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Voilà. My year of maternity leave and spending every waking (and sometimes groggy) moment with my awesome daughter is coming to an end. The countdown of my impending return to work has passed the T- 1-month mark and that means finding the right people to take care of our VIP while I go off and bring home the bacon (while my other half brings in the dough – we clearly enjoy well rounded brunches… lol).
Since we recently moved to a new neighborhood – one that I'm totally in love with for its typical suburban-tree-filled-middle-class-multiculturalness (yeah, the city girl in me still can't believe I'm enjoying suburbia) – as soon as my Internet was connected, I began the search for the right daycare for Z. My husband and I had already talked about what our priorities were in regards to daycare, so I had something to work with:
- It had to be within walking distance or a short public transportation trip from the house so that we weren't dependent on our car to transport her to and from;
- It had to be an in-home daycare with few kids so that we knew Z would get the attention she deserved (and also because viruses and illnesses would come and go much quicker when shared by fewer kids);
- It had to have schedule-flexibility (evening services available) since we both work at an agency that sometimes requires overtime in order to meet tight deadlines. Although we fully expect to tag team in order to ensure she always comes home at the same time, we wanted the peace-of-mind that a Plan B was available to us if we needed it;
- It had to offer a healthy and substantial warm lunch menu and whole snacks;
- It had to give Z the space and time to enjoy the independent play she's enjoyed since she could lift her head as well as offer a variety of group, artistic, educational and physical activities;
- It had to be recognized by the Quebec government so that, if it wasn't already a 7$/day daycare, we would have access to the advanced tax credit payments in order to comfortably afford quality care.
It's a pretty substantial list and we were ready to roll with the compromises – I knew that finding a RIE-inspired daycare center would be next to impossible, but wanted to find one that naturally came in line with most of the philosophy -, but we lucked out on our first visit and discovered a great in-home daycare right down our street that answered every single one of our needs and then some.
One of the unexpected bonuses of our area was that this daycare was very multi-ethnic – actually, so much so, Z is currently the only Caucasian child there! That means a lot to me because I vow to raise a blind child: color-blind, religion-blind, sexual-orientation blind, etc. Vee and I were raised in a way that promoted inclusiveness and that was a very important trait I wanted to impart to my own child.
So this Monday, off we went to integrate Z into this new routine with her new play group. I can't say it was something I took in stride – although I was very excited for her to have the opportunity to play with someone other than me and her family, socialize with kids, much needed energy expenditure and exposure to different foods and flavors, I knew I would miss her a lot and that we would both go through our own change-driven anxiety.
Day 1, we loaded her up into her stroller, grabbed her diaper bag with all the items recommended by the daycare director and headed off after her morning nap. After transferring her confused little body into Miss S's arms, staring at her with a big smile on my face (trying to conceal my own heartbreak), down the stairs they went and out the door I went. After fiddling with the stroller uselessly just so I could overhear potential cries of separation anxiety, I finally walked back to my house, surprising myself with my own hot tears welling up in my eyes. My mind was a whirl with thoughts of "I didn't tell her I love her! I didn't kiss her goodbye! She's going to be upset with me…"
I got home and busied myself with odd jobs you normally accumulate when moving into a new house. And then, at 12:30 my phone rang… and Miss S's name showed up on my caller ID… Stomach, meet feet.
Thankfully, Miss S just wanted to call to tell me Z was doing great and was chatting away while eating her lunch and that we'd see each other in a couple of hours. I really appreciated that one little call – she helped calm me down a lot. When I brought her home later that afternoon, I had an exhausted and slightly fussy baby who actually slapped my face away when I tried kissing her… I was sad but figured it was a normal reaction to being gone all day. After settling into her rocking chair and nursing her, she cuddled up into my arms, fingering my sweater and hair, and she slept for a good 2 hours. All was well and I found my smiley baby when she awoke, back to her old self.
Yesterday was still hard; same awkward thoughts that I hadn't said goodbye properly, that she looked confused when Miss S picked her up, but later in the day we had a major win: she actually napped! I still brought home a slightly cranky baby who tried pushing herself out of my arms when we got home, but again, as soon as she started nursing, she snuggled right back into my arms and enjoyed the rest of her afternoon among her own toys.
Thankfully today's drop off went much easier for both of us. Hopefully we get another nap win, and if we don't, that's okay. The important thing is that she's safe, she's learning, she's socializing and gaining life skills with very competent people. It'll make my return to work that much easier knowing that she's in great hands, even though I wish they were my own. But part of my happiness is also fulfilling my career objectives and putting my talents to good use; that'll be good for Z to witness and empowering for her, too. And it'll make our time together that much more special.
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"A puppy can always find his way home... or can he?" 30 August 2011 Family 90 mins
Bailey, an adorable Golden Retriever puppy, is moving! On the road trip to their new home, his family makes a stop and mistakenly leaves Bailey behind. This mischievous and playful pup sets out to find his family and stumbles across "Sharkarosa," an exotic wildlife ranch. At the ranch, Bailey meets and is befriended by an assortment of animals, including kangaroos, camels, a bearcat, a baby tiger, and "Puck," the sheepdog entrusted with running "Sharkarosa." Will Bailey ever see his family again? Or will he be left to work at the ranch until the "Cows Come Home?"
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OK, Chowhound Chefs!
Please start your engines. No, wait. Start the old "Twilight Zone" "doot-dat-dat-dat" theme music. This could get weird...
It's Rod Serling saying: "May I present, for your entertainment and delectation a pound of ground meat. It's ground turkey. But, it might be ANY ground meat from this or any other universe. But, with some imagination and the right ingredients I think it may yet hold some surprises..."
It's 2 p.m. West Coast time and my dinner menu is up for grabs.
I suspect my husband is bored out of his mind with my old dinner standbyes: meatloaf, burgers, spag. bol., chili, and meat/veg. stir fries with rice or various noodles. It's well known how you all love a challenge and my fridge and pantry are replete with the all the basic staples. So, please, please, please - what would YOU do with a pound of hamburger meat and some imagination?
Let the games begin!
Not ruling out the general categories of cooking noted above: loafie things, burgery things, things that are stir fried, but do you have versions that will make my tired old husband wake up and say "Niki, THAT'S really good. And different!"


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Letter(s) from Elena Marina to Phil (Australia)
Letter 1
Hello my friend Phil!
I am pleased so to receive your answer again! The my dear friend, certainly, whether can be you, wants, studying about ours The correspondence, about essence of the correspondence also, really? As I want to inform, that I have decided to get acquainted through the Internet, due of my girlfriend Kristina which one one year ago to get acquainted with the man from Germany and his name is Huns, I have told to you about it earlier. Phil, probably, it is possible, we shall be together during future time, we can be, I would like to look a marriage also if you will want it, me do not want to hide it so the important fact, but we should to study a The party of things about the friend the friend more and more, it will be Reasonable and it is correct, valid, Phil? I hope, that you agree I with this fact also. Please, inform me about it, well? But in mine Opinion, again and again, we should study about the friend to the friend More and more, I repeat it! Please, agree with me, Phil! Mine The dear friend Phil, I would like to inform you about my family. I Want to speak you, that I have not the big family. It - my mum Elena, On a speciality my mum - the seller in shop, we have good Understanding between us. As, I think, that ours Parents have trained us good formation. I think, that it is so good, and I are so proud, that I have my mum. Also I want to speak you, that I live with my family in various apartments, because I during long time already to leave from age to live with with mine parents and now I to move on a demountable apartment. Also I want to inform, that I consulted to my mum about the account my familiar to you through the Internet, her Has estimated it as positively because she cares of my future life Certainly. My mum would like it, I have a happy life, and would like It, I should find my person. As I have told to you earlier, I never was Married. I the only child in family and to not have brothers and sisters! I to not see my father since the childhood! My parents to get divorced when I was small, my father is a lot of to drink and mum to not sustain it! I to not want to speak about it! So already I spoke with you earlier, I work as cosmetician in a beauty salon In city Volzsk . It - accomplished and Convenient interior. My work is very pleasant for me, people in ours City kind, and visitors - not roughness to us, Certainly - there were cases when visitors - are not correct with us and spoil The mood, but it happens very seldom. I very much am interested to study About your work, Phil, also that you to carry out free from work Time? During ours free days, in my free time, we - with mine Girlfriends, leave walk to city, we like to sit in cafe also for a Cup of tea. I love my girlfriends very much, I is especial to the best Girlfriend Kristina. She - as the native sister for me!
Also I want to Speak you, that Kristina and Huns live in Germany now. Kristina has visited Huns to Germany last time, Huns have asked Kristina to visit in his Germany The ambassador, that when they have understood, that they like each other. I remember, Kristina was so happy at this time. They lived together all The winter and within a summer to decide to arrive to Russia. Simply, Kristina Has told on Huns, that she was absent about her parents, and that she Wants to visit on some time of her parents, and they arrived in Volzhsk From Germany. They are very happy together, they like each other very much Very much, I envy Kristina and Huns a little:) and also, certainly, we meet With each other sometimes and we carry out a lot of time together. We - So good friends! Also I want to speak you with which I never was outside From Russia, I never was in other countries, but I would like to travel At once, it - so romantical, I think:) it is Good, Phil, I should To finish my e-mail to you, I hope, that we shall continue to meet With each other, and you inform me much more on you directly, and me Will try to inform about me directly as more in the greatest possible degree in Future e-mails. I want to ask you about a plenty of things, Phil, and I hope, that you will understand my questions and will answer me for Them. I want to study more about your country, please, inform me about Your family, about your friends. Congratulations to you From mine mum, mine Friends Kristina and Huns also. I hope to see your message soon. While... you friend Elena
on photo my mother and my friends
I did not think yet of visiting you country. I to think, that to us still early to speak about it, you see we still absolutely to not know almost each other.
In Russia many people have no any phone in the house, I shall find out, as I can to call to you from station of a call by long-distance phone in our city if I can do it, we can speak. I ask, that you gave me telephone number, that I could cause (to name) you. If we cannot speak by phone now when I suggest to continue our correspondence to e-mail of the help now.
Letter 2
Hello, Phil! How are you? Im fine! Thanks for your answer on my last e-mail. In my opinion, it - so is wonderful, what we write each other because from our messages we investigate about the friend to the friend more and more, really, Phil? I am interested in our correspondence very much, it is very interesting to study about you, about your life in your country, to trust me, as a whole, I read your letters with the great pleasure! Well, Phil, I hope, that it will be interesting to study to you about my enthusiasm, my favourite things as a whole: From music??? I like to listen Russian and foreign musical Executors. From the Russian musical executors I like to listen to songs of following groups ' Akula ', ' Nikolay Bascov ', 'Tatu', and so on. You heared about these musical groups? Well, from foreign executors I like to listen ' Avril Lavin ', 'Scorpions', Elton John ', Madonna, Brithney Spears and so on... In general, I like to listen Good and modern music, Phil also it is similar to what music does you?
It would be interesting to study to me about it. Please, inform me, well?
From cinema? I like to look comedies, fantastic films, romantic serials and so on. I observe the TV. I have the TV, but at us display only three channels TV. I do not love cinema of horror. Comedies and serials - my favorites. I do not go to cinema very much frequently, it! My favourite film of this year is HEAT, the WOLFHOUND, the APOCALYPSE! Also I want to inform you, that I like to read books, especially the literature of internal authors: Thick, Chehov, Pushkin, and so on. The newspaper, comics, the classical literature or poems.
In the evenings the truth I read art novels. About foodstuff? Well, from favourite dishes of foodstuff, I want to place a various kind of soups, also I love meat also, I do not want to hide it from you:) I love a fish and a chicken very much, you are similar to a chicken? It is so tasty, really? Also I love a pizza very much. It is very tasty also, I love a pizza with cheese. I would like to speak you, that I love a fruit and vegetables, especially, a lemon of an apple, an orange, a banana, tomatoes, cucumbers and so on, there are many kinds of vitamins. Phil, you like to prepare? I to prepare not awfully as for my family, and friends have told to me at once:) Also about my favourite kind of sports meets: Sports are very important for me.
Without any realization exercise I shall become Languid. I hope to die when I - 100 years of age. Since the morning, before the worker In the afternoon time for a breakfast, physical exercises and water procedures suffices me. I very active., I like on sports meets very much, you are similar to this? In the winter I like to ski, be cooled to be on fresh air. Also I like to play on a volley also. But most of all I like to aerobic, we - with my girlfriend Irina borrowed aerobic at leisure, on my opinion, this kind of sports meets helps to support my body in the good form. Also I would like to speak you, that I like to dance dances:) you ever danced dance with any girl I is confident, what you would like to dance slow dance or a waltz with me?:) It will be wonderful! Probably, in the future, we shall dance With you, it would be wonderful! Really?:) About mine hobbie? I like to collect various beautiful female magazines, about style, about a female life for example and so on. During the small period of time, I have the big assembly of various magazines. Simply, I like to read the best magazines. I would like to inform you about my dreams also. By the way, my mum, and friends ask about you all time:) it is especial my mum, I have told to my mum, that you are decent and good The person, my mum it is very pleased to ours qorrespondence on the Internet And our relations, Phil. My parents wish to us good relations in the future, and it is possible, in the future if we shall be together in your country, they would like it, we shall be magnificent pair also:), but remember, Phil! We should study each other ever more and more! Really...? It is very important for me, Phil! The fact in it if you know, what on statistics, the majority of pairs is separated because, they knew each other insufficiently, and I do not want to make a mistake at once, I hope, what you will be can to understand me, Phil, really? As I spoke you earlier, we should to study about the friend to the friend more and more from our e-mails. Phil, I cannot trust, I have written to you such big e-mail. I hope, that it will be interesting to read about me more. Really? Phil, I would be grateful to you if you will write to me in your ambassador of e-mail about your enthusiasm, about your hobbies what Music you prefers? What cinema and another also? By the way, my mum and my friends ask, that I again spoke you the big congratulations from them! It - as is usual. Phil, I shall wait yours after e-mails! Phil, please, writes to me as soon as possible! Well? Good-bye, sm.. You it are fast. My best regards to you, Your friend, Elena.
Did you understand me when I say I want a partner to work beside me in my new Hotel I buy in end of May. YES
What is your last name?
You should know, that it will be better, if you willn't send me postmessages or other any usual parcels, for example our city usual pochtamt. Phil, I want to speak you, that it - so a shame, that we in Russia have peoples or some organizations of mail who love theft of a postparcel of any peoples. I know many so a shame, so bad cases about it from my girlfriends. It - a shame for these peoples and the organizations, realy? I hope that in your country all well with the postorganization. Please, do not send to me that - be pochtamt our city, I do not want it, your postparcel will be stealed any thieves!
But I shall give you my home address and my full name on any case. It - here:
My full name - Elena Marina,
And my home address:
Street Lenina 14 apartment 12
The Russian Federation
Is that your mum in the photo and sister? No me and my mum and my friend
In Russia many people have no any phone in the house, I shall find out, as I can to call to you from station of a call by long-distance phone in our city if I can do it, we can speak. I ask, that you gave me telephone number, that I could cause (to name) you. If we cannot speak by phone now when I suggest to continue our correspondence to e-mail of the help now.
Do you work at the moment? Yes
What do your mum think about you moving?
My mum is very glad, that I have found the man, which I love also which loves me. She is pleased, that I am happy.


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Jane Latman has been promoted to general manager, Discovery Fit & Health, effective immediately, and will retain responsibilities as senior vice president, development, Investigation Discovery (ID), reporting to Henry Schleiff, group president, ID, Destination America, American Heroes Channel and Discovery Fit & Health. Latman will continue to work for Kevin Bennett, general manager, ID and American Heroes Channel, as ID's chief development executive.
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Q: Changed my coolant temperature sensor 24 hr ago on 2002 Volkswagen Passat
My temp. needle gauge would stay at 90. When i ran the diagnostic i got a code p1296 so i assumed it was the coolant sensor because i have no symptom that i have a bad thermostat. I have hot heat,car does not overheat, mileage same. I changed the sensor 24 hr ago after my needle gauge started working right, but today i notice the check engine light still does this mean its the thermostat ? If not what else could it be ?
In addition, it is going to take awhile and a few start ups for the light to go out! You coud just get a repair shop or someone with a code reader to turn it off. If it comes back on with the same code, check the wires and connector to the sensor. You said the temp gauge is ok now so just have the light turned off.
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1295 and 97. Is in turbo area. Coolant is not prob. A little help please
Google P1296. Trying to help! It did fix the gauge.
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Looked on Mitchell under specific vehicle and wasn't there.
Found it on google. Just took a shot at it.
I turned it off i wasnt sure if it was normal to still be there.
How? With your code reader?
Yes i erased it. The engine light is no longer on i have a obd
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Are you sure of a P1296? Doesn't have a 1296 on that model. Has a P1295 and P1297.
Yes my obd is giving me the code p1296 cooling system malfunction
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TV Chat - Game of Thrones finale (June 10)
Game of Thrones fans are bracing themselves for the season finale on June 15 — will it go out with one of its trademark bloodbaths or a mysterious cliffhanger to keep everyone on edge for another year? Our TV critics are gathering to discuss the fate of all the key characters. On our regular panel: Alex Strachan, Postmedia's national TV columnist, Eric Volmers, entertainment and arts reporter for the Calgary Herald, Chris Lackner, journalist and writer of Postmedia's weekly Pop Forecast who is also a media consultant with Holmes PR, and Ruth Myles, pop-culture addict and senior columnist for the Calgary Herald. Be a part of our discussion, Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET.
OK, I think we're ready to begin, I'm sure Chris will be here in a moment. I'm Ruth Dunley with Postmedia Digital and I'm chatting today with Postmedia's National TV columnist, Alex Strachan, Ruth Myles, senior columnist for the Calgary Herald and Chris Lackner, journalist and writer of Postmedia's weekly Pop Forecast. Welcome again, everyone.
This week's topic: The season finale of Game of Thrones, coming up this weekend. OK panel...any predictions, or have you all seen the final episode? David Benioff and Dan Weiss say it's the best finale they've ever done. Do you think it's going to live up to expectations?
looking through these images, I'm reminded — as if anyone needs reminding — just how rich a cast of characters it is. I think that;s one of GoT's great achievements, as a TV show (the novels work in a universe of their own): So very many rich, compelling characters.
I think the anticipation will be met, @Ruth. The promo for Sunday's finale, "The Children," includes glimpses of dragons, Arya and the Hound about to run into a band of people (how's that for a descriptor?), a glum-looking Tyrion in his prison cell, some more of that brother-sister bond that Jamie and Cersei share, Jon and Mance Rayder beyond the Wall and even a shot of Varys.
Here's how HBO describes things: An unexpected arrival north of the Wall changes circumstances. Dany (Emilia Clarke) is forced to face harsh realities. Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) learns more of his destiny. Tyrion sees the truth of his situation." The episode was written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss and Alex Graves directed.
by rmyles via YouTube 6/10/2014 5:04:43 PM
I hate to put myself out there, and risk looking like a fool afterwards, but ... yes, I do think it will live up to expectations. The bar is very high, though, after "The Watchers on the Wall" episode this past weekend. For sheer epic scope and nerve-wracking tension, it reminded me of Peter Jackson's Battle of Helm's Deep from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. I find battle scenes a bit tiresome, as a rule — you might say they've been done to death. But there was real emotional investment in this one. I cared, lord knows why. About minor and major characters both.
That was the drawback regarding Sunday's episode, I think. By concentrating solely on what was happening at the Wall, the rest of the GOT universe was put on pause. I agree with you, @Alex, that the episode has emotional resonance, but I still found myself wondering at points during Watchers, "What is Arya up to?"
at the season;s outset, I wrote a piece called "The Children's Crusade," likening GoT to a fanciful phantasmagorical retelling of the last Christian Crusade. I always thought GoT was Arya and Bran's story — not having read George R.R. Martin's books — but I had no idea they were calling the final ep. The Children. Makes me think I may have stumbled onto something, in my own dim way. Or I could be completely missing the boat.
well, quite apart from Arya — will she be reunited with Sansa>? one would like to think so — there's also King's Landing. There's a hell of a lot of water passing under that bridge. The Imp is being lined up for public execution, and then there's the small matter of fallout from that duel to the death
The people have spoken on this season, @Ruth, turning it into a bona-fide sensation for HBO. Last week, the network said GoT hit an average gross audience of 18.4 million viewers across all platforms, which compares to The Sopranos' 18.2 million viewers an episode on its highest-rates season in 2002.
But even before series took out The Sopranos' viewership numbers, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo announced that GoT was renewed for two more seasons. On April 8, Lombardo said the show is "a phenomenon like no other."
Heard on the radio this morning that Game of Thrones has passed the Sopranos as HBOs most popular show of all time, the hype is realby madlibz23 via twitter 6/10/2014 5:10:44 PM
this season of game of thrones has defo been the best by far! 👌by carla lindsay ★ via twitter 6/10/2014 5:11:02 PM
This has been a strange season. At the outset, the producers — and some of the actors — said they were wary of a growing criticism in recent seasons that GoT tends to pack its biggest punch into the 2nd last episode, and not so much the finale. At the outset, they promised that every episode would be big, with big things happening. I think they succeeded — to some extent — but, overall, I think the season lacked a cohesive, definable momentum. I think many of the main characters — Arya, Sansa, Littlefinger, the Hound, etc. — spent the season wandering, on the road, searching for something but not finding it.
While I agree that the threads are woven more loosely this season, @Alex, I think they still create a striking tapestry of what's going on in the Seven Kingdoms. Viewers are invested for the long haul and are willing to meander a bit as George R.R. Martin sends his characters on vastly different roads.
in any long-running series — and at 4 seasons, going on 5, Game of Thrones now qualifies — each season tends to be defined by an overall theme. The series that know what they're doing, anyway. I think this season's theme was about searching for something. That means, next season, they better find it, or some of it, or else viewers might be apt to get antsy.
That, to me as a viewer, is one of the joys of GoT, there are no neat bows tying off storylines, or characters, for that matter. As the journey progresses, we learn more about the characters and the universe they inhabit. And some things that haven't even been revealed in the books yet! That scene with the baby and the white walkers and the others . . .. chilling!
the long waits between seasons — a necessary evil, and part of the HBO process. One reason the model works, and their shows are (for the most part) so good. (The less said about True Blood, the better.) The Sopranos had some humungous breaks between seasons, remember. And Curb Your Enthusiasm — yes, it's coming back. But when, is anyone's guess.
Down time between seasons? ? Why not learn Dothraki? Check out this "TV offer" that includes "four videos, 2 audiocassettes, 30 in-depth scrolls!" Also available in Valyrian, Hodor and White Walker. Hodor!
www.youtube.comby rmyles via YouTube 6/10/2014 5:18:52 PM
And while that one is a joke, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss took the task of creating a new language seriously. The duo decided that the series needed to flesh out the few words that George R.R. Martin had written in Dothraki. So they went to David Peterson, president of the Language Creation Society, to create a language fully realized and solidly rooted in Dothrakian culture. As it's pointed out, "There is no word for thank you in Dothraki." Talk about commitment.
youtu.beby rmyles via YouTube 6/10/2014 5:19:33 PM
@Ruth...we did a live chat with the creator of the GoT languages last year - it's fascinating stuff. Readers, if you want to watch the replay of that chat, you can find it here:
Live Chat: Speak DothrakiCanada.comFans of Game of Thrones are lamenting the end of the third season on June 9. The fantasy show, known for its lavish costumes, sets and exotic settings (as well as its sex and violence), takes viewers on a weekly journey to faraway fictional lands, often requiring subtitles as characters speak created languages, including Dothraki, the language of the fierce tribe of horsemen led by Daenerys Targaryen. Join our live chat with David Peterson, the linguist who created Dothraki and now provides translations for George R.R. Martin, the author of the books upon which the television series is based. He has been an alien language and culture consultant for the series Defiance, co-founded and is the president of the Language Creation Society, and has been creating languages since 2000. How do you create a language from scratch and make it match the collective personality of an imagined culture? How do the Game of Thrones actors learn their lines and, of course, how does one learn to speak Dothraki, if so inclined? Be a part of our discussion with David Peterson, Friday, June 7 at 2 p.m. ET.
watching Watchers on the Wall last night (I PVR-ed the last 2 weeks, and watched back-to-back) I was reminded of the value of binge-viewing, of sitting down and watching an entire season in 1 or 2 goes. But who has the discipline to do that when a new season is on the air. Also, recording everything and watching later cuts you out of the public conversation. And there was a lot of public conversation about GoT this past season. Some of it unwanted, I'm sure. The rape controversy, for example, in the episode Breaker of Chains. It's important that be part of the dialogue though. And the mere fact that a simple TV show prompted that kind of a reaction and public debate shows just how influential and meaningful GoT has become. It's like the old HBO mantra used to say: It's not just TV. Not anymore.
speaking of Dothraki, to me one of the most sad moments of the season was the falling out between Daenyrus and her protector, Ser Jorah Mormont, her knight in shining armour, played by Iain Glen. That image of Ser Jorah riding away, broken, was one of the most poignant of the entire series, I think. And Tyrion losing Shae — or, rather, getting rid of her to protect her, and not being able to tell her why — that packed an emotional kick, too.
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The company ended its long-term partnership with Japan's Honda in 2010 and has been slowly expanding its footprint in the overseas market. Hero Moto has already launched motorcycles in some Latin American markets and will launch operations in Peru by September.
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Devaluation scenarios
The discourse regarding devaluation of the Barbados dollar is most interesting when we think about it in the context of the average Bajan.
The Government is proposing to increase spending by $0.2 billion. It looks to be small in a decimal place but it is $200,000,000 in increased spending.
Presumably, a devalued Barbados dollar should attract more visitors and improve the overall economy but will that happen given the current Government's ineffectiveness and the failure of the BTMI to recognize the competitive world it is operating in?
Undoubtedly, once visitors arrive, under a different exchange policy, they will presumably spend more given that what once cost 50 cents in a 2:1 situation might only cost 33 cents in a 3:1 environment. Through VAT, perhaps the Government would divert some revenue to improving its foreign exchange reserves but its ability to do that given its debt load remains to be seen.
However, the average Bajan, who is already feeling financially stressed, will feel it more because every imported product bought and paid for in US$$ or UK £ will become more expensive and the standard of living will come under attack. More people may end up having to choose between their medications or feeding themselves.
The assumption by the current government, which is spending 60 per cent of its revenue on debt servicing, is that it can magically find ways and means to increase its foreign reserves. This is doubtful given their track record and inflationary commitment to printing money. Ask the Italians and Greeks how that is working for them!
But who will really benefit most from devaluation? The members of the BTMI will do very well under a devalued currency. The BTMI members and others quote prices in US$$ or UK £s, and given their past behaviours, there likely will be no efforts to reduce prices. Thus in a 3:1 exchange rate scenario ,they will get a de facto 50 per cent increase in revenue in Barbados $$s with no effort of their own. Those revenues will go mainly to their bottom line.
There will be VAT payable on those dollars but they will still retain the vast majority of their windfall from devaluation. It would be naïve to suggest they might share some of it with their staffs.
As I look around, speak with cab drivers, beach vendors, restaurant staff and walk the beaches each day, there can be no doubt this is a very quiet high season. Vacancy rates are clearly down regardless of the spin the BTMI offers.
Doing some quick research, it amazes me at how unrealistic many hotel and villa operators are. For example, a $550 US per night single bedroom apartment on the west coast is currently empty and has been for most of February and March to date. Occupancy is estimated at 30-35 per cent; yet rates for 2018 are being quoted at $575 per night or 5 per cent higher. Is that realistic and helpful to the economy?
Would it not be in everyone's interest to ask less and be full?
Cash flow would be more consistent, the ability to attract repeat tenants who will stay 1-3 months would increase and financial planning would be so much easier and the whole economy would benefit.
Whereas and until the Government and business build an economy for Barbados that is diversified away from tourism as its core, Barbados has to compete with the rest of the Caribbean, if not the world, for the tourist dollar. Failure to do so will see this wonderful country continue to struggle financially.
Will devaluation help Barbados? Only the top will get a win while the average citizen gets hurt more unless there is a change of thinking at the top. Think about it folks as 2018 approaches and the polls beckon.
Fred Volkman
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St James. Barbados
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Stop it , what devaluation , major problems , the government is not collecting taxes efficiently or making any effort to enforce measures to do so…
All the profits made in barbados by the tourist industry and businesses is trafficked out of the island , monies owed to barbados treasury by lots of these companies is not being repaid and they are not even paying taxes……….
Barbados in manage as like a local rum shop…………
Does any know what has happen to (IDC) whas it International development Corporation……..
It is the incorrect thinking by Bajans that it is the Hotels and Business Community that is responsible for Barbados Foreign Exchange Problems. The problems are caused by Bajans collectively who waste the foreign exchange buying food product with no health value ( junk food) cause diabetes, heart and kidney problems.Waste gasoline by excessive wasteful driving in 1 person vehicles all going in the same direction and to the same place, School, Bridgetown, Warrens, If the business and hotels do not earn foreign exchange the the Country no matter who is in power cannot import anything. Try purchasing anything overseas with a Barbados Dollar(Worthless). Remember the song of old Working for the Yankee Dollar.Regretably nothing has changed in 50 years. Keep on printing money and we will end up like Zimbabwe.I Billion Dollars can be purchased as a souvenir in SA for 33 cents as a Tourist Souvenir.
Jerry; bajans are a people that I could never understand, you are saying that they eat too much junk foods, with the salaries that most of them make, food prices are so high and being tax too. Vegetables such as a small piece of cabbage, grapes, cauliflower, broccoli and a judge told a man that was accused of stealing a ham that it was not even ham season, I did not know that there was a season for hams in barbados. Bajans used to say mother got, father got, brother got and blessed is the child that got his/her`s too, now I`m hearing that there should be only one car in the household. You should tell that to the politicians that drives the taxpayers` vehicles when not doing the peoples` business and got their most expensive ones in their driveways. Probably if barbados had a proper transportation system, buses with A/C and people could get to their destinations on time, so many vehicles would not be on the roads at a given time.
Anything to topple Stuart Government from the ones who just want to see him go. He can go or stay as long as my dollar is OK and it won't cost me $10 for a plus soft drink in time to come. I fear for our Children coming on board in another 10 to 15 or maybe 20 years.
@Jerry!!! Well said, could not have said it any better, what Bajans SHOULD?MUST wake up to is the REAKITY of what is Coming towards them like a Run away freight Train, and the Station Master (Sinckler) has not a CLUE as to how to stop it.
Hanging onto to Arthur, is like a Dying man hanging on to a Straw, don't Forget, he was Jamaica's ECONOMIC Adviser, when their DOWNFALL Started.
Talk about scare mongering. Everyone associates the IMF with Sir Lloyd Sandford, but the DLP administration was the government who made us members of the IMF and the Tom Adams lead BLP administration was the first ruling government to engage the IMF.
People complain about the incentives granted to sandals, but the government is prepared to do whatever is needed to generate foreign exchange. Any government will do whatever it has to in whatever circumstances it finds itself. George Payne, Mottley, and all the seasoned politicians knows this. Under Arthur we didn't always raise foreign exchange in favorable ways, but he told did it his way. They sourced financing through various sources, local, regional and international.
Every government leaves dept or deficit when they leave office. The best kept secret has always been the amount of dept left, and this is still the case. So really what are we voting for? Every government presents an finance proposal ( estimates of revenue ). There's always a risk in terms of receivables, if this government is prepared to take the risk of receivables, having increased spending then at sometime an administration will have to make decisions needed. We have all heard those recommendations, so if that day should come we should all be prepared. This is not the age of those with short memory. The word is privatization, reduced public spending, increased productivity, dept restructuring or remortgaging the country. This government thinks they will generate the foreign exchange so we can only wait and see. I would like to get that surprise.
Arthur says to go (IMF) Stewart says don`t go, so whose advice should be taken? Stewart is clueless, Arthur is a proven economist, in a real world the PM should be one to say, I will take over the ministry of finance since there were problems at the central bank, but it seems that he would be worse. He has repeatedly said that he is not going to the IMF and the MOF second him, maybe he will get the money from his Chinese` friends, so barbados just has to wait and see what will play out in the coming year. The hotels were low on occupancy this winter, they are building more hotels and if the next winter is not too bad they will a lot more empty rooms. Would devaluation help? I don`t know.
@Jerry, I laugh when some of you guys just open your mouths and let whatever comes out without using your Brains.
The average Bajan does not import anything into the island.
The business men who are the chief importers are given freedom to import whatever they want.
Certain food items should be banned from entering the island and FORCE Bajans to eat more potatoes, yams, breadfruit, okras, eddoes, bananas, golden apples, mangoes, etc etc.
A small but very important point – you refer to countries printing money critically and then say: "Ask the Italians and Greeks how that is working for them!" The Greeks and Italians have major problems, but they cannot under any circumstance 'print money' as they are in the euro and have been for 17 years. The EU institutions arrange for the printing of the money, and not under the requests or orders of any individual member state. Part of the Greek and Italian problem is indeed the same problem as may be the case for Barbados – they are suffering under a currency arrangement which is not suitable for their needs.
The use of currency fluctuations as a mechanism CAN be useful at times – to turn your question upside down – ask the world in the 1930s how much damage the fetish of maintaining the link between gold and currency caused to jobs, businesses and politics?
I have visited Barbados several times from Canada and it is getting more and more expensive every year with the weak Canadian dollar against the strong US dollar.
I don't understand how the BBD dollar is pegged at 2-1 against the US dollar with no economics to support this valuation.
The US dollar is very strong against many of the world economies and in turn this makes Barbados an expensive option for a vacation,in particular Canada and the U.K where are a large number of tourist visit from.
I think a correction in the valuation is necessary to entice tourist back to this southern paradise.
We love Barbados and the people but this valuation is making it an expensive option.


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Direct tort reform increases physician supply and impacts where doctors choose to practice, according to studies by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Health Affairs.
The first study, by JAMA, surveyed physicians with 20 or more years of experience against doctors with less than 20 years of experience to determine the effect of caps on malpractice lawsuits. The results (through the years 1985 to 2001) show that physician services, in both categories, rose in every state:
- The number of doctors in states with caps on medical malpractice lawsuits grew 2.4 percent more than states without torts, and the number of states adopting reforms experienced a 3.3 percent increase.
- Additionally, states with caps saw a 9.6 percent increase in overall doctor services.
- More growth came from doctors with 20 or more years of experience.
- Currently, 27 states have capped payouts for noneconomic "pain and suffering" in medical malpractice cases.
Overall, the supply of professionally active doctors increased from 497,140 in 1985 to 709,168 in 2001, says JAMA.
The second study reiterated that the presence of caps directly impacts where doctors choose to practice, says Health Affairs.
- Caps on noneconomic damages in 27 states were associated with a 2.2 percent increase in physicians (that's five doctors per 100,000 people).
- Rural counties with a cap had 3.2 percent more physicians than counties sans caps.
Surgeons and obstetricians are the most influenced by the presence or absence of caps. Doctors are fleeing counties without caps and increasing medical liability premiums for a more secure environment, conclude the researchers.
Source: Marguerite Higgins, "Medical services rise with suit limits," Washington Times, June 1, 2005; based upon: Daniel P. Kessler et al., "Impact of Malpractice Reforms on the Supply of Physician Services," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 293, No. 22, June 1, 2005; and David Dranove and Anne Gron, "Effects Of The Malpractice Crisis On Access To And Incidence Of High-Risk Procedures: Evidence From Florida," Health Affairs, May/June 2005.
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NEW DELHI 01/11/2014: Auto maker VE Commercial Vehicles today reported a marginal increase in total sales of its Eicher branded products at 3,052 units in October. The company, which is a 50:50 joint venture between Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, had sold 3,001 units in the same month last year.
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The present invention relates to "active implantable medical devices" as defined by the Jun. 20, 1990 Directive No. 90/385/CEE of the Council of the European Communities, more particularly to pacemakers, defibrillators and/or cardiovertors which are capable of delivering low-energy stimulation pulses to the heart for treatment of heart (cardiac) rate disorders. The invention also relates to the prevention of consequences which extrasystoles can have on the operation of such devices.
Extrasystoles, the appearance of an extra spontaneous contraction of a cardiac chamber out of the normal sequence and rhythm, are known. They can be either ventricular in origin (VES) or atrial in origin (AES).
There are two types of VES extrasystoles. The first VES type corresponds to a ventricular detection (i.e., the sensing or "detection" of a spontaneous ventricular contraction) or ventricular stimulation (i.e., a low-energy stimulation pulse delivered by the device in the ventricle) that is not preceded by an atrial event (i.e., either an atrial detection or a stimulation delivered by the device in the atrium) in an interval of time considered to be physiological. A physiological time interval refers to the time following an atrial event when a ventricular event should occur to be physiologically healthy to a patient, for example, an interval ranging between 31 and 300 ms. A second VES type corresponds to a ventricular detection that is preceded by an atrial event in an interval of time ranging between 31 and 300 ms, if the atrio-ventricular time (i.e., the time occurring between the atrial event and the following ventricular detection) of the examined cycle is at least 31 ms less than the atrio-ventricular time of the preceding cardiac cycle. The "cardiac cycle" is defined as the interval of time between two events of a comparable nature in the same cardiac cavity.
An AES-type extrasystole corresponds to a "P wave" (also called a "P event", i.e., a detection of spontaneous activity having its origin in an atrium) following the P wave of the preceding atrial event, within an interval that is less than a fraction of the average interval of the atrial frequency, calculated over an average of a number, e.g., eight, of cardiac cycles not including an extrasystole. The atrial frequency is the cardiac rate as measured based on successive atrial events. The cardiac rate may be measured in terms of a frequency of beats per minute (bpm).
In practice, all patients present a certain number of isolated VES or AES events without suffering any adverse consequence. But when these extrasystoles become too frequent, typically, more than ten VES or AES events per minute, this phenomenon can impair the filling of the heart cavities with blood, and affect the hemodynamic function of the heart. Furthermore, such phenomenon can induce heart-rate disorders.
The frequency at which either AES or VES events are manifested is determined by a parameter known as the "extrasystole rate". This parameter increases when the frequency at which either AES or VES events appear increases.
In certain patients, the appearance of a high extrasystole rate can be related to a heart rate level that is either too low (i.e., a "brady-dependent extrasystole"), or a heart-rate level that is too high (i.e., a "tachy-dependent extrasystole").
The inventors have discovered that, when a stimulation frequency is determined by the device according to the patient's activity or cardiac output requirements (i.e., the device is an enslaved (also called a rate-responsive) device which determines a stimulation frequency as a function of a physiological and/or a physical parameter indicative of the patient's level of activity), the appearance of brady-dependent or tachy-dependent extrasystoles can, in certain cases, result in an undesirable phenomenon of oscillation and instability of the stimulation frequency control algorithm. This phenomenon appears most particularly in devices equipped with a control function known as a "rest frequency algorithm" as described, for example, in EP-A-0 672 433 and the corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 5,645,576, commonly assigned to the assignee hereof ELA M�dical. This algorithm adjusts the base stimulation frequency to the activity of the patient, and, in particular, lowers the base stimulation frequency to a minimum frequency limit in the case of an extended period of rest (i.e., a "rest phase") exhibited by the patient. The minimum frequency limit reached during an extended rest period is often called the "sleep frequency".
When the patient is prone to brady-dependent extrasystoles, an "oscillation" phenomenon can be observed as follows. First, in the case of an extended rest period, the base stimulation frequency of the patient is lowered until the base stimulation frequency reaches the initial sleep frequency. This low frequency then induces extrasystoles. As a result, the rest frequency control algorithm, which has a built-in monitoring function, diagnoses the presence of a sufficiently large extrasystole condition and then increases the base stimulation frequency to above the range that induces extrasystoles. Then, because the device also detects any prolonged rest period, the base stimulation frequency will again be lowered by the rest frequency control algorithm, making it possible to return the stimulation frequency to a level which will again induce extrasystole events.
A similar oscillation phenomenon appears in the effort phase of the patient, with the devices equipped with a stimulation frequency that is determined as a function of patient activity. Such a stimulation frequency control is also referred to herein as an "enslaved frequency". In these devices, the enslaved frequency control algorithm adjusts the stimulation frequency to the activity level of the patient, and, in particular, increases the stimulation frequency with the level of effort up to a maximum frequency limit. If the patient presents a tachy-dependent extrasystole, an acceleration of the stimulation frequency can be a factor favoring the appearance of undesirable extrasystoles. This, in turn, will trigger a monitoring function in the control algorithm which causes the device to return to a lower enslaved frequency, with an ensuing rise in the stimulation frequency due to the patient's activity level, which again induces extrasystoles, and so on.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a device that is capable of detecting the appearance of such undesirable extrasystole oscillation phenomena and to place the device in a state which will inhibit the appearance of such undesirable phenomena.
Broadly, one aspect of the invention is directed to a device of a general type as described, for example, in the EP-A-0 672 433 and corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 5,645,576, which includes: means for determining an activity level of the patient bearing the device, including analyzing the activity and discriminating between a rest phase, a normal activity phase and an effort phase; means for stimulating at least one cardiac cavity, capable of delivering to the heart pulses at a base stimulation frequency determined by the device; and means for adjusting the base stimulation frequency according to the determined activity level, including lowering the base stimulation frequency to an initial base stimulation frequency minimum level limit during a determined rest phase.
To detect brady-dependent extrasystoles and to alleviate the consequences of such brady-dependent extrasystoles, the device also includes: means for detecting the occurrence of extrasystoles, means for evaluating a corresponding rate of occurrence of such extrasystoles, and means for diagnosing a brady-dependent extrasystole condition and increasing the minimum level limit of the base frequency when the extrasystole rate exceeds a predetermined threshold during the detected rest phase.
Advantageously, an increase in the minimum base frequency level is maintained at least for the entire duration of the rest phase, and preferably is not restored to its former or initial value until the detection of an effort phase, subsequent to the rest phase. Thus, extrasystoles are avoided.
Another aspect of the invention is directed to a device of the aforementioned general type which includes means for detecting tachy-dependent extrasystoles and preventing the undesirable effects of such tachy-dependent extrasystoles. Such a device thus includes means for detecting an occurrence of extrasystoles during an effort phase, means for evaluating a corresponding extrasystole rate, and means for diagnosing a tachy-dependent extrasystole condition and decreasing an enslaved frequency maximum level limit when the extrasystole rate exceeds a predetermined threshold during the aforementioned effort phase.
Advantageously, the reduction in the enslaved frequency maximum level is maintained at least for the entire duration of the aforementioned effort phase, and is preferably not restored to its former or its initial value until the detection of a rest phase, subsequent to the aforementioned effort phase.
Other features, characteristics and advantages of the present invention will appear to a person of ordinary skill in the art in view of the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, made with reference to the drawings annexed, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates diagnosing and treating a brady-dependent extrasystole; and
FIG. 2 illustrates diagnosing and treating a tachy-dependent extrasystole.
In a known manner, the device of the present invention monitors events occurring in the atrial and ventricular cavities of the heart, and detects the appearance of either AES or VES extrasystoles in either cavity. See, e.g., EP-A-0 755 696 and its counterpart U.S. Pat. No. 5,713,928, commonly assigned herewith to ELA M�dical, which describe one such device and manner of detecting these extrasystoles which is useful in implementing the present invention.
The device also determines an extrasystole rate in the event of the appearance of successive extrasystoles, this rate being defined, for example, as the relationship over a given period of time between the number or count of extrasystole events and the detected number of cardiac cycles. The extrasystole rate is then compared to a threshold, and the device will diagnose that there is an extrasystole condition present, either of the brady-dependent or tachy-dependent type, when the extrasystole rate exceeds the threshold. The threshold may typically be defined as the presence of five detected extrasystoles events over the course of thirty-two successive cardiac cycles or as a minimum ratio. Other values, of course, may be used.
Alternatively, it is also possible to count the number of extrasystoles occurring during a given period of time and to diagnose an extrasystole condition when the counter reaches a predetermined value before the end of the time period. In this case, the threshold is the predetermined value.
The invention primarily proposes to correlate the extrasystole rate determined by the device with the stimulation frequency when the stimulation frequency varies according to the activity of the patient. Optionally, the correlation includes identifying the cardiac rate or frequency at which the extrasystole condition is diagnosed and altering the appropriate stimulation rate limit for the appropriate activity phase, so that the stimulation rate delivered is maintained within a cardiac rate range which does not produce an excessive extrasystole rate.
The manner in which brady-dependent extrasystoles are treated will now be described with reference to FIG. 1. Phase I corresponds to a prolonged rest phase of the patient, typically either a diurnal or a night sleep period. Such a prolonged rest phase can, for example, automatically be diagnosed starting from the signal delivered by a sensor which responds to the respiratory rhythm of the patient and/or by another type of sensor, for example, an activity sensor, i.e., an accelerometer integrated into the device case (a so-called "sensor G").
One may refer, for example, to EP-A-0 719 568 and its U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,428 which describes a suitable process of determining "sensor activity criteria" that can distinguish between rest phases, either night or diurnal rest phases, and other activity phases of the patient bearing the apparatus, using, in particular, a minute ventilation sensor. One also may refer to EP-A-0 750 920 (and its corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 5,722,996) and EP-A-0 770 407 (U.S. Pat. No. 5,766,228), which describe medical devices that use information combined from a physiological sensor and a physical sensor, in particular, a minute ventilation sensor and an accelerometer, to determine an activity state or a rest state of the patient. These patents are also commonly assigned herewith to ELA M�dical.
In FIG. 1, phase I thus corresponds to a rest period as determined by the device. During this prolonged rest period, the base frequency Fb is gradually lowered, from the value Fb=70 bpm, for example, to an initial programmed limit value, namely, a minimum stimulation value or sleep frequency Fs=50 bpm, for example, which value constitutes the minimum level reachable by the base frequency Fb.
The progressive reduction of the base frequency Fb is operated, for example, in the manner described in EP-A-0 672 433 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,645,576 which is hereby incorporated by reference.
During the time in which the base frequency Fb is progressively lowered, the device continues to determine and evaluate the extrasystole rate. At the time D, corresponding to a confirmed diagnosis of a brady-dependent extrasystole, the device modifies the minimum frequency Fs to a value or level corresponding to a frequency step that is slightly higher than the frequency step in existence when the extrasystole diagnosis occurred. Thus, the cardiac rate corresponding to the rate at which the extrasystole rate exceeds the predetermined threshold is used as a "trigger" to increase the minimum base level limit. The reference to "frequency step" is to a particular frequency in the case of a stepwise increment of the stimulation frequency. In the illustrated example, Fs is increased from the initial programmed limit of 50 bpm to 60 bpm, because the extrasystole diagnosis occurred when the frequency step was at the 55 bpm range, and the step between frequencies was 5 bpm.
Accordingly, the base frequency Fb will no longer reach the lower initial base frequency range which resulted in generating the brady-extrasystoles.
When prolonged rest phase I is completed, and the patient resumes a normal activity phase, i.e., phase II, the base frequency routinely increases, for example, to its programmed value, Fb=70 bpm. The sleep frequency Fs, still set to the higher value of Fs=60 bpm in this example, will then be reset to its previously programmed or initial limit value, Fs=50 bpm, on the next effort phase detected by the device, i.e., phase III.
It should be understood, however, that the brady-dependent extrasystole phenomenon is highly variable for any given patient, and can change according to any given set of circumstances, day-to-day and week-to-week. For example, a prolonged rest period may be either a siesta or a night sleep period, with different results. Also, the manner in which and the amount by which the sleep frequency Fs is adjusted to prevent the appearance of brady-dependent extrasystoles on one particular occasion is not necessarily the same used to prevent their appearance on the next occasion of a confirmed extrasystole diagnosis.
The invention is applicable in the same way, mutatis-mutandis, to the treatment of tachy-dependent extrasystoles, as illustrated in FIG. 2. In this regard, the control algorithm, in a manner known to persons skilled in the art, is able to adapt the stimulation frequency—herein referred to as the enslaved frequency Fa—to the activity of the patient, in particular, to increase the stimulation frequency in the event of patient effort. The enslaved frequency Fa is limited to a maximum value Famax, which is typically programmed to an initial limit value by the physician at the time of implantation.
In the case of a detected patient effort, phase IV (FIG. 2), the enslaved frequency Fa increases gradually, without being able to exceed Famax. In the case of a patient presenting a tachy-dependent extrasystole diagnosed at moment D, the device will lower the maximum enslaved frequency limit Famax to a frequency that is slightly lower than the frequency at which the extrasystole diagnosis occurred. This control algorithm also uses the stepwise adjustment process as discussed above in the brady-dependent extrasystole example. When the effort phase ceases and the patient returns to a condition of normal activity, phase V, the enslaved frequency Fa decreases correlatively, e.g., stepwise. Once the enslaved frequency maximum limit Famax is lowered, however, the enslaved frequency maximum limit Famax is maintained at its new value throughout the patient's effort, and is reset to its previously programmed or initial limit value only when a phase of rest, phase VI, is detected. As in the case of brady-dependent extrasystoles, tachy-dependent extrasystoles are not a systematic and repetitive phenomenon, but can vary for the same patient according to the conditions or periods considered.
It should be understood that the present invention is preferably implemented in the form of software that performs one or more of the control functions described herein. Suitable rate-responsive pacemakers which may be modified to include such software, programmed at the time of construction or post-implantation by downloading the instructions via telemetry, include the Talent and Brio model pacemakers available from ELA M�dical S. A., Montrouge, France.
One skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be practiced by other than the described embodiments, which are presented for purposes of illustration and not of limitation.
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