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DEAR ANNIE: I�ve been with a wonderful guy for five years. After two abusive marriages, I am finally being treated right. �Bud� and I have only two issues: money and kids. We have broken up a few times over our problems, but honestly, I can�t live without him.
Bud is 44 years old and owns his own business, but he does not save money. When I met him, he had nothing. Now he has $20,000 in a retirement account and another $5,000 in savings. He finally has his two kids pretty well straightened out, although they will never be exactly normal.
Bud still doesn�t manage his money well. He needs so many things in his house, yet he went out and bought a truck he doesn�t need. He now has six years of payments on it, his auto insurance went up, and if he ever needs new tires, we are talking thousands of dollars. I want him to sell it and get a reasonably priced truck. He says he will lose money on the sale, which is true, but why sink even more into it?
Both of my marriages involved men who overspent on themselves, so I know I have a tendency to be extra cautious. How can I convince Bud that he did the wrong thing by buying the truck, but that he still has time to fix it? I won�t marry a man I can�t trust with my money. Not again. � THRICE SHY
DEAR THRICE: You can�t treat Bud like a child, even if he makes poor financial decisions. He will resent it and push back. Instead, approach all such matters jointly, being respectful of each other�s opinions, even when you disagree. You also could offer to take over the handling of finances for the household, keeping everyone within a reasonable budget. But you are wise not to commingle your money if you don�t trust Bud�s ability to handle it. Before marrying, consider financial counseling together through your bank or the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (nfcc.org).
DEAR ANNIE: Most women who responded to �Your Husband� do not understand men very well. Without sex, men feel incomplete. It�s part of how we feel loved. Women should realize how important sex is to a man simply by seeing that he is willing to risk everything � his wife, family and assets � to fill this void. � FEELING THE VOID IN INDIANA


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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The Banquet! & Recipe: Chocolate Cake 4 Dummiez
But first, here's a quick blow-by-blow of the first few eats of 2010 - mostly verbal as I'm out of the swing of photographing the more monotonous meals:
NB: I'm including a small amount of vegetables every day to ease the transition from over-consumption of fruit and nuts over Christmas. I'm feeling really good even with a bit of salad, so we'll see how that goes. The extra weight is dropping steadily even with a few carbs, so...
Fried eggs for brekky
Roast lamb in juices/gravy for lunchables
Itty bitty prawns in a bed of sautéed red cabbage and steamed zucchini for din-dins
B: Sautéed red cabbage
L: Chicken drumsticks and zucchini
D: Spicy burger patty with cos lettuce and tomato
First: Sausage and eggs, including a double-yolker!
Second: grilled salmon fillet with salmon roe salad
Third - at a friend's wedding: fish fillet, lamb rump, and butter (and yes, even with clear RSVP instructions and a bride very familiar with my preferences, the kitchen staff STILL screwed it all up, originally reporting my needs as "no meat or cream" and, even after correction, bringing me a plate of salad coated in sticky dressing. All's well in the end though, and it was a truly beautiful wedding.
Breakfasted on scotch fillet topped with brie, plus some salmon roe salad
Lunched on grilled calamari, and a cheese plate at the Little Creatures Dining Hall on Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
Dined at home on peel-your-own prawns, and then BBQ'd some homemade chicken & lamb kebabs that were then eaten in the car on our mad dash to the cinema to see The Lovely Bones. (Meh.)
Broke my fast with a decadent Camembert omelet (The Usual with a luxe twist) followed by delicious organic smoke bacon.
Broke my shopping tripping by stopping in at T.G.I. Friday's for an Angus rump steak with bleu cheese and a side of ignored green beans, splitting the meal with Mum, who is currently visiting.
And then, for dinner with Mum, the bro, his girl, and the beau, it was time to whip up a banquet...
THE FIVE COURSE BANQUET: Primal-style!
Course The First:
In newly-purchased steel cup/bowls, I served up a fresh batch of Primal Pumpkin Soup, with a dish of heavy cream and some ground nutmeg.
Course The Second:
A new experiment - roast chicken drumsticks with a curry coating (a mix of olive oil, curry powder, and lemon juice, brushed over each piece), with roast fennel, button squash and boiled baby beets.
Before going into the oven:
And after:
Course The Third:
Trying my hand at salmon sashimi! I sliced my salmon fillet thinly after removing the skin, and sat the pieces in a bowl of lemon juice to 'cook' in the citric acid. I was then distracted by my company, so the pieces were a little overcooked in appearance, but utterly perfect in flavour. I'm definitely adding this way of enjoying salmon to my weekly rotation - grilling fillets no longer inspires me, but the beau won't eat raw fish.
I used the pieces in a sashimi salad - salmon, salmon roe, mixed lettuce, capsicum, and snap peas. Divine!
Course The Fourth:
I'm still trying to think of a name for this experiment, and I'm currently leaning toward Minced Beef Medley, or some such. I originally intended to use minced roo meat, but the package we bought was past its expiry date, and also past its smelling-good date, so it went into the bin and the hurried thawing of organic beef mince began.
First I sautéed a diced red onion and a diced red capsicum (bell pepper) in some butter, until slightly softened. While they cooked I attempted to separate an iceberg lettuce into cups, but I bought a particularly inter-folded head, making separation impossible. Instead, I ripped up each mangled leaf and laid the pieces across a platter, adding some fresh basil leaves.
Putting the onion & capsicum into a bowl, I sautéed the beef mince until cooked, adding extra butter, plus some thyme and garlic. If I were to make it again, I'd add a few more flavourings, such as cumin, but I kept it simple since we'd had some spice in the soup and chicken course already.
I then layered the cooked beef across the salad leaves, topping it off with the capsicum & onion. Light yet satisfying; simple yet delicious.
Course The Last:
After gazing many a time at Dr. A's decadent Black Forest Gateau used for the title image of The Comfort Eater's Diet blog, I decided to take a crack at the 'how is it possible?' recipe:
Recipe: Chocolate Cream Cake with Berries
a.k.a. Chocolate Cake 4 Dummiez
6 eggs
100g unsweetened cocoa
Sweeteners to taste
2 cups whipped heavy cream
Fresh raspberries and blueberries, or frozen berries that have been thawed in the refrigerator.
(Please note when viewing my photos, I had to thaw raspberries and due to time constraints did not have a chance to let them cool, hence the flood of raspberry cream down the back of the cake. Still delicious, of course!)
Preheat oven to 175degC.
Combine eggs, cocoa, and sweetener in a bowl, using an electric whisk.
Pour mix into a square or rectangular baking dish - I used a square glass dish, about 20cm x 20cm (8" x 8"). No need to grease it, but you can line it with baking paper if it's an old dish.
Bake in the oven until risen and firm to the touch.
Remove and allow to cool.
When cake is cool, slice in half horizontally (and I also sliced my square in half length-ways to make four rectangles)
Place a piece on a platter, then top with 1/4 of the whipped cream (or until covered) and a layer of berries. I alternated between blueberries and raspberries.
Repeat by placing another piece of cake on top of the berries, then topping with cream and berries. Repeat twice more until cake is complete.
This cake is rich and filling, and could serve six greedy people comfortably, or more depending on the size of your baking dish (thinner, longer rectangles would feed more, due to ease of slicing).
Each course was received with an 'ooh' of visual appreciation, and then near-silence during consumption - a more meaningful sign of enjoyment to the chef than immediate verbal feedback! All dishes were praised, particularly the soup, and my guests could not comprehend that the cake was truly made with just eggs and cocoa! "But how does it stay together? Why isn't it all eggy? Didn't it need some almond flour or something? How did it puff up?" :)
And after five courses of food, no one felt stuffed or bloated, as you would had their been bread/grains/starches involved I'm sure, and only the dessert left us feeling full and a little overwhelmed, but not lethargic in any sense!
I love cooking. :D
16 comments:
- caroline said...
It's obvious that you love cooking! Congratulations on a great looking dinner party - esp the cake. Did it taste like regular cake, or better? The texture? I wonder about using sweeteners for no reason other than people might detect that it's sweetener and not sugar like they're used to...you know how fussy people who eat super-sweet pseudo food all the time can be! You've been very inspiring and your blog has lots of helpful info. Thanks - sometimes it's good to hop on the net and have a look at what you've been up to and get some motivation. I had a bit of a look through your old posts and esp at your before and after photos - what a transformation! I hope you got masses of compliments at Christmas? I used to love it when I'd go home for the hols and everyone would ooh and aah at the weight I'd lost (which of course hasn't happened for a while...but it will).
- January 6, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Jezwyn said...
Aw, thanks for the lovely words, Caroline!
It's been over a year since I had 'regular cake', but my company of carb-o-holics loved it! The texture was probably denser than your average sponge, but not so dense as even the fluffiest pancakes. And the mix was delectably smooth too... I'm making more tonight - I'll pay extra attention ;)
The sugar-holic beau of mine can't often tell when I use sweeteners - once I used maple syrup and he claimed that the taste was 'too fake' ;) As long as you combine sugar alcohols/stevia to defend against aftertastes, then most palates won't pick up the difference. I'd add that the cake tasted like dark dairy chocolate to me, but the others felt it was much darker with a bitter edge rather than sweet (counter-acted when the berries were included in the bites).
I was expecting lots of feedback from my family at Christmas, but I didn't receive much other than my loud-mouthed mid-teen cousin blurting out "Have you lost weight?" during a conversation focussed elsewhere. My grandfather also told my Mum that I had grown into a "beautiful young woman" so that may be his way of saying that he noticed my fat loss. But no, not as much positive feedback as I had hoped, and no sense of congratulation. Ah well. I guess Aussies just aren't big on celebrating achievement - blame Tall Poppy Syndrome :)
Hopefully my continuing efforts this year will mean that I'm in perfect shape by next Christmas, so they will have no excuses! (And plus I'll prove that I am unlike my aunt who has yo-yo'd her way from itsy-bitsy to curvy and back so many times that we've given up pointing out her successes. She was particularly thin this year too, so she stole a bit of my thunder!) :)
- January 6, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- SnowDog said...
Thank you for your recipes. I absolutely loved your chocolate covered berry pie, which I recreated with blueberries!
With regard to sugar alcohols, remember that the only one which does not raise my blood sugar is erythritol.
Thanks again!
- January 8, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Jezwyn said...
Thank YOU for reading! :)
Nice work with the Choc-Blueberry Pie! I keep using sweeter berries in my mix, such as raspberries, so that I don't have to add so much sweetener. I use erythritol too, as well as stevia, and sometimes extended with a little xylitol. Sugar alcohols are so unpredictable - a definite YMMV. I've heard of people for whom even erythritol causes blood sugar levels to climb (as well as some whose blood glucose level drops thanks to conditioned insulin production linked to any sweet taste, poor things!) and some who can take even evil maltitol without it impacting blood glucose. I'm not sure how each sweetener affects me personally; I just try to eat only whole foods and avoid all of that as often as possible.
You should definitely have a go at the egg + cocoa = chocolate cake, it's similar in flavour as the pie except without the nuts, though you could easily sprinkle nuts with the fruit layers!
- January 8, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Oh wow... I tried the first part of the recipe, without the whipped cream and just berries, and it is fantastic. I actually did not get to try the recipe in full since the cake itself was so good...I added half a banana and a few nuts and passed them into the blender. Thank you for this great recipe, we just discovered your blog, and will definitely try other things that you make. MG
- January 26, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- Jezwyn said...
Thanks for the comment, MG! I'm going to try using this recipe to make gooey brownies by upping the egg ratio and undercooking the mix a little... Mmmmm!
- January 27, 2010 at 12:27 PM
How many cup of Cocoa you've used for the egg-cocoa-cake recipe and any specific type of cocoa? I've tried the recipe using 1 cup full of cocoa powder and 1 table spoon of honey with 6 eggs, it came out VERY bitter, what am I doing wrong?
- February 7, 2010 at 3:45 AM
- Jezwyn said...
Yep, 1 cup of cocoa - I've used conventional unsweetened cocoa, raw cacao powder, and some fancy European cocoa - all worked out perfectly. I would suspect your culprit is honey, which isn't much of a sweetener. I would combine a couple of natural sweeteners perhaps - mix some berry juice with the honey? I usually use sugar alcohols such as xylitol, so that my blood glucose response is minimised, but that's also why my desserts are rarely consumed by me ;) If you want to stick to honey, I'd experiment with upping the amount in the cake, and maybe drizzle some in the berry layer as well... I'd love to hear how you go!
- February 8, 2010 at 6:43 PM
OMG!!! This was incredible!! Even my kids loved it!!!
- February 23, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- Paleo Grrrl said...
I have just tried my hand at paleo baking...it went sooo well! YUM!
I wanted to post some of my results on my blog, and I used your choc cake recipe for the base of one of my cupcakes. Is it okay if I link back to your page??
Keep up the yumminess!!
- May 18, 2010 at 3:34 PM
- Jezwyn said...
Hey hey Grrrl, this one was sitting in Moderation for some reason. Yes, always appreciate a link-back! Glad you enjoyed it!
- May 25, 2010 at 10:10 PM
- Sarah said...
How do you whip the cream? When I google how to whip whipping cream, they all have sugar in them. Please help! Thanks!
- April 9, 2011 at 12:33 AM
- Jezwyn said...
Hi Sarah,
Whipping cream is easy - just grab your whisk (i.e. electric beaters in this modern world) and go to town on the cream in a big bowl until the whole lot is stiff. You don't need to add sugar - that's typically what people do when they are serving whipped cream with a dessert, but it's not necessary (or healthy!). I've added erythritol to my cream before, but not lately. If I want to add some extra flavour to the whip I add a dash of vanilla and some cinnamon.
- April 16, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Hey there!
Thanks so much for the recipe! Today's my birthday, and I was a little bummed thinking I couldn't do cake, but I did a quick search, and someone pointed me your way!
Thanks for the recipe! I'll totally be making this my default celebratory cake!
- September 18, 2011 at 8:31 AM
- doublethejoy said...
I have been looking for a chocolate dessert recipe and can't wait to try the cake. Can I use agave as the sweetener? I have never baked primal or used any primal sweeteners so I am clueless when it comes to now much to use. I am making it for by non- primal eating brother and sister in laws in a effort to convince them to try going paleo or primal. Please advise...thanks:)also Love your blog.
- October 24, 2011 at 2:10 AM
- Jezwyn said...
Hi there! Agave is pretty much the same as High Fructose Corn Syrup, when you look at the production process and nutritional information. You'd be better off using a whole sweetener like honey or more fruit, or maybe maple syrup as it is high in minerals despite its processed nature. I would use maple syrup if I were to make the cake now.
In terms of quantity, the only way to tell is to add a small amount and then do a taste test. I'm not afraid of raw egg, so I happily taste uncooked batter. If you can detect any sweetness above the cocoa, then you're good to go.
All the best!
- November 9, 2011 at 11:05 PM


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Welcome to Intern Horrors, the weekly feature wherein interns past and present write in with their tales of low-to-no-pay woe. This week: Canadians! Canadians in publishing, Canadians in finance — you name it, Canadians are interning in that field.
Elizabeth shares her story about a common experience of Canadian transplants in New York City:
In the summer of 2005 I interned at a now defunct hip-hop and graffiti magazine in Brooklyn. The magazine itself was a great read and for the most part the editorial, marketing, publishing and advertising staff were awesome people. There was however, an exception: one of my fellow interns. Don't get me wrong, I got along with the guy when he wasn't offending me with his ignorance and he ended up becoming editor-in-chief of the mag before it folded. But, if there was an award for Dumbest Questions Asked by an American to a Canadian he'd win and get voted into the hall of fame.
On my first day he asked me where I was from. When I told him Montreal he a) had no idea that it was in Canada and b) didn't believe me when I said the drive from Montreal to Manhattan is only 6 hrs. He couldn't fathom the idea that the province of Quebec, where Montreal is located, borders not one but four US states and that the NY border is only 45 minutes away. I let most of his entire roster of ridiculous comments slide since I needed this editorial internship to get my writing career started but there were some that I just couldn't.
One day we were discussing Barry Bonds and I mentioned that I've seen Bonds play more than once. He said, "How do you know who Barry Bonds is?" He had trouble grasping the fact that Montreal had a baseball team from 1969-2004 and that the Expos were in the National League which would allow me to see Barry Bonds play against the Expos at the Olympic Stadium about 3 times a summer with the Pirates and then the Giants. He was floored when I told him I'd seen Pedro Martinez, who at the time was with the Mets, pitch about a dozen times from 94-97. His response: "I thought you guys only liked the Canucks." Then I had to explain to him that the Canucks were Vancouver's team and that my team was the Montreal Canadiens.
Here are some more gems:
-He said, and I quote: "Do you guys have Star Wars in Canada? If not you should see it. Do you have a DVD player? Do you know what that is?"
-He asked me if I knew what the NFL was and when I told him that not only did I know what the NFL was but I even had a favorite team, he lost his mind.
-He wanted to know what McDonalds was called in Montreal and if I had ever eaten a Big Mac.
-He was outraged that I had been to Boston and Philadelphia more than once and he'd never set foot in Massachusetts or Pennsylvania. (I think he has since been to both and probably offended people there too.)
-He tried to explain who Jay-Z was, assuming that because I am a white, Jewish, Canadian female I'd never heard of Hov. Mid-conversation I pulled the Black Album out of my purse and held it up in front of his face, doing my best Pepper Leach from Major League impression said "Look at this fucking guy! If I didn't know who the fuck Jay was would I have this?!?"
-He asked me who I voted for in the previous US election, not really understanding that Canadians cannot vote in American elections.
That was my summer of '05.
Here's an anonymous take on what it's like the intern for one of the Canadian Securities Commissions. At first, I thought this person was referring to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and I had prepared a five minute stand-up routine about Phillip Fulmer and derivative trading. Alas:
A couple of summers ago, I had the (unfortunate) opportunity to spend half of my summer as a legal intern at a certain Securities Commission (i.e. one of the organizations that dropped the ball during that little crisis we had recently). During this period of time, the proverbial economic crap was just about to hit the fan, so there were really no IPO work to speak of, which meant that my department effectively had no work to do at all. By no work, I mean that my days were generally spent in a tiny internal office with another intern in my department passing the time by playing 'Brick Breaker' on our Blackberrys.
Not to complain about this — it was definitely a relaxing few months. It was so 'relaxing' that one Friday, after a friend had come into town the night before and we had really had a raucous night, I didn't call in sick until 12:45 in the afternoon and nobody noticed or cared in the least. But, after quite literally two weeks without having received a single piece of work, I was given an assignment: I was going to be taking notes in a board meeting a few days later. When the day arrived I entered the boardroom, eager to tackle my first real piece of work in weeks. I was shuffled over into a corner, a solid 5 paces away from a circular boardroom table where there stood 2 plastic chairs straight out of a elementary school classroom.
On one of the chairs was an overhead projector, with one of the three legs broken off. Balanced on top of the broken projector was a laptop. This was to be my desk for a 5 hour meeting. A 3-legged overhead projector balanced on a plastic chair. Better still, I could see the names of approximately 5 or 6 of the 20 people at the meeting as the table was circular and I was a fair distance away. For the first hour, my minutes consisted of: "Woman in green said:....; Guy with grey hair replied:..." Finally, during the first coffee break, I asked whether I could move my laptop up to the boardroom table, where there were about 10 empty seats. My request was greeted a look from my boss like I was demanding a throne of pillows and bar service. Only once I showed him that I couldn't see the vast majority of the names of the speakers did he relent and let me sit quietly at the table with my laptop for the remainder of the day.
In terms of using my internship on my resume, my boss' boss (for whom I had done absolutely no work) came into my office on my last day and said "I'm going to tell you what I tell all of our interns: if you say nice things about us, we'll say nice things about you..."
Now you know why our Securities Regulators were so utterly useless in the face of the boys on Wall Street - broken overhead projectors as tables, quid pro quo references for their interns and employees calling in sick in the afternoon.
Finally, Rockmellamadeus chimes in with a story about working in a print shop:
Back in the day I was a newly degreed graphic designer and wound up doing some intern work at a printers. This wasn't a glorified copy shop, but the real deal, 4 color press, large format etc. The owner and his wife ran the place, and this guy had a temper as big as Canada. (He once told me he was prescribed medication for depression, but he never took it, as he preferred the "highs" and "lows" as opposed to everything being "bland".) Anyway, the slightest mistake would set this guy in to a paroxysm of spittle flying rage, and his wife and I were always walking on eggshells, as he was so unpredictable.
Everything in this shop was MAC OS, and we were constantly reminded how great Steve Jobs was and what a thieving asshole Bill Gates was. I'm pretty sure this guy jacked it to pics of Steve in the bathroom everyday. One day he goes and purchases a PC and proceeds to set it up in the front lobby, so the public can come in, and using their own files, can do small print jobs (a la Kinko's). Well he dicked around for a looong time, and he couldn't get the thing to boot up. He was muttering more and more, the back of his neck was getting redder and redder, and his wife and I knew it was going to be showtime in a few minutes.
Finally he screams "FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!" and storms into the back of the shop (probably to apologize to Steve Jobs' picture), leaving his wife and I up front. All was quiet for a bit, then he came up and slowly unplugs everything. He proceeded to take the PC, opened the front door, and pitched it out onto the road, where it broke apart beautifully. He then did the same to the monitor, with even more spectacular results.
By now his wife and I were in freak out mode, as he was definitely going postal.
He came back in the door, looked at us and quietly said "You know, there were two things wrong with that computer".
I asked what they were and he replied "It wouldn't compute, and it couldn't fly."
He then said, "God I feel much better now".
Nothing was ever said about the incident again.
That last one was a bit of a stretch, but Canada was used as part of a simile so we're counting it.
Sorry for running back-to-back theme weeks, but this was pretty much an accident. We'll try and get back to more of a hodgepodge of selections next week. Brief Programming Note: Although I've sorta been promoted, I have a lot of fun reading through these and doing these posts and will continue to do so until someone approves my idea of "The Boring Bag." To the sign-off!
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Alright guys, the Mekaneck video review is finally here! sorry for the delay! I've been having a lot of dumb issues lately...
Any additional questions, please ask! Off to work on the next several MOTUC vids!
Alright guys, the Mekaneck video review is finally here! sorry for the delay! I've been having a lot of dumb issues lately...
Any additional questions, please ask! Off to work on the next several MOTUC vids!
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I can't wait to get him!
Awesome review PD! Can't wait for Stack a Neck!! I'm buying 30.
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Honestly, I am not all that into this figure. He just looks so boring to me. And I absolutely hate the silver goggles. How is he supposed to see out of that thing?
Can someone PM me the US number for Matty? I want to talk to someone who might has a clue of what is going on.
Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
Thanks, Dan! I'm stoked for this guy!
I'm hoping for a Disco Skeletor for the next subscription exclusive! Fully flocked!
"I don't like to feel good! I like to feel EVIL!"
Dan, a couple of questions.
1. Is his helmet a separate piece like He-Man's hair piece we can remove and re-attach properly?
2. Does he have the tight Vikor ankles?
Holy crap, I sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo can't wait. I know he may look boring to some, but I love this guy. I might even have to move all my heroic and evil warriors to another shelf just to put the 5 inch neck piece on him, or drill a whole through a shelf.
I have been waiting for Mekaneck since '09! I'm so glad to finally be getting him.
I hope those goggles are simply a "hair app" issue, as in when the hair sits further back on the head than usual because of factory application. I really want my Mekaneck to be perfect!
Looking at the 200X version, I must say it was a terrific update and a better use of detail in colors. The green translucent goggles were an awesome touch. What a pity we won't be getting many more variants, if at all. A 200X version of Mekaneck would have rocked our socks off. Oh well. It's better that we get as many new characters as possible at this point.
Great job, Dan. I really liked the black background in your "hands on" segment. It looks very professional.
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What a great looking figure. I noticed the goggles/helmet not sitting right on his face before it was even mentioned & I hope that's just a production error not common with all Mekaneck figures.
I've ALWAYS love the Mekaneck figures especially the original back when I was a little brat. His colors appeal to me & his action feature was so fun to make happen & I really dig the neck extensions for the Classics version. I'm glad they went the silver goggle route. Looks cool to me that way, kinda like, silver lenses on aviator shades.
Mek's club looks REAL mean too. I'd hate to be on the receiving end o' that thing!
Great review Dan!
I want my other half.
Seeing the comparison with the vintage figure made me realize that a lot of the vintage figures had He-Man's left arm with the more gauntlet type wrist guard. I wonder why they choose to go with the two short matching bracelets rather than stay true to the use of parts in the vintage line?
Aside from the neck attachments, there's really nothing inspired about this figure IMO.
The head sculpt looks underwhelming, which is where the figure should really shine.
I still kinda want him to help have a nice core Heroic Warriors group, but I really think the design and feel of the 200x was much more fresh and unique.
I'm looking forward to Mekaneck. I agree that the all-silver goggles look a bit off but I absolutely love the face sculpt - he looks really handsome.
Dan, can you confirm if the hands are painted? I'm guessing that they are, which means he probably won't be able to hold his weapon without paint coming off (just like Adam and Marzo). Dan, how hard are his hands?
I like the figure. But I might swap the boots with those of a Tri-Klops figure. Not too fond of those silver leather straps...
Also something needs to be done with that helmet. It needs to be pushed down farther and those all silver goggles need some accents of paint.
Press down on dragon's head. It sprays enemies with a jet of water!
Press down on a camera's shutter release. It will take pictures that tell stories!
Dan, you forgot to address the "paint over black plastic" issue... Are Mekaneck's arms made of a blue plastic, or are they covered with blue paint over black plastic, like we had with Spikor !? Did any paint chip when you moved his articulations ?
It was very obvious from pics released in other previews that Mekaneck's hands are painted, though...
The helmet not sitting properly on Mekaneck's head is not a huge issue, but it sure is a pet peeve to me, and shows that the attention required is STILL not given when figures are produced. I guess more people will have to become part-time customizers if they want a perfect Mekaneck (which shouldn't happen with such costly figures anyway)...
I'll probably buy Mekaneck, but I'm not fully satisfied. He suffers from a minor flaw (the crooked helmet thing), and maybe from a bigger flaw (paint over black plastic). Given his articulations seem to be tight and proper, and that his sculpt is good, I'll buy him. I just hope we won't be disappointed by this one...
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great review! thanks dan
CANNOT wait for this one - yet another perfect update of the vintage figure ...
the helmet/head alignment doesn't bother me in the slightest and im sure i will feel the same once i have the figure in hand ...
''He-Man lives and possesses that key, I must possess all or I possess nothing!'' (Skeletor, 1987)
The lack of detail on the goggles kill it for me. Probably one of my top two characters in the line as a kid so I was hoping he'd turn out great and he did, except for that.
The lack of ANY THING just looks SOOO plain, cheap and un-finished. Vac Metal, translucent green lenses, GREEN PAINT!! Any thing would of been nice...but no. BAH!!
I just can't understand why these simple additions continue to get the axe while leaving us with sub-par products.
I'm also a little disappointing with the look of goggles, why all one silver paint job?! Otherwise, I can't wait for him and for DB Skeletor.
Thanks for review once again Dan.
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Is a DB Skeletor review on the way, Dan?
Press down on dragon's head. It sprays enemies with a jet of water!
Press down on a camera's shutter release. It will take pictures that tell stories!
Can´t wait to get that symbol of manliness
"Once you see it, you can't un-see it!"
Isn't THAT something Mekaneck would say?
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does the 'Dot' at the front of the armor come out like stinkors?
Drowning in a Sea of Plastic.
Never been a big fan of Mekaneck, but I must say this figure has won me over, he looks really solid and I love the bright colours and metalic accents - its just that error on his head piece!
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Meeting Notes 2009 07 28
- Moderator: Miloh
- Notes: Al
Agenda Items[edit]
- Introduction and Names
- What Noisebridge is about.
- Treasurer's Report: $21,000 in the bank.
- Very brief primer on Noisebridge consensus process.
- New board member update: Shannon has been nominated to fill the board of directors position. Legal requirements for our non profit require us to give members 10 days notice before a vote is taken.
Project Updates[edit]
- Makerbot
- VA has donated machines to us to distribute. Oregon State has offered to take most of it to use for open source support. UCSF has a genetics research project for the remaining machines.
- IANA has assigned us a PEN (private enterprise number).
- Noisedoor speaks SNMP now
- Sensebridge: North Paw compass anklet kits are now available. Price is $95 on the ankle compass kits. See Eric Boyd.
What's Going On at Noisebridge[edit]
One short sentence about each of the following:
- PyClass (Monday 6:30PM, 83c)
- Circuit Hacking Mondays (8PM, 83c)
- Haschool has been canceled for the indeterminate future
- Machine Learning Wednesdays (8PM, 83c)
- Science/Engineering Huddle (8PM Fridays, 83c) come early for one-on-one
- Shop Class - Most Fridays @ 8pm, check out the wiki page for details.
- Natural Language Corners
- German Thursdays 7PM 83c, beginners earlier, advanced come later.
- French Wednesday
- Sensebridge Cyborg Group (Sundays)
- OpenEEG Sunday 3pm - 5pm
- DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge currently organized through web
- Go on Sunday 3pm
- Locks! Sunday 3pm
Membership Binder[edit]
Some folks can't stick around for an hour long debate on if we want to move in or not, this item has been pushed up in ranks.
- Reading Names: Michael W., James S., Jesse W., Michael P., Stephen D., Laura K.,Lamont L., Nim, Ben J., Ruport, Danny O., Stephen O., Ted P., Grant, Ted, Yohanne, Joey H., Rodney T., Bill O., Jeremy F., Justin R., Jesse Z., Bryce L., Molly B., Tracey J., Kaping Y., Andrew M., Ellie K., Ryan C., Jessica R., Martin B., Michael B.
- New member approvals: No new members.
Consensus Items[edit]
Discussion topics[edit]
- Club Mate on its way -- Anyone want to help pay for it?
- Fundraising Party -- Let's have one? (General chatter was that a subcommittee should be formed to discuss this, and that it should be held in the new (and larger) space.
Noisebridge sponsoring LoveTech? August 15th 2009[edit]
- Moldover to give info
Asking us to sponsor the event because it is easier to get a liquor license if you are a non-profit organization. ABC-221 would have to be signed by a Noisebridge rep, the property owner, and fire department.
This will be a consensus item for next week.
Moving/2169_Mission & Moving/410_Clementina[edit]
Estimate will be ready on Wednesday (which might be a flakey date). Between $4000 and $5000 (including new toliet, new sink, wall being moved, floor tiled, door installed. Does NOT include: electrical and painting of the drywall.)
There is no lip from the side walk to the elevators. The elevator does not have a functional call button. Being ADA compliant is questionable. Alex is looking into ADA compliance regulations.
2169 Mission has less rent but more build up cost.
For 2169 Mission we'd need to raise $14,000 dollars more than what we need now. $9,000 for Clementina. (These are estimates.) These numbers are on top of the $13,000 we have in pledges.
Possibly going to have a consensus item next week on this.
- Add links to every agenda item up.
- Volunteers to lead the next meeting?
- Details of the meeting


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text: « Return to Search Mass. Eye and Ear First in Northeast to Offer Comprehensive Genetic Diagnostic Testing for Eye Disease November 21, 2013 Contact: Mary Leach (617) 573-4170 BOSTON (Nov. 21, 2013) -- The Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology today announced the availability of a comprehensive genetic diagnostic test for inherited eye diseases. The Genetic Eye Disease (GEDi) test uses two DNA sequencing technologies to simultaneously analyze multiple genomic regions for potential disease-causing mutations in 234 genes associated with inherited retinal disease (IRD), early-onset glaucoma and optic atrophy. Mass. Eye and Ear is the first and only location in the northeast to offer this service. Genetic eye disease panel for retinal genes. The GEDi test combines two recent technological advances in DNA sequencing: 1) targeted enrichment, which selectively enriches genomic regions for sequencing; and 2) next-generation sequencing (NGS), which can simultaneously analyze multiple DNA templates and samples in parallel. In particular, the GEDi test simultaneously enriches and analyzes genetic content associated with genetic eye disease, namely: 1) exons (expressed or "coding" regions) and select introns (intervening or "noncoding" regions) associated with the 234 nuclear genes in this panel (the nuclear genome consists of our 23 chromosome pairs); and 2) the mitochondrial genome, which is a distinct set of 37 genes found in energy-producing mitochondria within cells. Simultaneously deep sequencing these regions allows for a comprehensive and unbiased genetic analysis of patient samples, and is especially relevant considering the high degree of genetic heterogeneity (many genes with many distinct mutations) associated with IRD. In this way, the GEDi test can provide clinicians and patients with more accurate genetic diagnoses, which can improve genetic counseling and facilitate focal ocular treatments and therapies, including corrective gene therapy clinical trials. "We are thrilled to be able to offer this thorough clinical genetic diagnostic testing to our patients and to the ophthalmic care community," said Eric Pierce, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Ocular Genomics Institute (OGI) at Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology. "Comprehensive testing is valuable since genetic diagnoses can be more accurate than those that are based on clinical features alone and can help us better predict the course of the disease." According to Dr. Pierce, the OGI also offers genetic counseling to patients to explain their diagnosis and potential treatment options so they can make informed decisions about disease management and family planning. He adds, "For many patients, genetic testing and counseling removes the uncertainty and anxiety that comes from living with an undiagnosed disease. It's also very helpful to families who may want to know what the risks are of passing their disease on to their children." The GEDi diagnostic panel is subdivided into two separate tests: GEDi-R for IRDs (226 genes) and GEDi-O for early-onset glaucoma and optic atrophy (8 genes). Both GEDi genetic diagnostic tests have been validated in compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) requirements, and are offered through the OGI's CLIA-certified Genetic Diagnostic Laboratory. Genetic testing may only be ordered by a medical professional. For more information associated with GEDi clinical diagnostic testing, including pricing, please visit http://oculargenomics.meei.harvard.edu/index.php/gdt or contact the Ocular Genomics Institute at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of final, round 2 eliminations in Nostalgia Fuel Altered at the 2013 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Memphis Nitro Jam Day Two:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 784 Kyle Hough 201 Ron Hope E2 0.133 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.247 6.363 215.27 Prior rounds: E1 (R HOPE ) 0.183 7.141 152.24 (K HOUGH ) 0.110 6.440 204.089:33 p.m. Hough gets a huge holeshot but gets out of the groove quickly. He makes a move to the right, back to the left, then another move to the right and takes a timing block at 1000 feet. He continues across the centerline and goes through the lights in the wrong lane. Hope was moving around all the way through the run but keeps the altered in the lane and takes the win for the second night in a row.


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Melbourne Place: Lighting the way to 52 condos
A new condo complex near Charlottesville High School means the demise of an 1890 house towering over Park Street, but neighbors and planners aren't blaming the proposed complex for an impending traffic signal.
If architect/developer Vito Cetta gets his way, the southwest corner of Park Street and Melbourne Road will soon boast a 52-unit complex dubbed, appropriately, Melbourne Park Condominiums.
According to City planner Missy Creasy, the site plan submitted by Cetta's company, Weather Hill Homes, hasn't yet been approved, but that may change in the near future.
Weather Hill has requested creation of a second exit from the development, which would allow cars to turn out of the complex onto Park Street heading south. At a 14 percent grade, the exit would be significantly steeper than the standard maximum grade of eight percent, but Creasy says it's unlikely that will pose a significant problem in the final approval.
Representatives from Weather Hill declined comment on the project.
The City's staff report on the project reveals that Greenbrier neighbors have had concerns about increased traffic on Melbourne, as well as about speeding, noise, and a change in the character of the Greenbrier neighborhood. (Anyone remember the love triangles and cat-fights of Melrose Place?)
But neighborhood association president Ned Michie says most residents are resigned to the idea. Those who live along Grove Road, the first big street to transect Melbourne, have been the most vocal in their opposition.
"The development is going to cause a lot more congestion," says Grove Road resident Henry Wiencek. While he stresses that he supports efforts to supply middle-income housing in the city, he fears the City doesn't realize how burdensome the traffic this project will create may be. Grove Road, he points out, is the main access road for emergency vehicles to get to CHS, so typical "traffic-calming" measures, such as speed bumps or humps, are not a good idea.
Adding to Wiencek's grief is the planned traffic signal at the corner of Park Street and Melbourne Road. Though the City's Creasy says the signal was on the books long before the Melbourne Park Condo plans surfaced, its arrival will likely coincide with the condo development and may compound neighborhood traffic woes.
Michie calls the signal "a double-edged sword." On the one hand, he says, it will make access from Park Street to Melbourne easier– a plus for those in the neighborhood. On the other hand, it will make access from Park easier for thru-drivers, many of whom may decide to use the Greenbrier neighborhood as a handy cut-through to get to Hydraulic Road and Emmet Street.
But, as Michie acknowledges, there's not much that can be done to stop either the signal or the by-right development.
Zoned R-3, which allows for multi-family units, the 6.95-acre parcel is a site that allows for as many as 100 units.
Michie says he and others in the neighborhood are sorry that the slate-roof, four-bedroom house, built in 1890, won't be preserved, but he says there's some sense of relief at the type of development Weather Hill has planned.
"The good news," Michie says, "is that it's 52 nice condos with a tree border and paths. That's a lot better than 100 shabbily thrown-up apartments."Read more on: park street


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Audi recently introduced an all new instrument display for the company's upcoming 3rd generation TT sports car, and it is nothing short of stunning.
Gone are the physical gauges and separate multimedia screens: In its place is a single high definition integrated LCD.
Introduced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Audi's "virtual cockpit" features a new 12.3 inch TFT-LCD that integrates the driver's telemetry and the car's info-tainment system into a single unit.
The new display system is also fully customizable. It also has a glaring omission, which we'll get to in a moment.
Audi's virtual cockpit functions in three modes: a "driving mode," a "navigation mode" and a "media mode." In driving mode, the new display takes the form of a traditional, yet sporty, instrument cluster with the driver's speedo and tach displayed prominently.
In navigation mode, the driver's gauges are pushed to the lower corners of the screen with the navigation map taking center stage. In this mode, the driver's eyes will no longer need to stray towards a separate navigation unit.
Finally, in media mode, the gauges are again pushed to the periphery of the screen while this time, it is the car's multimedia options that take up the majority of the display.
All modes take full advantage of Audi's intuitive multimedia interface, which incorporates a new script pad on top of the scroll knob.
The quality of the TFT-LCD display screen used is top-notch, and worthy of any high end smart phone or tablet. Despite all of the new features that Audi has included in its virtual cockpit, there was a surprising omission.
In the company's interior mock-up, displayed for the press at CES, the TT's interior lacked a traditional center console. That means TT passengers will not only lose their ability to see the navigation screen, but also the ability to access the car's many multimedia options.
Some believe that Audi may have another trick up its sleeves. The guys at Engadget speculated that Audi's omission of the center console may signal their intention to offer the TT with an in-car tablet. Called the Audi Smart Display, the 10.2 inch tablet, which also made its debut at CES, will be able to access multimedia, navigation, and climate control by tapping into the car's onboard WiFi.
The brushed aluminum-wrapped Audi Smart Display will be powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 4 chipset, and run Google's Android operating system. The company has not yet revealed the cost of this option. Since its debut in 1998, the TT has had a love-hate relationship with its status as a trendy fashion accessory. While its popularity with a certain segment of the population drove early demand for the car, the company has struggled to change the public's perception to that of a serious sports car.
In order to shake the TT's status as a late '90s fashion icon, Audi had design chief Walter de Silva create a second-generation model featuring a more modern and aggressive aesthetic.
De Silva, the man most famous for designing Audi's groundbreaking R8 supercar, gave the 2007 Mark II TT sporty, flared wheel-arches and a large, menacing grill, tied together by a higher more athletic beltline.
With the introduction of the virtual cockpit, Audi has transferred this sporting theme to the car's interior. For the upcoming, third generation TT, Audi reinforces the car's sporting pretensions with an integrated driver-centric display panel.
It is still unclear which changes Audi plan to make to the display interface between now and production. But we're looking forward to taking the new model out for a spin as soon as it's off the line.


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Lung cancer overview
More than one in four of all diagnosed cancers involve the lung, and lung cancer remains the most common cancer-related cause of death among American men and women. In 2018, lung cancer will claim the lives of more than 150,000 men and women.
At the same time, it may well be that a great many lung cancers are preventable. Inhaling cancer-causing substances such as tobacco smoke may lead to changes in the lung tissue shortly after exposure — so-called precancerous changes. Nevertheless, cancer itself typically develops over a period of many years, and if detected at an early enough stage can often be treated successfully using a variety of treatments.
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Pre-treatment evaluation
- Before treatment, a biopsy is usually performed to determine whether a patient has cancer, and if so, what type.
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- About one-third of lung cancer patients are diagnosed with localized disease that may be treated by either surgical resection or, if the patient is not a candidate for full surgical resection, with definitive radiotherapy. Another third of patients have disease that has already spread to the lymph nodes. In these cases, radiation therapy along with chemotherapy and occasionally surgery is used. The last third of patients may have tumors that have already spread to other parts of the body via the blood stream and are typically treated with chemotherapy and sometimes with radiation therapy for the relief of symptoms.
- Surgery with removal of the entire lobe in which the tumor is located, is the primary treatment for patients with early-stage cancer who are in good general health. The goal of surgery is to totally eliminate all the tumor cells and thereby provide a cure. Unfortunately, lung cancers tend to develop in smokers more than 50 years of age, who very often have other lung disease or serious medical conditions that magnify the risk of surgery. The location and size of a lung tumor dictate how extensive the operation must be. Open thoracotomy or less invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery, using smaller incisions, may be recommended for appropriately selected patients.
- Lobectomy — removal of an entire lobe of the lung — is an accepted procedure for removing lung cancer when the lungs are functioning well. The mortality risk is 3 percent to 4 percent, and tends to be highest in older patients. If lung function prohibits lobectomy, a small cancer confined to a limited area can be removed with a small portion of surrounding lung tissue. This is called a sublobar resection, and may be either a wedge resection or a segmentectomy. There is a possible higher risk of recurrence with more limited surgery than a lobectomy. Sublobar resections cause less loss of lung function, as a smaller portion of lung is removed, and carries an operative mortality risk of 1.4 percent. If the entire lung must be taken out by pneumonectomy, the expected mortality rate is five to eight percent. The oldest patients are at highest risk and recurrent cancer is very common. In a majority of cases, either the patient is not fit for surgery or it is not possible to remove the entire tumor because of its size or location.
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA) use image guidance to place a needle through the skin into a tumor within the chest. In RFA, high-frequency electrical currents are passed through an electrode, creating a small region of heat. In MWA, microwaves are created from the needle to create a small region of heat. The heat destroys the lung cancer cells. RFA and MWA may be used to treat lung tumors or provide palliative care. They are effective treatment options for patients who might have difficulty with surgery and for those for whom surgery is not an option due to the spread of a tumor to the lungs from the primary tumor or cancers outside the chest. See the Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) / Microwave Ablation (MWA) of Lung Tumors page for more information.
- Radiation therapy, or radiotherapy, delivers high-energy x-rays that can destroy rapidly dividing cancer cells. It has many uses in lung cancer:
- As primary treatment
- Before surgery to shrink the tumor
- After surgery to eliminate any cancer cells that remain in the treated area
- To treat lung cancer that has spread to the brain or other areas of the body
Besides attacking the tumor, radiotherapy can help to relieve some of the symptoms the tumor causes such as shortness of breath. When used as an initial treatment instead of surgery, radiotherapy may be given alone or combined with chemotherapy. Today, many patients who have a small localized lung cancer, but who are not candidates for surgery, are being treated with a radiation treatment technique known as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). Patients who are poor candidates for surgery include the elderly, patients with chronic heart failure, and patients receiving a blood thinning drug that puts them at risk of surgical bleeding. SBRT involves treatment with a multitude of small, focused radiation beams tracking the lung tumor along with its respiratory movement, typically in three to five treatments. This treatment delivers very high doses of radiation therapy to the lung cancer in patients where surgery is not an option. SBRT is primarily used in the setting of early stage, localized disease. See the SRS and SBRT page for more information on SBRT.
Most often, radiation therapy is delivered by the external beam technique, which aims a beam of x-rays directly at the tumor. Treatment is given in a series of sessions, or fractions, usually over six to seven weeks for conventional treatments, and over one to five treatments for patients that can be treated with SBRT. For more detailed information see the External Beam Therapy (EBT) page. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy or intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) are fairly new techniques based on a 3-D image of the tumor taken with CT scanning. This image serves as the target for a high-dose radiation beam that can change in shape and size to match the tumor. This method minimizes radiation exposure of nearby normal lung tissue. See the Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) page for more information.
In brachytherapy, radiation is delivered directly to the site of disease. This is usually achieved either through a surgical procedure where after resection of the primary tumor radioactive seeds are sutured to the edge of the surgical resection. Also, in the setting of an obstructive tumor within an airway, radiation is delivered to the site of obstruction through a plastic tube that is temporarily inserted into the airway. This may help to relieve severe symptoms but does not cure the cancer.
- Chemotherapy involves drugs that are toxic to cancer cells. The drugs are usually given by direct injection into a vein or through a catheter placed in a large vein. Often given after surgery to sterilize microscopic disease, chemotherapy also may slow tumor growth and relieve symptoms in patients who cannot have surgery. Newer biologic agents, which may have fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy and in some instances may be just as effective, are being used. This treatment is used in all stages of lung cancer and can prolong life even in elderly persons as long as they are in good general health. Some chemotherapy drugs increase damage done to tumors by the radiation treatment of cancer cells. Others keep the tumor cells at a stage where they are most susceptible to radiation treatment, or impair the ability of cancer cells to repair themselves after a course of radiation therapy. Evidence is mounting that a combination of these drugs integrated with radiotherapy is more effective than radiotherapy alone, but there is a substantial risk of serious side effects.
Chemotherapy may cause significant side effects, such as nausea with vomiting and damage to the white blood cells that are needed to combat infection, but there now are ways to counter and treat most of these effects.
How does the treatment method depend on the type of lung cancer?
There are two main types of lung cancer that have different microscopic appearances:
- Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC)—also referred to as oat-cell cancer—usually is found in active or former cigarette smokers. Although SCLC is less common than the other type of lung cancer, it is a more aggressive tumor that is more likely to spread to other body sites. Chemotherapy is the mainstay of the treatment for SCLC. Radiation therapy is often used along with chemotherapy to treat lung tumors that have not spread beyond the chest or other organs. Surgery is not commonly used in SCLC due to its tendency to spread quickly. While surgery is seldom used to treat patients with SCLC, occasionally it is used to obtain tissue samples for microscopic study to determine the type of lung cancer present. For small cell lung cancer, after treatment directed to the disease in the chest, the radiation oncologist may suggest radiation therapy directed at the brain even though no cancer has been found there. This is called prophylactic cranial irradiation and is given to prevent lung cancer metastases from forming at this vital site.
- Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tends to grow more slowly and takes longer to spread beyond the lung. Local treatments such as surgery and/or radiation therapy are the main-stay of treatment for NSCLC. If chemotherapy is used, it is often to increase the effectiveness of surgery or chemotherapy, and is generally different in NSCLC than in SCLC. Different types of chemotherapy may be used for different types of non-small cell lung cancer.
How does the stage of disease guide lung cancer treatment?
Small-cell lung cancer:
- For limited stage disease (confined to the chest), chemotherapy and radiation therapy are used as curative treatments.
- For extensive stage SCLC, chemotherapy alone is the mainstay of therapy.
- For limited or extensive stage, the radiation oncologist may suggest radiation therapy directed at the brain even though no cancer has been found there.
- For disease recurrence or disease that persists after initial treatment, radiotherapy or chemotherapy may help to reduce discomfort and pain. Radiotherapy or laser treatment can keep the airways open, allowing the patient to breathe more freely.
Non-small-cell lung cancer:
- Early Stage: The earliest NSCLCs are very small tumors diagnosed after cancer cells are found in a sputum sample. Special tests may be needed to locate the main tumor. Early stage tumors are treated with surgery with or without chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
- Advanced Stage: Combined treatment is the rule when cancer has spread to structures near the lung, such as the chest wall, diaphragm or lymph nodes in the chest. Depending on the exact location of cancer, radiation therapy may be given alone or combined with surgery and/or chemotherapy.
- Tumor that has spread to other parts of the body: Surgery may be futile when cancer has spread to distant parts of the body. Chemotherapy or radiation therapy, alone or in combination, are usually relied upon to control symptoms in these patients. Laser treatment or brachytherapy may also be tried. The same measures are available to treat patients whose NSCLC has recurred, with one exception: surgery may be done to remove a very small amount of tumor that has spread to the brain.
- Any patient with lung cancer may want to consider taking part in one of the many clinical trials that are under way at any given time with the goal to find more effective treatments.
How effective is treatment for inoperable lung cancer?
It is extremely important to remember that "inoperable" does not mean "incurable" when it comes to lung cancer. In fact, an increasing number of patients are being treated with a non-surgical approach across all stages of this disease. The effectiveness of the treatment depends on the stage of disease. In early stage inoperable disease that is treated with radiotherapy alone, control of disease is the norm. In more advanced disease, a combination of chemotherapy and radiation is delivered with curative intent. Cure rates are lower, but still possible even with disease spread to the lymph nodes within the chest. The medical or radiation oncologist may propose a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy for a patient who is normally active.
When cure is not a possibility, palliative treatment often is recommended. This is the use of medications, chemotherapy, radiation therapy or other measures to relieve symptoms of lung cancer without actually eliminating the tumor. The doses of radiation therapy used are smaller in order to avoid side effects. At some point, if you and your oncologist or primary care physician agree that active treatment is no longer advisable, hospice care can provide comfort and support. Pain relief is a very important part of treating lung cancer. Although many effective treatments are available and there are devices for delivering medication on demand without overdosing, many cancer patients still do not receive adequate pain relief. If the needs of the patient are clearly expressed, the treating physicians can better provide appropriate care.
What happens during radiation therapy?
Radiation therapy is the delivery of focused high-energy x-rays (photons), gamma rays or atomic particles. It affects cells that are rapidly dividing—such as cancer cells—much more than those that are not. Most cancers, including lung tumors, are made of cells that divide more rapidly than those in normal lung tissue, holding out the hope that the tumor can be eliminated without damaging surrounding normal tissues. Radiotherapy acts by attacking the genetic material—or DNA—within tumor cells, making it impossible for them to grow and create more cancer cells. Normal body cells may also be damaged—though less markedly—but they are able to repair themselves and function properly once again. The key strategy is to give daily doses of radiation large enough to kill a high percentage of the rapidly dividing cancer cells, while at the same time minimizing damage to the more slowly dividing normal tissue cells in the same area.
What are possible side effects of radiation therapy?
- Most patients tire easily after receiving their first radiation treatments. This fatigue gradually increases as treatment continues and may become severe, seriously limiting the ability to engage in normal daily activities. Typically, fatigue lessens one to two months after radiotherapy is completed. If you experience fatigue it is important to get enough rest, but at the same time your physician may suggest that you stay as active as possible.
- Some patients experience hair loss in the area of the chest wall included in the radiation field. Depending on how much radiation is delivered, this may be temporary or permanent.
- Skin irritation is the rule after a few weeks of radiation therapy. The affected area may be reddened, dry, tender and itchy. This reaction can become quite severe during a long course of treatment. It helps to keep the skin clean with gentle soap and warm water, to dry it well and to avoid very hot water while bathing. A sunscreen should be used when skin in the treated area is exposed to sunlight. Perfumes, cosmetics and deodorants should not be used in the area of treatment. After daily treatments you may apply an unscented cream or lotion.
- Temporary loss of appetite is a possibility.
- Esophagitis, inflammation of the tube that conveys food from the mouth to the stomach, is common after radiotherapy for lung cancer and can be severe. The esophagus is very sensitive to radiation, and worse damage occurs in patients who also receive chemotherapy. Esophagitis makes it difficult to swallow and some patients have lost 10 percent or more of their body weight as a result. Nevertheless the inflammation settles within three weeks of completing treatment in most patients and shortly thereafter they begin to regain their lost weight.
- An inflammation of the lungs called radiation pneumonitis may develop three to six months after radiotherapy is over. It causes coughing and shortness of breath as well as fever but in most cases calls for no specific treatment and gets better within two to four weeks.
What kind of treatment follow-up should I expect?
Once a course of radiotherapy comes to an end your physician usually will want to see you after six weeks and then every three months for the first two years. After this you may be seen every six months for three years and then once a year. Often your medical or radiation oncologist will recommend that you have a computed tomography (CT) scan or a positron emission tomography (PET) scan approximately six to eight weeks after completion of treatment, when the response is expected to be the greatest. These images will help to assess response and make it possible to do comparisons with images obtained in the course of follow-up. In this way treatment-related complications can be found at an early stage and it will be possible to tell the difference between recurrent cancer and lung scars produced by high-dose radiation treatment. By obtaining chest imaging on a regular basis, recurrent cancers may be discovered in time to be successfully re-treated.
In addition to x-rays, other tests such as blood cell counts and bronchoscopy may be a routine part of the follow-up exam, depending on whether symptoms are present. If new symptoms develop at another part of the body, tests may be done to detect any potential problem. Typical sites where cancers spread are checked by doing an MRI study of the brain, a bone scan, and a CT scan of the chest and upper abdomen.
Apart from recurrent tumor, a small amount of cancer may remain after treatment and begin to grow many months later. Or the finding of cancer during follow-up may mean a second primary lung tumor rather than a recurrence. Patients whose early-stage lung cancers are cured develop second cancers at a rate of at least 3 percent of patients per year. Here, too, frequent follow-up visits and chest x-rays provide the best chance of finding disease at an early, more treatable stage. A new method called fluorescent bronchoscopy uses a special light that is taken up by lung cancer cells and is able to detect very early cancers.
Are there any new developments in treating my disease?
- Less invasive surgical methods are under study. They require a much smaller incision and allow the patient to be up within hours after surgery ends.
- Immunotherapy uses drugs that boost the patient's immune system to help control cancer. Some studies, but not all, have shown better survival rates when these drugs are given after surgery.
- Gene therapy may kill cancer cells or slow their growth when healthy genes are delivered directly into a lung tumor.
- Angiogenesis inhibitors are agents that prevent new blood vessels from forming in growing cancers and may actually turn off the tumor's blood supply. This remains an experimental approach but is promising in part because it seems to cause very few side effects.
- Genetic testing is being evaluated in order to select patients for appropriate treatment.
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) can control early-stage tumors at a rate that is comparable to that achieved by surgery.
Clinical Trials
For information and resources about clinical trials and to learn about current clinical trials being conducted, see:
- Clinical Trials - from RadiologyInfo's Screening/Wellness section
- Clinical Trials - from the National Cancer Institute's Web site
Additional Lung Cancer Information and Resources
CT Follow-Up Sufficient for Some Lung Nodules
Subsolid Lung Nodules Pose Greater Cancer Risk to Women than Men
CT Allows Nonsurgical Management of Some Lung Nodules
Radiologist Recommendations for Chest CT Have High Clinical Yield
CT Lung Cancer Screening Overdiagnosis Rate Comparatively Modest
Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer
National Cancer Institute
American Cancer Society
Learn About Lung Cancer (Small-cell)
Learn About Lung Cancer (Non-small-cell)
Lung Cancer Alliance
This page was reviewed on July 16, 2018


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1st Gear: GM's Miss, That Isn't A Miss, That Is A Miss
If you're an optimist, you say GM had a better fourth quarter in 2013 than 2013 and record pre-tax earnings of $7.46 billion.
If you're a pessimist, you'd say their EPS (earnings per share) were down to $0.57, compared to the $0.87 analysts hoped and overall net income was down 22.4% on the year.
What's the truth? Somewhere in between. GM makes the case this morning that analysts didn't take into account restructuring costs in Europe and, hey, they're still making money.
I'll grant that 2013 was the second biggest year of restructuring since the bankruptcy, although most of that restructuring is taking place in Australia and Europe. Let's see how they do in 2014.
2nd Gear: Daimler's Profits Need No Caveats
Daimler says they're going to have a baller ass 2014, reports Bloomberg, as sales of the new C-Class, CLA, and GLA lead to fat stacks of Euros.
Earnings before interest and taxes from ongoing operations will exceed the 7.9 billion euros ($10.7 billion) posted last year as the owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand brings out new cars and trucks and expands in emerging markets such as China and Brazil, Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler said. Fourth-quarter profit on that basis surged 45 percent as customers scooped up the Mercedes CLA coupe and revamped flagship S-Class sedan.
You can't keep Ze Germans down forever.
3rd Gear: Now Chrysler Has To Pay For Chrysler
The newly christened Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is going to have to, you know, pay for the 45% stake it just bought from the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust. How are they going to do that? Borrowing it, of course.
The company has priced $1.375 billion in senior debt due in 2019 at 108.25% of their aggregate principal at a 6.2% interest rate. It also priced a $1.38-billion senior bond, deemable in 2021 at 110.50% of principal at a 6.4% interest rate.
Chrysler Group previously announced plans to commence marketing additional senior secured term loans to raise up to $2 billion. Chrysler said all of the offerings will be treated as a single series of debt.
4th Gear: Mitsubishi US Gets A New President
I'm not sure I'd want to be president of Mitsubishi Motors North America given that the once great brand now has a market share of 0.4%, but MMNA just announced that Ryujiro Kobashi is going to replace Yoichi Yokozawa as CEO of the company's U.S. operations.
Of course, Mitsubishi as a whole is in pretty decent shape, but they're kind of sucking it up in the U.S. Here's a great fact from USA Today:
Midsize cars of all types accounted for 3.6 million sales last year, or about 46% of the car market and thus about 23% of total new-car and -truck sales in 2013 — nearly one of every four vehicles that motored off dealer lots — according to record-keeper Autodata.
Of those 3.6 million, 1,550 were Mitsubishis.
The only way to go is up!
5th Gear: It's The Chicago Auto Show Today
Lest you forget, America's "largest" auto show starts today with the first round of press previews.
The "largest" claim has nothing to do with the importance of Chicago — it is the least important of the four major U.S. auto shows — and everything to do with how freaking ginormous the McCormick Place convention center is.
This year promises to be better than shows past, which were a tad depressing. Cars we're actually excited about will debut, as well as a ton of trucks. We sent a photographer and Truck Yeah!'s Andrew Collins to cover it. Watch this space for news.
Reverse: Well That Worked
On this day in 2009, the Honda Insight, billed as "the world's first affordable hybrid," goes on sale in Japan. Honda took some 18,000 orders for the car within the first three weeks, pushing Toyota's Prius, known as the world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, out of the top-10-selling cars for that month, according to a March 2009 report in The New York Times.
Neutral: Chicago! Anything in particular you're looking forward to?
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