since the early 2000’s at the latest.) Wikipedia continues: “Extremely high-power sound waves can disrupt or destroy the eardrums of a target and cause severe pain or disorientation. This is usually sufficient to incapacitate a person. Less powerful sound waves can cause humans to experience nausea or discomfort.” The users of these technologies must also be using thermal detection equipment to monitor the target’s sleep. As I mentioned, I most often feel these blows the moment I am falling asleep. Body temperature drops when we sleep, and brain activity slows. Heat-detection equipment is likely being used to identify the point at which the target is falling asleep. Why they prefer to strike at the start of someone’s sleep as opposed to the middle of their sleep, I do not know. Perhaps their intent is to deprive the body of early sleep, limiting the amount of deep sleep available to the person before their alarm rings in the morning. Ordinary Hammers Not all such “torments” (as I call them) are caused by high-tech equipment. I have heard and felt distinct hammer strikes running along the 2x4 beams inside my walls. These strikes can be a single hard strike, or several strikes in a row. It is definitely caused by a person with a hammer because the intervals between strikes are equidistant in time; that is, the time spacing between strikes is not random and does not change from strike to strike, but is constant between strikes, exactly as when someone is hammering. And no, it is not someone hanging pictures at 1:30 am, multiple times a week, for years. On one occasion, when I was standing at my kitchen sink, I felt the floor-board directly under my feet pulse so sharply it felt like a brick had struck the soles of my feet. In this case, my military neighbour likely used a hammer to strike the floorboard on his side of the wall. It is the only plausible explanation. Surveillance This leads to surveillance of one’s activities at home. I have plenty of proofs of that. They seem insignificant on an individual basis. But when you put them all together, they present a clear picture of home surveillance. My laptop computer’s lid cracked one night, at the bottom left corner of the screen. The next day at work, I heard my military supervisor relate to another co-worker that the night before, his laptop computer’s lid cracked at the bottom left corner. I swear to the Lord in Heaven, I am being truthful. I tested my suspicion of being surveilled. At home one night, I blurted out-loud, “VW Passat. What an ugly sounding word, ‘Passat’”, I said. A few days later, my military colleagues at work started playing a card game at lunch, invented by one of them. The name he gave his game was “Passat”, and when he spoke it, he looked at me for a reaction. If you ever contact the Halifax military base, ask for the Claims Department and ask them if they are still playing Passat. On another occasion, at a time when I frequented the gym every second day for a few years, I suspected my van had been fitted with a listening device. I suspected so because a number of things I had spoken with people about on my phone while in my van (nothing illegal) were repeated by people at the gym in conversations among themselves. Too many times, parts of other people's conversations matched parts of conversations I had had with others while I was in my van. I already knew my phone was being tapped, but I also suspected my van was bugged. So one evening while driving in my van, I blurted out-loud a number of things I said I hated. "I hate (this or that)"; "I hate it when...". One of them was, "I hate when people chew gum with their mouths open." I then vocalized an exaggerated gnawing sound, "Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw." The very next time I went to the gym, 2 days later, while I was at an exercise, a fellow sat at an exercise directly behind me. And sure enough, he started chewing with his mouth open, vocalizing that gnawing sound, "Gnaw. Gnaw. Gnaw." I didn't look behind at him, because I knew what was going on, and I wanted to avoid playing into his hand. So he repeated himself again and again until I was done and moved to a different station. Now, honestly, who chews gum at the gym? You can't. Or you run the risk of choking for the heavy breathing, not to mention when laying down on benches. And with precisely the same exaggerated vocalized gnawing sound I had made in my van just 2 days prior. Their whole intent is to let you know you are being surveilled. They want you to know, as both a warning and a provocation. They want you to say something, to launch accusations, which they would readily deny, making you look paranoid. If you react too strongly, they could even have you diagnosed with some kind of disorder, and put you on medication, which further plays into their hand. (More regarding medications in the last section of this post.) This is why, as I mentioned in my previous post, they would park their cars shining their high beams on me as I walked past them during my morning walk. And why on some occasions, a group of 3 or 4 would exit their cars and stand on my path just as I approached, forcing me to go around them. They would then remain standing on the path until my return trip through, and after I had passed by the second time, then would then return to their cars - making it absolutely clear I was their interest. Their intent is not only to make me aware, but also to present themselves in close proximity to me, within easy reach, in the hope I would confront them, resulting in an altercation that could land me in a lot of hot water - 4 witnesses against me, all pleading innocence. Again, it is all designed to make you look bad, and to warrant some kind of legal measure against you - preferably a medical diagnosis, discrediting you in everything you say about them. If they can't refute your claims, their only remaining option is to discredit you. That's what all of these tricks are designed to accomplish. Who would believe anything you say, once you have been diagnosed with a disorder? There are plenty more examples. But who would really believe them? I’ll save them for the future. Home Invasion Both during and after my military service, I have had my apartments entered without any signs of break-ins. How? Lock-picking and duplicate keys. Indications? Missing objects; ie: money, phone adaptor, etc. Nothing major. Just something to make us understand we are being watched, and to make us understand what they can do. But it is always something small, something for which you would be ridiculed for divulging. Two more examples: I found my razor, which I always lay-down razor-end to the wall, turned around, razor-end toward me. Also, in one of my house slippers I found a small shoe sticker on the up-side of the heel. I had those slipper for years, and never had any shoe stickers on them. Yet there it was, clearly visible on the top surface of my slipper, not the bottom. Could I have stepped on a shoe sticker when barefoot in my apartment, only to have the sticker transfer itself to my slipper when I wore it? How many shoe stickers do you have laying around your apartment that you can accidentally step onto? If I had stepped onto a sticker in my apartment and had it stick to my heel, that means the sticky side was up against my skin. This means the sticker would have had to flip upside down such that the sticky side would then be down, allowing the sticker to stick to the slipper. Do you really think that happened? That sticker was not there when I left my apartment, but it was there when I returned. And it was the wrong sticker, wrong brand, wrong size. Again, what is their intent? To make someone look ridiculous so no one will believe them should they speak of other more sensitive things. Staged Incidents The above incidents clearly point to coordinated and staged events (at my work, my home, on my walks, etc). This is so frequently met with incredulity. "But that would require coordination on the part of so many people," the public dismisses. "They wouldn't do that." Oh yes they would, and they have, as explained in https://fightgangstalking.com/. Note the documented cases involving the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS, Canada's equivalent to the US' CIA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP, Canada's national police force) in the second quote, which were reported in national newspapers. From https://fightgangstalking.com/: “Disruption operations often involve tactics which are illegal, but difficult to prove. These tactics include – but are not limited to – overt surveillance (stalking), slander, blacklisting, “mobbing” (intense, organized harassment in the workplace), “black bag jobs” [home invasions], abusive phone calls, computer hacking, framing, threats, blackmail, vandalism, “street theater” (staged physical and verbal interactions with minions of the people who orchestrate the stalking), harassment by noises, and other forms of bullying. Many of these tactics were used by the FBI during its illegal COINTELPRO operations, as documented by stolen official documents and subsequent Congressional investigations. "Although the general public is mostly unfamiliar with the practice, references to “disruption” operations – described as such – do occasionally appear in the news media, even though that fact would apparently be news to the editors of The New York Times. In May 2006, for example, an article in The Globe and Mail, a Canadian national newspaper, reported that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) used “Diffuse and Disrupt” tactics against suspects for whom they lacked sufficient evidence to prosecute. A criminal defense attorney stated that many of her clients complained of harassment by authorities, although they were never arrested." She can add me to that list too. For the Benefit of Others The experiences I have recounted here seem so trivial, so insignificant, they make you look ridiculous if you talk about them. But if we don’t talk about such things, no one will ever know about them. Other people have experienced the same, and are forced to endure such torments in silence. They need encouragement to talk about their own experiences, and so I write about mine in the hope they will talk about theirs, even if I do look ridiculous. The perpetrators are more ridiculous for doing them. I remember a military colleague being hauled away by military police one morning, as she was struggling and having a violent fit. A fellow on her floor told me she was throwing chairs at her walls screaming, “Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!”. When he mentioned that, I knew exactly what they had done to her. She was considered unruly, and was being watched intently. They wanted her out, and that is how they accomplished it. Through wall tapping and sleep deprivation, they push you to the breaking point. And when you finally lose control and do something rash, they pounce on you, and you’re out. Now she has a criminal record, considered a criminal when in reality she was a victim. Welcome to the Canadian military, and other militaries besides, I am sure. There are dozens upon dozens of experiences I could present. But who will really read them? Worse still, who will really believe them? I overheard my military supervisor in Halifax whisper to another, “Do you think he knows?”, after I had mentioned one of the many “coincidences” I experienced, but with a tone of my being aware it was not a mere coincidence. As I turned my face to my computer screen, I whispered under my breath, but still loud enough for him to hear, “Yes, (rank) (name), I know.” A few minutes later, as he walked past my desk, he leaned in by my ear and whispered, “We’re just trying to help you.” I should have pressed him for answers right then and there, but you just don’t know how much trouble you can get into when making such accusations in the military. So I let it go. But I will never forget. Should anyone reading this ever decide to launch some kind of inquiry, I can mention names of over 100 people to contact, including military personnel, family members, neighbours, building managers, and others who have been contacted by military personnel with false narratives about me. They flash their ID’s and other credentials, and people believe anything they say. They turn family, friends, co-workers and neighbours against you, even recruiting their participation. Your acquaintances not only participate, but actually feel justified and emboldened playing tricks on you. It isn't their fault, though; they have been misled. I would reference them solely for corroboration. As a final thought, here are explanations of two military programs in which certain persons (sometimes military, sometimes civilian) are kept under constant surveillance, and are in some cases subjected to conditioning in an attempt to turn them into what is called a “sleeper agent”. Almost all of the tactics presented below have been experience by me, including constant surveillance (ie: my previous post here regarding being harassed on my morning walks) and sleep deprivation (as per the top portion of this post, which other military members in Cuba and elsewhere around the world have also experienced). Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program See Newsweek’s article: https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881 Some excerpts from that Newsweek article, plus more background information on the Pentagon’s Signature Reduction Program, can be found here: https://fightgangstalking.com/ “The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called “signature reduction.” The force, more than ten times the size of the clandestine elements of the CIA, carries out domestic and foreign assignments, both in military uniforms and under civilian cover, in real life and online, sometimes hiding in private businesses and consultancies, some of them household name companies. “…a little-known sector of the American military, but also a completely unregulated practice. No one knows the program’s total size, and the explosion of signature reduction has never been examined for its impact on military policies and culture. Congress has never held a hearing on the subject. And yet the military developing this gigantic clandestine force challenges U.S. laws, the Geneva Conventions, the code of military conduct and basic accountability. “…The signature reduction effort engages some 130 private companies to administer the new clandestine world. Dozens of little known and secret government organizations support the program, doling out classified contracts and overseeing publicly unacknowledged operations. "Federal spy agencies are using Americans to spy on their fellow citizens – the same approach to governance famously employed by communist East Germany." How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent By Dantalion Jones / Masters of Mind Control The following “was” on the web, but has been removed. Surprise, surprise. But I saved its web files to my computer years ago, knowing that sooner or later it would be removed. I made a jpeg image of the web page as it once appeared, attached here. Note that I have experienced almost all of the tactics described below, including the stalking I mentioned in my previous post here (regular walks in the park), the sleep deprivation noted at the top of this post, and the surveillance and intrusions described here as well. Quoting the now-removed webpage: “How to Develop a Hypnotic Sleeper Agent” (from here to end of post): Amid all the conspiracy theories one of the most feared is that there exist "sleeper agents" in our society who are programmed to come into service when they are triggered by a phone call or key word. These alleged sleeper agents don't even know they are programmed to become saboteurs, soldiers, suicide bomber, etc because of the thoroughness of their programming. They are the feared "Manchurian Candidate" that the movies portray. The question is "Are they real?" If they are true sleeper agents there is no way of telling until they are activated. One can however theorize exactly how they are made. Indoctrination Using indoctrination a person can be made to embrace a religious or philosophical belief that would make becoming a sleeper agent possible. This would be a person so committed to an ideal they would be willing to wait patiently as a member of society until they are called into action. These people would know their mission and consciously hold it secret while interacting with the rest of society. Conditioning Conditioning is a repetitive process where the desired responses are enforced and rewarded and unwanted responses are punished. This can be done consciously as part of training drill and it can be done subconsciously using hypnosis or drugs to create amnesia. Hypnosis It has been demonstrated that hypnosis can create "amnesia walls" in which the subject has no conscious memory of what happened in the hypnosis session. It has further been demonstrated that hypnosis can give post hypnotic instruction to be carried out automatically in the waking state without the subject knowing it or questioning the behavior. What follows is conjecture and theory based on testimonials of people who were alleged to be sleeper agents and soldiers. Continuous Supervisions Continuous supervision doesn't mean that the subject is cut off completely from society. It means that they are constantly overseen and every aspect of their lives are managed (without their knowledge or consent) to support their hypnotic programming. This would include: • Repeated reinforcement of all hypnotic conditioning. • Handlers. Handlers are people who help maintain the subjects environment to maintain all the programming. They can play the role of family, friends, lovers, psychologists, coaches or any roll the subject perceives as supportive. The truth is the handlers are their to support the successful fulfillment of the programming and not the subject as a person. • Minimal sleep so that the mind/brain does not process all the sleeper conditioning during sleep. • Creating constant environmental challenges like unemployment or poverty. This gives the subject something other than their programming to focus on. • Frequent hospitalization. This gives overt opportunity to sedate the subject for conditioning. If the subject has a history of hospitalizations for mental disturbances all the better. No one will take them seriously. Joseph Cafariello PS... Today is the second day after this post (February 12, 2024). A garbage truck just slammed into my parked car. PPS... I finish writing this post because I am satisfied with its shape and content; not because of what happened to my car. It is similar to when you are reaching for your coat, and someone tells you, "Take your coat." Since you have to take your coat, your brain tells you it's ok to obey them, and you comply. They just created an instance where they led you, and you followed them. And your brain accepted it. It's a technique the military uses all the time. It trains you to accept instructions from that person or group. Done enough times, you become comfortable obeying them. I just say, "I take my coat because I choose to, not because you tell me to." It's important to make that clear, to block the conditioning and affirm our self-governance; not just to them, but to ourselves as well. Now our brain realizes we took our coat by our own choice; we are still in command. So too, I say regarding today's event. "Thanks for the warning, but I had already finished writing my post. I finished by my own choosing." UPDATES 1 & 2: February 26 & March 07, 2024: My apartment was once again entered while I was out. Either a key was used or the lock was picked. This may or may not have included assistance from building staff. Home invasions are included in the list of their techniques noted above, referred to as "black bag jobs". All tenants on my floor received new fridges a couple of weeks ago. I removed the tape securing the bins inside my new fridge, and also removed all styrofoam pads from the corners of the glass shelves when I repositioned them. The person(s) who have been invading my living space on a regular basis have struck again. As you can see in the photo below, the styrofoam pads on the corners of my fridge's shelves were restored when I was out of my apartment. I had removed all pads when I repositioned the shelves. Yet now they are back. It is a tactic used to undermine our observational awareness in an attempt to make us second-guess and doubt ourselves. The aim is to cause people to feel less sure not only of the things we have done, but also feel less sure of the things others have done. They want us to question the accuracy of our observations and memory. The idea is to train you to dismiss any anomalies you may observe as being your own misperception of things. Once they convince you not to trust your own judgement, they are free to do whatever they want to you, and you will simply accept it without questioning. UPDATE 3: May 18, 2024: Confrontations with individuals keep occurring, at times potentially violent. Following are just 3 such encounters as of late. 1 - Kick-boxer in the park: As I parked my car in one of the parking lots in Vancouver's Stanley Park one night, another vehicle drove up behind me and parked several spots away. A tall man exited that vehicle, and walked hastily along the path I always walk, down some steps to the water's sea wall path. I took my time and followed my usual walk, also down the steps down to the sea wall. The man knew my routine, and was in a hurry to get ahead of me. As I walked along the sea wall, I saw the same man sitting on a bench, playing a loud religious sermon in a foreign language on a device I did not clearly see. As I walked past him, he called out to me to stop and chat. I ignored him and continued walking past. He rose and started walking behind me. I opened my umbrella, turned, and walked past him the other way, returning to the stairs back to the parking lot. He also turned and continued following me. I started running. He also started running. I ran up the steps, as did he. Being taller than I am, his legs are longer than mine, and he quickly caught up to me on a grassy patch at the top of the steps. I turned to him and asked, "Why are you following me?" He did not reply, but stood profile to me, the same stance a kick-boxer uses when ready to kick someone. He was tall, thin, and in excellent physical shape as you would see in a kick-boxer. He did not speak at all, but was just waiting for me to make a move. I turned, entered my vehicle and left. The encounter continued with a chase through the park in our cars. Yes, that is correct. He chased me out of the park in his car. 2 - Told to keep quiet: The perpetrators need to operate with as little detection as possible, and they repeatedly warn their subjects to keep their mouths shut about their experiences. On another of my recent nightly walks, a man stood on the sidewalk ahead of me about half a block away, looked at me, and shouted into the sky at nobody, giving the appearance of being a homeless person shouting for no reason. He then started walking in my direction. I continued walking straight. As he passed me, he leaned into my face and shouted into my ear, "Shut the f_ck up!" I continued walking in my direction, and he resumed walking in his. The idea is to make it seem as though he is just a deranged man wandering the streets at night, shouting at nothing, so that when he shouts at me, any observer would simply dismiss his actions. But in reality, he was sent to send me a message to stop publishing posts like this, which I had done many times on many sites, and continue to. They don't like it when we reveal their methods. But the truth must be known. 3 - You'll be sorry: On another occasion, while returning from grocery shopping one afternoon, I walked past a man sitting by a storefront. He was clean-cut, wearing clean clothes, without any carts or wagons or any belongings of any kind. As I passed him, he asked me for some spare change. I replied, "I'm sorry," and continued walking past. He replied, "You will be." There are numerous other experiences, like two seemingly unassociated men standing on the sea wall about 100 meters away from each other, each of them spitting just as I walked past each one. There are too many experiences to mention. Looking at each experience individually, one would easily dismiss them as being unrelated and simply coincidental. But put them all together and a picture starts to form, like putting together the pieces of a puzzle. As I hand you each piece of the puzzle one by one, you dismiss each piece, saying, "This could be anything." And you discard it. You keep discarding each piece as I hand it to you. By the end of it, you look down at the table and say, "You have nothing." That's because you looked at each piece as a separate item and threw it away. But if you leave the pieces on the table as I hand them to you and do not hastily discard them, you will see they form a clear picture when put all together. We must look at all these events as a whole. Individually, each one could be anything. But when all of these experiences are put together and considered as a whole, they form an undeniable picture. Do not be quick to dismiss each piece. Leave the pieces on the table and look at the whole. The picture I present is sound. Remember, I have all the pieces; you do not. I see the picture more clearly than you do. https://preview.redd.it/we31ymcsm91d1.jpg?width=966&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d56ac3dd3558a60d477ba9315104d1b66b139f8 |