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Aphasia | |
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DiseasesDB | 4024 |
MedlinePlus | 003204 |
eMedicine | neuro/437 |
MeSH | D001037 |
Dysphasia | |
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Aphasia (/əˈfeɪʒə/, /əˈfeɪziə/ or /eɪˈfeɪziə/), from ancient Greek ἀφασία (ἄφατος, ἀ- + φημί) aphatos meaning[1], "speechlessness",[2] derived from phat meaning "spoken"[3] is a disturbance of the comprehension and formulation of language caused by dysfunction in specific brain regions.[4][5] This class of language disorder ranges from having difficulty remembering words to losing the ability to speak, read, or write. This also affects visual language such as sign language.[5] Aphasia is usually linked to brain damage, most commonly caused by stroke. Brain damage linked to aphasia can also cause further brain diseases, including cancer, epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease.[6]
Acute aphasia disorders usually develop quickly as a result of head injury or stroke, and progressive forms of aphasia develop slowly from a brain tumor, infection, or dementia.[4][7][8] The area and extent of brain damage or atrophy will determine the type of aphasia and its symptoms. Aphasia types include expressive aphasia, receptive aphasia, conduction aphasia, anomic aphasia, global aphasia, primary progressive aphasias and many others. Medical evaluations for the disorder range from clinical screenings by a neurologist to extensive tests by a speech-language pathologist.[4][7] Most acute aphasia patients can recover some or most skills by working with a speech-language pathologist. This rehabilitation can take two or more years and is most effective when begun quickly. Only a small minority will recover without therapy, such as those suffering a transient ischemic attack. Improvement varies widely, depending on the aphasia's cause, type, and severity. Recovery also depends on the patient's age, health, motivation, handedness, and educational level.[7]
Classifying the different subtypes of aphasia is difficult and has led to disagreements among experts. The localizationist model is the original model, but modern anatomical techniques and analyses have shown that precise connections between brain regions and symptom classification do not exist. The neural organization of language is complicated; language is a comprehensive and complex behavior and it makes sense that it is not the product of some small, circumscribed region of the brain.
No classification of patients in subtypes and groups of subtypes is adequate. Only about 60% of patients will fit in a classification scheme such as fluent/nonfluent/pure aphasias. There is a huge variation among patients with the same diagnosis, and aphasias can be highly selective. For instance, patients with naming deficits (anomic aphasia) might show an inability only for naming buildings, or people, or colors.[9]
Localizationist model[edit]
The localizationist model attempts to classify the aphasia by major characteristics and then link these to areas of the brain in which the damage has been caused. [10] The initial two categories here were devised by early neurologists working in the field, namely Paul Broca and Carl Wernicke. Other researchers have added to the model, resulting in it often being referred to as the "Boston-Neoclassical Model".
- Individuals with expressive aphasia (also called Broca's aphasia) were once thought to have frontal lobe damage, though more recent work by Dr. Nina Dronkers using imaging and 'lesion analysis' has revealed that patients with Expressive aphasia have lesions to the medial insular cortex. Broca missed these lesions because his studies did not dissect the brains of diseased patients, so only the more temporal damage was visible. Dronkers and Dr. Odile Plaisant scanned Broca's original patients' brains using a non-invasive MRI scanner to take a closer look.[11] Damage to a region of the motor association cortex in the left frontal lobe (Broca's area) disrupts the ability to speak.[12] Individuals with Expressive aphasia often have right-sided weakness or paralysis of the arm and leg, because the frontal lobe is also important for body movement.
- In contrast to Expressive aphasia, damage to the temporal lobe may result in a fluent aphasia that is called receptive aphasia (also known as Sensory aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia). Patients suffering from receptive aphasia, unlike Broca's aphasia patients, produce speech without any grammatical problem. However, because the Wernicke's area, which is responsible for language comprehension, is damaged, receptive aphasia patients cannot convey the meaning. These individuals usually have no body weakness, because their brain injury is not near the parts of the brain that control movement.
- Working from Wernicke's model of aphasia, Ludwig Lichtheim proposed five other types of aphasia, but these were not tested against real patients until modern imaging made more in-depth studies available. The other five types of aphasia in the localizationist model are:
- Auditory verbal agnosia (also known as Pure Word Deafness)
- Conduction aphasia
- Apraxia of speech (now considered a separate disorder in itself)
- Transcortical motor aphasia (also known as Adynamic aphasia and Extrasylvian motor aphasia)
- Transcortical sensory aphasia
- Anomic aphasia, also known as anomia or dysnomia, is another type of aphasia proposed under what is commonly known as the Boston-Neoclassical model, which, in essence, is a difficulty with naming.
- Global aphasia, results from damage to extensive portions of the perisylvian region of the brain. An individual with global aphasia will have difficulty understanding both spoken and written language and will also have difficulty speaking. This is a severe type of aphasia that makes it quite difficult when communicating with the individual.[13]
- Isolation aphasia, also known as mixed transcortical aphasia, is a type of disturbance in language skill that causes the inability to comprehend what is being said to you or the difficulty in creating speech with meaning without affecting the ability to recite what has been said and to acquire newly presented words. This type of aphasia is caused by brain damage that isolates the parts of the brain from other parts of the brain that are in charge of speech.[14] The brain damages are caused to left temporal/parietal cortex that spares the Wernicke's area. Isolation aphasia patients can repeat what other people say, thus they do recognize words, but they can't comprehend the meaning of what they are hearing and repeating, and cannot produce meaningful speech of their own.[14]
Progressive aphasias[edit]
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is associated with progressive illnesses or dementia, such as frontotemporal dementia / Pick Complex Motor neuron disease, Progressive supranuclear palsy, and Alzheimer's disease, which is the gradual process of losing the ability to think. It is characterized by the gradual loss of the ability to name objects. People suffering from PPA may have difficulties comprehending what others are saying. They can also have difficulty trying to find the right words to make a sentence.[15][16][17] There are three classifications of Primary Progressive Aphasia : Progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA), Semantic Dementia (SD), and Logopenic progressive aphasia (LPA)[17][18]
Progressive Jargon Aphasia is a fluent or receptive aphasia in which the patient's speech is incomprehensible, but appears to make sense to them. Speech is fluent and effortless with intact syntax and grammar, but the patient has problems with the selection of nouns. Either they will replace the desired word with another that sounds or looks like the original one or has some other connection or they will replace it with sounds. As such, patients with jargon aphasia often use neologisms, and may perseverate if they try to replace the words they cannot find with sounds. Substitutions commonly involve picking another (actual) word starting with the same sound (e.g., clocktower - colander), picking another semantically related to the first (e.g., letter - scroll), or picking one phonetically similar to the intended one (e.g., lane - late).
Fluent, non-fluent, and "pure" aphasias[edit]
The different types of aphasia can be divided into three categories: fluent, non-fluent, and "pure" aphasias.[19]
- Receptive aphasias, also called Fluent aphasias, are impairments related mostly to the input or reception of language, with difficulties either in auditory verbal comprehension or in the repetition of words, phrases, or sentences spoken by others. Speech is easy and fluent, but there are difficulties related to the output of language as well, such as paraphasia. Examples of fluent aphasias are: Receptive aphasia, Transcortical sensory aphasia, Conduction aphasia, Anomic aphasia[19]
- Expressive aphasias, also called Nonfluent aphasias, are difficulties in articulating, but in most cases there is relatively good auditory verbal comprehension. Examples of nonfluent aphasias are: Expressive aphasia, Transcortical motor aphasia, Global aphasia[19]
- "Pure" aphasias are selective impairments in reading, writing, or the recognition of words. These disorders may be quite selective. For example, a person is able to read but not write, or is able to write but not read. Examples of pure aphasias are: Pure alexia, Agraphia, Auditory verbal agnosia[19]
Primary and secondary cognitive processes[edit]
Aphasias can be divided into primary and secondary cognitive processes.
- Primary aphasia is due to problems with cognitive language-processing mechanisms, which can include: Transcortical sensory aphasia, Semantic Dementia, Apraxia of speech, Progressive nonfluent aphasia, and Expressive aphasia
- Secondary aphasia is the result of other problems, like memory impairments, attention disorders, or perceptual problems, which can include: Transcortical motor aphasia, Dynamic aphasia, Anomic aphasia, Receptive aphasia, Progressive jargon aphasia, Conduction aphasia, and Dysarthria.[20]
Cognitive neuropsychological model[edit]
The cognitive neuropsychological model builds on cognitive neuropsychology. It assumes that language processing can be broken down into a number of modules, each of which with a specific function.[21] Hence, there is a module that recognises phonemes as they are spoken and a module that stores formulated phonemes before they are spoken. In the clinical setting, use of this model involves conducting a battery of assessments (usually from the PALPA, the "psycholinguistic assessment of language processing in adult acquired aphasia ... that can be tailored to the investigation of an individual patient's impaired and intact abilities" [22]), each of which tests one or a number of these modules. Once a diagnosis is reached as to where the impairment lies, therapy can proceed to treat the individual module.
Deaf aphasia[edit]
There have been many instances showing that there is a form of aphasia among deaf individuals. Sign language is, after all, a form of communication that has been shown to use the same areas of the brain as verbal forms of communication. Mirror neurons become activated when an animal is acting in a particular way or watching another individual act in the same manner. These mirror neurons are important in giving an individual the ability to mimic movements of hands. Broca's area of speech production has been shown to contain several of these mirror neurons resulting in significant similarities of brain activity between sign language and vocal speech communication. Facial communication is a significant portion of how animals interact with each other. Humans use facial movements to create, what other humans perceive, to be faces of emotions. While combining these facials movements with speech, a more full form of language is created and enable the species to interact with a much more complex and detailed form of communication. Sign language also uses these facial movements and emotions along with the primary hand movement way of communicating. These facial movement forms of communication come from the same areas of the brain. When dealing with damages to certain areas of the brain, vocal forms of communication are in jeopardy of severe aphasias. Since these same areas of the brain are being used for sign language, these same, at least very similar, forms of aphasia can show in the deaf community. Individuals can show a form of Wernicke's aphasia with sign language and they show deficits in their abilities in being able show any form of expressions. Broca's aphasia shows up in some patients, as well. These individuals find tremendous difficulty in being able to actually sign the words they are trying to express.[23]
Signs and symptoms[edit]
People with aphasia may experience any of the following behaviors due to an acquired brain injury, although some of these symptoms may be due to related or concomitant problems such as dysarthria or apraxia and not primarily due to aphasia.
- inability to comprehend language
- inability to pronounce, not due to muscle paralysis or weakness
- inability to speak spontaneously
- inability to form words
- inability to name objects
- poor enunciation
- excessive creation and use of personal neologisms
- inability to repeat a phrase
- persistent repetition of phrases
- paraphasia (substituting letters, syllables or words)
- agrammatism (inability to speak in a grammatically correct fashion)
- dysprosody (alterations in inflexion, stress, and rhythm)
- incomplete sentences
- inability to read
- inability to write
- limited verbal output
- difficulty in naming
- Speech disorder
- Speaking Gibberish
Acute aphasias
The following table summarizes some major characteristics of different acute aphasias:
Type of aphasia | Repetition | Naming | Auditory comprehension | Fluency |
Receptive aphasia | mild–mod | mild–severe | defective | fluent paraphasic |
Transcortical sensory aphasia | good | mod–severe | poor | fluent |
Conduction aphasia | poor | poor | relatively good | fluent |
Anomic aphasia | mild | mod–severe | mild | fluent |
Expressive aphasia | mod–severe | mod–severe | mild difficulty | non-fluent, effortful, slow |
Transcortical motor aphasia | good | mild–severe | mild | non-fluent |
Global aphasia | poor | poor | poor | non-fluent |
Mixed transcortical aphasia | moderate | poor | poor | non-fluent |
- Individuals with Receptive aphasia may speak in long sentences that have no meaning, add unnecessary words, and even create new "words" (neologisms). For example, someone with Receptive aphasia may say, "You know that smoodle pinkered and that I want to get him round and take care of him like you want before", meaning "The dog needs to go out so I will take him for a walk". They have poor auditory and reading comprehension, and fluent, but nonsensical, oral and written expression. Individuals with Receptive aphasia usually have great difficulty understanding the speech of both themselves and others and are, therefore, often unaware of their mistakes.
- Individuals with Transcortical sensory aphasia have similar deficits as in Receptive aphasia, but their repetition ability remains intact.
- Individuals with Conduction aphasia have deficits in the connections between the speech-comprehension and speech-production areas. This might be caused by damage to the arcuate fasciculus, the structure that transmits information between Wernicke's area and Broca's area. Similar symptoms, however, can be present after damage to the insula or to the auditory cortex. Auditory comprehension is near normal, and oral expression is fluent with occasional paraphasic errors. Repetition ability is poor.
- Individuals with Anomic aphasia have difficulty with naming. The patients may have difficulties naming certain words, linked by their grammatical type (e.g., difficulty naming verbs and not nouns) or by their semantic category (e.g., difficulty naming words relating to photography but nothing else) or a more general naming difficulty. Patients tend to produce grammatic, yet empty, speech. Auditory comprehension tends to be preserved.[citation needed] Anomic aphasia is the aphasia presentation of tumors in the language zone; it is the aphasia presentation of Alzheimer's disease.[24]
- Individuals with Expressive aphasia frequently speak short, meaningful phrases that are produced with great effort. Expressive aphasia is thus characterized as a nonfluent aphasia. Affected people often omit small words such as "is", "and", and "the". For example, a person with Expressive aphasia may say, "Walk dog," which could mean "I will take the dog for a walk", "You take the dog for a walk" or even "The dog walked out of the yard". Individuals with Expressive aphasia are able to understand the speech of others to varying degrees. Because of this, they are often aware of their difficulties and can become easily frustrated by their speaking problems.
- Individuals with Transcortical motor aphasia have similar deficits as Expressive aphasia, except repetition ability remains intact. Auditory comprehension is generally fine for simple conversations, but declines rapidly for more complex conversations. It is associated with right hemiparesis, meaning that there can be paralysis of the patient's right face and arm.
- Individuals with Global aphasia have severe communication difficulties and will be extremely limited in their ability to speak or comprehend language. They may be totally nonverbal, and/or use only facial expressions and gestures to communicate. It is associated with right hemiparesis, meaning that there can be paralysis of the patient's right face and arm.
- Individuals with Mixed transcortical aphasia have similar deficits as in global aphasia, but repetition ability remains intact.
Subcortical aphasias
- Subcortical aphasias Characteristics and symptoms depend upon the site and size of subcortical lesion. Possible sites of lesions include the thalamus, internal capsule, and basal ganglia.
Aphasia usually results from lesions to the language-relevant areas of the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes of the brain, such as Broca's area, Wernicke's area, and the neural pathways between them. These areas are almost always located in the left hemisphere, and in most people this is where the ability to produce and comprehend language is found. However, in a very small number of people, language ability is found in the right hemisphere. In either case, damage to these language areas can be caused by a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other brain injury.
Aphasia may also develop slowly, as in the case of a brain tumor or progressive neurological disease, e.g., Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. It may also be caused by a sudden hemorrhagic event within the brain. Certain chronic neurological disorders, such as epilepsy or migraine, can also include transient aphasia as a prodromal or episodic symptom.[25]
Aphasia can result from herpesviral encephalitis.[26] The herpes simplex virus affects the frontal and temporal lobes, subcortical structures, and the hippocampal tissue, which can trigger aphasia.[27]
Aphasia is also listed as a rare side-effect of the fentanyl patch, an opioid used to control chronic pain.[28][29] Adverse side effects including chronic aphasia can be caused by cortico-steroids.[citation needed]
There is no one treatment proven to be effective for all types of aphasias. The reason that there is no universal treatment for aphasia is because of the nature of the disorder and the various ways it is presented, as explained in the above sections. Aphasia is rarely exhibited identically, implying that treatment needs to be catered specifically to the individual. Studies have shown that, although there is no consistency on treatment methodology in literature, there is a strong indication that treatment in general has positive outcomes.[30]
A multi-disciplinary team, including doctors (often a physician is involved, but more likely a clinical neuropsychologist will head the treatment team), physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech-language pathologist, and social worker, works together in treating aphasia. For the most part, treatment relies heavily on repetition and aims to address language performance by working on task-specific skills. The primary goal is to help the individual and those closest to them adjust to changes and limitations in communication.[30]
Treatment techniques mostly fall under two approaches:
- Substitute Skill Model - an approach that uses an aid to help with spoken language, i.e. a writing board
- Direct Treatment Model - an approach that targets deficits with specific exercises[30]
Several treatment techniques include the following:
- Visual Communication Therapy (VIC) - the use of index cards with symbols to represent various components of speech
- Visual Action Therapy (VAT) - involves training individuals to assign specific gestures for certain objects
- Functional Communication Treatment (FCT) - focuses on improving activities specific to functional tasks, social interaction, and self-expression
- Promoting Aphasic's Communicative Effectiveness (PACE) - a means of encouraging normal interaction between patients and clinicians. In this kind of therapy the focus is on pragmatic communication rather than treatment itself. Patients are asked to communicate a given message to their therapists by means of drawing, making hand gestures or even pointing to an object.[31]
- Other - i.e. drawing as a way of communicating, trained conversation partners[30]
More recently, computer technology has been incorporated into treatment options. A key indication for good prognosis is treatment intensity. A minimum of two–three hours per week has been specified to produce positive results.[32] The main advantage of using computers is that it can greatly increase intensity of therapy. These programs consist of a large variety of exercises and can be done at home in addition to face-to-face treatment with a therapist. However, since aphasia presents differently among individuals, these programs must be dynamic and flexible in order to adapt to the variability in impairments. Another barrier is the capability of computer programs to imitate normal speech and keep up with the speed of regular conversation. Therefore, computer technology seems to be limited in a communicative setting, however is effective in producing improvements in communication training.[32]
Several examples of programs used are StepByStep, Lingraphica, Computer-Based Visual Communication (C-VIC), TouchSpeak (TS), and Sentence Shaper.[32]
Melodic intonation therapy is often used to treat non-fluent aphasia and has proved to be very effective in some cases.[33]
The first recorded case of aphasia is from an Egyptian papyrus, the Edwin Smith Papyrus, which details speech problems in a person with a traumatic brain injury to the temporal lobe.[34] During the second half of the 19th century, Aphasia was a major focus for scientists and philosophers who were working in the beginning stages in the field of psychology.[5]
Following are some precautions that should be taken to avoid aphasia:
- Exercising regularly
- Eating a healthy diet
- Keeping alcohol consumption low and avoiding tobacco use
- Controlling blood pressure[1]
Notable cases[edit]
See also[edit]
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- ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aphasia
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- ^ Carenotes, "General Information: Aphasia", Truven Health Analytics Inc., 2012(subscription required)
- ^ a b c "Aphasia". MedicineNet.com. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
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- ^ Luria's Areas of the Human Cortex Involved in Language Illustrated summary of Luria's book Traumatic Aphasia
- ^ Coltheart, Max; Kay, Janice; Lesser, Ruth (1992). PALPA psycholinguistic assessments of language processing in aphasia. Hillsdale, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0-86377-166-1.
- ^ Carlson, Neil (2013). Physiology of Behavior. New York: Pearson. pp. 494–496.
- ^ Alexander, Michael P; Hillis, Argye E. (2008). "Aphasia". In Georg Goldenberg; Bruce L Miller; Michael J Aminoff; Francois Boller; D F Swaab. Handbook of Clinical Neurology 88 (1 ed.). pp. 287–310. doi:10.1016/S0072-9752(07)88014-6. ISBN 9780444518972. OCLC 733092630.
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- ^ Naudé, H; Pretorius, E. (03 Jun 2010). "Can herpes simplex virus encephalitis cause aphasia?". Early Child Development and Care 173 (6): 669–679. doi:10.1080/0300443032000088285. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
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- ^ a b c d Schmitz, Thomas J.; O'Sullivan, Susan B. (2007). Physical rehabilitation. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis. ISBN 0-8036-1247-8. OCLC 70119705.
- ^ Alexander, Michael P; Hillis, Argye E (2008). "Aphasia". In Georg Goldenberg; Bruce L Miller; Michael J Aminoff; Francois Boller; D F Swaab. Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology: Handbook of Clinical Neurology 88. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 287–310. ISBN 978-0-444-51897-2. OCLC 733092630.
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External links[edit]
Look up aphasia or aphemia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Aphasia on the Open Directory Project
- Luria's Areas of the Human Cortex Involved in Language Illustrated summary of Luria's book Traumatic Aphasia
- Video clips showing patients with Expressive-type aphasia
- A video clip with a patient exhibiting Receptive aphasia


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By Jocelyn McLean
It's that special time of year: all of the men on campus have shaved off their Movember 'staches, Starbucks has changed over their cups, and holiday music is playing everywhere you go.
In the meantime, you're bent over a textbook and substituting food for caffeine.
If you're like me, the winter exam period is particularly hard. The days are short, with what feels like 6 hours of sunlight – even less, if you live in Vancouver, where December brings mostly rainy days and a blanket of fog. While Christmas is my favourite time of year, memorizing facts and figures really puts a damper on my holiday spirit. More importantly, because Christmas break is so much shorter than summer break, I am that much more eager to be finished with finals so that I can fly back home and stuff myself with holiday treats. That being said, we do have to get through it – so here are some things I've learned over the course of my degree.
When my brother was studying for his CA, he treated studying like it was a full-time job. I have always tried to adopt this strategy during exam period. At the time, it may seem like a good idea to stay up until 4AM studying – but this will either cause you to sleep in until noon the next day, or to wake up early after having slept poorly. Maintaining a regular sleep schedule is key to being on top of your studying-game.
My health is usually the first thing to slip during exam period. I find myself making excuses. I don't have time to go to the gym; I don't have time to cook healthy meals. I slowly turn to a life of pizza and Red Bull. While I think it's fair for anyone to succumb to a meal like this once in awhile, it should be an exception – not a rule. If you know you won't be home to make yourself lunch or dinner, make a trip to the grocery store and stock up on healthy, portable snacks and meals. If you can't make time for your regular workout routine, make sure to fit in half an hour of exercise into your day – this can be taking a walk on a study break, or riding your bike to campus.
One of the first things I do at the beginning of exam period is write out a detailed list of all the things that need to get done, in no order of time or importance. While this list can appear overwhelming at the beginning, it also gives you tangible rather than abstract goals that can easily be prioritized and scheduled. It also enables you to create a study schedule that caters to your own habits. For example, some people have trouble studying one subject for 8 hours straight. If this is the case, break up your day into sections so that you never lose focus on what you're reading. Which brings me to my next point…
This can often be the biggest challenge, and everyone has a different way to deal with it. Some people cannot study alone, and others can't study with friends. Know your habits, and optimize them. Ideally, I like to study with friends who are excellent at maintaining focus. What we do is give ourselves periods of time where we not only have to stay focused ourselves, but we have to enforce focus in others. We schedule breaks where we take 5-10 minutes to chat, watch stupid videos, or grab a snack. Then it's back to the grind. If you don't need your laptop – don't bring it. If you do need your laptop, and cannot keep yourself away from All Things Social Media, try downloading an app like Self Control (http://selfcontrolapp.com/), which allows you to block certain websites for a specified period of time.
Last, but certainly not least – reward yourself for your accomplishments. This can be anything: watching an episode of your favourite show after a long day of studying, treating yourself to an Eggnog Latte after three hours of reading, or buying yourself a nice dinner after writing an exam. Exam period can be stressful, and looking forward to the little things can be just the thing to get through it.
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The CBS comedy closed out last season with 18.6 million viewers and a 6.2 rating in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, making it the No. 1 comedy in both measures, a feat unheard of for a show heading into its seventh season these days. The ratings are only topped by the show's eight Emmy nominations, including Comedy Series, Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Jim Parsons and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Mayim Bialik.
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Authorities have dropped the charges against the man suspected of detonating a pipe bomb at a Potomac house in March.
Montgomery County State's Attorney Spokesperson Seth Zucker confirms to ABC7 that the charges against Farzin Sadeghi, 68, have been dropped.
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The explosion damaged the window and inside the house, located at 9214 Inglewood Drive. Damage was estimated at $25,000.
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OSHAWA -- The search for 18-year-old Gerry Ouellette centred on a wooded area next to Corbetts Park on Friday.
Durham Regional Police and Ontario Volunteer Emergency Response Team members were scouring the Harmony Valley Conservation Area adjacent to a leash-free dog run.
Mr. Ouellette, described as having the mental capacity of a young child, walked away from a group home in the Wilson Road and Bond Street area of Oshawa around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday and hasn't been seen since.
Detective-Constable Leigh Schutt of Durham police said the area is near the group home.
"He has a fort he likes to go to," Det.-Const. Schutt said.
The police had been at the site since 8 a.m. and would be there "until we have the area cleared, however long we need to be here," he added.
Dale Stevenson of OVERT said the police asked the group to help with the search.
OVERT had more than 40 members taking part in the search and they would be there "until the DRP tell us we're done," she added.
Mr. Ouellette is white, six-feet one-inch tall, 230 pounds, with a light complexion, brown eyes, short black hair and glasses. He was wearing a dark green winter jacket, a grey hoodie sweater, black jeans, black and white Nike running shoes and a grey-green baseball cap.
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What's up everyone? I know it's been a while since our last podcast but in this episode we have been invited to do a collaboration podcast with one of our friendly KH site, KHMedia. In today's episode we are joined by KHM's team, Salty and Ty, also including KHV's team Sabby, Mike and DPWolf. We talk about the KH title for the Nintendo 3DS Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, Birth By Sleep Volume 2, Kingdom Hearts:RE:Coded and some brief discussion about upcoming NGP or the PSP2. Enjoy. STREAM/LISTEN NOW Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kh-vids-podcast/id403893861 Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?w05cyg35y3n3aid Again we always would love your comments, concerns, suggestions and critique. We also encourage for all of you to submit questions for our next podcast. Remember if you ask questions please keep it appropriate and look at the guideline thread here Have a great February and we'll see you in March. Thanks KHM, we had a blast making this podcast <3
omg, who r thes n00bs? GTFO Lol, no. Guys thanks for being in the podcast. I had a lot of fun listening to this podcast. And wooo!!! My questions <333 Overall, I think you did well, you kinda do need a bit more coordination, but that comes with time. You've only just gotten started. Also, there was a lot of moving and puffing of the mics at the start. I also think some background music when you're all talking wouldn't be bad, either. But, this was awesome. And specially because this is the first time I heard St.Vincent. That song in there, omg. Loved.
You guys this is kind of lame. Lame jokes and stuff. A bit too laid back. But, if you invite me I might not refuse lol. A member of KH-vids that was basically there since the beginning.
lol if our jokes are so lame, you should totally write the script man, 'cause it seems like you have this podcast stuff totally figured out.
Listened to it earlier today. I will say that colaborating was a really smart idea. You guys did go off topic often, but that just added to the fun. I say don't stop when you go off topic, it's very entertaining. It feels like everyone's fitting nicely in their roles. It still has that akward feeling, but it's very good.
Here from the beginning? Bro please, you're new gen compared to me and a couple of others. For pretty much the whole podcast I thought Ty and Salty were the same people lawl, I don't even know why. I really quite enjoy these podcasts, and d'aw, Sabby is so adorable pronouncing my name all wrong c: <3 You're really starting to get the hang of this.
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I couldn't tell who was who. xD And nice jobs, guys. You're getting better at it but there's still the odd moment where it's difficult to hear whatcha saying. It has gotten a lot better, though. AND SOMEONE SEND WOLFIE A BETTER MIC! D:
lol, I'm just happy my phone didn't go off while we recorded this. >> Did you make this? I'm actually saving up for a new one, just a matter of finding one that's good quality but not more than like $50. If anyone has suggestions (like brand, etc.), please PM me, I've never really bought a mic before so yeah. xD
Nope I just opened it. :3 It sounds awesome. LOL dude, Adorable? pleaseee XD yeah.. we try guys. KK cool story bro.
Ok Wolfie... I have a good quality mic and headset combo. Useful when your sound card goes out... lol It uses USB and it requires some tinkering to get it to work properly but I say a Logitech USB Headset A-0374A ENJOY! Also *little tip* add some background music and effects to keep the podcast more exciting!
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Karmanos Cancer Institute's Annual Dinner Gala Raised more than $868,000
More than 450 guests attended the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute's 29
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From left: Gerold Bepler, M.D., Ph.D., Karmanos Cancer Institute president and chief executive officer; Dan Akerson, General Motors chairman and chief executive officer; and Alan S. Schwartz, Karmanos Cancer Institute Board chair.
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For those having issues with RSD 6.14, I added a link to 5.7 in the OP. Maybe try switching. I know a few people are having problems so I wanna see if that helps.
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U have to sign up for 4 shared to download itOriginally Posted by matjmonk
Yea, sorry, I don't have a good mirror for it yet. Actually, I might in PM. I haven't updated the mirrors yet. Been busy.
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So after a few failed attempts earlier in July, I decided to try to install HOB again. I was using the .232 leak and I tried to install .246, but had some problems again. I decided to to fxz back to back to .905 and FINALLY I was able to get it to work and install .246! Thanks for the help in July and the script Sam!
Hoping no one has any problems with them. I did download them all myself from the links and compared MD5, with them all matching. If there are any problems though, let me know and I'll do my best to get them fixed asap.Originally Posted by SamuriHL
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There was an injury to the back of the man's head, but everything indicated that he accidentally drowned. At first the man's identity was a mystery to the police, but he was wearing an expensive Rolex Oyster Perpetual wristwatch. The police contacted Rolex, who keep records of purchases,
and they discovered that a man by the name of Ronald Platt had that particular watch repaired ten years earlier in 1986.
The police found Walker's mobile phone number on a reference letter Ronald had given a letting agent company. When they spoke to Walker he was more than helpful and went into the police station voluntarily. He told them that as far as he was aware Ronald had gone to France.
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Essex police contacted Walker to clear up a few matters. He was still using the name of David Davis, but when they went to his house he wasn't there. A neighbor informed them that Ronald Platt lived next door, not David Davis, and Ronald had a yacht in Devon.
On October 31, 1997 police arrested Walker on suspicion of the murder of Ronald Joseph Platt and found Sheena stuffing gold bars into a diaper bag. In the previous month Walker had bought over 67,000 pounds in gold bullion.
Walker was able to pretend to be anything or anyone at any time, but the evidence against him was strong. A global positioning system later pinpointed Walker's yacht to the area at the time when Ronald died. One of Ronald's fingerprints was also found on a plastic bag on the boat and Sheena testified against her father, excusing her behavior by claiming she had been hypnotized by him.
Walker admitted during his murder trial that he stole from clients in Canada, but has never confessed to killing Ronald. At Exeter Crown Court in June 1998, the jury took just two hours to convict Walker of Ronald's murder and embezzlement. The judge said Walker had committed "a callous, premeditated killing."
By 2000, bankruptcy trustees had recovered about 500,000 pounds of embezzled money, but authorities are unsure how much the former financial adviser stole and how much he lost in failed business ventures. There were possibly 150,000 pounds in gold bullion that was never recovered, but Walker has never revealed how much money remains hidden.
Sheena and her children were allowed to return to Canada after the trial and Britain signed an agreement with the Canadian authorities in June 2004 to transfer Walker back. He was returned in February 2005, after nearly seven years in prison. The Canadian police have said they fully intend to proceed with the 37 outstanding fraud and theft charges against him. Walker is eligible for parole on July 6, 2013.
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Religion vs. GenealogyPosted Friday, January 20, 2012, at 2:56 PM
Here's something to think about if you are campaigning for Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate.
Romney has relatives who live in Mexico. He and his American family don't seem to be close to the kin south of the border, but they could pose a problem if he is elected president. Romney's Mexican family lives in northern Mexico near many of the infamous drug cartels. What would happen if those drug lords decide to take a member or members of Romney's family hostage? A maneuver such as this would certainly put tremendous pressure on our government's international diplomacy and our country's "War on Drugs". Extortion would be the name of the game. What would be the ransom? Certainly we have had citizens held captive on many occasions in the past. During one crisis, which lasted over 400 days, President Jimmy Carter was hamstrung by Iran thus losing his mandate for a second term. However, can you imagine what would happen if a member or members of our president's family was held hostage? I can't. For all intents and purposes our whole nation would be held hostage. Even if Romney isn't close to his Mexican family, he would need to demonstrate some concern for their safety. Would we have to go to war with Mexico to free his family? Do we really want a president with those kinds of vulnerabilities? Romney's religion looks like pretty small potatoes compared to the scenario mentioned above, doesn't it? Give it some thought, Republicans. Comments Showing most recent comments first [Show in chronological order instead] In 1857 the bulk of the US Army was sent from Fort Leavenworth to Utah to put down Mormon rebellion and stop Mormon attacks on emigrant trains. Another strategic goal of this expedition was to eliminate the practice of polygamy. Fast forward to the 2000s and the Mormons spend millions to fight same-sex marriage. Sounds like a case of "sour grapes" to me. -- Posted by firediva4411 on Thu, Feb 9, 2012, at 10:25 AM
An interesting tidbit... Why does Mitt Romney have so many relatives in Mexico? Well, they settled there because polygamy was not illegal... and is still pretty much ignored today. See Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt%E2%80... This is Mitt's Great-Grandfather: Helaman Pratt (1846-1909) was born outside Mt. Pisgah, Iowa, on May 31, 1846, the son of Parley P. Pratt and fourth wife Mary Wood. He married 1874 to second wife Anna Johanna Dorothy (Dora) Wilcken, and was father of Anna Amelia Pratt (who married Gaskell Romney). He had three wives, marrying first wife Emeline Victoria Billingsley Pratt when she was sixteen. He was part of group of polygamous Mormons who fled the United States because of the federal government's opposition to polygamy,[4] and would serve as president of the Mexican mission in Mexico City before moving to the state of Chihuahua. -- Posted by TopSpots on Sun, Jan 22, 2012, at 12:13 PM
Willard Romney actually believes that the founder of his religion was guided by angels to magic golden tablets buried in the forest. Once there, he dug up the tablets and then proceeded to translate the hieroglyphics into English. Of course the magic tablets are now unavailable for examination. Hmmm -- this sounds similar to another such fable. At any rate, a person naive enough to believe in such things really wouldn't be my first choice for the commander-in-chief of a nuclear armed nation. Think Armageddon and self-fulfilling prophecies. -- Posted by Stormfield on Sat, Jan 21, 2012, at 5:14 PM
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Extra sleep is also considered appropriate and desirable on Shabbat, in line with the principle of "Shayna b'Shabbat Taanug," "(Extra) Sleep on Shabbat is considered a Delight!"
Start your own afternoon gathering. You don't need to be super-learned or invest a great deal of time to start very interesting and worthwhile ...
Recite T'hilim (from a large-print copy).
Visit with neighbors/friends. (Avoid lashon hara. :-) )
Visit the homebound. (Or hospital-bound, but CYLOR about automatic doors and other issues.)
Push the community to have more classes or get-togethers. Talk to local rabbis and/or lay leaders.
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Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 280:1
תשמיש המטה מתענוגי שבת הוא, לפיכך עונת תלמידי חכמים הבריאים מליל שבת לליל שבת.
Marital relations are among the delights ("oneg") of Shabbat, and therefore the time for marital relations for a healthy Torah scholar is from Friday night to Friday night. (translation mine)
So the two mitzvot are Oneg Shabat and ...
Chesed! Do for others and you'll find the time flying by. I believe PZ (referenced in another answer) has a hachnasas orchim program for shabbos which you can sign up for. But in general I'm sure there is a lot of chesed that can be done in Pittsburgh. Offer to take someone's kids to the park, visit the elderly or offer to teach a class.
When you make ...
Aish has a long list of suggestions.
My favorites are for the kids to be involved with setting the table, preparing dishes prior to Shabbos and then bringing it to the table. Cutting vegetables, etc. Serving special Shabbos treats. Keep the humor rolling. Showing off school projects.
My kids play jumprope, and with hula hoops. They also often dress up ...
There is a positive commandment "lishbos mim'lacha" - to refrain from constructive activity. More than simply the lack of such activity, this command is explained as obligating us to proclaim the unity and Novelty of God as well as his Creative power. Infusing every moment of shabas with the attitude that one's very inaction expresses a profound theological ...
Have you heard the story about a goat? A Jew comes to his Rabbi and says: "Rebbe, my house is tiny, and I have a large family. It has become so crowded, that it is unbearable! What should I do?" The Rebbe says: "Do you have a goat?" The Jew says: "Yes, I have a goat". "Then bring the goat into the house."
The Jew is puzzled, but he does what the Rebbe ...
It took several days for it to sink in, but I finally understand the premise of your question - the mitzva of oneg shabas! This requirement, which some hold is Biblical in nature, and everyone holds is at least bindingly scriptural, obligates one to delight in shabas to such an extent that they call the day "a delight".
The simplest way to fulfill this ...
Monica, I noticed that your profile and blog indicate that you are a Pittsburgher. I'm not sure what your religious observance level is, but since you indicate a desire to attend Shi'urim, I thought you'd like to know about Poale Zedeck's adult education options. You can view them here: ...
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Volunteer with MAC
The Museum and Arts Center is looking for special event volunteers, exhibit center docents, administrative and research volunteers.
Applications are available from 10 a.m.-
4 p.m. Tuesday -Saturday at the Exhibit Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim, or online at www.macsequim.org. For more information, call the Exhibit Center at 683-8110 or Terri at 457-1991.
Senior menu
Here are the Sequim Senior Nutrition Site menus, served at 4:30 p.m. at Suncrest Village Retirement Apartments, 251 S. Fifth Ave. Suggested donation $3. Menus are subject to change. 24-hours reservation required. Call 683-8491.
Thursday Sept. 2 - cook's choice
Friday Sept. 3 - watermelon, barbecue beef ribs, potato salad, steamed broccoli, ice cream sundae
Monday Sept. 6 - closed for holiday
Tuesday Sept. 7 - Caesar salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, mixed vegetables, peach crisp
Wednesday Sept. 15 - pea salad, chicken marsala, roasted potatoes, brussels sprouts, berries with cream
Fire fighters, law enforcers meet
The Olympic Peninsula Association of Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters, a social organization, is accepting applications for new or returning members. Those who retired from full-time, volunteer or reserve positions of federal, state, city or county law enforcement or fire fighting agencies or who served a total of five years, their spouses, life partners and former staff or support employees are eligible.
The group meets at noon on the third Tuesday of the month, except December, at Paradise Restaurant, 703 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim. Call Toby Weidenheimer, 681-2212, or Paula Fernandez, 206-842-1477, for more information.
Change in calendar information
As of press time, Howly Slim will not be playing at Alder Wood Bistro, 139 W. Alder St., Sequim at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7.
He will perform at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14.
Call 683-4321.
View and bid on vehicles
The Clallam County Treasurer's Office is holding an online surplus auction that closes at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. It includes 16 county vehicles and four vehicles seized by the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Sale items can be seen on the county website at www.clallam.net, under "Online services" then "Surplus Property Sales."
A computer terminal is in the Treasurer's Office for public use to view and bid on the sale items. An e-mail address and credit card are required to place a bid.
A complete list of items will be available soon on the website and sold at a later date. Watch the website for more information.
For more information, call Teresa Marchi, chief deputy treasurer, at 417-2250.
Moving, breathing to wellness
Licensed massage practitioner and certified yoga teacher Sheryl Wolover presents "Moving and Breathing Your Way to Wellness" at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, in the second-floor conference room at the Olympic Medical Services building, 840 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim.
Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic sponsors the free wellness forum.
Call 582-0218.
Knocking down knotweed
Clallam and Jefferson counties' Noxious Weed Control programs offer two free workshops for landowners who have knotweed and others who are interested.
The workshops are from 5:30-7:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Port Hadlock Library, 620 Cedar Ave., and from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15 at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
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Geology discussed
Don Wilkin, a retired professor of natural resources from the University of Arizona and a volunteer at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, discusses "Sediment Dynamics of the Dungeness Spit" at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8. The group meets at the refuge entrance station at the north end of Voice of America Road and the discussion continues after a hike to the base of the spit.
Subjects include the geology and glacial history of the area.
Friends of the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge sponsor the free talk, open to the public and current volunteers and expected to last about 11/2 hours.
Call 582-9915 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
College seeks to aid veterans, families
Peninsula College hosts a Veterans and Family Resource Fair from 2-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
The fair is designed to connect veterans and their families to the college and other regional educational and training resources.
For more information, see www.pencol.edu, call Trisha Plute at 417-6224 or e-mail email@example.com.
Death and dying overview
Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County offers a free six-week series providing an overview of the death and dying process and community resources for coping with a loss.
Programs will be held 7-9 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 9-Oct 14 at Hospice House, 810 Albert St., Port Angeles.
The program includes "Attitudes About Death and Dying" with social worker Christine Jacobson; "Legal Issues" with attorney John Rutz; and "Stress Management " with Ruth Marcus, M.A./Ph.D.
A seventh session specific to those interested in becoming Volunteer Hospice volunteers will be scheduled shortly after the conclusion of the series. Call 452-1511.
Stop scams, find wanderers
Information on scams involving phishing, identity theft, spoofing and social networking will be discussed at the Sequim PC Users Group meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, in Room E-3, Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Guest speaker Maris Turner, Sequim Police Department's public information/crime prevention officer, will discuss these issues and the Project Lifesaver program, a service of trained responders to locate missing people who tend to wander due to cognitive conditions such as autism, Alzheimer's disease, dementia and Down syndrome.
More information is at http://spcug.net/. E-mail email@example.com with questions.
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