| The Fletcher Capstan Tables |
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Manufactured by DB Fletcher Furniture Design
@ http://www.dbfletcher.com/capstan/
Fletcher Capstan Tables
The expanding table shown here is the result
of many years of development, but follows a
line of history of more than one and a half
centuries. This, the Fletcher Capstan Table,
is the only table in the world with its
unique properties.
It is a circular table which, when rotated at
its outer perimeter, doubles its seating
capacity, yet astonishingly remains truly
circular.
The expansion leaves are stored within the
table and, in just four seconds, smoothly and
quickly emerge upon rotation, rising and
radially expanding outwards as the entire top
is turned through 30Ëš. Existing tables can
seat six persons when small, and twelve or
more when expanded, but there are other
design possibilities.
All Capstan Tables are exclusively designed
and built, and each one numbered. Careful
consideration is always given to a table's
location and components are made to the
highest standards. Nautical tables are so
constructed that they are able to resist a
harsh marine environment to the point that
they may be positioned permanently on an
exposed deck.
Read about the genesis and history of the
Radially Expanding Table.
Specifications
* Tables can be of any style and of any
suitable material and are exclusively
designed for each commission
* The area of the table expands by 73%
allowing two sizes with seating capacities of
six and twelve.
* Typical diameter variation -- small
size 1.9m (74.75"), large 2.5m (98.5")
* The operating mechanism is beautifully
engineered, simple and robust.
PATENT GRANTED. DESIGN RIGHT.
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| Fletcher on "Solidarity Divided" |
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On July 10, 2008, Bill Fletcher, Jr. was in
Baltimore, MD to discuss his new book, which
he co-authored with Fernando Gapasin. The
book is entitled: "Solidarity Divided: The
Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path
Toward Social Justice." The event took place
at St. John's Methodist Church and was
sponsored by "2640" and Red Emma's. For
background, see: http://redemmas.org/2640/
and http://www.redemmas.org/.
Mr. Fletcher is an activist, author,
columnist and labor organizer. He is
presently the director of Field Services &
Education Department of the American
Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO.
His book is available on Amazon, at:
http://www.amazon.com/Solidarity-Divided-Cris
is-Organized-Justice/dp/0520255259. This
video contains only excerpts of Mr.
Fletcher's comments. His full remarks can be
found on Google, at:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5459
437892753154011&hl=en.
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| Inclined Bed Therapy I.B.T. Andrew K Fletcher |
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John Cann Walks after 11 years of paralysis
using a simple non-invasive free therapy,
discovered by Andrew K Fletcher, who has
shown beyond any shadow of doubt that gravity
plays a vital roll in the circulation of
fluids and that posture in relation to the
constant direction of gravity is of paramount
importance when restoring function to all
neurological and non-neurological damage.
Conditions this therapy has helped include:
Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis,
Cerebral Palsy, spinal cord injury, short
term memory loss, heart conditions, blood
pressure, respiratory problems, psoriasis,
thrombosis, varicose veins, oedema, optic
nerve damage, bladder infections, scoliosis
of the spine, leg ulcer, gangrene, even
completely restoring sight in supposedly
irreversible optic nerve damage caused
through long term progressive ms, to the
point where a lady with long term damage to
the optic nerve, who could not make out the
edge of her monitor, completed an Open
University degree and can now legally drive a
vehicle on the road without wearing glasses.
Confirmed by her ophthalmologist.
Tested by an independent therapist:
http://eregimens.com/therapies/MiscTherapies/
Inclined%20bed%20therapy.html
Currently conducting an experiment to prove
that psoriasis is a circulation problem
rather than a disease. If you know of anyone
who has this condition and would help by
providing before during and after photographs
of affected areas please ask them to read the
information about this experiment at:
http://www.psoriasis-help.org.uk/forum/index.
php/topic,18376.0.html
Google "Andrew K Fletcher" or "inclined bed
therapy" to learn more about this amazing
discovery.
Spinal Cord Injury
On Saturday April 15th 2000, John obtained
the timber for parallel bars to be erected at
his home in Cornwall, On Sunday I went to
John's home and completed the job, for
tomorrow was to be a momentous occasion
indeed.
John was left paralysed, in 1990, when
surgery to his spine went wrong. He was told
that after two years any chance of further
recovery would be highly unlikely and for the
next six years he experienced little if any
change in his condition.
Monday morning I am on my way to John's home
in Cornwall, to meet with Tim Iredale, who is
a news reporter for Carlton Television
Southwest. We intended to witness something
truly magical. But could not have imagined
what was in store for us.
John was about walk in front of a television
camera and crew for the first time in close
to ten years. John had told me that he had
regained the ability to move his legs, but I
had grossly underestimated how much function
John had regained.
During the interview, John was asked to show
how he manages to get out of bed now and he
transferred with ease both in and out of bed,
leaning back and lifting his legs. He was
then asked to raise his legs while lying on
the bed and he obliged with ease. When asked
if he could feel when touched on his legs, he
replied my legs feel like normal legs instead
of heavy weights. John then went on to
explain how much of the swelling in his legs
had gone-and that this flies in the face of
the current act of elevating the legs above
the heart. Advise from the medical
profession, which John duly ignored in favour
of sleeping with his legs down.
Fortunately for John this meant that he could
now wear ankle braces and special shoes,
which would, provided support for his
substantially weakened and as yet
unresponsive ankles.
John approached the parallel bars in his
wheel chair and applied the brakes when he
was in position. He grasped the two ends of
the parallel bars and using his legs he
pushed himself into a vertical position.
Towering some six feet four inches, John
moved one leg in front of the other, bending
the knees as he lifted each leg to walk 12
feet to the end of the bars. I turned and
looked at Tim and saw disbelief and
astonishment flash across his face, I bet my
face was a sight to behold too. John then
turned his powerful 19 stone body around and
walked, yes walked back to his chair.
Struggling and somewhat weakened by the
experience, he lowered his body into the
chair and his face had the expression of a
boxer who had just knocked down his opponent.
He said casually: 'Was that alright'? John
had indeed delivered a powerful blow to his
opponent.
Fortunately heavy rain prevented us from
doing a retake and the rest of the interview
took place in John's bedroom.
When the story was finished and everyone was
ready to leave, I turned and thanked the
camera man and Tim Iredale, who turned and
said that this is one of those days that you
will always remember, one of those days when
you know exactly what you were doing.
The cameraman said while shaking my hand
that: ' it has been a privilege to work with
me and witness the results from such a simple
application'.
I drove home the richest man alive that day
and will remember it for the rest of my days.
On Monday the 17th April 2000 I waited for
the local news on Carlton TV and saw the
opening news which pictured me looking down
my Naturesway Sleep System, a simple bed
designed for to take us into the new
millennium. After the interlude the fun
really started. John was walking for everyone
in the South West of England to see, at
least. The news stayed focused on the
remarkable effects of two eight-inch blocks
tucked under the head end of John's bed. No
$billion research, no waiting for the next
ten years to see if it works and no room for
any refutation of the results, which were
plain for everyone to see on Carlton
Television, News, Language Science Park,
Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, UK. But John is
not the only person with a spinal cord
injury, who is benefiting from the effects of
gravity, in fact there are two more people in
the Torbay Area of Devon who are making
steady progress.
Sunday Independent April 16th,2000 page 4
Burrington Way, Plymouth PL5 3LN UK
Heading: RAISING HIS BED TOWARDS THE SKIES,
BY ANTHONY ABBOTT.
WHEELCHAIR-BOUND Julian Boustead is taking
to the skies for a parachute jump to raise
awareness about a simple bed treatment that's
given him a new lease of life.
The 37 year old - who was left paralysed
after breaking his neck during a charity
assault course run. Struggling to get out of
bed in the morning and always felt the cold
until he took the simple step of raising the
head of his bed on blocks of wood by a matter
of inches. Julian, who lives near Torquay,
has urged everyone to try the Naturesway
Sleep System, Pioneered by West-Country
Inventor Andrew Fletcher, and first revealed
in the Sunday Independent nearly three years
ago.
He said; 'I used to feel dizzy when I got up
and I couldn't stay outdoors for long because
I always felt the cold. 'After the first
night, I got out of bed straight away with
the help of the nurses and I did not feel
faint, My circulation has also improved. I
would never put the bed back again and all my
family are sleeping on raised beds.'
Now Julian, a former professional boxer and
equestrian expert who still teaches
youngsters riding, has premised Andrew
Fletcher he will do a parachute jump this
summer to show other sufferers the benefit of
the bed treatment.
Julian Colour Picture: Sub heading:
Wheelchair-bound Julian Boustead will jump
from the skies this summer. Picture Steve
Porter
It was former engineer Andrew who contacted
Julian two years ago after learning of his
plight and suggested he tried the bed method.
Gravity
Andrew was fascinated by the way water moved
up trees through roots and wandered how the
gravity and the flow of water would effect
the human body.
He put some bricks under the head of his own
bed and within four weeks, his wife's
varicose veins had disappeared. Since then he
has discovered his treatment has helped MS
sufferers get some feeling back in their legs
and arthritis sufferers.
John's story
In 1990 I had two slipped discs, and had a
lamenectomy which ended up with
me being unable to walk. It is thought that
a delay of 39 hours for surgery to what was
found to be a compression of the spinal cord
was responsible for my paralysis.
I was lucky enough to get a bed at ROOKWOOD
Hospital, a place that I cannot
thank or speak highly enough of, they gave
me back the will to live.
After two years all the slow progress
stopped as I had been informed to expect. I
had no feeling from the hips down and no
movement of the legs at all. Luckily my
arms were o.k so transfers to the wheelchair
were more of a throw which usually
ended with my coccyx hitting the wheel, but
as there was no feeling, so it didn't
bother me too much. After a few months came
the most horrendous phantom pains
like a knife attached to the mains that
struck anywhere in the legs or feet, for
this I was on strong painkillers or if it
was too bad injections.
When driving my car around a corner, I had to
wedge my head against the roof of the car to
stop my body from falling over. This was due
to damage to the nerves, which used to
control the nerves which held my upper body
erect, something I used to take for granted
as everyone else does.
Getting into bed would involve tremendous
effort. I would throw my rear onto the bed
and then with my right hand holding the
wheel, I would pull my left leg up, with my
left hand, holding my trouser leg. Then
holding the bedding with my left hand, I
would pull my right leg up with my right
hand. At one stage I had even asked for my
legs to be amputated, as they were useless
and hung heavily. In addition my toenails
would fall out on a regular basis,
predominantly the big toe nails, often coming
away when I removed my socks.
I often bumped my coccyx while transferring
from my wheelchair, though I could not tell
if I had injured myself, due to the absence
of pain.
About two years ago a cutting from a paper
was sent to me, it was about Andrew
Fletcher's raised bed. I rang Andrew and he
explained his theory and told me how
to raise the bed. The bed was raised eight
inches that day, when I saw the bed
it looked impossible not to end up on the
floor at the foot. However that night
was wonderful, the phantom pains stopped and
I had a full nights sleep. Slowly
things started to improve, improvements such
as instead of having to grab my sock
or trouser leg to lift my legs onto the bed
I could lean back and swing them up, muscles
in
my thighs started to twitch, turning over in
bed became possible without having to
grab the side of the bed and pull myself
over, not having to pull my legs over
by hand.
I have experienced so many improvements that
creep up and are not noticed until days
later.
Pains started again and I thought here we go
again, but it soon became obvious
to me that it was nerve regeneration pains
that I was experiencing. Although they felt
like
previous pains, these stayed in the same
place anything from six to twenty four hours.
The next time the pains moved further down
the leg, now I am glad to say those
pains have gone the last ones were in my
toes. The present pains are in the
feet again but generated from the nerve that
runs under the buttocks, now the
feeling has come back to that area it makes
sitting in the wheelchair most
uncomfortable, but that is the next problem
to get over, but I will, in the knowledge
that something else will improve when the
new pains subside.
Now, what I would like to say to everyone
who reads this is; if you have any medical
problem try it, and more importantly "stick
with it"!
Most of all have faith in the healing power
of gravity, it has worked for me, AND WHEN I
WALK AGAIN!
I will first thank Andrew, and secondly I
will let everyone that reads this web page
know about it.
John Cann
Spinal Cord Injury Inclined Bed Study:
Location to Post your diary:
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/forumdisplay.php
?f=43
Main Information Thread:
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/showthread.php?t
=53673
Diary of a person already testing the theory:
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/showthread.php?t
=81606
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