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Editor's Note: When designing at the board level, there are always new things to consider. Here are some essays on design to help you in your work.
Setting the Mood in Solid State Lighting
By Mike Keene, Endicott Research, www.ergpower.com
With the emergence of new lighting applications and a plethora of novel capabilities that LED-based solid-state lighting systems promise to bring us, engineers and lighting designers will have the ability to transform the way we see the world. One feature that these specialized SSL systems are readily capable of is the ability to tune the chromaticity of light emitted from a luminaire. Don't like the color of the light in the room? No problem: simply turn a knob, point to a color on your smartphone touch screen, or make a few clicks on your mouse, and you will have all of the colors of the rainbow (or the CIE 1931 color space, for all you nitpickers) at your fingertips.
Systems can also be configured for more conventional functionality to emit white light of varying color temperatures. By populating luminaires with cool and warm color temperature LED strings and varying the current level in each string, one can mix the color of the "cool" (down to 2700K) and "warm" (up to 7500K) LEDs with a diffuser to emit a white light of varying color temperature. Similarly, a wide variety of colors, not limited to the Planckian locus, can be created via manipulation of red, blue, and green LEDs within a luminaire. This manipulation of color temperature and/or chromaticity can be accomplished via pulse width or linear modulation of the separate (warm and cool, or red, blue, and green) LED string currents.
In most cases, pulse width modulation, or PWM, will allow for a more consistent color from each LED string throughout the dimming range. It will also allow for a wider color control range, as the LEDs can be easily dimmed by a PWM to .01% of their nominal light output. Linear modulation of LED string current will work as well, and there is no possibility of visual artifacts, as there is with PWM, but the LEDs will not maintain a color consistency over the entire range. Driver circuitry will also be limited in its ability to dim less than 5 or 10% of nominal current, which will have an impact on the range of control. Driver cost and complexity will be higher for these higher functionality drivers than for single string, or monochrome, luminaires, but those willing to pay for the features will have a nearly unlimited set of options when it comes to setting the mood.
Model-Based Design
Mechatronics is the marriage of the mechanical, electrical, software and systems engineering disciplines into one complete system solution. Modeling is a fundamental component of Mechatronics. The purpose of model-based simulation is to evaluate a design quickly and cost effectively, so to be effective, useful and not a waste of time, the model must accurately represent the actual system.
Model-based designed provides the motion system designer an innovative and cost effective methodology for motion control system design. Viewed from the top down, performance requirements for the motion system are specified and driven by the process or performance that the machinery has to achieve. A systems-based design approach requires the subsystem design start and stop at the same time, such that subsystem interactions can be optimized to ensure optimum system performance.
Model-based design allows various system solutions to be evaluated, without the time consuming and often costly investment in system prototyping. If a machine design can be narrowed down to two or three legitimate ideas before metal is cut, software is written and printed circuit boards are designed, the chances of keeping a project on schedule and under budget are significantly increased.
Sample requirements that can be evaluated with today's simulation and modeling tools:
Accurate modeling allows the systems designer to select components that will best support the application. For example, model-based design allows the design engineer to quickly and cost-effectively determine the optimum motor frame size, rotor inertia or required velocity loop bandwidth to meet performance requirements.
Today's project managers are faced with reduced budgets, smaller resources pools and shrinking time lines, so making the most limited resources is key. Systems modeling can highlight strengths and weakness of each specific subsystem. This provides insight into what needs to be redesigned and what does NOT need to be redesigned in order to meet performance requirements.
The systems designer who understands the power of modeling, and perhaps more importantly, its limitations, will have a competitive advantage over one who does not. The designer needs to understand specifically where the model is accurate and where it is not. System models vary in complexity. When a model is created the designer has to have a clear understanding of what features they will be modeling. Making a model more complex than required can be both costly and time consuming, with little or no benefit.
The iterative process of modeling and measuring must be followed until the outputs of model and system match on the parameters of interest. The performance of the model must always be monitored and compared to the actual mechanical system, and if the results do not correlate either the system or the model must be changed in pursuit of a match. In most cases the model changes, but often an assumption or simplification in the model will lead to a design enhancement in the actual system.
Stop Compromising Your PCB Layout
As electronic devices are getting smaller and as consumers are demanding more features, designing printed circuit boards (PCBs) is becoming increasingly complex, not to mention that any finished design must face both performance testing and testing for compliance with Federal Communications Commission rules and other codes.
The design flexibility of thermoformed shields enables implementation of other necessary features such as mouse holes to avoid coupling, entry points for cables and connectors, and air perforations to facilitate cooling. This allows components and circuits to be placed in their optimum location without first considering shielding requirements.
Auto-controlTM: True Adaptive Control for DC-DC Power Conversion
"Adaptive control" has become a widely-used term in DC-DC conversion in recent years, but the phrase is often misleading. It typically describes tuning algorithms that apply predefined rules or formulae to an input signal in order to adjust a process, with no ability to analyze the actual results of the adjustment and optimize parameters accordingly. Examples in DC-DC conversion include phase add and drop in multiphase DC-DC converters, and switching between DCM and CCM control modes at a predefined point.
These limitations hold for traditional analog controllers, whose coefficients are frozen in the system design, and for many of the newer digital controllers as well. Though some digital products allow limited parameter modification--e.g., by permitting designers to set coefficients via a GUI--these parameters are typically loaded at bench test or start-up and do not adapt during runtime to changing conditions. These products fail to meet the definition of a true adaptive controller: "a controller with adjustable parameters and a mechanism for adjusting the parameters in a way which optimizes a measured property of the system."
Powervation has developed the first true adaptive control for DC-DC conversion. Powervation's Auto-control continuously tunes parameters during operation and deals easily with a wide range of power stage variation and dynamics, such as those seen in power saving modes. This on-the-fly optimization provides much more precise control, ensuring a constant output voltage and a rapid transient response.
The benefits are substantial, and include:
Mechatronics in Miniature
New motor and sensor technologies enable mechatronics in miniature. Closed-loop electromechanical motion systems, based on piezoelectric micro motors, measure just a few millimeters in size. These systems are being developed to meet the demand for:
This level of miniaturization brings new requirements to the mechatronic equation. First and foremost, of course, all components must be small. They must consume very little power, especially in portable consumer devices where battery life is a high priority. In most cases there is a requirement for precise positioning, meaning that position sensors and control electronics are needed for closed-loop feedback. Finally, the components must be robust enough to withstand the shock of being dropped, or the high temperatures of an automobile interior on a summer day.
Until a few years ago, the options for meeting these requirements were limited. Miniaturizing traditional motors below a diameter of about six millimeters results in an unacceptable loss of efficiency, useful force, and precision. Alternative motion technologies such as shape memory alloys, voice coil modulators and solenoids provide even less precision and force, and a limited range of motion (less than 2 mm).
Now with the commercialization of several types of piezoelectric motors, miniature mechatronics development is on the rise. At the heart of these micro motors are piezoelectric ceramic elements which change shape when electrically excited. This principle has been used for decades in devices such as ink jet printers and speakers. Piezo motors employ various mechanisms to multiply or magnify this very small motion and create millimeters of travel range.
Various techniques have been commercialized. In the smallest linear piezo motor, the SQUIGGLE motor, four piezoelectric ceramic actuators are attached to metal tube. The tube is threaded inside and a mating screw inserted. Applying a two-channel square wave to the actuators (figure 1) creates ultrasonic vibrations in the tube, causing it to move in an orbit similar to a person's hips in a "Hula Hoop." The tube engages the threaded screw and drives it along the tube in a smooth linear motion. Reversing the phase shift reverses the direction of the orbit, and hence the direction of the screw.
Thread friction drives the shaft and locks the screw in place when power is turned off. The highest efficiency of the mechanical coupling between the tube and the screw is achieved at the ultrasonic frequency matching the first bending resonant frequency of the tube.
Figure 1 - a uses ultrasonic vibrations of the piezo elements to drive a threaded shaft
This motor is less than 3 x 3 x 6 mm, weighs less than 1 gram and has a push force of 30 grams force (3 N). It travels faster than 7 mm/sec and has a travel range of 6 mm.
In a typical mechatronic system, the motor is installed so that the screw pushes against the load to be moved. The screw must be allowed to rotate freely, therefore a light spring preload is used to maintain contact between the screw tip and the load, and provide good coupling between the threads of the screw and the nut.
Users can signal the motor to move in increments as small as 0.5 µm by signaling it to travel for a specific time at a known speed, where speed can be determined by the level of voltage applied to the piezoelectric elements (hence the vibration amplitude) or by the duty cycle of the vibrations.
However, motor speed varies with applied load and device friction. Therefore a closed-loop control system is needed to achieve exact positioning, repeatable positioning, or precise speed.
Sensors for closed-loop control
In a closed-loop motion system, a sensor detects the actual position of the load and feeds the information to the motor controller. The controller compares actual position to desired position, and moves the motor to correct any error. This allows the motor to reach a precisely controlled position. Similarly, controlled speed is achieved by adjusting the driver gain to minimize the difference between the required position and the actual position at regular time intervals.
Until recently it was difficult to specify a position sensor with tiny size and high precision to match the capabilities of SQUIGGLE micro motors. To fill this need, New Scale Technologies and austriamicrosystems developed a line of micro position sensors. The TRACKER sensor is a unique magnetic sensor with integrated on-chip encoder plus technology to essentially eliminate sensitivity to stray external magnetic fields. As such, it is not only the smallest sensor available, but also overcomes many of the limitations of both traditional optical encoders and magnetic sensors. It is less than 10 mm2 in chip-on-board packaging, compared to 21 mm2 for miniature optical encoders. Integrating the encoder directly onto the SOIC with the sensor array eliminates the need for external pulse counters, reducing the size of the supporting electronics needed.
A linear array of eight Hall effect sensors on the chip measures the spatially varying magnetic field produced by a multi-pole magnetic strip moving above the sensor. The magnetic field generates internal sinusoidal and phase-shifted sinusoidal signals. These signals are filtered and transformed into angular and magnitude values, representing the absolute linear position of a 2 mm long magnetic encoder strip pole pair. The position information is read via an I2C interface (figure 2).
Figure 2 – includes a magnetic sensor array and integrated encoder on a single chip.
Automatic gain control (AGC) adjusts for DC bias in the magnetic field and provides a large dynamic input range of the magnetic field for higher immunity to external magnetic fields than is expected with normal Hall Effect sensors. It also provides an absolute magnitude of the magnetic field intensity, which can be used to detect the end of the magnetic strip and thereby serve as a built-in zero reference, eliminating the need for an external reference. This allows the system to power off or be put into sleep mode, with rapid absolute position reading on power up to minimize the time a user must wait for the system to be ready; for example the time to align a lens in a camera.
Because no external light source is required, this technology is smaller than optical sensors and better suited to imaging applications, where light from the optical sensor source could be a problem.
Control electronics
The third pillar in a micro mechatronic system is the electronic controller. The NSD-1202 is a dedicated piezo motor driver ASIC capable of driving two SQL Series SQUIGGLE motors from a single 2.8 to 5.5 VDC supply. The two motors can be controlled independently using an I²C interface.
Four half bridge drivers create pairs of phase-shifted square waves with ultrasonic frequency as required to drive SQL Series SQUIGGLE motors. An on-chip DC-DC step-up converter and external boost circuit generates the high supply voltage (24 to 40 VDC) required by the piezoelectric elements of the SQUIGGLE motor. Total area required for the drive circuit is approximately 6 x 9 mm.
Next-generation motors now in development will operate directly from a 3V battery, eliminating the boost and reducing total drive circuit area to less than 3 x 3 mm.
The main building blocks of the system are a voltage reference, step up converter, I²C interface, registers, selectable feedback, and four (4) half bridge drivers (figure 3). Supplementary blocks such as biasing or power-on reset are not shown.
Figure 3: the NSD-1202 dual piezo motor driver ASIC.
The step-up converter is built as a hysteretic step-up converter. The half bridge drivers operate rail to rail (VSSP to VDDH). User supplied external components C1, C2, L1 and D1 provide voltage boost and regulation. The output voltage can be programmed via the I²C interface in 0.5V steps between 24V and 40V. This voltage, along with the duty cycle (or pulse width) of the drive signal, determines the speed of the motor.
Registers define the switching frequency of the motor, which can be dynamically adjusted from 140 KHz to 180 KHz for optimum motor performance. Other registers control motor direction and the number of pulses the motor is active (correlating to distance traveled). The XPD input enables a stand-by mode.
Reference design
New Scale offers a reference design and developers kit for the SQUIGGLE motor and TRACKER position sensor (figure 4). In this kit, the motor is mounted in a slide assembly slide assembly that demonstrates proper loading. The controller board connects to a PC via USB interface. Control software is included that allows the user to control and evaluate the motor using the graphical user interface or a scripting interface. Components can be removed from the kit with basic tools for subsequent integration into a system.
Figure 4 – SQUIGGLE motor reference design and developers kit.


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I am 7 weeks post op from Liposuction and scar revision. Swelling has gone down a lot, but I still have lots of swelling around belly button, and loose skin above belly button. When can I expect the swelling around the belly button to go down? Also, I still need the support of the compression garment. Is this normal at this point? I tried some control top spandex panties but after four hours I was ready to get back into the garment.
Swelling and Loose Skin Around Belly Button After Liposuction
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Swelling and loose skin after liposuction
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Liposuction result is final at 4 months.
Hopefully things will improve, but the loose skin is probably permanent. For now, be optimistic.
Swelling and loose skin after liposuction
The swelling will resolve with time and you should wait at least six months to asses the final results. If the swelling doesn't subside it could be because of under treatment around the belly button. the treatment would be additional liposuction in that area.
The loose skin if it persists would need to be treated by a Tummy Tuck (abdominoplasty) procedure.
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Lipo swelling can take 4-6 months before you see the final results. It is very normal to still need the support of the compression garment. More patients will wean themselves from the garment after 6 weeks. I suggest to begin sleeping with the garment.
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(WASHINGTON) — By a mostly party-line vote, the House of Representatives approved Paul Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" budget resolution Thursday by a count of 228-191, slashing trillions of dollars in federal spending over the next decade, but inflaming congressional Democrats for proposing controversial reforms to programs like Medicare.
The measure is doomed in the Senate, where the Democrats are in the majority, but it creates an important election year dividing line.
"We think Americans should control their destinies and we trust them to make the right choice about the future of our country," Ryan, the chairman of the House budget committee, said. "We are offering the nation a choice. We are offering the nation a better way forward. And we are offering the nation a plan to renew America and the American idea."
Ryan's budget blueprint claims less than $5 trillion relative to the president's budget proposal, and spends $3.5 trillion less over 10 years than the current spending levels. It also brings deficits below 3 percent of GDP by 2015. It would raise $2.73 trillion in tax revenue in 2013, leaving an $800 billion projected deficit for 2013 compared to $3.53 trillion in budget outlays.
Zero Democrats supported the proposal while 10 Republicans voted against it.
"There is no balance in this proposal. Seniors, middle class, vulnerable, working Americans are asked to pay the price of this agreement," House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said. "Not only are they asked to pay the price, but the best off among us is asked to do the least."
Democrats criticized the blueprint for abandoning the economic recovery, ending the Medicare guarantee, and cutting domestic spending. Ryan's proposal lowers the discretionary spending cap from $1.047 trillion to $1.028 trillion for FY2013, which Democrats suggested breaks a deal Congress made last year to increase the debt limit.
"It is a path to greater prosperity if you're already wealthy, but it leaves seniors, working Americans, and future generations behind," Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the budget committee, said. "Unfortunately, our Republican colleagues stood in opposition to our fair and balanced approach."
Democrats offered their own budget resolution alternative, but were only able to pick up 163 votes for it, with 22 Democrats opposing their proposal and no Republicans supporting it.
The 10 Republicans voting against the Ryan budget this year were Reps. Justin Amash, Joe Barton, John Duncan, Christopher Gibson, Tim Huelskamp, Walter Jones, David McKinley, Todd Platts, Denny Rehberg and Ed Whitfield.
Last year only Jones, McKinley, Rehberg and Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul voted against the measure. Paul missed the vote Thursday, campaigning in Madison, Wis.
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No congress for us. So much for that. Hopefully soon. And stuff.
AIM in my heart, congress in the future.. i hope soon, and without multies!
dunno really. doesn't no-congress to thwart multies reward their jerkhead behaviour? for as heavy-handed as admins can get, why ... oh never mind.
Anti-Congress Movement x 2
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I only made this because I wanted to use these pictures. Jeez Cronoss, chill out.
Some of you should learn to use your brain, including the one above me.
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Officials with Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri and Representatives with GM Performance Parts and Reliable Chevrolet are pleased to announce an incentive program for ULMA Late Model Drivers running a GM 602 or 604 Crate Engine at Lucas Oil Speedway in 2010. A $200 bonus will be paid to the highest finishing GM Crate Motor with an extra $100 going to a random driver running the GM Crate Motor at each show that the ULMA Late Model Class competes this season. By combining the standard $700 to win plus the $200 bonus, a win in a Crate Engine car would be worth $900 in 2010.
"With the high cost of the Late Model Engines these days, a GM Crate Engine is a great option and I am excited to partner with GM Performance Parts and Reliable Chevrolet to offer this incentive program in 2010" stated Lucas Oil Speedway General Manager Dan Robinson. "If you are considering making the switch to a GM Crate Engine, I urge you to give Jason Ulven at Reliable Chevrolet a call as they are the leader in the Crate Engine Program in Southwest Missouri." Reliable Chevrolet can be found on the web at www.ReliableChevy.com.
The winner of the bonus money each night must pass a thorough Technical Inspection and be deemed Legal by the Lucas Oil Speedway Technical Staff prior to receiving the bonus. This money will be paid on top of any standard Lucas Oil Speedway winnings that night. There are 15 scheduled races this season in the ULMA Late Model class. For complete rules concerning the engine options with ULMA, please visit www.LucasOilSpeedway.com or www.ULMAracing.com.
In addition to the added bonus money from GM and Reliable Chevrolet, GM will also provide Hats and T-Shirts to all of the bonus money winners throughout the season. To be eligible for the program, all Crate Engine powered late models must run the GM Performance Parts decals on each fender and on the hood as outlined by GM. Lucas Oil Speedway will place GM/Reliable signage at the facility as well as maintain a special section on www.LucasOilSpeedway.com that will highlight the winners and maintain a weekly list of the number of Crate cars that compete each week at the "Diamond of Dirt Tracks."
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After the May 5 GOP presidential debate in South Carolina, Bob Powell of AboveTopSecret.com asked Cain if he would consider it legal for President Obama to issue a kill order for Awlaki. Cain responded, "In his case, no, because he's an American citizen."
Cain continued: "If he's an American citizen, which is the big difference, then he should be charged, and he should be arrested and brought to justice."
Cain also stated in the same interview, "He [Awlaki] should be charged. And since he's an American citizen, he should be tried in our courts."
Here is a clip from the May 5 interview quoted above that was recently put on YouTube:
Weeks after that post-debate interview, Cain spoke with Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic and claimed not to have heard of Anwar al-Awlaki or the notion that our own government was planning to track him down and kill him. When asked what he thought of that proposition theoretically, Cain reiterated his previous opposition:
I don't believe that the president of the United States should order the assassination of citizens of the United States. That's why we have our court system, and that's why we have our laws.
Herman Cain was correct when he made this observation. We are a nation of laws. In matters of the power of the President, Article II of the Constitution is controlling. There is, it should go without saying, no provision in that article granting the executive branch either the power to declare "enemies of the state" or to execute those so branded.
Furthermore, apart from the negative constitutional constraint against such deplorable behavior, there is a positive prohibition found therein, as well. The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution specifically forbids the federal government from depriving anyone of life or liberty without the "due process of law." It reads:
No person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Apparently, in the case of Anwar al-Awlaki, the Fifth Amendment's due process requirement was fulfilled by President Obama deciding he [Awlaki] was a threat to the security of our homeland and then phoning in the kill order to a hit man at the CIA.
A story in the Washington Post reported, in fact, that "the Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi [an alternate spelling]." What sort of due process was followed before that fatal memo was issued? The Post explains:
The document was produced following a review of the legal issues raised by striking a U.S. citizen and involved senior lawyers from across the administration. There was no dissent about the legality of killing Aulaqi.
Thus, the legal reasoning, the arguments for and against the unprecedented murder of an American citizen by a fiat of the executive branch of the federal government, is secret and beyond all analysis and exposure. Our government now orders the assassination of Americans (albeit notorious ones) in secret and then executes those orders in the dark by remote control. There is now no oversight, no restraint, and no remorse — either for the death of Awlaki or for that of the Constitution of the United States and the rule of law.
As has been well reported, on September 30 American forces, in the form of a joint CIA-military drone strike, assassinated Anwar al-Awlaki and another American citizen, Samir Khan. Of crucial importance to this story is the irrefutable fact that neither man was arrested, tried, or convicted of any crime. Awlaki has been accused by the White House of taking the lead in "planning and directing efforts to murder innocent Americans."
This American-born, Yemeni-based cleric may or may not be guilty of those charges. That question is the one faced by all those accused of committing crimes. Until September 30, that question was answered in our Republic in a court of law by a jury of one's peers, not by one man, even if that man fancies himself the arbiter of guilt and innocence and has the deadly force to immediately enact his will.
In the aftermath of the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, the question of the legality of that act was again put to Herman Cain. According to a story published by the blog Hot Air, after a Tea Party-sponsored event in Chicago, Cain spoke favorably of the President's decision.
In a brief Q&A with our panel after his speech, Cain told the crowd that he fully supported Barack Obama's decision to strike Anwar al-Awlaki.
Why the waffle? How could Herman Cain go from an accurate summation of the legal process required in our Republic before a life may be taken in May to commending the very illegal act he once denounced?
The Weekly Standard posed that very question to the presidential hopeful during a telephone interview conducted on October 4. Cain's response:
I never said that [President Obama] should not have ordered [the killing]. I don't recall saying that. I think you've got some misinformation. Keep in mind that there are a lot of people out there trying to make me sound as if I am indecisive.
I don't know all of the compelling evidence that the intelligence agencies and the military had. I'm convinced — I'm convinced that they have enough intelligence information that said he's a threat to the United States of America. You don't try to prosecute or capture him simply because he's a United States citizen.
Again, Cain is correct, albeit unintentionally — the government doesn't try to prosecute or capture Awlaki (or anyone accused of any crime) "simply because he's a United States citizen." In point of fact, the government must not only try to do so, it must do so. Our government may not carry out any such punishment against a citizen or against any one without prosecution. Remember, prosecution is just another name for part of the process due the accused under the mandates of the Fifth Amendment.
Herman Cain's disregard for constitutional constraints is disturbing. This is a man offering himself to fill the office of the President. Given his recent response to the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, it seems apparent that, as President, Herman Cain would not be dissuaded by the Constitution were he to decide that someone was "a threat to the United States of America."
Is this the level of fidelity to the presidential oath of office that we could expect from a President Herman Cain? Would his administration perpetuate (perhaps even expand) the current policy of assassinating Americans suspected of possibly inspiring others to commit crimes?
It would be wise for all committed constitutionalists to find answers to these vital questions prior to pulling a lever for Herman Cain or any candidate with a demonstrable disregard for human life, the rule of law, and the Constitution.
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Episode Title: "Ghosts"
Writers: Greg Plageman & Jonathan Nolan
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Former CIA Agent, John Reese (Jim Caviezel) gets on to an elevator and makes small talk with a man bringing flowers to his date. He tells the man that he shouldn't have stepped out on his wife, as she sent the two men behind them to kill him. Before the elevator doors open again, Reese has subdued the would be assassins and their intended victim runs away. Reese then gets a call from Mr. Finch (Michael Emerson) about their next case, a young girl named Theresa Whitaker (Valentia de Angelis); whom the machine identified as a potential person of interest despite her death two years before.
In flashback, we see Finch and his business partner, who appears to be the public face of their company. Finch shuns the spotlight as he builds the machine that will enable the government to spot a terrorist attack before it happens. In the present, Finch presents Reese with all of the info that he can find on Theresa. Her family was murdered and her body was never found. The police suspected that her father killed the family before committing suicide, but Finch points out that Theresa must still be alive if the machine gave them her number. At her local precinct, Detective Carter (Taraji Henson) runs Reese's fingerprints and she learns that all files on his identity have been redacted.
To find Theresa, Reese begins flashing the badge of the dirty cop he killed in the pilot before he finds Deacon Page (Conor Romero), Theresa's ex-boyfriend. While Deacon claims to have not seen Theresa since her death, Reese clones his phone and intercepts a text message to Theresa warning her about Reese. Spotting Teresa skimming numbers from an ATM, Reese pursues her until she pulls out a box cutter and slashes his hand. Elsewhere, Finch enters an office and he is treated as an ordinary employee before making his way to his cubicle. To his surprise, Reese is there waiting for him.
As Finch listens, Reese reveals that he knows that Finch owns the company and that he has built an identity that allows him to hide in plain sight. He gives Finch the ATM skimmer so that they can track Theresa when she tries to sell them online. In the meantime, Finch visits Theresa's aunt and learns that Theresa's uncle has stopped returning her calls and messages. But she has no idea why the family was killed. Using his reluctant ally, Detective Lionel Fusco (Kevin Chapman), Reese finds the assassin who killed Theresa's family in prison. The man admits to letting Theresa live, but because he has been saying that openly to protect himself in jail, the people who hired him also know that she is alive.
Reese tracks down Theresa to a laundromat with wifi, getting there just ahead of another assassin who actually gets the best of Reese in a fight. Reese manages to shoot the man in his bulletproof vest before fleeing with Theresa. In another flashback, Finch's partner confronts him about the machine's imperfection: it dismisses any non terrorist related crimes as irrelevant. And at this time in the past, Finch doesn't seem to care about the implications of letting some people fall through the cracks in exchange for stopping mass attacks. Back in the present, Finch joins Reese and Theresa in a hotel room and stays with the young girl while Reese confronts her uncle.
Theresa's uncle tells Reese that his brother was convinced to buy land that was covered with oil at the time. He and his family were targeted because some shady investors lost their money at the time. But now the land is worth a fortune and the shady company will quadruple its investment if it can get Theresa out of the way. The assassin from the laundromat catches up with the uncle, but he refuses to help him find his niece. For his defiance, the uncle is killed and Detective Carter catches wind of the case. Reese confronts the head of the company to call off the hit on Theresa, but it's too late. The assassin has already found her and Finch at the hotel.
Finch does his best to keep Theresa safe, but he is ultimately forced to stay and confront the killer. Theresa stays with him and they face death together until Reese shows up and takes out the assassin once again. Reese then arranges a meeting with Detective Carter, who tries to lay a trap for him. Instead, she finds Theresa safe and sound. Theresa refuses to clearly identify or describe Reese, but she is soon happily reunited with her aunt. Elsewhere, Reese tries to visit Finch at work, only to find that he has left his cover job without explanation. Finch then calls Reese and tells him that he will instigate contact in the future, not the other way around.
As Finch leaves the building, we see a memorial statue for his business partner who passed away in 2010.
"Person of Interest" is a solidly crafted show, but I'm a little disappointed that it's essentially just a standard procedural. I was expecting something more innovative from Jonathan Nolan and J.J. Abrams.
There's a certain dry sensibility to "Person of Interest" that can make parts of it difficult to sit through. It definitely looks and feels like a CBS series. But it's not breaking any new dramatic ground by any stretch.
Regardless, the second episode was still enjoyable. Finch remains the most interesting part of the show and this story offered up some interesting revelations about his past. It was especially intriguing to learn that he didn't always care about the "irrelevant" people whom he is now risking his life for. Doubtless the death of his business partner played a large role in that change, but that particular transformation hasn't been shown yet. Finch also seems oddly determined to hide his whereabouts from Reese, who seems to be the only employee he trusts to actually go through these Person of Interest investigations. That implies that Finch is still hiding something from Reese despite his promise to never lie to him.
It's also interesting that Finch allows his employees to treat him as one of their own, even if that means being berated by the local manager who seems to relish the power that he thinks he holds over Finch. It's an odd decision, since Finch doesn't appear to want to get too close to any of the people in the office. And yet he's surrounded by coworkers who seem to know him. If it really is about hiding in plain sight as Finch claims, then the question now is what is he hiding from?
Finch doesn't strike me as a coward and he's even quite brave while attempting to protect Theresa. Michael Emerson deserves a lot of credit here as well. Finch could have come off as a much flatter character if it wasn't for the life behind Emerson's performance.
Valentia de Angelis had her best moments early in the episode when Theresa was practically feral towards Reese. If anything, she warms up to him and Finch a little too quickly after living her life on the run for years. But it did lead to a truly hilarious moment in which Reese nervously removed all metal forks and knives from the hotel room so she wouldn't be tempted to use them on him again.
I don't really have any complaints about Jim Caviezel, but there's nothing he did here that he didn't do better in the pilot episode. If John Reese is going to be the hero on this show than he needs to be more than just a convenient excuse for an action sequence. The nature of procedurals is that the regular characters can fade away behind a steady stream of guest performers. That can't happen here. We need to care about John Reese as well as the people he's trying to help. But there's such an emotional distance between Reese and the audience that it's hard to feel anything for him at all.
In short, "Person of Interest" has an impressive body. It just needs a soul.
Crave Online Rating: 7 out of 10.


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Leo Burnett Toronto has created a series of cringe worthy ads for Fairy in which an elderly woman continues to "baby" her adult son, as he is forced to acquiesce to her overbearing treatment.
The spots were directed by Aleysa Young at Partners Films in Toronto.
The strapline reads: 'You can only baby them when they're babies. Soften their world while you still can.'
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I also figured it out pretty quickly...that was a lot of specifics to stay anonymous with
Either way, sincerely, all the best this year!
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I think we all did the research on that guy
Good luck, I expect a few sticks in the mail!
I didnt do a great job hiding it because i really dont mind if people know who i am on here. A bunch of people already know i just ask not to name drop in convos. I dont want someone doing a search of my name on here and see its me saying hey guys my name is....... and I'm a flyers fan! You never know whos on here and you never know who may stumble upon that, there are players from the east coast league i played with that i know are on here and choose to stay out of convos like this or any questions about their own playing. you would be surprised how many guys on are here but because of where they play and contract situations they want to stay on the safe side. thank you guys for the luck.
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CannonGoBoom, just a question, and not one that's going to change my opinion of you or anything stupid like that. When the Flyers play the Devils, does a little part of you cry inside?
I get asked questions like that all the time. Pretty much everyone knows im a diehard flyers fan and so honestly when the flyers play the devils i want the flyers to win. Nothing has changed at all like that. The way i see it, i do not play for the devils and never have so i really dont have an emotional ties to the NHL squad. I know a few guys, younger players and have skated with most of them at one time or another but until I'm at least a fringe NHL player I will be a flyers fan. I get asked a lot if i would still be a flyers fan if i made the NHL and to that i say...hell no, once i'm in the league thats my competition, my rival and those are the guys trying to take our spot in the standings.
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- November 2, 2007, 6:47 AM
If the annual NBAA Convention serves as a barometer of the general health of the business aviation industry, recovery can't be very far off. The association's 56th annual meeting and convention last month in Orlando, Fla., closed with some 28,574 attendees viewing the products and services of a record 1,068 exhibiting companies. See page 20 for a full report on the show.


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Case against actress Mallika Sherawat for insulting National Flag
September 4, 2014 - Hyderabad
The Falaknuma police on Thursday registered a case against noted film actress Mallika Sherawat for allegedly insulting the National Flag.
The directions came following a complained filed by a city based advocate at the XVI Metropolitan Magistrate Court. The petitioner alleged that the actress had draped herself with a national flag in the poster of Dirty Politics and was seen sitting on the roof of a car with red beacon. This is the second case against her.
Falaknuma Inspector Md.Shaker Hussain said that a case under Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 was registered.
It may be recalled that earlier Karimnagar police had registered a case against her under different sections of various acts pertaining to the State and National Flag.
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Voters may have final say on zoning of riverfront
The debate over how to zone nearly 13 acres of land on the banks of the Colorado River represents a classic confrontation between the rights of a private property owner versus those of his or her neighbors.
In the end, however, a third group — the community at large — could decide the issue.
Within minutes of the City Council's approval of industrial zoning for a portion of Brady Trucking's land in south downtown, a group of people huddled in the hallway outside the City Hall auditorium Wednesday night and began devising plans to collect enough signatures to petition a zoning question onto the ballot.
The decision also could be appealed to Mesa County District Court.
"There seems to be a lot of public concern about how this was zoned," Bennett Boeschenstein, one of the most vocal opponents of industrial zoning along the riverfront, said Thursday.
Asked whether she thought activists could collect enough signatures — 5 or 10 percent of the registered voters who live in the city, depending upon how quickly they want to put the question on the ballot — Orchard Mesa resident Candi Clark had no doubts.
"Hell, yes," she said Wednesday night. "Oh, yeah. No problem."
The City Council voted 4-2 to zone two parcels industrial-office park and one parcel light industrial, nearly three months after deadlocking on the same issue.
Mayor Gregg Palmer and Councilman Jim Doody, who said they preferred industrial-office zoning for all three parcels, voted against the mixture of zoning. Council members Bonnie Beckstein, Teresa Coons, Linda Romer Todd and Doug
Thomason voted for it. Councilman Bruce Hill recused himself from the vote to avoid a conflict of interest.
Coons deviated from her vote three months ago and broke the tie. She said Thursday she ultimately hopes to "de-industrialize" the riverfront, but she couldn't allow another tie vote and risk spending taxpayer money to defend a lawsuit she believes likely would have resulted in the zoning that Brady Trucking received at the meeting.
"It was really one of the more difficult things I've ever had to do," she said of changing her vote.
The decision came after city administrators' attempts to buy the land or move Brady Trucking elsewhere in a land trade failed.
Opponents on Thursday criticized the industrial zoning, claiming the business is incompatible with plans to develop the adjacent Las Colonias Park and will disturb residents across the river.
Maggie Robb, wife of the late Jim Robb, who helped form the Riverfront Commission and build a network of trails in the Grand Valley, said she was heartbroken about the industrial zoning.
She called it a slap to residents and groups who worked for decades to remove junked cars and radioactive mill tailings from the riverfront.
"I think it's very, very short-sighted of the city and I think it's very greedy of Brady Trucking, knowing community sentiment is against them being there."
Boeschenstein, a former planning director for Mesa County, Grand Junction and Fruita, said the council's decision is a step in the wrong direction.
"It's a setback for the riverfront project, to have a truck terminal with hazardous waste in close proximity to the river and the possibility of spills and flooding," he said, noting the land is in the 100-year floodplain.
But Brady Trucking officials noted they've done their fair share to remove the blight that once defined the area.
The company demolished the rendering plant, which had been vandalized and subjected to graffiti in the years since it closed.
"The amount of private funds to purchase the property and clean it is phenomenal," said Robert Jones, who spoke on behalf of the company during the council meeting. "
The removal of an existing criminal element in the area is a benefit."
Beckstein said she viewed the industrial zoning not as lacking vision, but "the proper way of doing business."
"Based on the fact that the property owner in good faith bought the property and dealt with the city in good faith, we need to respect that," she said. "There was an opportunity in time for other things to happen that didn't happen."


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Atwell, Christine O., 1928, Cazenovia, Past & Present,
A Descriptive and Historical Record of the Village. Florida Press,
Inc., Orlando, FL
Some spelling corrections have been made and a few notes to update or clarify the text are added in square [ ] parentheses. Atwell's Footnotes follow at the end of the text. I had no comments or notes for this section.
Founding & Settlement
II Roadways
III Waterways
IV Industries and Institutions
V Religion
VI Education
VII Culture
pages 61 to 64
<:61> Culture, intellectual
or social, is a source of enjoyment and happiness its possessor.
In whatever sphere in life a man may move, the higher the degree of his
culture, the greater are the sources of his enjoyment and the better prepared
is he for the discharge of any duties, private or public, that he may be
called upon to perform.
Cazenovia, once called "The Newport of New York State," has been said to be a seat of wealth, culture and refinement, and these combined with its natural attractions, and eligible location, make it a favorite summer resort. It has all the alluring features which entice travelers across the ocean, for seclusion and rest. As a retreat, it is a "Mecca" to the weary one; in easy access to all main lines of traffic, it is a part of the world, yet not of it, and untrammeled by the electric car with its rush and roar which breaks the tranquility of many other summer resorts.
People prominent in official as well as social life of Washington came to spend the warm months here with ten times the pleasure and at one-tenth the cost that would be obtained and incurred at a fashionable watering place. Families from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and other place were counted among the visitors who made up the cottage colony. In order to take care of these people, boarding houses were established, each catering to a certain number. As time elapsed, some families built their own homes near the lake shores, while others returned to the cottages year after year. There were handsome horses and carriages, tallyhos, tandems, four- in-hands and saddle mounts, while on the lake were seen any number of boats. The evening dinner hour brought out the women in beautiful long trained gowns and the men in full dress. The children were always accompanied by maids, sometimes a colored "mammy." Daniel Webster, after visiting Cazenovia at one time remarked it was the "handsomest town he ever set his two feet in."
Today finds a few boarding houses left, a few of the "old school"; homes on the lake shore occupied by the younger generation. Motors have replaced the horses and carriages, the lake is mostly deserted except for an occasional bathing party; however interest in sailboat racing is being revived. Mild tennis with afternoon tea is indulged in at the club house while the more energetically inclined pursue the golf balls over the links. Although the town does not progress rapidly it still is an attractive place with all its natural scenery. Looking down from the hill crests upon the village, we can say with Shakespeare "How green you are and fresh in this old world." ("King John," Act 3, Scene 4) <:62> Grand and stately old trees line the streets on either side - and as we walk under their shadowy branches, we say - "trees shall be my books, and in their barks, my thoughts I'll character." (Shakespeare, "As You Like It" Act 3, Scene 2) Improved roads make the neighboring towns and cities quickly accessible. The villagers are privileged to enjoy the movies the year round; the Redpath Chautauqua each summer. In the winter, there are horse races on the lake, also picnic, skating, coasting and skating parties. The young people attending the Seminary give a little life to the town during the dark winter months. Nearly all the town children go from grammar school to the Seminary and many are fortunate to be afforded a college education after completing the work there. Many of those not so fortunate leave town to secure employment, though at present a machine shop and diepress company, year-round industries, are giving employment to a great many.
An old scrapbook contributes the following:
"To the Editor of the Courier:
"Reading the interesting notes on Summer People and Pleasures in Cazenovia,' contained in the Syracuse Standard of August 8, has brought to mind Sainted Memories,' and indeed,
Rev. H.D. Stebbins said,
"Truly, Cazenovia's children can be pardoned if they be proud of her; for
beautiful as she is, her comeliness is not merely that of blue skies, rolling
hills, fresh verdure and bright waters, but the better beauty of refinement,
hospitality, intelligence, fairness and Christian virtue and good will."


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Please, Oral Thrush is Killing me!Hello.I'm 23, and 6 months ago I had protected sex with a prostitute. I had a negative Elisa at 2 months.At 2.5 months I had oral thrush that hasn't gone yet. I used Nystatine and Miconazole, and all goes OK until I finish the threatment.Then thrush...
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• Stripped Down, Channel O, 17.00
The channel documents the development of songwriting and performance in Africa and this show sees African artists record their music, acoustic style, to deliver stripped- down versions of their hits. Tonight, Bucie performs her hits including Superman and Get Over It. She also covers some of her favourite artists, all while giving the viewers insight into her mind.
• Check Coast, Vuzu, 19.00
With news of a cabinet reshuffle, Bheka decides to tender to be the president's best friend. A guy tries to court Simi, but instead Simi ropes him into his "I'm Always Mistaken for Being Gay" support group.
• Fighting on the Frontline, BBC Knowledge, 21.00
This show follows British troops who are on tour in Afghanistan, including infantry, helicopter crews and Warthog tank crews. Tonight looks at the helicopter crews working in the warzones of Helmand Province as Apaches launch attacks on Taliban forces from the air, while Chinooks embark on medical rescue missions to help those who have been injured by improvised explosive devices.
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Stepping up Canadian engagement in multilateralism – including a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Africa – can set an example for the world that even U.S. president-elect Donald Trump might want to follow, says Michaëlle Jean.
"I think Canada as a sovereign country has a very strong voice and we all realize and we can see how Canada wants its voice to be heard again," the secretary-general of the International Organization of la Francophonie said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
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Andy Scott went 3-for-3 with a triple, double, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Lodi Glory to a 9-8 win over the Sacramento M's on Wednesday night in Stockton.
Tyler Shepard homered for the Glory, who won their second straight. Wade Morton went 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs and Stafford Brantley doubled and drove in a run.


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I load 45lc,now i need to load 12 ga. Question: What cases,primers powder, wads and shot do i need? What brands? What is the best?i have been told to use #4 shot or smaller,federal or remington primers, etc. Whats is the best place to purschase? Any help would be great.


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Cherry Blossom White Tea from Zen Tara Tea
Sitting on my rickety wooden front porch swing, bundled in an old poncho to keep the wind from chilling my bones, I hold a cup of this tea in my hands. Savoring the sweet floral aroma as the steam wafts towards my face, and warming my hands with the heat of the cup, I notice the buds on the trees, my peonies starting to grow from the cold ground, and I take joy in the passage of seasons as winter slowly slips away, and spring fills the air.
Indeed, this is the quintessential spring tea. Unlike other cherry blossom teas, this is not syrupy or overwhelmingly flavored with cherry. The balance of white and Green Teas with the floral notes and soft cherry undertones make this such a lovely, delightful cherry blossom tea. This tea is also remarkably visually attractive as well, with beautiful rose and safflower petals.
I really expected nothing less than perfection as I knew it was a custom blend from Zen Tara Tea, one of the highest quality tea companies I've found anywhere on the internet. Their teas are always a delight to drink, but this Cherry Blossom White Tea is simply a uniquely magnificent tea in every way.
Zen Tara Tea describes this tea as:
The Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC have begun to open marking the beginning of a three week Cherry Blossom Festival including the largest "Sakura Matsuri" in America.
We've brought together the essence of the blossoms of the cherry tree ("sakura" in Japanese) together with traditional spring teas harvested in Japan and China (organic green and white teas). A wonderful tea to shake off winter and celebrate the arrival of spring, the blooming flowers and trees, and the first robin's return outside your window.
This special blend builds on the natural floral qualities of the white tea with subtle floral and cherry notes. The small amount of Japanese green tea in the blend keeps the slight sweetness perfectly balance. A tea that lingers and brings the spirit of this year's Cherry Blossom Festival to tea drinker's everywhere.
Ingredients: Organic white tea (China), organic {en:bancha} green tea (Japan), organic rose petals, organic {en:safflower} petals, natural cherry flavor. Blended and packaged in the U.S.
I really liked the inclusion of green tea in this blend as well. Personally, I find most white teas a little too subtle for my tastes, but the green tea adds just enough of a grassy touch to really accentuate the flavors of the tea, which mix beautifully with the floral and cherry notes. An absolute must-try tea, especially for springtime!
This tea is available in 1 oz., 2 oz., or 4 oz. resealable stand-up bags, a plain black storage tin (with our Cherry Blossom label, not shown) or a special Spring Blossom Japanese rice paper tin which you can see here to the left. I think that is simply a gorgeous tin, that fits this tea perfectly, and makes for a radiant display of the tea in your home.


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If you are looking for fast, cheap internet in Columbia, LA, then DSL might be the Internet service that is right for you. Digital Subscriber Line, more commonly called DSL, has come a long way from its early days. Today, DSL is the most affordable option for high speed internet in Columbia.
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High speed DSL is authentic broadband internet service. The speeds of any broadband DSL service in Columbia are much faster than a 56k modem, and the best DSL speeds rival those of other high speed internet service providers in Columbia. For most individual users and families, DSL is fast enough to handle all their computing needs. In Columbia, DSL service plans range from 768 kbps to 25 mbps.
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My father is doing this alternative treatment and is doing quite well.
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My father is doing this alternative treatment and is doing quite well.
Can you explain more about this alternative therapy?
CAAT is an amino acid and carbohydrate deprivation protocol using scientifically formulated amino acids. The objective of the CAAT protocol is to strategically and scientifically use the chemical reactions and interactions of amino acids, foods and nutritional supplements to alter or impair the development of cancer cells by interfering with the five basic requirements of cell formation (structure, energy, blood vessels, growth hormones and functions).
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My father has not taken the Amino Acid for about 3 weeks now but he is currently taking the recommended supplements. He is on Gemzar and Xeloda and really has not been 'sick' for the chemo. His biggest complaint is being tired because sometimes he just over do it.
I must say, I am happy he is feeling and doing well but yet I am still frightened and I just continue to read about cancer and see what it actually is. But based on all the information that I have read abut cancer is its 'abnormal' cells that just continue to multiply. The the job of chemo with it many side effects is the stop that process. CAAT is a 'natural' chemo without the side effects. It can also be used in conjuction with chemo as it has helped my father maintain a good weight and a appetite. He has been on CAAT since Aug 05, diagnosed June 21. Its almost a year. The doctors told him at that time 'there's nothing we can do for you'. But when he came for a 'check up in Dec, his tumor markers were less than 2.5 (normal range 1-35) so the decided chemo. His Alk Phos was 800, now its 160. (normal range 1-150) His oncologiest is amazed at him overall blood work.
I hope this help you. If you have any more questions, please ask me.
Has anyone else tried this alternative treatment and did more investigation? My father ct scan revealed 'disease is stable'. Tumor maker CA-19-9 is 3.
Who does your Dad have overseeing the Amino acid treatments. Is it a naturopath perhaps or a progressive oncologist who is administering this in conjunction with the chemo?
Thanks for posting your Dad's great results. May he stay 'stable' for many years.
Hi Peter,
When I decided to look into this treatment, I tried to talk to a liver transplant dr after he attempted resection. Of course, he did not want to hear it. However, his assistant would ask us questions because of how well my father was doing when they told us it was nothing else they could do. I would send his lab #s to the AP John Institute and they would tell us what to increase or decrease.
He has not been on the amino acid but he continue to take the supplements.
The only issues that arise we encountered thus far are the stents. They need to be replaced every 3 months, but he is never in pain or nor does he swell or retain fluid. So we are very thankful for that.
My father has intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and started the CAAT diet about a month ago. We had his blood work done before and after he started the diet.
His blood work results have shown the numbers have dropped except for his tumor marker and bilirubin. He feels a little weak and I am not sure if that is because of his diet or the cancer.
I have several questions.
1 - Since his diet was poor before he started this CAAT program, wouldn't any healthier eating habits improve his blood work numbers?
2 - Has anyone had good results with this diet without forking over a $1000.00 for a specific amino acids?
I want to make sure that my parents are not taken for a ride. I read that some of you are drinking carrot juices and the person my parents are talking to at AP Johns are saying no, because of sugar.
Hi Tom.
My father was on CAAT for about 7 or 8 months. (from about Sept 05 - April Apr 06)
He is still doing well. I advised him to do exactly what was outlined. He gained strength and is doing well after the amino acid reduction as the drs wasn't willing to try anything until they saw him doing much better than before. He continues to take the supplements we purchase on our own. I haven't found any other formula for less, unfortunately. Plus at that time, we were paying COBRA insurance.
We have good results so far. We will have another ct scan perhaps in a month because we had to change medical services as his COBRA is exhausted.
Hi Charlene
I will pass the info on to my folks
Has anyone else tried CAAT? If so, what results have you had?
I don't have any knowledge in re: to the CAAT diet however, Amino Acids were discussed in my interview with Dr. Gorter. His recommendations are noted mainly for the specific purpose of counteracting adverse reactions caused by the administration of chemotherapy.
I did some research on the CAAT protocol as developed by the A.P. John Institute, when I was first diagnosed. I adopted many of the dietary suggestions and recommended supplements without paying the $1,000/month for the amino acids and personal consultations.
The CAAT protocol is actually very similar to the diet and supplement program recommended by Patrick Quillan in his book, "Beating Cancer with Nutrition". This book is a classic in cancer treatment, dealing with diet, supplements, vitamins, minerals, alternative treatments, etc. I highly recommend it as a starting point. It is also loaded with references to articles in standard scientific/medical journals for those who want to verify facts and claims made for various supplements and treatments.
I feel I have benefitted from the information I got from the A.P. John web site and from the Quillan book. I don't think it is necessary to fork over the $1,000/month, but that is a personal judgement call. Some people really appreciate having a personal coach to guide them, and believe in the extra benefit they get from the amino acid formula obtained from A.P John.
Good luck to those trying a dietary regimen to fight their cancer!
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Just after 1 p.m. Friday, Mullins Police responded to a domestic call at an apartment on Gause Street involving 24-year-old Malcom Smith.
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The chase continued and ended on North Mullins Street. Officers returned fire, killing Smith, according to Mullins City Administrator Kenneth Davis.
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About a dozen of Smith's family gathered at the scene as the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) investigated the deadly shooting.
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