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pdaly commented on the blog post Tsarnaev: During jury selection defense asks appellate court to move trial out of Boston
Let's say the defense wins its motion and the trial is relocated to the federal district of Washington, DC.
How is that going to be more favorable to the witness?
I assume the jury pool from DC would be made up of people with government ties to intelligence and defense contractors. Why would those DC people be less judgmental of someone accused of terror on the onlookers of the Boston Marathon finish line, a failure of intelligence work and failure of defense of the public safety?
pdaly commented on the blog post CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Recounts How Prison Gave Him Wrong Medication in New Letter From Loretto
Horrible to hear.
Unless the rules are different in prison, a medical provider is supposed to discuss the risks and benefits of a medication with a patient BEFORE prescribing it–and there is ideally in the medical documentation a mention that such a discussion took place. Kiriakou could request a copy of his record.
If there is no kidney trouble, metformin is an alternate medication to glyburide to control sugar in adults with non-insulin requiring diabetes. Metformin has its own risks, but it doesn't stress the pancreas.
pdaly commented on the diary post Supremely disturbing constitutional analysis changes bill of rights by patrick devlin.
"insisting to be secure in his/her home against warrantless searches and seizures by the police (i.e., the government) , then the corollary is"
pdaly commented on the diary post Supremely disturbing constitutional analysis changes bill of rights by patrick devlin.
If 3rd parties can trample the constitutional right of a person insisting against police/government to to be secure in his/her home without warrantless searches and seizures, then the corollary is Snowden: the Government may wish to keep secrets but if a government contractor decides to volunteer to open that wall of secrecy then no secrecy [...]
pdaly commented on the blog post My Doctor Can Disclose My Medical Records to the NSA Without My Authorization (and so can yours)
These are the reasons Centers of Medicaid & Medicare (CMS) gives for the change to ICD-10. Yes, it is to detect billing fraud, not to data mine patients' lives:
"10. Why is the switch to ICD-10 happening?
The health care industry is making the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 because:
• ICD-9 codes provide limited data about patients' medical conditions and hospital inpatient procedures. ICD-9 is 30 years old, it has outdated and obsolete terms, and is inconsistent with current medical practices. Also, the structure of ICD-9 limits the number of new codes that can be created, and many ICD-9 categories are full.
• ICD-10 codes allow for greater specificity and exactness in describing a patient's diagnosis and in classifying inpatient procedures. ICD-10 will also accommodate newly developed diagnoses and procedures, innovations in technology and treatment, performance-based payment systems, and more accurate billing. ICD-10 coding will make the billing process more streamlined and efficient, and this will also allow for more precise methods of detecting fraud." -
pdaly commented on the blog post My Doctor Can Disclose My Medical Records to the NSA Without My Authorization (and so can yours)
The impending required conversion to ICD-10 coding of diagnoses for medical billing purposes will easily enable someone to use billing "metadata" to recreate a medical chart –even without the actual office notes. The new ICD-10 coding has more specific details: example, ICD-9 code might be 'arm fracture', new ICD-10 code might be 'left arm fracture from skiing accident', etc.
http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Index.html -
pdaly commented on the blog post My Doctor Can Disclose My Medical Records to the NSA Without My Authorization (and so can yours)
Iron Mountain's website offers its services to convert paper records to electronic scanned documents and to maintain an electronic medical record. The government is eager to make all records electronic, for 'patient safety' no doubt. Reminds me of Verizon's incessant calls to my house to convert me to fiberoptic service, for 'better quality.'
From Iron Mountain:
"Hospitals and healthcare providers are under pressure to implement Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems in accordance with the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare's (CMS) Rules for Meaningful Use for EMR adoption, set forth in July 2010. What's more, the "meaningful use" requirement offers these businesses a financial incentive—$19 billion allotted over five years, according to the American Medical Association—to make their total conversions by 2015."
pdaly commented on the blog post Google Takes A Step Closer To Owning All Your Information With Acquisition Of Nest
What about redefining Third Party Doctrine?
Why cannot Congress pass a privacy law declaring pen registers are now no longer publicly available information? That 4th amendment protections apply to the information? That a court order is required for the government to obtain the information? That it is illegal for corporations to sell it/share it?
I suspect Congress could change the law and protect privacy but it would come at the expense of corporate business plans and corporate profits.
pdaly commented on the blog post In Snowden Editorial, New York Times Editorial Board Legitimizes Whistleblowing to the Press
The NY Times has a second post on their earlier post today, quoting commenters.
Wish the NY Times would spend more time dissecting the lies by Administration officials.Some commenters there do a great job of summarizing Snowden's defense of our freedoms and the defense of the U.S. Constitution.
By contrast, the "he made us unsafe by sharing NSA secrets" crowd is angry at Snowden for taking information from the NSA. That crowd, however, makes no comment about the lax security at NSA's facilities that permitted Snowden's achievement. Where is the concern about unknown moles in the NSA exfiltrating American information to foreign nation states or stateless groups? The anti-Snowden crowd has no trouble imagining Snowden is just such a person but seems to think of the NSA otherwise as a patriotic protector of the USA. How safe is America if one person can achieve what Snowden did under the nose of the NSA?
And we only know about it, because Snowden TOLD us he did it. A professional spy would not contact a western reporter to broadcast this feat.Snowden "stole" secrets from the NSA, so the anti-Snowden crowd demands Snowden pay the penalty (courtroom, prison, and/or death). Nevermind that Snowden showed the NSA's secrets were themselves "stolen" from innocent Americans via illegal eavesdropping. Nevermind that Snowden appeals to a higher law, the U.S. Constitution, in breaking the civil contract of classified information rules.
pdaly commented on the blog post In Snowden Editorial, New York Times Editorial Board Legitimizes Whistleblowing to the Press
pdaly commented on the blog post Interview with NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney: Afraid We're Spreading Secret Government Around World
Yes, he has done many interviews now. Here are two Laura Poitras videos of Mr. Binney.
Surveillance Teach-In (2012)
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pdaly commented on the diary post The Crisis at Fukushima 4 Demands a Global Takeover by solartopia.
In medicine, the Japanese traditionally do not tell a person with cancer that he/she is dying of cancer. The family might be told but the patient is kept in the dark. I wonder if this ongoing Fukushima catastrophe is analogous with society as the patient.
pdaly commented on the diary post The Crisis at Fukushima 4 Demands a Global Takeover by solartopia.
I read about plans to build an ice barrier to contain the contaminated water.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/518801/how-the-fukushima-ice-barrier-will-block-radioactive-groundwater/Not sure if it addresses the issue of core melt down into the water table, however.
pdaly commented on the blog post NSA's XKeyscore Collects Everything User Does On The Internet
ICD-10 billing codes (each code refers to a specific medical diagnosis) will replace the current standard of ICD-9 codes in the next year. Of note, the ICD-10 codes are more specific than the current ICD-9 codes.
From the following website:
http://www.hcim.com/2010/02/what-is-the-difference-between-icd-9-and-icd-10/"While much has been said about the huge increase in the number of codes under ICD-10-CM, some of this growth is due to laterality. For example, while an ICD-9-CM code may identify a condition of the ovary, the parallel ICD-10-CM code identifies four codes: unspecified ovary, right ovary, left ovary, or bilateral condition of the ovaries."
Volume of Codes
2009 totals, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Diagnosis: 13,000
Procedure: 4,000ICD-10: 140,694
Diagnosis (ICD-10-CM): 68,105
Procedure (ICD-10-PCS): 72,589Notice the specificity of diagnosis has increased 600 percent in the new ICD-10 code. I wonder if medical billing is considered "metadata" or "data"?
pdaly commented on the blog post NSA's XKeyscore Collects Everything User Does On The Internet
It is a good thing that there is a government mandate to make all our medical records electronic, including billing. What pickle would the NSA be in if our medical details were scattered among off line, analog paper charts?
pdaly commented on the blog post Media Covering Boston Bombing Will Be Partly Responsible if Shame is Put on Ethnicity of Chechens
While Kevin does a great job of demonstrating how the Media are spreading xenophobia, the Media forgoes any naval gazing and prefers instead to chastise "social media" for getting "it" wrong.
In LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-boston-bombings-media-20130420,0,19541.storyAcross the pond:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10006028/Boston-marathon-bombings-how-social-media-identified-wrong-suspects.html -
pdaly commented on the blog post BREAKING: Explosion at Boston Marathon
Adding to the tragedy, lots of groups run the Boston Marathon to raise money for charities.
The people at the finish line would be family members of these golden souls. A wildly inappropriate target for terrorism (even as if there is never an appropriate one). -
pdaly commented on the diary post Over Easy: Monday Science by BoxTurtle.
by "them" I mean cockroaches, the insect kind.
pdaly commented on the diary post Over Easy: Monday Science by BoxTurtle.
All the more reason to stomp them out of existence in the future.
pdaly commented on the diary post Over Easy: Monday Science by BoxTurtle.
Reminds me of the CIA's multimillion dollar project: Acoustic Kitty which ended badly when the cat they had outfitted with an eavesdropping antenna was run over and killed by a taxi cab.
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quote:I am just glad the attention hooker known as Robert has finally comitted to ole miss so we can move on to this kid
quote:Really curious why he committed to Auburn and is interested in us, I say this because he's from NJ. Neither Auburn or LSU ever recruit up in the NE really. IS he from the south originally?
quote:He's still a 4 star DE. I'll take him. ETA: Jackson arrived too.
quote:I think it's 60/40 lsu for bower and 50/50 for Jackson.

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Regarding Layout Management
Hello All
I am trying to place below mentioned widgets on my main Window but they are not aligning properly PleaseHELP
2.In that GroupBox 2 PushButtons & One TableWidget
Here is my code
- {
- connect(btnImport, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(ImportCSVFile()));
- connect(btnExport, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(ExportCSVFile()));
- mainLayout->addWidget(btnImport, 0, 0 , 1, 2);
- mainLayout->addWidget(btnExport, 0, 1, 1, 2);
- mainLayout->addWidget(table, 0, 1, 1, 2);
- mainLayout->setColumnStretch(0,300);
- mainLayout->setColumnStretch(1, 500);
- groupBox->setLayout(mainLayout);
- return groupBox;
- }
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The order you use the calls does not set parents properly.
Usually, I suggest to give the parent in the constructors:
The other possibility is to use the auto reparent feature of the layouts, but then, the parent of the layout must fit, which means the layout must have it's parent before addWidget is called.
- groupBox->setLayout(mainLayout);
- mainLayout->addWidget(btnImport, 0, 0 , 1, 2);
- mainLayout->addWidget(btnExport, 0, 1, 1, 2);
- mainLayout->addWidget(table, 0, 1, 1, 2);
I don't think that's the problem. I always construct layouts that way, and have never had any problems. With Qt 3.x you could run into all kinds of problems if you didn't do things in the right order, but with Qt 4.x it tends to just work, regardless of the order in which you create things and put them in the layouts.
I think the problem is with the arguments to addWidget. Looks like you are adding btnExport and table in exactly the same place, for example. And btnImport and btnExport are overlapping.
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This weekend, I had the opportunity to go check out Kenny Chesney's Poets and Pirates Tour at the University of Phoenix stadium. It was a huge show and it was awesome to see.
There were four separate performers at the show, some I loved, other's I didn't. Here is a breakdown of the performances:
Gary Allan
Gary put on a good opening act and played a lot of his good songs. The first song he played was his new single, "Watching Airplanes." He also played some of his older hits like "Smoke Rings in the Dark" and "Right Where I Need to Be." I was pretty impressed with his show.
Sammy Hagar
The second performer was Sammy Hagar, and I will admit I was not impressed at all. I guess if you like older stuff, you may have liked this show. I hated his stupid outfit, which consisted of a red flannel shirt and red basketball shorts. He word a huge fuzzy hat that made him look like Dr. Suess.
Yeah, I wasn't impressed.
Keith Urban
This was my favorite part of the whole concert. I have seen Keith Urban before and his show is awesome to see. He played a ton of his hits and interacted with the audience. He played a lot of his songs, including "I Told You So" and "Stupid Boy" off of his recent album. He also performed a lot of his older hits like "Somebody Like You."
He also played some covers on guitar that were nice to see and even let some of his band members sing. I must say, this was the main reason I went to the show in the first place.
Kenny Chesney
Kenny also put on a decent show. They opened the roof of the stadium right before he hit the stage which was cool. He sang all of his hits and performed for over two hours.
The only downside to Kenny is he sounds almost identical live as he does on his CD's. He also doesn't interact with the crowd nearly as much as some of the other performers.
Overall, I thought it was an awesome show. I definitely got my moneys worth by seeing all the different performers. I would recommend it to anyone to go see this tour before it ends.


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GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Several police and fire crews in Grants Pass could soon be laid off. This November, voters will decide whether to fund a tax levy specifically for Grants Pass police and fire. This tax is what the city of Grants Pass already has in place, but it's going to expire this coming … Continue reading »
Walk Planned for Public Safety Levy
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Tonight, a group is coming together to voice support for the criminal justice system in Grants Pass. Supporters are planning to walk through the heart of Grants Pass. They'll be marching from the Newman United Methodist Church to Henderson's Chevron Gas Station on A Street. At that point, around 6 p.m., … Continue reading »


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London's Newedge – the largest futures broker in the world – said Wednesday that it has brokered and cleared its first interest rate swap transactions at the International Derivatives Clearinghouse, a new organization set up to handle the clearing of these financial products. A privately owned organization, the IDCH is operated by the International Derivatives Clearinghouse Group, which is itself owned by the NASDAQ OMX Group.
Newedge's announcement comes on the same day that the European Commission proposed new rules for derivatives regulation and central clearing which closely match those enacted under the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill.
The landmark transaction involved a dealer-to-client interest rate swap with a notional value of over $100 million. Newedge has previously participated in centrally cleared OTC commodity derivatives trades through CME Group's ClearPort platform, as well as IntercontinentalExchange's Clear Europe and the Singapore Exchange's AsiaClear.
"Our membership with IDCG is an important extension to the OTC clearing platform we offer our clients," said Nicolas Breteau, Newedge's chief executive officer. "Newedge has devoted considerable resources in developing client OTC clearing solutions that add value and are open to all market participants. Our buy-side clients and liquidity providers are very interested in what we can provide across a range of OTC products."
◦ Collateralization
◦ Asset Liability Management
◦ Portfolio Risk
◦ Sensitivities & Hedging
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With a push toward mobility, restaurant owners are capitalizing on wireless technology to provide customers with new loyalty and couponing programs. Creating a mobile interface, however, can create vulnerabilities in a company's system, but business owners can learn how to best protect their systems during a free webinar at 2 p.m. EST on April 2.
During "So you think you're ready for mobility? Mobility Payment Trends and Network Security," Brad Cyprus, chief of security and compliance at VendorSafe Technologies, will discuss the security and PCI implications associated with mobile customer loyalty programs and how to adequately prepare your network.
Also, participants will learn how a variety of leading operators have teamed up with manufacturers to take advantage of mobile capabilities to benefit their brands, Cyprus said.
Sign up for the free webinar here.
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Topics: Insurance / Risk Management , Online / Mobile / Social , Online Ordering , Operations Management , POS , Systems / Technology


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Culture Sandwich
Caroline Hagood
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York,
- Birthday
- November 23
- Bio
- I'm a writer living in Brooklyn. My articles have appeared in various publications, including The Guardian, Salon, the Huffington Post, and The Economist. My first book of poems, Lunatic Speaks, is available from FutureCycle Press http://amzn.to/JLwIuq and my second poetry book, Making Maxine's Baby, is available from Hanging Loose Press: http://amzn.to/1ymrqSL
- My First Poetry Book
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Art Trend
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May 10, 2011 04:29PM - Creative Tips for the Driven,
Obsessed, or Otherwise Insane
April 15, 2011 01:56PM - 10 Signs That You May Be a
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I think we can
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Caroline Hagood's Links
- Lunatic Speaks
My First Poetry Book
Hello, OS friends,
I know that I've been a stranger around here lately now that my school work is eating up so much of my time, but I did want to let those of you who have asked know that my first full-length book of poetry is now available from FutureCycle Press. Thank… Read full post »
Yarn Bombing, the New Street Art Trend
When we think graffiti, we don't usually think of our mothers and grandmothers, yet older women are taking to the streets, finding signs and statues, and tagging them…with yarn. This "grandma graffiti," or "yarn bombing,"
… Read full post »The Blogging Religion
As I was going around the city taking my pictures, it occurred to me that I see so many tributes to the kind of religions that can be celebrated publicly; but what about our private religions, those lights that secretly guide us? When pondering my own inner lights,
… Read full post »Creative Tips for the Driven, Obsessed, or Otherwise Insane
Photo I took of a work by Laurina Paperina at Volta
My Creative Manifesto
If you feel like your creative life is a song you just want to keep turning up, you have come to the right place. Welcome. I admire and pity you because I understand. You'll
… Read full post »10 Signs That You May Be a Windbag
(And yes I'm guilty of some of these.)
1. In college, you raised your hand in class with your palm facing you.
2. It's okay to roll your own French cigarettes, read the New Yorker, and have a degree in the humanities from a school whose name your parents paid dearly for,/
… Read full post »
If Playboy has served as a barometer for the evolving sexual taste of the American male, then what does its new TV programming have to say about that? After realizing that it couldn't outdo Internet porn or even other channels of the flesh without tarnishing its para/… Read full post »
People say that blogging is like journaling. That's true, but only if your diary snakes in and out of the shared digital mind. When I first started Culture Sandwich, I treated it like a notebook that lived in my computer, but eventually I started seeing that it had tentacles/
… Read full post »How To Live?
Anyone can tell you that fact is different from fancy, but this becomes a bit thornier when it comes time to live it. We grow up on romantic comedies, urban legends, fairytales, media threats and promises and then we're shot into the "real world" and expected to live there.
… Read full post »After spending the weekend with my parents, I feel the need to document some things.
1) My mother insists on having a bird-feeder, but this is very time-consuming for her. She gets upset when the squirrels eat all the birds' food. This means that whenever she is home, she must… Read full post »
If you think about it, what "30 Rock" did by going live last Thursday is more mind-bending than it first appears. It's a real recorded, but now live, NBC show written by Tina Fey (Liz Lemon) about a fictional live NBC show written by Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), based on… Read full post »
Here's how The Simpsons is like any other animated series created by a prominent television network--it outsources its animation to South Korea; here's how it's not like every other show—it allows graffiti artiste and trickster extraordinaire, Banksy, to do an intro/… Read full post »
If My Writing Career Were a Movie, it Would be Called...
After reading this post from The Takeaway on what readers would call the movie made about their lives in their mid-twenties, I realized that we're all carrying around such a load of self-effacing, but still hopeful, creative disappointment. With that in mind, here's/
The Dead Poets Society Guide to Teaching
From the moment we see the schoolboys of Welton Academy transforming the tenets of their prep school, "tradition, honor, discipline, and excellence," into the eminently more playful "travesty, horror, decadence, and excrement," we know they're not wa/
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The view from my frequent Brooklyn
Bridge walk
I can drive. That is, I'm physically capable of driving, but I just don't. There are many factors that have contributed to this state of affairs, including having lived most of my life in New York City where I don't
… Read full post »1) You have the ability to listen to Slate's Gabfest while simultaneously composing a blog post, madly consuming internet news, and beating the heck out of JabbaTheHutt420 at online Scrabble.
2) At different intervals in your non-cyber life, you've found
yourself with a strange desire t/… Read full post »
Obsessing Over Obsessions
I'll just say it. I'm an obsessor. If I like something a great deal, it often becomes the thing I talk about for days on end, no matter how inconsequential it may seem to the poor saps who have to listen to me (most frequently my poor, poor… Read full post »
Misery Porn and Cultural Elitism
I saw Noah Baumbach's Greenberg the other night and was reminded of two things that I'm not so fond of: those kinds of guys (simultaneously pathetic and cruel) and those kinds of movies.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not referring to earnest indies, but to those who… Read full post »
25 Things to Do Before I Die
On Showtime's The Big C, when Laura Linney's character finds out she has cancer and only a certain amount of time left, she promptly transforms from the kind of woman who would use a doily to the kind who does cartwheels down the halls of the school where she teac
Awkward Family Photos
I've recently become smitten with the Awkward Family Photos blog. The site is heavy on the nostalgia. Each new photograph carries with it reminders of the moments you want to remember and maybe even some you'd rather forget.
There are pictures of families dressed in matchin
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When I was seven, my family visited a little island off the coast of Puerto Rico during hurricane season. To my younger self, the littered beaches resembled billowing garbage monsters with cans for eyes. I was in heaven. I understood the sorrow of hurricanes when the innkeeper&rsq… Read full post »
Little Truths Found in My Tweets
would like to say I use fountain pens, but really I use whatever
half-chewed nightmare stick I find under the bed.
Entered a poem on the "I Write
Like" website and was told that my style is similar to Dan
Brown's??? No joke.
Dear Man on the Train, nobody, and I mean/
Letters to Myself: A Day in the Life of a Freelance Writer
It's hard to explain the peculiar existence that is the freelancing life to people who don't, well, freelance. Sometimes it becomes difficult to separate my personal life from my professional one since both occur in pajamas, with 5 cups of coffee, and my ancient, chubby cat with the cra
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I grew up in a house of books. My mother puttered around, dusting and reorganizing, but really just making excuses to touch them. I often found my father asleep, using one of them as a pillow. I understood. I chose them over toys. Their dusty pages were
… Read full post »Finding Happiness in a Teapot
1) Found a blog that a) I read for over an hour without realizing it; b) forced me to laugh that ugly, real laugh; c) made me smarter (I'm sure of it).
2) Cleaned the house from tip to toe which a) is not really my style; b) made
… Read full post »10 Habits I'm Not Proud Of
1) Consuming inappropriate
things for breakfast--you know the kind: candyesque,
chinesefoodesque, pizzaesque
2) Which is directly related to my inability to have cookies or
cakes in the house without my husband finding me chocolate-covered
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Prayer Circles
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Nipper 7/4/2001 18:50 |
May God Bless your father and your family. May he find himself among those who love and appreciate him and his talents. |
marahet 7/13/2001 19:04 |
Lord, i lift this man up to you in prayer. I ask that you guide him as he tries to sort out all of this pain and confusion. Help him as he tries to make the right decision about his job. Comfort him through his feelings of emotional betrayal. Lord if it is your will, lead him to the next stage in his life. Help him find a job where his talents and his grace will be greatly appreciated. If it not your will that he leave his job Lord, then open the hearts of those who have cast stones of hurt and unfairness and let them see the devastation they have created. Fill their hearts with your love and ease whatever burden they may be carrying that might cause them to hurt one of their own. Bring back the feeling of "family" to these people. Lord, whatever your will, we will accept it, but watch over this man and his family as they struggle with some hard decisions. In Jesus name, I ask all this. |
ladysings2 7/16/2001 18:24 |
I pray that arz's father be blessed by good people in his life. He has already been blessed by the supportive presence of his child, arz. May this family continue to support each other and live in much love. may they know peace and joy. |
arz 7/17/2001 23:50 |
Marahet, Nipper, and Ladysings2- THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for your kind words and much-needed prayers. It is because of your prayers (and inspirational words) that I have continued to have faith, even today. Unfortunately, my father was FIRED from his job today. It is an unbelievable shock. My dad said today "It is the first time in 30 years that I have not had a job to go to." My heart is broken for him, but I KNOW that there is a reason for this. Because of your prayers, I know that this is all part of God's plan. I know that this just means my dad is free to find the next opportunity in his life... and I know your prayers will help him to get there. THANK YOU. God, please BLESS each one of these "angels". They have truly made a difference in my (and my dad's) life. Thank you for bringing their words and prayers to my family... |
arz 7/17/2001 23:57 |
Marahet- I wanted to send you a personal message (but I don't know your email address). This is not the first time you have prayed for me. I posted another prayer about myself that you responded to. Your words in that prayer touched me as much as your words for my father. I know I don't "know you" personally, but I KNOW that you are a beautiful person. God created a kind, loving, giving soul when he made you. I just wanted you to know how much your LOVELY words have meant to me. Thank you for being a beacon of light in my life. I pray that the people that get to be blessed enough to have you in their lives appreciate the angel that you are... BLESS YOU!! |
marilynangel 7/19/2001 20:27 |
Arz...Thank you ever so much for your prayers that you posted for my daughter Jacqueline, and myself. Reading your prayers, truly reminds me that there are angels in every corner of this world. I can feel for your father, because I have been down that road myself. It even caused me to slip into deep depression. All I can say, is that God has a plan for all of us. Sometimes the road gets very rocky, and it seems never ending, but there will be good from this situation. There might even be a better job for him in another setting. I will keep your father in my prayers, as I will keep you right along there with him. Please be very fortunate that you have your father in your life. I lost my father when I was only 11 years old. Spend as much time with him, and help him in any way....Love and support is so important in this life....Peace and Love to Both of You.....Amen |
marahet 9/1/2001 22:33 |
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My marriage Kat Mounce 02/12/2008
A good friends mother, who has cancer everyone who needs prayer universal 02/12/2008
Pray for Michelle and Carlos N. 07/08/2008
"This prayer is to help us sell our home."
Pray for Donald H. 07/07/2008
"The love of my life has cancer."
Pray for Amanda B. 07/06/2008
"Please pray for my daughter and her unborn child."
Pray for Janice A. 07/05/2008
"One of my most favorite people in the whole world needs your prayers today. Please spread this and include Janice in your daily prayer."
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Offshore market faces a headwind
Despite considerable enthusiasm for UK offshore wind market to grow, there are a number of challenges to overcome.
At a seminar hosted by Clyde & Co last week, attendees heard a range of high profile speakers – Birger Madsen, Director at Navigant's BTM, Mark Giulianotti of UK Green Investment, Michael Robinson of Belfast Harbour, and Matthew Yau from Charles Taylor Adjusting – debate the predicted growth and challenges facing the offshore wind market both in the UK and overseas.
Sandra Sinclair-Hughes, partner at Clyde & Co who co-chaired the seminar, commented: "While it is clear that the UK leads this sector in terms of development and that those working have a desire to see further, sustained growth over the coming years, our seminar highlighted a number of headwinds that the offshore market will have to overcome for this to happen. These include funding, construction capacity and the difficulties of maintenance – all against the backdrop of the government's possible cuts to subsidies announced yesterday and the impact these will have".
Birger Madsen, of Navigant's BTM Consult division, clearly demonstrated the potential for growth in the UK and European market: "Based on current estimates, the UK – which produces 53% of the world's output of MW from offshore wind – will continue its steady growth into the next four years, probably losing out on that number one spot to Germany, but still remaining a significant producer in the market".
Mark Giulianotti of UK Green Investments, the government-funded precursor to the Green Investment Bank, focused on the constraints around funding: "This government has ambitious targets for green development, and a suite of policies to support their achievement but financial issues do, and will continue to, limit the potential scale and pace of plans. Longer term debt funding is scarce due to banks' capital and funding concerns, and we believe the renewable energy market needs to recycle operational capital and attract substantial new private investment".
Michael Robinson, the commercial manager of Belfast Harbour – one of the UK's leading offshore wind construction ports – spoke about the construction issues surrounding offshore development: "The UK target of producing 18GW of offshore wind by 2020 will be completely unrealistic unless new construction facilities are built – and if the UK does not deliver on these it will lose out to continental Europe. It took us 14 months to develop the DONG terminals in Belfast Harbour, and that was with fast track planning. We would need four of these terminals to even begin to meet this target".
Matthew Yau of Charles Taylor Adjusting, a loss adjuster for the offshore wind and other industries, then dug deeper into the challenges involved in actually keeping turbines maintained after their construction: "As loss adjusters we see a huge amount of offshore wind claims. Fifty four per cent of all offshore incidents involve cable damage, which are in turn 75% more expensive than other offshore wind claims. Many cables are needed per turbine and not only can numerous issues go wrong with them, but the process of fixing them can be long, arduous and costly".
Following the panel debate, contributors from the floor posed questions about the proposed cuts to government subsidies. On this point Mark Giulianotti contested: "although there are concerns surrounding levels of government subsidies at present, pending the Renewables Obligation banding announcement, it is paramount to note that these cuts would not be retrospective, so if there were any lessening of subsidies these would only apply to projects from a future date, not current projects.".
Aris Karcanias of Navigant's BTM who co-chaired the debate concluded: "Although the appetite for growth is clearly there both from the government and the industry's point of view, it is clear that offshore wind faces funding, construction, operational and maintenance issues that must be addressed for the sector to continue to grow".


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Can I Get Pregnant After Menopause?
The possibility of achieving pregnancy after menopause is becoming a real reason of concern in today's society, given that modern women often postpone marriage and pregnancy so that they can concentrate on their career and personal development.
While some women claim they have achieved pregnancy in the menopause, science proves pregnancy after 40 is only possible in the pre-menopause era or a woman can achieve menopausal pregnancy only during this period. There is absolutely no chance of having pregnancy in menopause once menopause is over, as this process actually marks the end of eggs production inside a woman's ovaries.
So if you want to understand why getting pregnant after menopause is no longer possible after a certain age, take the time to read the lines below!
Why Pregnancy After Menopause is no Longer Possible
Menopause appears when the menstrual cycle stops for more than one year, levels of estrogens and progesterone produced inside a woman's body after this period being extremely low. While there is still a chance for a woman to have pregnancy during menopause, but after this period her ovaries no longer produce ovules so it's physically impossible for sperm to fertilize non-existent eggs.
Hormonal changes caused by menstruation, previous pregnancies and menopause itself make it very difficult to predict the chances of having pregnancy at menopause but it's quite clear that a woman can still conceive if she has occasional periods, even if menstrual bleeding only occurs once a year for example.
The presence of menstrual bleeding shows that the woman's organism still produces eggs so unless menstruation is missed for more than one year, conceiving is still possible and she stand a chance of pregnancy during the menopause.
But we only talked about natural pregnancy after menopause until now, so let's take a look at the one and only solution a woman has for chance of pregnancy after menopause and giving birth to a healthy baby even when her ovaries no longer produce eggs.
Medically Induced Pregnancy after Menopause
The only possibility of conceiving a baby when the ovaries no longer release eggs is to rely on egg donation. This procedure uses eggs from another woman, called donor, which are implanted in the future mom's uterine lining. Medications are given to the future mom in order for her uterus to become friendlier to the fertilized egg and in order for implantation to take place properly, allowing the embryo to develop.
Chances of conceiving a baby using this method are pretty good, ranging between 45% and 50%, as all the used procedures have the same purposes: to turn the woman's womb into a properly nourished one, to stimulate the release of pregnancy hormones and the formation of placenta, to sustain the baby's growth and to eliminate the risk of complications.
However, the procedure does have its limitations and risks:
- Eggs coming from donors have to be stored and treated with specific techniques before implantation and this often alters their state, reducing the chances of achieving pregnancy.
- Unstable eggs – altered by chemical or physical treatments – are more prone to genetic abnormalities.
- Risks for the mother to develop infections, bleeding, hypertensive disorders, gestational diabetes or even embolism are considerable.
- When pregnancy is induced in older women, there is also a great risk for the future moms to experience seizure, preeclampsia, eclampsia or stroke.
While you may be tempted to say none of these unfortunate events will affect you, it's always better to thoroughly analyze all the potential side effects and complications this procedure can have before actually undergoing it.
So if you're interested in learning more about achieving pregnancy after menopause with donor eggs, make sure to read our articles on pregnancy after 40, pregnancy symptoms and baby stages week by week.
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- Prescribing in Pregnancy (Fourth edition) Edited by Peter Rubin and Margaret Ramsay (Blackwell Publishing)
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- WHO – Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A guide for midwives and doctors
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum Edited By Lee S. Cohen, M.D./ Ruta M. Nonacs, M.D., Ph.D. (American Psychiatric Publishing)
- Maternal-Fetal Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation Editors Michael E. Symonds and Margaret M. Ramsay (CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS)
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(CNN) — TransCanada's stock took a hit after the U.S. announced another delay in the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline Project.
TransCanada is the company developing the pipeline that would stretch from the tar sands in Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico.
Shares of the Calgary-based company dropped 3 percent Monday.
That was the first day of trading since Friday's announcement. And Canada's chamber of commerce estimates the country's economy is losing millions of dollars each day that a pipeline goes unapproved.
The state department, which is responsible for approving the pipeline, says federal agencies need more time to examine the project. The agency says a decision could come by the end of the year or early 2015.
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The Southeastern Conference football game between the Florida Gators and the Missouri Tigers from Memorial Stadium in Columbia will kickoff at 11:21 AM Central Time, as announced Monday morning by the conference office in Birmingham, Alabama.
Trenton Planning and Zoning Commission is recommending approval of the final plat to consolidate two vacant lots to allow for a drive through expansion at McDonalds of Trenton.
The Federal Reserve Board on has announced that the redesigned $100 note will begin circulating on October 8, 2013.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City businessman who pleaded guilty more than three years ago to providing financial support to al-Qaida has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Due to a lapse in appropriations that has caused a federal government shutdown, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facilities and lands are now closed to the public and public use activities have been suspended nationwide.
Mercer County Genealogy Society will sponsor a cemetery walk on Sunday October 20th at Ravanna.
The Trenton Lady Bulldogs played one of their best games of the season on Monday night, receiving five shutout innings from sophomore Daryian Otto, and nine base hits from the offense, in a 10-0 win over Chillicothe at Johnson Field in Trenton.
The 5 Points Chili Cook-off in downtown Trenton Saturday had 15 entries in the Chili Appreciation Society International division called CASI, 5 home-style entries, and 1 in the business category.
Proposed improvements to the Johnson softball field in Trenton are on the agenda for next Tuesday evening's meeting of the Trenton R-9 Board of Education.
The Grundy R-5 girls are preparing for a district quarterfinal battle with Newtown-Harris on Wednesday night, while the boys finished runner-up to Winston on Saturday in the boy's state tournament from Chillicothe.
The North Mercer Music Boosters sponsor a Band Carnival, October 25th in the school in Mercer.
The Mercer girls play at Green City tonight, a final tune-up before district play on Wednesday night in Eagleville. The Mercer boys wrapped up the season with a 6th place finish on Saturday at the state tournament in Chililcothe.
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Two Livingston County men have been convicted in felony wildlife cases involving illegal spotlighting of raccoons from a motorized vehicle and the illegal sale and intent to sell raccoon pelts.
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Six officers were selected last evening for the Foundation Board of Directors being set up to benefit the Sunnyview Nursing Home at Trenton.
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Trenton High School band director Tim Gilham said competition results were mixed again Saturday, this time at the Central Methodist Band Day at Fayette.
The City of Chillicothe has been posting warning signs on City-owned utility poles saying it's illegal to put notices of yard sales, garage sales, and other announcements on City-owned utility poles.
Firefighters from across the nation, whose deaths last year were attributed to their duties, were remembered last weekend at Emmitsburg,Maryland.
The 29th annual Missouri Day Festival in Trenton slated for October 17 through 20th was the topic of Open Line. Guests included Debbie Carman from the Trenton Area Chamber Of Commerce, Crystal Whitaker, reviewing the quilt show, and Larry McCollum discussing the Car Show.
Ideal weather conditions benefited the Wright Run 5k/10k, as 175 runners and walkers wearing bright sky blue shirts participated in the second annual event this past Saturday.
Two area residents have been arrested on drug charges, one involving a federal warrant with intent to distribute.
The Trenton Bulldogs snapped their losing streak at two, rebounding from a slow start to beat the Lincoln Prep Blue Tigers, 36-15 on Saturday afternoon at Ruskin High School in Kansas City.
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The Research Master's program in Philosophy is a two-year program that covers a wide range of subjects in philosophy. Our overall aim is to provide you with the skills and insight needed to do independent intellectual work in philosophy at a postgraduate level. Some of our students want to acquire these skills and insights as preparation for a PhD track, some aspire to use them in another research-related profession (e.g., a NGO or a think tank) while others are just excited by the intellectual challenge. But all are invited to participate in a lively research environment in which students are encouraged to interact with some of the best minds in the field.The art of thinking
The distinctive characteristic of our Research Master's program in Philosophy is its emphasis on skills relating to reasoning, analysis, argumentation and communication. You will receive a solid, thorough training in the art of thinking, learn to analyze and to understand complex subjects, and acquire techniques that help you to convey your thoughts accurately.As a Research Master's graduate you will be able to make a valuable contribution to the intellectual debate on philosophy, both amongst colleagues and in wider social circles.
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Research in philosophy at Tilburg University attracts world-wide attention. The Tilburg Center for Logic, General Ethics and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS) is an internationally renowned research hub and home to extensive collaboration between logicians, philosophers of science, epistemologists, and ethicists (including metaethics and business ethics). TiLPS hosts regular seminars and colloquia as well as an impressive agenda of workshops and conferences with distinguished guests from all over the world.
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The main areas of expertise in philosophy at Tilburg University are Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Logic, Philosophy of Language, Ethics, Metaethics, Business Ethics, Philosophical Anthropology, German Idealism and Hermeneutics.
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They like the peppers, so I wouldn't hesitate to feed them to any fowl. I believe that anything a chicken won't eat could be something it shouldn't eat. Anything else, except maybe insecticide tainted bugs and stuff, I wouldn't be concerned......P


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I have a 7 yr old little boy who had anaphylaxis to fire ant and had an initial IGE to fire ant of 65. He has completed 5 years of fire ant immunotherapy. He had a field sting 2 years ago and had just a local reaction. His repeat IgE is >100. Should we stop immunotherapy?
Thank you for your recent inquiry.
I am afraid there is no definite answer to your question. The best we can do is quote you the statements from the most recent Parameters on insect hypersensitivity. As you can see from this quote, this is a decision that is entirely left to the clinical judgment of the physician administering immunotherapy. The decision is based upon factors such as the severity of the initial anaphylactic event, the difficulty the patient would have with continuing the shots, et cetera.
I wish I could give you a more direct answer, but based upon available evidence to date, there is none. Therefore physician judgment after assessing the above factors is all that we can offer you.
Thank you again for your inquiry and we hope this response is helpful to you.
"There are no specific tests to distinguish which patients will relapse after stopping VIT, but there is a higher risk in some patients than others. Relapse is less likely with 5 years than with 3 years of VIT.50,53 Although most patients can safely discontinue immunotherapy after this period of time, some patients with a history of severe anaphylaxis with shock or loss of consciousness still might be at continued risk for a systemic reaction if VIT is stopped, even after 5 years of immunotherapy.46,47,52 For this reason, some experts recommend an extended duration of immunotherapy, possibly indefinitely, in such patients. Other criteria suggested for stopping VIT include a decrease in serum venom-specific IgE to insignificant levels or conversion to a negative skin test response.54 Some patients have relapsed despite negative venom skin test responses. Repeat skin (or venomspecific IgE serum) testing is not required for consideration of discontinuing VIT. Measurements of venom-specific IgG antibodies have no predictive value when discontinuing VIT. The decision on stopping VIT requires a context-sensitive flexibility based on the available evidence.
The optimal duration of fire ant immunotherapy is less well defined. Most allergists consider stopping fire ant immunotherapy after a specified period (usually 3-5 years) eitherempirically or only when skin test or in vitro test results become negative.55 Until further data are available, a definitive recommendation about the duration of immunotherapy for fire ant sting allergy cannot be made."
SOURCE: Stinging insect hypersensitivity: A practice parameter update 2011. Golden DB, Moffitt J, Nicklas RA, Freeman T, Graft DF, Reisman RE, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 Apr;127(4):852-4 e23.
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Stroke Rehabilitation
Is this topic for you?
This topic covers rehabilitation after a stroke. For information on stroke itself, see the topic Stroke.
What is stroke rehabilitation?
The best way to get better after a stroke is to start stroke rehabilitation ("rehab"). In stroke rehab, a team of health professionals works with you to regain skills you lost as the result of a stroke. Rehab can help you to:
- Do as well as you can and be as independent as possible.
- Learn to live with the changes to your brain and body caused by the stroke.
- Adjust to living within your home, family, and community.
Rehab starts while you are still in the hospital. After you leave the hospital, you can continue treatment at a rehab center or at home. Most rehab programs offer at least 3 hours of therapy a day, 5 or 6 days a week.
A key part of rehab is taking steps to prevent a future stroke. To stay in good health, you may need to take medicines and make some lifestyle changes. Work with your rehab team to decide what type of exercise, diet, or other lifestyle choices are best for you.
You have the greatest chance of regaining your abilities during the first few months after a stroke. So it is important to start rehab soon after a stroke and do a little every day.
Who is on a stroke rehab team?
You and your family, loved ones, and caregivers are the most important part of the rehab team. A team of health professionals will work with each other, you, and your caregivers to help you recover from a stroke. A rehab team may include doctors and nurses who specialize in stroke rehab, as well as rehabilitation therapists such as:
- A physical therapist to work on problems with movement, balance, and coordination.
- An occupational therapist to help you practice eating, bathing, dressing, writing, and other daily tasks.
- A speech-language therapist to help you relearn language skills and also help if you have problems with swallowing.
- A recreational therapist to help you return to activities that you enjoyed before the stroke.
- A psychologist or counselor to help you deal with your emotions.
- Other health professionals, such as a dietitian to help you plan a healthy diet and a vocational counselor to help you find a job or get back to work.
A social worker or case manager will help you and your caregivers arrange for the help and equipment you may need at home after you leave the rehab center.
What kinds of problems can people have after a stroke?
The problems you have after a stroke depend on what part of your brain was affected and how much damage the stroke caused. People who have had a stroke often have:
- Problems with movement and sensation. You may have pain, numbness, or tingling in your arms and legs; muscle stiffness or spasms; weakness; and trouble with walking and moving. You may have problems with your sense of touch or how well you feel hot and cold, trouble swallowing and eating, and urinary or bowel problems.
- Problems seeing things on one side of the body. If you do not turn your head to that side, you may forget or ignore that side of your body.
- Problems with language and thinking. You may not be able to understand written or spoken language, read or write, or express your thoughts. You may also have problems with memory and learning.
- Emotional problems. A stroke can cause feelings of fear, anxiety, anger, sadness, and grief, both for survivors of a stroke and their loved ones.
Does a stroke cause permanent problems?
A stroke damages parts of the brain that control different things in the body, such as speech and movement. But other parts of the brain can take over for the damaged areas. Many people are able to get back most of the skills and abilities they lost.
Some people do have permanent problems after a stroke. But more than half of people who have a stroke regain their ability to take care of themselves.1
How long does rehab take?
For most people, rehab is a lifelong process. The road to recovery can be long and frustrating, so keeping a positive outlook is key. Try everything you can to get better, and get relief from pain if you need to. Your stroke rehab team is there to help in as many ways as it can. A strong support network of family and friends is also very important.
You may recover the most in the first few weeks or months after your stroke. But you can keep getting better for years. It just may happen more slowly. And it may take a long time and a lot of hard work. Don't give up hope.
What else should you think about?
- It is common to feel sad and hopeless after a stroke. It may be hard to deal with your emotions. Tell your rehab team how you feel. Get treatment for depression if you need it.
- It is important to get the support you need. Let your loved ones help you. Get them involved in your treatment. Talk to others who have had a stroke, and find out how they handled problems.
- A stroke affects your loved ones too. They may be as scared and worried as you are. Urge them to find a caregiver support group and learn ways to relieve their stress.
- Medical insurance may not cover the rehab or devices you need after you leave the hospital. Have a caregiver check on Medicare or other programs.
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What to Expect After a Stroke
Initial disabilities
Your disabilities and your ability to get better after a stroke depend on:
- Which side of the brain was affected (whether it is your dominant side).
- Which part of the brain was damaged by the stroke.
- How much of the brain was damaged.
- Your general health before the stroke.
Impairments after a stroke may include problems with muscles and movement. These include:
- Weakness on one side of the body.This may cause you to have trouble walking, grasping objects, or doing other tasks. The side of the body that is affected is opposite from the side of the brain that was damaged by the stroke.
- Joint pain and rigidity. A person with a very weak arm may have shoulder pain caused by a tight or locked-up joint. Movement of the joint is essential to keep it from "freezing" and to make sure that you can move it easily when your strength returns.
- Muscle stiffness or spasms (spasticity). You may need certain medicines or injections of substances that block nerve reactions. For more information, see treatment for stroke-related spasticity.
- Problems with your sense of touch or your ability to feel hot and cold. You may also have problems judging the position of parts of your body.
- Pain, numbness, or tingling in your limbs.
- Trouble with walking and coordinating body movements.
- Problems swallowing and eating (dysphagia). For more information, see dysphagia. See also:
- Urinary or bowel problems. You may have trouble holding your urine (urinary incontinence) or trouble emptying your bladder (urinary retention). Or you may have constipation or problems controlling bowel movements. Although this can make you feel embarrassed or discouraged, these issues are usually not permanent. For more information, see how to manage bladder and bowel problems after a stroke.
Other problems involve how you process information and your emotions. These include:
- Speech and language problems (aphasia). Aphasia usually results from damage to the left side of the brain, which is the area responsible for language. Some people who have aphasia may not be able to understand written or spoken language, read or write, or express their own thoughts. For information on coping with communication problems, see how to manage speech and language problems after a stroke.
- Memory and cognitive problems. You may have damage to parts of your brain that control awareness, learning, and memory. You may have trouble focusing or remembering. It may be difficult to make plans, learn new activities, or do other complex tasks. You may not be able to acknowledge the physical impairments caused by your stroke. For more information, see memory problems, changes in speed of action, and changes in judgment after a stroke.
- Problems with perception. You may have trouble judging distance, size, position, rate of movement, form, and how parts relate to the whole. For more information, see changes in perception after a stroke.
Problems recognizing your affected side. After a
stroke, some people have problems seeing to one side.
For example, people with right-sided paralysis may have trouble seeing to the
right. Most people learn to adjust by turning their head toward their affected
side. If you do not turn your head to the affected side, you may forget or
ignore that side of your body. Some people have trouble recognizing body parts
on the affected side. This is especially true for people who do not have
feeling in the affected arm or leg.
- You may recognize objects on the unaffected side of your body but not on the affected side. Some people may see objects and not be able to attach a meaning to them. For example, you may examine a fork curiously without remembering how to use it for eating.
- Objects may look closer or farther away than they really are. You may notice this more when you are eating or dressing, or you may bump into furniture.
- Emotional problems. Fear, anxiety, anger, sadness, frustration, and grief are common after a stroke. About one-third of people older than 65 who have had a stroke have symptoms of depression.1 Depression is a serious condition that requires treatment. For more information, see changes in emotions and recognizing and dealing with depression after a stroke.
Recovering what was lost—the first steps
The brain is a remarkable organ that has the ability to rewire itself to some degree. Parts of the brain that have not been affected by the stroke may be able to take over for the damaged areas, doing some of the tasks formerly controlled by the affected areas.
Much of your improvement in motor functioning—walking, using your arms and legs—comes in the early phase of stroke recovery. This is one of the reasons that it is so important to start rehabilitation as soon as possible.
Your first stage of rehab usually begins 24 to 48 hours after your stroke, as soon as you are stable and while you are in the hospital. For most people, rehab begins with the goal of getting out of bed and into a chair. As you gradually regain strength and function, nurses or therapists will help you regain skills and relearn tasks that were lost because of the stroke. The intensity and focus of initial rehab will vary with each person. It is a process based on your own needs. If you have other health problems (such as a heart condition, for example), you may need to go a bit slower than someone who was healthy before his or her stroke.
When you are ready for more intense therapy, your treatment may continue at a rehab facility. This may be in another part of the hospital where you were first treated, at a separate facility, or at home if it is safe for you and you have the right support. You may go to a skilled nursing facility if you are not well enough for a more intense program. Or a nursing home may be the best place for your rehab to continue. Studies show that people who have the greatest desire to improve and who have a good support network of friends and family will improve the most with rehab, regardless of where the rehab takes place.2
Recovering from a stroke can be very frustrating. It is common to face depression and have some setbacks. You may make strong improvement at first and then feel like you have lost some of what you gained. Overcoming problems with speech and language may seem very slow, because it may be hard for you to measure your progress. You may feel a deep sense of grief for the loss of an active lifestyle prior to your stroke. But your stroke rehab team is there to help in as many ways as possible. Discussing your frustrations with the team and your family will be an important part of your recovery.
A lifelong process
For most people who have had a stroke, rehab is a lifelong process that also includes medicines—such as daily aspirin—and lifestyle changes to improve overall health and prevent future strokes. Controlling other risk factors for stroke, such as high blood pressure, will also be important.
Building a network of support outside your family may be helpful. Stroke support groups may be offered through your local chapter of the American Stroke Association (a division of the American Heart Association) or the National Stroke Association. These will include people who are learning to cope with many of the same things that you and your family are facing. Loved ones who help take care of you will also benefit from support networks.
Concerns of the Caregiver
Taking care of a loved one who has had a stroke can be difficult for many reasons. You may be afraid that your loved one will have another stroke or will not be able to accept or overcome disabilities. You may worry that you are not prepared to care for someone who has just had a stroke. Or you may have your own health concerns that make it hard for you to care for another person. You may also become depressed over losing the lifestyle that you previously enjoyed with your loved one. And you may worry about the costs of rehabilitation and a loss of income.
Before your loved one returns home, the rehab team will train you or other family members to help with therapy. You may learn to help your loved one get up from a fall, get dressed, get to the bathroom, eat, and do other activities. If you have your own health concerns that prevent you from being able to help, you may need in-home help, or your loved one may need to go to a nursing home or assisted-living facility. But even if you can't provide physical help, your love and support are still key to your loved one's recovery.
Here are ways that you can help with your loved one's recovery:
- Give support and encouragement for taking part in the rehab program.
- Visit and talk with your loved one often. Encourage your loved one to do activities, such as playing a game with you. Keep in touch with your loved one's friends as much as you can, and encourage them to visit.
- Participate in educational programs and attend rehab sessions as much as possible.
- Help your loved one learn and practice new skills.
- Find out what your loved one can do independently or needs help with. Avoid doing things for your loved one that he or she is able to do without help.
You will also need to take care of your own well-being.
- Eat well, get enough rest, and take time to do things that you enjoy. Get out of the house as much as possible.
- Make sure that you do not ignore your own health while you are caring for your loved one. Do not try to do everything yourself. Keep up with your own doctor visits and make sure to take your own medicines regularly. Ask other family members to help. Find out if you qualify for adult day care or for home health care visits to help with rehab.
- Locate a support group to attend. You can find them through local chapters of the American Stroke Association (a division of the American Heart Association) or the National Stroke Association. Also, check with the rehab team for ideas and help. They may be able to offer advice about insurance coverage as well.
- Schedule time for yourself. Get out of the house and do things that you enjoy, run errands, or go shopping.
For more information on caregiving, see the topic Caregiver Tips.
Preventing Another Stroke
There are several factors you cannot change that increase your risk of stroke. But there are also several things you have some control over that can help you avoid another stroke, including:
- High blood pressure.
- Heart disease.
- High cholesterol.
- Diabetes.
- Obesity.
- Excessive use of alcohol.
- Use of tobacco products.
- Too much caffeine.
- Use of certain illegal drugs, such as cocaine.
To prevent another stroke and to maintain good health, you may need to take medicines, and you may need to make lifestyle changes. These changes may include:
- Getting regular exercise that increases your breathing and your heartbeat.
- Limiting your intake of caffeine, animal fats, sugars, and processed foods.
- Eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, and high-fiber foods.
- Quitting the use of tobacco products.
- Limiting your alcohol consumption.
These simple steps may help you live a longer, healthier life. It is never too late to enjoy the benefits of healthy lifestyle choices. They can reduce your risk for another stroke and can also help prevent a heart attack and many other health problems. Talk with your doctor or other members of your rehab team to find out what type of exercise, diet, or other lifestyle choices are best for you.
If you or your loved one has already had a stroke, you need to watch carefully for symptoms of another stroke. Immediate medical attention and treatment with t-PA (tissue plasminogen activator) may help prevent or reduce permanent brain damage. If signs of a stroke develop suddenly, call 911 or other emergency services immediately. For more information on stroke symptoms and when to seek medical attention, see the topic Stroke.
Medicines for Stroke Prevention
After a stroke and during rehabilitation, you need medicines to help prevent another stroke. You may need medicines to thin your blood and prevent clots from forming and medicines to lower blood pressure and cholesterol.
Medicines you may take after a stroke include:
- Antiplatelets to prevent blood clots.
- Anticoagulants to keep clots from growing and to prevent new clots.
- Statins to lower cholesterol.
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to lower blood pressure.
- Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) to lower blood pressure.
- Beta-blockers to lower blood pressure.
- Diuretics to lower blood pressure.
Medicines for Stroke Rehabilitation
After a stroke, you may need medicines to decrease pain, treat depression, or help speed your recovery. These may include:
- Medicines for pain and depression after a stroke. Examples are:
- Medicines for sleeping. After a stroke, you may have trouble sleeping (insomnia). Your doctor may prescribe different types of medicines to help you sleep, including the antidepressants trazodone and mirtazapine (Remeron), which have sedation as a side effect. Other sleep medicines, such as chloral hydrate, may be effective but have the potential for addiction.
- Medicines for anxiety. Various medicines may be used to treat anxiety after a stroke. Benzodiazepines, such as lorazepam (Ativan, for example), are minor tranquilizers or sedatives that slow down the central nervous system. Benzodiazepines are also sometimes used to treat seizures. Alprazolam (Xanax) and buspirone (BuSpar) are antianxiety medicines that relieve anxiety and nervousness.
- Medicines for agitation. Doctors use various types of medicines to treat agitation. Neuroleptics, such as haloperidol (Haldol), risperidone (Risperdal), and olanzapine (Zyprexa), are antipsychotic medicines that work by changing the effects of brain chemicals. The anticonvulsant valproic acid is sometimes used to treat agitation.
- Methylphenidate (Ritalin) to improve mood and speed recovery. This medicine is sometimes used for a short time in the first stages of rehab.
- Dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine) to improve attention span and help learning and memory. Experts are still researching the benefits and risks of this drug for people who have had a stroke.
Adapting After a Stroke
After a stroke, rehabilitation will not only focus on helping you recover from disabilities but also on making changes in your lifestyle, at home, at work, and in relationships. Changes will depend on the type of disabilities, which are determined by the part of your brain that was affected by the stroke.
A stroke in the right side of the brain can cause difficulty with performing everyday tasks. This type of stroke affects the ability to judge distance, size, position, rate of movement, form, and the way parts relate to the whole.
Perception problems may include:
- Not noticing people or things on the affected side and turning your head or eyes to the unaffected side. Someone with these types of problems may not be able to steer a wheelchair through a large doorway without bumping the door frame.
- Not being aware of body parts on the affected side.
- Having difficulty forming numbers and letters, confusing similar numbers, or not being able to add numbers.
- Having trouble spelling words and reading.
- Confusing the inside and outside of clothing or the right and left sides of clothing.
- Having a hard time perceiving whether you are sitting or standing.
People with perception problems—even minor ones—should not drive a car. A stroke can also affect mobility, communication, vision, and decision making, all skills that are needed for driving.
Some tips for working with someone who has perception problems include the following:
- Cut down on clutter to prevent a fall. Also, make sure that rooms are well lit. Put night lights in the bedroom and bathroom.
- Mark lines on door frames or full-length mirrors so that the person can see what is vertical.
- Do not overestimate the person's abilities. Watch to see what can be done safely.
- If your loved one has trouble performing a task, be patient, and walk him or her through the steps.
People who have had a stroke tend to be slow, cautious, and disorganized when they are doing unfamiliar tasks. They appear anxious and hesitant, which is often quite different from the way they were before the stroke.
Depending on the amount of disability, many people may need help at home with a variety of daily activities. For more information, see:
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Other Places To Get Help
Online Resource
DisabilityInfo.gov | |
Web Address: | www.disabilityinfo.gov |
DisabilityInfo.gov provides information and resources for people with disabilities. This includes programs such as education, employment, housing, health, and transportation. |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | |
P.O. Box 5801 | |
Bethesda, MD 20824 | |
Phone: | 1-800-352-9424 (301) 496-5751 |
Web Address: | www.ninds.nih.gov |
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a part of the National Institutes of Health, is the leading U.S. federal government agency supporting research on brain and nervous system disorders. It provides the public with educational materials and information about these disorders. |
American Stroke Association | |
7272 Greenville Avenue | |
Dallas, TX 75231 | |
Phone: | 1-888-4-STROKE (1-888-478-7653) |
Web Address: | www.strokeassociation.org |
This association provides information and referrals to local self-help groups for people who have had a stroke and for their families. Pamphlets and other information can be obtained by calling the Dallas office (toll-free). |
Family Caregiver Alliance | |
180 Montgomery Street | |
Suite 1100 | |
San Francisco, CA 94104 | |
Phone: | 1-800-445-8106 (415) 434-3388 |
E-mail: | email@example.com |
Web Address: | www.caregiver.org |
This organization supports and assists people who are providing long-term care at home. It also provides education, research, services, and advocacy. |
National Stroke Association | |
9707 East Easter Lane, Building B | |
Centennial, CO 80112 | |
Phone: | 1-800-STROKES (1-800-787-6537) |
Fax: | (303) 649-1328 |
E-mail: | email@example.com |
Web Address: | www.stroke.org |
This association provides education, information, referrals, and research on stroke. Information specific to survivors, caregivers, family, women, and children is included. |
Related Information
- American Heart Association (2009). Heart disease and stroke statistics 2009 update: A report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Committee. Circulation, 119(3): 480–486. Also available online: http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/119/2/e21.
- Brandstarter ME (2005). Stroke rehabilitation. In JA DeLisa et al., eds., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, 4th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1655–1676. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Other Works Consulted
- Bates B, et al. (2005). Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense clinical practice guideline for the management of adult stroke rehabilitation care: Executive summary. Stroke, 36(9): 2049–2056.
- Duncan PW, et al. (2005). Management of adult stroke rehabilitation care: A clinical practice guideline. Stroke, 36: e100–e143.
- Finestone HM, Greene-Finestone LS (2003). Rehabilitation medicine: 2. Diagnosis of dysphagia and its nutritional management for stroke patients. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 169(10): 1041–1044.
- Kaplan PE, et al. (2003). Rehabilitation of Stroke. Burlington, MA: Butterworth–Heinemann.
- Simpson DM, et al. (2008). Assessment: Botulinum neurotoxin for the treatment of spasticity (an evidence-based review): Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology, 70(19): 1691–1698.
- Stein J (2008). Stroke. In WR Frontera et al., eds., Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2nd ed., pp. 887–891. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Author | Monica Rhodes |
Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
Primary Medical Reviewer | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine |
Specialist Medical Reviewer | Richard D. Zorowitz, MD - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
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