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Shady business practice?
- BeeZee Mar 3, 2014 07:41 AM
Went to a locally owned Italian restaurant over the weekend. It's a reasonably nice place, not a "chicken parm 'n pizza" kind of joint. The place was packed, although we've been there at times when it was only half full (open less than a year, so maybe just slowly catching on). Anyhow, as we were seated and our waiter did the usual intro, he said "I'll give 10% off if you pay in cash". Found it kind of strange. Would you think that the restaurant is doing something "shady" with the cash (ie, keeping it off the books) or what?
re: jrvedivici
That if you saved 10% due to his suggestion, you might be inclined to leave an extra 2 or 3% to him for his helpfulness. I wasn't thinking about the cash angle exactly I guess.
re: coll
Ok fair enough, I would "fear" if I were the server though, that if I gave 10% off the check, the people would only tip on the discounted amount, rather than the full value. (This happens all too often). So based on my cynical nature, and experience on the general public's cheapness, I'm not sure that would work.
re: jrvedivici
Some are more optimistic than others! That's what makes the world go round.
re: coll
But if the restaurant isn't authorizing the discount, then the server is still responsible for turning in the full amount of the bill without the discount, so whatever extra could possibly be made in tips, is probably mostly lost in having to make up the 10% discount the server just gave and now has to pay the restaurant with his/her own money.
re: SaraAshley
This is a mystery to me. Still wondering if it was a server, or the owner maybe?
Yeah....they are doing something shady.......if you don't want to participate in it don't accept the 10% off and pay via credit card.
Personally it's not my business what they are doing, and if I had the cash I would take the 10% discount and enjoy my meal. I think it's an individual decision, I for one am not without sin, so I'm not going pass judgement on them.
re: Hobbert
that was exactly my thought, I have seen it printed for all to view at other places, but the verbal offer seemed odd. Have no compunction about taking advantage of the offer, this particular visit we had to use CC anyhow.
re: Hobbert
I've seen 5%, not 10.
We've experienced this before in other small retail settings (not food related)...usually an 8-10% discount. We don't give it a second thought...but it's happened so infrequently to us (maybe twice in 12 years of marriage) that it barely bears mentioning.
re: BeeZee
Usually 24 to 48 hours.
It does make a difference if at the end of the day you have to pay out tips to servers or suppliers who will also give a cash discount.
re: Motosport
Correct......24-48 for Visa/MC
Amex can be 48-72 worst case.
re: Motosport
1) the terms of the restaurant's payment agreements with it's suppliers may allow them to avail themselves of a sizable discount by paying the supplier by a certain date.
2)(alternatively, they may end up being charged a hefty late fee if they are even one day late on their payment).
3) they may be able to use different, better, suppliers if they can pay cash up front
4) a supplier may have a "special" cash deal available for a particular item that the restaurant uses/wants.
I believe in "Innocent until proven guilty"
When I go to Benjamin's in Kips Bay I take advantage of the 10% discount but still tip based on the original amount. I do the same thing when a restaurant has 2 4 1 night. I don't see why the server should suffer.
10% discount offsets the 3% + credit card processing fee and gives the manager cash to pay out tips at the end of the shift. We all know that servers declare 100% of their tips.
re: Motosport
my former room mates who were servers DID declare 100% of their tips and STILL qualified for the Earned Income Tax Credit.
re: westsidegal
As I stated!!
re: BiscuitBoy
BisquitBoy: i'd LOVE it if i could get cash discounts at ALL the restaurants on my regular rotation. i'd be paying cash EVERYWHERE.
re: BiscuitBoy
In Jerusalem (both East and West) this is fairly common (i.e. pay in cash get a discount/offer to pay in cash haggle for the level of discount/etc.). One small appliance place I knew had a small sign that said "pay in cash get 10% discount" - but would only give the discount if you reminded them that you were paying in cash and deserved the discount. A variety of variations on a theme. Now I also assume Jerusalem businesses of operating in a variety of levels of 'grey economy' (based on personal anecdotes/media coverage) - so I don't know if that's part of it or just a preference to cash.
Where grey economy goes to black economy/shady goes to illegal - I don't know. But I've never felt uncomfortable taking the discount.
The small family place around the corner does that. Doesn't bother me at all. Cash is KING!!
A number of gas stations, some chains, give cash discounts at the pump in our area.
Not having to pay the credit companies has resulted in a variety of shops posting signs to that effect for cash discounts.
And when making a large purchase where the salesperson's commission does not reflect the payment from financing, I have always asked if there is a discount for cash.
what things look like may or may not be what they are.
this could be rationally argued both ways.
if it were me, normally, on this sort of issue, i stay away from trying to be the "morality police" or speculating as though i was the "morality sheriff."
This may not be a shady practice. The restaurant may want to expedite the cash flow. Sometimes restaurant owners come across deals that must be paid for in cash and are too good to pass up. This may help the owner accumulate the cash in a timely manner.
Back when I was in the bakery business (late 70s) we had a number of accounts that were on a cash only basis. They either had run past due or had bounced checks to us. Once burned, we did not ever accept a check from that customer again. So, if XYZ restaurant, a cash only account, ordered a $300 wedding cake and $1500 worth of bread, rolls and desserts for a wedding on Sunday, they might need to make sure to have enough cash from Friday and Saturday night's business to pay for the delivery Sunday morning. The profit margin on the catered affair would more than cover the 10% cash discount, which really was 7% based on a 3% average credit card processing charge.
A restaurant operator can easily hide almost all the cash that comes in without resorting to offering a 10% discount to get more.
re: bagelman01
I have been in the retail business for 40+ years. These days we almost never see any cash payments.
At Dunkin Donuts this morning a woman put her cup of "Joe" on a debit card.
It is what it is!
re: Motosport
Debit card???
How passe.....! Everyone just pays with a scan of their smartphones nowadays......
re: Ttrockwood
I was at a high end retailer where I live, pulled out a !00, and it took them a few minutes to run somewhere (to the bank?) to try and break it.
Blew me away.
re: Motosport
re: Janet from Richmond
You get 10% back?? Which card??
Not for nuthin' but I'll take the immediate 10% discount.
re: Motosport
I think the problem is having cash on hand. 10% beat 2%, so if I were a regular, I'd have the cash.
Whenever we get a discount for cash, we hand over the paper.
re: Motosport
I don't carry cash. If I have $10 with me, that is a lot.
As a merchant we don't offer discount for cash. It doesn't set well with me.
And my response was in regard to your comment about the woman using her debit card (I don't get the appeal of debit cards at all, but that is another post for another day) at Dunkin' Donuts.
re: Janet from Richmond
my 17 year old carries a debit card.
She is too young to have a credit card in her own name.
As a merchant, I always preffered when a custoimer used a debit card to a credit card, as the 25-35 cent transaction fee was usually less than the credit card percentage once a transaction hit $10.
The appeal of a debit card is that one can only spend the money one actually has (unless your bank honors overdrafts) and not get caught up in credit card bills. I remember my oldest getting her first MasterCard bill for $250 and being shocked to find that more than $200 was fro consumables, not tangibles, such as clothing that existed when the bill arrived.
If the food is outstanding then I could care less.
There are so many cash only restaurants that I go to that I wouldn't think anything about it.
It's on them if they're doing something 'slippery' with my cash, not me.
Don't over think it.
re: PeterL
PeterL: my local pharmacy's credit card machine has been out more days than not in the last week.
i've witnessed the tech guys arriving several times to get the thing up and running.
in your world these things don't break down? your business IT functions are always operating 100%?
never get hacked? never have service interruptions?
i want to live in your world.
re: westsidegal
You hang out at a pharmacy?
re: Worldwide Diner
you bet 'cha
Cash is not the only tax evasion technique.
It is simply the easiest.
Every dollar you give to a restaurant - be it cash, credit, check, or Bitcoins - is subject to tax fraud. It just becomes a question of how. And how easily.
Don't overthink things.
Go to a restaurant to enjoy good food and hopefully even better company.
Leave the tax issues to the IRS.
re: Withnail42
excellent point
re: Withnail42
CC transactions must go through a business's bank account.
In all small restaurants 'cash is king'. If the purveyor of those lobster tails knows a restaurant that will pay cash the purveyor benefits and so does the restaurant.
I'm willing to guess that 30% minimum of all small ma and pa restaurants are involved in the 'gray market' at some level.
If you can ever go through a check out line at a large wholesale food business catering to restaurants and small catering business pay attention to how many buyers pull out a wad of hundred dollar bills when paying.
They got that wad from customers who paid them cash....not from a bank machine.
I've known lots of small restaurant owners over the years who only put enough money 'on the books' to avoid the curiosity of the 'Tax Man'.
One of the funniest things that's ever happened many years ago was when a small restaurant owner friend phoned and was in a huge panic. He pleaded with me to come over at once. I did. He said "I've just got a call from my accountant. He says I have to spend ten thousand bucks within three days or I'm screwed!" We hired an air taxi to fly us to Vancouver and we spent the next day buying used restaurant equipment. To this day most of it is still sitting in a shed at a local dairy farm. I actually drove past the farm the other day and the shed roof had collapsed.
Nope, nothing shady. Credit cards charge processing fees and they add up.
The restaurant is just trying to keep afloat.
For me, it would be great to get a discount! I love spaving.
re: monavano
"Every time a card is swiped, a banker gets his wings"
I can't get over all of the "yeah, it's shady" replies.
Many places ONLY take cash and I would never assume they are tax cheats.
If they are, may karma, or Uncle Sam, catch up with them. Meanwhile, pass the parm.
re: monavano
I have two accountants in the family who do nothing but non-chain/mom-and-pop restaurants. They said if they're offering cash discounts, you can safely assume a good chunk of them are tax cheats.
re: HungWeiLo
A new legal concept: "Assumed guilty until proven innocent."
re: Motosport
It's not an entirely new concept if you've ever been on the business end of an IRS audit.
re: HungWeiLo
Been there, done that!! They will always find something, anything! You just hope it is minor.
re: HungWeiLo
I having been the employee, manager, owner of several non-chain/mom-and-pop restaurants know, you are only as good at cheating on your taxes as your accountant can make you.
Remember.....the operator can accept cash and "cook his books" but it's the still of the accountant to file the tax returns in such away it's not apparent to "big brother". As the saying goes it takes two to tango. ;-)
re: jrvedivici
"I having been the employee, manager, owner of several non-chain/mom-and-pop restaurants" and retail establishments in my case..." you are only as good at cheating on your taxes as your accountant can make you"
To quote my first accountant when I bought my first business: "You worry about making the money, we worry about the taxes"
And when I went into the retail business as an equal partner with my father 34 years ago: Ones, Fives, Tens, Twenties and Hundreds belong to the government, Fifties are ours.
My father and the accountant tauight me that we were far better off declaring all the income and having expenses to negate taxable profit: expensive cars, travel and expense, company owned homes, a company membership in City and Country Clubs.
When you go to sell a closely held business, it's value can only be worth what you show on the books and the matching tax returns. That 'private' set of books has no value.
Have a business that does $1million per year, skim 300K then you have a 700K business to sell. Never mind you could go to jail!
Have a business that does $1million per year, pay your family well, including travel, cars, education and memberships. Why pay for these with after tax dollars when they can be paid for with pretax money? The P&L you construct to show potential buyers doesn't say Profit after taxes, it says: 'profit before owner's remuneration and expenses.' That extra $300K per year on the books is worth far more than cash you grabbed, AND no threat of Jail. Tax evasion is illegal, Tax avoidance is legal.
BTW, I haven't used an accountant in more than 30 years. I have a degree from the top US business and finance school (in Philadelphia) and am an attorney. With modern accountaing software the yearly accounting bill is uneccessary.
re: bagelman01
"That 'private' set of books has no value."
Totally disagree. For a couple of reasons. The standard for evaluating the value of a restaurant as an on-going concern if you try to sell it involves the notion of "adjusted cash-flow". The adjustments to the official cash flow may involve factors like the owner's use of a company car for private purposes. Or that expensive bottle of wine that somehow disappeared from the restaurant's wine cellar and made its way to the owner's home while making the accounting sheets as part of the normal loss percentage when you pour alcoholic beverages.
So "adjusted cash-flow" may have many shades of grey when to comes to tax legality issues, but ignoring the adjustments would be stupid. Let's say you could buy a restaurant where you could skim off $1M tax free with impunity. Wouldn't that have an impact on the value of the restaurant? I would think so.
re: nocharge
No, I don't think so. A buyer only will pay for what is poven. That hidden set of books with no correlating tax returns is not to be believed. In fact the mere existence shows how stupid the sellers are, how do they know the inquiring buyers are not tax agents? Hello Jail term.....
The adjustments you write of, such as owner's use of company car are exactly what I posted about when showing 'profit before taxes and owner's remuneration and expenses' These are on the books, not hidden in private books and lower the tax consequences. They just show potential buyers how big the owners' pot really is.
re: bagelman01
The problem with that argument is that there may be a lot of things that may be shady from a tax perspective and may not be in any books, public or private. To what extent is the company car used for private use? Is that in any book? How much food does the owner of a restaurant bring home? May not be recorded. As a restaurant investor, I know a bunch of restaurant owners and if anyone of them would walk up to the bar and tell the bartender to pour him a drink, not only would it be free, but it wouldn't involve any taxes. Lots of possible shades of grey here when it comes to taxes but stuff like this needs to be taken into account when considering the value of a restaurant as a going concern.
Steve Zimmerman addresses the issue briefly in the going-concern valuation part in the following link:
I do agree that tax evasion has pitfalls other than the possibility of going to jail. That restaurant owner may get less money when selling the restaurant since a buyer might be skeptical about how the cash flow should be adjusted. That cocktail waitress who underreported her tips might have a harder time getting a mortgage, etc.
re: bagelman01
You probably haven't bought and sold restaurants then.
re: Worldwide Diner
Only 5 or 6......
And as an attorney been involved in the purchase or sale of more than 25 restaurants for my clients.
I always advise my clients not yo pay for anything not supported by the filed tax returns.
If a seller admits to cheating the government the seller is admitting to being a liar and should not be trusted.
re: bagelman01
If you are an attorney, you would hopefully not advise your clients to break the law. Stuff like that could get you sued and disbarred. But that doesn't mean you are giving your clients optimal advice when it comes to restaurant purchases.
It's very much common knowledge that restaurant owners draw advantages from their ownership that are not in any book, public or private. That factor should be taken into account in any rational valuation of a restaurant as a going concern. That's part of the logic behind the adjusted cash flow valuation method for calculating the value of a restaurant.
re: nocharge
Simply put, I don't agree with you. If the sellers have enjoyed 'illegal' gains, the buyer does not have to pay for the right to cheat and steal. Many buyers are completely honest. I recommend that valuation be made only on what is shown on filed tax returns. Don't reward past bad behavior.
There is nothing wrong with showing sales and expenses that include owners' perks. A buyer can then evaluate wht legal living they may make from the possible purchase.
re: bagelman01
I think you misunderstand the concept. It has nothing to do with the honesty of the buyer. It's all about understanding the value of the restaurant. If the owners have engaged in some form of shady practices that are not in the books, a smart and honest buyer will take that into consideration and realize that there is more money that could be put in the books. By contrast, the clients that retained you and only think in terms of what's in the books will get outbid by the smart people, possibly losing out on a perfectly good deal.
re: nocharge
I don't misunderstand the comcept, I don't agree with it. I have handled many buy/sell of "cash" businesses over the years, and so did my father and grandfather. I grew up in the retail business, have a fine business education from Wharton and a law degree...............
In the economy of the last 8 years, getting outbid for a restaurant up for sale ois not a problem. The numbers that are not on the books are not to be trusted. It is too easy to fake the backup for the type of cash flow evaluation to recommend.
That said, this discussion has gone far afield of the OP is probably of little interest to most Chers. I suggest we leave it at having differing business philosophy
re: bagelman01
I don't want to prolong the discussion either, but let me make one final point: There are two issues.
1. What is the methodology for establishing the value of a restaurant as a going concern?
2. How do you do due diligence when it comes to restaurants as a going concern?
My point is simply that due diligence, when buying a restaurant, should include enough understanding of the dynamics of the place. That would include a lot of stuff but at least some rudimentary idea of the owner's shady practices, if there are any. If the potential buyers doesn't have the skills to do due diligence and buys a restaurant purely based on tax records, he probably shouldn't be in the restaurant business and probably won't be in it for long.
re: bagelman01
<<having expenses to negate taxable profit: expensive cars, travel and expense, company owned homes, a company membership in City and Country Clubs.>>
bagelman01: you forgot to mention deducting the cost of flying your wife's dancing horses (dressage) all around the world and their maintenance and training and boarding and, and, and. . . .
re: HungWeiLo
Again, speculation and I don't give their opinion any more weight than the next guy.
The fact is, they don't know, so it's far from "safe" to assume anything.
But, hey, if that's their personal opinion, fine. Far from fact.
Do people here assume that their servers dodge taxes? I mean, there have been enormous threads about tipping in cash.
If they *always* issue a receipt, it could just be their way of avoiding paying credit card transaction fees. If they don't issue receipts, then it's likely a tax dodge.
10% is more than credit card fees. It's likely they're cooking their books.
re: Worldwide Diner
Without going into accusing anyone of cooking their books, I agree with the sentiment that 10 percent is quite a bit more than needed just for credit card fees.
re: Worldwide Diner
Maybe offering a 5% discount gets very few takers.
Maybe the restaurant is factoring in labor costs to deal with CC transactions.
Maybe none of use know what their food margins are.
Maybe they actually come out AHEAD with no hanky panky involved whatsoever.
Maybe it gets more seats filled, see above.
re: monavano
I have a hard time believing the labor cost argument. You need to do bookkeeping regardless of whether you are doing stuff in cash or in credit card transactions. If you can offer a 10 percent discount for cash and come out ahead without any "tax benefits" involved, your accounting department is not running a very tight ship.
My sense in general is that people are increasingly wanting to pay everything with their credit cards. They get frequent flyer miles, don't have to carry around cash, etc. Sending a message to diners that it will cost them 10 percent more, or so, to pay with a credit card is not a good recipe for "coming out ahead" in my opinion unless there are "tax benefits" involved.
re: nocharge
We have reoccurring expenses that we pay in cash because we get a good discount. I don't for a moment think these good private business owners are tax dodgers.
The first and foremost of which offers, yes, a 10% discount for cash.
You better believe we pay is cash!
You don't know, I don't know and the OP doesn't know. It's all just speculation about the restaurant in question.
re: monavano
Since I don't mind carrying cash, I would probably take a 10 percent discount in a split second. However, I highly doubt that such a high discount would make business sense merely based on the cost of credit card processing. If I spend $100 on a meal at a restaurant, would $10 of that go to credit card processing? Highly doubt it.
re: nocharge
I did not say that credit card processing fees are the sole reason.
re: monavano
No, but you implied that the general overhead of credit card processing could justify a 10 percent discount for cash. That number seems a little high for me.
re: nocharge
Well, again, not what I said, or meant to imply. It could be ONE FACTOR.
Hope that's more clear on how I put weight on ONE possible factor.
re: monavano
As a restaurant investor, let me give you the following perspective: Given the different kinds of costs for a restaurant, cost of goods, labor, linen service, electricity, etc. there is no way in hell that a restaurant would be able to stay in business if offering the convenience of providing credit card service would be worth 10 percent of the revenue. So offering a general 10 percent discount for cash would be suicide for a restaurant unless there was some form of "tax benefit" involved. No freaking chance in hell of giving a general 10 percent discount for cash being a viable business model without a "tax benefit". Now, dirt-cheap hole-in-the-wall places may get away with being cash only but for more upscale places, being perceived as anti-creditcard might rub people who use credit cards for everything the wrong way. Not a good idea unless there are "tax benefits".
My hairstylist stopped accepting credit cards a few years ago citing the cost of card fees and going cash or check only. He charges $100 just for a men's haircut and much more for coloring a woman's hair. Given that a lot people are not into carrying large amounts of cash and that paying by check is perceived as somewhat antiquated in this day and age, I'm sure it makes him lose some business. The only reason I can think of why he made the change is of possible "tax benefits" involved.
re: nocharge
They also say that people using credit cards spend at least 30% more on their purchases. I know I do!
Lots of plausible reasons offered that don't involve shady stuff, and of course that's always a possibility as well.
If it were a restaurant I enjoyed and would like to visit regularly, I would just ask them. Not in an accusatory manner, of course, but in an "I'm curious" kind of way.
re: jlhinwa
re: monavano
"Too many ex wives"
re: monavano
Maybe, maybe not. I've run across a few folks who feel entirely comfortable dodging taxes and don't seem to have a problem saying so.
More likely, you could get some information from a direct and plausible answer (need cash for vendors or whatever) or some interesting non-verbal clues.
re: jlhinwa
"Well, our meat falls of the truck"
re: jlhinwa
"Render unto Caesar.................."
re: sedimental
<I don't carry cash>
I'm curious about this. I live in a big city (LA) and I'd never, ever be without it. I've usually got at least $200 broken into smaller bills.
I have credit cards and a debit card but being without cash would like being without shoes for me.
It's a virtual necessity if I can't find parking and have to valet or somebody needs to be tipped for one reason or another…
Or a restaurant is 'cash only' or…
Do you allow for ATM's? What if one isn't readily available?
re: latindancer
I don't carry cash either. I don't live in an area where I pay for parking and when I go to DC, I use an app that's linked to my credit card. I use a card for the toll road, for 7-11, for everything really. Cash only restaurants aren't really a big thing in this area. If I plan to go to a mom and pop that I know has a minimum card purchase, I'll hit an ATM but not otherwise.
Funnily enough, my husband's the opposite. He's never had a credit card and uses cash for everything. That just seems like too much planning to me!
re: Hobbert
Thanks for the response.
I guess, eventually, I'll have to download that app too as I've seen it used more often than not around here.
It seems like a practical practice and it's quick.
I suppose it's my age or something that's just got me in the habit of having that cash in my bag :).
I think in this area someone's being tipped one way or another throughout the week so therefore my proactivity.
re: latindancer
Yeah, I think that's the difference. I rarely have a reason to tip someone that's not on a card. I'm thinking of valets, hotel maids, coat checks, that kind of thing. I plan ahead for those occasions and bring cash.
The app is great! It alerts you 15 minutes before your session ends and you can extend it or just head out. So much nicer than keeping a bag of quarters in the car and watching the clock.
re: latindancer
also, without cash, you can't go to Hide for sushi. . . .
re: latindancer
I have had $2 in my wallet for months. I don't pay for parking and only use valet if out for the night with my husband (who does carry cash). Cash only restaurants aren't typical around here.
I would be surprised they would say it, but wouldn't be offended and would probably take advantage of the discount.
It could be the restaurant owner is trying to reduce the many credit card fees: merchant discounts, merchant interchange fees, misc. merchant fees, credit equipment rental fees, etc. These could easily add up to 10% of the bill. Why not offer a cash discount? It would help the owner as well as the patron.
OTH, if the waiter is not reporting 100% of his tips, he would prefer payment in cash.
I just got a flyer form a local Thai restaurant. They're offering 30% off cash payment, with a minimum purchase of $20. I call that the uncle Sam discount.
My gut feeling is that they are not paying sales tax, which means they are not reporting the sale.
As a restaurant owner, I doubt there is anything shady going on. Credit card usage costs the merchants a lot of money. We pay to rent the equipment, bank fees, merchant discounts and something called interchange fees. When your credit card offers airplane miles or other incentives to use the card, it's the merchant who bears the cost, not the bank. We accept cards because it is convenient for our customers. Period.
OTOH, the waiter may be under-reporting his tips, which is difficult to do when they are recorded on a charge card.


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While it's taken a while to
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The GCC code-base is still in stage four, which means only documentation and regression fixes are allowed. There's just four P1 regressions left in trunk, which means once those are cleared up, the code-base is at an intersection where GCC 4.6 RC1 can be tagged. Since the last status report, the number of bugs with this highest priority designation has dropped by five, so hopefully by the time of the next status report there will be the release candidate in hand.
While the P1 regressions are nearly cleared out, there are still 88 second-tier (P2) bugs, but those are not blocking the release candidate or final release. The P3 bugs, the least serious regressions that are tracked, have been wiped out with this status update after addressing all 10 of the remaining issues.
The GCC status update from today can be found on
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Each year in the UK there are about 1000 diagnosed cases of vulval cancer. It generally affects women after the menopause and most cases occur after the age of 65. Relative to other cancers, vulval cancer is rare but there are other vulval conditions that affect women of all ages and they are most easily, safely and successfully treated when discovered early so vulval self-examination is important.
You should be checking your vulva monthly. However, don't self-examine if you've recently had a baby, a miscarriage of any other vaginal procedure as you're open to infection. Wait until you are fully healed.
To self-examine, sit in a well-lit area that is comfortable like a bed, make sure your hands are clean and don't apply any vaginal creams before self-examining as this may interfere with your ability to detect abnormalities. Hold a mirror in one hand and use the other hand to separate and expose the parts of the vulva surrounding the opening to the vagina. Can you see OK?
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First you want to check the area above the pubic bone where the pubic hair is. This is the Mons Pubis and you are looking carefully for any lumps or bumps, ulcers, warts, changes in skin colour particularly anything that is in your white area or even red or dark areas. And then you need to use your fingers to feel for any lumps that you may not be able to see, that one feels fine… And then you are going to move down to check the clitoris and the surrounding area. Now I'm moving down towards the vaginal opening and I'm checking small folds of skin to the left and right. These are the Labia Minora and after checking the small folds of skin we go to the bigger folds next to them, the Labia Majora. Moving down again we check the area between the vagina and the anus. Again you're looking and feeling and lastly check the area surrounding the anal opening as vulval disease can go down as far as that. So would you like to have a go at self-examining?
If you've noticed any lumps, are experiencing any itching or pain, feel a burning sensation when passing urine, or if you have any unusual discharge or you bleed after sex, between periods or after the menopause, make an appointment to see your doctor.
Some symptoms can be from a minor condition, but sometimes they can be indicators of something more serious so it's best to get any symptoms checked out.
There's no screening programme for vulval cancer but you should be having routine cervical smear tests so make sure you go as the nurse or doctor should examine your vulva at the same time and with you checking every month too any symptoms that occur should be detected quickly.
Don't be shy about checking your vulva. It's as important as self-examining your breasts or for a man to self-examine his testicles and if you do discover a lump or any other symptom, don't put off seeing your doctor. Untreated vulval cancer can spread but if it's caught early the better the treatment and the better the outcome.
How To Check Your Vulva
Around 1000 cases of vulval cancer are diagnosed every year in the UK, mainly in women who have been through the menopause. However, there are also a range of other vulval conditions that affect all women – highlighting how important it is to self-check your vulva. Although it may seem daunting if you haven't self-checked before, Dr Dawn Harper's guide will show you exactly how to conduct the check – so grab that mirror!
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Chi, Im 15 im not sexually active and the outside of my vagina is crazy itchy and I think I have a wierd bump thing
My vagina has bluish looking spots on the inside folds of the clitoris. Is that a std.
i have just found a red hard lump on my vulva, very painful to touch. not an ingrown hair as I haven't shaved for weeks and it has only just appeared over the last couple of days. I have not been able to book an appointment yet as I work full time.
my vagina is itchy and just utterly painful. it has been going on for the last two weeks, I have not had sexual intercourse as I am only 13 years old I do shave'down there' and I am afraid I just cant tell my doctor please help me I cant sleep at night its that painful. by the way I do masturbate very much and i do have plenty of discharge I have not been on my period thanks a lot please help me
Sounds like thrush, This isn't a sti or std t is simply too much yeast, which is normal, Maybe a change of diet can help and don't use soaps to clean in between your legs use a special feminine wash if you must, but water is best, keeping clean is essential but using soaps will wash away bacteria you need, Also don't wear tight underwear or nylon as this will make it feel worse, You can go to a chemist or pharmacy and get thrush treatment over the counter and i don't think you have to be a certain age to use it, Just read the instructions and you'll be fine, You should talk to someone about it, Its very common and you need to find out what is causing it, It may simply be hormones changing or food you are eating.
Hello, I'm 21 years old and I notice a flat black mark that looks underneath the skin on my labia minora, sort of a centimeter below and to the left of the clitoris. I have some odor like acid , but no itching or pain or swelling or anything like that. Is this normal?
I'm 13, I have noticed that my vaginal opening is really really itchy and sore to go to the toilet. Obviosly I panicked and looked in a mirror to see if I could see anything and I saw that it looked all red and like white creamy stuff was resting around the area...I wash properly and everything but don't know how this has happened...! Can anyone help me? Too embarrassed to talk to parents or go to a doctor😶
sounds like a yeast infection but it's best to go to the doctor for your first one. just to make sure.
Dear 13, I know how hard it its to open up to your parents about these private things but: It sounds like you have a pretty bad yeast infection and need to get treated asap. This is so very common and there's no reason to be embarrassed, I would almost guaranty your mother has had her fair share. Please care for your body, you only get one. Let someone know and in the mean time eat lots of yogurt, loose clothes, and cotton underpants. Hope this helped.
sounds like thrush try canesten cream you can get this from a chemist
Uh I'm 13 and my vagina has a white lumpish thing I have no idea what it is I don't want to tell my parents
Hi. I'm 13 and haven't started my period yet. However I saw a little bump on my vagina but didn't take no notice of it but it started to get bigger about the size of 2 peas but now it very very painful. I walk funny becauss otherwise my pants rub on it and my vagina is swollen only on the left handsome because that's where the bump is. Please tell me what this is😭
It is probably an in grown hair.
Hi, I'm a 22 year old woman I have noticed a small flat dark spot on my libra majora and worried about it. It's been there for the last 6 years, there's no pain no itch or I have no discharge, what should I do about it? My partner of the last 5 years has just been diagnosed with genital warts but neither of us has been in contact with anyone else in last 5 years please help
I've got several navy blue oval shapes on both labia minora, with what looks like navy blue bruising also,they can be sore and itchy but mostly sore& swollen, and have had both labia minora lips turn completely blue also. I have not been in a sexual situation for over 10 years, (cannot masturbate for the soreness to account for the 'bruising'colourisation) What does this blueness mean?
I'm 14 and a few weeks ago I was in the shower and noticed a lump that's just over 50mm long I think (poor judgement probably) it's painless to the touch and can move around freely. It's located in the top left of my labia majora and I've been panicking about it ever since. It's pretty personal so I don't really want to go and talk to my mother about it. Any advice because I'm really scared it's cancer. Thanks in advance
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Manuel Pardo is finally getting his wish 24 years after he asked a jury to sentence him to death. The ex-cop is to be executed Tuesday night for murdering nine people in Florida in a 1980s killing spree.
Pardo was convicted of a 1986 crime spree that saw him kill six men and three women during a string of robberies. After killing them, Pardo took pictures of his victims, which were later found in his home near newspaper clippings about the murders. He started his murderous course after being fired from the Sweetwater Police Department for lying under oath, telling a courtroom his friend shouldn't go to jail for drug smuggling because the friend was an undercover drug agent, according to the Associated Press.
Pardo was caught after he used the victims' credit cards. He also had an Adolf Hitler fixation and collected Nazi memorabilia. His dog had a swastika tattoo.
"I am a soldier, I accomplished my mission and I humbly ask you to give me the glory of ending my life and not send me to spend the rest of my days in state prison," Pardo, then 31, told the jury at the sentencing hearing in his 1988 trial.
Of his victims, he said, "They're parasites and they're leeches, and they have no right to be alive. Somebody had to kill these people," adding he was capable of killing more people.
Pardo spent much of his twenty-plus years behind bars known as "Death Row Romeo" for his ability to seduce pen pals through the mail and convince them to send him money. He is known to have collected at least $3,500 while in prison.
Pardo was initially fired from the Florida Highway Patrol for making up speeding tickets before the Sweetwater police hired him. There, he saved a little boy's life by administering CPR and the Clarion Ledger reported he arrested a man for stealing exotic birds and using them in a South American sacrifice ceremony.
Pardo's lawyer, Ronald Guralnick, is trying to stop the execution, scheduled to take place at Florida State Prison, but it may be too late even for an insanity defense. The attorney chalked up the former officer's actions to the zeitgeist at a time when Florida was a drug lord's haven.
"I think anyone who would get up and ask a jury to sentence him to death is insane," Guralnick said. "I'm not admitting he did any of that, but let's say he did. He was a victim of the time. The people he was dealing with were trash."
Families of the victims plan on being on hand to watch the former officer executed.
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"The Ohio Attorney General's Moving Ohio Forward Program has been successful in helping the many Ohioans who were victims of neighborhood blight caused by the foreclosure crisis," says DeWine. "By demolishing abandoned, blighted homes, we have been making a real effort to help stabilize neighborhoods and remove public safety hazards. I am pleased to make these additional funds available so counties can demolish additional structures."
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DeWine designated $75 million of Ohio's settlement share for the demolition program, allocating funds to each of Ohio's 88 counties based upon the percentage of foreclosures that occurred in that county between 2008 and 2010, the period of the settlement.
In Phase One of the grants, counties were required to provide matching funds for any grant above $500,000. However, several counties did not apply for their full allocation, leaving $3.8 million in unrequested funds.
For Phase Two grants, DeWine has reallocated the unrequested funds based upon the same formula as the original allocations, with each county receiving a minimum of $7,800 for the demolition of at least one more blighted structure. Counties that did not use their full allocation in Phase One of the grants were given the opportunity to request funds from their unused allocation to fund specific demolition projects. Warren County was the only county that declined additional grant funding.
DeWine says counties would have until Sept. 30, 2014 to use the Phase Two grant funds, and no matching funds will be required to use the Phase Two grants.
Counties have until May 31, 2014, to use the Phase One grant funds. A decision on unused grant funds from Phase One would be made after that time.
To view the total amount of grant money awarded to each county click here.
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Doremi Fantasy: Milon's Heart-Pounding Big Adventure (Milon no DokiDoki Daibouken) is a game released only on the Super Famicom in Japan, made by Hudson Soft in 1996. The game is a sequel to Milon's Secret Castle. It was later released on the Wii via Virtual Console in Japan, Europe and North America (under the "import" category) in 2008. There is also a fan translation of the game, titled Doremi Fantasy: Milon's Quest.Basically, the story is that Milon was playing in the forest, when suddenly an evil demon named Amon kidnapped Milon's fairy friend, Alis, and took the music in the land with him. It's up to Milon to go after Amon, defeat his minions, and get the music and Alis back.You can find an english version online here.
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Join Smokie Whitewolf Steiner and Sue Graywolf Petruzzi on the Ciracle Radio Station this Sunday, Oct. 19th at 1 PM MST, 3 PM EST, 8 PM London and 10 PM Israel time as we will discuss "Moving through Feelings".
Whether or not you are aware of the multitude of feelings that we can encounter during a single day, we can be overwhelmed at times with them and just need to sit back and let them flow. Have you ever experienced the blissful feel of pure joy? It can be a fleeting experience but a powerful one. Have you ever experienced an inward chilled feeling like you were cold but you are not? Your Spirit is excited and happy.
We all need to face the Fears that hold us back. Look into the True You, the Spirit Self and understand why we have these feelings of love, compassion, hate, greed etc. We are Spirit on a Human experience, learning how to feel. Accepting our feelings and thoughts is the 1st step in moving through the feelings and surrendering to the Spirit Self.
Learn what you can do to move through these feelings. Walking in nature, prayer and communicating your feelings will help you move through them and flow with the positive, uplifting energy of life. Let yourself feel the joy and happiness we all deserve on our walk, in this lifetime.
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Flere og flere børn er sensitive, hvilket vil sige, at de er meget mere åbne og sanser meget mere end "almindelige" børn. Det betyder at de mærker alt, hvad der foregår omkring dem: andres følelser, uro, konflikter osv. De vil gennemgående "tage det ind" som deres eget, hvilket nemt kan overbelaste dem. De får f.eks. ondt i maven, ondt i hovedet eller vil ikke i skole.
Er du forælder til et sensitivt barn - eller er der et i familien - vil du måske ofte føle dig uforstående eller magtesløs i mødet med barnet.
I udsendelsen fortæller vi om, hvad du rent praktisk kan gøre for at støtte dit barn. En af de vigtigste ting at lære barnet, er at afgrænse sig selv fra omgivelserne. Det kan ske gennem dyb, bevidst vejrtrækning, opmærksomhed på kroppen og jordforbindelsen.
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In this episode we will focus on the seeker-friendly movement. We will talk about what leaders are not doing, according to Scripture, and why they are not doing what the Bible says to do. We will also talk about who the modern-day founders are and how they individually but simultaneously launched the seeker-friendly movement.
Are You Sensitive?
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Mind, Will, Emotions: Thoughts, Feelings & Actions
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Empowered in Every Call – Saturday, October 18, 2014
Topic: Mind, Will Emotions: Thoughts, Feelings & Actions
Description: This week's show focuses on the 3 step process to changing the way you think change the way you speak change the way you live: change your words change your world. Most people believe that you feel, think and then act, however, because thought waves move so quickly that by the time most people figure out that they have reacted it's too late. There is a pattern of thinking that takes place in order to get the best results in communication and articulation. To articulate your words and actions in such a way that it yields you best results then you must improve on your 3 step process: think feel and then act. Slow down your reactions and turn them into responses move from aggressive to assertive. This week you will learn what the mind does, how the will works and how the emotions act.
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As a financial planner, I've seen many a 401k plan in my day, and I'm here to tell you that the vast majority of them are not pretty, while some are even downright ugly. Admittedly, that's a mighty broad brush full of awfully harsh words, and I'd surely prefer to be la-la-la'ing about instead, all chipper, sprightly espousing what-a-wonderful-world bromides, but I feel irresistibly impelled to instead write of the truth I've seen. And that truth is that the typical 401k plan — in which a decent part of the wealth of most Normal Folks resides — falls quite a bit short of being beautifully designed.
Please allow me to explain.
Hey kids! The FP50IBD for 2014 is out, and it's a real humdinger!
What's that you say? You're wondering what that nasty looking little squirt and a half of letters and numbers all strung together in that first paragraph means, are ya?
Please allow me to introduce . . . er . . . translate it for you, as we take another trip into our continuing series, Language Fail in the Land of Financial Planners, and, in doing so, hopefully help you understand how the concepts of financial planning and investment advising became so thoroughly bollixed-up and so inelegantly hotchpotted.
Say you're driving down the road in your much-loved older car that you know — you just know — is gonna last you for many, many more years. And say you're smiling to yourself about how the car has only gotten better with age because it's been your good buddy through many an adventure and your faithful companion through many tens of thousands of miles, just the two of you twogether, so to
speak spell, when all of a sudden WHAM! some idiot staring down at a mobile phone while driving too fast perfectly T-bones you, rendering your dear friend . . . er . . . car . . . forevermore incapable of doing that thing which all cars must do to be deserving of their title, which is to say: drive.
So you get out of your car and, one quick glimpse later, head hanging low, you know — you just know — that your good buddy is dead, gone, done, finished, expired, no longer with us and not merely resting, or, as they say in this context and no other, totaled, because fixing it will cost more than the car, once fixed, would be worth. It's a total loss.
So you're just fine, but your car is totaled. What'ch'ya gonna do?
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Wall Street — by which I mean the overall business behemoth that makes its money by holding investments of other people's money and by trafficking in investments and money generally — is vigging all of us to death.
I mean this pretty much literally, i.e., I mean that, from the moment we are born until the day we die, the price each of us pays for storing our saved-up money, for our own use later on, consists of Wall Street taking its little slice — its vig – off the top, every moment of every day of every week of every month of every year, forever and ever, the scale of which is totally disassociated from any value Wall Street delivers unto us. Wall Street owns the market, and, in many ways, it also owns our investments in that market.
Wall Street thus owns the Asset of All Assets — the King and the Queen and all the Princes and Princesses of Assets, and t'is a very nice thing to own, indeed.
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First year property class in law school is all about what it is to own something. For instance, it talks about what sorts of rights an owner of land has relative to the rights of those who live next to the land. And it talks about who owns a fox that is fair game but happens to be on another person's land. More broadly, it also talks about how ownership is, in essence, a bundle of rights that can be enforced in a courthouse. Seen in this light, ownership is the very bedrock of the law we know and kinda-mostly love.
Quick: what's the difference between a "fee-only" financial planner and a "fee-based" financial planner?
You haven't a clue, right?
Well, that means that the financial planning community hasn't done a great job educating the public at large about what these labels mean, which is too bad because helping the public be smart about choosing a financial planner is what this fee-only vs fee-based distinction is supposed to be all about.
So the public doesn't get any content out of these labels. Zilch. Nada. But, my oh my and gosh a'mighty, do financial planners ever get a lot out of 'em! Why, within the industry these "-only" vs. "-based" labels are fightin' words, and are often the talk of the inside-baseball town, resulting in lawsuits and abrupt, something's-not-right-here departures of head honchos and the like.
So it's all Montagues and Capulets, with the "-only" camp viewing the "-based" camp as impure and overly commercial and the "-based" camp viewing the "-only" camp as smug and overly self-righteous.
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So what are these labels and the distinction between the two all about? In a word: money. This fee-only vs fee-based distinction is all about the avenues through which a given financial planner has money coming into his or her coffers. …more ►


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Oh yes, blackcurrant flavoured caramel! In a swirly yoghurt ice pop – perfect afternoon treat during a heatwave. Low sugar, gluten-free and with a dairy-free option, too.
Oh yes, blackcurrant flavoured caramel! In a swirly yoghurt ice pop – perfect afternoon treat during a heatwave. Low sugar, gluten-free and with a dairy-free option, too.
These gluten- and dairy-free Corn Fritters are an absolute breeze to make and oh so good to eat. Adapted from Lorna Jane's new book, Nourish, they are sure to become a family favourite. Stay tuned for a signed copy Nourish giveaway soon!
Eclairs, profiteroles, Paris-Brest, cream puffs… whatever you like to call them and whatever shape, they are my go-to indulgence every time. Low in sugar (really) and with opulent waves of fresh, whipped coffee cream in the middle and a chocolate ganache glaze on top.
These three power blender smoothie recipes taste more like refreshing juices than thick smoothies. Made with filtered water, whole vegetables and fruit they are a healthier and more nutritious alternative to pressed or squeezed juices. PLUS Save $10 off your Omniblend purchase price!
Quarrels over its exact origins aside, I like to think that my Spiced Plum Streusel Cake is a touch healthier than its original. It is low dairy, low sugar if you wish and yeast-free, because, frankly, who has the patience? Made with wholemeal spelt flour, it's my current good-for-you cake […]
Strained or Hung Yoghurt Cream Cheese is made using natural Greek yoghurt, a muslin cloth and a little waiting time. It can be served as savoury spiced Labneh, Shrikhand with sweet toppings, used in baking, cooking or eaten fresh. Since most of the whey is strained away, it can be […]
When I first made these Snickers Bars come Cookies I had planned to simply bake them, but I fell in love with the smooth almost English toffee-like texture and sweet peanut buttery flavour of the raw dough. Two recipes in one. Freezable, bake-able and dairy-free.
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