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Angela Lunde
Angela LundeAngela Lunde is a dementia education specialist in the education core of Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Abigail Van Buren Alzheimer's Disease Research Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
The transfer of information about dementias, as well as understanding the need for participation in clinical trials, is an essential component of the education core.
Angela is a member of the Alzheimer's Association board of directors and co-chair of the annual Minnesota Dementia Conference. She is a member of the Dementia Behavior Assessment and Response Team (D-BART), a multidisciplinary outreach service assisting professional and family caregivers in understanding and managing difficult behaviors often present in dementia. She facilitates several support groups, including Memory Club, an early-stage education and support series, and more recently, helped to develop and now deliver Healthy Action to Benefit Independence and Thinking (HABIT), a 10-day cognitive rehab and wellness program for people with mild cognitive impairment.
Angela takes a personal interest in understanding the complex changes that take place within relationships and among families when dementia is present. She is particularly interested in providing innovative and accessible ways for people with dementia and their families to receive information and participate in valuable programs that promote well-being.
"Amid a devastating disease, there are tools, therapies, programs and ways to cope, and it is vital that families are connected to these resources," she says.
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By Angela Lunde
26 comments posted
A recent reader wrote that her spouse had been diagnosed with "brain atrophy." She asked about information on brain atrophy in distinction from Alzheimer's. What's notable is that brain atrophy isn't a diagnosis; it just means shrinkage of the brain. It's not a disease, but rather the result of brain disease. It can occur for many reasons — the most common cause is Alzheimer's.
This all seems rather confusing. I asked my colleague, Glenn Smith, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic neuropsychologist, to help sort it out. Here's his reply:
"I wonder if the reader was given the term brain atrophy because in our health care system so much jargon is used and therefore understandably, misunderstood. I think that one explanation for the confusion is because families and health providers alike are afraid of the A word — Alzheimer's.
The good news is that we've come a long way from the days when everyone thought senility was typical of aging. We know and understand that thinking and memory problems aren't a part of normal aging. But now we have a plethora of related terms, yet each distinctively different in their meaning, terms such as mild cognitive impairment, brain atrophy, amnesia, cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer's. What's confusing is that some terms describe an etiology, others a syndrome or a symptom.
In some cases, doctors may use the more vague terms to avoid breaking bad news. Alternatively, he or she could say "we can't really know until autopsy." The truth is however, that after an adequate evaluation, a doctor can offer a diagnosis that is accurate 90 percent of the time.
In addition to the confusing and widely varied terms doctors may use, patients and families will sometimes avoid hearing hard messages. Instead, they may grab on to certain words or stop short of asking for clarification or asking hard questions. This is both normal and understandable and often a first line of coping when receiving difficult news. Yet, clearly understanding a diagnosis is essential to coping and managing in the long term.
In order to receive a timely, accurate, and understandable diagnosis it helps to better understand some key terms. Let's start with three terms, etiology, syndrome, and symptom.
Etiology is another word for cause. Syndrome is merely a collection of symptoms.
As an example, let's consider pneumonia. Pneumonia is a syndrome — a set of specific symptoms. The symptoms comprising the syndrome can include fever, cough, chest pain, and fatigue. Pneumonia is not an etiology, or cause. A common etiology of pneumonia is infection with the pneumococcal virus, for example. But aspiration of food can also cause pneumonia. The physiologic consequence is fluid in the lungs.
Similarly, dementia is merely a syndrome, a collection of symptoms, and not an etiology. Dementia symptoms include decline in thinking and/or memory ability, sometimes referred to as cognitive impairment. Dementia symptoms also include a change in one's ability to function independently.
Mild cognitive impairment is also a syndrome. It shares the cognitive impairments of dementia, but not the loss of independent function. All of the etiologies that can cause dementia also cause mild cognitive impairment including Alzheimer's, Lewy Body disease and stroke. The common physiologic consequences of these diseases are brain cell death resulting in brain atrophy.
When a family and patient are meeting with a healthcare provider to receive an understandable diagnosis for the symptom of memory loss, it's within their rights to ask if the diagnosis they are given describes an etiology, a syndrome, or a symptom. In other words, if the diagnosis given is merely brain atrophy, mild cognitive impairment or dementia, it's reasonable to ask what the likely cause (etiology) is. But that takes being brave enough to possibly hear the "A" word.
The reader's inquiry underscores however, both the complexity and the challenges families still face in obtaining a timely, accurate, and understandable diagnosis. Recently, the federal government released a National Plan to Address Alzheimer's disease. This large step forward enumerates the following 5 key strategies in our efforts to address the profound impact of Alzheimer's disease:
- Prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer's disease by 2025.
- Optimize care quality and efficiency.
- Expand supports for people with Alzheimer's disease and their families.
- Enhance public awareness and engagement.
- Track progress and drive improvement.
An action under the second key strategy (optimize care quality and efficiency) is to ensure timely and accurate diagnosis. Clearly, it's not just this blog reader who left the doctor's office with unanswered questions and uncertainly. This is happening far too often. Health care providers, as well as persons with memory changes and their families need to be educated and empowered to seek and receive an early and clear diagnosis."
Although there isn't a cure for Alzheimer's or the related dementias such as Lewy Body disease, there is empowerment in clearly naming the disease. Once this takes place, persons with the disease and their families can fully understand and better accept the changes that have been occurring.
A clear diagnosis offers the patient and family precious time to arm themselves with knowledge, seek supportive services and programs, prepare thoughtfully for the future, and take advantage of existing strengths. Early diagnosis allows for the possibility that cognitive changes can be delayed, and symptoms such as depression can be identified and treated.
For many, the secret to navigating this journey lies in knowing — and this may be the first step towards living life fully (again).
To see the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Document go to http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/napa/NatlPlan.pdf.
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October 29, 2012 9:43 a.m.
to Mary: your husband is not in work. He has not anny male work, he lost his work. And so the daily life is a little bit empty. He have to find anything he will like to do. But it is not all, he have to see things, he like. Take the things in the hands. And discribes the things, and speaks, and writes this. So in his brain the brain cells are better connected. And the concentration is better. And the he is hopefull and this is to think and remeber better. The biochemicals are better in working. I wrote a book. Rediscover Recovery. I am a caregiver for long time.
- Susanngab
October 21, 2012 1:06 p.m.
My husband is only 64 and started having minor memory problems almost 2 years ago. I immediately took him to the doctors because he has history of the disease in the family. The doctors put him on aricept 10 mg once a day and I myself have put him on vitamin D3 and B12 and am glad for right now because he is holding his own not much change yet thank goodness. I know life will not be easy down the road but today we are happy so I live for today not tommorrow. Also any one out there should really think about getting a irrevocable trust if they have any life insurance or more than one home because as long as you have 5 years if he would ever have to go to a home everything is protected from medicaid too many people put this off but was the first thing I did.
- Mary
October 5, 2012 4:32 a.m.
to bruce, yes you are right.Because the problem is in the social life There is to much and fast helpfull word from the other. So the individual doing from the humen with Alzheimer desease, Dementia is not in useing. And the individual information in their brain cannot work.All the medicals are not only helpfull. The information are less for the brain.And all the biochemicals in the brain become become also less. So the brain cells go down.When the human with Alzheimer desease, Dementia is doing himself, all the individuell information are connecting all the brain cells. With the own words,and thoughts the conections with transmitters is the key for the brain cells. And so the biochemicals will be better build and work. It is the key for better output. This are non- pharmacological systems. We must changes the social lifestyle. I wrote a book Rediscovery Recovery, Practical Reference Training.
- Susanngab
August 6, 2012 9:27 a.m.
My 96-year-old mother's death certificate read "advanced dementia" as cause of death yet she was lucid and "herself" until the final week. Her primary-care physician, the health-care workers where she lived, and her immediate family did not understand the label of "advanced dementia", but the hospice physician/supervisor who signed the certificate was unmovable in his determination "based on her chart". Is this the new cause of death in the elderly?
- Terry
July 1, 2012 4:12 p.m.
(cont-apologies for posting in sections-final)The Memory Training Centers of America has requested that NGS resume coverage for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (as well as other chronic, neurodegenerative diseases) allowing such patients to receive one of the only interventions that at this time is known to be helpful. May 23, 2012, NGS rejected this request. NGS will not allow cognitive rehab to be applied to memory loss and other cognitive impairments resulting from neurological diseases such as early Alzheimer's. These patients will only be allowed ineffective medication. We are appealing that decision. One has to wonder what could possibly be the motivation of Medicare to stop a medically necessary treatment that can relieve or delay the major symptoms of this devastating disease, in the face of the research, and in the absence of a "magic bullet," and with NAPA's stated goal of finding that bullet by the year 2025. What are we to tell our patients TODAY, who we know we can help, but from whom Medicare is now withholding treatment? Bruce Brotter, PhD, Clinical Director, Memory Training Centers of America, email@example.com
- bruce
July 1, 2012 4:10 p.m.
(cont)So we know from the NIH review and others that cognitive training is an effective treatment for cognitive decline and early stage AD. We also know from the NIH review that the benefits of pharmaceutical approaches showed no such effect. And we now know that adding cognitive training to pharmaceutical intervention "enhances" the effect of medication alone. Still, NAPA does not speak of the practice or funding of cognitive intervention. And there is more bad news coming. Despite the NIH report, and despite recommendations by organizational advocates for the Alzheimer's patient (AA, AFA, & others) regarding the need for early detection and effective interventions, one of Medicare's largest Carriers — NGS — has removed cognitive rehabilitation as treatment for memory loss, when cognitive impairment results from neurological disease. This ruling most directly impacts upon the early Alzheimer's (pre-clinical) patient. In 2007, NGS reviewed the available research, and changed their policy to allow Alzheimer's patients to receive cognitive rehabilitation, including memory training. However, in 2009/2010, when NGS was reorganized, that decision was reversed - at the very time that NIH informed us that cognitive training was the factor most highly associated with a decreased risk of cognitive decline. Is it possible that NGS was unaware of the latest research? Is it possible that this pivotal finding was known but ignored? The Memory Training Centers of America has
- bruce
July 1, 2012 4:08 p.m.
(cont)funding for further study. Even in the face of the NIH report and countless others (not listed in NAPA bibliography), the protective and restorative effects of cognitive training are not discussed. Is it possible, as Dr. Whitehouse suggests, that the funding from pharmaceutical companies and the search for the "magic bullet" has resulted in neglect of what is already known and available in our "arsenal" to help patients struggling with the early effects of Alzheimer's disease? We think it is, and that a true disservice is being done to patients and families who are in desperate need of help NOW. We certainly believe that biomedical research should continue, and it is of course our fervent hope that ongoing research will lead to new and improved treatments for patients with chronic neurologic diseases such as Alzheimer's, including the possibility of a "magic bullet — cure". However, we must also make every effort to keep the public well-informed regarding effective non-pharmaceutical intervention. We know that in clinical practice, biomedical and psychological or rehabilitative interventions are not mutually exclusive. In fact, in the field of cognitive rehab, a March, 2012 review by Cotelli, et al., makes the case for combining biomedical and cognitive rehab interventions in relation to Alzheimer's patients: "The studies described above have shown that non-pharmacological intervention can enhance the effect of ChEI treatment."
- bruce
July 1, 2012 4:03 p.m.
(cont)the 'magic bullet' approach does not reflect "existing clinical evidence or emerging neuroscientific thinking, nor does it address the lifelong needs and demands of our citizens." Dr. Whitehouse challenges us, instead, to "imagine the implications of being able to maximize cognitive performance and delay cognitive decline, and in so doing, that we build on what we already know." Much of what we know today results from the comprehensive 2010 NIH 'State of the Science Review,' which provides evidence for the benefits of nonpharmacological interventions. A most significant finding was that cognitive training appears to be protective against cognitive decline, whereas pharmaceutical/'magic pill' interventions had no such effect. Dr. Whitehouse continues: "It simply makes no sense to put all our eggs in the biomedical basket…. Sure, more research is better than less, and we hope that the new funded trials will result in useful drugs. But neither policy-makers nor citizens should wait until then to foster and make lifestyle decisions than can maximize cognitive performance across the lifespan." We could not agree more with the concerns raised by Dr. Whitehouse. The NIH report tells us there is so much that can be helpful to healthy older adults as well as individuals suffering from MCI and early stage AD. And yet, NAPA (latest version 5/15/12) does not once mention cognitive therapy or training as an effective intervention, or even mention fundin
- bruce
July 1, 2012 4:01 p.m.
Yes, proper dx is most important, and dictates treatment options. There are non-phamaceutical interventions available for patients experiencing pre-clinical and early stage symptoms. Please read on: Medicare Stops Cognitive Therapy for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease Non-pharmaceutical interventions for Alzheimer's patients & others with memory loss or cognitive impairment are under attack. Info provided, advocacy needed. FOREST HILLS, N.Y., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- SHARPBRAINS has published an article that is essential reading for all providers, patients and family members who are concerned with the availability of effective interventions to treat Alzheimer's disease. MEMORY TRAINING CENTERS OF AMERICA agrees with the concerns raised in this article, and warns that more 'bad news' is coming. In his article, "From Anti-Alzheimer's 'Magic Bullets' to True Brain Health," Dr. Peter Whitehouse writes that if one followed the headlines surrounding the National Alzheimer's Plan (NAPA), "you'd probably conclude that the likely solution to maintain lifelong brain health is simple: simply wait until 2025 for a 'magic bullet' to be discovered, to cure (or end or prevent) Alzheimer's disease and aging associated cognitive decline. These kinds of beliefs, often reinforced by doctors and advertising, may explain the billions spent today by pharma companies on discovering new compounds...." (SharpBrains, May 31, 2012) Dr. Whitehouse continues that the
- bruce
June 26, 2012 11:40 a.m.
After years of sleep problems, my husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. During the past 12 years and 2 very bad falls, his mind has deteriorated steadily. At a Support Meeting I asked the speaker the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's. She said Parkinson's dementia patients remember their loved ones. I know that his dementia can lead to Alzheimer's...but for now remembering his loved ones sustains me. God bless us all.
- Darlene
June 23, 2012 1:12 p.m.
I am a nurse. My mother always feared Altzheimer's disease and through a cruel twist of fate her youngest daughter, my sister, developed early onset dementia in her early 50's. She is now in her 6th year after diagnosis. Of anyone I know in this world, she least deserved this crippling illness and the worst part of it is her awareness of it and the hardship it brings to everyone in her circle. Unlike cancer or other devastating illnesses, her friends have fallen away, even her ya-ya sisterhood ... they just can't cope with not knowing what to say or do. Fortunately this woman has a devoted and loving husband who wants to care for her in their home as long as he can. We her family were all very unbelieving and angry and frustrated with the initial "language" of the neurologists ... we always thought of her as delightfully scatterbrained. I'm so happy to find this blog to read about others and to talk about my sister and what she and our family are going through. Thanks to all of you out there for sharing. God Bless Us All Jackie in Colorado
- Jacquelyn
June 20, 2012 5:04 p.m.
My husband will not admit anything is wrong. I know something is very wrong. He could not remember the 3 words on the mini-mental. He had a MRI due to hearing loss that showed shrinkage of the brain. I wonder if the hearing and eye problems are related with the memory loss. Why can't the doctors not be afraid to tell what is wrong?
- Marie
June 18, 2012 8:31 a.m.
Ronald, Alzheimer's affects the body in soo many ways and in negative ways. There is no one thing. You can't pinpoint it or know when to look for it. I recommend that you talk with your doctor. There is
- Lynn
June 17, 2012 9:42 a.m.
Excellent information for me, a caregiver to someone who has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimers. I will also give him the article to read so he can better understand the jargon. Thank you!
- Carole Ann
June 17, 2012 12:11 a.m.
What is in a name? We can call it by name or not, it changes nothing. Diagnosis without treatment is meaningless. To coin a phrase: It is what it is.
- Bonnie
June 15, 2012 2:03 p.m.
When my husbands memory problems could no longer be overlooked we went to a local neurologist who had seen him before. He ran many tests then gave us a diagnosis of 'brain atrophy'. A few mounths later on a return appointment we asked point blank if he had Alzheimer's and just received a very noncommittal answer. This was very frustrating because we felt we werent going anywhere and wanted to know so we could take necessary steps. We next obtained a referral to a memory clinic, actually Mayo Clinic in Florida and after testing received a diagnosis of probable moderate Alzheimer's. We understand that ALZ can only be diagnosed at 100% on autoposy, but feel that the diagnosis given to us is accurate. It is much better knowing than living with the uncertainty of whar is going on. Before diagnosis we were reluctant to share with others because we really had nothing to share. Now we share his diagnosis and are able to educate others.
- Linda
June 15, 2012 11:19 a.m.
Question: When it is said a person died of Alzheimers, what exactly does that mean? What actually causes the death that is attributed to Alzheimers. What essential organ has stopped functioning? I am puzzled. My 89 yr old wife, Alzheimers for last 9 or 10 years, has modest blood pressure, is slender, physically apparently healthy. Might last to be 100 yrs of age! How might Alzheimers kill her? I would like to be en guard for symptoms, of what? (And I am concerned she will outlive me! PLEASE ANSWER!!
- Ronald
June 15, 2012 10:04 a.m.
Hi Merle... I am 60, and both my parents (86 and 90) live with us. My mother has Altzheimer's and my father has mild dementia. I too make sure they eat well and have snacks. They both have good appetites. Most of the time they are cold, so I keep extra sweaters on the back of their chairs in the kitchen, even in the summer. My Dad still loves to read and do crosswords, so I make sure he has his daily paper by his side at breakfast. My mother loves flowers, so I keep a bouquest on the table where she can see them. I keep their lives as simple and routine as possible. I am lucky that my brother who lives nearby takes them to their doctor appointments and handles their meds. We decided to try to keep my lovely parents out of a nursing home as long as possible. They were good to us as children, so we are trying to repay them in kind. It is not an easy job, but we do it out of love for them.
- Demelza
June 15, 2012 12:50 a.m.
I have had Mom living close by in a centre where there are caregivers for Alzheimers and the various other diseases that come with age - I have watched Mom closely as some programs show that the caregivers can smack or hurt these old people that cannot defend themselves (reason). During the last 3 years the progress was firstly very fast and ended with Mom not speaking at all - now Mom talks to me a little and I always assure her I will be there every day at 4pm straight from work and that all will be done for her - this she understands and also I have found that the less you give in medication the better off these people actually are vitamins are probably the best after a certain stage and if you make them drink water frequently it also seems to help you can continue with drugs that are ment to stabilise the brain for as long as you see it helps but there comes a point where it seems as if these drugs are no longer really helping and maybe the patient will/would do better without them, I just keep her warm the internal thermostat sometimes seems not to work very cold hands a sign, well fed as this is another thing I notice that without feeding the person will get thin so you need to watch their diet and help them eat and water is very important a marked improvement as it seems the brain needs this. This may help someone out there and if it does I would be pleased, help with going to the bathroom and keeping a strict routeen have all helped with my Mom. Merle
- Merle
June 14, 2012 3:37 p.m.
My precious husband was concerned about not remembering but was told by more than one Doctor that that was his age, when I told my doctor about him he said to bring him in and yes he tested him with trying to remember 3 things, he remembered two and looked to me as he had done for years for the answer. Right now I am waiting for the VA for some help and have people at our church whose mate has it and we share with one another, our family is very supportive and gives us transportation when needed to go. I bath him, help him get dressed, wipe his bottom and love him dearly. It is breaking my heart to see my mate of 59 years go this way but the Lord Jesus is my help, strength and all that I need to cope with what I have to cope with. Thanks for the information it was just like our doctor had told us, he is not the man I married in one sense as we always did everything together. Now I do all the work inside and what I can outside and ask for help when it is needed. I am thankful for this site and the ability to share.
- Dorothy
June 14, 2012 3:20 p.m.
June 14, 2012 3:17 p.m.
When my mother in law was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, it really freaked her out. So when we returned to her doctor the next time, he told her that her memory loss was probably from her not sleeping at night. After that she was fine. We are all different. We too just continually reassured her that we were here for her even when she needed help getting up during the night. She forgot where the bathroom was. She was always very appreciative of everything. We were blessed.
- Martha
June 14, 2012 3:16 p.m.
When my mother in law was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, it really freaked her out. So when we returned to her doctor the next time, he told her that her memory loss was probably from her not sleeping at night. After that she was fine. We are all different. We too just continually reassured her that we were here for her even when she needed help getting up during the night. She forgot where the bathroom was. She was always very appreciative of everything. We were blessed.
- Martha
June 14, 2012 3:03 p.m.
Jean, I worked several years in a nursing home on an Alzheimer's ward and now both of my parents have it. My mom recognized her own symptoms and convinced her doctor to give her a cognitive test. Even though she has been aware since the beginning that she has Alzheimer's, she still has moments of confusion and says the same things as your mom. It is common to go through a stage where they know something is wrong, but are not able to figure it out. It's just the nature of the beast. Telling her she has Alzheimer's when she was diagnosed probably wouldn't change the situation. It's great that you tell her that you are there to help. I guess I'm just trying to tell you that it's not your fault. Cate
- Cate
June 14, 2012 1:31 p.m.
Jean, at the first point of diagnosis for my beautiful mother, the doctor recommended that we NOT tell our mother her diagnosis was Alzheimer's. I could not for the life of me understand why not, even until this day; and that was October 6, 2005. My mom KNEW something was not right. She knows it today. When she gets agitated, or tries to talk to me she'll say, I don't know why i do this or that(sometimes not making any sense). But I know she is saying that she doesn't know why she forgets or do this and that. My comment to her is that it is alright and i am here to help you always. She says I know and thank you. My mom knew she had alzheimer's before it progressed to this point. Even though she knew it then, she doesn't know it now. All she knows is that she can't talk right, or doesn't understand or comprehend what i am saying to her sometimes. She still knows something is not right. She doesn't know it is Alzheimer's (now); she just knows something isn't right. So I'm just there to say I am ALWAYS right here with you to help you and to do what you want me to. She feels comforted by that and secure. Even if you did prepare your mom, the end result may still be the same. Just let her know you are there with her :-)
- Lynn
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Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency hosted in Cairo
The idea for establishing Regional Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency to be hosted in Egypt was initiated by the World Energy Council (WEC) national committees of Germany & Egypt in 2003. The idea was further developed by the Governments of the two countries and the discussions were joined later by the Danish Government and the EU Commission.
On June 25th 2008, the Regional Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) hosted in Cairo, has been inaugurated by H.E. Dr. Hassan Younes, The Egyptian Minister of Electricity & Energy together with their excellencies the Minister of Environmental Affairs, and the Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, as well as the Ambassadors of Germany, Denmark and EU to Egypt. The ceremony was attended by distinguished experts from Egypt, the Arab region and EU. The WEC was represented by Dr. Emad Elsharkawi, the Chairman of the Egyptian National Committee of the WEC.
The representatives of the participating Governments from Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lybia, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen as well as the partners from EU, Germany and Denmark have all worked together to establish such center.
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"It's a fact of nature that, if you have two bodies alone, then they move in a completely deterministic way — it's possible to say exactly where they will be later on in their orbits," he said. "As soon as you put a third body in there, the system becomes completely chaotic."
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Newer digital delays such as the Providence DLY- 4 Chrono Delay, TC Electronic ND- 1 Nova Delay, and Strymon Timeline feature exact millisecond readouts for players who need very precise delays for tempo-matching purposes.
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Guitarists like Eddie Van Halen, the Edge, and David Gilmour took delays to new heights by making them an integral part of compositions like Van Halen's "Cathedral," U2's "Where the Streets have No Name," and Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1." They popularized a trick using dotted-eighth-note delay repeats to create the illusion that they were playing more notes— and faster—than they really were.
To do this, set your delay to repeat everything you play a dotted-eighth-note (three 16ths) after you play the original note, and then pluck continuous eighth-notes. After the delay's initial entrance on the last 16th of the first beat, it will fill in the second and fourth 16th-note of every successive beat—as long as you continue to play eighth-notes (newly picked notes will cover the first and third 16th of every beat). To make this sound as natural as possible, set your delay pedal's Level knob all the way up so it matches the volume of the original signal, and try to keep the notes as precise and short as you can to avoid having a picked note overlap with a delayed note.
Some delays, such as the Line 6 Echo Park, have rhythmic subdivision modes built in, so dotted-eighth repeats won't be a problem to set up. However, if your delay
Delays such as the Line 6 Echo Park feature dotted-eighth-note modes that make it a cinch to create rhythmic parts in the style of U2's the Edge or Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
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Day 275
Monday 26th July 2010
One year ago.
Suse rises a few minutes before I do. She quietly potters around the kitchen. I go to the toilet, still in a sleep haze. I walk into the bathroom, and then I see it.
The negative test.
We've been good. For the last three weeks, we've been good. We've enjoyed ourselves and loved each other. I've been out of town for two of those weeks, and there's a cliché reserved for just such occasions.
But the fact is, we've been in a good place.
Our counsellor, June, says that we are a couple of extremes. By that, she doesn't mean that we are two wild humans. She means that, as a couple, we swing on a pendulum. When we're on an upswing, and things are good, they're really good. But when they're not… they're not.
I walk into the living room. There I see Suse, her face tired and drawn. She sits in front of morning television, chewing on porridge. She doesn't even pretend to be watching.
"Did you see?" At first I can't tell if it was her who spoke. But there's no one else around.
I nod. I walk up to her and take her into a hug. She relents, and I feel her body melt into mine.
"Even though it was the blocked side, I still had to hope. Each time, every single time, I can't help it."
"I know, love," I say, "I know. Do you think I didn't know what the pimples were about? Do you think I didn't think it too?"
She sighs, exhaling softly.
"Am I that obvious?"
"Well if you are, then I am too."
I look at her eyes, drawn and sad. It's like I'm watching the pendulum itself, it's swinging back that quickly.
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I sit in the study, completing chores. Nothing particular, just tidying up things from last week.
And then I hear it.
The soft sobs from the next room.
I walk out down the hall, and see my wife, in the same place that she was this morning. Half the day has gone, and lots has happened. But in mind, she's remained here the whole day, just like this.
She lets out muted sobs, quiet helpless sobs. I've seen my wife cry a lot in the last six months. I've cried a lot myself. I never thought I'd become a crying expert, but I do know the character of my wife's pain. And here, right now, there is no anguish, no sharpness, no anger to her pain. Instead, I see a softness, a hollowness, an emptyness. Quiet, tired hiccups.
These are her sorrow tears.
She sits, her head lilted to the side, her shoulders fallen, staring at the blank screen ahead. I walk to her. She barely sees me. I slide onto our couch, and I take her head, resting it against my shoulder. She falls into me. It never ceases to surprise me how well we fit. Me, all short limbs and stocky Cornish trunk, her, long flowing gracious appendages. And yet, we fit very snugly. Somehow, I was designed to fit this glorious woman.
She buries her head in further, her tears blotting against my shirt. We sit there like this, for about twenty minutes. Her tears flow smoothly as I stroke her hair. I never thought I could be this comfortable around someone else's grief. I guess you learn it when you have to.
After a while, her shoulders stop bobbing, and the streams dry up. Like I said, these are her sorrow tears. There is no crescendo here. Eventually they dissolve to nothing.
"What are you thinking?" I whisper.
"That I'm a barren old woman."
"Nothing's changed, honey," I say. "Nothing's changed. We're in the same place as we were yesterday."
"I know," she whispers, a couple more sobs breaking through. "It's just harder to see that today."
My own tear falls, as the pendulum brushes my cheek on the way past.
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Teter said this is the first time the SPCA has had a Pet Food Bank but it hopes to open up the drive every other Thursday. The event will start this Thursday at 9 a.m.
The SPCA is working with the Anne Arundel County "people food bank," as Teter says, in order to get donations and supplies. Teter said those who come for food will be asked to fill out an application.
"They can get the application at the SPCA or on our website," Teter said. "We can approve the applications on the spot, but we prefer they turn them in ahead of time. However, we won't turn away anyone in need."
Teter said they have a lot of animals that are turned into the SPCA during the holidays because people can no longer afford to take care of them. She is hoping the food bank will help limit the amount of animals that are brought to the shelter.
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Mercy Thompson's life is not exactly normal. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire. But then, Mercy isn't exactly normal herself.
Werewolves can be dangerous if you get in their way, but they'll leave you alone if you are careful. They are very good at hiding their natures from the human population, but I'm not human. I know them when I meet them, and they know me, too.
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"Dance when the moon sings, and don't cry about troubles that haven't yet come."Dr. Wallace
"Mercy?" His voice was a hoarse whisper."C'est moi, c'est moi, 'tis I" I told him. It seem appropriately melodramatic, though I didn't know if he'd catch the reference. I shouldn't have worried. Unexpectedly he laughed. "Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere."Adam & Mercy
"Honey," He drawled, pulling on his Southern roots. "When a wolf watches a lamb, he's not thinking about the lamb's mommy."Adam
"Mercedes the Volkswagen mechanic?"Mac
"A Vanagon resembles nothing so much as a Twinkie on wheels; a fifteen-foot-long, six-foot-wide Twinkie with as much aerodynamic styling as a barn door"
"A werewolf doesn't need a sword or a gun to tear you to bits"Mercy
"It is not madness I am afraid of.It is insanity!"
"They'd moved in two years ago and adopted me after I fixed their tractor"
"That is not fair.I'll eat your dessert and like it- but you cant use sex to keep me from getting mad."Mercy
"I don't like lies. Not even lies of omission. Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul."Bran
"Love thy enemies, it says in the scriptures. My foster mother always added, "At the very least, you will be polite to them."Mercy
"Vampire politics, I thought. Humans, werewolves, or, apparently, vampires, it doesn't matter; get more than three of them together and the jockeying for power begins."Mercy
"What did you do to your arm?" "I got knocked into a bunch of wooden crates by a werewolf while I was trying to rescue a young girl from the clutches of an evil witch and a drug lord." "Ha-ha. Must have been something stupid if you won't tell the truth."Tony and Mercy
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"Mine," he said. Adam's eyes narrowed. "I don't think so. She is mine." It would of been flattering, I thought, except that at least one of them was talking about dinner and I wasn't certain about the other."Adam, Mercy, and Mac
"Bran was the only person I knew who could use words like "blackguard" and make them sound like swear words-but then he could have said "bunny rabbit" in that tone of voice and weaken my spine with the same shiver of fear."Mercy
"I have a degree in history, which is one of the reasons I'm an auto mechanic."Mercy
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Police said the victim told them that as he was dropping off his 10-year-old son at his ex-wife's house, he left his vehicle running. That's when a two-door silver Honda Civic with dark tinted windows pulled up next to his vehicle, police said. The suspect them got out of the passenger door of the Honda and started banging on the driver's side window.
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Galway's shameful proposal to honor Che Guevara
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Che's father did once try to explain his son's revolutionary ways saying the "blood of the Irish rebels" flowed in his veins. That is a load of hooey, as I'm sure Che's father knew, but that doesn't stop those Irish people who admire him from latching on to him as one of their own. Che's one night in Ireland was spent in Kilkee, Co. Clare, where last fall the townsfolk honored the memory of that one night with a 3-day festival. Galway obviously feels cheated that its 300-year-old link to Che is not getting the proper recognition, hence the statue proposal.
According to the Galway Advertiser the idea for the Galway statue came from a member of the City Council, Labour's Billy Cameron, who is "an ardent admirer of the revolutionary." Cameron is hardly alone. Che shirts and posters have been de rigueur for the hippest, coolest protesters and revolutionary-wannabees for decades. However, you're supposed to grow out of that phase. Cameron clearly has not.
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The proposed statue has not made much news in Ireland, but one man, businessman and sometime political campaigner Declan Ganley, has been on a mission to scupper this plan for the past week. Ganley (@declanganley) is a Galway man himself and worries that such a statue would damage Galway's reputation, especially in America, hurting the chances of investment and putting Americans off visiting the city.
That seems a bit of a stretch to me. I doubt too many tourists would know much of Che beyond recognizing his face and, well, business is business.
However, yesterday, the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ileana Ros-Lehtinen issued a press release asking Galway City Council to reject the proposal to erect the Che Statue. "The romanticizing image that this monument would portray would serve to diminish the brutality that was committed by Che and the painful suffering endured by many Cuban-American families and his other victims far and wide."
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a Cuban-American and Cuban-Americans know far more about Che than the average American and, I daresay, than the average Irish revolutionary wannabee. And they don't like him, not one bit. Whereas the average American may not take much interest in whether Galway honors Che Guevara, people from South Florida and other Cuban enclaves may take a keen interest.
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There's no way that Councillor Cameron or anyone who shares his views will take that seriously. They know better than those Cuban-Americans just like they knew better than to listen to all those exiles from Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, etc.
There's a part of me that half hopes the statue goes up and is defaced and damaged by Cubans who live here in exile. There are some. Or, better yet, I'd like to think that when Cubans do finally shake off the shackles of Castro's rule some of them will find their way to Ireland and pull the statue down and curse those who put it up. It's a dream.
The proposal is hideous, but I'm not surprised by it. It suits the mind-set of a small segment of the Irish people. I'd love to know what Ireland's President, a Galway man too, thinks of the idea. I suppose I should just consider it fortunate that no one ever found any Irish link to Lenin or Stalin or Mao. Honoring one mass-murderer is enough.
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IrishAncestor | Mar 04, 2012, 05:29 PM EST
Hmm... lots of comments, both for and against the idea of a monument honouring Che Guevara. I visited the Che mausoleum a few years ago in Santa Clara while on holiday in Cuba and found it very interesting indeed. All Cubanos I spoke to revere his memory. He is referred to by one and all as "El Commandante." His grand-daughter doesn't seem too concerned though - she was happy to be photographed a while back, wearing a beret (and very little else) and crossed bandoliers filled with carrots.
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ruairí | Mar 04, 2012, 06:39 AM EST
che guevara was a revolutionary who fought to free the people of cuba from an american backed dictator.im sure al of you 20th generation bigots wouldnt refer to george washington as a killer or a butcher. your all just jealous cos he was more irish than you will ever be.
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ciaradexy | Mar 03, 2012, 03:23 PM EST
I have lived outside of Ireland which is why Im not a racist bigot to migrants who move to Ireland to find work unlike yourself. You dont even live here and youre a racist to those who move here.Youre bitter that the Irish dont conform to your 'Irish' American stereotype and arent still living in the time of the Field and The Quiet man. Remember what happened the yank in 'the Field George'. It still gets a cheer.
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ciaradexy | Mar 03, 2012, 03:18 PM EST
HAHA! George, you are a total retard! My step mam is from Mendoza. I have been to Argentina several times. My step sister lives in Valencia in Spain so Im well versed on Argentinian AND Spanish history AND culture! I dont drink alcohol so seriously cop on. Ive just realsied that you arent a genuine person with any gra for Ireland, you are simply a troll, both in prose and spirit! Che's granny was Irish, born and bred and she moved when she was in her 20s! Thats just a fact even though you try to change it, you cannot! I feel sorry for you! DO you speak Spanish like you speak Irish? With an American accent? Pathetic! No wonder 'Irish' Americans are thought of so badly in the rest of the world, with people like you shooting their mouths off Im not surprised.
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GeorgeDillon | Mar 03, 2012, 02:53 PM EST
We can always rely on the moron curdexter to show her ineffable ignorance. She reminds me of those drunk Irish women who urinate in public on a Saturday night--she knows no shame and doesn't care who'll see her. You know nothing about Che, you imbecile, and less about Argentina or its history. As I have pointed out earlier, --you're apparently too much of a stupid oaf to read with second grade comprehension-- the Lynch connection with Spain--and later Argentina--originated about ten generations ago. Unlike you, you poltroon, I have lived in Argentina. And I speak Spanish. You have never lived outside of Ireland, as is shown by your stupid narrow mind, ignorance and bigotry. And you know no other language than English--you're a mindless monolingual moron, curdexter!
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RedBranch | Mar 03, 2012, 02:46 PM EST
Perhaps they want a statue to the 'Motorcycle Diaries' Che or the 'Poster Pin-Up' Che, rather than Congo, Bolivia and post revolution Che. Future statues to Gerry Adams will show a bearded, pensive figure rather than the one marching in beret, specs and black tie (was he trying to mimic Che in those bygone days?)History is always selective in the story it perpetuates, but here we have a choice; Lets ride the the 'pretty boy biker' Che out of town on a wheel and make sure you you have one toting a few guns, and preferably pointing them with a sneer...
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RedBranch | Mar 03, 2012, 02:21 PM EST
On a related item Yank, sorry to see your last article (Irish Heritage Certificates) was pulled by IC. I guess freedom of speech only extends as far as your sponsers. Viva capitalism.
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ciaradexy | Mar 03, 2012, 10:39 AM EST
Che's grandmother, Anna Isabel Lynch was born in Co. Galway and moved to South America. hes got closer 'Irish' ties than you have Georgie. Jealous??
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GeorgeDillon | Mar 03, 2012, 10:21 AM EST
Collette" What "Irish roots"? Ten generations ago? That's nonsense.
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Collette2 | Mar 02, 2012, 10:02 PM EST
Anybody famliar with his life story and his sense of justice, would have to recognise his Irish roots.
There are worse who have gone down in history books.
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Matty O | Mar 02, 2012, 09:20 PM EST
One more thing. Why spend the money to build a worthless figure of a killer. Those funds could be better used to help those in need. That's what Che would want, right?
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Matty O | Mar 02, 2012, 08:54 PM EST
Che? This is a joke, right? What the hell people. Learn a little before you start building statues to a POS like this one.
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Mike7571 | Mar 02, 2012, 07:38 PM EST
Oh boy,
Let's honor 'The Butcher of Havana" with a statue and show what uninformed idiots we really are!! Yeaaaaa!!!
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seagreen | Mar 02, 2012, 03:07 PM EST
Fulgencio Batista was not a great guy, and surely did eliminate opposing voices during his regime. The American gangsters were running much of Havana during his time in power. It was a great era for the wealthy Spanish Cubans and professionals that catered to them .The general Cuban population was struggling to survive.
The American mob kept the money flowing within a designated circle.
Castro and Guevera evolved from this situation. In Castro's case, he came to the US first asking for help with the corruption, was ignored, and spent his visit to the US in a hotel in Harlem.
Am sure Guevera was involved in some assinations, but a mass murderer. No..
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OleSarge | Mar 02, 2012, 11:39 AM EST
Che was a mass murderer and would enslave everyone in order to fee them. Had he been more successful he would be right there with Hitler and Stalin.
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