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This volume contains the principal elements preoccupying modern psychiatry. The author introduces the listener to all mental illnesses, on the one hand through real examples derived from his rich clinical experience and on the other explaining in simple terms the fault that is the underlying cause. It is in essence an interesting investigation into the magical world of the human brain.
Using easily comprehended language, the author provides convincing explanations for the diverse mental functions. The models he expounds on bring mental illness down to earth from the mists of philosophy to the realities of medicine. He compares schizophrenia to a minor short circuit and anorexia nervosa to the activation of a program in reserve in the brain. He gives reasons for the necessity for sleep and dreams.
Other than a doctor, however, Pavlos Sakkas is a person intensively querying social behavior. His many years of practice of psychiatry and his experience of human pain give him the potential to be of assistance to those who arrive at crucial crossroads in their lives. His charitable attitude and the unconventional viewpoints he develops provide interesting answers to the greatest existentialist questioning of human beings. He speaks of his own questioning and recounts what he answers when his patients ask him about the meaning of life.
©2015 Pavlos Sakkas (P)2015 Pavlos Sakkas
"2 or 3 stars not a fair rating"
I bought this audiobook because I heard different opinions on this. I have read the book also and, in my personal opinion, the story is excellent. It is very informative, it helps me to understand how my brain works. The doctor puts the things simple and sums up his experience. I do not understand why some people love doctors who recommend drugs, and others who hate doctors who write drugs.
Sorry guys but I am not a doctor. I believe that they were studying many years for the basics and some decades in clinical spaces to obtain experience.
My wife is a doctor. She uses to say "there are no good or bad medicines. There are appropriate medicines." Doctors judge the negative effects of the medicines and the risks of the disease. if the risk of the medicine is lower than the illness, they prefer medicines. Statistics!
Thanks for bearing my thoughts.
The description of the memory and dreams mechanisms.
Very good. I would prefer to be more "human". But it is clear.
How to reset it!
I believe that it is very useful for everyone. Forget the treatments. Focus on the description for the brain's mechanism. Simple and credible description by a specialist.
It is worth.
Strongly recommended.
That smart men are not so good lovers, and why...
the doctor
No it is long. I concluded in three nights!
The best I have bought the last year!
"Revealing Phychiatry"
This was a really interesting take on mental conditions.Jack Chekijian was the perfect narrator."I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher
"Very Informative Psychiatric Studies"
"Revealing Psychiatry" is an interesting look at some of the issues regarding mental illness as well as other topics of study. The book draws upon case studies and is a good informative listen for anyone in the academic field of psychiatry. I like Pavlos Sakkas' approach through open-mindedness. This was a book I had to listen to in several sittings as it's a lot to absorb but very worthwhile.
Jack Chekijian's narration was excellent. He's has a wonderful voice with spot on inflections as well as perfect enunciation. His professionalism shows and he's become one of my fave readers. In "Revealing Psychiatry" his delivery is well suited for the content. An overall great job.
Audiobook gifted in exchange for an honest review.
"Seriously informative!"
This book is an excellent resource for anyone who cares for, lives with, or just seeks to understand the inner workings of the human brain. The information is presented in a way that is easy to understand, and yet revolutionizes the way we view one of the most amazingly complex organs we use. The whole book is interesting, but for the purpose of easing the minds of a specific illness, after you read the first chapter, the other chapters are broken down into a respective illness. So, you could skip around. The narrator did a great job with enunciating clearly, which made the information easier to digest without distraction.
"Interesting Overall"
The author reviews major cases that he has come across in his career and interjects his own viewpoints, some of which I didn't care for, but was overall very interesting. The author is also brave to reveal some questionably unethical interventions and why he did them, some of which he would surely be prosecuted for in the U.S., but perhaps not in Greece where he practiced.
"good book dude"
I appreciate their efforts in putting an outstanding series of telling. I liked how they took realistic stories, into putting relating them with mental illnesses of psychiatric discoveries.
"Good for Psychaitry education!"
Revealing Psychiatry's is a good book for people who are in Psychiatry field or work in relation of psychology. Stories in the book basically case studies and very educative. Jack Chekijian's did outstanding job in narration, he voice was perfect, I will recommend this book and narrator Jack to my friends.
"Revealing Psychiatry"
I gathered some information from this book but lost interest towards the end. Thank god it's only one hour +
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Ossama Othman wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry to bother the devel list with this but it's been close to two > months since I applied for developer status but still haven't gotten any > word. I recently e-mailed firstname.lastname@example.com but received no > reply. > > I realize that everyone is busy trying to get slink out the door, which > is probably why I haven't heard anything about my status yet. Sorry guys, > I am getting a bit impatient but I completely understand that everyone is > busy. I just wanted Debian to know that I am still alive and that my ACE > packages are ready (I hope :P). Two months! I feel much better now. I've been waiting a little over 2 weeks and was starting to get impatient. Looking at things relavtively, I feel much better now. Kinda like when Grampa used to tell me how he had to _walk_ to school... uphill... in the snow... against the wind... both ways... with no shoes... etc, etc. Anyway, I hope the slink/release madness ends soon so we can help to contribute. -- This .sig space available for lease. Please contact: Mitch Blevins | firstname.lastname@example.com
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had a few boxes full that i had to clear out.
had a few boxes full that i had to clear out.
wanna? lose.
I have fill several boxes with eggs
~I own a Movie Darkrai and damn it i am proud to say it!!
428 so far.
Sig under constructionFor now just watch Bubbles dance. XD
Somewhere around 200
name: Phil
fc: 5283 8844 9326
Very low, 70. I don't really like to breed in DP since the babies hatched at level 1 and there's no IV man here. So I breed mainly in Emerald.
I hatched 2,338 eggs in Emerald anyways.
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Never awake a slumbering dragon..
No matter how cute it might be <3 <3
Everything in my sig made by me. Stealing is allowed as long as you give credit. <.<
~Gallery~Another Gallery~DeviantART (Gijinkas inside!)~
about 70 something(just got into all this egg move stuff)
About 60 included soft resetting
Excluding soft resetting about 35
Anti Cloning Club - Saving WiFi from Clones
GTS Guardians - Saving WiFi from Hacks
The Shiny Pokemon lover's club - We Just Love Shinies!
Mario Kart Wii Club - Join the Online Race Today!
Super Smash Bros Brawl Club Remade! - I Just Can't Wait to Get Brawling!
Credit to Blazing Fury for the Amazing Userbar!
I've hatched about 40 eggs excludding the 20 odd i've soft reseted
I lost track how many eggs I hatched. Well, I'm gonna say about 150 eggs.
Sorry guys. I'm might not come here anymore. Due to server lag.
I've hatched 164.
Hoo boy.
I've hatched around 230ish.
They call me...Sir Aaron
Actually, it's on the 3rd floor!
WOW!! I have hatched 2074 eggs!!!!
Name: Bran
Friend Code: 4253 1084 3763
PM me if you have a Chansey/Blissey with Wish for trade!!!!!
Originally Posted by Kirby
I have a question. If you save one step before an egg hatches, don't get the right nature, and soft-reset, can you get a different nature?
And what are the soft-reset buttons again?
Looking for:
NYC Event Wish Chansey/Blissey
I am the Pokemasterz League Mixed Gym Leader. Can you stand the diversity? WANTED: APPRENTICES FOR MY GYM
58 eggs so far. But I'm working on more
My six main characters: Geniveve, Thyrasta, Crystal, Charizard, Alakazam, Tyrannitar
220. This doesn't include the number of times I SR'd for better IVs, which would have make this number much higher, but I didn't keep count.
I don't participate in shiny hunting, but I did obtain a Shiny Spiritomb while hatching eggs one day.
Dedicated to my beloved friend, Tyranny the Tyranitar
With its indestructable body, it is bound to rule all.....
Has for now, have a nice day!
Spoiler:- info about me:
Former Spokane Pokemon Leagues Owner from 2009-2013.
Top 8 Utah VGC Regionals 2013 w/ sun team.
Member of Serebii for more than 6 years now.
^ Credit to the awesome, Mew12345 for the battle scene and pokesho.com for the sprites
Wanna hear something funny, those crazy security people in the airport took my Pokemon Pearl game away because they thought it was a bomb/had one in it. Needless to say, I won't be doing wifi battles/anything for a long time. :*
1446. I didn't even really know about the egg counter until now lol.
.: Friend Code: 5300-9214-1882 :.Please PM your FC if you add me!Looking for lots of friends for Friend Safari!
Hundreds and still not one shiny.
only 50 :O. felt like MUCH more to me. haha.
Credit Goes To Hydro King For The Beautiful Banner
Delusions Of Serene Waves Composed Of Aqua Crystal...
Pair <3
like 250-ish. I've used the glitch to check alot though.


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Council asks for more options for burn ban
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- Mara Stine
- Gresham Outlook - News
Gresham Fire Marshal Gus Lian will present an ordinance banning backyard burning to city councilors on Tuesday, March 20.
After four citizens testified against the idea with one testifying in favor of it during a Tuesday, March 6, Gresham City Council meeting, councilors made a few suggestions.
They want Lian to explore making a city wood chipper available to residents. The chips would then be available to citizens. Councilors also requested a transition period, or 'honeymoon phase,' to ease residents into the change, as well as top-notch communications to notify citizens regarding the ban.
In response to residents who are angry they won't be able to burn large amounts of tree branches, hedge clippings and the like, Lian said they can apply for a $75 open-burn permit, good for up to a year. Nurseries also can use agricultural burn permits to burn their debris.
Lian proposed the ban on fires in residential areas, also known as backyard burns, due to the once-rural city's growth, increasing density and a rising number of citizen complaints. Noxious smoke from fires pose health concerns, ranging from itchy eyes to breathing problems, Lian said.
He wants Gresham to completely ban such burning, but he plans to allow 10 spread-out days of burning in autumn and spring. Gresham is one of the last cities in the Portland-metro area to allow burning in residential areas.


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The West Ham manager, Avram Grant, says neither his job nor his team's Premier League status will be in jeopardy even if West Ham lose at home to their fellow strugglers Wigan.
Grant's employers appeared to offer a different opinion on the club's website this week by declaring that West Ham "must win" this match and explaining ominously that "the board has designated this match the 'save our season game'".
However, though his team are bottom of the league and five points from safety, Grant maintained that West Ham will survive regardless of tomorrow's result against 18th-placed Wigan and suggested that the board's message was not a veiled threat to him but rather a rallying cry to supporters.
The vice-chairman, Karren Brady, took the unusual step of visiting Grant and the players at the club's training ground this week but the manager claimed that was to express her support for him and the staff. "Some people have described the game like this but it will not change one thing," said Grant. "If we win, we will still have a long way to go and, even if we don't, we will also have a long way to go. Karen Brady has been, [co-owner] David Gold also came this week. I spoke with them, we had a few meetings like always, they are very supportive. Everybody wants more points, but nobody more than me."
Grant said he is not concerned about the prospect of the sack, reasoning: "I never think about myself.
"I believe we can do it [get out of trouble]," continued Grant, who suggested that he would remain optimistic even if West Ham were still anchored to the bottom at Christmas. "Even after 20 games [of the season], there is enough time to do it. It would not be easy but it would be possible."
Grant has presided over one win in 14 league games since taking charge in the summer and the team's fortunes reached a new low last week when they lost 3-0 at Liverpool following a performance that even Grant concedes was "very, very bad".
After that match West Ham striker Carlton Cole appeared to take aim at Grant by complaining about tactics that, he said, left him "starved" of the ball.
Grant refused to reveal whether he would punish the player for his dissent but implied that Cole himself bears some of the blame for the club's predicament, having only scored once in the league this season.
"I encourage my players to be honest but I have said many times that I'm not going to the press and say I don't like the defence because they have conceded a lot of goals or this striker because he has scored only two goals," said Grant. "So I expect them if they have something to say to say it in my office."
The Israeli also criticised referees and listed six matches this season in which he believes errors have affected the outcome. He said that he believes one of the reasons for which West Ham have suffered from so many perceived bad decisions is that he and his players are "too nice". "Even after one game the referee said to me 'but they didn't protest' so I said 'don't worry, next time I'll jump on you'.ends


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ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about the different treatments doctors use for women with this type of cancer. Use the menu to see other pages.
This section tells you the treatments that are the standard of care for these types of cancer. "Standard of care" means the best treatments known. Ovarian epithelial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, and peritoneal cancer are usually treated the same way.
When making treatment plan decisions, patients are encouraged to consider clinical trials as an option. A clinical trial is a research study that tests a new approach to treatment. Doctors want to learn whether it is safe, effective, and possibly better than the standard treatment. Clinical trials can test a new drug, a new combination of standard treatments, or new doses of standard drugs or other treatments. Your doctor can help you consider all your treatment options. To learn more about clinical trials, see the About Clinical Trials and Latest Research sections.
Treatment overview
In cancer care, different types of doctors often work together to create a patient's overall treatment plan that combines different types of treatments. This is called a multidisciplinary team. Cancer care teams include a variety of other health care professionals, including physician assistants, oncology nurses, social workers, pharmacists, counselors, dietitians, and others.
Descriptions of the most common treatment options for ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, and peritoneal cancer are listed below. Treatment options and recommendations depend on several factors, including the type and stage of cancer, possible side effects, and the patient's preferences and overall health or personal considerations, such as a woman's age and if she is planning to have children in the future.
Your care plan may include treatment for symptoms and side effects, an important part of cancer care. Take time to learn about all of your treatment options and be sure to ask questions about things that are unclear. Talk about the goals of each treatment with your doctor and what you can expect while receiving the treatment. Learn more about making treatment decisions.
Women with ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, or peritoneal cancer may have concerns about if or how their treatment may affect their sexual health and their ability to have children in the future. All patients are encouraged to talk with the health care team about these topics before treatment begins.
Surgery is usually an important treatment for ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer, and peritoneal cancer. A gynecologic oncologist is a doctor who specializes in gynecological cancers, including surgery and chemotherapy.
As mentioned in Diagnosis, surgery is often needed to find out the complete extent of the disease. The goal is to provide an accurate stage. This is important because imaging tests aren't always able to see the true extent of a disease. Up to 30% of women whose imaging tests seem to show early ovarian disease actually have disease that has spread to other organs.
To determine whether ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer has spread, the surgeon will remove lymph nodes, tissue samples, and fluid from the abdomen for testing. If it is clear during the surgery that the cancer has spread, the surgeon will remove as much of the cancer as possible. This has been shown to provide the best benefit when combined with chemotherapy (see below) after surgery.
There are several surgical options for ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer. The stage of the tumor determines the types of surgery. Sometimes doctors perform two or more procedures during the same surgery
Salpingo-oophorectomy. This surgery involves removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes. If both ovaries and both fallopian tubes are removed, it is called a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. If the woman wants to become pregnant in the future and has early-stage cancer, it may be possible to remove only one ovary and one fallopian tube if the cancer is located in only one ovary. That surgery is called a unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. For women with a germ cell type of ovarian tumor, surgery often needs to remove only the ovary with the tumor, which preserves the woman's ability to become pregnant.
Hysterectomy. This surgery focuses on the removal of a woman's uterus and, if necessary, surrounding tissue. If only the uterus is removed, it is called a partial hysterectomy. A total hysterectomy is when a woman's uterus and cervix are removed.
Lymphadenectomy (lymph node dissection). The surgeon may remove lymph nodes in the pelvis and paraortic areas.
Omentectomy. This is surgery to remove the thin tissue that covers the stomach and large intestine.
Cytoreductive/debulking surgery. For women with metastatic cancer, the goal of this surgery is to remove as much tumor as is safely possible. This may include removing tissue from nearby organs, such as the spleen, gallbladder, stomach, bladder, or colon. This may involve removing part of each of these organs. This procedure can help reduce a person's symptoms. It may help increase the effectiveness of other treatment, such as chemotherapy, given after surgery to control the disease that remains. If the disease has spread beyond ovaries, fallopian tubes, or peritoneum, doctors may use chemotherapy to shrink the tumor before cytoreductive or debulking surgery. This is called neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Debulking surgery should be performed by an experienced gynecologic oncologist. Talk with your doctor before surgery about the risks and benefits of this procedure. Ask about the surgeon's experience with debulking surgery for this type of cancer.
Side effects of surgery
Surgery causes short-term pain and tenderness. If there is pain, the doctor will prescribe an appropriate medication. For several days after the operation, you may have difficulty emptying your bladder (urinating) and having bowel movements. Talk with your surgeon about what side effects to expect from your specific surgery and how they can be relieved.
Studies have shown that women who have their surgeries performed by a gynecologic oncologist are more likely to be successfully treated with surgery and have fewer side effects.
If the surgeon removes both ovaries, a woman can no longer become pregnant. The loss of both ovaries eliminates the body's source of sex hormones, resulting in premature menopause. Soon after surgery, a woman is likely to have menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes and vaginal dryness.
Talk with your doctor about sexual and reproductive health concerns, including ways to address these concerns before and after cancer treatment.
Learn more about the basics of cancer surgery.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells, usually by stopping the cancer cells' ability to grow and divide. Chemotherapy is given by a gynecological oncologist or a medical oncologist, a doctor who specializes in treating cancer with medication.
Systemic chemotherapy gets into the bloodstream to reach cancer cells throughout the body. Common ways to give chemotherapy include an intravenous (IV) tube placed into a vein using a needle or in a pill or capsule that is swallowed (orally).
A chemotherapy regimen (schedule) usually consists of a specific number of cycles given over a set period of time. A patient may receive one drug at a time or combinations of different drugs at the same time.
Most of the chemotherapy options described below apply to epithelial ovarian cancer, as well as fallopian tube cancer and peritoneal cancer. The type of the chemotherapy used depends on several factors.
- Adjuvant chemotherapy. This is done to destroy cancer remaining after surgery. This treatment typically consists of carboplatin (Paraplatin) given with paclitaxel (Taxol) or docetaxel (Docefrez, Taxotere) intravenously (IV), which is through the vein. Most of these drugs are given every 3 weeks.
Another approach is called "dose-dense" chemotherapy. This is when the drugs are giving weekly instead of every 3 weeks. Some studies show that using dose-dense paclitaxel with carboplatin may improve survival rates compared to giving the drugs every 3 weeks. Talk with your doctor about which scheduling option is best for your situation.
In addition, a third way to give adjuvant chemotherapy is to infuse it directly into the abdomen. This is called intraperitoneal or "IP" chemotherapy. This approach can be considered for women with stage III disease after a successful surgical debulking procedure. In previous studies, IP treatment was more effective when compared to intravenous treatment on the every 3-week schedule.
Studies comparing dose-dense (weekly) IV chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel to IP chemotherapy with the same drugs show similar outcomes. Doctors are discussing whether the more intense IV approach can replace the use of IP chemotherapy.
With each of these approaches, doctors consider a variety of factors, such as age, kidney function, and other existing health problems.
Research studies are underway to see if additional medications, such as PARP inhibitors, should be used. Several studies have evaluated whether adding bevacizumab (Avastin), which is an anti-vascular or "blood vessel growth blocking" antibody, to standard chemotherapy following initial surgery is helpful. In general, bevacizumab used for ovarian cancer has prolonged the time in some patients before the cancer returns; see Latest Research.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy. This is done to reduce the size of a tumor before surgery. It will usually follow a biopsy so the doctors can determine where the tumor began. This type of chemotherapy is usually given for 3 to 4 cycles before considering surgery, called interval surgery. Similar to adjuvant chemotherapy (see above), this treatment usually consists of carboplatin (Paraplatin) given with paclitaxel (Taxol) or docetaxel (Docefrez, Taxotere) intravenously, which is through the vein. Typically, the treatment cycle is to give these drugs every 3 weeks. Studies suggest a weekly schedule for the paclitaxel. Talk with your doctor about which scheduling option is best for your treatment plan.
In August 2016, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO) released a joint clinical practice guideline on the use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which is chemotherapy given before surgery, for women with newly diagnosed, advanced ovarian cancer. Listen to a podcast about what this treatment guideline means for patients.
Maintenance chemotherapy. This is done to reduce the time to, or risk of, cancer recurrence. Bevacizumab (Avastin) can be used for maintenance chemotherapy for people with ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer.
Recurrence chemotherapy. This is done to treat the cancer if it comes back, called a recurrence. A primary goal of the treatment of recurrent disease is to reduce or prevent symptoms of the disease while keeping the side effects of treatment to a minimum. Treatment for women with recurrent disease is generally categorized based on the time since her last treatment using a platinum chemotherapy drug. Platinum chemotherapy drugs include carboplatin and cisplatin. Researchers are working to see if surgery is an effective option for recurrent disease.
Platinum-sensitive disease: If the cancer returns more than 6 months after platinum chemotherapy, doctors call it "platinum-sensitive." If it returns to one specific spot, additional surgery may be beneficial. You can discuss this with your doctor. Surgery is usually considered only if the time period following chemotherapy has been at least 12 months. If the cancer comes back to more than one place in the body, chemotherapy is the appropriate next step. For patients with platinum sensitive disease, clinical trials suggest there is benefit to using carboplatin again intravenously and combining it with liposomal doxorubicin (Doxil), paclitaxel (Taxol), or gemcitabine (Gemzar).
A clinical trial evaluated adding bevacizumab to the gemcitabine and carboplatin combination. This extended the time before the disease came back but did not change the overall survival rate. You should discuss the risks and possible benefits of this approach with your doctor.
Platinum-resistant disease: If the cancer returns in less than 6 months following platinum chemotherapy, doctors call it "platinum resistant." In general, the choice of chemotherapy at this point is selected from a variety of medications that have all shown similar ability to shrink cancer. Doctors choose them based on possible side effects and preference based on schedule of dosing. These medications may include, but are not limited to:
Liposomal doxorubicin (Doxil)
Paclitaxel (Taxol)
Docetaxel (Taxotere)
Nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane)
Gemcitabine (Gemzar)
Etoposide (Toposar, VePesid)
Pemetrexed (Alimta)
Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)
Topotecan (Hycamtin)
Vinorelbine (Navelbine)
Irinotecan (Camptosar)
For platinum-resistant cancer, most doctors recommend single and sequential use (1 drug after another) of these medications, but they are sometimes used in combination.
Bevacizumab can be combined with liposomal doxorubicin, paclitaxel, or topotecan for platinum-resistant cancer. Doctors believe this is best used with patients who have received one or two treatments, have not previously received bevacizumab, and those do not have evidence of significant bowel involvement by a CT scan. By adding bevacizumab to the chemotherapy, the time to disease recurrence may be lengthened when compared to those patients receiving chemotherapy alone. You should discuss the risks and possible benefits of this approach with your doctor.
Clinical trials are always reasonable to consider, if available. Talk with your doctor about available clinical trials open to you.
Ovarian germ cell and stromal tumors
For patients with ovarian germ cell tumors, the first treatment usually is surgery. In some cases, doctors can perform the surgery in a way that preserves fertility. Doctors generally recommend chemotherapy following surgery. The exception is stage IA dysgerminoma or stage I, grade 1 to 2 immature teratoma. Chemotherapy usually consists of a combination of intravenous (IV) bleomycin (Blenoxane), cisplatin (Platinol), and etoposide (Toposar, VePesid). The overall approach and medications given are similar to those used in male germ cell cancer, which is a type of testicular cancer. To learn more about this type of cancer, visit the Cancer.Net guides to testicular cancer and childhood germ cell tumors.
Stromal tumors are a rare form of ovarian cancer. They are found in the connective tissue that holds the ovaries together. For a stage I stromal tumor, treatment usually consists of surgery only. For high-risk, early stage tumors or stage III or stage IV disease, doctors often consider combination chemotherapy. You should discuss the risks and potential benefits with your doctor. For information about staging, visit the Staging section of this guide.
Chemotherapy for a stromal tumor usually involves the combination of bleomycin (Blenoxane), cisplatin (Platinol) and etoposide (Toposar, VePesid). Chemotherapy can be used after surgery or for recurrent tumors. Researchers are looking at chemotherapy with carboplatin (Paraplatin) and paclitaxel (Taxol) as another alternative. For recurrent disease, doctors use the hormonal therapy leuprolide (Eligard, Lupron, Viadur). Clinical trials are evaluating the effectiveness of bevacizumab (Avastin) to block the growth of blood vessels. Studies are being done to test tumors molecularly to find other, more targeted drugs for this type of cancer.
Side effects of chemotherapy
For ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer, the side effects of chemotherapy depend on the individual and the dose used. Side effects can include fatigue, risk of infection, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, loss of appetite, and diarrhea. These side effects usually go away after treatment is finished.
Possible side effects of chemotherapy include difficulty with cognitive (brain) functions. For example, the patient may have issues with attention span or memory. Other possible side effects include stopping the ability to become pregnant and causing premature or early menopause. Rarely, certain drugs may cause some hearing loss or kidney damage. Patients may be given extra fluid intravenously for kidney protection. Before treatment begins, patients should talk with their health care team about possible short-term and long-term side effects of the specific drugs being given. It is important to note that many side effects can be reduced by adjusting the dose and/or schedule.
Learn more about the basics of chemotherapy and preparing for treatment. Researchers are continually evaluating the medications that treat cancer. Talking with your doctor is often the best way to learn about the medications prescribed for you, their purpose, and their potential side effects or interactions with other medications. Learn more about your prescriptions by using searchable drug databases.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is not used as a first treatment for ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer. Occasionally, it can be an option for treating small, localized recurrent cancer. See the section below for more about treatment options for recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer.
Radiation therapy is the use of high-energy x-rays or other particles to destroy cancer cells. A doctor who specializes in giving radiation therapy to treat cancer is called a radiation oncologist. The most common type of radiation treatment is called external beam radiation therapy. This type of radiation is given from a machine outside the body. When radiation treatment is given using implants, it is called internal radiation therapy or brachytherapy. A radiation therapy regimen usually consists of a specific number of treatments given over a set period of time.
Side effects from radiation therapy may include fatigue, mild skin reactions, upset stomach, and loose bowel movements. Most side effects go away soon after treatment is finished. Learn more about the basics of radiation therapy.
For more information on radiation therapy for gynecologic cancers, see the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's pamphlet, Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Cancers (PDF).
Targeted therapy (updated 03/2017)
Targeted therapy is a treatment that targets the cancer's specific genes, proteins, or the tissue environment that contributes to cancer growth and survival. This type of treatment blocks the growth and spread of cancer cells while limiting damage to healthy cells.
Recent studies show that not all tumors have the same targets. To find the most effective treatment, your doctor may run tests to identify the genes, proteins, and other factors in your tumor. This helps doctors better match each patient with the most effective treatment whenever possible. In addition, many research studies are taking place now to find out more about specific molecular targets and new treatments directed at them. Learn more about the basics of targeted treatments.
For ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer, some targeted therapy drugs are directed at specific genes that might be found with abnormalities in certain types of epithelial ovarian cancer. For this purpose, serous ovarian cancers are divided into 2 groups: high-grade serous cancer (HGSC) and low-grade serous cancer (LGSC). The vast majority of cancers from these organs are HGSC, while LGSC are uncommon. Standard chemotherapy has been effective in HGSC. Typically, the HGSC tumors have mutations in the TP53 and BRCA genes and are diagnosed at later stages. Other tumor mutations are less commonly seen.
The BRCA mutation, even if found only in the tumor and not in the blood, may increase the effectiveness of certain classes of drugs, such as poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (see below).
Other types of ovarian cancer are much less common and include LGSC, endometrioid, clear cell, and mucinous cancers. These tumors have a variety of mutations, including KRAS, BRAF, PI3KCA, and PTEN, which may mean there is an available targeted treatment. Clinical trials in these groups are ongoing.
Anti-angiogenesis inhibitors. Drugs called anti-angiogenesis inhibitors block the action of a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). These drugs have been shown to increase the cancer's response to treatment and delay the time it takes for the cancer to return. VEGF promotes angiogenesis, which is the formation of new blood vessels. Because a tumor needs nutrients delivered by blood vessels to grow and spread, the goal of anti-angiogenesis therapies is to "starve" the tumor. Bevacizumab, an antibody that binds VEGF and prevents it from being active, has been shown to be effective in ovarian cancer. FDA approval was given in the United States for its use in combination with selected chemotherapy for patients with platinum resistant recurrence (see "Maintenance chemotherapy" above).
PARP inhibitors. PARP inhibitors block an enzyme involved in repairing damaged DNA. By blocking this enzyme, DNA inside cancer cells may be less likely to be repaired, leading to cell death and possibly slowing down or stopping tumor growth. The BRCA genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are normally involved in DNA repair, and a mutation in these genes interferes with this pathway function. PARP inhibitors make it particularly difficult for cells that otherwise have a BRCA mutation to grow and divide.
The FDA approved the PARP inhibitor olaparib (Lynparza) for recurrent disease in patients who have the inherited BRCA mutation and who have received 3 or more lines of chemotherapy. In the supporting study of 137 patients with a BRCA mutation, 34% of patients experienced shrinkage in tumor for an average of 7.9 months. A very small number of patients developed secondary, hematologic (blood) cancers after use of these drugs.
Studies are underway with other PARP inhibitors that do not all require the inherited BRCA mutation. In March 2017, the FDA approved another PARP inhibitor, niraparib (Zejula), for maintenance treatment of adults with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer whose tumors have shrunk after treatment with platinum chemotherapy, such as carboplatin and cisplatin. This treatment worked in patients with and without a BRCA mutation. In a clinical trial with 553 patients, progression-free survival (PFS) was measured in people with and without the mutation. PFS is the length of time during and after treatment that the cancer does not grow or spread further. In patients with the BRCA mutation, median PFS was 21 months, compared to 5.5 months in those who did not take niraparib. In patients without the BRCA mutation, median PFS was 9.3 months, compared to 3.9 months in those who did not take niraparib.
Researchers are further testing to see if PARP inhibitors can keep the cancer from coming back after chemotherapy. You should discuss the potential benefits and risks of PARP therapy with your doctor.
Getting care for symptoms and side effects
Cancer and its treatment often cause side effects. In addition to treatment to slow, stop, or eliminate the cancer, an important part of cancer care is relieving a person's symptoms and side effects. This approach is called palliative or supportive care. Palliative care includes supporting the patient with her physical, emotional, and social needs.
Palliative care is any treatment that focuses on reducing symptoms, improving quality of life, and supporting patients and their families. Any person, regardless of age or type and stage of cancer, may receive palliative care. Palliative care works best when it is started as early as needed in the cancer treatment process.
People often receive treatment for the cancer and treatment to ease side effects at the same time. Patients who receive both, often have less severe symptoms and better quality of life, and report they are more satisfied with treatment.
Palliative treatments vary widely and often include medication, nutritional changes, relaxation techniques, emotional support, and other therapies. You may receive palliative treatments similar to those meant to eliminate the cancer, such as chemotherapy or surgery. Talk with your doctor about the goals of each treatment in the treatment plan.
Before treatment begins, talk with your health care team about the possible side effects of your specific treatment plan and palliative care options. During and after treatment, be sure to tell your doctor or another health care team member if you experience a problem so it can be addressed as quickly as possible. Learn more about palliative care.
Metastatic ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer
If cancer spreads to another part in the body from where it started, doctors call it metastatic cancer. If this happens, it is a good idea to talk with doctors who have experience in treating it. Doctors can have different opinions about the best standard treatment plan. Clinical trials might be an option. Learn more about getting a second opinion before starting treatment, so you are comfortable with your chosen treatment plan.
New treatments for these types of cancer include experimental combinations of chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy, also called biologic therapy. These combinations are designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the cancer (see Latest Research). Because the benefits of these options remain unproven, their risks must be weighed against possible improvements in symptoms and survival. Palliative care will be important to help relieve symptoms and side effects.
For most patients, a diagnosis of metastatic cancer is very stressful and, at times, difficult to bear. Patients and their families are encouraged to talk about the way they are feeling with doctors, nurses, social workers, or other members of the health care team. It may be helpful to talk with other patients, including through a support group.
Remission and the chance of recurrence
A remission is when cancer cannot be detected in the body and there are no symptoms. This may also be called having "no evidence of disease" or NED.
A remission may be temporary or permanent. This uncertainty causes many people to worry that the cancer will come back. It's important to talk with your doctor about the possibility of the cancer returning. This is particularly important after treatment for ovarian, fallopian tube and peritoneal cancer, as many women experience at least one recurrence. Understanding your risk of recurrence and the treatment options may help you feel more prepared if the cancer does return. Learn more about coping with the fear of recurrence.
If the cancer does return after the original treatment, it is called recurrent cancer. It may come back in the same place (called a local recurrence), nearby (regional recurrence), or in another place (distant recurrence).
When this occurs, a new cycle of testing will begin to discover as much as possible about the recurrence. After testing is done, you and your doctor will talk about your treatment options. Often the treatment plan will include the treatments described above such as surgery and chemotherapy. However, they may be used in a different combination or given at a different pace. Radiation therapy may be used in some situations. Your doctor may suggest clinical trials that are studying new ways to treat your type of recurrent cancer. Whichever treatment plan you choose, palliative care will be important for relieving symptoms and side effects
The symptoms of recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer are similar to those experienced when the disease was first diagnosed. The four most common symptoms are bloating; pelvic or abdominal pain; difficulty eating or feeling full quickly; and urinary symptoms (urgency or frequency). However, other symptoms may include persistent indigestion, gas, nausea, diarrhea, or constipation; unexplained weight loss or gain, especially in the abdominal area; abnormal bleeding from the vagina; pain during sexual intercourse; fatigue; and lower back pain.
In addition to monitoring symptoms, doctors may be able to diagnose a recurrence by measuring the level of CA-125 in the blood in women whose levels were elevated prior to treatment. As outlined in Diagnosis, CA-125 is a cancer antigen, or a substance that is found in higher levels in women with ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer. In 95% of women, a rise in CA-125 indicates a recurrence. However, sometimes a recurrence can happen without an elevation of this marker depending on the tumor type.
Whichever treatment plan you choose, palliative care will be important for relieving symptoms and side effects.
People with recurrent cancer often experience emotions such as disbelief or fear. Patients are encouraged to talk with their health care team about these feelings and ask about support services to help them cope. Learn more about dealing with cancer recurrence.
If treatment fails
Recovery from ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer is not always possible. If the cancer cannot be cured or controlled, the disease may be called advanced or terminal.
This diagnosis is stressful, and advanced cancer is difficult to discuss for many people. However, it is important to have open and honest conversations with your doctor and health care team to express your feelings, preferences, and concerns. The health care team is there to help. Many team members have special skills, experience, and knowledge to support patients and their families. Making sure a person is physically comfortable and free from pain is extremely important.
Patients who have advanced cancer and who are expected to live less than 6 months may want to consider a type of palliative care called hospice care. Hospice care is designed to provide the best possible quality of life for people who are near the end of life. You and your family are encouraged to think about where you would be most comfortable: at home, in the hospital, or in a hospice environment. Nursing care and special equipment can make staying at home a workable alternative for many families. Learn more about advanced cancer care planning.
After the death of a loved one, many people need support to help them cope with the loss. Learn more about grief and loss.
The next section in this guide is About Clinical Trials. It offers more information about research studies that are focused on finding better ways to care for people with cancer. You may use the menu to choose a different section to continue reading in this guide.


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The super PAC aligned with Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is purchasing $800,000 of television advertising on Montana television to boost the Republican candidate in a May 25 special election for a vacant House seat as the GOP moves to defend another front in the battle for control of Congress.
Beginning Friday, the Congressional Leadership Fund is airing a 30-second spot on broadcast and cable television in the Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls and Missoula media markets. The ad attacks Democrat Rob Quist, a musician who is running for Montana's statewide, at-large House seat against Republican Greg Gianforte, the GOP nominee for governor last year.
Montana's single House seat was vacated earlier this year by Republican Ryan Zinke. President Trump appointed him to serve as Interior secretary. The Montana contest comes on the heels of special elections in Kansas and Georgia, where Democrats this month have overperformed conservative-leaning districts that historically elect Republicans.
The Republican candidate came out on top in each contest, results that were bolstered by investments from CLF. But the results energized Democrats as they look to put a dent in the GOP's congressional majorities ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. So, even though Trump easily won Montana last year, Republicans are taking the race seriously.
That's especially true because the Democratic Party is competitive in the state, controlling one Senate seat and the governor's mansion.
In CLF's television spot, first shared with the Washington Examiner late Thursday, the group ties Quist to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and paints him as an extreme liberal. The ad script reads:
Rob Quist talks folksy.
But his record is more Nancy Pelosi than Montana.
Quist supports devastating military budget cuts.
But would spend your tax dollars on a government health plan even than Obamacare.
And Quist has a long pattern of failing to pay his bills…
He's even faced multiple for not paying his taxes.
Can you trust Quist and Pelosi — with money?
This post originally appeared on Washington Examiner


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Nancy Johnson
Room 35
First Grade
First grade is such an exciting time in a child's life! You won't believe how much we learn and discover throughout the year. I love helping children become life long readers and life long learners.
When I'm not teaching, I enjoy doing Therapy Dog work with my dog Sara. You can often find us at the Brownell SaraLibrary. Check out their website to see when we will be there next. You can call the library to sign up and read to Sara. We hope to see you there!
Here is our weekly schedule of specials. Please remember to have sneakers on gym days: Monday and Thursday.
Monday: Gym
Tuesday: Music
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Gym
Friday: Guidance


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Gay, Bi-, Queer Poly Men Gather & Chat Here
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Hi, I'm not a gay man, but I cant resist a thread with "gay bi queer" in the title!
Actually I often feel like a gay/bi man in a female body, so...
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From a very young age I was attracted to girls; I remember buying jewelry (a nickel each!) from little my sister to give to two different girls I liked in the first grade.
That's so cute!
In the fifth grade, I discovered my mother's cache of Playgirl magazines and made a startling discovery: although I didn't have much use for men's bodies in general, I found one part of them very exciting. Especially when it stuck out like that! And even many years later, I remember saying to a friend, "I'm not really attracted to guys, but there sure is something sexy about a hard cock."
Mmmm, a hard man IS good to find!
This is where I'm at too, River. My thought is, if I can find even one gay/bi friend, I should be able to connect to a larger gay community here. I squandered one such opportunity recently; I ran into an openly gay man I knew from a theater performance years ago. We talked briefly, he seemed quite interested in me (and I found him way more attractive than I had years ago), but I was in a hurry, and though we talked about having coffee sometime, we didn't exchange numbers or make a plan, and he may or may not be in town this winter. Maybe its better though; since I'm mostly wanting to connect to a larger community, he might feel used if he helped me do that and we didn't end up dating for long.
Awww, if you like each other, you could have a lover/friend, as well as a possible "in" to the community. I don't see any "using" in there, just connection. I hope you run into him again soon!
There is one other man who seems unusually interested in me on karaoke nights as well; I'm thinking he might be gay, but again I'd feel a little bad exploiting his interest to connect with others.
Who are these others? Just take 'em one at a time when you can find 'em!
BTW, you said you want to connect with men emotionally now, whereas before you were just more into the cock. My gf and I joke about how we'd be content with each other sexually, but... sigh... boys and their darn sexy cocks. One must put up with a lot of lame guy crap (bad communication abilities mostly) just to get to play with those yummy cocks.
I must say, after 30+ years living with a straight vanilla man, it's so damn refreshing and easy to be in a LTR with a woman (even tho she's trans). This is in reference to typical male/female communication styles, and .... present company excluded, of course.
River, you're so eloquent, it's a pleasure to read your posts.
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Everything Good and Right…Chrisitan Perspectives Comments Off on Everything Good and Right…
Revelation 4:9-11 (KJV)
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Throughout Scripture, we find references to "crowns."
Let's take a look at these eternal rewards for a victorious Christian life and a strong relationship with Jesus Christ.
The Crown of Victory.
To finish life well, believers need Olympic endurance. Athletes in those ancient games received a perishable circlet of laurel leaves. But when we are effective in our God-given ministry and triumph over sin, we'll be given an imperishable crown (1 Cor. 9:25-27).
The Crown of Exultation.
The believers that we had a hand in bringing to Christ will be "our glory and joy" before the Lord (1 Thess. 2:18-20). Just imagine how you will rejoice in heaven upon seeing and talking with the people who recognize your contribution to their spiritual development.
The Crown of Righteousness.
The Christian life is not easy, but there is great reward for living righteously when facing temptation or hardship. Believers who pursue godliness are always thinking about the life to come and striving to meet God with a pure conscience (2 Tim. 4:5-8).
The Crown of Life.
Heartache and pain are unavoidable in this life, but we can take heart because much spiritual growth happens in adversity. Hang in there to receive the crown of life that the Lord promised to those who love Him (James 1:12).
In heaven, what will we do with the crowns we have earned? We will cast them before Jesus' feet (Rev. 4:10), laying them down as a tribute to the One who saved us, gifted us, equipped us, and lived in us.


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Last post, we talked about how doing book signings the right way, can sell books quickly. But there's something you need to do first. You need to have the basics covered. Without these things, you have slim to no chance of selling books. Awareness is great, building a fan base is great and equally important but at the end of the day, we want to sell books.
Here are a few things that are very important: (arguably, in order of importance according to the way many readers shop)
1) A great cover. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on a first-class cover. Whether you're doing an eBook cover or a physical book cover, I've seen great covers for as little as $5. If you're going to splurge on anything, I say start with a great cover. Without it, even the best story ever told, may not be looked at twice by a potential customer. If you have the talent to do it yourself, go for it, but most of us are not professional book cover designers and even if we are, we may not know how to design a cover that will sell a book to our particular audience. Go to Amazon or Goodreads and find book covers that you love but most importantly book covers from books that have sold well and give those samples to the graphic designer. A great book designer will know how to create a great front and equally important back cover.
2) A great description. You can be the greatest writer in the world and not write a great book description. There's an art to it and oftentimes a writer is not objective enough about their book to know what elements of it that are appealing to their readers. Get help. There are many reasonably priced writers who'll do it for you and if you have a small budget, trade favors with other writers you respect and ask them to write your description for you. Do blurbs work? It helps to have a couple of blurbs from famous people or those respected by your audience but is it guaranteed to sell your book? Not necessarily. Don't go crazy. Putting a blurb by an author your particular audience has never heard of may be a total waste of time.
3) A great back story or bio. Credibility is important in your field. If you write medical thrillers and you're a doctor, great! If you're a mother of three or teacher and you write kids books, perfect. Make sure that if you're using your career background for part of your author bio, that it's relevant to the genre you're writing in. If you have a powerful back story about what lead you to writing the book, use it. This too, should be written by someone else, if you feel that maybe you're too close to write it objectively.
4) Professionally formatted. If your book doesn't look like "a real book", a reader may not be able to pinpoint what's wrong but they will feel it's amateur. Get a professional to do it or go online and get a template that will help you make your book as professional as possible. It doesn't have to cost a lot but you will oftentimes see a big difference between hiring a professional and trying to put it together yourself.
5) A great opening chapter. I don't know about you, but if I'm not hooked by the first 3-5 sentences, I put the book down. If you're going to splurge on anything and you cannot afford to hire an editor for your whole book, get someone who'll line edit and copy edit your first few chapters. They must be as strong as ever.
In my next post, I'll talk about another way that sells books in 30 minutes or less — speaking engagements.


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This is Part One of a short series we are working on about "The New Mind Control Technique's and Delivery Methods"
This is only a small part of it. It also seems to involve TV and Computer Screens and something new called "Direct Thought Insertion".
It's a Brave New World we have here.
Time to get up to speed.
This is just an appetizer 🙂
Psychotronic Warfare and The Wireless Society
Also watch "Mind Control, Dumbing-down, Voluntary slaves & the 3G Spider:
http://www.bevolution.org – free download of brainwave model and find more videos that can change your life.
The mobile / cell phones and the wireless society included HAARP are actually psychotronic warfare no matter how you put it since it manipulates and changes your brain from functioning the optimal way and from you being in contact with yourself – therefore we have the constant increasing stress and burn out which is due to this among other things, of course.
Cell phone towers GWEN: Synthetic Telepathy MIND CONTROL
Control factor:
Scenes from the 2003 film "Control Factor", Universal Studios. Plot deals with mind control, behavior modification, and
psychotronic warfare
Synthetic Telepathy – The ESP Of Espionage
It is suspected that sections of the US military and security agencies have been using synthetic telepathy against 'internal
subversives' for at least a …
An article in New Scientist has described how Japanese scientists are beginning to read P300 brainwaves electronically, with
a view to developing computers to scan the brain for verbal content. At present, this research has been able to match up
only a handful of words that pass through the subject's brain.
Ghosts inside of you http://www.trueghosttales.com/paranormal/is-there-a-demon-inside-me/
Is There a Demon Inside Me? | True Ghost Tales
90 posts – 44 authors – Last post: Oct 20, 2009
The scariest part of this thing being inside me is that every now …… Anways, you said the demon had a sword. Can you
describe the sword? …
Transmit messages into the brain
Nervous System Information
The CNS processes the signal, and transmits a message back to an effector … rods and cones travels via the optic nerve
into the brain for interpretation
GWEN towers
Earth is wrapped in a magnetic field, The Ionosphere that consists of a layer of electrically charged particles. Natural
waves are created which result from electrical activity in the atmosphere, these waves are called 'The Schumann Resonance'
these are low frequency waves that exist in the earth's electromagnetic cavity and are identical to human brainwaves. The
Ionosphere is being manipulated by HAARP. There is a relation between the blood and geomagnetic waves. An imbalance between
Schumann and geomagnetic waves disrupts biorhythms. These natural geomagnetic waves are being replaced by artificially
created low frequency (LF) ground waves coming from GWEN Towers. (Ground Wave Emergency Network) transmitters placed 200
miles apart across the USA allow specific frequencies to be tailored to the geomagnetic-field strength in each area,
allowing the magnetic field to be altered. And they will use these towers to control our minds. GWEN towers can 1. control
the weather, 2. control the mind, 3. control behavior and mood control, and 4. send synthetic-telepathy as infrasound to
victims with US government mind-control implants. They have been doing this for many years reference "The Glass House Tapes"
written in 1973 by Louis Tackwood. These towers are a part of this.
Cell phone towers
**Be sure to see the section below titled "Countermeasures to Psychotronic and Demonic Attack"**
Psyop top secret 1976-1980 SRA USAF BAFB AR
Synopsis of "The Signal":
All telecommunication devices broadcast only a mysterious "Signal" turning people into murderous psychopaths.
I.E. Zombies?
Is Hollywood trying to tell us something?
TV = Mind Control
Using fear and the threat of insecurity to manipulate the people, corporate media, in bed with government, over the years having become the mouthpiece of government control, unleashes a barrage of propaganda, in images and pro-war commentators, to arouse in the population the false sense of security that justifies military action.
This way, debate is silenced and dissent is disappeared on the airwaves as once again the corporate media, the gatekeepers of information, allow us only to see and hear the point of view they want us to incorporate into our psyche.
Voices of reason and of intelligence are ignored, banished from imparting important thoughts of wisdom, thus making it virtually impossible for the population to ever know there are other options besides the horror of war.
With corporate anchors, journalists, reporters, commentators and executives pushing into our homes an exclusively pro-war, jingoistic viewpoint, blitzkrieging us with their propaganda-laced images and opinion, over months of constant threats of fear and insecurity, denying the public from ever seeing or hearing truths and realities, it therefore becomes rather easy, with a population addicted to television viewing, to mobilize a nation for war. With the marriage of government and corporate power, truth disappears just as much as falsity prospers.
With both entities profiting from the spoils of war, it is in each other's best interest to work together to disseminate the seeds that will invariably spawn the rebirth of a dormant war culture.
Once again the system is at work, knowing how easy it is to control the minds of a dumbed down population that has been well trained, and some might say socially engineered, to never question authority, never think outside the box, never seek accountability and never think for itself. Easily manipulated, millions of people are conditioned to believe, from a very early age, that anything emanating from television is sacrosanct. Thus, everything they watch is reality and anything they hear is truth.
Anchors and reporters become trusted personalities voicing reticent opinions whose veracity are seldom, if ever, questioned.
It is designed to manipulate and control at once, transforming the population into a sedentary herd of sheeple who never question what is told them.
Over the years millions of citizens have used this most dangerous drug to escape lives of frustration, unhappiness, desperation, depression and loneliness, never realizing that with every hour they watch, with every show they are glued to, with every channel they surf their minds are turned to mush, becoming conduits of ignorance, molded into muscles in desperate need of gossip and sensationalism, no longer thinking for itself.
The Establishment has perfected its machination of propaganda, creating the realities it wants into society, forming whatever truth that will be of the greatest benefit, not to society, but to itself.
Whatever reality it wants to create and disseminate is quickly absorbed by a population eager to feed off the mammary glands of television. The Establishment, the corporate world and government have for years told us how and what to think, how to act, who to obey and where to follow, condemning our minds to obedience, our lives to conformism and silent acquiescence.
TV is mind control brainwashing..controlled by the evil illuminati..666..
Signs of the Illuminati? BANNED BY YOUTUBE! Full 2 hour doc in description


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Recipe | Thin Crust, Gluten Free and Wholewheat Pizzas Base with A Crunchy Cilantro Pesto
"Mom, today is the last day of practice session, make some good Pizzas, all my friends have been asking for long, and please don't add too many veggies...keep it simple and crisp" informed my son taking out his cycle from the garage. I knew it was going to be a long & hectic day. For I need to drop my daughter in school for the last drama practice session in morning, bring her again, dress her up and then leave her back in school auditorium for the evening annual day function.
And making Pizzas in between…Hmm.
I prepared three different kinds of Pizza bases, two easy spreads to complete our dinner and the treat for son's school friends. Me and hubby like lots of veggies and slightly chewy pizza baked with wholegrain, son likes thin crust little veggies and the daughter eats only the crispy base baked with just cheese.
Chickpea flour is a favorite addition in my cooking, be it Indian flat beads, cookies or Pizza base, am hooked to the nutty flavor of it. The recent visit to my health store surprised me with Tapioca flour, I remember browsing many recipes of bloggers using the same to make gluten free goodies. May be the presence of starch in Tapioca (cassava) helps in gluten free baking and it did give a good shape to the gluten free Pizza base.
During the D day I managed to bake 4 small thin crust Pizzas for the friends of my son, dressed up my Gretel and could also reach early to catch a seat in the auditorium.
1. Thin Crust Pizza Base
(makes two small Pizzas)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 4 tsp. oil/olive oil
- 1/2 tsp. instant yeast
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/2 tsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
Method; Warm 2 tbsp of water slightly add sugar and yeast in it. Leave it for 5 5-7 minutes for the yeast to bubble.
Take a large vessel, add flour and salt in it. Mix thoroughly.
Make a well in the flour and pour in the active yeast mixture and rest of water in it. Mix slowly with hands to form soft dough.
Smear your hands with the oil and rub it around the dough and slightly knead it. Repeat the same process using the 4 tsp. of oil in the recipe. Knead the dough several times on a large board. The dough will be sticky, smear oil on your hands or use extra flour on board and keep kneading for 10 minutes.
Place the dough in another vessel brushed with oil and cover with a cling foil or a wet cloth. Let it rise for one hour or till it doubles in size.
Divide the dough into two and shape in a large circular disc. Keep it thin or thick as you desire. I like thin crust and roll the dough using my rolling pin to make it almost paper thin. It rises a little again when baked.
Use Pizza stone if you have or a baking tray to bake the pizza. Baking stone get evenly heated and provides perfect heat for the base to cook. If you are using a large baking tray sprinkle a little cornmeal flour before placing the pizza base.
Bake the crust for 5 minutes in a preheated oven at 200°C. Take out from the oven and let it cool slightly and use for making assorted Pizza.
2. Gluten Free Pizza Base
(makes 2 small Pizzas)
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1/2 cup chickpea flour or Besan
- 1/4 cup Tapioca flour
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 tsp. dry active yeast
- 2 tbsp. Olive oil
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. sugar
Method; Make the pizza base as explained in the first recipe. You can replace Tapicoa flour with all purpose flour if its not available. Tapioca flour helps in binding the gluten free dough which is hard to roll.
The dough will not rise as much as it does in the other two recipes. But the base comes out crispy and tastes good.
3. Whole wheat Pizza Base
(makes 4 small Pizza base)
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup All purpose flour
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 tsp. active dry yeast
- 2 tbsp. Olive oil/oil
- 1 tsp. sugar/honey
- 1 tsp. salt
Method; Use the same method as explained for the above base recipe.
1. Cilantro pesto with Peanuts
- 2 cups of cilantro/fresh coriander with stem
- 1/2 cup of peanuts/almonds
- 1/4 cup of oil/Olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 green chilies
- 1 tsp of lemon juice
- Salt as desired
Method; Wash coriander leaves and roughly chop them. Dry roast the groundnuts or use roasted and salted groundnuts.
Add all the ingredients except the oil in a blender. Blend to make into a fine paste. I left it slightly coarse to give a brighter green color and texture of the Pesto. Pour oil in the blender while it is still running to combine all the ingredients together.
I like chunky textured spreads and kept this Pesto slightly coarse, you can grind it more and make it smooth and paste like Pesto.
Store in an air tight container and refrigerate till used.
2. Quick Homemade Tomato Sauce
- 1 cup chopped tomato
- 2 tsp. oil
- 1 tsp dry herbs
- Salt and pepper as desired
Method; Heat oil and add tomatoes cook for 2-3 minutes on high heat. Add salt, pepper and herb of your choice. Mash the cooked tomatoes with a spoon.
To assemble the Pizza;
Take a Pizza base and brush it with Olive oil and spread the Cilantro pesto or tomato sauce generously over it. Add veggies of your choice. Colored bell peppers (capsicum or Shimla mirch), fresh corn kernels, olives, mushrooms, peas go well with vegetarian pizza recipes.
I stretched the base in my rectangular baking tin (above picture) to make a single serving Pizza for the whole family and also to reduce time by baking multiple Pizzas.
Sprinkle dry herbs of your choice and 2-3 tbsp. of Olive oil over the Pizza. Bake it at 200°C for 15 minutes.
Add grated Pizza cheese which melts well such as Mozzarella cheese and bake again for 3-4 minutes till the cheese starts to melt. Sever hot.
Thin crust Pizza is perfect choice when you wish to parcel it or eat it after a while.
The children enjoyed their crispy treat.
I was the early bird, reached two hours before and got a perfect place to sit. The school auditorium is spacious, well maintained and equipped with state of the art technology in video shooting and film production.
School children sit in the gallery above while the parents watch the function from ground floor. The auditorium was packed to its full capacity one hour before the function started. The huge bouncers and reflectors used to adjust the lighting inside were quite exciting to watch.
I sliced the Pizzas into small wedges and packed them in layers of parchment papers.
A fusion song with folk dances from many states of India, they look cute with the makeover and the colorful dresses. We are not supposed to take pictures of the show..Shh…my small PnS did the job well in zooming to its maximum limit.
Less cheese and few veggies keep the Pizza crisp. Pizza loaded with cheese tend to become rubbery after a while.
My little Gretel delivering her dialogues in the drama. This must be her 4th consecutive year of stage performance, but each year I watch her act with bated breath.
Homemade Pizza is lot more fun, economical and healthier option than the store bought one. You could add veggies of your choice, reduce cheese or can make it more crisp.
The next day I received a small paper from my son with a note "You make the best Pizza, thanks for the wonderful treat, Aunty"' signed by all his friends. A precious moment of highest appreciation and recognition I live for!
- Add more oil to store the Cilantro spread for longer period.
- Freeze the pesto for about a month.
- Use half mint leaves and half coriander leaves for a different flavor and taste.
- A pinch of sugar in the Pesto recipe would enhance the flavors.
- Use fresh cottage cheese, mushrooms or any other veggie as topping.
- Baking the crust before adding sauces and veggies make sure that it remains crisp.
- A layer of oil added before spreading the sauces will make sure that the base stays crisp as it will not soak the liquid from the sauces and become soggy.
- Stir fry the veggies in a pan to reduce the baking time, just add stir fried veggies, cheese and grill for a few minutes till cheese melts.
- Thin crust Pizza with wholewheat flour/rice four/chickpea flour pizza base is a good option if you want to avoid the carbs of white flour in your diet.


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EU warns: Watch out after E. coli outbreak
BRUSSELS, May 26, 2011 (AFP) - The European Commission on Thursday urged people who recently visited Germany to watch for symptoms such as bloody diarrhoea after an outbreak of a food-borne bacteria blamed for two deaths.
The outbreak appears to be limited to Germany, but authorities are probing suspected cases in Sweden, Britain and the Netherlands among people who recently travelled there, the commission said.
"People who have recently visited Germany should pay attention to symptoms, such as bloody diarrhoea, and accordingly consult their physician," said Frederic Vincent, the commission spokesman for health issues.
The commission stressed that it was "essential" to rapidly identify potential cases "to prevent the development of severe disease."
German authorities believe raw vegetables are the most likely source of the outbreak of enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), which causes haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), a disease that can result in acute renal failure, seizures, strokes and coma.
The bacteria was found in three cucumbers from Spain, German authorities said Thursday.
Germany's national disease centre, the Robert Koch Institute, says that more than 200 people have been diagnosed as suffering from HUS, and that at least two people have died.
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In October of 1996, the MLB World Series took place with the New York Yankees up against the defending champions, the Atlanta Braves. Unfortunatley, the Braves ended up losing to the NYK with a track record of 4-2… but what if we could reverse the clock and the Braves had won the series? This cap is a Brave's fan's dream.
Introducing the "What If?" snapback cap available for purchase. The hat disguises the loss with a regular LOGO ATHLETICS look. The backdrop is off-white and on the front crown "Champions: 1996" is stitched along with the team logo. The bill and windows take Black. Gte yours HERE.


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The Indian Government plans to deploy unmanned aircraft in the Maoist-infested areas to gather real time intelligence and help the security forces counter Maoists attacks effectively.
The National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) is jostling to get access to Aviation Research Centre's (ARC) airbase in Orissa to test UAS. Earlier this month, the NTRO conducted trials and faced problems in launching the UAVs from Begumpet Air Force Base in Andhra Pradesh. It now plans to shift its operations to ARC's base in Orissa. However, given the ARC's expertise in handling the drones, the research agency is unsure if it will be allowed access to the base. The NTRO, though, has been authorised at the highest level in the government to purchase and operate UAS.
Allegations of corruption have marred the purchase of UAS. A report prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has exposed a major scam in UAS purchase by the NTRO from an Israeli firm. The report, which is lying with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), is yet to be made public.
"The NTRO should have developed airstrips and ground control systems at the time of purchasing UAVs. They are paying for having an ill-conceived acquisition plan," a government source said. Other than the NTRO, the Air Force also has a sizable number of UAS (Heron and Searcher).
Since the trials have largely been unsuccessful and they have failed to gather intelligence for the security forces, the ministry of home affairs is toying with the idea of purchasing the UAS from foreign companies so that they can be used in anti-Maoist operations.
AAI recently demonstrated their UAS to MHA officials at Terminal 3 of the IGI airport. Earlier, the UAS of Honeywell Aerospace (T-Hawk) were tested at the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College at Kanker in Chhattisgarh but thick foliage posed a serious problem, restricting their ability to spot targets.
The ministry had decided to deploy UAS after the Dantewada massacre in 2010 in which 76 security personnel were killed by the Maoists. According to NTRO sources, downloading data at faraway bases posed a huge problem and resulted in wastage of time. The UAS could penetrate and gather intelligence only when flown at lower altitude but at the same time risked detection, an MHA official said.
The NTRO and the armed forces together have around 600 Herons and Searcher drones being used for reconnaissance and surveillance. Herons, with night operational capability, carry sensors, including infrared and radar systems. The sensors communicate with ground control station via satellite and navigate using GPS receivers. The UAS, with all-weather capability, can either have a pre-programmed flight profile where the system is fully autonomous from take off to landing or can be directed from a ground control station, or a combination of both.
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Laura B. Dustin has joined Nicholas & Associates, a Columbia-based employee benefit consulting firm, to coordinate the participant accounting for defined contribution retirement plans.
Dustin had been employed in the tax department of Peat Marwick.
The Columbia Patuxent Rotary Club has elected the following officers for the 1991-1992 year: President: Robert W. Wood Jr. of the Robert Woods Company; President-elect: Charles McCabe of McCabe InsuranceAssociates; Vice President: Joseph L. Wagner of Wolk Press; Treasurer: Edmund S. Coale III of Edmund S. Coaler; Secretary: Sandra N. Harriman, development director, Howard Community College; Chairman of
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Is Google God?
Mark Kelderman & Maarten Kuivenhoven
If you need to know something about a certain subject, the most common piece of advice is "Just Google it." Google is a wonderful tool. We use it—a lot. But Google is not divine, nor is technology. So often in today's fast-paced world of technology and development we lose sight of God. But one thing we cannot do is digitize God and reduce Him to a machine, a sound-byte, or a tweet.
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Substitute Tadanari Lee struck a stunning left-foot volley in the second period of extra time to give Japan a 1-0 win over Australia on Saturday and a record fourth Asian Cup title.
Lee was afforded the freedom of the penalty area in the 109th minute to fire in a Yuto Nagatomo cross from the left as the Blue Samurai sealed a narrow victory at the Khalifa Stadium.
Japan enjoyed long periods of possession on a windy, chilly night in Doha but Australia, seeking a first Asian title, had the better of the chances with striker Harry Kewell proving wasteful in front of goal.
Japan looked confident on the ball throughout yet played at a pedestrian pace by comparison to their previous matches. A higher tempo would perhaps have been more suitable against Australia's more experienced but slower side.
Without the influential Shinji Kagawa, who broke his foot in the semi-final, Japan selected Jungo Fujimoto as a replacement.
The midfielder, however, was ineffectual as the Blue Samurai failed to create many clear openings.
Australia started the second half brighter and came within inches of taking the lead in the 48th minute when keeper Eiji Kawashima misjudged a cross that hit the crossbar and then Tim Cahill on the arm before Maya Yoshida hacked the ball off the line.
Japan striker Shinji Okazaki thought he had given his side the lead in the 66th minute but his glancing header went agonisingly wide of the far post after neat work down the left from Nagatomo.
Kewell had a glorious chance to break the deadlock in the 71st minute when he went clean through and his low drive went straight to Kawashima.
Japan, who also played 120 minutes in their semi-final penalty shootout victory over South Korea on Tuesday, tired in the extra period as they went in search of a fourth Asian Cup after victories in 1992, 2000 and 2004.
Australia substitute Robbie Kruse's strong header in the 105th minute was clawed out by Kawashima as the Socceroos pressed for a winner.


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Pi in Real Life
Date: 7/1/96 at 12:34:6 From: Ian Ralph Subject: help My name is Ian and I'm a teacher from High Wycombe Primary School W.A. We have just covered circumference of circles and pi. The children asked how this concept is used in real life, i.e. engineering, etc., and I had a devil of a time thinking of one. Also what / who is pi named after? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks "Pestered"
Date: 01/04/97 at 14:59:02 From: Doctor Keith Subject: Re: help Hi, I love "how is this used" questions, since I am an engineer. Pi is an often-used number, but here are some general categories with examples: Geometry problems: drawing, machining, etc. For instance, I used to work on fighter jets before I went back to get my Ph.D., and we would frequently need to calculate areas of the skin of the aircraft or arc lengths, for everything from fitting equipment in, to line-of-sight calculations. Additionally, pi comes up in machining parts for aircraft; for instance, you might need a circular slot for mounting a camera that has a certain radius and a certain arc length. Signals: radio, TV, radar, telephones, etc. You have probably heard of sine waves. Well, sine waves have a fundamental period of 2*pi, so pi becomes vital in signal processing, spectrum analysis (finding out what frequencies are in a wave you receive or send), etc. A neat example of this is listening to peoples' voices and rating them from high to low (bass). Then if you have access to a computer with a microphone and a sound player with a graphic display of the sound, you can take a sample of the voices and play them back in a sound player and watch the graph. Check to see if your guesses were right. The frequency plot that they are showing when the sound plays is actually used by engineers to do such things as decide sampling rates, ideal processing of the sound, etc., and the graph is usually in multiples of 2*pi. Probability: estimation, testing, simulation. Everyone's favorite distribution (normal or Gaussian) has pi in the formula, and it is used in all areas of engineering to simulate unknown factors and loading conditions. One example is what is called "white noise," which is a normally distributed random variable used in estimation to predict such things as wind gusts on a plane or the worst case vibrational loading on a beam (this is a really big use of pi). White noise is also used to give a certain amount of apparent "bumpiness" in many software simulations such as games. Navigation: global paths, global positioning. When planes fly great distances they are actually flying on a arc of a circle. The path must be calculated as such in order to accurately gauge fuel use, etc. Additionally, when locating yourself on a globe, pi comes into the calculation in most methods. Plenty of other areas exist, but I thought these would probably be the most easily understood by students. If you need additional info let us know--we are here to help. Pi is named after the Greek letter pi, which is the symbol we use for it. I have checked my math history book, and the original discoverer of pi is not known, but it was used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Hebrews, and Babylonians. Many mathematicians have played with it and have improved the approximation that we have. Some examples are: Babylonian (1800-1600 BC): pi ~ 3 Hebrew (1 Kings 7:23): pi ~ 3 Egypt (Rhind Papyrus): pi ~ 3 1/7 All of these are approximations, as they are measures of real near- circular objects (a large metal bowl in the Hebrew case, the volume of a cylindrical grain silo for the Egyptian reference) which would never be perfectly circular due to manufacturing considerations, measurement techniques, etc., but they served as useful approximations to do the necessary work. Thus such things as the volume of a can for packing things, or the area a water sprinkler can water, involve pi. It's everywhere! Good luck. -Doctor Keith, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Date: 02/04/97 at 18:53:54 From: Doctor Ken Subject: Re: help Hi - I was just going through some old questions and answers, and found this one. Here's another tidbit for your cranium: you might ask why we chose Pi as the letter to represent the number 3.141592..., rather than some other Greek letter like Alpha or Omega. Well, it's Pi as in Perimeter - the letter Pi in Greek is like our letter P. -Doctor Ken, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 10:11:43 -0500 From: Anonymous Doc, I used your site to help me confirm a simple formula that my failing memory simply lost a pointer to: the definition for circle circumference! In return, here's some more about how pi is used in the real world: I bought a ski boat this year, and my front-wheel drive minivan has a tough time pulling it out of some of the sandier, wetter, and steeper boat launches; there simply isn't enough weight on the front tires in some cases to get good traction. It won't entirely fix my problem (a 4WD is in my future), but it will help (perhaps only marginally) to get slightly larger tires. The problem with getting larger tires is that you change the outer diameter (circumference) of the tire, changing both the speedometer and odometer readings. One annoyance of passenger tires is that the sizes mix American and metric measurements. Most passenger tires, including my minivan, have a tire size like P195 75R15, where the 'P' is for passenger (as opposed to cargo), the 195 is the size, in millimeters of the width of the tire (face that meets the pavement), the '75' is the aspect ratio (percentage of profile or sidewall height of tire, given the width number), the 'R' signifies inner radius, or wheel radius size to mount on; and the '15' is this inner radius of the tire, in inches. So, inner diameter of tire in inches, width in millimeters, sidewall height a percentage of the two. The tire shop suggests that a P205 70R15 will give me that extra centimeter of tread (not much, huh?), and come closest to not affecting the speedometer and odometer readings of my P195 75 R15. That is, a 205mm width tire with a 70% profile is 'close enough' to a 195mm width tire with a 75% profile. Is he right? I spend a few minutes on the net getting some metric/American conversion formulas, heat up the left lobe a bit, and get an answer. A couple of constraints are that: 1) the only practical aspect ratios available for my vehicle are 60, 70, and 75; and 2) tire widths are available only in 10mm increments - 195, 205, 215, 225, etc... Turns out, he's right. What I really want is a 208.9mm tire with a 70% aspect ratio, OR a 205mm tire with a 71.3% aspect ratio, neither of which is available, so the 205mm 70 is closest. The exact formula I come up with is aw=146.25; where a = aspect ratio and w = tire width. How close is it? I run a few more numbers and find that it's not bad: at 65MPH, my speedometer will read 65.3MPH, and at 70MPH, it will read 70.3MPH - off by far less than what I can actually read. And, over the next 50,000 miles, the odometer will actually show 50, 225 - an extra 225 miles. Again, somewhat negligible. So there you have it! Without pi, I would have had to trust the garage mechanic, something I always try to avoid! - raz, Eagan, MN
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It matters whether CEO is from inside or outside
Published 6:30 am, Saturday, February 13, 2010
How many times do we hear comments like "the firm needs a fresh start" and it needs to recruit a new CEO from outside to "shake things up"? It is a common perception that CEOs recruited from outside companies are more likely to make bolder changes than CEOs promoted from within. However, are bolder strategic changes better strategic changes that are beneficial to a company's performance? Not necessarily.
Bolder changes are usually applauded because they are considered the same as adaptability and flexibility in a volatile and fickle market. But bold changes can be disruptive and detrimental to company performance if they deviate from what the company does best. Thus, the performance impact of bold strategic change largely depends upon whether the company's leadership has a good understanding of its core competencies and major weaknesses so as to make the right type and magnitude of strategic changes.
In a recent study, I and my co-author, Nandini Rajagopalan, in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, examined the tenure histories of 193 CEOs in manufacturing industries who stepped down from 1993 to 1998. We found that in the first three years of tenure, strategic changes under the leadership of an inside CEO and strategic changes under the leadership of an outside CEO yield essentially the same level of performance in terms of return of assets, or ROA. However, after three years, bold strategic changes under the leadership of an inside CEO are more beneficial to company performance than changes under the leadership of an outside CEO.
In their early tenure, newly appointed CEOs, both outsiders and insiders, tend to make changes. They want to signify that their eras differ from those of their predecessors. A recent example can be found in the steps Jeffrey R. Immelt took upon succeeding Jack Welch as the CEO of General Electric. Although he was promoted from within the company, he initiated and implemented significant strategic changes quite soon after succeeding Welch. Therefore, the relative advantage or disadvantage between "inside" and "outside" CEOs in initiating and implementing appropriate strategic changes is not seen immediately.
However, after three years, it's clear that strategic changes under the leadership of an inside CEO fare better than the changes under the leadership of an outside CEO. Relative to inside CEOs, outside CEOs are not deeply rooted in the company and typically lack a good understanding of its core competencies and major weaknesses. When it comes to strategic change, they typically are good at doing rapid cost-cutting and divestment. Also, an outside CEO is typically brought in when a company is not performing well; thus an outside CEO tends to have a walk-in mandate of strategic changes. As tenure increases, obvious opportunities for cost-cutting and divestment dry up. These leaders may not be able to come up with strategic initiatives that can build the company's long-term growth. In contrast, inside CEOs, because of their deep knowledge and roots in the company, are more likely than outside CEOs to initiate and implement strategic changes that can build the company's long-term competitive advantage.
In short, companies may be better off led by CEOs groomed from inside as opposed to CEOs from the outside in the long term.
In order to be able to promote a qualified internal candidate for the top post when succession time comes, companies need to have a CEO succession plan in place. In the succession planning process, companies identify internal talents or/and recruit talents from outside and use the planning period to prepare these talents for the top post. Some companies have a routine of grooming people for the top position. For example, David Glass joined Wal-Mart in 1976 and was promoted to the president/COO position as the heir apparent in 1984. Glass didn't assume the CEO position until 1988 and went on to lead Wal-Mart through an unprecedented 12-year period of growth and international expansion. As Glass stepped down in early 2000, he was replaced by his heir apparent, Lee Scott. Scott joined Wal-Mart 20 years ago and was named COO and vice chairman of Wal-Mart, in preparation for the CEO position. Because Wal-Mart has groomed the next CEO ahead of time, the transition in leadership has been seamless for this retail giant.
Without succession planning, companies may be forced to look outside to fill the CEO position because there are no qualified internal candidates for the top post. That outside CEO might solve their immediate problems, but in the long run, firm performance will suffer.
Zhang is a distinguished associate professor of management and associate professor of strategic management in the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.


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BarroMetrics Views: S&P 2010-09-13
I posted video version of this blog on the weekly service. But since I consider the subject an important one, and not all my readers subscribe to the videos, I am repeating my views here.
- We have a high cycle window due Sept 8 to Sept 16 with the preferred zone being Friday Sept 10 to Tues Sept 14.
- We are in a possible resistance zone (78.6% to top of Primary Sell Zone of the Value Zone) with the preferred zone being the Value Zone's Primary Sell Zone – see Figure 1.
- As the S&P has headed higher this week we have seen ranges of 11, 9 and 7 while volume has remained 'normal'. This is bearish – see Figure 2 (ranges) and Figure 3 (volume)
- Friday was an inside day. Basis Dec, acceptance below Thurs' low (1097.75) will indicate the start of a down move into the Seasonal Low due Sept 25 to Sept 27. Acceptance above Thurs' high, Basis Dec, (1106.50) suggests a move to the Primary Sell Zone in Figure 1. Figure 4 shows Thurs' range Basis Dec
- I'll be looking for a sell signal on the Monday. The least attractive sell will be the close of an end-of-day bearish-conviction bar below Thurs' low. I will be seeking also to enter a position on a short intra-day basis if a setup and trigger occur.
- The trade will carry 1/4 normal position size as I ease into trading after a break.
Figure 1 S&P Cash Primary Sell Zone
Figure 2 S&P Cash ATR
Figure 3 Normalised Volume
Figure 4 ESZ0 Thurs Range