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"Let He Who Is Without Sin "
-OCD and Religion-
by Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
If you had to sum up most of OCD in two words, they would be "pathological doubt." OCD can cast doubt on almost any aspect of a person's life and can force them to question almost anything they are, or anything they do. OCD is also extremely insidious and can infiltrate anything that matters to you. I have heard many of my patients state that "OCD seems to know how to pick on whatever will bother me the most."
One particular area that is of great importance and sensitivity to many people is their religion and matters of religious practice. It is something that they would like to feel is the most certain in their lives. As you could guess, this turns out to be a prime target for obsessive thoughts. Religious obsessions can take on any of the following forms:
Naturally, the stronger a sufferer's beliefs, or the more orthodox their sect, the more distressful and upsetting these symptoms can be. There are many who, no doubt, suffer in silence, feeling too embarrassed or worried that they will be thought crazy or branded as religious outcasts. When people do seek help, they often turn first to their religious leaders. If they are fortunate, this person will have at least some understanding of problems of this type. If not, their revelations may be met with skepticism, criticism, or passed off as "nothing to worry about." In the worst cases, individuals are treated harshly, and told that they really are sinful and that their religious practice needs to be improved. They may even be instructed to do penance in some way, only worsening the belief that they have truly done something wrong. Even where a religious leader is sympathetic, consistent compulsive questioning and phone calling for reassurance by a sufferer can wear them down to the point where they become angry or impatient. After all, they are only human, and OCD, in truth, probably could try the patience of a saint.
If obsessions are intrusive, unpleasant thoughts, compulsions are the mental and physical activities that people with OCD come up with as a way of dealing with them. Since doubt is what drives most OCD, the answer, as OC sufferers see it, is to do, know, and control everything in a compulsively perfect way. When everything is perfect, there is no room for doubt. Compulsions start out as solutions, but inevitably become a large part of the problem themselves. On the surface, they may have some resemblance to religious practices, but are often exaggerated and extreme behaviors that are out of control. Some typical compulsions that are used in response to religious obsessions might include:
This list by no means exhausts the possibilities. They are almost endless.
Treatment for religiously oriented OCD is in most ways, similar to that of any other form of the disorder behavioral therapy in the form of Exposure and Response Prevention (E&RP) and possibly medication. The general principles of behavioral treatment for OCD involve gradually confronting obsessions while resisting the doing of compulsions. In this way, the sufferer slowly builds up tolerance to the thoughts and their anxiety as they retrain themselves to not respond compulsively. Those with OCD typically make things worse for themselves by trying to follow their instincts in avoiding or trying to escape the things that make them anxious. In their zeal to eliminate all possibilities of doubt and risk, they do not stay with what they fear long enough to learn the truth. Unlike other forms of OCD, the facing of religious obsessions has some particular problems that must be carefully addressed. These issues would include the following:
Getting people to engage in E&RP for their religious obsessions can be tricky, owing to some of the above issues. Matters of faith can get involved here in ways that make the planning and doing of homework a delicate maneuver.
In order to be able to get a perspective on these issues, so that treatment may proceed, there are a number of understandings that must be established between patient and therapist. The most important one is that religious obsessions really have nothing to do with true religion as it is understood. They are biochemical aberrations, and therefore not a person's own real thoughts. They are, as a patient of mine once said, "synthetic thoughts." While the problem may superficially appear to be a religious one, it could really be about anything that OCD chooses to pick on. As said earlier, OCD has an uncanny way of picking on things that will bother a person the most. When a person is in the midst of OCD, it can be quite difficult to be objective and to see that these are not one's own real thoughts. A phrase many of my patients use is, "But it seems so real."
When a person is asked to confront their thoughts and actually confront their fears by allowing that they are true, it can sometimes be difficult for them to see that they are not doing this to mock, belittle, or speak badly of their own beliefs, but are instead engaging in treatment. There are usually three points I like to make to patients before beginning therapy. These are:
Recovering from OCD means taking risks, and this means letting go, not just in the sense of letting go of compulsions, but also in terms of letting go of that need for certainty in the face of obsessive doubt. Doing certain types of behavioral homework assignments for OCD may sometimes make a person feel as if they are jeopardizing their immortal soul, but there are times when in order to prevail over the illness, they have to take a leap of faith. There is a very good saying that is used by the members of Alcoholics Anonymous "Let go, let God." My own interpretation of this for our purposes, is that if you have faith and truly believe, you sometimes have to put yourself into God's hands and trust that you will be guided in the right direction.
It is also important for patients to understand that they will not have to go on doing these types of assignments indefinitely - only until they reach the point of recovery.
Can everyone get past their obsessive religious fears in order to take what look like risks in the service of recovering? The answer is that not everyone can. Although I have seen quite a number of people recover from this particular type of OCD, not everyone is ready or able to recover at a given time, nor may they have the insight to see what is really happening. Some people find their thoughts extremely believable, due to the magnitude of their biochemical problem. Their fear of damnation or punishment at a particular time may override their desire to reach a recovery. However, if an OCD sufferer can accept and understand the true nature of treatment, they stand a better chance of improving. They need to accept that the subject matter of the thoughts involves the very aspects of their lives about which they want to be the most certain. Faith has helped many individuals overcome great obstacles in life, and when correctly channeled, it can also help to overcome OCD.
If you would like to read more about what Dr. Penzel has to say about OCD, take a look at his self-help book, "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well," (Oxford University Press, 2000). You can learn more about it at www.ocdbook.com
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BERG WITH TURKEY'S FENERBAHCE: Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), a two-time Olympic Games silver medalist with the U.S. and three-time Olympian, signed to play with Fenerbahce in the Turkish League mid-way through the regular season. Fenerbahce opened the best-of-three quarterfinal playoffs with a 28-26, 25-14, 25-23 victory over Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyesi on April 5. Berg led Fenerbahce to a 53 kill percent for the match and a .425 hitting efficiency (46-9-87). She also tallied a kill on one attack and a block. Fenerbahce, the fourth seed in the playoffs, resumes its playoff series on April 8. If necessary, the deciding match will be played April 9.
DAVIS WITH GERMANY'S DRESDNER SC: Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), a two-time Olympic Games silver medalist as a libero with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, joined Dresdner SC late in the 2012-13 season. Dresdner, as the third seed, ended its best-of-three quarterfinal series with sixth-seed Munster with a 25-14, 26-24, 25-19 victory on April 7 in the second match to advance to the semifinals. Davis handled 20 of the team's 47 service receptions leading to a 43 kill percent.
HOOKER WITH RUSSIA'S DINAMO KRASNODAR: Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas), who earned the Best Spiker Award at the 2012 Olympic Games while helping the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team to the silver medal, is competing for Dinamo Krasnodar in the Russia Super League this winter. Krasnodar ended the regular season with a 25-19, 29-31, 25-17, 25-19 victory over Omichka on April 5. The match victory allowed Krasnodar to move ahead of Omichka for fourth place in the final regular season standings. Hooker notched a team-high 16 points via 13 kills on 32 attacks, two aces and a block. Krasnodar, which ended the season with a 16-6 record, will continue playing fifth-seed Omichka in the best-of-three quarterfinal round series with matches on April 10 and April 14. The tiebreaking match has not been scheduled.
LARSON-BURBACH, BOWN WITH RUSSIA'S DINAMO KAZAN: Jordan Larson-Burbach (Hooper, Neb.) and Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), who have each won an Olympic silver medal with the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team, are competing for Dinamo Kazan in the Russia Super League. Kazan ended the regular season with a 25-20, 25-14, 25-20 loss to Odintsovo on April 5. For the second straight match, many of the Kazan starters were withheld from action with the league title already wrapped up. Bown tallied nine points with five kills on eight attacks and four blocks. Larson-Burbach did not dress for the match. Kazan, which ended the regular season with a 19-3 record and 52 points, begins the best-of-three quarterfinal phase on April 10 versus eighth-seed Tyumen. The second match is scheduled for April 14, while the deciding tiebreaking match if needed has not been scheduled.
AKINRADEWO WITH AZERBAIJAN'S RABITA BAKU: Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), a silver medalist with the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team at the 2012 Olympic Games, is competing for Rabita Baku in the Azerbaijan Super League. Rabita Baku stopped third-place Azerrail 25-18, 25-23, 25-19 on April 4 to maintain its stronghold on first place. Akinradewo notched 10 points with eight kills on 14 attacks and two aces. Rabita Baku now has a 10-point lead over second-place Igtisadchi in the regular season standings.
MIYASHIRO, SPICER WITH AZERBAIJAN'S LOKOMOTIV BAKU: Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii), a silver medalist with the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team, signed mid-season with Azerbaijan's Lokomotiv Baku. Lokomotiv edged Igtisadchi 25-23, 19-25, 25-27, 25-23, 17-15 in a hard-fought match on April 4. Spicer started the entire match leading Lokomotiv to a 41 kill percent and .301 hitting efficiency (67-18-163). She added two kills on three errorless attacks and a block. Miyashiro was a sub in all five sets producing a 72 positive reception percent on 18 attempts. Lokomotiv improved to 32 points in the regular season and are in fourth place. Lokomotiv faces Telekom on April 8 in its next match.
METCALF, PAOLINI WITH AZERBAIJAN'S IGTISADCHI BAKU: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa), an opposite on the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team with experience at the 2004 Olympic Games, and U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team middle blocker Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) are playing for Igtisadchi Baku of the Azerbaijan Super League in 2012-2013. Igtisadchi lost to Lokomotiv Baku 25-23, 19-25, 25-27, 25-23, 17-15 on April 4. Metcalf tallied a match-high 28 points with 25 kills on 50 attacks, two blocks and an ace. Paolini contributed 16 points with 12 kills on 18 attacks, three blocks and an ace. Despite the loss, Igtisadchi continues to sit in second place with 39 points as third-place Azerrail also suffered a loss in the 19th round of the regular season. Igtisadchi challenges Azerrail on April 8 as both teams are battling for second place.
HODGE, WILSON WITH AZERBAIJAN'S AZERRAIL BAKU: Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.), a silver medalist on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team, is playing for Azerbaijan's Azerrail Baku in 2012-2013 along with fellow Penn State University alum Arielle Wilson (Broadview, Ill.). Azerrail lost to league-leader Rabita Baku 25-18, 25-23, 25-19 on April 4. Hodge scored three points in the loss, all on kills via 16 attacks. Wilson contributed six kills on 12 attacks. Azerrail remains in third place with 37 points after round 19 of the Super League. Azerrail will have a chance to gain ground on second place with a head-to-head match with Igtisadchi on April 8.
TAMAS WITH AZERBAIJAN'S BAKI AZERYOLSERVIS: Jennifer Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.), a 2008 silver medalist with the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team, is playing for Baki Azeryolservis of the Azerbaijan Super League in 2012-2013. The squad will meet Lokomotiv Baladzhary in the 22nd round on April 8.
KLINEMAN WITH ITALY'S ASYSTEL McCARNAGHI VILLA CORTESE: Alix Klineman (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) returns to the Italian Serie A1 for a second season, but will compete for Asystel McCarnaghi Villa Cortese in 2012-2013. Villa Cortese bounced back from a tough five-set loss the previous week to stop third-place Foppapedretti Bergamo 25-22, 17-25, 25-19, 25-19 on April 6. Klineman pocketed 15 points with 12 kills on 28 attacks and three blocks. She added a 44 percent positive reception on 18 chances in helping Villa Cortese to a 47 kill percent for the match. On the opposite side of the net, past U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team middle blocker Alexis Crimes tallied eight kills on 13 attacks and a block for 13 Bergamo points. Villa Cortese ended the regular season with a 9-9 record and with 30 points for fourth place. Villa Cortese received a bye in the Eighth Round home-and-home as one of the top four teams and will play fifth-seed Imoco Volley Conegliano in the best-of-three quarterfinal round that begins on April 16, followed by April 19 and April 22 if necessary.
GIBBEMEYER WITH ITALY'S VOLLEY PESARO: Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.), a middle blocker with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is competing for KGS Robursport Volley Pesaro in the Italian Serie A1 league in 2012-2013. Pesaro (9-9, 24 points) was one of two teams idle in the final weekend of the regular season. Pesaro ended the regular season in seventh place and will face 10th-seed Volley 2002 Forli Bologna on April 10 and April 13 in the Eighth Round home-and-home series for the right to advance to the quarterfinal round.
FAUCETTE WITH ITALY'S YAMAMAY BUSTO ARSIZIO: Juliann Faucette (San Diego), a U.S. outside hitter/opposite, is competing for Yamamay Busto Arsizio of the Italian Serie A1 for the 2012-13 season. Busto Arsizio (15-3, 46 points) was idle in the final weekend of the regular season and finished in first place with an eight-point lead over second-place Rebecchi Nordmeccanica. For finishing first in the regular season, Busto Arsizio receives an Eighth Round home-and-home series bye and advances directly to the quarterfinal round to play the winner of the eighth and ninth-place Eighth Round series.
SCOTT-ARRUDA, ALISHA GLASS WITH PUERTO RICO'S MAYAGUEZ: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a five-time U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team selection and two-time Olympic silver medalist, and Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.), a setter for the U.S. Women's National Volleyball team, are competing for Mayaguez in the Puerto Rico Super League. Mayaguez rallied past Ponce 22-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-20 on April 4. Scott-Arruda scored 14 points, while Glass set Mayaguez with 35 assists, 22 digs and three points. Mayaguez, which finished the regular season in fourth place with a 13-9 record, opened the double-round robin quarterfinal round Pool A on April 7 with a four-set loss to Corozal. Scott-Arruda recorded 17 points and seven digs in the loss, while Glass charted 20 assists, 15 digs and two points. Mayaguez continues the playoffs on April 9 versus Catano, followed by April 11 against Bayamon, April 13 against Catano, April 15 versus Mayaguez and April 17 versus Bayamon.
JONES WITH PUERTO RICO'S CATANO: Jessica Jones (Naperville, Ill.), a middle blocker with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, is competing for Catano in the Puerto Rico Super League this season. Catano notched a four-set win over Corozal on March 28 as Jones provided 15 points. Catano added a second victory in the week with a sweep over Guaynabo on March 30. Jones contributed 10 points in the victory. On April 1, Catano rallied to defeat Bayamon in five sets. Jones totaled 18 points, including a match-high five blocks. Catano is in second place with a 15-7 record, one match behind league-leader Ponce. Catano, the regular season winners with a 15-7 record, opened the quarterfinal double-round robin Pool A on April 7 with a four-set win over Bayamon. Jones was credited with 14 points in the victory, including six blocks. Catano continues the playoffs on April 9 against Mayaguez, April 11 versus Corozal, April 13 against Mayaguez, April 15 versus Bayamon and April 17 against Corozal.
TOM WITH BRAZIL'S UNILEVER: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a four-time U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball selection with two silver medals, is playing this winter with Unilever in Brazil's Superliga. Unilever, the top-seed in the playoffs, rallied from two sets down to defeat second-seed Sollys/Nestle 22-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-15, 15-9 in the title match on April 7. Tom remained out of the lineup as she could not recover in time from her injury suffered in February.
OTHER AMERICANS IN PUERTO RICO: Erin Moore tallied 11 points for Caguas in a five-set win over Ponce on April 2. Gina Mancuso led Ponce with 24 points, while Jasmine Norton chipped in 17 points…Stephanie Niemer paced Humacao with 20 points in a four-set win over Juncos on April 2. Falyn Fonoimoana chipped in 12 points in the victory. Rachael Kidder charted 18 points in leading Juncos, while Tara Mueller added six points in the loss…Kim Willoughby pocketed 22 points in leading Corozal to a four-set win over Carolina on April 3. Carolina was led by Monique Mead's 23 points, while Becky Perry collected 17 points and Lindsay Fletemier nine points…Tarah Murrey totaled a match-high 17 points in pacing Bayamon to a three-set win over Guaynabo on April 3. Kelly Murphy added 16 points in the victory and Lauren Cook handed out 13 assists. Alaina Bergsma led Guaynabo with 14 points and Julie Bennett added 10 points, while Caitlyn Donahue recorded nine assists and 11 digs in the loss…Shonda Cole scored a Mayaguez team-high 24 points in leading it to a four-set win over Ponce on April 4. Gina Mancuso led Ponce with 24 points, while Jasmine Norton provided 16 points…Falyn Fonoimoana and Stephanie Niemer each scored 15 points in leading Humacao to a sweep over Caguas on April 4. Emily Brown added five points in the victory. Rachael Kidder and Erin Moore scored seven and six points, respectively, for Caguas in the loss…Humacao opened the quarterfinal playoffs with a sweep over Ponce on April 6 as Falyn Fonoimoana scored a match-high 21 points and Stephanie Niemer added 11 points. Gina Mancuso led Ponce with 16 points and Jasmine Norton added 11 points…Alaina Bergsma scored 18 points and Julie Bennett added 16 points in leading Guaynabo to a sweep over Caguas to open the playoffs on April 6…Shannon Wingate amassed eight points in helping Catano to a four-set win over Bayamon to open the quarterfinal round on April 7. Tarah Murrey tallied 17 points and Kelly Murphy 13 points in the loss…Kim Willoughby scored a match-high 21 points in leading Corozal to a quarterfinal round opening, four-set win over Mayaguez on April 7. Shonda Cole netted 17 points in the loss for Mayaguez.

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Exponential Functions: These tasks involve negative exponents in a functional relationship in a context and are aligned with F-LE.
- Decaying Dice (It's like the penny lab for modeling half-life that kids often do in Earth Science... except with dice.)
- Predicting the Past (Making sense of negative integers in the domain of a simple exponential growth function.)
- All Your Base are Belong to Us (Exponential decay and negative exponents, together at last. Bonus points if you get the reference.)
- DDT-Cay (Interpreting the exponent in a half-life equation.)
Area: These are meant to be used to build understanding as you're working toward a formula for area of a triangle in sixth grade (6-G.1). But they could be useful to reactivate knowledge at the beginning of a study of area in a later Geometry course.
- 24 Unit Squares (To remind kids what area means and stymie their attempts to use formulas they don't understand.)
- Areas of Right Triangles (Depending on how you approach area of any triangle, this might be a necessary precursor.)
- Areas of Special Quadrilaterals (Emphasizes decomposition into familiar figures.)
And, hey, it is non-trivial for me to test stuff out with kids these days, so if YOU try them out and you notice stuff or have suggestions, you can comment here or better yet, right on the task on the IM site. (Please let me know if you do that - I don't think I get a notification. And thanks!)
I did draft the initial versions but I can't take credit for these. Tasks published on IM are very much a team effort. Many thanks to Ashli Black who is an ace reviewer and helped me make these a ton better.


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Exercise For Sub-acute Stroke Patients in Jamaica (JAMMS)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01392391
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified October 2016 by Rich Macko, Baltimore VA Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : July 12, 2011
Last Update Posted : November 1, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|Procedure: Task Oriented Exercise Training Procedure: Stroke Care "Get with the Guidelines"
|Phase 2
Stroke leads to profound cardiovascular deconditioning and secondary abnormalities in paretic skeletal muscle that worsen cardiovascular health. Conventional rehabilitation focuses on restoration of daily function, without an adequate exercise stimulus to address deconditioning or the muscle abnormalities that may propagate insulin resistance (IR) to worsen risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and recurrent stroke. By the time individuals reach chronic stroke (>6 months), we report hemiparetic body composition abnormalities including paretic leg muscular atrophy, increased intramuscular area fat, and a major shift to fast myosin heavy chain (MHC). All of these factors promote IR, which has been linked to reduced muscle protein synthesis in aging that may be reversible with exercise. We also find elevated tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) in paretic leg muscle, suggesting that inflammation may affect protein synthesis and breakdown, similar to sarcopenia in aging. Yet, no prior studies have considered stroke as a catabolic syndrome modifiable by early exercise to improve muscle and cardiometabolic health.
Aim #1. Paretic (P) and non-paretic (NP) leg mixed muscle protein synthesis and breakdown in the fed and fasted state, TNFα expression, thigh muscle volume and strength.
Hypothesis 1: Paretic leg has reduced muscle protein synthesis and increased breakdown compared to non-paretic leg; TEXT will increase mixed muscle protein synthesis and reduce breakdown to increase muscle volume and strength by the mechanism(s) of reducing inflammation in the paretic leg, compared to controls.
Aim # 2. Glucose tolerance, fitness, and muscle phenotype. Hypothesis 2: TEXT will improve fitness levels, insulin and glucose response to oral glucose challenge, and increase paretic leg slow twitch (slow MHC) muscle molecular phenotype.
This randomized study investigates the hypothesis that in African-Jamaican adults with recent hemiparetic stroke, 6 months of TEXT across the sub-acute and into the chronic phase of stroke will improve paretic leg muscle and cardiometabolic health, compared to controls receiving best medical care.
Phase 1 consists of recruitment and screening of individuals with mild to moderate hemiparetic stroke from UWI Accident and Emergency Room and Neurology Stroke Clinics. Phase 2: Subjects with hemiparetic gait ≤ 8 weeks post-stroke who are not wheelchair bound or bed are approached for informed consent, medical, neurologic, blood tests, and treadmill (TM) exercise tests to determine study eligibility. Phase 3 baseline testing includes measures of fitness, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), body composition, bilateral vastus lateralis muscle biopsies, stable isotope measures of protein synthesis and breakdown. Phase 4: Eligible subjects are randomized to 6 months 3x/week TEXT or control group with best medical care alone that includes American Stroke Association (ASA) physical activity guideline recommendations for walking 4x/week. Randomization is stratified based on glucose tolerance (normal vs. abnormal) and gait deficit severity. Subjects have limited 3 month testing of fitness levels (VO2 peak), body composition, fasting glucose and insulin levels to document the natural history (controls) and temporal profile of exercise-mediated adaptations (TEXT) as they transition from the sub-acute into chronic phase of stroke. Phase 5 is 6-month post-intervention testing.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|150 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Jamaica and Maryland Mobility in Stroke
|Study Start Date :
|July 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|April 2018
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|April 2018
Experimental: Exercise
Task-oriented exercise training (aerobic, strength, and balance exercises)
Procedure: Task Oriented Exercise Training
Treadmill training with safety harnesses begin at 6 to 15 minutes total duration at 40-50% maximal heart rate reserve 3 times per week, increasing to 60-70% maximal heart rate reserve for 30 minutes for 6 months.
Group dynamic balance exercise immediately follow the treadmill training 3 times a week. Participants also receive Best Stroke Care according to "Get with the Guidelines"
Active Comparator: Stroke Care
Best Medical Care in Jamaica adapted from the American Stroke Association "Get with the Guidelines".
Procedure: Stroke Care "Get with the Guidelines"
Post-stroke care is applied according to the recommendations of the American Stroke Association "Get with the Guidelines" adapted for Jamaica
- Thigh and Abdominal muscle and fat [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]CT scans to determine 1) mid-thigh cross sectional area for muscle area, intramuscular and subcutaneous fat area, and quality of lean tissue mass, 2) abdominal fat area.
- Whole body protein and skeletal muscle synthesis and breakdown [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]Serial blood sampling and pre-/post-muscle biopsies in the fasted and fed state
- Muscle myosin heavy chain isoform (MHC) proportions [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]Analysis of muscle biopsies for MHC fiber type proportions
- Leg Strength [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]1 repetitive maximum strength for leg extension, quadriceps and hamstring muscles
- Fitness [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]VO2 peak testing with open circuit spirometry
- Glucose tolerance [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]2 hour oral glucose tolerance test with serial blood sampling every 30 minutes for glucose and insulin
- Muscle TNF alpha [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]Analysis of muscle biopsy samples for TNF levels
- Mobility and balance [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]Stroke deficit profile will be indexed by NIH Stroke Scale, modified Ashworth, timed walks, Short Physical Performance Battery, Berg Balance.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ischemic stroke within 8 weeks
- BMI of 18-40 kg/m2
- Able to walk 3 minutes with handrails, assistive device, or standby aid
Exclusion Criteria:
- Actively exercising for >30 minutes per day for 5 days per week
- Increased alcohol consumption (> 2 oz. liquor, 8 oz. wine, 24 oz. beer per day)
- Active abuse of other illegal and illicit drugs
- Cardiac History of: a) unstable angina, b) recent (<3 months) myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure (NYHA category II-IV), c) hemodynamically significant valvular dysfunction
- Medical History: a) peripheral arterial disease with vascular claudication making exercise challenging, b) orthopedic or chronic pain condition(s) restricting exercise, c) pulmonary or renal failure, d) active cancer, e) untreated poorly controlled hypertension measured on at least 2 occasions (greater than 160/100), f) HIV-AIDS or other known inflammatory responses, g) sickle cell anemia, h) medications: heparin, warfarin, lovenox, or oral steroids, j) currently pregnant
- Endocrine History: a) type 1 diabetes or insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, b) poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (HbA1C > 10)
- Neurological History: a) dementia (Mini-Mental Status score < 23 or < 17 if education level at or below 8th grade) and clinical confirmation by clinical evaluation, b) severe receptive or global aphasia that confounds testing and/or training, operationally defined as unable to follow 2 point commands, c) hemiparetic gait from a prior stroke preceding the index stroke defining eligibility (more than one stroke), d) neurologic disorder restricting exercise such as Parkinsons or myopathy, e) untreated major depression (CESD > 16 or clinical confirmation), f) muscular disorder (s) restricting exercise
- Muscle biopsy exclusion criteria: a) anti-coagulation therapy with heparin, warfarin, or lovenox (anit-platelet therapy is permitted), b)bleeding disorder
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01392391
|Contact: Richard F Macko, MD
|Contact: Terrence Forrester, MD
|United States, Maryland
|University of Maryland
|Active, not recruiting
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
|University of West Indies
|Kingston, Mona 7, Jamaica
|Contact: Terrence Forrester, MD 876-7024687 email@example.com
|Contact: Sandra Boynes 876-927-1884 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Terrence Forrester, MD
|Sub-Investigator: Sandra Boynes
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard F Macko, MD
|University of Maryland, College Park
|Principal Investigator:
|Terrence Forrester, MD
|University of West Indies
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Rich Macko, MD, Baltimore VA Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HD068712 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|July 12, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|November 1, 2016
|Last Verified:
|October 2016
Protein synthesis
Protein breakdown
Muscle atrophy
Muscle phenotype
Insulin resistance
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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Mondelez International, Inc. empowers people to snack right in over 160 countries around the world. We're leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. Our 90,000 colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Great people and great brands . That's who we are. Join us on our mission to continue leading the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack , for the right moment , made the right way . Manufacturing As part of Manufacturing, you'll use your skills, our systems and a wide array of raw materials to help create the delicious finished products our consumers love. While taking ownership in your area of work, you'll also ensure the safety of yourself and your colleagues while producing our top-quality products reliably and efficiently within our integrated supply chain. Job Classification: Limited Maintenance Electrician (LME) or Journeyman Electrician Essential Job Functions: Responsible for the electrical maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of the Bakery production machinery and equipment. Perform preventative maintenance on electrical equipment in accordance with established schedules. Assist in electrical installation and modification of Bakery production lines. Follow all applicable Safety and Health policies and practices and informs immediate supervisor about unsafe or unhealthy conditions observed in the workplace. Perform other duties as assigned. High School Diploma or Equivalency required; 2yrs Technical or Trade School in an electrical field strongly preferred. Candidate must possess a State of Oregon Limited Maintenance Electrical License (LME) or Journeyman Electrician license. Due to Reciprocity, licensing also includes: Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. 3 years of maintenance electrician experience in an industrial environment strongly preferred. Recent experience in programmable controlled instrumentation strongly preferred. Candidates must have the ability to work any shift, first, second or third with weekends and overtime on an as needed basis Visual Acuity requirements including color, depth perception and field of vision: Required for machine and equipment operation, inspection, close assembly. Includes the work of people who do analysis of data, work at a computer terminal, and look at small parts, read. Mondelēz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance. Applicants must complete all required steps in the application process, including providing education and work history, in order to be considered for this position. All applicants will receive an email after submitting the first stage of the application. This email will include a link to return to the second stage of the application process. If you had previously submitted a resume, you will need to confirm/verify education and work history. For those that did not submit a resume, you will need to manually enter education and work history.
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Yuhui Wang-dynamic Traffic Cone Roadblock, Lighting, Reminderlight
At Design Interviews
Interview with Yuhui Wang : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Yuhui Wang : By considering of low-lighting roads always have more traffic accidents in our daily life, we offer you a new way about portable street lamp which also including environmental protection of electricity energy. It solved the problem of the traditional traffic cone can fall down and break easily,and difficult discover from a distance. It seems like a cone,but more than a cone. It can be used like a street lamp,but it is not only a lamp. Because of it, our journey at night is full of safety and convenience. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Yuhui Wang : Our main idea is to change the form of the cone, and make it more functional. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Yuhui Wang : We trying to make our cone into next level, and make it easy in productivity. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Yuhui Wang : For a month in trying so much different kinds of sketching, we finally chose this cone. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Yuhui Wang : Because the cone only has a one type in our daily life, and the inspiration of this cone is spring. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Yuhui Wang : No,it isn't. So we are planning to sell our production. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Yuhui Wang : The inspiration of our design is coming from the observation of daily lives. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Yuhui Wang : No, there isn't. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Yuhui Wang : This cone is design for workers and drivers. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Yuhui Wang : This cone is more easy in taking in and out. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Yuhui Wang : It is coming from the form of this cone. It means that the cone can engthen and shorten freely. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Yuhui Wang : paper、pencil and computer .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Yuhui Wang : Our traffic cone is lighter and smaller. It is including three forms: closed, opening and extensional. It can be powered through solar energy panels under LEDS so that it can be street lamps at night. It is offering more convince at low-lighting roads in the dark night. If there is a traffic accident or work, our cones can catch more attention in automotive vehicles, non-motor vehicles or pedestrians. It can bring fun for the municipal worker when he takes in our cones like a spring .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Yuhui Wang : I collaborate with my best friend Du Heli , my college teachers prof Xue and prof Sun. Yes,I did. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Yuhui Wang : The power of the cone is using electronic and it is came from the solar power .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Yuhui Wang : Yes,it is.By the questionnaire survey. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Yuhui Wang : There's are some challenges about the way how we use our cone like a warning light as well and how to setup it. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Yuhui Wang : By thinking of it a really longtime, we finally makeup a decision. Because we have the confidence of our design and nothing to lose if we failed, we submit the cone finally. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Yuhui Wang : I'm learned that team work is really useful, when you are trying to design something, best friends, also the designer,can help you in so many things in doing our design. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Yuhui Wang : I think that's all. .
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People love to fantasize about how glamorous the fashion industry is. They like to think it's all about designing and wearing beautiful clothes, sipping champagne and living a posh life.
Anyone who harbors such notions would have had them dispelled if they had seen Fallene Wells 24 hours before her solo show last week at Walker Fine Art Gallery. Still working on a few pieces at the Denver Design Incubator Thursday afternoon, she was wearing a cotton dress, canvas flats and the world-weary visage of a woman who had spend too many hours at the sewing machine. Her red hair was tousled, her eyes a little tired.


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Christian D necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 974 diseños de 190 diseñadores freelance.
Apprikos is a small company that creates custom web applications, mobile applications and desktop applications on a freelance basis. We help our customers actualise their ideas and thrive on creative problem-solving.
("Apprikos" is Swedish for "Appricot". Yes, the two p:s indicate that we create apps. Neat, huh?)
We are agile, quick and love simplicity. Our core values are creativity, curiosity/constant learning and integrity.
We are not a large, anonymous software corporation who have endless meetings, write stacks of reports and produce something bland and expensive.
The apps we create are easy to use and elegantly designed. The user feels empowered, efficient and happy that someone understands them and what they need.
Our customers are primarily web agencies, web entrepreneurs and advertising agencies. All of them small companies, mostly 1-5 and no more than 20 employees. Mostly male.
They are 20-40 years old, intelligent and extroverted. They are doing what they love, living their dreams and changing the world.
Most of them love Apple, their MacBooks, iPhones and iPods. They live on the web, use Twitter and Facebook, and they want to make a lot of money on the Internet.
To begin with, the company will target Sweden only. But the logotype must work in Western Europe and the US as well.
The logotype should be simple with the brand name and an icon/symbol. The icon will be used on its own as a favicon on a website, profile image on Facebook and avatar on Twitter and blogs.
The logotype should say "we're a clever, fun and friendly company". It should be clean and simple and still work 10 years from now.
Please note: The logotype CANNOT contain an apricot in any form, not even stylized or anything that can be interpreted as an apricot. You will have to come up with something more clever than that. (Preferrably not an "a". And please, no computers, mouse pointers or similar. The logotype is not supposed to say what we do.)
Some simple concept ideas: things that can be connected to nature and apricots; leaves, seedlings, saplings, birds, butterflies. But it still has to be clever and creative, maybe combining with another concept that suggests cleverness, creativity, ideas, thinking or something.
The font should be similar to Avenir and Helvetica, but less formal. We like Organic (http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/positype/organic/), but feel free to select a better one. We will buy the font in the winning design.
We don't really know which colours would be best, but we're thinking brown, green and/or apricot (as in tree, leaf and fruit). But the logotype must work just as well in black and white.
The brand name in the logotype must be easy to switch to "Appricot".
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.
Finally, here are some examples of logotypes that we like:
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I have a Phantom 2 15m with a zero7 bar that I picked up second hand. I've replaced the depower line as it was a bit worn (using an original replacement). I'm also looking to replace the lines as they are a bit tired and one rear line is definitely longer than the other (by a few cms/1 inch or so).
What I'm looking for advice on is the default set-up. The depower line that came off the bar had a lot of excess line on the 'wrong' side of the knot, whereas the replacement is knotted quite near to the end of the line. What I'm trying to do is get my bar to a default set-up so that when I attach my new lines I'm ready to go. I've viewed various things online (including http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/mx5alan/arcs ... up_FAQ.htm) and I can see that LE leaders should be 50mm longer than TE but is that with the power adjusted all the way out or is there some default position?
What confuses me further is some extra line that appears to be attached to my LE line connection. Instead of two lines with a knot on each coming out of the neoprene cover I seem to have an extra bit of depower line type rope which has the knots in. This line has a few knots in which I presume allows some adjustment. Looking under the neoprene sleeve it does look like this should be there as there wouldn't be anywhere else to attach the lines otherwise!
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Sporting a ranger hat and dungarees, Smokey Bear has become more than a symbol for protecting America's forests from human-caused wildfires–he's a piece of Americana. Smokey Bear has been the longest running public service advertising campaign in history, first appearing 70 years ago in a wildfire prevention poster in 1944.
In partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, the Ad Council and advertising agency Foote Cone & Belding (now FCB) created Smokey Bear to raise awareness about wildfire prevention. 70 years later, Smokey Bear remains a highly recognizable and relevant American symbol.
For seven decades, Smokey's message has stayed the same: be responsible when you use fire. But as with all Ad Council campaigns, the Wildfire Prevention campaign has been continuously refreshed and re-evaluated.
In 2008, the campaign expanded Smokey's presence by reintroducing him with a new, modern look and an integrated communications strategy that incorporated social media to strengthen engagement with the campaign's current target audience, young adults 18-34. In the years since, the campaign has continued to keep his image fresh and has also broadened his reach to school children throughout the nation with multimedia teaching resources.
Renew the importance of wildfire prevention by creating awareness of the causes and consequences of wildfires, ultimately reducing the number of human-caused wildfires.
- Primary: Adults 18 – 34
- Secondary: Elementary school-aged children
Your actions can prevent a wildfire more than you think.
Over $1.4 billion from 1980-2014.
Ongoing outreach and support has turned Smokey Bear into one of the most recognized icons in advertising history. According to a 2013 Ad Council tracking survey of U.S. adults, approximately 96 percent have heard of Smokey Bear; 88 percent correctly identified a picture of Smokey Bear; and seven out of 10 adults were able to recall Smokey's message of "Only You Can Prevent Wildfires" or a similar iteration without prompting. In the same survey, slightly under half of adults (45 percent) recognized the most recent campaign advertising, and the proportion was higher for the core target of 18-34 year olds (56 percent). In the same survey, slightly under half of adults (45 percent) recognized the most recent campaign advertising, and the proportion was higher for the core target of 18-34 year olds (56 percent).
The Wildfire Prevention campaign directs people to visit SmokeyBear.com to learn how they can help prevent wildfires. In 2013, the site hosted over 4.3 million U.S. visits, averaging 360,000 visits a month. With more than 250,000 "likes" (and growing), Smokey's Facebook community responds enthusiastically to his posts, at times with several hundred comments and "likes."
While not wholly attributable to the PSA campaign efforts, since the Wildfire Prevention campaign began in 1944, the total number of acres burned annually by wildfires has dropped significantly, from 22 million acres to an average of 6.7 million annually today.


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User talk:Waynemcdougall
Hey Waynemcdougall, I have seen your recent changes to some of the wiki pages and have just started a discussion on the main page. Concidering your changes or not I would let you know that I appreciate all contributions to the wiki. So please don´t be exercised by my criticism.
Yours morlano
Hey Wayne,
as I said, I´m very sorry for my criticism as I know that there is a lot of work you spend on the changes.
I learned HTML and stuff during my studies (computer science) which is, as wiki code, a markup language. There are a lot of possibilitys to markup text like lists (ordered and unordered), tables, headlines, links etc. and they should be used for what they are ment to be used. If you got a list, use a list, if you got a table, use a table. Tables are not destinated to organizing a layout like it was done in early HTML times. Just take a look at the mother of wikis and how they use lists, tables etc.
Again, I think you as user and editor are adding great value to the wiki, but major changes (maybe) should be discussed first and there is a lot of work that need to be done with a higher priority then solid changes to the layout.
I´m not that active at the wiki and don´t know if I have the right to correct you, but, for example, I miss the "Content" section on pages with a lot of links. It makes it more easy to jump to the POI on the current page.
This will (partially) also be included on the discussion section of the main page. But I would like to let you know first and specially thank you for your activeness on the wiki.
Yours, morlano
PS: Sorry for my enlish writing which is not my native language.
Shame on me. This is great stuff. Thank you for getting me 100% right. The contextual changes are great and I love the representation and look an feel.
Thank you for your kind reply. Seems as if were getting good friends. I also hope that the community gets more aware of the wiki. But at least for the german forum it´s true that lists and status updates on editing brings some live to the forum. The german community is not very big and (I know that from the german waze start page) has only recently begun ;) Sorry for the changes on the USA (Spanish) section. On the old main page I have seen thees entries in the language section "Other" so I thought it was just not sorted right. --morlano 20:07, 20 September 2010 (CET)
Hey Wayne, I was currently working on other topics like a list of the Freeways and their statuses when you copied all the English content over to the german page. As I said, the content is worth a lot. But I can´t translate all of it now. So I try to concentrate on the topics I was working on.
Additionally the german maps are not very advanced/complete and I´m an Area Manager working on adding value to the map for the community in my area.
I also try to be active on the boards and help new people finding their way to waze and contribution.
It was not really fair to try using the german page with all its English content as a negative example (which, as I read, did not work) because it was you who copied all the english content over. Nevertheless the conclusion was, that the german layout works better.
I will work on getting rid of all those templates. Because every change you make to the templates take effect on the german page and all the other places from where they are linked. Think about that when you try out layout changes.
It´s not only for your pleasure, it´s for the community's pleasure.
--morlano 10:42 26 September 2010 (CET)
Hi Morlano
You have misunderstood my intent.
1. I never offered the Deutsch page as a negative example. I offered it as a different example. An example with Table of Contents but without subheadings.
2. The whole point of the templates is to allow people to have at least some content until some wonderful, dedicated person like you and others can provide the content in the local language. I'm open to better ideas on how to do it.
3. I wonder whether the page is better renamed to Deustchland? Are the road rules and language similar enough for Austria? Switzerland? I think we need to have pages by country rather than language but maybe there can be exceptions. What do you think?
4. When using the Wiki, do you set the language to DE or keep is at EN?
--Waynemcdougall 18:41, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Link to Russian Wiki Pages from SideBar
Would you add to page (SideBar) http://www.waze.com/wiki/index.php/MediaWiki:Sidebar link to Russian wiki? It need only one more string:
** Russia|Russia
--Calibrator 13:23, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
Is there a Countries Category, or Infobox
How do I add [Singapore] to the countries on the main page? -- Ghane 17:46, 7 October 2011 (UTC)


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DuPont Coder 300 DNA synthesiser, United States, 1980
The DuPont Coder 300 DNA synthesiser is seen on the right. It was used together with the Genesis 2000 sequencer (1996-310) as part of an investigation by the Institute of Food Research. The institute's protein engineering cycle investigated the structure/function relationships in enzymes such as papain. The effects of site-specific mutations were predicted using the synthesiser. They were verified in a cloned specimen using the sequencer.
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2014 Toyota Corolla, 2014 Toyota Tundra, 2014 BMW X5 Begin Production
Toyota and BMW plants begin work on the brands' newest models.
Three anticipated 2014 models have commenced production: the 2014 Toyota Corolla, 2014 Toyota Tundra, and 2014 BMW X5.
The 2014 Toyota Corolla will go on sale in September and features an all-new styling direction for the compact sedan. The Toyota Corolla is produced at Toyota's Blue Springs, Mississippi manufacturing plant and will feature the same 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine as the outgoing model. However, this engine has been updated, featuring enhanced variable-valve timing technology on the LE Eco model and pairing with new transmissions as well: Although a four-speed automatic still comes on the base L trim, a six-speed manual and a CVT are available on Toyota Corolla LE, S, and LE Eco trims.
The 2014 Toyota Tundra represents a more minor update for Toyota's full-size truck than the Corolla's overhaul, as the 2014 model features only an exterior and interior styling refresh. The Toyota Tundra is produced at Toyota's San Antonio, Texas plant, and for 2014 there is a new 1794 luxury edition, named for the founding year of the San Antonio ranch on which the plant stands. The 2014 Toyota Tundra will go on sale in mid-August.
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emperors&fools necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
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I'm looking for a medieval time logo. That looks very expensive and high end. No loud colors. Prefered colors black, gold, burgundy, white, etc... you get the idea. Make it a visual logo with e&f sign on the logo. Something to be able to signify the difference between the emperors and fools.
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As some of you may know, I had the extreme misfortune to chop off (or very nearly) my finger whilst cheerfully, obliviously hacking a tomato to pieces a few weeks ago.
It hurt.
Like hell.
I've never actually injured myself on that kind of scale, and for the first week or so I pretty much existed in a drugged haze of the most entertaining (to others) variety. Despite my twice- or thrice-weekly guild raid schedule, my Excel spreadsheeted alt leveling program, and an Auction House addiction that Goldcapped alone could understand, my WoW playing came to a screeching and immediate halt.
Once the fog started to lift (hey, drugs that good are in seriously limited supply) and I could think anything beyond, "OWIE OWIE OWIE OWWWW!", a new problem became apparent: my right hand, encased in Borg-like apparatus and then wrapped like a mummy, was essentially unusable.
I'm right-handed.
(Don't ask why I was slicing tomatoes with my left hand. That takes us down a bleak road filled with recrimination, regret, and possibly a sad story about showing off my mad knife skillz to sincerely bad effect).
At one point, about three weeks P.D. (Post Digit) I logged into my hunter alt just to say hello to my guildmates.
They were in ICC, pwning, I have no doubt, and were as delighted to see me as I to see them. I excitedly typed replies to all the welcomes left-handedly- not too bad, I thought, just a little clumsy! But a few seconds later, I realized how fast I was falling behind:
"How's the hand?!"
"I can't believe that happened, how are you feeling??"
"Yayy, you're back! Ouch, yay!"
Me: "T…h…a…-"
"That was so crazy."
"It's so nice to see you! Ouch, ouch!""
"Ew, is your hand all gnarly and funky now? Please say yes."
Me: "…n…k…s…!"
And they weren't in any way going fast, mind you. But it was depressingly obvious that I wasn't going to be using chat for a while, and a much larger problem had just become obvious:
I couldn't use my mouse.
My clicker finger had been decapitated and reborn, and I was under strict instructions- from both doctors and internal urgings- not to do a damned thing with it until it recovered from its trying ordeal.
Typing was a bitch, but clicking…? Out of the question!
Luckily the guildies were still safely on Vent, but non-playing? Not being a PRIEST?! Inconceivable! I needed an outlet and needed it bad.
My first thought was that I simply had to become sufficient at left-handed mousing. I secretly started a warrior (less finesse, more faceroll, I figured) and commenced to experiment.
It was ugly.
After quietly burying my warrior in an unmarked grave, my second thought was that I could just not play or think about WoW- hey, everyone's on pre-Cata vacation! I can hit the beach with the best of 'em!
That lasted approximately three days and I was practically barking for a glimpse of Dalaran.
Finally, I realized that I could still read about playing, get into the Cataclysm changes, and really explore some of the more complex aspects of priesting that I've blown off in the past for being too complicated (like Haste), too boring (ie underused abilities), or too weird (exploring super non-standard disc builds).
With the help of Word, which has a built-in voice recognition writing system (who knew?!), I could theorize, blabber, and cool my heals (typo and it stays) until the mummy wraps came off and right-handedness returned to my repertoire.
This post kicks off a series of articles I'm going to focus on involving the theories behind our priestly behaviors now and in Cataclysm, a journey I hope we'll all enjoy and (heaven forfend) learn from. With my discovery of the voice-to-type thing, regularly scheduled leveling and gear posts should resume, as well.
For those who have offered their condolences, you have my most sincere gratitude for not only your words, but your readership. Thanks for sticking by my finger, even when it didn't stick with us!
PS- If it's not too horrifying when the wraps come off, I'll post a picture of the offending digit!


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Ofcom: T-Mobile probe? Er, not really
Operator steps into the firing line after fair-use cut
T-Mobile's attempt to rein back heavy users of mobile data has put the operator up against the wall, but talk of Ofcom investigations and contract breaches is still premature.
Not that T-Mobile will confirm its stance either way, the operator tells us it is still preparing a statement on the matter (and has been for 24 hours now). Meanwhile, Ofcom assures us that it is "examining" the situation: not "investigating", and certainly not "probing". The regulator will respond to complaints from the public, but for the moment the ball is firmly in T-Mobile's court.
The announcement from T-Mobile – that its idea of fair use was being cut by more than 80 per cent, from 3GB to a mere 500MB – was not handled in the most sensitive fashion. Telling users: "If you want to download, stream and watch video clips, save that stuff for your home broadband" was supposed to sound chummy, but came off sounding arrogant – more like a restrictive parent's rules than a friend's advice. The fact that web browsing is now outside that fair-use cap has passed most customers by, all they see is their headline allowance going down, and they're not happy about it.
T-Mobile's idea is to start differentiating by content type – video streaming and file downloading comes from one pot, while web browsing and email comes from another (never-empty) pot. The former has a fair-use limit of 500MB under the new rules, the latter is unlimited, and the idea is to stop the light data users from subsidising those who want to stream media all day.
And there are many of them: applications such as Orb will stream your audio/video collection to your mobile, consuming massive quantities of bandwidth for the delivery of the X Factor's finest, and those listening don't see any reason why they should pay more than someone who checks their email twice a day. T-Mobile isn't saying you can't stream tunes over its mobile network all day, only that you should pay more for the privilege.
But that's irrelevant if the changes are "likely to cause [consumers] material detriment", as that will let them out of their contracts without penalty. Given the huge handset subsidy network operators claw back over the length of a UK contract, mobile customers are always keen to find a way out – and many will be turning on T-Mobile in the hopes of being let off the hook following this change. The operator reckons only a tiny minority of its customers consume more than 500MB of data anyway, and thus the vast majority can't claim any "material detriment", though it's unlikely to stop them trying.
It will be interesting to see how the operator argues with a customer who claims he's about to ramp up his internet usage, despite previously not having hit 500MB. All the UK operators want to charge more for data, as voice revenue declines, but changing the rules at short notice is just going to rile users and seems excessive when they could just change the price (as Three recently did) instead. ®
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