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This question is slightly related to a popular one with the same title (see here).
Let $k$ be a field with characteristic zero. It is known (see Exercise 310) that a matrix $A\in M_n(k)$ is nilpotent if and only if it is a commutator of its own: there exists a $B$ such that $A=AB-BA$. Of course, $B$ is not unique.
Consider the complex case ($k=\mathbb C$). Endow $M_n(\mathbb C)$ with your beloved norm, preferably either the operator norm $\|\cdot\|_2$ or the Schur--Frobenius--Hilbert--Schmidt norm $\|\cdot\|_F$. If $A$ is nilpotent, what is the smallest value of $\|B\|$, where $B$ is a factor in $A=AB-BA$ ? What is the smallest constant $\mu(n)$ such that for every $n\times n$ nilpotent $A$, there exists such a $B$ with $\|B\|\le\mu(n)$ ? Actually, is there such a finite $\mu(n)$ ?
Edit. When ${\rm rk}A=1$, that is $A=xy^*$ with $y^*x=0$, one can always take $B$ such that $\|B\|_2=\frac12$ or $\|B\|_F=\sqrt2/2$. Just take $B$ diagonal in a unitary basis $\{\frac{x}{\|x\|_2},\frac{y}{\|y\|_2},\ldots\}$, with eigenvalues $-\frac12,\frac12,0,\ldots,0$.


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When preaching the benefits of C++, evangelists invariably mention things such as type safety, generic programming, and multiple inheritance when trying to convince devotees of other languages that C++ is better. For me, one of the most attractive features of C++ is the Standard Template Library (STL). Having access to a standardized, well-designed, and well-tested set of containers with algorithms to operate on them takes the load off programmers and lets us concentrate on the interesting parts of the code.
At the root of the STL is an incredibly rich set of containers. The STL provides default implementations for contiguous storage (vectors), lists, sets, and maps. Most STL implementations have hash sets and hash maps, which will become canonical in the next version of the Standard. This rich set of containers lets you store data in the most efficient manner. If frequent insertions and deletions are likely but the data does not need to be sorted by a key, the data can be put in a list. If constant-time lookup is a requirement, they can be put in a hash map instead. Best of all, if your requirements change, you can usually change container types without having to touch too much of your code. While the ideal of container-neutral code is unfortunately unattainablesee Item 2 of Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library, by Scott Meyers (Addison-Wesley, 2001)much of the code that inserts, iterates through, and retrieves elements from the various container types is, thanks to the magic of iterators, similar if not identical.
The Problem
As is always the case, however, general solutions do not come without a price. With STL containers, one of the ways we pay that price is in the final template argument to all of the containersstd::alloc<T>. Every STL container lets you specify the type of the allocator used to acquire storage for whatever it is you're storing, as well as the container's bookkeeping information. You don't have to specify it, because the Standard Library provides a default argument for you in the form of std::allocator.
The default implementations of std::allocator provided by STL implementations vary in complexity by the STL implementation from thin wrappers around new and delete to carefully built allocators running to thousands of lines of code. Different allocator implementations shine in different scenarios. If you're allocating a big block of memory, holding on to it for a long time, and then releasing it all at once (as is the case with vectors and deques), it may be hard to beat the minimalist wrapper around new and delete. If you're using node-based containers (such as maps, sets, or lists), allocators optimized for smaller objects are probably a better way to go.
In some situations, however, the standard allocator can penalize you heavily in terms of both time and space, and unless you're paying attention, you won't even realize it. There won't be any memory leaks, and your program won't crash (at least, not until it runs out of memory). You'll just be using more memory than you should, and possibly spending a lot of unnecessary time in calls to allocate and delete. The problem is that std::allocator is, by definition, a general-purpose allocator, and yet there's really no such thing as general-purpose memory usage. Different programs use memory differently. Even within the same program, different areas have different memory usage patterns.
What To Do?
I'm certainly not the first person to realize that this is a problem. Scott Meyers, for instance, talks about using alternatives to std::allocator (see Effective STL). Andrei Alexandrescu devotes an entire chapter of Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied (Addison-Wesley, 2001) to an allocator for small objects. The Boost library provides two wrappers around its pool_allocator that are std::allocators. It would be nice to have a whole family of allocators, each optimized for a different memory usage pattern, ideally sharing as much code as possible. It should be possible to switch from one allocation strategy to another as easily as possible.
Again, each program has different memory usage patterns, and this makes it difficult for memory allocator writers to write a general-purpose allocator that's good for all cases. No matter how your memory allocator is designed, it's possible to write pathological programs that result in fragmented memory and poor allocation times (see "An Estimate of the Store Size Necessary for Dynamic Storage Allocation," by J.M. Robson, Journal of the ACM, 18(3):416-423, 1971). However, there are common usage patterns that are seen again and again, especially with standard containers. Once you know how your container is going to be used, you ought to be able to specify the allocation strategy that performs best with your particular usage pattern. In addition, the environment in which the code is being executed plays a part in design decisions. For instance, if an allocator is only going to be used in single-threaded environments, there's no need to worry about protecting its data against access from multiple threads.
The family of allocators just described is a perfect example of a case where policy-based design can really shine. Knowledge of how the container will be used, performance requirements on the container, the size of the objects that will be allocated, and the environment in which the code will be executed are all generally known at compile time. Ideally, users of the allocator could specify the right combination of policies, and an allocator configured to perform well for the given situation would be generated at compile time.
The allocator library I present here (available electronically; see "Resource Center," page 3) is a pool allocator. Pool allocators are an extremely efficient method for providing allocation services for objects of fixed size s. The basic strategy is to reserve a chunk of memory sufficient for storing N objects of size s all at once. When the allocator is asked to provide a chunk of memory, it simply returns an offset mod s into the allocated chunk. This is far more efficient than calling operator new separately for each request because it avoids the bookkeeping overhead required of a general-purpose memory allocator that has to service requests for different-sized allocations. It's an economy of scale.
The decision to use a pool allocation scheme limits its usability in some cases. Because pool allocators are based on the idea that you'll be allocating objects of a single size, using them with containers that are likely to request different amounts of memory with each allocation doesn't pay off. This means that you won't see the same performance boosts when using the allocator with large containers of type std::vector, std::deque, or std::string as you would in node-based containerssuch as std::map, std::set, and std::list To guarantee O(1) amortized insertion time, std::vector and friends have to request memory proportional to the amount of memory currently allocated at each request. In fact, requests for allocations greater than 64 bytes will be shunted off to malloc and free. This isn't such a serious limitation because the default memory allocator is generally optimized for dealing with large, variable-sized memory blocks anyway.
A potentially more serious caveat is that, since the allocator uses nonstatic data, it's not technically Standard compliant because the Standard requires that allocators of the same type be equivalent. See Effective STL (Item 10) for a thorough explanation of the issue. This amounts to requiring that an allocator for a given type be able to deallocate memory allocated by any other instance of an allocator for that type. For many uses of standard containers, this requirement is unnecessary (some might say Draconian). However, there are two cases where this requirement is absolutely necessary: list::splice and swap(). The case of swap() is especially serious because it is needed in order to implement certain operations on containers in an exception-safe manner (see Exceptional C++, Item 12). Technically, swap could be (and in some cases, is) implemented in the face of allocators that don't compare equallyitems could be copied or the allocators could be swapped along with the databut this is not always the case. For this reason, if you're using swap() or list::splice, you should make sure to use HoldingPolicySingleton; otherwise, you're bound to run into some really nasty behavior.
The lowest level of the allocator is the PoolChunk class, which represents a contiguous chunk of memory living at m_pMem, big enough for NUMBLOCKS objects of size ALLOCSIZE. It uses a neat space-saving trick (used by many implementations of pool allocators) to store a linked list of memory blocks in the same space that it uses for servicing allocation requests. Upon construction, the beginning of each block is an integer pointing to the next free block. The object keeps track of the head of this list in m_pNext. When a block is requested, the head of the list is updated to point to the second chunk in the list, and the chunk of memory that used to be the head is returned. When a block is freed, the beginning of the block is updated to point to the old head, and this block becomes the new head.
PoolChunk exposes a very basic interface:
- PoolChunk(size_t allocsize_set, IndexType num_blocks_set) constructs a new PoolChunk for num_blocks_set objects of size allocsize_set.
- bool In(void* p) simply tells you whether the memory at p comes from this PoolChunk.
- bool Empty() tells you whether the chunk is empty.
- bool Full() tells you whether the chunk is full.
- void* allocate() returns the next item from the free list, or null if the chunk is full.
- void deallocate(void* p) puts p at the head of the free list.
The second layer of the allocator is the BunchOfChunks object, so named because it aggregates multiple PoolChunks. Because each PoolChunk has a static size, you need more than one of them in order to be able to satisfy an arbitrary number of allocation requests. Like the PoolChunk object, the BunchOfChunks object only handles allocation for objects of a fixed size. It does so by keeping a collection of PoolChunk objects and farming the requests out to them. The BunchOfChunks interface is even simpler than the PoolChunk interface. Aside from the constructor and destructor, only two public functions are exposed:
- • void* allocate() finds a nonempty PoolChunk and allocates a block of memory from it.
- void deallocate(void* p) finds the PoolChunk that allocated p, and deallocates it from that PoolChunk.
I've deliberately left the exact mechanisms for storing and accessing individual PoolChunks vague in this description, since these are details handled by BunchOfChunks's STORAGEPOLICY (one of the required template arguments).
The previous two objects provide allocation services for objects of fixed size. In order to be able to handle requests for allocations of arbitrary size, which is required of an std::allocator, you need to aggregate BunchOfChunks objects for various sizes. PoolAllocator, the third level in the design hierarchy, does just this. It keeps a vector of BunchOfChunks objects at m_vboc, sorted by size. Once again, the interface is straightforward:
- void* allocate(size_t stNumBytes) does a binary search in m_vboc to find a BunchOfChunks for size stNumBytes. If it finds one, it just calls the allocate() method on it. If it doesn't find one, it creates a new one and inserts it into the vector.
- void deallocate(void* pDeallocateMe, size_t stNumBytes) finds the BunchOfChunks for stNumBytes and calls the deallocate() method on it.
The final layer of the allocator is pool_allocator_stl, which contains the implementation of the std::allocator interface. It holds an instance of PoolAllocator and delegates allocation and deallocation requests to it.
The multitiered design (individual chunk object -> collection of chunks -> collection of collections of chunks for various sizes) is a typical design for pool allocatorsboth boost::pool and Alexandrescu's SmallObject follow similar designs. Readers will notice a more-than-passing resemblance to Alexandrescu's SmallObject implementation, to which I am much indebted, as it was my first exposure to the issue of small object allocation. What makes this implementation more flexible is the rich set of policies for specifying the behavior of the allocator.
Evaluating memory allocators is notoriously difficult because every program uses memory somewhat differently. To measure allocation and deallocation directly, I wrote a drop-in std::allocator (implemented in trace_allocator.hpp, available electronically) that records each allocation and deallocation to a log file. I specified this allocator in containers that use memory in different ways, and then wrote a testing application that "plays back" the memory allocations and deallocations using different allocators, monitoring memory usage, page faults, and execution times.
The four containers I attached the allocator to are:
- simple_map: creates an int->int map, fills it with some integer pairs, then lets it go out of scope. Based on a quick survey of my colleagues, as well as a look through code I've written and/or maintain, this is a very common scenario.
- fixed_priority_queue: is based on a std::set of fixed size. The set is allowed to grow to a certain size. Thereafter, new inserts are only allowed if the item to be inserted is greater than the smallest item in the set. The smallest item is deleted and the new item is inserted. A real-world example of this would be an MRU cache.
- remove_if: creates an int->int map and adds a number of integer pairs to it. Generate a random integer, call remove_if on the map with that integer. Repeat three times.
- random: creates an int->int map. Insert a number of integer pairs to it. Then, for some number of iterations, randomly either insert a new pair or delete an old pair.
Figures 1 through 4 (1, 2, 3, 4)depict the memory profiles for the cases I instrumented. I played each allocator trace back using allocators built with these compilers, in each case running once with the default (compiler included) STL, and once with STLport 4.6.2:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1
- GCC 3.3.3 under cygwin
- GCC 3.3.3 under Linux
Performance data for each combination of policies, on all configurations, is in the spreadsheet entitled "results.xls" (available electronically).
The actual definition of pool_allocator_stl is as follows:
class T,
class STORAGEPOLICY,
template<class> class ThreadingPolicy,
template<class> class HoldingPolicy,
class GrowthPolicy,
bool DeletionPolicy=true>
class pool_allocator_stl.
Aside from the first template argument T, which is the type of object to be allocated, the rest of the arguments are all configurable policies that govern various aspects of the allocator's behavior.
I'll now give a quick description of each of the policies, along with some charts showing the effects of each policy on each of the data sets. The performance numbers I present for each policy are based on code compiled with the Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1 compiler using the default STL implementation, with aggressive speed optimizations turned on (/Ox /Os).
StoragePolicy. The StoragePolicy is the most interesting and challenging part of the allocator. It dictates how individual PoolChunks are stored in a BunchOfChunks. It is also responsible for actually releasing the memory allocated by BunchOfChunks. The interface is defined by the following functions:
- void Store(ChunkType* pStoreMe) stores the chunk in question for later retrieval.
- • void Purge() releases all memory from the container.
- ChunkType* GetChunkForAlloc() returns a pointer to a nonempty PoolChunk in the collection, or NULL if there is not one.
- ChunkType* FindChunkDealloc(void* p, iterator& itrRet) finds and returns the PoolChunk containing p. Also returns a StoragePolicy::iterator (necessary typedef) via itrRet that points to the deallocated chunk. This enables us to efficiently remove the chunk from our collection if necessary
- void DealWithEmptyChunk(iterator itr) is called by BunchOfChunks whenever a chunk becomes empty as the result of a deallocation.
I've implemented three different StoragePolicies:
- StoragePolicySimple keeps its PoolChunks in an std::list. When a chunk is requested for allocation, it looks in the chunk most recently allocated from. If there's still room, it just returns that chunk. If the current chunk is full, it does a linear search in the list for a chunk with free space. Allocation and deallocation are O(c), where c is the number of chunks in the list. Deallocation is handled similarly.
- StoragePolicyBoundary is similar to StoragePolicySimple, but it does a bit of extra housekeeping to enforce a boundary between full and nonfull chunks. This improves worst-case allocation speed to O(1), though deallocation is still O(c) in the number of chunks in the list.
- StoragePolicyOrdered keeps its PoolChunks in an std::map. Allocation is O(c), but deallocation is O(logc).
Figure 5 shows the effect of StoragePolicy on speed in each of the contains I profiled.
HoldingPolicy. The HoldingPolicy is a simple policy that lets you control the lifetime of the pool_allocator object held by pool_allocator_stl. It has only a single function, T& Get(), which returns a reference to the encapsulated object.
Currently, there are two HoldingPolicies:
- HoldingPolicyStack, which puts the encapsulated object on the stack, to be cleaned up whenever it goes out of scope.
- HoldingPolicySingleton, which provides access to a shared pool_allocator for all objects.
ThreadingPolicy. ThreadingPolicy consists of a few simple typedefs:
- VolatileType, inspired by Alexandrescu's ThreadingModel, is a way to make sure that data members shared across multiple threads are properly qualified as volatile.
- MutexType indicates a type that must in turn have a scoped_lock typedef. Thread safety for multithreaded policies is guaranteed by wrapping all state-changing code in a scoped_lock.
I've provided two separate threading policies:
- ThreadingSingleThreaded is a policy in which the lock is not operational. As you might expect, it's always preferred for single-threaded programs. You can use it in multithreaded programs as well, so long as you are using HoldingPolicyStack. Each container has its own copy of the allocator, and any container operations causing allocation or deallocation that might be called from multiple threads have to be locked by the client for thread safety anyway, so there's no need to lock the allocator separately.
- ThreadingMultiThreaded is a policy suitable for use in multithreaded situations. It's a thin wrapper around boost::mutex for maximum portability.
GrowthPolicy. Each BunchOfChunks object has a GrowthPolicy member that's responsible for calculating the size of the next chunk to allocate. The policy implements a single function, unsigned int NextChunkSize().
Two GrowthPolicies are defined:
- GrowthPolicyLinear allocates fixed-size chunks of size 255 each time.
- GrowthPolicyExponential doubles the size of the last chunk.
The GrowthPolicy basically controls the relationship between N, the number of objects allocated; and C, the number of PoolChunks encapsulated by the BunchOfChunks. This has a predictable effect on the performance guarantees of the container. When you use GrowthPolicyLinear, C is O(N). When you use GrowthPolicyExponential, C is O(log(N)). This lets you optimize for time or space. For instance, recall that allocation and deallocation time using StoragePolicySimple were both O(C). If you use GrowthPolicyLinear, then allocation and deallocation time will be O(N), but the amount of wasted space will be O(1) because you'll never be wasting space for more than 255 objects. If you use GrowthPolicyExponential, allocation and deallocation will be O(log(N)), but the amount of wasted space will be O(N). Figures 6 and 7 show the effect of GrowthPolicy on speed and working set size.
DeletePolicy. DeletePolicy is just a Boolean flag that's passed as a template argument to pool_allocator_stl. It controls whether objects are actually deallocated when deallocate() is called. When DeletePolicy is set to True, deallocation is performed as per normal. When it's set to False, deallocation becomes nonoperational. There are plenty of times when this can come in handy. For instance, a very common memory usage pattern is to fill a container, perform some processing with the elements in it, save the results as temporary, and then destroy the object (or let it go out of scope). In this case, you know you're going to be getting rid of the entire container at once, so there's no need to call deallocate() separately for each object. All of the memory will be released at once as soon as the allocator goes out of scope. Figure 8 shows the effect of DeletePolicy on speed.
Comparative Performance
As you can see in Figures 9 through 12, the graphs comparing different policies, the best set of policies to use can vary depending on the allocation pattern. To determine how much performance gain I could achieve over less-configurable solutions, I also ran each scenario against the default std::allocator for the STL I was using, as well as against boost::pool_allocator and boost::fast_pool_allocator.
In most platform/STL combinations, the allocator presented in this article performs better than the others. This is not surprising because, in each case, we were able to tune the instantiated allocator type according to the specific memory use at hand. One thing that puzzles me, however, is that the boost::fast_allocator is invariably faster on Linux when using the STL provided with GCC, sometimes by a large margin. The most likely explanation seems to me that the allocator was probably optimized in this configuration.
I've presented here a highly flexible and configurable replacement for std::allocator for use with node-based standard containers. An efficient and configurable allocator is useful because of the widespread use of standard containers. On several occasions, I've been able to make substantial improvements to the performance and/or memory usage of programs by a simple one-line modification that specifies a different allocator for a given container. Hopefully, the allocator described here can be as useful to you as it has been to megive it a try and see!
Thanks to Eric Niebler for pointing out the danger of swap()ing containers whose allocators have state, and to Andrei Alexandrescu for pointing out the necessity of special allocators for small objects in the first place.


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The National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children (NISMART) estimated 1,682,900 youth had a runaway or throwaway episode during 1999. Fortunately, NISMART also found that 77% of all runaways return home within a week.
It is often assumed that runaways are not at significant risk away from home. To the contrary, NISMART found that many runaways engage in criminal activity; associate with a "violent" person; use hard drugs (or associate with someone known to be abusing drugs); or are sexually assaulted or engage in sexual activity (for money, drugs, food or shelter) during the course of the "episode".
The purpose of this segment is to acquaint you with signs that a child may be thinking about running away and to provide guidance if your child runs away.
Signs that a child might be thinking about or preparing to runaway
Changes in behaviors or patterns
Children may suddenly:
- Stop eating or begin to overeat;
- Sleep all of the time or never sleep;
- Spend all of their time with friends or become isolated from family members and friends;
- Change friends;
- Never want to leave their room; or
- Become involved with untraditional religious groups or cults.
Rebellious behavior
Rebellious behavior may include dropping grades, truancy, breaking rules at home and/or school or being unusually argumentative.
Some teens will hint that they want to run away. Others will outright threaten their family with running. Sometimes a family will hear rumors through friends, school or other parents that their child is thinking about leaving home.
Accumulation of money and possessions
To survive, runaways need money and resources. Some runaways prepare by slowly withdrawing funds from a savings or checking account. Keeping a bag or backpack of clothes in a closet might also mean that they are preparing to run.
It is very important for you to confront suspicions immediately. Reveal your genuine concern, not anger or fear. Take time to discuss your child's viewpoint.
Initial action
If you are certain that the child ran away and was not abducted:
- Check with your child's friends, neighbors, relatives, school staff, employer/co-workers (if applicable) and anyone else who may know his or her whereabouts. Ask them to notify you immediately if they hear from the child.
- Check locations that your child tends to frequent.
- If you are not living together, contact the child's other parent to determine if he or she has any information.
- Check the child's room, child's school locker and desk for clues regarding where he or she may have gone and with whom (e.g., notes, letters, maps).
- Determine if possessions are missing (e.g., clothing, pictures, money). If the child has access to checking or savings accounts, determine if, when and where withdrawals have been made.
- Check past telephone bills for unusual long-distance calls.
- Review information stored on computers and disks. Pay close attention to e-mail, chat and instant messaging activity.
- Check area hospitals and transportation terminals.
- Notify a law enforcement agency and provide them with available details, including:
- Biographical information and photographs.
- Names of friends, relatives and acquaintances.
- Locations which your child tends to frequent.
- Suspected destinations and accomplices.
- Prior disappearances and outcomes.
- Ensure that the law enforcement agency handling the case enters your child's name and biographical information into the DCJS and National Crime Information Center computer network. New York State and Federal Laws require law enforcement agencies to do this immediately.
- Contact the NYS DCJS Missing and Exploited Children Clearinghouse for assistance.
- Keep a detailed list of people and agencies that you have contacted and steps that you have taken. Logging these events lessens duplication of efforts.
- If the child has run away before, contact the person that he or she was with during the previous episode. Also, check the location(s) where he or she stayed during that previous episode.
Follow-up action
- Call local runaway hotlines and the National Runaway Safeline (1-800-runaway / 1-800-786-2929). Ask if you child has left any messages.
- Contact runaway shelters in any areas where you suspect that your child may be.
- Remain in contact with the law enforcement agency handling the case. Report any information to assigned officers as soon as possible.
- Continue to contact neighbors and your child's friends to determine if they have any pertinent information.
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Had a solid freshman season that saw her appear in all 28 matches and 100 games ... was named Big West Freshman of the Year becoming the first Matador since Laura Walter in 1998 (Big Sky) to be honored as the conference's top freshman ... was also named to the seven member Big West All-Freshman Team ... finished third on the team with 236 kills and posted a team-high 609 assists which ranked ninth in the Big West ... also finished with 234 digs which ranked fifth on the squad and served 28 aces which was also fifth ... wound up as the team leader with five triple-doubles while also adding six double-doubles ... posted a triple-double with 12 kills, 18 assists and 11 digs in her collegiate debut at San Diego State (Aug. 25) ... pounded a career-high 22 kills against Long Beach State (Nov. 16) and posted a career-high 20 digs in the season-finale at Loyola Marymount (Nov. 21).
Was a four-year starter at setter/middle blocker at Paraclete High School in Lancaster, Calif. ... as a senior, averaged 14 kills, 19 digs, 10 assists, three aces and five blocks for the Spirits who finished 16-2 ... was named Best Offensive and Best Defensive Player in 2005 and earned All-CIF accolades in 2004 ... was named Alpha League MVP, earned First Team all-league honors and was named Best All-Around Player in 2002 and 2003 ... Paraclete finished 55-14 over her four years ... was the Daily News Player of the Year and a member of the All-Antelope Valley Team in 2005 ... graduated in 2006 with a 3.5 grade point average.
Born March 18, 1988 in Verdugo Hills, Calif. ... parents are Lois and Bobby Hupp ... has one younger brother, James ... her mother attended Northern Arizona University ... also competes for the California Beach Volleyball Association ... was also recruited by UC Santa Barbara, Texas A&M, New Mexico and Eastern Washington ... roots for the Arizona Diamondbacks and lists pro beach volleyball players Misty May and Gabrielle Reese as her favorite athlete ... chose Cal State Northridge because of the "Location, my major and the volleyball staff" ... listens to "upbeat" music as a pre-match ritual ... major is Kinesiology.


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How a Simple Formula Has
Scientifically Proven to Cure Cancer and Virtually All Diseases
Why this one-minute therapy is being suppressed in the U.S. while more than
15,000 European doctors have been using it to heal millions of patients
by Madison Cavanaugh
hat if you lived in a world where cancer -- or any other disease -- was no longer a threat to you? What if you never had to experience the horror of receiving a doctor's chilling diagnosis of a terrible disease -- or watch helplessly as someone you care about suffers from cancer or some other life-threatening disease -- with you not being able to do anything about it?
What would you be willing to give to ensure that you and your loved ones would never need to suffer -- or die -- from so-called "incurable" diseases that are actually curable?
If you're like most people, chances are, you or someone you know suffers from one or more of the following diseases: (Check all that apply.)
Imagine never having to worry
about getting the flu again -- or suffering from migraine headaches,
gum disease, sinusitis, anemia, lupus, bronchitis -- and
other disease, for that matter.
If you or someone you care about suffers from, or
are at risk of acquiring, any disease, this will be the most
important article you'll ever read in your life.
"One out of every 3 adults in America
already has cancer -- but most of them don't know it yet because the
cancer is
undiagnosed and
According to the American Cancer Society,
there's a 41% probability that an individual, male or female,
will develop cancer in his or her lifetime (or die from it).
Additionally, every human being has cancer cells
existing in the body which are just seeking a low-oxygen environment
where they can multiply into the full-blown disease ." -- Madison
The One Minute Cure: The Secret to Healing Virtually All Diseases
[Click here to
download 1st chapter] Wrong!
It's actually not as simple as that.
Here's why:
If you or someone you care about suffers from, or
are at risk of acquiring, any disease, this will be the most
important article you'll ever read in your life.
"One out of every 3 adults in America already has cancer -- but most of them don't know it yet because the cancer is undiagnosed and undetected. According to the American Cancer Society, there's a 41% probability that an individual, male or female, will develop cancer in his or her lifetime (or die from it). Additionally, every human being has cancer cells existing in the body which are just seeking a low-oxygen environment where they can multiply into the full-blown disease ." -- Madison Cavanaugh, The One Minute Cure: The Secret to Healing Virtually All Diseases [Click here to download 1st chapter]
It's actually not as simple as that.
Here's why:
ost humans are NOT able to get proper amounts of oxygen in their cells and
tissues --
due partly to poor air quality, poor breathing habits and
oxygen-depleting activities. More importantly, the human body is
always able to deliver oxygen to the cells
and tissues.
...stimulates the movement of
It does this by increasing oxygen
and hemoglobin dissociation, thereby maximizing the delivery of oxygen from the blood
to the cells, according to a prominent doctor best
known for treating AIDS patients with a holistic protocol which includes
oxygen therapy (see page 97 of
The One-Minute Cure).
The Day I Stumbled Upon the One-Minute Cure
for Healing Virtually All Diseases
'm Madison Cavanaugh, and I've been both an aficionado and avid researcher of natural and wholistic approaches to health for the last 30 years -- and have also written articles about them as a contributing editor for natural health magazines and publications. As such, I've witnessed an endless parade of "natural" remedies and therapies go by -- some having merit and others providing little or no health benefit at all.
In 1999, my father died of colon cancer after a long, hard battle that was exceedingly painful for him to bear (and for us, his family, to witness). My grandmother also died of brain cancer not long before that. We saw her writhe in agony during the last few months of her life, the doctors unable to do anything -- even to ease her pain.
Over the last 10 years, I've been saddened by the death of 2 aunts, an uncle, 3 cousins, as well as a close friend who have all died of cancer. At least a dozen more friends and acquaintances have also been diagnosed with cancer in recent years. But the ones that hit closest to home were ...
...my sister, who was stricken with cervical cancer a few years ago -- and my mother, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. Both of them are presently in remission because their respective cancers were surgically removed. But as with most cancer survivors in remission, there's always a constant fear that cancer will return with a vengeance.
When it dawned on me that cancer had struck 3 members of my immediate family -- it was a terrifying realization.
It was then that I began to search desperately for a cancer cure amidst the overwhelming array of so-called "miracle cures" available both online and offline. Little did I know that I was about to stumble upon something much more than I could have ever expected.
I was reading something about oxygen therapy one day when I came across something entirely by accident -- something that was positively astounding.
Since I had known about oxygen therapy for years, and had even written articles about it on a few occasions, I was tempted to ignore the information and think (arrogantly) that I knew all about it already. I'm glad that, instead, I chose to take a closer look.
I remember when I first heard about this aspect of oxygen therapy involving a little-known oxygenating substance, I was awestruck by the compelling reports that it has cured almost every disease known to man, including "The Big 3" -- AIDS, cancer and heart disease. Here's a partial list: ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
I Was Extremely Skeptical ... At First
who know me know that I'm not one who readily buys into "miracle cures" --
nor am I easily swayed by other people's opinions or anecdotal reports.
I've been a health researcher too long to get "sold" on bogus "snake oil"
products masquerading as health breakthroughs.
only healing therapy that finally
I decided to administer the one-minute therapy on myself,
and was
amazed that within 2 weeks, it enabled my body to eradicate a chronic, throat
inflammation I'd had for 6 months, and which I feared might one day become
My husband used the therapy as well with spectacular results.
life-long lymphatic condition, characterized by excessive mucous discharge
and breathing difficulties, was
completely healed in a matter of days -- despite the fact that none of the
countless things he had tried before worked. Colds and flu have also become non-existent
in our household since we started using the one-minute cure. And
another unexpected benefit I got was that my energy levels increased so
significantly that I've been able to
easily work 12- to 14-hour days whenever I had to -- with lots of energy to spare!
The Hidden Secret They Don't Want You to Know
n 1986 and 1987, two doctors from Stuttgart and Munich, Germany published case histories of dozens of AIDS patients whom they had cured with a simple therapy involving oxygenation of the body. The patients, who were all in the late-stage of AIDS, reversed their death sentences, were restored to health and lived normal lives again.
A much simpler version of the above-mentioned therapy has been in use outside the United States since the early 1960s. It is a one-minute, self-administered version of the therapy which has since been prescribed by thousands of European doctors, naturopaths and homeopaths (from Germany, Italy, Austria and Russia), as well as health practitioners in Cuba and Mexico. They've used it to cure practically every known disease. [See table above to see a partial list of diseases.]
As far back as 170 years ago, during the reign of Queen Victoria, the people of India (which was then a colony of England) were cured of a variety of illnesses -- from minor ones like colds and flu to serious ones like cholera and malaria -- with this one-minute, self-administered therapy.
This is the simplest, most effective and most inexpensive therapy for providing the body with health-giving oxygen, and maximizing the delivery of oxygen from the bloodstream to the cells. It is also the secret that both the American pharmaceutical industry and the medical establishment don't want you to know.
That's because this simple cure for virtually all diseases threatens the livelihood and the trillion-dollar earnings of the pharmaceutical and health care industries -- not to mention the medical centers and physicians that make a great living from providing expensive drugs, complex medical procedures and long hospital stays.
Even though over 6,100 articles attesting to the success of this simple therapy have been published in European scientific literature, this information has been aggressively suppressed in the U.S. via an elaborate scheme of media manipulation, control, infiltration and economic incentives that are all designed to systematically deceive the public into thinking that pharmaceutical drugs are the only solution to disease!
American doctors who employ this therapy to cure a wide variety of "incurable" and life-threatening diseases, or endorse the therapy in any way, come under heavy attack by the medical establishment and are threatened with hefty fines, the revocation of their medical licenses -- and sometimes even face federal prosecution by the FDA.
In a hurry? Click here to get The One-Minute Cure now.
This Book Could Be
Banned -- It Reveals Too Much!
Mark my word -- they will do everything in their power to suppress the dissemination of the information revealed in The One-Minute Cure: The Secret to Healing Virtually All Diseases. In fact, right at this very moment, a PR campaign is already being waged to discredit and spread malicious untruths about the natural oxygenating substance, which is the main ingredient of this one-minute cure -- even though the substance has been given the GRAS designation -- Generally Recognized as Safe -- by the FDA.
A famous U.S. doctor, who has written 17 nutrition-based books, some of them New York Times bestsellers (see page 105), was threatened with a revocation of his medical license when he attempted to prescribe this therapy in his medical practice! Many medical clinics that have offered the therapy to patients have also been shut down -- and health practitioners have been imprisoned or threatened with jail time for the same reason.
So if you delay, don't be surprised if you return to this website at a later date and find that the book is no longer available. If you don't get it today, there's no telling if you'll get another opportunity to do so -- even when you decide later that you want the book.
A Preview of What You'll
See Inside...
your pets healthy, too -- Administering this
natural oxygenating substance in the drinking water of your dog,
cat, horse or other pets cures everything from heartworms
to parasites to feline leukemia -- without the use of
pet medications. It has even been given to race horses to improve
endurance and shorten recovery times after races. --
see page
much, much more.
Every Disease
Responds Well to This Simple Therapy
Will This Therapy Work
for You?
Disease Doesn't Have to
Scare You Any More
When you put all the sobering
disease statistics together, you begin to realize that there's no escaping
disease. Whatever you do, there's a strong probability that you'll
acquire one or more diseases in your lifetime (if you haven't already) -- and
run the risk of even dying from it.
"Health Insurance" for 1½
Cents a Day?
Pharmaceutical drugs that alleviate only the symptoms and the pain of diseases, but don't cure (and often harm)
Elaborate, expensive and often invasive treatments and procedures offered by organized medicine
A simple, low-cost therapy based on a natural
oxygenating substance that is easy and painless to use
at home -- and which is scientifically proven to prevent and
cure virtually all diseases
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"I personally would rather layer up than put on a big, heavy coat," says the upstate New York native, whose namesake label has become a must-have for legions of men that appreciate his preppy but lived-in aesthetic. "When you live in a city where you're always in and out of a car or a building, I feel it's [...] better to treat a heavier, tweedier sport coat almost as you would outerwear."
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Eric Freehling's "Local religious comunity weighs in on cake controversy" (June 10, Page B1) was a balanced report, giving space for those who disagreed with the Supreme Court's "Masterpiece Cake" decision to air their views.
With all due respect, the case was not about serving a gay couple, as Colorado baker Jack Phillips had done on prior occasions, but about a commission that believed that the government has the power to compel a business owner to make a product in violation of his own religious principles.
The majority decision upheld the principle that in this country, officers of the court must grant a fair hearing for all parties, even when they disagree with world-views held by either party in the suit. Every American of good will should be outraged by the disdainful treatment shown to Mr. Phillips when Colorado Civil Rights Commissioners derided his faith, as would likewise be true had the plaintiffs in this case been similarly castigated for their own life-style choices.
Even more egregious: commissioners voiced their opinion that the free exercise clause of the First Amendment was a "despicable piece of rhetoric." How can anyone so antagonistic to the United States Constitution be seen as a legitimate arbiter for justice in the U.S. legal system?
In this nation, religious views pose far less potential for tyranny than do government authorities.
In closing, we all owe a debt of gratitude to those who have made sacrifices for the sake of conscience. A text revered by Jewish and Christian believers alike is found in the Tanakh (the Christian Old Testament). In Daniel, chapter 3, when the tyrant Nebuchadnezzar commanded everyone in his kingdom fall down and worship his statue, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego refused to comply, because to do so would have been to commit the sin of idolatry. In our day, believers may be called to resist official edicts to bow our knee to some particular ideology. May the True and Living God grant us strength, and by His grace, may all citizens of our nation strive to show dignity and respect to everyone, for we are all created in the image and likeness of God.
,em>The writer is pastor of Muddy Creek and Unionville Evangelical Presbyterian Churches in Center Township.


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Brussels, 2 February 2011
The Commission calls for action on commodities and raw materials
Excessive volatility of prices on all major commodity markets occurs at a time when the competitiveness of European industry crucially depends on efficient and secure access to raw materials. Raw materials are vital for the EU's economy and particularly crucial for the development of modern environmentally friendly technologies such as electric cars and photovoltaics. The recent volatility in commodity prices threatens to increase inflation and global raw material markets are becoming increasingly distorted due to protectionist measures. The price fluctuation on the agricultural commodity markets has an impact on farmers, food-makers and consumers, including in the poorest countries. In response to these challenges, the European Commission presented today an integrated strategic vision to tackle challenges in Commodity markets and on Raw materials. The Commission proposes actions to improve the regulation, functioning and transparency of financial and commodity markets. The European Commission also calls for the swift implementation of the Raw Materials Initiative adopted in 2008. The Communication on commodities and raw materials contributes to the Europe 2020 flagship initiative 'A resource-efficient Europe' that was adopted last month (IP/11/63).
President Barroso said: "'In order to secure supply of raw materials for the European industry for coming years, we need to link this policy with our reforms of the regulatory framework for financial markets. Better understanding the synergy between the two will ensure that supply of commodities and raw materials matches demand in a resource-efficient way, contributing to sustainable growth in the European Union."
The European Commission presents an overview of developments in financial and physical markets and outlines what has been done since the launch of the Raw Materials Initiative. This includes achievements such as identifying critical raw materials, actions in the area of trade and development, guidelines that clarify how extraction in the EU can be compatible with Natura 2000 requirements, new research opportunities under the 7th Research Framework Programme and development of end-of-waste criteria.
In today's Communication, the European Commission proposes a series of measures, based on its Raw Materials Initiative to ensure a fair and sustainable supply of raw materials from global markets, to foster sustainable supply within the EU and to boost resource efficiency and to promote recycling.
At the same time, recent developments on commodity markets show that the prices of derivative and physical markets may be linked in multiple ways. Clearly, the price of commodity derivatives is influenced by the price of the underlying commodity. It is also clear that investors increasingly use commodity derivatives as part of their strategic investments.
Financial market regulation is one important response to these developments. The regulatory initiatives already undertaken or planned for the coming months will ensure enhanced integrity, transparency and stability of commodity derivative markets. The Communication also notes that further work is necessary to understand fully the interlink between physical and financial markets. The European Commission intends to continue working on this matter, in the framework of the G20-debate taking place at the global level.
The key elements of the integrated strategic approach include:
For more information on the Commission's raw material policy:
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Saturday, August 17, 2013
Soundwave Research skunkworks and New55
The concept and feasibility phases are over: New55 has shown, without a doubt, that a high quality instant 4x5 PN product can be produced, and in doing so we made important discoveries and even invented what could be the next phase of instant large format (and any other format) photography. Two very valuable patents are pending, also, which is surprising to those who thought everything in film photography had already been invented.
It's quite an accomplishment for a skunkworks. About a year and a half ago, we had an agreed to commercialization route that would provide the necessary funding level to bring all this to market. The cost of bringing new products to market is high and that's what we specialize in, both at http://soundwaveresearch.com and http://www.rfvenue.com, as well as other places. So far we have not secured that funding, and do not feel we should further fund it ourselves (especially after reviewing expenses to date!)
Meanwhile the crowd of people who say they want New55 has grown and some, but not all, are accepting of the likely $6 plus per sheet cost. This is a real concern because our research shows that people will spend thousands on cameras and lenses, only to limit their purchases of the consumables. But I am most interested in the new Direct Positive material invention, and see it as a way to advance photography - real photography - well into the post-digital age.
Over the course of the last two years we have seen EFKE close, KODAK bankrupt, Fuji discontinue its best instant films, and we wonder when the bottom of this hill will be reached. I think we are nearer to that now as KODAK claims sales have leveled off. Also, silver prices have been reasonably stable, and Harmon appears to be steady. TIP has had its ups and downs but we have to admire the color protection products and what went on there.
So what will happen next? Look for us on Kickstarter soon, when you will have your chance to be in on the creation of the first new 4x5 film of the 21st Century.
17 comments:
- Shane Cox said...
Oh no! So wish you had been able to secure the funding for this awesome project.
Personally I have started tinkering with making my own peel apart instant film with the idea of making a large (~11x14 - 16x20") version for my own personal work when (if) I can get things working nicely. You blog has been an inspiration to me a a valuable source of information too.
Cheers Shane C.
- August 17, 2013 at 9:00 PM
- Tutejszy said...
hmmm, it doesn't seems like we gonna buy new55 anytime soon... Ok guys! I just keep my fingers crossed for you to make good money on it! And for you to rush with funding and then production..
- August 18, 2013 at 6:32 AM
- Bob Crowley said...
We're not done yet. And success is assured to those who use their own film and monobaths!
- August 18, 2013 at 6:53 PM
- cafe selavy said...
What happened with this?
- August 19, 2013 at 5:03 AM
- Tutejszy said...
I was thinking if there's a way to workaround for this financing bottleneck. If you could replace most expensive stuff by forwarding manual work to buyers - is it possible? You could sell partially DIY product on small scale. Like the raw sheets of ready P and N material, and separate clips partially bent and chemicals capsule. Like IKEA does. This trick wouldn't assure financing for whole project but could be enough to put some more time to project or a person who would organize financing. And this will be really fantastic promotion! Not mentioning testing possibility, and possibility to soft-ramp up the project. What do you think? is it possible to make your material partially DIY?
- August 23, 2013 at 3:58 AM
- Bob Crowley said...
You could have workshops and that kind of thing with this technology, but few people would be able to put it together on their own. We can't put much of it together without machines and we also need to make large orders of new materials and parts, all cost a bundle.
Thanks for the note though - I've wanted the Eastman house to consider a DTR workshop since it is such an important historical process. It would be possible to make one or two by hand and I think if some clever person wanted to really work at the process and how to teach it some people would be interested.
- August 23, 2013 at 9:55 AM
- Bob Crowley said...
We are facing these choices I think:
1. Open source the whole project. That is, publish the remaining materials and manufacturing info and leave it to a few practitioners to roll their own.
2. Crowd fund it after hiring people to administer such an effort on Kickstarter or some other crowd fund site.
3. Put it into a further investable form for sale to any of the three or four remaining enterprises interested in growing their existing related businesses. Impossible/InovisCoat, Kodak, Ilford, and Carestream.
4. Assemble a new group of investors locally and spin out a new company to develop next generation photochemical materials including New55 and industrial and scientific silver based indicators.
- August 29, 2013 at 7:13 AM
- Unknown said...
Speaking of indicators... Could this tech be usable for rural health care or industrial/field x-ray use; instant low tech results with minimal weight or complication.
- August 30, 2013 at 9:05 AM
- Unknown said...
And following up.... If it could be commercialized for life-saving purposes, and had artistic photography purposes on the side, we wouldn't complain.
- August 30, 2013 at 9:11 AM
- Bob Crowley said...
Yes, but it is a limited application. We visited and spoke with the Mass State Police bomb unit about this a while back. The larger applications are in any process requiring a mask, a negative, or a pattern on a transparent surface.
- September 1, 2013 at 6:50 AM
- Tutejszy said...
Soon people will be able to kill for Polaroid 55 material: http://www.ebay.com/sch/Film-Photography-/69323/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=polaroid+55+-fuji+-instax. It's not going under $150 nowadays. If I would be on same continent as you guys I would make you hire me for this crowfunding manager position :) Now seriously: Even if you opensource the formula there has to be a guy/company who believe in the product and start it up. Or at least is crazy enough to put it under production no matter what income it brings. That's why I believe crowfunding is quickest way to the market. I don't know if best for you guys, but sure it's best for the market.
- September 11, 2013 at 5:28 AM
- Bob Crowley said...
With the money in hand, it would only be 6 to 8 months to release the product. I say 8, to be conservative. Most of the money would go to tooling, and startup of supply agreements. The trouble of crowd funding is that it requires rewards which in this case would be "the ability to buy the product at full price at a later date along with everyone else". Naturally there can be credits, or discounts, etc.
- September 11, 2013 at 12:57 PM
What is the amount of money you need from investors? It would be nice to have an idea of what we are talking about. How much of the business would you be selling for the investment and what are your cash flow projections per year... simple back of the envelope stuff. Bet there are a couple of people who might pitch in.
- October 11, 2013 at 11:24 AM
- Bob Crowley said...
Hi Angus,
We've published expected expenses (tooling, time, materials) in several places here. Scroll down and you will see about a $230K itemized production expense mentioned in various places.
I haven't spoken of capital value so that isn't here, and we aren't soliciting investors - however, please feel free to contact me through the contact page at http://soundwaveresearch.com if you want to discuss and are a qualified investor. I am open to various forms of participation as I prepare to double down. The presumed cap with patents, know how, trade secrets, vendor development, infrastructure, tech and designs, marks and lists is a nominal $1M today - low for a nanotech post-seed enterprise with proof of principle in hand. You might know that well over a dozen pioneering nanophotonic or nanomaterial patents have either issued or are pending, widely cited, and aimed at post-digital photography, industrial scientific, and medical applications, with light, which is going to grow over the next 20 years into a $2B+ industry.
- October 13, 2013 at 5:32 AM
Thanks Bob for some specifics. Best, Angus
- October 14, 2013 at 3:59 PM
- cafe selavy said...
Again. . . what happened to the 20x24 collaboration on the 8x10 negative?
- October 18, 2013 at 4:13 PM
- Bob Crowley said...
That was a one-off Nafis and I did. It was based on efke and I think we could put a kit (not a complete assembly) together so you might be able to roll your own. If we get 4x5 for sale, some 8x10 might follow.
- October 18, 2013 at 6:24 PM


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