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As we continue to slide into the abyss…
They lit up The Empire State Building in Red and Yellow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The People's Republic of China last night.
We're not really celebrating fried rice, fortune cookies and cheap flat – panel TV's here.
We're celebrating a system that has mass murdered MILLIONS.
Nobody's even sure how many Chinese died at the hands of the Chinese communists. The Black Book of Communism estimates that it could be 44.5 to 72 Million. This great page summarizes different estimates from experts. The average falls between 47.75 and 52.5. But hey, what's 4.75 Million dead chinos more or less? Who cares?
Lighting up the Empire State Building to celebrate the birth of the system is a disgrace and akin to dancing on the graves of all the victims…if you knew where they were since many are in unmarked mass graves.
Maybe next January 1st they'll light the Freedom Tower in Miami red and black to celebrate the Cuban revolution and mock the pile of Cuban bones resting at the bottom of the Atlantic just offshore.


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MacVector 15.1 For Existing Customers MacVector 15 is now available for download by qualified customers. To run MacVector 15.1, you must have a maintenance contract with MacVector Inc that was active on August 1st 2016, or have purchased an upgrade since that time. To see if you will be able to run MacVector 15.1 using your existing MacVector license, start MacVector, then choose "About MacVector" from the "MacVector" menu. You will see your license information displayed in the splash screen; If your "Maintenance Ends:" date reads August 1, 2016 or later, you will be able to run MacVector 15.1. If not, you can register to download the trial version, then contact your local MacVector account manager (firstname.lastname@example.com) to learn about upgrade options. All customers who are eligible to run MacVector 15.1 should use this link to download the MacVector 15.1 installer. |
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich says all of the state's agencies are working to bring water and other supplies to areas around Toledo where some 400,000 are being told not to drink from the city's water system.
Kasich tells The Associated Press it's too early to say how long the water advisory will last and what triggered it.
Ohio officials are awaiting the results of more tests on the water that could determine how much longer residents in and around the state's fourth-largest city are without water.
Toledo officials issued the warning early Saturday after tests revealed the presence of a toxin possibly from algae on Lake Erie.
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Working with our fabulous LBBers is my favorite. They are all so talented and I love to see what they are working on. We've been tapping into their talented brains with our Ask the Expert Series, and we're back today with your planning questions answered by our talented LBB planner, Stacey Sainato of Peony Events. Get out your pen and paper, because you'll want to take notes on this expert advice!
I love my venue, but I hate the carpet/drapes. How can decorate around such a large piece of the venue and draw attention away from it?
For venues that have not updated their décor, we strongly suggest incorporating additional lighting for your room. Lighting can do wonders to any room (with or without ugly décor). Accent lighting alone can make a huge statement and turn not-so-pretty carpet and drapery into can't-really-see-it-anyways! Picking a color that is in your color palette will heighten the ambiance and add drama to your room.
Pipe and drape is another option; many rental companies and some venues offer this service. By draping the perimeter of the room, you create an elegant, soft look while beautifully covering up those window treatments from 1985.
Specialty linens for your tables can spruce up any décor, but you will want to make sure that they do not clash with the issues you are having with the room. If it's the patterns that bother you, opt for something simple with a bit of sparkle or sheen.
Lastly, create focal points in the room – tall centerpieces, drapery behind the sweetheart table, decorations on a fireplace mantle, beautiful tall floral arrangements with spot lighting, or floral pieces hanging from the chandeliers. Anything that will draw your guest's attention up and away from the unattractive carpet and drapes.
I don't have a huge budget, but I really want to make sure my guests feel like they are at a special affair. Do you have any tips for me? What is the one thing I won't regret splurging on?
Personalize, personalize, and personalize! It's the little things and small details that truly make a wedding extra special. These three little letters, DIY (Do-It-Yourself), are crucial for those on a budget! You can add many creative and unique elements to your wedding without having to go over budget when you DIY. Look on Etsy and Pinterest for a plethora of endless ideas and inspiration.
Food and entertainment/music are both areas that we say splurge away! Eat, Drink and Be Merry is a famous saying for a reason! Guests will always remember what they ate at your wedding and what music was played (and if it was good). ALWAYS do a tasting to try the food being served and do your research on your band or DJ. Read reviews, listen to them live, or have them send you a sample of their work. If you want your guests to bring their dancing shoes, give them something to work with!
What can I do to spruce up the dessert table or other vignettes?
Dressing up a dessert table or any other special table is just as important as styling any outfit. It also offers another focal point in the room and certainly raises the FUN factor.
We are BIG fans of using specialty table linens – sequins, lace, chevron, or another fun print! Spruce it up with hanging poms, lanterns, or strings of lights. Add accents with extra floral in varying heights and cylinders, unique serving trays, cute patterned labels or chalkboards, to create an amazing and eye-catching display of TLD's (tasty little devils)!
I've found the most beautiful outdoor venue… what backup plans can I make for weather that won't make me feel like all my plans are ruined?
Although a gorgeous wedding outside is a perfect idea for summer, sometimes the weather isn't always on your side. Preparing to shield your guests from the natural elements while keeping your event outside requires a tent that is large enough to accommodate all of your outdoor wedding festivities. If you are having both your ceremony and reception outdoors, you will definitely need two tents. Heaters are always nice to have on hand depending on the time of year and the chill factor.
If your venue offers indoor space, be prepared to bring the outdoors in. Implementing trees into your décor can be a tremendous asset to decorating an indoor space—people don't quite expect them. Not to say that you should have a big maple or blossoming apple tree in the middle of the dance floor, but a few trees lined in an entryway or in the corners of the room will have a beautiful effect. Especially if you embellish them with white lights and floral!
Is transportation for guests a must? What about an open bar?
In my opinion, transportation is a must, IF your ceremony or reception requires guests to leave the hotel, resort, or B&B. Your bridal party, family, and friends are coming from all over (in most cases) to celebrate the union of your love; the least you can do is pamper them a little, right?
The hotels we work with either offer shuttle service to your guests, or they outsource discounted transportation services for larger party buses, shuttles, etc. Be sure to see a picture of the vehicle promised to you or visit the company before signing that contract (and make sure your contract states the specific type of transportation/color, etc.). You want to make sure it's not a restored yellow school bus—unless that's the vintage look you are going for. Do not forget to include a shuttle service schedule in your welcome box (especially if there will be more than one pick up).
An open bar is a definite Y-E-S! Again, you are inviting your friends, family, and co-workers to be a "guest" at your event. Do you really want them to feel like they are at a restaurant or bar, ordering and paying for drinks? Absolutely not—you want them to feel special; they are honoring you with their presence and sharing in one of the most memorable days of your life.
If you are on a tight budget, it's ok to only offer beer, wine, and champagne, along with a few specialty drinks.
So on top of the fact that Stacey is a total genius and absolute sweetheart, isn't she gorg? These pictures were all from her wedding, and I for one can't get over that dress. Thank you so much Stacey for answering our questions. And lovelies, if you have a question for Stacey, feel free to leave it in the comments! I'm sure she'd love to answer a few more.
Photographer: Images by Berit | Dress: Monique Lhuillier, The Wedding Shoppe | Tuxedos: Cozy Formalwear | Event Planner: Stacey Sainato, Peony Events | Day of planner: Sarah Mugavero | Junior Bridesmaids dresses: Dessy Group, Rita Rosa Bridal Boutique | Flower girl dress: Bella Bridesmaid | Bridesmaids Dresses: Jenny Yoo | Band: The Blaire Reinhard Band | Venue: Crystal Springs Resort | Favors: Fondant Wedding Cake Cookies, Leslie Ruth Sweets, Treats & Events | Make up Artist: Kathy Genchi | Hair: Gina Imperati, Ciao Bella | Florist: Dale Kiroff | Letterpress Wedding Invitations: Smock, Cambridge Street Papers | Calligrapher: Belles Lettres Calligraphy | Brides Jewelry & clutch: Model Bride | Bridesmaid Jewelry: Nordstrom


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This web page contains extensive information about alternative cancer treatment ozone. All information is free and kept updated with the latest ozone information.
These Treatments are Different
You cannot pick an alternative cancer treatment the same way you pick your other medications. Despite the enthusiastic claims of well meaning people:
- Just because ozone worked for someone else, that does not mean it will work for you.
- Even though there are many viable alternative cancer treatments, there isn't a "best" treatment for a certain type or stage of cancer.
- Most alternative cancer treatments only work on a minority of the people who try it.
A person's unique body chemistry seems to be the most important consideration in selecting an alternative cancer treatment. Energy medicine offers a selection method that takes everything into account. Conventional medicine takes very little into account.
What to Do
Consider taking no more than three treatments, the treatment recommend by someone else, selected by your research and the treatment indicated by energy medicine testing using the Alternative Cancer Treatments Test Kit*.
Ozone is another viable alternative cancer treatment that has received unwarranted bad press by conventional medicine promoters.
Through the action of lightning, nature produces ozone which has a purifying effect on our air. Ozone has a proven oxidizing, antiseptic and germicidal effect and has been used for these purposes for many years. Ozone (03) is electrified oxygen (O2) regardless of the technique used to manufacture it and is sometimes called triatomic, or polymeric oxygen. It is an allotropic form of oxygen and is the most active state of oxygen. It has been observed that ozone:
The therapeutic action of ozone is due to the oxygenation of the blood by the loose molecules ("free radicals") of oxygen in ozone. It is carried to the various organs and tissues of the body and absorbed, thus oxidizing the waste, and facilitating their elimination. In other words, Ozone increases the metabolism without the expenditure of vital energy.
False Information On Ozone
Recently the FDA, and other such suppressive organizations have been trying to destroy the beneficial and life sustaining qualities of ozone by telling the public that ozone is toxic and harms the body. For example, ozone has been blamed for smog. Carbon monoxide, a deadly poison, is present in smog at about 3000 parts per hundred million. Toxic hydrocarbons are present in smog at about 100 parts per hundred million. Ozone is present in smog only briefly at around 25 parts per hundred million. Ozone has a half life of about 20 minutes.
Ozone in smog is produced by the effect of the sun's energetic photons acting on polluting gases. Single molecules of oxygen are broken off these gases momentarily, but in seconds it reattaches itself to the other gases, which is part of nature's system for cleaning the atmosphere.
The problem is not one of too much ozone in smog, but not enough ozone in the smog . If sufficient amounts existed, the pollutants would all be oxidized and rendered harmless.
Ozone is easy to measure, so they use this deceitful tactic to smear the name of ozone. Carbon monoxide is a proven killer. Ozone is a proven health enhancer.
Other Diseases
Ozone has shown effectiveness against these conditions:
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Ozone was discovered by Schonbein in 1840 and has been used to purify water and treat patients for more than 160 years. Some major cities in Europe have used ozone to purify the municipal water supply since the turn of the century. The Los Angeles municipal water treatment facility uses ozone, and is the largest in the world. Most swimming pools in Europe use ozone rather than chlorine (Chlorine gas is a WMD) to purify water. It has been known for at least 100 years that ozone is highly germicidal in that it will almost instantly kill virtually all viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, molds, cancer, etc. It is known to oxidize just about all manmade chemicals. Go to the Pharmacology section how it works.
An Abbreviated History
Ozone therapy was accepted medicine in the USA from at least 1880 until 1932, a period of fifty-two years.
In 1881 Dr. J.H. Kellogg used ozone in steam saunas at his Battle Creek, Michigan clinic. He wrote about this in his book, "Diphtheria: Its Nature, Causes, Prevention and Treatment."
In 1885 , the Florida Medical Association published "Ozone" by Dr. Charles J. Kenworthy, MD, detailing the use of ozone for therapeutic purposes.
In 1896 , the electrical genius Nikola Tesla patented his first ozone generator, and in 1900 he formed the Tesla Ozone Co. Tesla sold ozone machines and ozonated olive oil to doctors.
In 1898 Dr. Benedict Lust, a German doctor practicing in New York and the founder of Naturopathy, wrote many articles and books on ozone. Naturopathy has as its foundation the use of heat, light, air and water. Ozone qualifies as the 'air' segment.
In 1902 , J.H. Clarke's "A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica", London, described the successful use of ozonated water --- he called it "Oxygenium" --- in treating anemia, cancer , diabetes, influenza, morphine poisoning, canker sores, strychnine poisoning and whooping cough.
In 1902 , Dr. Charles Linder MD, of Spokane, Washington was written up in an article in a local newspaper which stated that he injected ozone into patients as part of his standard medical practice.
In 1904 "The Medical Uses of Hydrozone and Glycozone" by Charles Marchand, a New York chemist. Hydrozone was another name for ozonated water and Glycozone was another name for ozonated olive oil. This book is in the Library of Congress with the US Surgeon General's stamp of approval on it.
In 1910 Sears sold ozone generators.
In 1911 , "A Working Manual of High Frequency Currents" was published by Dr. Noble Eberhart, MD, the head of the Dept. of Physiologic Therapeutics at Loyola University, Chicago. He details the use of ozone to treat tuberculosis, anemia, chlorosis, tinnitus, whooping cough, asthma, bronchitis, hay fever, insomnia, pneumonia, diabetes, gout and syphilis.
In 1912 , Dr. H.C. Bennett published "Electro-Therapeutic Guide". He described the inhaling of Ozol, which is what he called ozone after bubbling it through eucalyptus, pine or thyme oils.
In 1913 , the Eastern Association for Oxygen Therapy was formed by Dr. Eugene Blass and some German associates.
In 1920 , Dr. Charles Neiswanger, MD, President of the Chicago Hospital College of Medicine published "Electro Therapeutical Practice." Chapter 32 was entitled "Ozone as a Therapeutic Agent."
In 1929 , a book called "Ozone and Its Therapeutic Action" was published in the USA. It listed 114 diseases and how to treat them with ozone . Its authors were the heads of leading American hospitals.
In 1930 The Journal of The American Medical Association published an article called: "The Therapeutic Use of Oxygen in Coronary Thrombosis"
In 1931 Dr. Otto Warburg wins first Nobel Prize for work proving cancer is caused by a lack of oxygen in the cells. He states in "The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer" that the cause of cancer is no longer a mystery, we know it occurs whenever any cell is denied 60% of its oxygen requirements. This occurs through a buildup of pollution or toxicity within and around the cell which blocks and then damages the cellular oxygen respiration mechanism.
Beginning Of Ozone Cover-up
In 1933, three years after being decleared "therapeutic" the American Medical Association (AMA), headed up by M. Fishbein, set out to eliminate in the USA all medical treatments that were competitive to drug therapy. The suppression of the use of ozone therapy by doctors in the USA began then, and continues to this day, except in thirteen states, where currently doctors are protected by state laws.
In 1938 In the Parisian Medical Bulletin, Paul Aubourg, Honorary Electro-Radiologist in the Hospitals of Paris, published "Medical Ozone: Production, Dosage, and Methods of Clinical Application Using Rectal Insufflation" noted that of 465 patients, the colon capacity varied from 150 to 800ccs so everyone was x-ray photographed to determine the proper dosage. Vaginal insufflations were common. Breathable concentrations of ozone were routinely applied to infected sinuses. Intermuscular injections were abandoned as too painful and ineffective. In 8000 applications of ozone, there were no accidents or harmful side effects.
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Ozone (O3) is just oxygen (O2) with an extra molecule of oxygen. Several ozonides, peroxides and aldehydes are formed during ozone therapy. All are effective in fighting cancer. A recent study on Vitamin C by a US team led by Dr Mark Levine, from the National Institutes of Health in Maryland showed,
"that the growth of cells exposed to vitamin C was reduced from 50% to 99% depending on the type of cancer. Why it killed cancer cells but not normal cells was unknown. It was possible the hydrogen peroxide caused damage that was repaired in normal cells but not in sensitive cancer cells."
Hydrogen Peroxide is a ozone by product. Something not mentioned in the study relates to vitamin C. Vitamin C tricks cancer cells into thinking it's sugar. The tumor sucks it up like it's sugar, and is killed from the inside out. So this is a very effective combination with ozone. Ozone will kill the tumor from the outside in, and Vitamin C will kill it from the inside out. However, ozone and Vitamin C should not be taken at the same time; they cancel each of their out. Leave two hours between using ozone and taking vitamin C.
There are two kinds of ozone:
- Medical grade ozone. Ozone made from pure oxygen
- Non-medical grade ozone. Ozone made from the air we breath which is mostly nitrogen, and has pollution in it, ozone made from this will contain nitrous oxide along with other toxins.
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Ozone works by virtual of its instability and reactivity. The extra atom that makes O3 easily can break off and combine with other molecules oxidize them. This process usually takes about an hour. This process works on toxins, virus, bacteria, molds, mildew, fungus, and cancer cells. For example, the extra oxygen atom can combine with carbon monoxide (CO) and turn it into carbon dioxide (CO2), rendering it harmless. Your body is unable to process this toxic substance--carbon monoxide--and exposure to it can be fatal, but carbon dioxide is no problem for your body. Your body will routinely dispel carbon dioxide during respiration.
The way ozone boosts the immune system is by eliminating toxins, this frees up immune system to perform other work. There are several doctors that say ozone seems to actually take the place of the immune system. The most famous doctor saying this is Dr. Atkins, known for the Atkins diet. He treated several people with cancer in his clinic using ozone with good results.
The way ozone kills unhealthy cells, and not healthy cells is through enzymes. All healthy cells have three enzymes that protect them from being oxidized. All healthy cells love oxygen and require it to operate properly. Every cell is really a oxygen burning machine. Unhealthy cells don't have these enzymes to protect them from being oxidized. This makes all unhealthy cells, including cancers defenseless to ozone. Cancer is fairly easy to kill if you can get enough ozone to the tumor. Cancer cells loose their ability to process oxygen properly, and start processing sugar instead. This is why cancer patients shouldn't eat sugar. So it is the lack of oxygen, toxins, and lack of proper nutrition that is the cause of ALL cancers.
The way ozone kills viruses, bacteria, molds, fungus, and cancer because these organisms live in low oxygen environments. All of these, except cancer, lived on Earth before there was oxygen. They all thrived openly everywhere until oxygen thrived on Earth. Then they had to find places to hide like in dirt, plants, animals, decaying organic materials, and places in people that are low oxygen environments.
Ozone is a great penetrate also. I live in Washington State and had mold growing on the outside of my house. When I got my ozone generator, the mold was killed within a few months on the OUTSIDE of my house. The ozone penetrated paint, sheetrock, insulation, and wood to kill the mold from the inside of my house. Ozone is used by many companies to cure "Sick House" syndrome. (Where mold or fungus invades the walls of houses.)
Now the way ozone cures cancer is the same way it kills the above-mentioned organisms. It was proven in the 40's by Otto Warburg that cancer sets in when the amount of oxygen normally in the body lowers by 40%, and the cells start using sugar for power instead of oxygen. Have you ever heard of heart cancer? It doesn't exist. There is cancer in places around the heart, but not actually in the heart. Oxygen is delivered straight to the heart from the lungs. Cancer is a lower life form like virus, bacteria, etc. Cancer loves use oxygen and doesn't have the enzymes to protect itself from oxidation. So cancer cells can be killed by ozone.
I know this all may sound confusing, or too simple to be true, but there are numerous studies proving this. Just add some common sense in and it all makes sense. This is why we decided to try it when my wife HAD 18 tumors through out her body and the doctors said there was nothing they could do, so go home and die. That was 4 years ago.Table of Contents | Return to the Comparison Table*
Ozone is very effective alone or in combination with other therapies, conventional, or alternative. Ozone is essentially electrified oxygen, and there's virtually no disease that won't benefit from more oxygen. This is clearly documented in some of the references listed on this web page.
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Click one of these links to read the abstracts which are located below:
1. Ozone Selectively Inhibits Growth of Human Cancer Cells
2. Ozone Therapy for Tumor Oxygenation: a Pilot Study
3. Ozone Plus Cobalt Therapy In Patients Suffering From Prostatic Cancer
4. Adjuvant Ozone therapy in Advanced Head and Neck Tumors: A Comparative Study
6. Intravenous injection therapy with an ozone-oxygen mixture in gynecological radiotherapy
7. Ozone and gynecologic radiotherapy
8. Cancer outcomes at the Hufeland: a best-case series review
9. Ozone therapy in a Complex Treatment of Breast Cancer
11. Ozone-oxygen Therapy for Gynecologic Carcinomas
12. Ozonotherapy in the Early Postoperative Period in the Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer
14. Restoration of Normoxia by Ozone Therapy May Control Neoplastic Growth
1. Ozone Selectively Inhibits Growth of Human Cancer Cells
From Science magazine Vol. 209, 22 Aug 1980, pp. 931-933
The growth of human cancer cells from lung, breast, and uterine tumors was selectively inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by ozone at 0.3 to 0.8 parts per million of ozone in ambient air during 8 days of culture. Human lung diploid fibroblasts served as noncancerous control cells. The presence of ozone at 0.3 to 0.5 parts per million inhibited cancer cell growth 40 and 60 percent, respectively. The non-cancerous lung cells were unaffected at these levels. Exposure to ozone at 0.8 parts per million inhibited cancer cell growth more than 90 percent and control cell growth less than 50 percent. Evidently, the mechanisms for defense against ozone damage are impaired in human cancer cells.
2. Ozone Therapy for Tumor Oxygenation: a Pilot Study**
Authors: Bernardino Clavo1; Juan L. Pérez2; Laura López1; Gerardo Suárez1; Marta Lloret1; Victor Rodríguez3; David Macías2; Maite Santana1; María A. Hernández1; Roberto Martín-Oliva2; Francisco Robaina4
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 1, Number 1, 01 June 2004, pp. 93-98(6) Publisher: Oxford University Press
Tumor hypoxia is an adverse factor for chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Ozone therapy is a non-conventional form of medicine that has been used successfully in the treatment of ischemic disorders. This prospective study was designed to assess the effect of ozone therapy on tumor oxygenation. Eighteen subjects were recruited for the study. Systemic ozone therapy was administered by autohemotransfusion on three alternate days over one week. Tumor oxygenation levels were measured using polarographic needle probes before and after the first and the third ozone therapy session. Overall, no statistically significant change was observed in the tumor oxygenation in the 18 patients. However, a significant decrease was observed in hypoxic values 10 and 5 mmHg of pO<inf>2</inf>. When individually assessed, a significant and inverse non-linear correlation was observed between increase in oxygenation and the initial tumor pO<inf>2</inf> values at each measuring time-point, thus indicating that the more poorly-oxygenated tumors benefited most (rho = -0.725; P = 0.001). Additionally, the effect of ozone therapy was found to be lower in patients with higher hemoglobin concentrations (rho = -0.531; P < 0.034). Despite being administered over a very short period, ozone therapy improved oxygenation in the most hypoxic tumors. Ozone therapy as adjuvant in chemo-radiotherapy warrants further research.
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neh009
Affiliations: 1: Radiation Oncology and Research Unit, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Spain 2: Medical Physics, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Spain 3: La Paterna Medical Center, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Spain 4: Chronic Pain Unit, Dr Negrín Hospital, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Spain
3. Ozone Plus Cobalt Therapy In Patients Suffering From Prostatic Cancer
Reported at the 2nd International Symposium on Ozone Applications: March 1997 by L. Borrego, L. L. Borrero, E. C. Díaz1, S. Menéndez2, L. R. Borrego3, R. A. Borrego3. This study involved these institutes in Cuba: Provincial Center of Retinitis Pigmentosa, Holgu'n, V.I. Provincial Center of Retinitis Pigmentosa, Holguín, Ozone Research Center.
Prostatic adenocarcinoma is the most frequent tumor in men older than 50 years old, representing the 16.7 % of all the death cases of cancer in male sex. With an early diagnose and an appropriate treatment the survival increase in 5 years, in 91 % of cases. Cancer metabolism is fundamentally anaerobic, for that reason, increasing oxygenation in damaged tissues, may diminished the side effects produced by radiation treatments, as well as increase radio-sensibility. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of ozone therapy in conjunction with cobalt-60 therapy, in the treatment of patients suffering from prostatic cancer, taking into account the influence that ozone exerts in tissue oxygenation. 70 patients with malignant neoplasia in prostate, stage A and B of the disease (intracapsular) were treated by an oncourology muldisciplinary group of the "Lenin" Hospital (Holguin Province). 35 patients were treated with rectal ozone plus cobalt therapy (ozone group) and 35 with cobalt therapy only (control group). The appearance of side effects (dermatitis radiation, cystitis, proctitis) and the behavior of some humoral and clinical parameters were evaluated up to 6 months after finishing the treatment. 84 % and 52 % of side effects were presented in control group and ozone group, respectively. Prostatic specific antigen (PSA) decrease, less than 10 ng/mL, in 92 % of patients treated with ozone and in 52 % in control group,one month after finishing the treatment. 88 % and 80 % of clinical and humoral control of the disease were obtained in ozone group and control group, respectively, 6 months later. It is concluded that, combining cobalt therapy with ozone, a decrease in side effects and an increase in radio-sensibility were achieved.
4. Adjuvant Ozone Therapy in Advanced Head and Neck Tumors: A Comparative Study **
Clavo B, Ruiz A, Lloret M, Lopez L, Suarez G, Macias D, Rodriguez V, Hernandez MA, Martin-Oliva R, Quintero S, Cuyas JM, Robaina F.
Advanced head and neck (H&N) tumors have a poor prognosis, and this is worsened by the occurrence of hypoxia and ischemia in the tumors. Ozone therapy has proved useful in the treatment of ischemic syndromes, and several studies have described a potential increase of oxygenation in tissues and tumors. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the clinical effect of Ozone therapy in patients with advanced H&N cancer in the course of their scheduled radiotherapy. Over a period of 3 years, 19 patients with advanced H&N tumors who were undergoing treatment in our department with non-standard fractionated radiotherapy plus oral tegafur. A group of 12 patients was additionally treated with intravenous chemotherapy before and/or during radiotherapy. In the other group of seven patients, systemic ozone therapy was administered twice weekly during radiotherapy. The ozone therapy group was older (64 versus 54 years old, P = 0.006), with a higher percentage of lymph node involvement (71% versus 8%, P = 0.019) and with a trend to more unfavorable tumor stage (57% versus 8% IVb + IVc stages, P =0.073). However, there was no significant difference in overall survival between the chemotherapy (median 6 months) and ozone therapy (8 months) groups. Although these results have to be viewed with caution because of the limited number of patients, they suggest that ozone therapy could have had some positive effect during the treatment of our patients with advanced H&N tumors. The adjuvant administration of ozone therapy during the chemo-radiotherapy for these tumors merits further research.
PMID: 15841266 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
5. Effect of a parenteral ozone-oxygen mixture on the concentration of immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM), of vitamin A and lysozyme activity in patients with cervical cancer**
Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 1987 Dec;47(12):343-5 written in German
Enzelsberger H , Metka M , Salzer H .
Univ.-Frauenklinik Wien.
In the literature you can find several therapeutic possibilities in the treatment of carcinoma by additive ozone therapy. We investigated the consequences of ozone therapy for the immunological status, lysozyme and vitamin A. 21 women with progressive cervical cancer (Stage III, IV) got besides the conventional irradiation therapy also an additive ozone therapy. After irradiation and ozone therapy a small decrease in IgG, IgA and IgM can be seen. A statistical significance could not be evaluated. There was no difference to the control group in lysozyme and vitamin A.
PMID: 3436505 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6. Intravenous injection therapy for genital cancer with an ozone-oxygen mixture in gynecological radiotherapy**
Ozon-Sauerstoff-Injektionsbehandlung in der gynäkologischen Strahlentherapie
Hernuss, P.; E. Müller-Tyl & J. Dimopoulos.
Strahlentherapeutische Klinik der Universität Wien, A-1097 Wien, Alserstraße 4, Austria.
Strahlentherapie 148(3): 242-245, 1974.
Written in German
40 female patients with primary and 5 patients with recurrence of genital cancer after treatment have received radiotherapy and a daily parenteral ozone mixture medication. It appears that under influence of the supplementary ozone-oxygen mixture treatment, the regression of female genital tumors in both groups studied was faster. The side-effects of the radiotherapy were reduced andthe general condition of the patients improved. The best results were observed in patients with recurrence of poorly oxygen-supplied genital tumors.
7. Ozone and gynecologic radiotherapy**
Original study written in German and titled: Ozon und gynakologische Strahlentherapie
Hernuss P; Muller-Tyl E; Wicke L
Strahlentherapie (1975 Nov), 150(5), 493-9. ISSN:0039-2073
PubMed ID 1216254
A short survey is given of the historical development and the physical basis of ozone therapy. Ozone is used in medicine as well as in other spheres. Papers reporting good results of ozone treatment in carcinoma seemed of particular interest. The efficacy of ozone as an adjuvant to the irradiation of carcinosarcomas of rats was confirmed by us. On account of this fact ozone was introduced by us as an adjuvant to the irradiation of women with gynaecological cancer and appeared to give good results. The mechanism of action of ozone is not yet fully clarified and several theories are discussed. Investigations are currently being undertaken in respect to the behaviour of several substances in the organism during ozone therapy.
8. Cancer outcomes at the Hufeland: a best-case series review **
(the Hufeland is a complementary/alternative medicine institute)
Integr Cancer Ther. 2005 Jun;4(2):156-67.
Jacobson JS, Grann VR, Gnatt MA, Hibshoosh H, Austin JH, Millar WS, Neugut AI.
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA.
A best-case series review is an efficient tool with which to screen complex complementary and alternative treatments for cancer as candidates for further study. STUDY DESIGN: The National Cancer Institute and other agencies have adopted the best-case series method to evaluate cancer treatments involving complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for further study. The authors conducted a best-case series review of the Hufeland Klinik. Established in 1985 in Bad Mergentheim, Germany, this facility treats more than 500 cancer patients per year. Hufeland treatment includes dietary modification, injections, ozone therapy, active fever therapy, psychotherapy, and sometimes hormone therapy and/or low-dose chemotherapy. The goal of the treatment is to prolong survival and to maintain good quality of life. METHODS: The clinic provided summaries of 27 cases in which patients with longer than expected survival had agreed to make their medical records available for review. The review involved pathologic confirmation of disease and radiologic confirmation of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) not attributable to conventional treatment. RESULTS: Based on the summaries and an exhaustive 2-year search for medical records, slides, and imaging data, 12 of 27 cases were selected for full review, and 5 (3 CRs and 2 PRs) were judged best cases. CONCLUSION: Most patients with common cancers receive conventional treatment before coming to Hufeland, and many are treated with chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy while there. Hence, only a few could be considered for review. With 5 of 12 patients showing a treatment response, the authors conclude that the Hufeland treatment merits further study. They also recommend the development of criteria with which to evaluate best-case series reviews of complex CAM treatments for patients with advanced cancer.
PMID: 15911928 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9. Ozonetherapy in a Complex Treatment of Breast Cancer
Kontorschikova, Claudia N.1; Anna V. Alaysova & Igor G. Terentiev.
Chair of clinical and and Laboratory Diagnostics, Department of Oncology, Nizhni Novgorod State Medical Academy, 10/1 Minin sq., N. Novgorod, 603005, Russia.
In: Proceedings of the 15th Ozone World Congress, 11th - 15th September 2001, Medical Therapy Conference (IOA 2001, Ed.), Speedprint Macmedia Ltd, Ealing, London, UK, 2001.
There have been followed up 52 women with breast cancer, confirmed histologically, age ranging from 40 to 60 years. 32 patients along with cytostatic therapy have undergone a course of ozone therapy of intravenous infusions or rectal insufflations and ozonated water per os. 20 women were on conventional polychemotherapy. The groups were compatible according the age, stage of the disease and accompanying pathology. Involvement of ozone therapy in a complex treatment of patients with breast cancer helped to diminish the incidence and degree of cytostatics toxical side effects, improve their life quality and immunological parameters and significally increase the activity of antioxidant defence system.
10. Three case reports on the holistic approach to patients with neoplasm including the use of medical ozone**
Thomas Marshall-Manifold, Wimbledon Clinic of Natural Medicine, London, UK.
In this report we present the successful treatment of three patients with malignant carcinoma with a combined alternative therapy including Ozone, diet, Homoeopathy, herbs and immunotherapy. Although treatment with Ozone is not a very aggressive procedure as compared to a large number of conventional measures, usually other traditional alternative therapies such as Homoeopathy and herbs are first given to our patients. Then, the patient's response is evaluated and Ozone is added in many cases to the initial treatment scheme. Although positive tests for acid phosphatase were never found in our male patient, P.S.A. levels were highly suggestive of prostate adenocarcinoma which clearly responded to therapy on two occasions. There is a lot of controversy now on whether the benefits of aggressive treatment in prostate cancer outweigh the associated risks and side effects. Conventional aggressive treatment include radiation and surgery. A fair percentage of patients who undergo this kind of treatment suffer from complications such as impotency (30-50%), mild to severe incontinence and even death.13 In the case of a residual ovarian tumour, the recovery of the patient and the return of her lab tests, in particular CA 12.5, to normal values, were clearly associated to the administration of a combined treatment including Ozone as a major component. In our patient with breast cancer, there was a dramatic change in the regional histopathology including the unusual reversion of a metastatic tumour process to a localised disease. This event could only be explained by the intensive therapeutic measures applied soon after the initial pathologic report. It is also remarkable the way the patient responded to a new treatment programme when a new lump had emerged. These events clearly challenge usual protocols adopted for the conventional treatment of cancer. It is not unusual to obtain similar satisfactory results with this alternative treatment programme in other cases of cancer patients in our clinic. However, an appropriate documentation of these cases implies a big economic effort from our patients which unfortunately limits the frequency of clinical reporting. Likewise, it is really difficult to determine the efficiency of Ozone as a single therapeutic measure in cancer patients. It would obviously be unethical to deprive these patients of empirically and even scientifically tested alternative measures such as dietary supplementation in order to establish the real potential of this gas in Oncology.
11. Ozone-oxygen Therapy for Gynecologic Carcinomas**
The effect of parenteral-ozone oxygen mixture administration on free fatty acids and triglycerides in patients with gynecologic carcinomas
Fortschr Med. 1979 Mar 15;97(10):451-4.
Original article written in German
Muller-Tyl E, Salzer H, Reisinger L, Washuttl J, Wurst F.
As some authors suspect that ozone influences the metabolic process of fat, we tried to analyse the influence of an ozone-oxygen gas which was applied parenterally. 40 patients with gynecological cancer received 10 ml ozone-oxygen gas with a content of 450 gamma ozone and venous blood was removed before and 10 minutes after application. The serum was lyophilized and the level of fatty acids and triglycerids was determined by the method of Randerath (1965). a statistically significant decrease of the concentrations was observed after application of ozone. Different theories as to the cause of this action are discussed.
PMID: 369965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
12. Ozonotherapy in the Early Postoperative Period in the Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer**
V.P. Potanin, V.M. Belopukhov, R.M. Taziev, M.Kh. Mustafin, I.D. Khalimov
The ozonotherapy influence on the postoperative treatment in patients after the radical lung resection due to the lung cancer is analyzed. The studies were performed from 1996 to 1999. The patients were divided into two group: the patients of the first group (40 persons) were treated with the standard infusion therapy in the postoperative period, the patients of the second group (160 persons) werw treated with ozoned crystalloids combined with the standard therapy. Due to the ozonotherapy the purulent complications in the second group reduced by a factor of 12,5 and mortality reduced by a factor of 2,6.
13. In Vitro Synergistic Activity of 5-fluorouracil with Low-dose Ozone Against a Chemoresistant Tumor Cell Line and Fresh Human Tumor Cells**
Chemotherapy. 1990;36(2):147-54.
Zanker KS, Kroczek R., Institute of Immunology and Experimental Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, FRG.
We followed the concept that the chemical reactivity of ozone depends upon its oxidative properties. Activated oxygen species are causally involved in toxicity of certain chemotherapeutic drugs. We have tested this prediction in human cell cultures either to overcome chemoresistance and/or to increase chemical cytotoxicity. Our results indicate that ozone in combination with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) makes a 5-FU-resistant cell line susceptible for the combined treatment modality. Furthermore, ozone acts synergistically or at least additive to chemotherapy in different tumor cell suspensions, derived from the breast and the colon.
PMID: 2311442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14. Restoration of Normoxia by Ozone Therapy May Control Neoplastic Growth**
J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Apr;11(2):257-65.
Bocci V, Larini A, Micheli V.
Department of Physiology, University of Siena, Italy. firstname.lastname@example.com
In contrast to normal tissues, tumors thrive in hypoxic environments. This appears to be because they can metastasize and secrete angiopoietins for enhancing neoangiogenesis and further tumor spread. Thus, during chronic ischemia, normal tissues tend to die, while neoplasms tend to grow. During the past two decades, it has been shown in arteriopathic patients that ozonated autohemotherapy is therapeutically useful because it increases oxygen delivery in hypoxic tissues, leading to normoxia. Although several oxygenation approaches have been tested, none is able to restore normoxia permanently in patients with cancer. We postulate that a prolonged cycle of ozonated autohemotherapy may correct tumor hypoxia, lead to less aggressive tumor behavior, and represent a valid adjuvant during or after chemo- or radiotherapy. Moreover, it may re-equilibrate the chronic oxidative stress and reduce fatigue.
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Quantity of Papers
There is a very large number of papers on ozone. The above 14 are only the tip of the iceburg. Searching in PubMed for ozone returns over 8,000 items.
Conclusiveness of Papers
The above 14 studies are probably the most impressive studies of ozone and cancer. Take the time to look them over and you will have the best feel for how conclusive ozone studies have been.
E-Books Currently Available
The following e-books are available as a web page on the O3 Center** web site.
http://www.o3center.org/Articles/TheStoryofOzone.html** http://www.o3center.org/Articles/TheOwnersManualForTheHumanBody.html**
Standalone Ability
Ozone does not seem to need other product to work effectively.
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Ease of Use and Protocols
Most applications require a ½ hour at the most. Some require going to a doctor. Tthe following are the most common methods that people use for taking ozone.
Warning Never use ozone and DMSO and Ozone. Although ozone is safe in most circumstances, the combination of ozone and DMSO can be fatal. Also, some people are hypersensitive to ozone. |
Autohemotherapy Injection - Withdrawing 50-500 cc of blood into a container, adding ozone and shaking the mixture, infusing the mixture into the patient over 20 - 30 minutes as an IV drip. A similar method, RHP Therapy, uses larger amounts of blood than 500cc. This is probably the most effective way to use ozone for curing diseases. For pictures of RHP therapy and changes in blood treated by ozone go to http://www.ozoneuniversity.com/RHP.htm **
Direct Injection - Injecting ozone into a vein, artery, muscle, joint, or tumor.
Insufflation - Using a metal tube, or plastic adaptor for areas like ears, vagina, rectum, or urethra.
Inhalation - Breathing ozone that is bubbled through olive oil, or eucalyptus oil. However, this does weekend the ozone a bit.
You can also just turn on the generator in a small room while breathing regularly. You can stay in such a room for as long as you like provided the ozone is not an unreasonably high concentrated. Prolonged exposure in a room full of ozone can cause coughing and light headedness. If this happens, a person could just lower the setting on his or her generator and the problem would go away.
Ozone when first inhaled irritates the lungs, true, but your body starts protecting itself, (through the same enzymes building up in the lungs) and you can ultimately breath quite a bit without any damage at all.
Ingestion - Putting ozone in a glass of water (takes about 15 minutes) and drinking the water.
All of the following transdermal applications are used for 15 to 30 minutes:
Bagging - An area of the body is sealed off with a plastic bag, and ozone fills the bag. A body suit is also used.
Ozonated olive oil - Ozone is infused into olive oil for about two weeks, then applied to the skin.
Funnel - A funnel connected to the output of the ozone generator is used to flow ozone to an area of the body.
Steam Sauna - a patient sits with his or her head outside of the sauna with ozone rich applied to the rest of the body.
Ozone seems to be a good cancer prevention because cancer happens when the oxygen level in cells is lowered by 40%. Ozone can prevent this oxygen level reduction. People who have used ozone as a cancer prevention drink one glass of ozonated water daily.
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Side Effects and Toxicity
Ozone has been used in Europe for about 50 years. A 1982 German study of 384,775 patients documented only a 0.000005% rate of adverse side effects. This is much , safer than any drug. For example, several thousand people in America die from aspirin each year each year.
The ozone rash happens to 80% of people who apply ozone to the ears. It can be annoying, itchy, and cause lymph fluid containing toxins to appear on the ears. A very few people can also get the rash, or a mild version when "funneling" the skin. The rash is the body eliminating toxins, and will go away when the toxins are gone, leaving fresh healthy skin.
There are some detox symptoms such as low-grade fever, nausea, sore lungs,faintness, flu-like symptoms, or tiredness when starting to use ozone. These symptoms usually subside within a few days, and are replaced with a feeling of well being and energy. These "side effects" are usually just ozone doing it's job, they eventually go away.
If you get a concentrated breath of medical grade ozone to your lungs, it will instantly oxidize all the toxins in your lungs. The natural reaction is coughing. In reality it's a good thing, but the symptoms seem serious. This is with medical grade ozone usually.
Prolonged exposure in a room full of ozone can cause coughing and light headedness. If this happens, a person could just lower the setting on his or her generator and the problem would go away.
Warning Although ozone is very safe in most circumstances, the combination of ozone and DMSO can be fatal. People who use both of these treatments usually wait eight hours between each treatment for safety. |
Ozone in your Eyes
Although it doesn't damage your eyes, they will turn red, and burn a little for 2-3 days. Now this is in high concentrations, not in normal use. This is with medical grade ozone for instance when ozonating the face area. There are studies showing eye problems can be cured using ozonated water in the eyes. So it does no damage. The reason for the redness is because of a ph change in the eyes, which is good. It's just that ozone does it instantly that makes it turn red.
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Ozone is compatible with just about any treatment, even chemo and radiation. There have been studies showing ozone actually enhances the effects of chemo and radiation, so the patient requires less of them to kill cancer. Also ozone helps a patient recover from the effects of chemo and radiation.
Warning Although ozone is very safe in most circumstances, the combination of ozone and DMSO can be fatal. People who use both of these treatments usually wait eight hours between each treatment for safety. |
Taking Drugs, Supplements, or Food at the Same Time
Since ozone oxidizes just about anything, people avoid ozone for one hour before and one hour after eating anything. Ozone does not seem to adversely effect a person who does not avoid eating however, it is not likely that you will receive the full effect of the food of supplement you took.
A good site to check for side effects of common drugs**.
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Years Available
Ozone was used for medical purposes by Schonbein in 1840. So it has been around longer than most any drug.
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It should be pointed out that testimonials are not significant evidence of the effectiveness of a treatment. If an alternative cancer treatment is used by a couple hundred people there will certainly be people who appear to have recovered due to that treatment. As the double-blind studies constantly show, some people can become cured of any disease by simply believing that they are taking something effective. On the other hand, if an alternative cancer treatment has been around for many years, it is most likely that it will work on some people. There are two methods to determine if a treatment works on you:
- Take the treatment.
- Use a test kit*
Here are a few links for ozone testimonials for a verity of diseases:
http://www.oxygentherapyexperts.com/Testimony/indextest.htm **
http://ozoneuniversity.com/Testimony.htm **
Cost per Month
You can buy less expensive ozone generators from $120 to $300. These are good for ozonating water which you can then drink. Medical grade generator range from $600 to $1,800. These require an oxygen tank to make pure ozone, which costs about $75 for the tank, and about $15 to fill it each time. So it would cost about $700-$1,900 for total set up, and then about $7-8 a month.
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Forums on the Internet for Ozone
Since 1999 a forum on Yahoo** has operated just for ozone.
There is also an ozone forum on Curezone**.
Insure Success
Almost every cancer patient uses more than one alternative cancer treatment. The most successful use at least one that was selected by their body. After you order an ozone generator, go to the Alternative Cancer Test Kit* page to learn how to determine this treatment.
Avoid Critical Gaps in Your Protocol
There are many therapies described on this web site some of which will perfectly match your needs. However, this web site is huge, if you do not already know what to look for, you may not find what you need. For example, JR who had the two week remission (see the top of the Test Kit page) chose to follow all the therapies we developed during our phone consultation, but half of them he had not come across on my web site. When you purchase a phone consultation all the therapies that we decide are right for you will be explored during the consultation and included in a meticulously prepared summary of about 20 pages containing all the details of the consultation. The two hours consultation and summary is only $150 and comes with an unconditional guarantee: After the consultation, you will have priority status for email replies. Paul will respond to your emails quickly, night and day, and on weekends. Don't go it alone. |
Paul Winter |
How People Order Ozone
There are two types of ozone generators:
Medical Grade Generators
Made by Dr. Pressman, $1,800 www.plasmafire.com** . It comes with all the equipment you need to apply it all the different ways.
Here is another good medical grade generator. http://www.longevityresources.com/htdocs/ozone-generator-ext50specs.html ** $895, but you have to buy the options to apply the ozone.
Non-medical Grade Generator
From Magnotherapy plus Holistic Health & Fitness http://www.justmagnotherapy.com/ozone-generator.html** for about $300, and does not make any Nitrous Oxide
Cancer Essentials
After you make an order, be sure to review the essentials to alternative cancer treatment* that go hand and hand with the principle alternative treatment.


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From MoxiePix Photos by Dana…I am so excited to share this DIY wedding with you! The vibrant colour palette of multiple shades of pink instills a feeling of energy and happiness like no other. Believe it or not, the couple's wee dachshund, Frank is the inspiration behind this blissful DIY wedding!
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From the Bride… After losing my best friend Carolyn in a car accident and feeling all alone in this tragic loss, I met Jason a month later in the elevator of our building. He said hi, and we continued to walk and talk on the way to work in the same direction. He had lost his father to cancer years before, so although they were different circumstances, he understood how I was feeling and became my rock during the hardest time of my life. We were inseparable every day after that.
Three years later, Jason took me to New York (my favourite place in the world) for my birthday. He proposed to me in Central Park at my favourite bridge where a turtle was our only witness. He hugged me from behind and asked "would you marry me". I responded with "well ya" not realizing that was the actual proposal until he put the ring in front of my face. I couldn't stop saying wow. Twenty wow's later, he asked me if I had anything else to say besides wow, and I responded with "well you said would you, not will you". As funny as it sounds now, that moment was perfect to me. Nothing over the top, very intimate, and in the best spot in New York!
We wanted a fun-filled summer wedding for our closest friends and family. Being an event planner, I was thrilled to finally plan the wedding I envisioned. Blissful would be the word to describe the day. We drew inspiration from our dachshund, Frank (who had to be included in everything somehow) and multiple shades of pink. Jason and I have so much affection towards each other. He's the most caring individual I have ever met and we both knew hints of pink would represent the love between us.
I was so excited the day of our wedding. I just wanted to see Jason! Looking back now, one of my favourite moments was when we finally got to kiss each other. It was extremely hot that day so of course Jason's face was a little wet. Not realizing what I did, after the kiss I said 'ewww gross' (thankfully only Jason heard me) and I wiped his face with my hands. Everyone in the chapel burst into laughter. You can't plan these moments! It will forever remind me of how much fun we had.
When I walked down the aisle with my father, wrapped in my bouquet was a locket with Carolyn's photo, one of Carolyn's rings and my grandmothers wedding ring. I'm a sentimental person, so having Carolyn so close to me meant everything. She was with me every step of the way. I wanted to do something for Jason as well, so pinned to his wedding gift of Tiffany & Co. New York cufflinks (had to include my name and our engagement into our wedding), was the same silver locket with a photo of his father on his wedding day. During the son and mother dance, Jason opened up his Jacket and showed his mother the pinned locket with the photo. She began to cry and I knew that moment meant everything to both Jason and his mother.
I am a very hands-on event planner, so there were so many aspects of our wedding that were DIY projects; including a set of eight glass magnet favours that represented something about the bride and groom. Other DIY projects included the flower girl dresses and hair clips, the seating chart, menus and an eye spy card game for the tables.
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Our wedding day was a dream come true. We couldn't have had a better day surrounded by those we love and mean the world to us. We are so thankful for our photographer Dana, for capturing so many love-filled moments and especially the detailed shots of Frank and my grandfather's loveseat bench. Thank you!!
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Magess - Eastern Nations
May 21, 2004, 08:46:11 PM »
Ok, here's the nations of Magess east of the Demon's Arm.
The Eastern Nations are a little less socially restrictive than the west, but it comes at a price of morality. Harlots and theives litter most streets, and those in power make no effort to hide their greed and lust. Elves, while not held in open contempt, are treated poorly, though not enslaved as often as they are in the east (there are still many elven slaves, though).
The map of Magess is
Arcesany is one of the three great powers in Magess. Their schools of higher learning are famous in throughout Magess and even into Jurlimail. Also, Arcans are famous for their authors and book makers. The government of Arcesany is an aristocratic group of "intellectuals," actually the puppets of the Razadar family, which has been in control of the country for generations.
Arcesany has an open fued with Sarmathay, and the two are approaching war. The currency of Arcesany is the Arcan.
Arcesany controls the land that was long ago the center of the Orai Empire, though the ruins of that nations once great capitol are said to be haunted by demons and are avoided at all costs. Some brave souls venture to the site, but there is not a single example of someone who has returned to tell of it.
**Lar Sur Selmar
Lar Sur Selmar is, for all intents and purposes, two countries. The innter portion of the nation is made up mostly of farmers and small hamlets. The coast and the island of Taladon, however, are heavily populated with merchants and mariners. The seat of the government in on Taladon, and the rural folk of the northern countrysides resent the king, for he favors the southern sailers and merchants in everything.
Lar Sur Selmar builds the best boats that can be found, and claim to have found a "new world" to the far south of Magess.
**Sted av Durwal
Once again, a generic dwarven nation. Really need help with it.
The island of Wren (sorry it's not labled on the map, it's the small yellow island between Carameer and Lar Sur Selmar) cannot really be called a country. The Island, as natives call it, is a haven for pirates, scoundrels, mercenaries, brigands, and swashbucklers of all kinds. There is no government and no official laws, other than the sacred "Honor Among Theives." While most would see it as a den of vice and unthinkable treachery, for those used to the lifestyle, it is a pleasant enough place.
Other nations often come to Wren when they need mercenaries for jobs they wish to remain under the table.
The most powerful state on Magess, Carameer is the very personification of corruption. The government is so full of politics, heirarchy, beurocracy, and technicalities that the common people have all but given up trying to bring about any change. Carameer is led by the Studilar, a position much like a king, except weilding even more power.
The armies of Carameer are unrivaled, and their navy is also the biggest, most of the ships made by Selman craftsmen.
Carameer stretches across Magess from top to bottom, and is always looking to expand through war and politics. The people here are taxed heavily, and slaves make up a large part of the labor force.
And there you have it. Tons of holes that need filled, so any help would be very... well, helpful.
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Let The Games Begin
by Samir Goswami
In 2008, the construction site was just a dusty field swarming with hundreds of men, many in tattered clothing and shorts, wearing boots and flimsy hard hats. Hundreds of thousands of visitors would one day go through the New Delhi airport they were rebuilding to attend the 2010 Commonwealth Games, hosted by India for the first time in a sweeping attempt to mold its 17-million-resident capital into a first-rate destination for the sporting fans of the world. For the next two years, the city would rumble with migrants and machines erecting stadiums, metro lines, hotels, and bridges, some of which were doomed to collapse before even being used. But this summer night, a Bobcat was the only piece of heavy machinery on the entire site.
Since the Indian government was spending millions on infrastructure improvements in anticipation of the CWG, my friend had decided to dabble in the construction business. In that typically adventurous and entrepreneurial spirit characteristic of many Delhi-ites, he bought himself a sub-contract to build an exterior wall for one of the new terminals at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The prevailing wage for an unskilled laborer was 120 Indian Rupees per day ($2.60), and skilled workers earned 40 Rupees (90 cents) more. My friend, who provided about twenty-five of the hundreds of laborers for the section of the wall that he was sub-contracted to build, made a 20 percent profit over his costs. Later, I met the general contractor and asked, if the laborers were offered a better wage and the contractors increased safety precautions—would that not reduce both the financial and human cost of completing the project?
He replied, "Why should I invest in a Bobcat, and pay to train someone to run it, when I can just hire thirty men for half that cost to dig a hole?"
Digging a Hole
Two years later, Delhi finds itself in a hole of its own digging, the depth of which no one is yet quite sure of. From October 3 – 14 New Delhi is hosting the 19th Commonwealth Games, held every four years. Since 1930 the Games have been open to athletes from countries once under the colonial rule of Great Britain. According to the Commonwealth Federation (CGF), "Underlying every decision made by the CGF are three core values: HUMANITY – EQUALITY – DESTINY. These values help to inspire and unite millions of people and symbolize the broad mandate of the CGF within the Commonwealth."
The 2010 Games, however, have reflected anything but these principles. Reports of exorbitant cost overruns, shoddy construction work, the use of child labor, and the documented increase in sex trafficking to meet the demand for commercial sex have shrouded the Games in controversy. Sadly, when British Olympian Tom Daley was asked by ITN News about the allegations of child labor to build some of the facilities in India in which he will be competing, he replied, "I just have to focus on my performance, because that is the only thing I can do. I can't sort out what else is happening in India."
But in a country where a booming economy has not had a significant impact on reducing exploitation and alleviating poverty–a country that is hosting the Commonwealth Games in the first place to showcase itself as a "world class" nation–what better issue is there to "sort out"?
"The sex industry is out-organizing the Games' planners!"
Human trafficking, the fundamental devaluing of a human being as a good, is not new in India. Unlike under British colonialism where a foreign government enslaved our grandparents, 90 percent of trafficking in India is internal. We traffic our own. According to the extensive 2010 Trafficking In Persons report, published by the U.S. State Department, India's efforts to prevent exploitation and provide services to victims are dismal. And it's no wonder: Along with the corruption and extreme poverty that make trafficking rampant is the ongoing mass migration of disenfranchised rural workers to urban centers, crippling the ability of governments and organizations to identify victims of actual slavery.
Building a road in the President's Estate Quarters as Delhi rushes to finish work for the Commonwealth Games.
(photo by Carol Mitchell)
Migration of poor workers into Delhi in search of job opportunities related to the Games exacerbates this already increasing movement of rural Indians to wealthy cities to escape the dearth of options and social infrastructure in their poorer home states. Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an Indian organization working to end sex trafficking and the exploitation of women, led a campaign to pressure the Indian government to address the issue of women who have migrated to Delhi from depressed areas of India to help construct the new, urban, world-class dreamscape.
A specific CWG-related concern of Apne Aap is the lack of planning to accommodate these female migrants. The organization has pressured the Indian government to invest in housing to ensure safety from sexual exploitation that is a common experience of migrant women, and provide for transportation back to their home states upon completion of their work for the Games.
The organization's director, Ruchira Gupta, is concerned about the lack of options faced by these "hundreds of thousands of migrant young women who have come to Delhi to build the new New Delhi,which is the stadiums, the roads, [and] the houses where the people for the CWG will be living."
A road in Delhi where laborers build drainage. Women do a lot of the hauling in construction work. There are not enough mobile creches so women bring their children to the work site. Several media outlets have documented the apparent utilization of these children to help speed construction.
(photo by Carol Mitchell)
Apne Aap has also documented the increased trafficking of women into Delhi from Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and other poor areas to satisfy a demand for prostitution from an influx of tens of thousands of foreign men. According to Gupta, "There are tourists coming from all over the world and from inside of India to Delhi for the Commonwealth Games, and based on experience with other sporting events around the world such as the [2010 FIFA] World Cup in South Africa, the sex industry has anticipated a rise in need for prostituted sex. So they have organized very fast to cater to what they anticipate will be a huge demand… in fact they have organized much faster than the organizers of the games!"
Apne Aap alleges that brothel owners anticipate such a high demand for prostitution that they are injecting young girls with Oxytocin, a hormone that hastens puberty and premature physical development, to cater to the many male CWG visitors. Many of these young women are also being taught certain English words to facilitate basic conversations with these buyers of sex.
Unacceptably, according to Gupta, the predictability of these concerns is falling on deaf ears.
Missed Opportunities
A government's priorities are reflected in its budgets, and we, the citizens, are responsible for electing and re-electing those who set these priorities. The Indian government has already spent 114 times more on the construction of the Games' facilities than initially projected. Total expenditure has thus far dwarfed investments into crucial social programs such as health and family welfare, the government's flagship "Education for All" initiative, and schemes to bolster rural employment opportunities that would discourage migration into Delhi. Furthermore, the promises that the Games would actually generate revenue are being debunked in the Indian press. Of the $2.5 billion spent on the Games so far, only $75 million has been recouped from much-hyped corporate sponsorships, merchandise and ticket sales.
Plans for the Commonwealth Games Village luxury apartments, built to house athletes, media, and other visitors during the 10-day festivities. The units will be sold, some by the Delhi Developmental Authority, to new residents after the Games.
These fiscal policies are not the actions of a state that prioritizes social welfare in any meaningful way. As of this writing, calls by Indian media pundits to call off the Games, as well as decisions by acclaimed athletes to skip the trip to Delhi, are dominating headlines. The re-interpretation of the Games' acronym, CWG, as Conmen's Wealth Gains is seen frequently as the status updates of Delhi's Facebook users. The government's continued response is to dismiss such allegations–further evidence that the state is willfully ignoring the values of equality and humanity that the event is supposed to engender.
I am an Indian citizen living in Chicago. My parents live in New Delhi. I visit India every two years, and still consider New Delhi as my hometown. I achieved U.S. Permanent Residency exactly one year ago, but I have no intention to give up my Indian passport to pursue U.S. Citizenship when I become eligible for it in four years for one simple reason: Pride.
Many of us ex-patriots living abroad are proud of the economic progress our country has made and the cultural acceptance Indians have achieved abroad. The latest Bollywood movies are now routinely shown in major U.S. theatres and many of the latest sit-coms now feature Indian characters, however stereotypical. U.S. corporations are increasingly doing business in India and with Indian companies, and investors are looking at the country's growth and educated workforce as a major opportunity for their own progress. According to most economic and cultural indicators, in a very short period of time since our independence from Great Britain in 1947, we've done well.
With a history of institutionalized inequality that pre-dates the establishment of the British Raj in India in 1858, in 1950 we adopted one of the world's most progressive constitutions when we became a self-governing democracy. Our constitution was supposed to eliminate a rigid and hierarchical caste system that Mahatma Gandhi fought tirelessly against. Laws, enacted through democratic processes, were created to bolster human rights and guarantee equality of opportunity to those who had been oppressed on the bases of caste, economic condition, or gender.
A rickshaw driver pedals a couple past sprawling construction of Delhi's expanded metro system.
(photo by Bruce Thomson)
The 2010 Commonwealth Games were intended to catapult my country into the status of a "world class" nation based upon real progress. It was an opportunity to showcase India's evolution as the world's largest democracy whose recent exponential economic growth has benefited all. Instead, the international spotlight is focusing its bright beam on the failure of the illusion of progress that India's ruling class has unsuccessfully tried to portray to the world.
Instead of trying to rectify this failure in a meaningful way, organizers and elected officials are now attempting to shamelessly save face by rejecting and ignoring the mountains of evidence of mishandling that plague the Games.
How the other half lives: Old (North) Delhi.
(Photo by Mani Babbar)
The finger-pointing will undoubtedly continue and reigning officials might lose the next election. But that is not enough. If New Delhi wants to establish itself as a "world class" city, then we must hold it and ourselves to a higher standard. It is up to all of us–Indian citizens, foreign visitors, audience members, Commonwealth athletes and members of the Commonwealth Federation. We must set and enforce a basic set of moral standards grounded in human rights that any city that aims to host the world's next global sporting event should adhere to.
In a few months I will return to Delhi to visit my parents. I will probably go through the terminal that now stands on the field swarming with migrant laborers that I visited in 2008. I'm sure the airport will seem as modern and spectacular as the Indian government claims it to be, and New Delhi will be as vibrant and bustling as ever with the dream of collective prosperity. When I land at the airport, however, I will know that I am walking through a deep, deceptive hole into a city relentlessly hawking what has become as much a commodity as the hands that built it–illusion.
Samir Goswami, a Chicago-based writer from India, wrote this article for Human Goods. Samir spent the last fifteen years working towards policy reform for the issues of homelessness and housing, workforce development, human rights, violence against women and sex trafficking, specifically working with survivors to have a direct say in their governance. His work has been recognized by Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, the Chicago Community Trust, and the Chicago Foundation for Women, which honored him with the 2010 Impact Award. He is currently on a quest for authentic advocacy.
Header images by Seaview99, Esthr, and Eileen Delhi
Protest photo by Joe Athialy
For more on the intersection of trafficking, human rights, and major sporting events, check out Human Goods contributor Ben Alsdurf's report on South Africa's 2010 FIFA World Cup.


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Page.ly has announced a brand new CDN service called PressCDN. Page.ly has partnered with a number of companies in order to provide a global distribution network. The biggest selling point they are pushing is speed. For those that don't know, CDN stands for Content Delivery Network. A CDN is a (more…)


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Your 8dpo spotting would have been implantation spotting.
I hope this went well. It wasn't ectopic, I hope? I had a very late BFP that turned out to be ectopic.
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Authorities in Puntland, a semi-autonomous area of Somalia, have banned journalists from interviewing rebels who are fighting this regional government. One journalist who broadcast an interview with an Islamist rebel chief has been punished with a six-year prison sentence, report the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the International Press Institute (IPI). In the capital, Mogadishu, clashes continue between the Transitional Federal Government and the Islamist group Al-Shabaab, taking the life of another journalist, report NUSOJ and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Fighting between insurgents and African Union troops has become more intense in Mogadishu in recent days. A prominent radio journalist Barkhad Awale Adan, 60, was on duty at the Hurma Radio station in Mogadishu, on 24 August, when he was killed during an exchange of gunfire between Al-Shabaab and government forces.
Adan, a journalist for 30 years, spent the last four years as director of this community radio station, located in a government-controlled area. He is the second journalist killed on duty in Somalia this year.
The same day, at least 33 people were killed when two suicide bombers detonated explosives at a hotel near the presidential palace.
On 23 August, Al-Shabaab took over privately owned Radio Holy Quran (IQK) in northern Mogadishu, reports NUSOJ, which fears the station will now be used to spread hate messages. "Al-Shabaab is permanently depriving the Somali people of independent and unbiased information by forcefully taking over privately owned media ventures."
In Puntland, the information minister held a press conference on 15 August and ordered the media not to interview rebels in the mountain villages along the north-eastern coast. The rebels have been combating Puntland forces in the district of Galgala.
The minister claimed the rebels have links with international terrorists and threatened that any journalist or media house that fails to obey this order will face "severe punishment".
Prior to announcing this new decree, Abdifatah Jama Mire, director of radio Horseed Media FM, was arrested on 13 August after interviewing the militant leader Sheikh Mohamed Said Atom. Seven other journalists were arrested and released.
Mire was accused of "broadcasting views of people who are fighting the government" and found guilty of breaching Puntland's anti-terror law on 14 August. The media were barred from the trial, which only lasted a few minutes, and Mire was not permitted to have a lawyer.
"Undoubtedly this is a politicised and reprehensible judgement that is meant to send a strong message of how Puntland authorities are prejudiced towards independent journalism and diversity of opinion", said NUSOJ.
Media repression has played out in other ways, too. On 10 August, journalist Nuh Muse Birjeb was suspended from work by the Puntland Ministry of Information. Birjeb works with the Voice of America (VOA) Somali Service and is also a correspondent for Universal TV in the Puntland regions. Another VOA Somali service correspondent, Mohamed Yasin Isak, was also under threat from Puntland; he fled to Kenya after he escaped from several attacks.


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Kiss says it won't play at Rock HOF induction
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Kiss won't rock and roll all night - or at any point during the day, either - when they are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April.
The 40-year-old band is unable to agree on which lineup should perform during the April 10 ceremony in New York City.
The dispute concerns whether original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss would join Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in a live performance, or whether the current lineup of Stanley, Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer would play.
In a message on its web site Sunday, Kiss says it won't perform with any lineup, calling it "an emotional situation where there is no way to please everyone."
Criss lives in Wall Township, N.J. He calls the decision "disgraceful."


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Peters Principle: What's Next
Posted By Christopher Rowe On Apr 1 2012 @ 1:56 pm In Philadelphia Eagles | 7 Comments
Jason Peters the five-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles, will undergo surgery Tuesday after rupturing the Achilles tendon in his right leg while working out in Texas. Peters, 30, suffered the injury on March 27, the team said in a statement. Apparently the injury occurred while Peters was participating in his usual offseason workout routine and is similar to that suffered by Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard to end the 2011 NLDS.
[1]Peters had just completed his best season, anchoring the Eagles offensive line and helping LeSean McCoy to a career season (17 TD, 1309 rushing yards plus 3 rec TD). The Eagles rushing offense also improved (to 5th overall in rushing yards) throughout the 2011 season thanks to Peters influence on rookies Jason Kelce and Danny Watkins as well as young Julian Vandervelde. Peters was selected to the 2011 Pro Bowl as a starter and was a 2010 second team All-Pro selection.
[2]While there is no doubt that the injury to Jason Peters is a crushing blow for an Eagles team that believed its offensive line would be a strength in 2012, this does not fell the Eagles hope to return to the playoffs. Peters' season-ending injury is a decimating shock, but the impact may be counterbalanced by the odd timing of the incident.
With one month to go before the 2012 NFL Draft and the entire spring and summer to make other roster moves, the Eagles do have a few solid options to recover from such a setback. They could choose to use their first round (15th) pick on an offensive tackle or they might find some talent on the waiver wire. This will be determined largely by the long-term prognosis for Peters' return in 2013…or 2014.
According to medical sources, Peters' ankle likely would be immobilized for two to four weeks, and he would undergo physical therapy for motion and strengthening over several grueling months. He likely will miss a minimum of four to six months of
football activity. Surgery to repair the tendon is scheduled for the Rothman
Institute in Philadelphia and will be performed by Dr. Steve Raikin. Once completed, the recovery timetable will be determined.
[3]The Eagles acquired Peters from the Buffalo Bills for the 28th overall pick in 2009. The Eagles also sent a fourth-round pick (121st overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft and a late conditional pick (6th round) in the 2010 Draft. Peters has been named to every Pro Bowl since 2007 and has become one of the preeminent offensive linemen in the NFL. He played five seasons for the Bills, 3½ as a starter. Undrafted out of Arkansas, Peters (6-foot-4, 340-pound) is a native of Queen City, Texas. Due to the
dispute with the Bills Peters was traded on April 17, 2009.
On April 17, 2009, the Eagles announced they had signed the newly-acquired Peters to a six-year contract for $60 million to keep him in Philadelphia through 2014. Peters had two years left on his existing contract, so Philadelphia had essentially torn up the last two seasons and given him a new contract. Head coach Andy Reid (a former offensive lineman himself and long a proponent of the importance of a strong presence in the trenches) added,
"Jason Peters is the best left tackle in football. He is a powerful and athletic tackle and I have admired his play over the last few years on film."
[4]While the prognosis for Peters remains to be seen, it was a matter of hours before contingency plans for the Eagles became the fodder of rumor mongers. The first move by the team was to re-sign King Dunlap, which ensures depth on the offensive line but Dunlap has proven that he is not a 16-game starter in the NFL. He is an adequate and oversized backup at several positions.
Evan Mathis had already chosen to return weeks earlier and the remainder of the starters will return for 2012. Howard Mudd, Andy Reid and Howie Roseman
will likely have their work cut out for them trying to swing a trade when all 31 teams know the Eagles are in need of veteran talent. Quality offensive tackles certainly do not grow on trees and teams tend to hoard offensive line talent as much as franchise QB or rookie contract RB for obvious reasons.
[5]Essentially the Eagles need to determine whether or not the Peters injury will derail their 2012 draft strategy or simply accelerate the search for Peters' eventual successor. Originally the positions of need had been identified as linebacker, safety, cornerback and then seeking depth at OL, RB, QB or possibly WR. Salary cap and other considerations will all factor in,
but since the Eagles have not made their draft strategy public, this is all pure speculation.
[6]Recent moves such as trading for MLB DeMeco Ryans, re-signing disgruntled DeSean Jackson (who now appears much more gruntled) and inking Trent Edwards to compete with Mike Kafka
replacing Vince Young as a backup QB
have collectively confused the public and media alike.
[7]Free agency is probably the best option for an Eagles
team more afraid over the over 30 crowd than the overseers in Blade Runner. Most of the available options are roughly the same age as Peters but the Eagles seem to be targeting younger. Rumors of Baltimore Ravens Michael Oher being part of a trade involving Asante Samuel is pure speculation at this point, but Samuel's being on the trading block is concrete reality. Samuel could be involved in a deal placing him in a different uniform for 2012 and should welcome such an opportunity.
Demetrius Bell
[8]Several sources have already identified Bell as he top
option. The Eagles already have a visit lined up with the former Buffalo Bills starting left tackle and have a lot of success plucking offensive line talent from Western New York State. While he's battled injuries of his own, Bell has started 30 career games and would represent a smart Band-Aid option until Peters comes back in 2013, not to mention a certain symmetry of substituting for Peters.
McNeill was cut from San Diego due to injury issues over
the last two years. Philadelphia could certainly offer a chance to prove he can stay healthy and win the job on the left side. McNeill isn't far removed from
the days when many considered him a top left tackle AND Coaches Reid and Mudd are proponents of the "you-can-never-have-too-many-offensive-lineman" principle.
One of the NFL's least effective tackles the last two years, but Richardson is still just 25 years old and could use a change of scenery. While no one should expect him to be the ultimate answer, Richardson might be worth a roster invite to see if offensive line coach Howard Mudd can get anything out of the youngster. He certainly would be the least costly investment of the group.
[11]2012 Draft could offer several very appealing options on
the offensive line. Predicting the NFL Draft past the first 5 spots is like asking a group of quadriplegic lepers to herd cats in a zero gravity environment while wearing blindfolds.
There are so many moving parts, potential deals and surprise picks that we'd be fools to try but we do so anyway because it is fun. Expectations are that Andrew Luck goes to Indianapolis with the first pick, followed quickly by Washington snatching RGIII second.
[12]Minnesota holds the third pick and could go several different ways, possibly considering help at skill positions (Trent Richardson, Ryan Tannehill, Justin
Blackmon), offensive line (Matt
Kalil) or something entirely departed from conventional wisdom. Following
them are Cleveland and Tampa Bay, who have very real desperation on the
offensive side of the ball and who are very likely to grab Richardson or
Blackmon if available.
[13]Since the Eagles pick at number 15, any number of possibilities may present themselves. A trade is unlikely but Asante Samuel has appeal to some NFL teams. Most likely the Eagles will wait patiently and take the best available player with that 15th overall pick. Perhaps this
would be OL Matt Kalil or LB Luke Kuechly, CB Morris Claiborne or even QB Ryan Tannehill. The Eagles did take a long look at all three players during
the NFL Scouting Combine and also did their homework on Robert Griffin III indicating that they may be just as likely to
draft Michael Vick's successor as
they would to address their glaring needs on defense.
Would DE Melvin Ingram or Qunton Coples be able to start opposite Trent Cole or get lost in the rotation of complimentary pass rushers? Is Riley Reiff a huge
dropoff from Kalil or are both OL blue chip caliber players? Perhaps the Eagles
will wait to see if Dontari Poe falls to them in an effort to shore up their DT situation? Quoth the Eagle…ya never know!
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