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I've finally got PS3 Media Server working in a fashion with my Panasonic DMP-BDT120 Blu-Ray Player. It will now play most of my files on the server and Transcode them successfully which is good.
The issue I currently have is that I can no longer scroll past the first set of video files on the server from the Blu-Ray Player. I've tried using different key presses on the remote but it just won't do it. There are more files on there as I'm sharing my whole Video directory on the PC. If I use my iPhone to view the directory and view files then I can see all the directory and play most of them without any issues.
Weirdly enough before I got the server working with every format I could view all contents of the folder without any problems from the Blu-ray Player. This all points to an issue with the .conf file which I've newly created.
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This Smileomizer Tip is designed for vapers who want to modify the mouthpiece on their current Smileomizer. Ming Vase Smileomizer Tips fit perfectly on the top of all Smileomizers of the matching size and are more narrow than the original Smileomizer mouthpiece.
Great solution to a small problem.Much more comfortable than the original smileomizer tip. I often need to vape hands free while working and the automatic feature of the Zeus is what sold me on it. Unfortunately, the original tips are a bit bulky. I do think Vapor4Life should include one with the smileomizers though, to give you the option without having to make an extra purchase. Even so, five for five bucks didn't exactly break the bank. Bottom line, these are a definite must have if you think the original tips are a little too big.
Love them! But...Definite improvement over original tip and I think they should now come standard with the smileomizers, instead of costing extra to replace the original mouthpiece which is now useless. - That said, the "But" here is that for the price, they should be heavier duty. I'm a hands-free vaper and chew right thru these babies at a rate of about 4-5 tips to the life of one smileomizer. So in the not-so-long run, this is adds quite a bit of $ to my vaping expense which shouldn't be necessary. Even at the bulk price of .75 each (why can't we mix colors?), they're still a bit pricey for what is essentially a penny or two worth of rubber. Still they are the more comfortable option and I recommend trying them.
As good as the original with a slim feelThese are aesthetically pleasing and just as functional as the original. Once you get the top of the tip past your teeth, it has a smaller feel to it which should appeal to those who didn't like the large cigar-type shape of the original. I like them both and thank V4L for keeping it interesting!
Better than the originalThe original tip on a smileomizer makes it unusable for me.
I tried both large and small ming tips on my large smileo. Both are an improvement but still too big. The small is better and is at least somewhat more tolerable.
I may resort to finding some rubber or vinyl tubing to put on the smileomizer.
Perfect!I received my 1st new drip tip today & I'm in love! These are the perfect size.


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Vox is a little and simple music player for Mac OS X with support for many file types, including FLAC, MP3, AAC, Musepack, Monkey's Audio, OGG Vorbis, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, IT, MOD, XM, Games Music and many others. Includes numerous effects like Equalizer, Reverb, Time Stretch, Pitch Shift, Echo. Moreover, all supported files can be exported to AAC+, Apple Lossless, WAV and other formats with enabled effects.
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Tags: music , audio , player , flac , mp3 , aac , ogg , lastfm , tempo
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Great player!!! The best thing that i ever saw for Mac. Everything you need to play your mp3s! Minimal interface, great functionality, great sound! Thanks alot to developer! Keep up a great work!
Been using this for a few days as I don't have my external hard-drive with full iTunes library plugged in. I love it! Sure, they could add playlists and a bunch of other features, but I don't think I'd like it as much. It's small, fast and hasn't crashed or stuttered once. I donated via their website.
It would be nice if the player window could be made as small as Itunes' minimized mode. The current height is quite important imho.
lovely app indeed.....
The only things I miss is Last.fm and iWow!!!
great for playing flacs i accidently.. erm. acquire. and with a built-in mp3 converter, i'll have them into my ipod in a jiffy.
Handy player for those files you want to listen to before you add them to iTunes.
And it's also an excellent (and fast!) audio formats converter. The latest versions include LAME to convert to MP3.
Very nice interface too.
ToolPlayer is getting better and better with every new version.
its nice small app, really like it, but only thing is- I cant find the way how to see playlist, it doesnt seem to have that option to see whole playlist, you just see current song :(
If you only want to play music works perfectly. A great way to avoid the "memory eater" iTunes.
Nice toy if you just need a simple music player without media library. Useless if not. Sound effects might be cool at first, but they're simply not useful.
would be cool if the site didnt timeout for australian ip's (at least mine) and there was a playlist, then i'd ditch itunes for this
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Police Search for Suspect in Fatal Subway Shove
By Tamer El-Ghobashy, Michael Howard Saul, Ted Mann and Rachel Cromidas
As police searched for suspect in New York's second fatal subway-pushing incident in less than a month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday reminded commuters that such crimes remain rare in the nation's largest transit system.
"To say that it's only two in, you know, a long period of time doesn't help either person," Bloomberg said on his radio show Friday, speaking of the pain felt by the families of the victims. "I don't know what happened here."
Police said a man was pushed onto the tracks at a Queens subway station Thursday night by a woman who was described by witnesses as mumbling to herself before the attack. She didn't appear to know her victim, who was killed by a No. 7 train as it barreled into the elevated 40th Street-Lowery Street station in the Sunnyside neighborhood.
Surveillance video from a business along Queens Boulevard near the scene captured images of the suspect as she fled. Released by police Friday morning, the grainy footage shows a heavy-set woman in a coat walking away from the subway station.
Paul Browne, the chief spokesman for the New York Police Department, said five witnesses on the platform saw the incident. He described the suspect as a Hispanic woman who appeared to be in her 20s, 5-feet-5-inches tall with brown or blonde hair. She was wearing a gray, blue and white ski jacket and Nike sneakers with gray on top and red soles at the time of the incident.
The victim, who hasn't yet been identified, was declared dead at the scene, making him the the second person to die after being pushed in front of an approaching train this month.
Ki-Suck Han, 58 years old, died on Dec. 3 after he was pushed onto the tracks at the 49th Street station in Manhattan. Naeem Davis, a 30-year-old homeless man, has been charged with murder in that case, which allegedly involved an altercation between the two men.
While shaken commuters expressed horror at Thursday night's seemingly random violence, transit officials said there was little that can be done to prevent those bent on harming fellow passengers inside a subway station.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota expressed sympathy for the most recent victim at an unrelated press conference Friday morning, saying the agency was cooperating with the police in the search for the suspect.
After prior instances when riders have fallen or been pushed onto the tracks, some observers have suggested the installation of platform doors. The barriers, found in some other subway systems, prevent people and debris from falling into the tracks.
But the MTA has said that such platform doors are prohibitively costly given the other expenses of keeping the aging system running. "If we lived in a world of completely unlimited available dollars, yeah, there may be a way to do it," Lhota said. "I don't think that this is something that can be solved by spending more money in the subway system."
Instead, Lhota urged riders to call 911 if they noticed suspicious or dangerous behavior in the subways, and also repeated his agency's consistent mantra in the event of such incidents: stand back from the edge of the platform.
Subway riders, meanwhile, reflected on the precautions they take as a matter of routine.
"I always stand close to the wall," said Brandon O'Reilly, 30, tapping the wall behind him at the 40th Street station in Queens, which reopened Friday after a nighttime closure for the police investigation.
"What you can do is just be a little more cautious. And stand in the center of the platform," said Archie Angeles, 22, who was waiting for a C train at 145th street in Manhattan. He said he has little choice.
"I'm kind of stuck using the subway," Angeles said. "I can't really change that."


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Five-second rule and Munchkin mania
Some people actually think the five-second rule is a real scientific fact, based on the time it takes germs, which were just stunned by being hit on their little germ skulls by falling food, to regain their senses and attached themselves to that food in the hope of fulfilling their only mission in life: to get inside your stomach and make you sick.
Others of us realize the five-second rule has nothing to do with science, and it's really just an alternate way of announcing to all the other people in the room: "Yeah, I admit it, I'm a pig."
Whether to invoke the five-second rule really depends on the situation. For example, if you have a full box of 50 Dunkin Munchkins in your kitchen, and you drop one on the floor, you'll probably say, "Oops, that one got dirty," and then throw it in the trash. (You know this is a hypothetical situation, because it is impossible to have a full box of 50 Dunkin Munchkins in your kitchen, as scientific studies indicate at least 10 Munchkins will be eaten on the drive home.
And if the drive home takes more than 15 minutes, there's a good chance by the time you pull into the driveway ALL the Munchkins will be gone.)
But on the other hand, if you wake up in the morning and see an empty Munchkin box from the previous day on the kitchen counter, and if as you're about to throw the box in the trash you discover there is one Munchkin left inside, two things happen: first, you feel as giddy as a kid on Christmas morning; and second, if that precious single Munchkin tumbles to the floor and, say, rolls behind the refrigerator, you not only invoke the five-second rule, if need be you invoke the 500-second rule.
And if it takes you a full eight minutes to put on your shoes and go outside and snap a branch off a tree and then come back inside and crawl on your hands and knees next to the refrigerator and use the branch to retrieve the Munchkin, and then finally hold up that luscious little morsel even though by now it has a six-inch dust bunny hanging off one side and some unidentifiable green slime smeared on the other side, you triumphantly declare, "500-second rule!" and pop that baby into your mouth. (I said you do, I didn't say I do. What do you think I am, a pig?)
Anyway, I was thinking about the five-second rule the other day when I saw a report about a new scientific study conducted by researchers at San Diego State University. These researchers concluded that the five-second rule is definitely false, just an "old wives tale." (Or possibly a "middle-age donut junkies tale.")
It turns out germs are able to attached themselves to food in far less than five seconds. Apparently, germs recover more quickly from their falling food concussions than most of us thought. (But I noticed the researchers said nothing about the 500-second rule, so maybe that one is still OK?)
But wait a minute! It turns out this scientific study was funded by Clorox. Ah ha! Once again science is being manipulated by corporate greed. They just want to scare people into buying more of their products. Well, that changes everything! I think we need to do further research. You bring the Munchkins, I'll bring the germs.
Bill Dunn is a freelance writer who resides in Torrington. He can be reached via his website at: www.boomertrek.com.
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"Said Steelers QBByron Leftwich, Im a D.C. kid, an inner city kid, and I grew up throwing rocks and anything else I could throw. I throw the way I throw. Yeah, Ive got a long windup. We all do things differently, but the key is, can we get out there and get the job done? I can still play a little bit.
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Caltrans bridge engineer Deanna Vilcheck sometimes lets her children think the Bay Bridge is "Mommy's bridge."
Why not? Her 8-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son were born while Vilcheck was part of the western span seismic retrofit team.
And she's still there, on the bridge.
Vilcheck moved in 2009 to the eastern span team, where she wrangles engineers overseeing the massive transition structures that will connect the new bridge to Interstate 80 on both ends.
Which is tougher: building a $6.4 billion bridge or raising kids?
"They both have their challenges," the 45-year-old engineer said.
The small-town girl from Kearney, Mo., didn't set out to help build California's biggest public works project.
"It was a school counselor who suggested engineering because I was good in math," Vilcheck said. "I didn't have a game plan."
After she earned her engineering degree, Vilcheck took a job with Caltrans and joined engineers in strengthening quake-damaged Bay Area bridges.
Gender never held her back. On the contrary, she blends her engineering and feminine sides.
"When people (aka men) are butting heads, I can take a different approach," Vilcheck said. "I can often get people to do things differently. They'll say to me, 'I'll do it for you! Just don't nag me anymore!'"
-- Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Job: Supervising bridge engineer, Caltrans
Age: 45
Residence: Castro Valley
Bay Bridge work: She oversees engineers managing the construction of connector structures on both ends of the bridge and is coordinating the traffic shift when the new span opens. She leads an engineering team that will dismantle the temporary S-curve and existing cantilever, and she previously worked on eastern and western span seismic retrofits.
Advice: Maintain your calm and your sense of humor -- but especially your sense of humor.


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'Graying of the bar' concerns Maine, N.H. legal groups
There's a bumper sticker that says, "Old lawyers never die, they just lose their appeal." But what if an old lawyer becomes mentally impaired? That's a topic of discussion among leaders of New Hampshire and Maine legal associations, echoing national discussions about "the graying of the bar."
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Sharon Isern is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and has been at Florida Gulf Coast University since 2004. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She conducted postdoctoral fellowships in molecular virology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Tulane University. Before coming to FGCU, she worked as a Research Assistant Professor at Tulane University. Dr. Isern has received research support from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the US Department of Agriculture.
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I recently re-read David Brin's essay, "Why Johnny Can't Code". He posits an interesting idea, one I've had for a while—we are raising a generation of techno-illiterates through our focus on high-level languages, rather than on the simple languages like BASIC, on which many of us cut our geekteeth.
What I observed had nothing to do with programming, and everything to do with Mr. Brin's approach to computers. His point may be valid, but his sight is limited by his own understandable ignorance.
He forgot there are other options.
Simply put, Mr. Brin wanted to teach his 14-year-old son about programming. A few of the textbooks still had examples in BASIC, that wonderful, terrible language that came with many of the first personal computers: the Altair, the Apple ][, the Commodore PET and 64, the CompuColor, and even the first IBM PCs. In those days, Microsoft was merely a supplier of BASIC for some of those machines, and so BASIC was fairly consistent across systems.
I learned BASIC on the Apple ][. Eventually, I moved on to 6502 assembly language, and Pascal, and then on to C and LISP and Objective C and FORTRAN and COBOL, and so on. But we all remember our first, and mine was BASIC.
For all its faults, BASIC was simple to learn, simple to write, and the interpretive nature of most implementations meant it gave immediate feedback. I realize many people have been ruined as programmers by BASIC. But, for people who are just starting out, it is not as bad as, say, C++, or Perl, or Python.
And so Mr. Brin looked for a BASIC interpreter for his MS-Windows machine, or for his Mac. Never once did he consider his alternatives.
The education of Ben Brin
Mr. Brin's entire goal was to educate his son Ben about the true workings of computers. He looked at doing it the old-fashioned way: guns-a-blazin', with BASIC. This isn't a bad start, but he didn't consider that those of us who cut our teeth on BASIC learned about computers by tearing them apart, by making them work, by fiddling with them. It wasn't just BASIC. It was the entire environment, where the system source code was printed in the books distributed with the machine.
There was a voice recognition system for the Apple ][ that used the cassette tape for voice input. It came with a tic-tac-toe game. I spent hours getting that to work properly, fiddling with the tape drive to get the input to work, meticulously training the system for the six word vocabulary, and such. In the end, the voice recognition didn't do a whole lot of recognizing. But it was fun, and it was hard, and I learned a lot.
Decent programmers have a good rudimentary knowledge of how computers work. Skillful programming is aided by knowledge of memory allocation, whether the fundamental malloc-and-free management of C, or the garbage-collected object lifecycle in Java. Like a carpenter who knows which tools to use depending on the type of wood on which he works, the more programmers know about the hardware and operating system, the better they are at their craft.
That knowledge doesn't come from BASIC. It comes from fiddling with the system, from the hardware on up.
If Mr. Brin is serious about teaching his son how to be a good programmer, he'll give him a computer with GNU/Linux.
Protecting us from ourselves.
The current computer philosophy is simply this: the computer should be unobtrusive. The user should not have to worry about the details, nor be concerned about the inner workings. This is a reasonable philosophy, and an admirable goal.
Like many good ideas, it is being taken too far. Not only do most modern commercial consumer operating systems present a friendly, easy-to-use face; they essentially firewall the user from the hardware, and from the operating system. Apple OS X isn't too bad in that respect, as they do ship many of the standard tools one would expect with a modern Unix-like OS. But even there, users are discouraged from tinkering.
The MS-Windows approach is even more draconian. There is no easy way to gain access to the lowest levels of the operating system. Not unless you are a programmer, anyway, which kind of defeats the purpose.
The coming DRM dark ages will only exacerbate the problem, locking would-be geeks away from the heart of their systems, relegating them to the Visual Studio wastelands. If Mr. Brin thinks the current situation is bad for future programmers, he should be looking at the future, as well. (That's an inside joke. David Brin is a first-rate science fiction author, so I assume he thinks about the future all the time.)
Although many of the newer GNU/Linux distributions provide a sleek, fancy, modern desktop with little-to-no user configuration required, the ease-of-use is not a strict policy. A user can simply browse the web and check their email, or they can open a shell, load and unload modules, run a variety of programs, and look at and modify the source of those programs. The can tinker with the source of the operating system itself, if they so desire.
GNU/Linux encourages tinkering by its very nature, but does not require it. (Okay, I admit sometimes it takes a little tinkering, depending on specific hardware support. But that is true of MS-Windows, as well, just to a different degree.) This is a good thing, I think. If this line of reasoning is true, the best geeks of the future will have grown up on GNU/Linux.
The resolution of a dilemma.
Mr. Brin's son Ben found the sword to cut their particular gordian knot. The purchased a classic Commodore 64 off the internet, and had it running BASIC in a matter of minutes. That is the beauty of the Freedom to Tinker.
And finally, should Mr. Brin install GNU/Linux, here's a gift for him and his son. Blassic is a fairly simple and very nice implementation of old-school BASIC. Those textbook code samples should run just fine.
Fiddlers under the roof
You are so right !
Before having this Dimension 4500 that I am writing on, I've had a lot of machines starting with a Vic 20, moving on to a Coleco Adam (remember those ?) then several clones (as they were called at the time) among which the first one had NO hard drive and those clunky 5 1/4 floppies.
Through the years, I learned by reading a lot and using different techniques like programming in Basic and YES, opening up my systems and poking inside, adding and substracting things.
I still remember fondly the nights of applying what I read at the local library and generally having fun.
I remember being startled by the Coleco Adam thinking I was in a gangster shootout when I first used the combination power supply / daisy wheel printer to print something and it let out a loud staccato noise.
I also remember having to reinstall everything on my 40 Meg hard drive after installing too many conflicting things that blew it up (virtually) :)
Now, since I will be retiring soon, I've been thinking of building a GNU/Linux based computer and starting to have fun again.
So yes, I've learned a lot from tinkering and fiddling !
You still can learn if you are willing !
Don't let the consumer driven all-easy machines stop you, get in there and learn !
M. Taylor, in closing I would like to thank you for this article because you made me revisit my younger days and gave me an extra boost to start my retirement project.
Thanks very much. That's the best compliment a person can receive, I think.
Good luck, Mr. Cat. Enjoy your project. Learn. Have fun. Mostly: have fun.
Straw man
I think you've set David Brin up as a straw man so you can comment on his ignorance in order to drive your point, rather than objectively viewing the situation and the reasons.
I am also from the era of Apple ][, Commodore 64, Archimedes and all of those old computers. I can state that the reason that they were so great to learn on has nothing to do with random fiddling, but because every one of them came with a decent set of documentation.
You could read about them, and then fiddle.
That is not something you can do with (cough) GNU/Linux. Documentation is the scarcest and crappiest resource when it comes to free software, regardless of the ability to tinker with masses of obscure and mostly badly written source code. Being able to rip a PC into its components doesn't help with that problem at all.
David Brin had the right approach of buying an old computer, because then all the old documentation (which was really well written, about simple computing systems) can be read, studied, and understood.
You are close. I set David Brin's situation up as a framework to comment on something I see as a problem in the computer industry: the movement of control from the user to the operating system supplier. Also, I included as a bonus another problem I see: corporations controlling public perception to the point where citizens behave as consumers, and see only the choices offered by corporations. That's not the same as a strawman-- first, it's a valid literary device. Second, it doesn't invalidate my points, as they directly address his situation. Ergo, no strawman. (If I were using him as a strawman, I wouldn't've addresses his issues as all.)
As for the rest: I do believe I mentioned the excellent documentation that came with the Apple ][. You know, the systems manual that had the assembly code for the monitor ROM in it? I loved reading through that code and finding new entry points for my own code.
As far as documentation with GNU/Linux, it is far superior (from a fiddlin' with the computer point of view) to any other system out there. I agree, it's not great. There could be a better effort to document various aspects of the system. But it still beats anything you'll get from Apple or Microsoft, or any other vendor, for that matter. Sure, MS-Office has incredible documentation-- not from Microsoft, but from third-party publishers. Same with MS-Windows. But it's absolutely useless for learning fundamentals.
Bad code? Sure, there's a lot of bad code. There's also a lot of excellent code. Look at Apache, or PostgreSQL, or (if you like C++) Abiword. There's a lot of superior code out there.
Your last point is entirely valid. Computers of the early days were much simpler than the ones we deal with today. That allows learning the fundamentals without distraction from compilers, memory managers, or intrusive operating systems. The solution was elegant, simple, cheap, and will only work for the next few years, while you can still get these sorts of machines off eBay.
Learning on an old Commodore 64 will certainly be fun for Ben, and was probably the best solution. But Brin's argument as written included the false assumption there was no other viable choice. And, I would go so far to say, he would be better off taking his next step up to GNU/Linux, or a *BSD, to learn modern computer systems.
REALbasic which is free for Linux(but not Open Source) is really worth looking into. It's commercial Pro version sells for $500 USD (regular MAC & Windows versions are $99), and has a very nice IDE. The reason I suggest it is that it is great for creating simple games, something a kid new to programming would have hours of fun tinkering with (comes with lots of samples too, lots more free samples/examples on net).
Free for Linux, very nice IDE, cross platform possibilities & fairly compatible with VB yet will let you run old Basic code as well.
See www.realbasic.com for more info, free downloads (MAC/Windows 30 day trial)
PS I don't work for them but do enjoy the product.
linux to the rescue
CHEERS! Great article. I am only 32, but I cut my teeth on an Apple ][ on the old turtle drawing program. I had BASIC training in high school, and still remember my ^KD wordstar shortcuts. I am responding via my openSUSE computer. It has all the latest bells and whistles, including the best 3-D desktop since the Sony VAIO experience. I was able to change a few things, and get it inside out and wrapped around nicely, the way I wanted. I still play games (the twist-a-plot's on the old Apple still hold a special place in my heart), and a great group of people have made it possible to play games written for windows on this contraption.
I believe if more up and coming programmers were required to write software the old way, the software would not be so bloated (if you have to type it all, you are going to look for much more streamlined ways of writing the code, believe me). I run software written for the 486 quite often. On an Athalon 64, it just screams. It is amazing what you can do with these simpler tools, if all you are needing to do is a simple task. Sometimes all the bells and whistles get in the way of just getting the job done. How often do you use vi/gvim or in windows, notepad? They are both great for just getting your thoughts down in print. I still use pine for some generic e-mail tasks, and use it to automate my spam e-mail address functions. I run it in the background, getting my mail from a pop3, and shoving it into /dev/null abyss. If I need to register with a certian web site, I turn it off, get the "congratulations" e-mail, then put it back to work, providing a "No Outlet" "Dead End" sign for all my spam.
Keep up the good work, btw, your article was on my google personalized desktop, and grateful I am that it was.
Thanks, J. R. Fude
Another simple language to try...
I've been working on a language called 2e (http://lang2e.sourceforge.net), which is a very simple language, but also has some hidden power. It is essentually an expression evaluator, so it can on the surface be used as a an extended form of the "eval" command. But, the expressions can contain variables an variable assignments; plus, the C style inline conditional is included. In addition, I've added an iterative inline conditional; so between the two, you can perform the equivalent to if/else and while/do. Functions are also supported (user-defined, built-in and external).
So, for a learning language, you can start simple and build from there. The current implementation is fully functional, and has a decent built-in function library. I'm working on creating GTK bindings as a loadable module which should be finished in a couple weeks.
The Old Man
You know, every group has its old man. The guy that talks about the old days. Programming on punch cards. Flipping switches just to here the blender make a smoothie. Fascinating stuff like that.
I completely agree that programmers are losing their connection with the grunt work going on inside a computer. Unfortunately, what's their motivation to do so? I chose to take up a small amount of x86 assembly and ANSI C, but I'm sure I still don't know it well enough to be of any real use.
The job market is looking for people to pound out pretty looking stuff and what's in demand is RAD development with some high-level poop. It's going to get harder and harder to find those kids that enjoy getting down in the kitchen and watching things smoke.
When you learn math, do you learn basic skills first, or do yo just jump straight to the tricks you use for integration? When you learn woodworking skills, do you start off building a fine cabinet, or simply nailing two pieces of wood together?
My point (and David Brin's point, as I understand it) is simply this: if you are going to be any good, you will know the basics. You will understand the foundation of what it is you are doing. Otherwise, you will just be another point-and-click code monkey.
It's not about the old days at all. It's about now, it's about the future. I talk about the old days because people were encouraged to learn back then. Today, even college courses are leaving the basics, and concentrating on products, such as particular development or application environments.
You cannot efficiently and reliably move into the future without a firm understanding of the past. I have worked with younger programmers, and I can tell you with great assurance, those who understood how memory was managed, those who had at least been exposed to assembly language, those who coded by hand, were by far the superior programmers, even when plonked down in front of the Visual Studio the other less-educated coders knew so well.
I'm not simply dreaming of a simpler day. I'm dreaming of a better future through the understanding of computer fundamentals.


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This year's artistic six-pack reveals contemporary concerns, looking beyond hype to history and delving back to a time when art explained the gods, the universe, dreams and evolutionary processes. Interaction -- meaning honest-to-goodness, physical action -- while not a part of all the work, is a dominant theme in the conceptual and actual approaches to the works on display through June 16.
Curator Dena Beard has performed her customary wizardry -- finding cohesion in a mad tangle of individual expression and presenting something other than a knot or a puzzle. An artist in her own right, Beard's flair arrives through juxtapositions: one artist's somber expression sets off another's flight of fancy, and so forth.
Dru Anderson is the ultimate in volume, capable of cranking out three or more works a day. Her elaborate, feathered, feminine dreams arrive with details denying gender classification's too-easy boundaries. Even dimension is not allowed a dictatorial position, as "Dreamality River, 2013," attests, with a "dimensions variable" display note.
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Erin Colleen Johnson time-travels to human being's earliest, non-pictorial symbols: written language. Through storytelling, as in the response to handwritten sermons by her grandfather in her "Hole #1," she fans a narrative ember and establishes dialogue. And like a neurological synapse, vibrancy is found in the void between two not-quite-united parts. Meaning, learning or possibilities for good or evil lie in the gap, allowing the viewer to leap across the chasm.
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David Irving's Right Wing ExtremismTable of Contents
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British National Party (BNP)1
|17 July 1980
|Letter Robin Rushton (BNP) to P; "In our early days the media will concentrate so much on the personalities surrounding you and make great capital out of any weakness or character defects of persons who may be politically compromised. As time goes on this will matter as the ranks swell."
|5 May 1983
|Letter Ray Hill to P inviting him to address a BNP meeting in Leicester in June 1983. "You will perhaps be aware that I am involved in nationalist politics but the proposed meeting will not be of any particular political party." SC 28.1
|21 June 1983
|Diary: '4.30 pm train to Leicester, spoke there to 27 people at a British National Movement meeting organised by Ray Hill. Excellent small audience, and I sold about 20 books to them afterwards.' SC 28.1; RFI 46
|17 July 1990
|Letter Geoffrey D. Brown to P, on BNP Yorkshire Region headed notepaper, confirming that, further to their telephone conversation earlier that day, the BNP would be happy for P to address a special Northern Regional Meeting. "Whilst the bulk of the audience will no doubt be from the BNP, it is expected that there will also be people attending from other groups, such as the Monday Club (Yorkshire Area) and English Solidarity...Many thanks for accepting our invitation." SC 28.2
|21 July 1990
|Letter P to Geoffrey Brown confirming that P will appear at the 14 September meeting.
|14 Sept 1990
|Diary: P refers to BNP that day, which he described as being packed "with a good sprinkling of people across the spectrum from skinhead to pinstriped Monday Club." SC 28.2; RFI 46
|25 Aug 1993
|P's diary: P phones Edmonds (BNP), who wanted him to speak at a BNP meeting in November 1993. SC 28.3
|26 Aug 1993
|Letter Richard Edmonds (BNP) to P inviting P to attend as guest speaker at a rally in London on 6 November 1993. SC 28.3
|26 Oct 1993
|P's diary: P spoke to Kirk Lyons about BNP meeting in November 1993; Lyons had arranged meetings for P on 4 and 6 November 1993 (in USA). SC 28.3
1. See Statement of Case (SC) Section 6, paragraphs 26, 28; Request for Information (RFI), "Extremism section 45-46.


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Definición de division en inglés:
1The action of separating something into parts, or the process of being separated: the division of the land into small fields a gene that helps regulate cell division
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- Every second millions of cells divide in our body and the process of division is called the cell cycle.
- This affects the growth, reproduction and division of cells and the communication of signals between the outside of the cell and the nucleus inside the cell.
- These cells replicate by division, do they not?
dividing (up), breaking up, breakup, carving up, splitting, dissection, bisection;
partitioning, separation, segregation
1.1The distribution of something separated into parts: the division of his estates between the two branches of his family
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- In the case of land, wealth and sovereignty, sharing can be understood best as sharing by division which involves the apportionment of goods between individuals.
- I interpret the distribution as a mutually agreeable division of the chattels in question.
- It was complicated and did not reflect the division of responsibilities between schools and LEAs.
sharing out, dividing up, parceling out, dishing out, allocation, allotment, apportionment;
splitting up, carving up
informal divvying up
1.2An instance of members of a legislative body separating into two groups to vote for or against a bill: the new clause was agreed without a division
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- Eventually, when we got to the final vote on the third reading a division was not even called, so I did not even have to have the necessary vote.
- The Bolton West MP took part in just 29.2 per cent of divisions or votes in the last parliamentary session - placing her 13 th from bottom.
- If the Hunting Bill was so important, why did neither the Prime Minister nor the Chancellor bother to vote in most divisions?
1.3The action of splitting the roots of a perennial plant into parts to be replanted separately, as a means of propagation: the plant can also be easily increased by division in autumn
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- Except for very young plants, division is my least-preferred method of propagation.
- If you want to share or increase a special plant, division is the best way to do it.
- Pot-bound grasses require frequent watering, as well as annual division and repotting.
1.4 Logic The action of dividing a wider class into two or more subclasses.
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- Ideal division 'progresses to infinity'; actual division terminates in atoms after finitely many steps.
- By supposing that the atoms form the lowest limit to division, the atomists escape from this dilemma: a total space traversed has only a finite number of parts.
- Aristotle proposes a solution that applies to definitions reached by the 'method of division.'
2Disagreement between two or more groups, typically producing tension or hostility: a growing sense of division between north and south a country with ethnic and cultural divisions
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- This election has uncovered a vast cultural division between Americans, but what is the cause?
- There was a real and deeply worrying possibility that it would reopen the Cold War division between East and West.
- It has created disunity and division between people.
disunity, disunion, conflict, discord, disagreement, dissension, disaffection, estrangement, alienation, isolation
3The process or skill of dividing one number by another. See also long division, short division.
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- The work contains 11 chapters, one each on topics such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots and cube roots.
- Topics considered include addition and subtraction of decimal numbers followed by multiplication and division of decimal numbers.
- There I learned addition, multiplication, division and subtraction, mostly from several private tutors.
3.1 Mathematics The process of dividing a matrix, vector, or other quantity by another under specific rules to obtain a quotient.
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- I found it perfectly reasonable that division by a fraction should equal multiplication by its reciprocal.
- The rules for multiplication and division of a matrix by a scalar (a real number) are simpler.
- The former is better for addition and subtraction of vectors, but can be used for multiplication and division of vectors as well.
4Each of the parts into which something is divided: the main divisions of the book
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- This attractive roadside holding, of 11 elevated acres, is situated two miles from Kilmallock, is divided into three main divisions and has mains water supply.
- In each school, the children will be divided into four divisions in conformity with their age groups.
- During the 1940s, the medical parties were divided into three divisions.
section, subsection, subdivision, category, class, group, grouping, set, subset, family
4.1A major unit or section of an organization, typically one handling a particular kind of work: a retail division
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- We have started 2005 with a simpler business focused on our core lending and retail divisions.
- Many large firms organized research divisions and departments that institutionalized technological change.
- Beacon, Best Western's separate purchasing division, also operates out of the Clifton Moor headquarters.
department, branch, arm, wing, sector, section, subsection, subdivision, subsidiary
4.2A group of army brigades or regiments: an infantry division
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- However, brigades, divisions, corps, and armies formed only as needed in wartime and were promptly disbanded during peacetime.
- It contained eight infantry divisions, one cavalry brigade, and a tank brigade.
- Today's Army divisions are composed of brigades, not regiments.
4.3A number of teams or competitors grouped together in a sport for competitive purposes according to such characteristics as ability, size, or geographic location: the team will finish in fifth place in Division One
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A Thibodaux man wanted for auto theft and other charges was arrested following a traffic stop last week, the Lafourche Sheriff's Office said Saturday.
Kendall Mathews, 29, of 228 Carol St., was stopped by deputies and Thibodaux police who were in the area and noticed his car parked in the road on Hyland Drive, the Sheriff's Office said. After questioning, they arrested him on outstanding warrants for theft of a motor vehicle, distribution of marijuana and contempt of court.
Officers also found a small bag of suspected marijuana, several pieces of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia Mathews' car, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Mathews was wanted by Nicholls State University Police since December 2011 for theft of a motor vehicle.
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Can a Gluten-free Diet Cure Type 1 Diabetes?
40 comments:
- Brooke Tigges said...
Does the child have to newly diagnosed? My daughter of 12 was diagnosed on Feb.27,2012. Can I start it now?
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
Hello Brooke,
Yes it's fine to start now. Do let me know how your daughter does. Make sure that you know all the hidden places gluten can be.
Feel free to visit my website at: www.healthnowmedical.com. We have a great page there.
Also let me know if I can be of any further help.
- Lucky said...
Really you have shared nice information about Gluten Free diet. However, with more awareness and the increase of gluten in the foods that we eat, people have now become very conscious of the food they eat and the amount of gluten in it. Well thanks you for sharing nice information...
I'd like to know how Brooke Tigges makes out. This "remission" being talked about is extremely likely just an extension of what is known as the honeymoon phase - a time soon after initial type 1 diabetes diagnosis where the need for insulin is greatly reduced and, yes, even eliminated for a time. Even people who don't start a gluten-free diet can find themselves totally off insulin for a while during the honeymoon. The child in this study will be or already has been put back on insulin.
Do you have any other success stories like the one written above? My son was just diagnosed with type 1 and my daughter and husband have celiac. I am confused how a gluten free diet can rid the body of whatever destroyed the insulin producing cells, please explain.
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
Hello Mary,
Here is a video I did on this subject. This should help as well.
I went into remission-without being glutenfree. What in the study means the lack of gluten caused/resultd in the remission?
Crohn's Disease is being treated with bone marrow transplants. I'd rather see killing an immune system, use stem cells to restart beta cells, & restart the immune system (from a donor without diabetes...).
I'd have to see why the researchers say the diet was responsible.
The link you states, "He started on a gluten-free diet after 2-3 week without need of insulin treatment." Am I to understand he was on remission for 2-3 weeks before starting the gluten-free diet?
That might be telling...
My 4 years old daugther diagnosed with diabetes type 1 on december 2012 . Before 2 weeks we start a glutein free diet and we are insulin free now. I dont know if is that hapened because glutein free diet or we are at the honey moon.
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
@basilis -
I'm glad to hear about your daughter. Now would be the perfect time to address all the secondary effects of gluten and perfectly heal her small intestine.
Let me know if you need any assistance. It would be wonderful to allow her pancreas' beta cells to stay intact enough to not need insulin.
Dr Vikki
- Melanie King said...
I was diagnosed with IBS at 17 and am now 48 years old. I have been tested for gluten allergy once which came back negative. Over many years I have come to the conclusion that I am a coeliac. I went through 6 weeks of eating a high gluten diet just before xmas and was extremely ill but thought it worth doing to get a diagnosis. The blood test results came back negative. It transpires that I have now got type 1 diabetes after walking round with it for a few months untreated. It was an emergency admission to hospital with Ketoacidosis at Easter just gone that highlighted my diabetes. I wonder whether after years of a gluten free diet then the process of trying to diagnose coeliac disease may have triggered type 1 diabetes.
- Melanie King said...
I was diagnosed with IBS at 17 and am now 48 years old. I have been tested for gluten allergy once which came back negative. Over many years I have come to the conclusion that I am a coeliac. I went through 6 weeks of eating a high gluten diet just before xmas and was extremely ill but thought it worth doing to get a diagnosis. The blood test results came back negative. It transpires that I have now got type 1 diabetes after walking round with it for a few months untreated. It was an emergency admission to hospital with Ketoacidosis at Easter just gone that highlighted my diabetes. I wonder whether after years of a gluten free diet then the process of trying to diagnose coeliac disease may have triggered type 1 diabetes.
Hello, Read this article 3weeks ago...son was diagnosed march 2013..type 1 DM. The Dr.'s said feed him what ever he wants, just measure out his insulin. I couldn't belive it...so I reaserched and being a medical student a wanted a clear understanding of the disease from a cellular level. I thought, if type 1 is related to celiac, why not treat it like celiac. So I started my son, 3 weeks ago on the gluten free diet. Instant results. Went from 14units of bedtime insulin to 0, dropping slowly,of course. Blood Sugar levels have always between 85 and 130..perfect for a child. Eats about 20-40 Gluten-free carbs each meal without insulin. A1-c dropped from 9 to 7 in 4 weeks. This is the cure!!!
just read this article today and wow! I believe it 100%. My 5yo son had elevated THS levels (really borderline), my pediatrician suggested gluten free, fluoride free diet and to just take him to a pediatric endocrinologist to make sure there isn't any autoimmune disease underlying. My pediatrician even told me, no specialist will want to put him on medication for such borderline results (my son's highest was 5.3, the limit is 4.3). I took him to two endocrinologists. First one had never heard of fluoride being the problem and the second one gave me totally a cold shoulder when I mention I took my son off gluten as my pediatrician advised. She even said she feels bad for my son!!! WOW. Needless to say, 2 months after being gluten free, my pediatrician tested his TSH levels and they were completely NORMAL!!!!! (3.59) my son has also been receiving chiropractic care - which made a huge difference also. I know this article is about diabetes type 1, but I do believe gluten is a culprit for a lot of health issues. I just wish my sister wouldn't be so stubborn about gluten, since she was diagnosed with diabetes in her 20ties. Thank you for posting this!
just read this article today and wow! I believe it 100%. My 5yo son had elevated THS levels (really borderline), my pediatrician suggested gluten free, fluoride free diet and to just take him to a pediatric endocrinologist to make sure there isn't any autoimmune disease underlying. My pediatrician even told me, no specialist will want to put him on medication for such borderline results (my son's highest was 5.3, the limit is 4.3). I took him to two endocrinologists. First one had never heard of fluoride being the problem and the second one gave me totally a cold shoulder when I mention I took my son off gluten as my pediatrician advised. She even said she feels bad for my son!!! WOW. Needless to say, 2 months after being gluten free, my pediatrician tested his TSH levels and they were completely NORMAL!!!!! (3.59) my son has also been receiving chiropractic care - which made a huge difference also. I know this article is about diabetes type 1, but I do believe gluten is a culprit for a lot of health issues. I just wish my sister wouldn't be so stubborn about gluten, since she was diagnosed with diabetes in her 20ties. Thank you for posting this!
- Teo said...
My Daughter is 6 years old and I am from Greece And at December 2012 my doctor sead to me that she has a diabet type one . Yesterday I start gluten free and I believe that everything going to be beter!if something can help me send more informations thanks and hoot luk to all
- Teo said...
I am from Greece and December of 2012 the doctor sed to me that my Dauther has diabet type one. I start today gluten free and I hope that everything going to be beter! Send me more information to help me! Good lake to all
I am a father of a 6 years old child! At desember 2012 doctor says to me that my child has diabet t1! I start therapy gluten free befor 3 days! I am from Greece! Send if you have more informations ! Thanks!!!
- Fatcat said...
I know this is a weird comment, but its true. My dog has diabetes and gets insulin shots. we put him on a gluten free dog food a year ago and over the year, his insulin requirements have gradually been going down from 8 units twice a day, to 5 units twice a day which is significant. Since he got diabetes at the age of 12 years (and he's a dog, so this means he's elderly), I'm assuming its type 2.
Do you have a facebook page?
- Angela Coles said...
we have heireditory gluten intollerance. I have two children with type 1 diabetes. One had been strictly gluten free for 1 1/2 years BEFORE developing diabetes, the other has been gluten free since before birth and developed diabetes at 5.
I so wish the gluten free diet was a great prevention/cure. But for my two children it very obviously wasn't
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
Dear Angela Coles,
I understand. I wish a gluten-free diet was the instant answer for all cases of type 1 diabetes. In young children if they are gluten intolerant and have a leaky gut, addressing those issues can lead to a stability of the diabetes and often little to no insulin.
Once again, not a guarantee, but the research in this arena is promising. Children at a young age often haven't completely lost all the beta cella of their pancreas and functionality can be restored to a degree.
It might be worth addressing those areas to insure that the leaky gut is addressed and the immune system is no longer overwhelmed.
If you need assistance, consider contacting us for a free health analysis - 408-733-0400. We are here to help!
Did they take into consideration that the "remission" could have been the honeymoon phase? Our son, and many others we know with T1D have needed less and less insulin immediately after diagnosis...we are nearly off of it; we know people who went completely off of insulin for a period of time after diagnosis. None of them did gluten free diets... it was the honeymoon phase. Eventually, their need for insulin returned...
- Saskia said...
I am a dutch woman of 43 years old. 2 years ago I was diagnosed with diabetes type 1. I have felt very tired and without energy ever since. I have had a hard time getting used to the treatment with insuline. My bloodsugar went down, but I didn't feel any better.
I have two kids with celiac. I was tested too, but my test came out negative.
Since the symptoms I had didn't go away, I started a glutenfree diet two weeks ago. I feel better, more relaxed and more quiet and my bloodsugar went down a bit. I was curious if there were any research results about the connection between diabetes type 1 and celiac, and I was very happy to read your article.
However, 5 days ago I became very tired, a different tiredness then the lack of energy I felt before, more like the tiredness you can have at the beginning of a holiday after a time of very hard work.
Do you have any experience with this reaction?
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
Hello Saskia,
How are you feeling now? We do often see this reaction.
The tiredness could be because your blood sugar dropped too low. Sometimes when people w/ diabetes remove gluten they find that they need less insulin.
You also need to heal the intestine and normalize your immune system. I wish you lived closer.
Let me know if I can assist further.
I have been a type 1 diabetic for 22 years now and no one ever commented that celiac was related - I now have hypothyroisism and asthma too. I started a gluten free dairy free diet 4 weeks ago and I no longer get asthma, my blood sugars have dropped and I feel better. Things are not perfect yet and over Christmas I did get cross contaminated and all the symptoms came back - I needed the cortisone inhaler again for the asthma and my sugar levels rose despite still eating a very low carbohydrate diet. I don't think that type 1 diabetes is as simple as doctors would like to think and its connection with other diseases should be studied more.
Hello and sorry for my very bad english.
I am French, with a diet without corn, gluten and related workers, dairy-free since 2000 (regime "Seignalet"), after many health problems, which had also allowed me to reduce the amount of insulin to a Type 1 diabetes at the age of 20 years old. Still no complication of diabetes over 33 years, insulin pump, physical activity but also the diet are responsible.
I campaigned unsuccessfully for doctors to try this diet to the discovery of type 1 diabetes in children, for all those whom he still islets of Langerhans.
I'm glad it worked elsewhere, just with glutenfree.
Is it possible to have new from Basilis ans Momma's chlidren? I hope they go well. Their amazing story is a very strong argument to push doctors to try.
hello, I'm glad to see a post about the damaging effects of gluten, my son was diagnosed type 1 March of 2013, within 3 weeks and after plenty of research I started him on a gluten free diet, even though the dietitian advised.... give him whatever he wants pizza, burgers, just dose him for it! he has been insulin free for over a year now, has a 1 C level has gone from 10 26, the doctors are amazed, and said he is passed the honeymoon phase, so it must be his diet... He is signed up with the San Francisco University Research Center and hopefully the message will get out, but I have had some roadblocks when trying to explain this diet and how well it worked on my son. Many parents feel that the diagnosis is the end & are ready to install the pump on their child!! I even had to switch doctors because I was constantly reminded that his numbers which shoot back up, & I was doing nothing special... Now with his new doctor's full support& backing us every step of the way we will continue on this gluten free diet and hopefully change the lives of a couple kids!
Victoria. ..Vacaville, ca
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
@Victoria from Vacaville:
Hello Victoria, we are practically neighbors!
I'm thrilled that you found a doctor in San Fran that will work with you.
You should be proud of yourself - sticking with what you know is right despite being given a hard time by other doctors. Kudos!
Consider contacting me for a free health analysis - call 408-733-0400. Here's why I'm suggesting this: You're doing so well with your son, I'd just like to make sure that we really heal his gut and settle his immune system down.
As you know with autoimmune disease, the immune system gets overstimulated and this can, later in life, lead to other autoimmune diseases.
I am in no way trying to paint a negative picture; you've done great. I'd just like to ensure, with some easy, safe steps, that all possible stressors have been removed from your son's system.
I'm here if you'd like.
All the best,
Dr Petersen
Hello, again, just realized I posted a wrong timeline on my last post, my son was diagnosed March 2013 and after some research I started him on a gluten free diet. meaning 3 weeks after his diagnosis, just like the boy in the story above. Since then he needed no insulin. his doctors are helpful, but still skeptical, so I would appreciate some help Dr Peterson. I will definitely be emailing you to setup a date in time when we can meet!
thank you doctor, I will be getting in touch with you soon
also realized I messed up on the time line so I'm going to repost of correction, he was diagnosed in March 2013, and I started him gluten free about 2 weeks after that... Way past the honeymoon phase and still insulin free:)
- Ramani Srikiran said...
Hello Dr. Petersen,
Firstly, we appreciate all your efforts in helping us and many others understand this chronic type 1 autoimmune disorder. I'm from India and my 5.4 yr old son has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on Aug 1st with 560 mg blood glucose level. He was into his remission phase 10 days after diagnosis. It's been 1 month now since he is off insulin with blood - glucose levels within 150 mg. Recently, we observed that his levels are not in control, i.e between 200 to 250, whenever he eats gluten containing food. After reading your article we strongly feel that he is gluten intolerant. Please suggest our further steps regarding this. We would like to have a quick call with you as per your convenience. Additionally, we also want to create an awareness among other suffers like us.
Awaiting your reply.
Thank you in advance,
Ramani Shashank.
We were diagnosed in Aug 2013. Started on insulin and pump and told to eat "whatever he wanted"...went to my chiropractor and went gluten and dairy free supplemented with 5000 units Vitamin D once a day, probiotics 2 times a day and a product called Alamax CR twice a day. He has now been "insulin" free for 13 months...(we also eat low carbs and low sugar)...A1C has been 5.4 for a year now...prayers help too!!!
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
@ Anonymous diagnosed in August 2013 - that's fabulous news, thank you for sharing.
I would encourage you to find a clinician who knows how to heal a leaky gut such that everything is being done to optimize the immune system and prevent further autoimmune disease.
If you're already doing that, excellent. If you need some assistance consider contacting us for a free health analysis - call 408-733-0400.
We are here to help and as a destination clinic we treat patients from across the country and internationally.
I look forward to hearing from you!
My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 in late July of this year and had an A1C level over 11. Against the advice of modern medicine - my daughter was placed on a strict low carb, gluten free diet. She just had her six month check today and her A1C is 6.2. She still takes a few units of insulin per day - but nothing like when she was first diagnosed. Honeymoon? Hell I don't know - but if I can prolong this period I am going to try to do everything in my power.
With research showing that people with diabetes type I often have celiac; wouldn't more success stories come out about curing diabetes after going gluten free? I am open to trying a gluten free diet with my 10 year old son that was recently diagnosed, November 2014, but I am frustrated when the chiropractor I visited with, also suggested doing low carb as well. Of course, you will use less insulin on a low carb diet. How will you know going gluten free is curing the diabetes when you add in low carb?
- Jennifer North said...
My daughter was diagnosed 5 weeks ago. She's 12. We are eliminating gluten and dairy. It has only been a week but I am committed to building a life for her without insulin. She is very stable but often needs 1-2 units of insulin at mealtimes. Please advise... we are committed to finding a life without insulin.
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
Hello Jennifer,
I think you are very wise to embark on a gluten and dairy-free diet for your daughter. If she was my child I would, additionally, find a clinician who specializes in autoimmune disease and healing the gut and immune system. You can look at the Institute for Functional Medicine's website to see if you can find a doctor close to you that fits the bill.
You can also consider contacting us for a FREE consultation over the phone. We are a destination clinic and we treat patients from across the country and internationally. While going forward with treatment does include a trip to visit us, after that we can work with you and your daughter long distance.
Time is precious and this is the perfect moment to address all these things with your daughter while her pancreas has the ability to heal and regain function.
Please let us know if you need assistance. You can call us at 408-733-0400. We are happy to help!
- Unknown said...
Hello Doctor,
My son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on 19th Jun 2013. Couple of months back his blood test results showed he has high glutaminase >300. We have a biopsy procedure scheduled to confirm Celiac. During last 30 days , I removed most of gluten food except one cereal in his morning breakfast. In past 4 days, his average consumption of insulin came down to one quarter of his normal consumption. Looking at this change I want to know what additional steps I can take to further better his results. We live in Virginia.
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
It's excellent that you son's insulin intake has decreased. It would be best to get a comprehensive test that looked for celiac as well as non-celiac gluten sensitivity. There is much that can be done and the fact that your son is young makes it that much easier.
I know you live in Virginia but I'd be happy to assist. Consider contacting us for a FREE consultation - call 408-733-0400.
Dr Petersen
- The HealthNOW Doctors said...
@Rimani Srikiran: I am sorry for the delay in answering you. Your comment slipped though my list to answer somehow. I'm not sure what gluten sensitivity tests are available in India, I'm sorry. There is no danger to removing gluten from the diet as long as healthy vegetables and other grains are consumed.
You can definitely contact us for a FREE consultation if you'd like: call 408-733-0400.