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Increasingly more women are waiting until later in life to start families. And while there are many benefits to postponing
motherhood, there are some health risks that increase as a woman ages.
What are the risks? Starting in their mid-30s, women face an increased risk for miscarriage, fetal chromosomal abnormalities, high blood pressure, gestational diabetes, placental abruption, preeclampsia, early labor and are more likely to require a cesarean.
It's important to remember that these are risks all women, no matter their age, face during pregnancy. While every woman's pregnancy is unique, older moms-to-be often face some unique challenges. Knowing what challenges might arise and how to reduce your
risk increases the likelihood you'll enjoy a happy and healthy pregnancy.
Scott MacGregor, DO, Maternal-Fetal Medicine at NorthShore, shares his tips for staying healthy throughout your pregnancy:
Are you waiting until later to start your family? When did you have your first child?
There are two types of stroke: ischemic, which occur as the result of a blockage inside a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain, and hemorrhagic, which occur when a blood vessel ruptures and causes bleeding in the brain. When the brain does not
receive a continuous supply of blood, brain cells die. Time is of the utmost importance in the treatment of stroke, and yet many do not call 911 when stroke symptoms arise.
Deborah Lynch, Advance Practice Nurse and Stroke Coordinator at NorthShore, answered our questions on stroke, including signs, risk factors, recovery and more, to raise awareness that stroke is a brain attack and a medical emergency. Don't
ignore the signs.
What are the signs of a stroke? Are there early signs that might go unnoticed or ignored?
We teach the public to be F.A.S.T., which stands for facial droop, arm and/or leg weakness/numbness, speech/language difficulty and the T is for timing, which means getting medical attention as soon as possible. More subtle signs of stroke
would be similar to the ones listed above but possibly not as pronounced. For instance, if a person notices sudden weakness of his arm and leg on the same side, though he is able to use them, that is still a sign of stroke and it warrants emergent medical
attention. The real problem with stroke and public awareness is there usually is no pain associated with stroke so people wait and see if the symptoms will go away. Time is of essence!
Why is it so important to get medical attention fast?
Brain cells (neurons) die within seconds of not receiving oxygenated blood. The faster a person with stroke symptoms gets to the hospital the better. A person may be candidate for our only FDA-approved treatment for acute stroke: tPA (alteplase). But, this
can only be administered if symptom onset is less than 3-4.5 hours from time of drug administration. Stroke is a medical emergency. Call 911.
What happens after the hospital phase of stroke recovery?
Once the patient is medically stable, they will often go to either a sub-acute rehabilitation facility or an in-patient rehabilitation facility as the next level of care. Both include physical, occupational and speech therapy but in-patient requires that a
patient can tolerate at least three hours of therapy in a given day. Often, patients who have a lot of deficits are unable to withstand this level of therapy at the beginning. In those cases, sub-acute rehab is the next best place. Patients will be able to
get upwards of two hours of therapy a day but it is much more dependent on patient's endurance. Typical length of stay times are variable and depend on how well or poorly a patient is doing.
After a stroke, how long can patients continue to improve?
Improvement can continue a year from the stroke but improvement is not as dramatic as during the first 3-12 months. That said, people who have language difficulties from stroke have been known to improve for years afterward.
Is a younger stroke patient likely to have a better recovery than someone who is older?
Stroke can happen at any age and when it comes to stroke age is relative. Someone can have a more severe stroke as a younger person than an older person. Usually the younger patients have fewer chronic health issues though. If you are in poor health before
a stroke, it's more difficult to recover primarily because there is less reserve. That said, I have seen quite large strokes in an elderly population with good outcomes. The brain is a very complex organ and everyone really recovers differently. On the whole,
after a stroke, people improve. Where one can functionally get to remains unknown.
If there is a family history of stroke and high blood pressure, what can you to do prevent stroke.
Regular aerobic exercise and healthy eating are terrific approaches to what we refer to as "primary stroke prevention." Hypertension, or high blood pressure (typically greater than 130/85), is the number one risk factor for stroke. If you do have high blood
pressure, make sure to treat it. Do not delay. Hypertension is a "silent killer." People usually don't feel any different with high blood pressure.
What's a "mini stroke"? Can it lead to a more severe stroke?
Mini stroke is a term we in the stroke field would like to do away with. It has been used in the past to refer to
TIA (transient ischemic attack). This is an event with stroke-like symptoms that usually resolves itself within minutes. The problem with this term is that it sounds almost cute and harmless. In actuality, it carries the same risk of future
stroke as an actual stroke. TIAs are definitely warning signs of stroke. We take these events very seriously with the hope of identifying a person's stroke risk factors and reduce them as much as possible to hopefully prevent a stroke in the future. These
preventative measures include lifestyle changes like diet and exercise.
In addition to healthy eating and exercise, is an aspirin regimen recommended after a TIA?
We recommend at least aspirin 81mg (baby aspirin) or plavix 75mg after a person has had a TIA, especially if there is a history of diabetes, unless there is known contraindication.
The importance of a good night's sleep can't be overstated and not getting enough can lead to more than simply waking up on the wrong side of
the bed. Prolonged sleep deprivation can raise your risk for serious health problems like heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. Sleep isn't a waste of time; it's an investment in your health.
The benefits of sleep are many. According to
Thomas Freedom, MD, Neurologist and Program Director of Sleep Medicine at NorthShore, a good night's rest can improve:
Remember that the amount of sleep required varies with each individual, but most adults need approximately 7-8 hours a night.
Do you think you get enough sleep each night? Do you make sleep a priority?
Skin cancer is the most common kind of cancer, accounting for nearly half of all cancers in the U.S. And despite increased awareness of causes,
risk factors and methods of prevention, the rates of skin cancer, including the three major types—basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma—continue to climb. Due in part to the use of tanning beds, rates of melanoma, the deadliest type of
skin cancer, are especially high in young women in their 20s and 30s.
While prevention should be the priority—limiting exposure to sunlight, using sunscreen and avoiding the use of tanning beds—early detection is the next best thing. If detected early, skin cancer is almost always curable.
Britt Hanson, DO, medical oncology at NorthShore, shares some of her tips for identifying skin cancer, including what you should keep an
eye out for during regular self-checks.
What precautions do you take to reduce your risk of skin cancer?
A mutation found in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes puts women at an increased risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. After learning that both her aunt and mother had the BRCA1 mutation,
Sivan Schondorf was tested for the mutation at 24 years old and discovered that she was also positive. She began frequent surveillance for breast and ovarian cancer immediately. At 28, when she felt that surveillance was no longer enough, she
opted to take control of her risk and undergo a preventative, nipple-sparing mastectomy with reconstruction at NorthShore.
With BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the news, she shares her story so that other women know how to find the correct information about their risks and options.
What were your initial thoughts when you learned you tested positive for the BRCA1/BRCA2 gene mutation?
I was sad and worried to learn I had a BRCA 1 mutation, but I was able to push a lot of that fear aside because I was still years away from the recommended surgery time. I was 24 years old at the time.
What prompted you to get tested for this mutation? And then why did you decide to undergo a risk-reducing, nipple-sparing mastectomy with reconstruction.
My maternal aunt had what is now known as a triple negative BRCA1 breast cancer that metastasized and resulted in her passing before she was 50 years old. Our family OBGYN, Dr. Lapata, had good instincts and recommended that she test for the BRCA mutation.
The red flags being that she had a cancer that was premenopausal and aggressive, and that she was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
This was in 2000, so it wasn't something any of us had heard of. Once my aunt tested positive for the mutation, my mother found out she had the mutation as well. I was subsequently tested in 2005 and with a positive result, I opted for surveillance. At 24,
I thought I was years away from any possible surgical interventions; however, after only after three years of surveillance, I felt the threat of cancer looming. I realized that surveillance wasn't protecting me; it was only enabling me to discover it at an
early stage. The only way to significantly lower my risk was mastectomy, so I scheduled my surgery for the next year, which was around my 28th birthday.
The nipple-sparing one-step was the best option for me because it required less surgery than having expansion over time. I was also comfortable keeping my nipples because, aside from the more natural, aesthetic result, research shows that keeping one's nipples
is safe as long as the surgery is done preventatively rather than when cancer is present.
How has this decision impacted your life?
In the very short-term, I felt different from my friends because I was thinking about things that women my age don't normally have to think about. My thoughts were often on my situation. Five years later, as a working mother and wife, I hardly ever
think about it, except at my yearly clinical exam. It's something from my past that I faced head on.
I'm so much more comfortable now that my risk for breast cancer is so much lower. I do still monitor my ovaries at least twice a year. I have not yet pursued surgical intervention because I'm not done having children and do no feel the cost-benefit of beginning
menopause at 31 is worthwhile. I'm looking at having an oopherectomy by age 40.
It's been a few years since you had this surgery. How are you doing?
I'm great! Having a baby (and now expecting my second) has done far more to change my body than the mastectomy did. I don't regret it for a second. I would do anything to improve my chances of being around to see my children grow. I want to be there
for them as long as I possibly can. Clearly, Angelina Jolie felt the same way, and I'm proud to have been one of her trail blazers!
What advice would give to women who are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer?
Every woman comes to a decision and place of acceptance differently. We all have different perceptions of our bodies and what we can and can't live without. Some have lost mothers due to this mutation and some find out about BRCA unexpectedly, without
even knowing about the elevated risk of cancer in their families.
Each woman must decide what level of risk she can live with. After watching my Aunt Linda die so quickly from this insidious disease, and also having my mother as a role model for me when she had her surgery, I decided that surgery at an early age was right
for me. It doesn't mean its right for everyone.
The most important thing is for women to have the most accurate information, which they can get from genetic counselors and doctors. They should also seek support from the local BRCA community so they can make informed decisions and have the emotional support
that a community can provide. FORCE (Facing our Risk of Cancer Empowered) has provided my family with that support, and we try to give back to our community as much as possible.
Is there any other information you'd like to share?
I filmed my surgery process at NorthShore's Evanston Hospital and at home in order to help empower other women and to make the experience more meaningful for myself. Because I'm not a filmmaker, I have not yet been able to edit the hours of footage.
Seeing Angelina Jolie come out to the public has reignited my passion to finish this short film, which I hope will help other women.
There are many rewards but also many responsibilities that come with palliative caregiving. And while many caregivers say that those
rewards make the effort worth it, there is no denying that the responsibilities caregivers shoulder on a daily basis can be stressful. Studies show that between 40-70% of caregivers suffer significant levels of stress and about half of significantly stressed
caregivers meet the criteria for major depression.
Recognizing and celebrating those rewards and learning to acknowledge when stress levels are too high are essential for the physical and mental well-being of all caregivers, both familial and professional.
Michael Marschke, MD, palliative care physician at NorthShore, shares his recommendations on how caregivers can best cope with and manage
Remember that in order to provide quality care to a family member or a client you have to care for yourself too. Once you do, the rewards of caregiving will be that much richer.
Have you ever cared for an elderly or disabled family member? Are you currently employed as a palliative caregiver? If so, how did you cope with stress?
Mother's Day might have passed but every day can be a celebration of moms, moms-to-be and the many adventures of motherhood. For expectant mothers, the experts at NorthShore University HealthSystem have created a checklist for the stages of pregnancy, week
by week. Every mommy-to-be can learn how to take care of herself during each and every stage of pregnancy and track her baby's developments along the way.
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to learn more about the stages of pregnancy and how a mommy-to-be can prepare for baby.
They are everywhere, from drugstores to dedicated brands. It's impossible to miss all the makeup, moisturizers, anti-aging serums and cleansers with the words "natural" and "chemical-free" written in bold on their packaging. But are these "natural" options
any better for your skin than more conventional skincare products? The only way to find out is to ask your skin.
When it comes to skincare, it's what your skin wants and how it reacts to what you put on it that should matter most. Certain skin types are just as likely to react to natural ingredients as they are to non-natural ingredients. Natural also doesn't necessarily
mean the product is safer for your skin or that it will produce more impressive results.
Give any product a month or more to determine its effectiveness. If you like what you see, you might have found a good match. If you react poorly, discontinue use and try all over again with something new.
If using natural products is important to you,
Sarah Kasprowicz, MD, dermatologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem, shares some tips how to find the best product for your skin and what to look out for before buying:
1. Read the ingredients. Make sure to read the ingredient label on all skincare products like you would a food label. It will help you get to know the ingredients you are putting on your skin. The word "natural" doesn't necessarily mean
the product contains only "all natural" ingredients. In fact, it might contain some of the same ingredients as its non-natural counterparts.
2. Keep an eye out for these natural ingredients:
3. Use sunscreen. Always include a sunscreen in your skincare routine. Look for a sunscreen that is labeled as "broad spectrum," which means the product has been tested and proven to protect against deeply penetrating UVA rays and shorter-waved
UVB rays. Zinc oxide, a physical blocker, is considered more "natural" than many of the other ingredients found in sunscreen.
Have you gone natural with your skincare regimen? Why or why not? What's worked for you?
Obesity is a condition that affects nearly one third of men and women in the United States, and its risk factors can cause
severe and often life-threatening illnesses, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and an increased risk for developing breast, prostate and colon cancers. While a healthy diet and consistent exercise routine are the best ways to stay fit, that combination
might not be enough for everyone to maintain a healthy weight.
For those who struggle with severe weight loss problems, bariatric surgery, or weight loss surgery, can offer life-changing solutions. The procedures that fall under the category of bariatric surgery reduce the size of the stomach in various ways, restricting
the amount of food patients can eat and increasing their ability to lose weight rapidly.
These procedures include:
Woody Denham, MD, bariatric surgeon at NorthShore, shares some of the basic criteria one must meet for weight loss surgery:
As with any surgery, it is important to discuss what treatment options would be best for you with your physician. The weight loss journey doesn't end with surgery. Losing weight will still require basic lifestyle changes, including diet and exercise.
To learn more about bariatric surgery and to determine if you'd be a good candidate, attend one of NorthShore's
Bariatric Information Sessions. This free session is offered the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 6-7p.m. at 501 Skokie Blvd. in Northbrook.
What do you do control your weight? Have you had weight loss surgery?
April is National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month. All this month, we will feature a series of posts addressing Parkinson's disease symptoms, genetics, treatment options and more from NorthShore neurologists—Demetrius Maraganore,
MD, Aikaterini Markopoulou, MD, and Ashvini Premkumar, MD— to raise awareness about this common and often disabling neurological disorder.
Demetrius Maraganore, MD, and
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Is it possible to detect PD before symptoms begin?
There is no established method of detecting Parkinson's disease before symptoms begin. Because patients with Parkinson's disease may lose their sense of smell decades before the onset of their movement disorder, some investigators have explored the use of
smell testing as a method of detecting Parkinson's disease in at-risk subjects (e.g., persons who carry a rare gene mutation known to cause Parkinson's disease). Persons can lose their sense of smell for many unrelated reasons though (e.g., following an upper
respiratory infection, head trauma, or if they smoke). Loss of smell can precede other brain degenerations such as Alzheimer's disease, so smell testing lacks the specificity needed for a predictive test.
A more promising approach is brain imaging using a radiopharmaceutical called
DATSCAN. This is a compound that is injected into a vein and that binds to the endings of dopamine nerve cells in the brain. In Parkinson's disease, dopamine nerve cells degenerate; hence, there is less binding of DATSCAN. The uptake and binding of DATSCAN
can be measured using a single photon emission computerized tomogram or "SPECT" camera. We are currently conducting a study at NorthShore to determine if persons with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury, who are at an 11-fold increased risk for Parkinson's
disease, have lower DATSCAN binding than persons without a history of brain injury. This study would demonstrate that it's possible to detect Parkinson's disease in at-risk subjects before symptoms begin.
DATSCAN could prove useful as a method to develop asymptomatic Parkinson's disease in at-risk subjects who could then be prescribed treatments or lifestyle changes that might delay or possibly even prevent the onset of Parkinson's disease symptoms. My research
associate Dr. Ying Wu is also exploring the use of automated MRI brain measurements in the same brain injury population to see whether MRI may prove effective in detecting preclinical Parkinson's disease changes in at-risk subjects.
Are PD symptoms or outcomes different between men and women? Between races?
My research collaborators and I have conducted several studies of gender differences in Parkinson's disease. At every age men are 1.5 times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease than women. We observed no convincing difference in survival for men and women
with Parkinson's disease. While there was no difference in motor outcomes, we observed that the risk for dementia was greater in men than in women with Parkinson's disease. It's possible that estrogen protects against dementia in women.
My collaborators and I observed no important differences in the rates of Parkinson's disease worldwide, and I'm not aware of any convincing data to suggest that symptoms of Parkinson's disease or its outcomes differ according to race or ethnicity.
What are some of the later complications of Parkinson's disease?
Typically we associate Parkinson's disease with movement disorders. As the disease progresses, patients may develop balance difficulties that result in falls. As a result, patients become increasingly dependent on assistance in walking. For example, they may
need a cane or a walker or someone to walk with them. As the movement disorder progresses more, patients may be entirely unable to stand or walk even with assistance
Parkinson's disease is not just a movement disorder though. About one in three patients develop a significant decline in memory and mental faculties, or what we call dementia. Both falls and dementia are dreaded late complications of Parkinson's disease because
they are resistant to medical or surgical treatments and because they carry an increased risk for nursing home placement and even death. Predicting falls and dementia as late complications of Parkinson's disease is a research priority of the Department of
Neurology at NorthShore and a current focus of my research.
Is there a way to slow or halt the progression of PD?
There is no proven method of slowing or halting the progression of Parkinson's disease. Treatments that have been studied and that failed to provide evidence of neuroprotection are: selegiline, vitamins E and C, pramipexole, ropinerole, and COQ10. There is
some statistical evidence that carbidopa/levodopa therapy may slow motor progression in Parkinson's disease, but the benefits are trivial.
Azilect is being promoted as a neuroprotective agent, but it's dubious because the beneficial effects were observed at smaller and not higher doses. The drug is also very expensive and prone to multiple drug-diet and drug-drug interactions. At best, the benefits
are nominal. A recent medical advisory panel to the FDA voted 17 to 0 that Azilect should not be approved as a neuroprotective therapy in Parkinson's disease.
Inosine dietary supplementation, to increase blood uric acid levels, may be neuroprotective; however, it may also increase the risk for heart disease, stroke or dementia. There is some evidence that vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for Parkinson's disease;
however, there are no clinical trials to suggest that vitamin D therapy slows the progression of Parkinson's disease. Similarly, observational studies have suggested that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or cholesterol lowering medications (statins)
are associated with a reduced risk for Parkinson's disease, but clinical trials evidence of neuroprotection is lacking. There are some early clinical trials of the calcium channel blocker isradipine, which may have neuroprotective effects in animal models
of Parkinson's disease. Though, the animal models of Parkinson's disease are not always informative, and some calcium channel blockers can actually cause reversible parkinsonism.
One big hope on the near horizon is therapies targeting the alpha-synuclein protein in Parkinson's disease, including a vaccine that is in early phase clinical trials. However, while genetic studies have indicated that alpha-synuclein is neurotoxic prior to
the onset of Parkinson's disease symptoms, my research team recently provided genetic evidence that alpha-synuclein may be neuroprotective late in the disease process. So it's unclear if therapies targeting alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease will be effective
and safe.
Recent studies have suggested that exercise might slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Apart from exercise, I have no recommendations regarding neuroprotection at this time.
Once dementia starts is there anything that can be done to reduce the loss of memory?
There are certain "cognitive enhancing" medications that may be useful in improving cognitive symptoms and slowing the progression of dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease. These include a class of drugs entitled cholinesterase inhibitors (rivastigmine,
galantamine, donepezil). The Exelon patch in particular was specifically studied in Parkinson's patients and obtained FDA approval for treatment of Parkinson's related dementia. Memantine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, has been FDA approved for treatment of
Alzheimer's dementia; however, in clinical practice, it has also been found to be helpful in certain patients with Parkinson's disease related dementia. In addition, nonpharmacological interventions including exercise, social stimulation, and cognitive rehabilitation
can be helpful in the treatment of dementia in Parkinson's disease.
Apart from genes, are there any environmental risk factors for PD?
My research team was funded by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences for more than ten years to study both genetic and environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease. We found that pesticide exposure, both occupational and gardening-related,
was associated with a two-fold increased risk for Parkinson's disease. In particular, exposure to herbicides carried an increased risk. Of the herbicides recalled by our study subjects, the one most significantly associated with Parkinson's disease was 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic
acid, a major component of Agent Orange. There have been reports that Vietnam War veterans are at an increased risk for Parkinson's disease. Pesticides may contribute to an increased risk for Parkinson's disease by causing the alpha-synuclein protein to misfold
and form toxic accumulations within vulnerable nerve cell regions.
My research team also observed that head trauma may be a risk factor for Parkinson's disease. A closed head injury that produced loss of consciousness or that required hospitalization was associated with an 11-fold increased risk for Parkinson's disease. Head
trauma may contribute to an increased risk for Parkinson's disease by causing an acute spike in alpha-synuclein levels.
While my research team observed no evidence for an interaction of pesticide exposures and alpha-synuclein gene variants, a research team from California recently reported an interaction of head trauma and alpha-synuclein gene variants in Parkinson's disease.
Currently, my research team at NorthShore is conducting a brain imaging study of mild traumatic brain injury to determine if there are Parkinson's disease-like abnormalities in the brain scans of persons exposed to head trauma, even in the absence of symptoms
of Parkinson's disease. We will also consider the interaction of traumatic brain injury and alpha-synuclein gene variations in that study.


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Essentially, it is a coach's ability to communicate that determines his/her success. Having the best session content is of no use if you cannot communicate effectively with your players.
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strange, i have here a brand-new laptop from my friend and it has Intel GMA4500M card and Windows 7(tm) on it. works just fine with OpenGL 2.1
same way it provided a way to "build and run binaries" via so cold, Native Client, another BSD-licensed piece of shit.
why to create this crunch ? apparently their "free linux distribution" "cannot" give a way for its users^Wowners to use any GNU or even any C\C++-written program.
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Many web sites determine what you see based on your location, so for example if you want to watch Hulu – you need to be in the USA. Access is controlled by location so it doesn't matter if you're a US citizen, if you're trying to access Hulu from a hotel in Rome then you're Italian and you'll get blocked. This is why changing your real IP address is becoming a much more common requirement, simply because that loads of the best websites restrict access depending on the location of your computer.
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However although you can't change your IP address – you can hide your true address and present another one. You do this by connecting via either a VPN or a proxy site, both of these will obscure your real IP address. They both operate in similar ways, the proxy server routes all your web traffic via itself and simply forwards all data in both directions. The VPN is actually a secure, encrypted tunnel which routes all traffic from your computer through the VPN server. Both have strengths and weaknesses. In reality a VPN is more difficult to detect by remote web sites, although this can involve a slight overhead on speed in some situations.
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But an easier option is to just select a VPN service which allows access to a wide variety of servers especially if you want to use it with an iPad or mobile device, check this post – Watching BBC Iplayer on Ipad in US. These services are all pretty low cost now and the best ones include servers all across the world. Here's some things to check out when looking for a decent service :-
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Identity Cloaker is primarily a security product but offers both proxy and VPN modes for accessing BBC Iplayer, Hulu and all media sites. They have loads of US and even more UK based servers so if you want to watch the BBC Iplayer service then it's probably your best option. They do have lots of servers in the France, Germany, Australia, Canada and throughout Europe as well though. They also don't automatically renew your subscription either which I like.
Overplay is another great little company, I like their connection software which is easy to use. Lots of US servers included in the standard subscription. They also have the widest selection of servers although perhaps many won't use most of them. If you need a server in somewhere unusual they are most likely to have them. The support staff know their stuff and are very helpful.
Both these companies allow Paypal and are easy to cancel when you need. They also had the fastest servers out of the ones I looked at. Don't worry that they don't openly advertise the bypassing functionality for sites like Hulu, BBC, ABC etc – it's deliberate, the services which openly promote this functionality get closed down eventually.
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So why would you want to do this? Well the simple answer is that the US Version of Netflix is much better than any other one. It has thousands more shows and films, plus much more recent releases – some of it only just out of European cinemas for example.
There are many examples but here is just one brief explanation of why you may want to change Netflix to US version. It started for me when I became rather hooked on a Sci-Fi series called Lost which you might have heard of. My partner and I had both managed to miss the hysteria about this show the first time round, but got well and truly hooked after a few series. This is one of the great advantages of Netflix, you can find a show you like and then watch the whole thing over a few weeks, with no huge gaps between series.
Just look at this – six years and six seasons of one the best Sci-Fi shows ever made, all for a few dollars a month subscription.
I think it happened about half way through, when we were up to season 3 – we'd been watching for a few weeks an episode a night. Then disaster struck, it just disappeared, gone with no warning or anything – boy were we mad! We were not alone, loads of people were online complaining about this sudden withdrawal and the only help was a vague promise that it might return to the UK Netflix at some point. This was the trigger, up to then I didn't realise there was such a thing as a UK Netflix but if you search online you'll find lots of information on this. The best estimates I've seen suggest that there are around 4000 items on UK Netflix, but about 9000 plus if you change Netflix to US version.
It is surprisingly easy to do, and after a few weeks of investigating plus trial and error – I think I have found the best solution. First of all forget about using American proxies, VPNs and security programs for this – you don't need them. Sure they all work, but are difficult to install on anything other than a PC and also can really slow your connection down.
What you need is something called Smart DNS – which is basically a very clever way of accessing any of the world's country restricted websites by hiding your real location. The best Smart DNS service can hide your location by just rerouting a small part of your initial connection with a server, allowing you to stream directly from the media site after that. Your internet speed will remain pretty much untouched but a whole new world of internet media sites will be opened up to you – from BBC iPlayer, Hulu, Pandora to the US version of Netflix it doesn't matter where you live.
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There are a few, but I only found one which was –
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The last point is important, although you might want to watch the US version of Netflix the majority of the time – there are some things only found on your home version. For example French and German Netflix have lots of content in French and German, which won't be on the US version. So you want to be able to switch between the versions –
Instead of switching everyone automatically to the American version of Netflix, this Smart DNS service allows you to switch version using this web page. This is incredibly useful and makes it a doddle to switch between different versions when ever you need. Without this method you'd have to remove the Smart DNS settings from your devices to go back to the original version of Netflix. Anyway here's how you install it on a computer, but as you can see it's just as simple to utilize on a Smart Phone, Mac, tablet or any network enabled device.
Basically after you have subscribed to use the Smart DNS servers, you just need to change the default DNS server in network settings. It's usually accessible on most network devices – I personally use it on a WiiU, Playstation, iPhone, iPad and Smart TV.
Setting Up Smart DNS on Smart Hub Samsung TV
For anyone who spends a lot of time online, Smart DNS is one of the most useful applications you can have. It basically is a special DNS server which can filter requests to specific websites and hide your true location. So for example you can use it to watch US only TV stations like Hulu and NBC from Europe, or stream BBC iPlayer or ITV player onto a device outside the UK.
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Previously people used proxies and VPNs to bypass these restrictions but these had two main drawbacks –
- Could be difficult to configure outside a PC/Mac environment.
- Involved streaming all traffic through the proxy/VPN server.
For example a proxy server might need a username and password to access, which is fine if you're using a PC application, but not so easy to get working on a Smart TV or games console. Smart DNS provided pretty much the same functionality (as far as accessing media sites) by simply changing one setting in your network configuration – here's how it works on a PC.
Pretty neat eh? It can be set up on most devices, once you have enabled Smart DNS for your account, then you just need to find how to change the network settings on the device.
Here's where to find it on a Samsung Smart Hub TV
The settings and screens can vary from model to model, but hopefully these will point you in the right direction.
You're looking for the network settings information either in the Wired or Wireless connection settings. If you're using a wireless connection most of the Network configuration will be assigned automatically by your access point, but don't worry if you look for manually set the settings you can override the DNS setting (which is the only one you're interested in).
Simply change the Primary DNS setting to the Smart DNS proxy address then change your country region within the Smart Hub. On most of the current TVs you do this by pressing the following keys – fast forward, 2, 8, 9, rewind keys on your TV remote. Please note if you have a F (2013) or H (2014) model of Samsung TV there is a new key sequence. This will bring up your Internet Service Location where you can change to the country you require, for example American Netflix will require you select the USA.
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There are approximately 10 million Twitter users in Turkey but many are reporting bad news. It appears that the social networking site popular across the word has been blocked to many Turkish based users by the country's telecommunication's regulator. It's not quite clear whether this ban has been implemented completely but certainly many users are reporting being redirected towards a warning page when trying to access Twitter.
Here's the message one mobile phone user got when trying to reach the site.
Twitter and indeed other social networking sites have of course been banned before in Turkey, YouTube was offline for about 2 years before the block was lifted. This time the Turkish Government have been more up front about the ban with the Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowing to 'wipe out Twitter'.
He is quoted as saying
"I don't care what the international community says at all. Everyone will see the power of the Turkish Republic,"
The reason is very probably linked to numerous documents being posted reportedly showing evidence of the widespread corruption relating to the Prime Minister. There have been numerous allegations including recordings of telephone conversations where the prime minister discusses where to hide various huge amounts of money so investigations can't find them.
Mr Erdogan is of course citing other reasons and legal issues but the reality is very plain to the majority of people and all the Turks I have spoken. Corruption is rife among the upper echelons of the Turkish Government and Twitter is allowing people to speak about it – hardly surprising it's being banned.
Of course it's utterly futile and in many senses only serves as an admission of guilt in many people's eyes. The ban will be circumvented and there are a myriad other ways that any information can be circulated just as quickly, blocking Twitter is just plain stupid.
If you need some help getting into the site then just use a program like Identity Cloaker illustrated here which will bypass all the Turkish web sites blocks quickly and easily. If you want to try it first the demonstration version of Identity Cloaker is available free here for download actually allows access to Twitter so you could use this version for free to access the site and a few others.
When is a Proxy Secure?
For many people, using proxies is an essential step to enable security and personal privacy. They will know that every time they use the internet for anything that a record is kept in many places about their activity. Often it's just a small cookie or a record in a log, but at your ISP for instance there is a complete record of every site you visit, every file download and every video watched. This is where the authorities go for instance when they want to investigate something, your ISP.
So it's hardly surprising that many people seek to hide some of this information, you don't need to be an international jewel thief or extremist terrorist to want a little more privacy than is currently available to the average internet user – i.e none at all.
So then they look at proxies, and indeed a ten minute Google search will point you in this direction. The proxy server will sit in between you and the web site you visit, meaning that they cannot record your visit properly – only the proxy address. You'll still get everything logged in your ISP though unless the connection is encrypted perhaps using a VPN or SSH instead.
But here lies a problem, proxies can offer a layer of security but only when they are configured and administered properly. If they aren't then you are merely handing over yet another complete record of your online activity to another server. In fact it can be worse than that, lots of of the 'free proxies' available online are only put there to steal and harvest people's data. Enterprising hackers will take over these open proxies and log all the data that is transmitted through them – looking for usernames, passwords and identity information that can be used to make them money.
The internet is swarming with free proxies, using the vast majority of them is a really bad idea. I logged into four the other week completely at random and all of them were completely insecure in fact two of them had the proxy service itself running in the context of the 'root' account – something only a real IT novice would ever do and extremely dangerous. The reality is that a server is only secure when someone is taking the time and effort to ensure it is secure – that knowledge and effort is rarely available for free.
However if you're only using a proxy to stream video, perhaps from BBC iPlayer or another media site then perhaps a free proxy could work? After all there's no personal data just a stream of video so what's the harm?
Well nothing really, the problem here is much more about practicalities, all these free proxies are completely overloaded and run at a pitifully slow rate. Occasionally you'll unearth a little fast gem that has escaped notice by the proxy scrapers – but it won't be fast for long -rarely longer than an hour or so. Expect to spend more time looking for new servers than using them. If you can afford it then a paid subscription is definitely the way forward. Here's one I recommend in this video – Fast Proxy Server.
As you can see the proxies in this program run very quickly indeed, if you want to stream HD or even standard resolution video or media then a slow proxy will make most un watchable.
Lost, Gone from Netflix but Not Forgotten
I used to love Netflix, it's different, has lots of great movies/series and it's very easy to access using Smart TVs or my favorite the Roku. But this Summer they pushed me too far, I had 'discovered' the show – Lost about 8 years later than everyone else. I'd listened to everyone rave about this, glazed over as they discussed strange sound plots and completely ignored it – mainly due to the hype. Well one day I noticed it on my Netflix account and thought I'd give it a try, the rest is a story about obsession. For a few days I watch a couple of episodes a day – right up to my vacation. I couldn't wait to get back to complete the series but when I returned it had gone !!!!
Lost no longer appeared anywhere on the listings, a search revealed it was 'unable to stream'. A Google search revealed lots of very upset people like me, stuck on an episode somewhere, stranded at some cliff hanger movement and now we were all 'Lost'.
No warning, no countdown enabling you to take a few days off work and cram them in. One day Lost was there and the next day it had completely disappeared, what a wonderful way to treat your customers! Well a little research, led me to a few conclusions – firstly the show had only actually been removed from the UK Netflix, secondly Lost was still streaming on the US version and lastly my account would work on US Netflix if I had an American IP address.
So here's what I discovered –
The truth is that if you use IP cloaking software like Identity Cloaker and hide your real IP address – you can be watching US Netflix irrespective of your real location. If you haven't checked it out, then you'll also discover that the US version had loads more shows and films – usually much more up to date stuff too. So it doesn't matter if you're in Canada, Germany, UK or Italy then you don't have to stick with the version of Netflix you have been assigned you can pick your own.
You don't need to open a new Netflix account, they seem to be global but just redirected to the country you are in.
How to Watch Canadian TV from the US
Most of the blocks, bans and filters online are based on your location. It's slightly ironic that the internet was meant to bring us all together, yet most of the world's media sites are working out ways they can block people from different locations.
Anyway the vast majority of these sites simply look up your IP address when you connect before deciding if you watch or not. So for example to watch CTV the Canadian broadcaster, you'll have to be based in Canada or connect from a Canadian IP address.
Unfortunately it's difficult to control your real address as this is assigned to you when you connect to the internet by your ISP. Although it will sometimes vary, it will always be linked to the country you are connecting from.
Fortunately, you can hide your real IP address by conencting via an intermediary – often known as a proxy or VPN server.
How to Watch CTV Outside Canada
Anyway the easiest way to see how it's done is to watch this short video.
That's all there is to it. Using a program like Identity Cloaker means you can swap your IP address with a click of the mouse whenever you like. Switch to a Canadian one for CTV, then back to a US address for Hulu followed by a British IP address for the wonderful BBC iPLayer – more here – www.iplayerusa.org.
If you want to do it for free, you'll need to find a free Canadian proxy you can use and modify your browser settings to use it instead. It's not hard to do but unfortunately it's difficult to find the servers, proxies and VPN servers are very expensive things to run.
You can try it out by using the Identity Cloaker trial account – 10 days of CTV, Iplayer, Hulu or whatever you need to check it works for a few dollars – for the price of a coffee and sandwich you'll be impressed I'm sure!
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A Bad IP Address
Of course, if I said someone lived in a 'bad neighborhood' or was rejected for a loan due to a bad credit score then you'd all know what I mean. But in this ever increasing online world there's another aspect to your existence that can have an affect on your life – and that is your IP address.
Your IP address is of course your unique identifier assigned to your computer when it's online. It's full name is internet protocol address and you can read the technical background on the wonder of IP and it's role in TCP/IP here. But suffice it to say, that without this address it is impossible to communicate online, it allows you to visit websites, download films and DVDs and send emails and just about every thing else available on the web.
In fact your IP address will already partly affect some areas of your online experience. Have you ever been blocked from a site or video? Perhaps tried to watch something on YouTube and been told it's not available in your country? Well that's all down to the location of your IP address – mainly what country it originates from.
So if you do a quick search online, many sites will tell you that to find your IP address – just select command prompt type in the command ipconfig /all as I've done in the screen shot above. From this screen you might suppose that my IP address is 192.168.1.15 as circled. This is actually a private IP address and is only valid in my internal network – it's not my real internet facing address. Within my house like millions of other people I have multiple devices like laptops, phones and PCs all connected through my internet connection, these internal addresses allow them to communicate through my single real IP address.
To find your real IP address, you need to look at the configuration screen of your modem or router, the device that actually connects through to your internet provider.
Here's mine –
Well a bit of mine, obscured for privacy reasons ! This address is allocated by my ISP to my connection and all my devices will appear to the internet to be from this single IP address. So my son, downloading games to his Xbox will appear at the same address as my wife and I surfing from the same location – we all originate from the same single address.
About Bad IP Addresses
So although at any point in time, your connection will be the only one online using this particular IP address – it doesn't mean you always have. If you can see from the screen shot – the address has been assigned dynamically from my ISP – who basically have a big pool of addresses which they allocate individually to their customers. All the addresses will be assigned from this database which are registered to specific providers and countries. This is how geo-targeting works – everyone knows which country an IP address is assigned to. Which is why you'll need a US IP address for Hulu and a UK address for BBC Iplayer, anyone can look up which country and IP address is located in very easily.
Sometimes an IP address can be used to send out millions of spam messages, attack websites or download and share pirated software and films. Most hackers and spammers will normally try and use someone else's address to hide their location – obtained via viruses and malware without the owners knowledge.
This is the sort of behavior that can find any IP address blacklisted – on some of the thousands of lists of 'bad IP addresses'. Many of these lists have been developed to combat Spam and so mail servers across the world can block any mail received from them. Unfortunately IP addresses are routinely shared and reallocated to you can easily end up with one these being issued to your connection.
Common scenarios of being allocated a 'bad IP address':
Problems Buying Things Online
Ever tried to buy something online and found your payment couldn't be processed? You might get some generic error message from the retailer saying it couldn't accept payment or something similar. This may be that your IP address has found itself onto a blacklist somewhere. Frequently IP addresses are blocked if they've been used by online criminals perhaps with stolen credit card details or similar. Some of the spam lists are also used by big payment processors – some companies block addresses from whole countries, certainly a problem if you're accessing the internet from somewhere like Nigeria.
Difficulty with Sending Email
If your address (or worst your mail server address) has been put on an internet blacklist you may find problems with emails. Maybe emails bouncing back undelivered often with obscure sounding error messages. Many of the big webmail providers like Hotmail and Yahoo will routinely block emails from IP addresses on the blacklists.
Accessing Websites and Forums
Internet blacklists are often used by many sites to try and prevent spammers and hackers accessing the sites. Many websites will automatically block access from IP addresses which try and login to secure servers for example. Here's the message I get whenever someone tries to hack into one of my websites.
IP: 18.104.22.168 (CN/China/-) Failures: 5 (sshd) Interval: 300 seconds Blocked: Permanent Block Log entries: Sep 13 04:51:36 xenon sshd[23175]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=22.214.171.124 user=root Sep 13 04:51:38 xenon sshd[23175]: Failed password for root from 22.214.171.124 port 6291 ssh2 Sep 13 04:51:41 xenon sshd[23179]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=22.214.171.124 user=root Sep 13 04:51:43 xenon sshd[23179]: Failed password for root from 188.8.131.52 port 4974 ssh2 Sep 13 04:51:46 xenon sshd[23185]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=220.127.116.11 user=root
You can see that after three failed logins, the system will now block any attempted access from that specific IP address. It wouldn't matter if that IP address was assigned to a different person or location, until that restriction is removed you wouldn't be able to view my website using that address.
There are further questions 0f course – how do I find out if my address is blacklisted? How can I change my IP address? Which I will try and address in my next post -
Why Can't I Watch the BBC Online Abroad?
It's often a shock, after all why offer an online version of the BBC and then block anyone who isn't in the UK. But for many trying to access BBC Iplayer when they're abroad becomes a bit of a challenge, you know it's possible but connecting up can be difficult. The search usually leads to things like VPNs and proxies, which for anyone living abroad are now essential – they basically give you access to all the best media sites online – irrespective of your location and IP address. So when the BBC, Hulu, ABC or M6 Replay checks your location and IP address and then decide what you can see – the proxy or VPN just tells them what they need to see – and allows you access.
For instance, I was recently in Spain with my work and got kinda bored staying in a hotel. So decided to watch some UK television online using my laptop. Unfortunately I then discovered that because I then had a Spanish IP address (from the hotels Wifi), I was now blocked from all the best UK websites like the BBC Iplayer and ITV etc. It was kind of annoying until I discovered there was a solution and an easy one at that.
By the way if you don't know why people are so keen to get access to BBC Iplayer – you should really check it out. It's without doubt one of the best media resources available online, in fact I don't think anything comes close although there are some excellent US sites like Hulu and Pandora for music.
Anyway for those of us who either live or travel abroad a lot, having access to these sites is a godsend. You don't have to sit watching a TV show in a language you don't understand or some awful cable channel.
So What is the Solution to Watching BBC IPlayer Abroad?
Basically the problem is your IP address, everyone is linked to a specific country and it's very easy to look up. Many websites look your location up as soon as you access their site, they then tailor what you can see based on that information. It's called Geotargeting and frankly it's extremely annoying – you'll normally get an error message like the image below.
Or perhaps this one if you try and access Pandora outside the US.
The way around it is quite simple, you just have to make the website think your in a different country by using an IP address from the required country. Unfortunately you can't modify your own address easily as this is assigned by your ISP. However you can connect via a proxy server based in the correct country and use it's address.
So for example to watch BBC Iplayer outside the UK you'd connect through a UK proxy. If you wanted to watch Hulu from outside the US then you'd need a proxy based in the USA, Pandora needs an American one too and so on.
It's really that simple – the website sees the IP address of the proxy server and not your real one. This short video shows the steps –
Where do I get a Proxy Server to Watch Iplayer or Hulu?
There's a few options depending on time and budget. You can find some free ones online if you search – however it takes a long time to find one in the right country and fast enough to relay video through. In reality you'll be best to settle on one of the many services that are available. A commercial service should be plenty fast enough and you know it will always be working when you want to watch something.
The one I use is Identity Cloaker which has been around for many years – it's way better than any of the TV watching services and does much more. Try the trial first if you are unsure to test it out –
Identity Cloaker 10 day trial – it gives you access to all the top media sites in UK, USA, France, Canada and Germany to name only a few.


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