blues classic “Going Down Slow” and the sultry “I Shot the Sheriff.

”
“Tell The Truth,”
“I’ve Got A Rock and Roll Heart”
“Layla” was spellbinding in its simplicity. The Cream tune “Badge” thumped with heartache. The
Robert Johnson classic “Little Queen of Spades”
“Nobody Knows You.
“Nobody Knows When You’re Down and Out,”
Crossroads,” the penultimate was possibly his trademark tune, “Cocaine,” penned by Oklahoman
J.J. Cale.
His set included the classics “Behind Blue Eyes,” “The Real Me” and “I Can See For Miles.” “Who
Are You” garnered a standing ovation and an ear-to-ear grin of appreciation from Daltrey

Ain't No Grave, For the Good Times, Corinthians 15:55, Satisfied Mind, Cool Water, Can't Help
But Wonder Where I'm Bound

Pretty Melody, Be Good Until Then

Kris Kristofferson's For the Good Times to Bob Nolan's cowboy classic Cool Water and Queen
Lili'uokalani's song of farewell, Aloha Oe. The lone original, Corinthians 15:55

"One Week," "The Old Apartment," "Pinch Me," "If I Had $1000000" and "Brian Wilson."

See the video for the first single, "You Run Away," from the upcoming album, "All in Good Time."

Lead Poisoning, This Addiction

Clapton has worked with many popular bands over the decades: Cream, Paul McCartney, the
Yardbirds, Sheryl Crow, Freddie King, Derek and the Dominos, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers,
Dire Straits, Delaney & Bonnie (& Friends), George Harrison, Powerhouse, Free Creek, the Dirty
Mac, Blind Faith, J.J. Cale, the Plastic Ono Band, T.D.F., Jeff Beck

Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikinews, and Wikiversity.

Cradlepoint PHS300 Personal Portable WiFi Hotspot

Ruckus Wi-Fi systems

As my father always said: "if you want everything to be fair, you are on the wrong planet"

‘January Barometer.’ The saying is, “As goes January, so goes the year…”

Netflix? Or Hulu. Or Pandora. Or Last.fm. Or Spot

ekoventure.com
wholetravel.com
adventurelink.com
CruiseCritic.com

*If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it - it's cheaper on the long run
*The follow-through...is a thousand times more important than a 'great idea'...if execution is
perfect, it sometimes barely matters what the idea is
*Many paths can lead to riches, few in sunlight, most in ditches
*Paul Getty: If you can actually count your money, you are not really a rich man
*Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex. You thought of nothing else if you didn't have it, and
thought of other things if you did
*Nearly all the great furtunes acquired by entrepreneurs arose because they had nothing to lose
*Conventional wisdom is often right. But when it is wrong, it can offer quite extraordinary
opportunities
*Making money is a drug. Not the money itself. The making of the money
*Prompt decisions and orders, right or wrong, are far healthier than endless demate and
prevarication
*Team spirit is for losers, financially speaking
*You may not necessarily want to be in a glamorous sector of any market, and they are often very
crowded
*How do you judge your own aptitude? Trial and error is the only way I ever heard of
*Your credit rating is extremely precious
*While it may not look like it to you, too much...capital seeking too few investment opportunities
*Obtaining capital...is the worst part of the whole business of getting rich...(but) there is no
avoiding it
*By continually wishing and never delivering, you risk denting your confidence
*Once you lose control of a business, then no bank, white knight, investor or new owner is likely
to permit you to gain control again
*Cash flow is the heart beat of your company
*Regular, even obsessive, monitoring is the key. I hated every minute of doing it in those eaerly
days

Dear S.R.: Several years ago, a research oncologist told me that "Pfizer has stopped using white
rats in their laboratory experiments and are now using attorneys.” When I asked why, she said:
"There are three reasons. (1) There are more attorneys than white rats, (2) You don’t become
attached to an attorney as you would a rat and (3) There are just some things that you can’t get a
rat to do.” Perhaps it’s time to begin fining lawyers for providing fraudulent advice; maybe it’s time
for the courts to hold lawyers accountable for legal prestidigitation that violates society’s ethics;
and maybe it’s time to close all the law schools for 20 years. This egregious species has
overpopulated the planet, and their increasing numbers are counterproductive to society.

Man, I had my pet duck up on the fireplace mantel with a life jacket on!

antidisestablishmentarianism

Definition of antidisestablishmentarianism
an`ti`dis`es`tab`lish`men`ta´ri`an`ism Pronunciation: ăn`tė`dĭs`ĕs`tăb`lĭsh`men`târ
´ė`ăn`ĭz'm
n. 1. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state
recognition of an established church; - used especially concerning the Anglican
Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism.

ears to the walls in high places

Michael Vick's days as quarterback might be over -- because last night in Virginia, the former
dogfighting Atlanta Falcon told our Fantasy Football playin' photog to mark him down as a "tight
end."

Ironically, that was also his nickname in prison.

Numbness, tingling, burning, nerve pain, pins and needles

Free Investment Tools
Free Portfolio Tool Mad Money Performance
Analyst Research Reports Stock Ratings Screener
Mutual Fund Ratings Screener ETF Ratings Screener
Bank & Thrift Safety Screener Insurance & HMO Ratings Screener
Dividend Calendar

Premium Investment Tools

Real Money Cramer's Action Alerts Plus
Breakout Stocks Deep in the Money Calls
Ron Insana's Market Movers Options Alerts
Stocks Under 10 Top Gun Trader
Technical Analysis Products
Daily Swing Trade Top Stocks
Premium Bundles
Chairmans Club Real Money Silver

Free Newsletters
Jim Cramer's Daily Booyah! Winners & Losers
Before the Bell Midday Bell
After the Bell Top 10
ETF Weekly

The pundits out there say that you can never go broke taking profit

SuburbanJustice - Tweets from the blog I mentioned earlier, Suburban Justice.

anamariecox - Ana Marie Cox: founding editor of Wonkette, Air America Washington
correspondent
StephenAtHome - Stephen Colbert: The Colbert Report performance enhancer, America
chrislhayes - Chris Hayes: Washington editor of The Nation, frequent MSNBC primetime
contributor
McCainBlogette - Meghan McCain: Senator John McCain’s daughter, tweets excellent taste in
music

Timeless tunes like “Walkin’ the Dog,” “Last Child,” “Cryin’,” “Livin’ on the Edge,” “Sweet Emotion”
and “Love in an Elevator” were possibly as popular with fans on Thursday night as they ever have
been. The band grew to six pieces and even added a bluesy Fleetwood Mac classic, “Stop
Messin’ Around.”

Jennifer Chancellor’s fave Aerosmith hits

1. Dream On

2. Walk This Way

3. Mama Kin

4. Sweet Emotion

5. Train Kept A Rollin’

6. Back in the Saddle

7. Love in an Elevator

8. Toys in the Attic

9. Same Old Song and Dance

10. Dude (Looks Like a Lady)

"Rainy Day Woman #12 and 35" by Bob Dylan. "Everybody Must Get Stoned!"

"Green Onions" by Booker T and the MGs

"Come Go With Me" by the Del Vikings "Dum Dum Dum Dum..."

"Blue Rondo a La Turk" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet

"The Rain, The Park and Other Things" by The Cowsills "Flowers in her hair, flowers
everywhere..."

"The Weight" by The Band "...aaaand, you put the load put the load right on me."

"Karn Evil 9" by Emerson Lake and Palmer "Welcome back my friends to the show that never
ends..."

"In the Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. (Actually pretty much any widely played big band
instrumental is like this)

EDIT: Also, an alarming number of people don't seem to know that the theme song to "Married
with Children" was recorded decades earlier by Frank Sinatra.

I think you have here two distinct unrelated medical problems. Rash and pain.

Burning, tingling, pins and needles sensation is a sign of nerve related issues called neuropathic
pain. Burning sensation you are experiencing in your buttocks and sometimes shooting down
your legs and feet is most likely related to your back problem as already stated by neurologist.

This means the nerve on your low back is getting pinched thus resulting in neuropathic pain.
What happens is that with aging or due to injury the area where nerves exit gets narrowed, that
means nerves have less space and they start getting irritated when you move. The more activity
there is the more irritated they get and the more inflamed they get. Well, there is already little
space for them there, and when they get inflamed this makes things worse as even that little
space left is taken, thus resulting in neuropathic pain.

You need to see a pain management specialist. They may order MRI which will tell them exactly
at which level you have a problem or if your pain maybe related to other problems rather than
back, and even without MRI they can tell you at which level you have pain if you point them the
area of pain (as nerves have certain distribution pattern, and pain travels across the affected
nerve only).

There are several options for pain management: medications, injections, other modalities such as
physical therapy.

If the problem is due to low back pain and pinched nerve then steroid injections usually work well,
sometimes no other treatments are needed. (there are many different types of injections for pain,
and depending on the specific pain type the doctors will deside which injection to administer.
Steroid injections are most common).

Medications. For the type of pain you described, that is neuropathic pain, neuropathic
medications, medications that work on nerves would work the best. You already tried Lyrica, but
you may not have tried high enough dose. You can take as much as 300 mg a day. Lidoderm
patches do good job (not endorsing any medications), antiinflammatories, if you have muscle
spasms muscle relaxant can be added- these medications are called adjuvants. Narcotic
medications are a last resort as they do not work well for this type of pain. They will take edge of
the pain but will not take care of actual pain, while neuropathic medications are specific for this
pain.

Other modalities. Physical therapy, TENS unit, and accupuncture are other modalities used in
managing this type of pain.

Sometimes all of these are used together. If injections did not relieve pain completely they may
send you to physical therapy, accupuncture, provide TENS unit, and neuropathic medications. If
your pain is still poorly managed then they may add narcotics (there is one narcotic medication
that works well for this type of pain called Methadone) .

Regarding the rash, it is not related to your pain. In genital area most times rash is due to area
being constantly moist. Try to keep the area dry. Sometimes it can be bacterial infection too. For
this one see your primary doctor.

This communication
is open till you are satisfied. Please click accept if I had answered your question. Good
feedback/bonus is welcome.

Dr. Burkitt Dobson practices General Dentistry in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Jennifer Burkitt Dobson
graduated with a DDS.

Read more: http://www.justanswer.com/questions/10z3q-burning-tingling-

buttocks#ixzz0MYbXlaMR

* www.CompleteProgramDesignforSprinters.com
* www.inetgiant.com
* www.ecki.com/links/advert.shtml
* www.usfreeads.com
* www.boconline.com
* www.craigslist.com
* www.kijiji.com
* www.backpage.com

NEW HIGHS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Inergy LP (NRGY)... pipelines

TC Pipelines LP (TCLP)... pipelines
Buckeye Partners (BPL)... pipelines
TEPPCO Partners LP (TPP).. pipelines
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP (SXL)... pipelines
Cerner (CERN)... health care IT
Hatteras Financial (HTS)... mortgage REIT
DynCorp (DCP)... military contractor
Baidu (BIDU)... Chinese search engine
China Life (LFC)... China's largest insurance company
China Housing & Land (CHLN)... Chinese real estate
Aluminum Corporation Of China (ACH)... aluminum
Starbucks (SBUX)... expensive coffee
P.F. Chang's (PFCB)... expensive Chinese food
Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY)... expensive furnishings
AmeriGas Partners LP (APU)... propane distribution
P.T. Telekomunikasi (TLK)... Indonesian telecom

NEW LOWS OF NOTE LAST WEEK

Central Pacific (CPF)... bank

S&T Bancorp (STBA)... bank
Popular (BPOP)... bank
First Merchants (FRME)... bank
UCBH Holdings (UCBH)... bank
First Busey (BUSE)... bank
Susquehanna (SUSQ)... bank
KeyCorp (KEY)... bank
Green Bankshares (GRNB)... bank
Pinnacle Financial (PNFP)... bank

Rudy Carpenter | #5 | QB

Dallas Cowboys

Height: 6-2 Weight: 217 Age: 23

Born: 4/15/1986

College: Arizona State

Experience: Rookie
***************************************************************************************************************
*

Jon Kitna | #3 | QB

Dallas Cowboys

Height: 6-2 Weight: 220 Age: 36

Born: 9/21/1972 Tacoma , WA

College: Central Washington

Experience: 13th season

**************************************************************************************************************

Stephen McGee | #7 | QB

Dallas Cowboys

Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 Age: 23

Born: 9/27/1985 Round Rock , TX

College: Texas A&M

Experience: Rookie
***************************************************************************************************************
*

Tony Romo | #9 | QB

Dallas Cowboys

Height: 6-2 Weight: 224 Age: 29

Born: 4/21/1980 San Diego , CA

College: Eastern Illinois

Experience: 7th season

***************************************************************************************************************
*

# Living Trust Document

# Pour-Over Will
# Living Will
# Durable Power of Attorney
# Medical Power of Attorney
# Affidavit of Trust
# Assignment of Personal Property
# Additional Sections

Legendary investor Warren Buffett puts this idea a little different: "It's far better to buy a wonderful
company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price."

I just want to know why:

1. Occidental College records -- Not released

2. Columbia College records -- Not released
3. Columbia Thesis paper -- "Not available"
4. Harvard College records -- Not released
5. Selective Service Registration -- Not released
6. Medical records -- Not released
7. Illinois State Senate schedule -- Not available
8. Your Illinois State Senate records -- Not available
9. Law practice client list -- Not released
10. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate -- Not released
11. Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth -- Not released
12. Record of baptism -- Not available

For an man who said his presidency would be "open," ???

if you dont have one you will need a 1Gb at least flash drive. and follow these instruccions:
http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html

once you get your flash drive with XP ready you must boot from it and push Esc and select to
boot from flash drive and press '1', and every time after that press 2 until windows is finalized
installing

This is for both methods, booting from CD or flash drive:

at the blue screen installation mode (text mode) erase the partitions and create a new one, then
format it using 'quick FAT32"

so yeah, awesome PC, but need to fix it to make it usable.

Hank Williams
Bob Wills
Willie Nelson
Merle Haggard
Johnny Cash
Waylon Jennings
Hank Jr

supercalafragilisticexpialadociously

Actually, what sends the wrong signal is going to war with a phony justification, inadequate troop
levels, insufficient armor, an inept Defense secretary and an inability to admit for years, deadly
ones, that you needed counterinsurgency experts.

Chittum calls the interview "cringeworthy," a "disaster," and, most appropriately, a "dismal
example of bubble thinking.

Like in a divorce there are THREE sides to every story. His side, her side, and the TRUTH.

You sign enough Adrian Peterson's and you don't have to say a word

WTF is that crap? who pissed in your cheerios this morning?

"It's like wearing dark pants and pissing down your leg," Frank said before the bailout vote in
October. "It gives you a warm feeling, but no one knows you did it."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG27KxFLCeY

Some companies, like Synthasite and Weebly let you set up, for free, very simple Web sites that
are akin to pages. Other popular destinations, like Facebook, LinkedIn, or MySpace (NWS), can
also be used.

Gene Marks, CPA, is the owner of the Marks Group, which sells customer relationship, service,
and financial management tools to small and midsize businesses. Marks is the author of four
best-selling small business books and writes the popular "Penny Pincher's Almanac" syndicated
column. He frequently speaks to business groups on penny-pinching topics. More penny-pinching
advice from Marks can be found at www.quickerbetterwiser.com.

Dataupia

A few readers last week were curious about the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury fund. I
said I would have it on my watch list for 2009 simply because it tracks the price of long-term
Treasury bonds. I am concern that the price of those bonds might plunge from today's giddy
heights. Obviously that would send the fund falling too. Those who want a fund that would rise in
this circumstance could instead follow Rydex Inverse Government Long Bond Strategy fund
(RYJUX). This mutual fund tracks the yield on long-term bonds instead of the price. Bond yields
rise when the price falls. If long-term Treasurys crash on inflation fears, the Vanguard fund will fall
and the Rydex fund will rise.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/04/2009-products-i-cant-live-without

You wanna be fat? Hang with fat people and let them drag you down to their level.
You wanna be lean? Hang with lean people and copy them.
You wanna be rich? Hang with wealthy people and learn from them.
You wanna be a better runner? Run with people who run faster than you.

Twelve months ago, none of the Yahoo! Sports blogs existed in their current form. Shutdown
Corner, Big League Stew, Ball Don't Lie, Puck Daddy, Dr. Saturday, The Dagger, From the
Marbles, Devil Ball, Cage Writer and Roto Arcade were all born -- or at least redeveloped -- in '08.
They now rank among the top sports blogs on the web and result from the efforts of two dozen-
plus bloggers (each of whom is listed on the right-hand side of this page).

As it turns out, interest in these sites is up, not down. Burned by their banks and the stock market,
people seeking help with budgeting, saving and investing are turning to sites with names like
Mint, SmartyPig, Cake Financial, Wesabe and Credit Karma.

On social investing sites, including Cake Financial, Inner8 and Covestor, people rely on other
members for investment tips.

Claymore MACROshares Oil Up Tradeable ETF (UCR)

E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Energy Index ETN (UBN)
iPath DJ-AIG Energy Total Return Sub-Index (JJE)
iPath DJ-AIG Natural Gas Total Return Sub-Index (GAZ)
iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return Index ETN (OIL)
PowerShares DB Energy Fund ETF (DBE)
PowerShares DB Oil Fund ETF (DBO)
PowerShares DB Crude Oil Long ETN (OLO)
PowerShares DB Crude Oil Double Long ETN (DXO)
PowerShares DB Crude Oil ETN (SZO)
PowerShares DB Crude Oil Double Short ETN (DTO)
United States Gasoline Fund, LP ETF (UGA)
United States Heating Oil Fund, LP ETF (UHN)
United States Oil Fund, LP ETF (USO)
United States 12 Month Oil Fund, LP ETF (USL)
United States Natural Gas Fund, LP ETF (UNG)

Which reiterates a timeless Buffett-ism: "It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price
than a fair company at a wonderful price."

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

"Beauty is fleeting, stupidity lasts a lifetime"

"Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it."

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."

My "crankiness" is directly proportional to your stupidity.

"Best intentions go astray among the pressures of money and relationships

Whatever the explanation, it’s plumb loco.

ideology overrode pragmatism."

Harvest Energy Trust (HTE) 15.20% - Oil & Gas

GSC Investment Corp (GNV) 16.30% - Asset Management

Oceanfreight Inc. (OCNF) 16.20% - Shipping

Penn West Energy Trust (PWE) 15.00% - Oil & Gas

Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGH) 14.80% - Oil & Gas

Babcock & Brown Air (FLY) 14.20% - Leasing Aircraft (long term leases)

Omega Navigation (ONAV) 14.10% - Shipping

Terra Nitrogen (TNH) 14.10% - Agricultural Fertilizers

Your setting yourself up for disapointment

"Quit whining and pull yourselves up by your bootstraps"

The technical name for a Bonded Trust is "master limited partnership" (MLP). MLPs are the
American equivalent of Canadian income trusts. They pay no tax. They return all their profits to
unitholders (another word for shareholders) in large monthly distributions. Close to 100 MLPs
trade in the stock market. And they're the absolute best place to look for big, safe dividends.

I also have Sirius Satellite radio along with the Sirius Stiletto 100 Portable radio

There used to be this girl who worked in our office—great kid, smart as heck, super helpful. When
you gave her an assignment, she’d just run with it. No complaining. No procrastinating. No
checking back every half hour to ask a dumb question about how to work around whatever minor
obstacle she’d encountered.

Sure, sure, they say there are no stupid questions. Whoever “they” are, they didn’t have interns.
One kid came upstairs once to tell us he’d used up all the letterhead, and would it be OK if the
rest of the shareholder letters went out on this goldenrod paper he found?

We had none of that with this girl. Karen was her name. She was a problem-solver. An initiative-
taker. A go-getter. An obtainer of rare antiquities.

Kitco (Kitco.com, 877-775-4826). All coins are back up for sale except one-ounce gold Eagles
and Buffaloes. Premiums are above our recommended 6.5% limit, except for the Krugerrand,
which is currently selling for an industry-low 5%. A one-ounce bar looks even better, at only
$22.30 over spot (as of 12/12/08), the lowest we've seen. Delivery is slow, though: up to six
weeks after the order is paid.

Gold Eagles were available in the first week of December but quickly sold out. We advise
checking the website regularly for availability. Here's a link to Kitco's prices... Notice the company
charges a set dollar amount over spot, versus a percentage as most dealers do. This can work in
your favor as the gold price moves up (although Kitco does change its prices from time to time).
You can also buy gold and silver in its pool account at just pennies over spot.

The Coin Agent (thecoinagent.com, 1-888-494-8889, thecoinagent@gmail.com). Wayne

Lemonier has gold Maple Leafs (the popular Canadian coins) at 6% over spot with a three- to
four-week delivery time after a paid order. He can ship gold Eagles in about three weeks, but the
premium is 9.5%.

We don't recommend paying the high premium for an Eagle, especially when the premium on the
Maple Leaf is so much lower. Remember, you're buying an ounce of gold regardless of whose
picture is on the front, and he's got one of the lowest premiums in the industry on Maple Leafs.

Border Gold (bordergold.com, 888-312-2288 ext. 7). Border Gold has Maple Leafs at 6.5% over
spot and can ship within three weeks of a paid order. It also offers one-ounce gold bars at $25
over spot and five-ounce bars at $22.50 per ounce over spot.

One-ounce Silver Maple Leafs are available at $4 over the spot price of silver. While that's one of
the lowest premiums we've seen recently, it's still too high for our wallet. For gold, its direct link to
the Royal Canadian Mint allows a good price and prompt delivery.

Asset Strategies International (assetstrategies.com, 1-800-831-0007). Coin availability comes

and goes, but ASI can deliver gold bars in one week after a paid order, the quickest delivery we
know of. A one-ounce gold bar has a 7% premium over spot and a 10-ounce bar is 6%. Silver
coins are available, but the premiums are not pretty.

January 20, 2009, 5:43 am

Q & A: Printing Without Wires
By J.D. Biersdorfer
Question

I am shopping for a small laser printer for my home but none has a wireless network capability. Is
there a reasonably priced device that would enable me to print on a laser printer wirelessly from
two or three computers that are connected to my network?
Answer

If you already have a wireless network router that you like, you can add on a gadget called a
wireless printer server. One of these connects to the printer itself (usually with a U.S.B. cable)
and basically turns it into a networked printer for all the computers on that network.

Most wireless print servers range in price from $50 to $100 and require a little bit of configuring to
get them on the network. When shopping, it’s a good idea to see if the manufacturer of your
wireless router also makes a print server, as equipment from the same company tends to work
better together.

For people thinking of buying a new router, many models now come with a built-in print server
feature that gets the printer on the network if you connect it to the router. Apple’s $100 AirPort
Express mobile base station, for example, has a U.S.B. port for connecting a printer, as well as
an audio jack for hooking up a stereo or a set of powered speakers and blasting iTunes music at
a high volume around the house.

Definition

Idiopathic neuropathy is a disorder that affects the peripheral nerves and has no identifiable
primary cause. According to this definition, a third of all neuropathies can be classified as
idiopathic neuropathies.

Description

The nervous system is divided into two parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the
peripheral nervous system (PNS). The brain and spinal cord compose the CNS, and the nerves
that lead to or branch off the CNS compose the PNS.

Peripheral neuropathies encompass a wide range of disorders in which peripheral nerves are
damaged. It may also be referred to as peripheral neuritis (inflammation of peripheral nerves), or
if many nerves are involved, the terms polyneuropathy or polyneuritis may be used.

Some of the causes of peripheral neuropathies are common, such as diabetes, and others are
extremely rare, such as acrylamide poisoning and certain inherited disorders. Sometimes
peripheral neuropathies seem to happen for no particular reason. In such cases, they are called
idiopathic, meaning of unknown cause. Idiopathic neuropathies can be classified as idiopathic
mononeuropathies and polyneuropathies. An idiopathic mononeuropathy, or radiculopathy, refers
to the involvement of a single nerve or nerve root, respectively. A polyneuropathy usually refers to
the diffuse involvement of peripheral nerves.

Clinical manifestations depend on the type and distribution of the affected nerve population, the
degree to which they are damaged, and the course of the disease. For example, if a motor nerve
is damaged, the neuropathy manifests as weakness and muscle atrophy, whereas if the damage
involves sensory nerves, it may cause loss of sensation, pain, and sensory ataxia.

Demographics

Idiopathic peripheral neuropathies occur typically in middle-aged and elderly individuals and
affect two million people in the United States. However, epidemiological studies are scarce.
Available studies suggest that 2.4–8% of all adults may have some form of neuropathy. The most
common cause is diabetes, which accounts for approximately one-third of all neuropathies; the
remaining two thirds are idiopathic and of all other known causes.

Causes and symptoms

There are no known causes for idiopathic neuropathies, and therefore they are considered
primary diseases. If a cause is detected, then the neuropathy is secondary to that, and not
idiopathic.

Nonetheless, there are many different peripheral neuropathies, among them the idiopathic type,
which demonstrates the functional diversity of PNS activities. Symptoms may involve sensory,
motor, or autonomic functions. Symptoms are classified based on the affected nerve type and the
duration of disease development. Acute development refers to symptoms that have appeared
within days, and subacute refers to those that have evolved over a number of weeks. Early
chronic symptoms are those that take months to a few years to develop, and late chronic are the
ones that have been present for several years.

Most times, the first symptoms include numbness, tingling and pain, unsteadiness when standing
or walking, muscle weakness (including weak ankles), or cramps and faintness. Depending on
the affected group of nerves, secondary symptoms may vary from loss of vibratory sensation at
the toes to loss of temperature perception to muscle atrophy.

Diagnosis

Several tests are necessary in order to eliminate all the possible primary causes of the disease,
after which idiopathic neuropathy may be defined as a diagnosis; hence it is a diagnosis of
exclusion. The patient's history plays a major role in the diagnosis and has to include all
symptoms, date of onset, duration, extension of affected area, and amount of discomfort and
pain. Specific details about tingling, numbness, weakness, or other symptoms are also very
important.

During the neurological evaluation, a physical examination will test for loss of vibratory sensation,
ankle jerks, and other reflexes. Sensations in the feet and hands will be evaluated. The purpose
of these tests is to assess the neurological function, including muscle strength, autonomic nerve
function, and the ability to feel different sensations.

An electromyography may be performed to measure the electrical activity of muscles and nerves.
Through this measurement, the physician is able to detect the presence of nerve damage, the
possible cause of the damage, and if damaged nerves are responding to treatment. If necessary,
other tests can be used, such as a nerve biopsy, a lumbar puncture (spinal fluid analysis), and
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which creates images of the body and its organs that may be
used in the confirmation or exclusion of disorders with similar symptoms.

Blood tests are commonly employed to check for vitamin deficiencies, toxic elements, and
evidences of abnormal immune responses. The quantitative sensory test (QST) is a method used
to assess damage to small nerve endings (temperature changes) and large nerve endings
(vibration changes). Autonomic tests measure how autonomic nerves respond to stimulation.
Data collected will indicate if the autonomic nervous system is functioning adequately, or if nerve
damage is present. The quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test (QSART) is used to assess small
nerve fibers linked to sweat glands. QSART is used to diagnose painful, small fiber neuropathies
when nerve conduction test results are normal.

Treatment

Treatment for idiopathic neuropathies is mostly symptomatic, including pain therapy for
paresthesias, physical and occupational therapy to help improve mobility and function, supportive
measures to maintain blood pressure, and bowel and bladder function if the autonomic system is
involved.

Treatment options for reducing pain include medication, injection therapy, and physical therapy.
Surgery may be needed to treat some causes of neuropathy (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome,
radiculopathy).

Because analgesics (aspirin, ibuprofen) are usually ineffective against pain caused by
neuropathy, treatment often involves medications that target nerve cells. Antidepressants such as
gabapentin and amitriptyline are usually the first medications prescribed. Side effects of these
drugs include drowsiness, dizziness, low blood pressure, and fatigue. Other medications include
anticonvulsants (carbamazepine and lamotrigine), local anesthetics (lidocaine), and
antiarrhythmics (mexiletine). Anticonvulsants may cause low white blood cell counts, nausea,
vomiting, and dizziness. Side effects of lidocaine and mexiletine include nervousness,
lightheadedness, drowsiness, and double vision.

Topical treatment with capsaicin cream may be prescribed for patients with focal neuropathy.
Capsaicin causes stinging upon application and is often combined with a local anesthetic to
reduce this side effect.

Injection therapy involves injecting a nerve block (lidocaine) into the area surrounding affected
nerves, preventing the nerve from carrying impulses to the brain and temporarily reducing
symptoms. Injection therapy is often used with other treatments such as medication and physical
therapy.

Discontinuing medication or exposure to toxic substances may eliminate neuropathy caused by

drugs or toxins. Vitamin supplements may be used to treat nutritional neuropathy. Physical
therapy, including exercise, massage, and heat, and acupuncture (insertion of fine needles into
specific points on the body) may be used to treat symptoms.

Treatment for the causes of neuropathy include antibiotics or antiviral agents for infectious
neuropathies, immunomodulating agents for immune-mediated neuropathies, improved glycemic
control for diabetic neuropathies, and surgery for compressive neuropathies.

Over-the-counter pain relievers can help treat mild-to-moderate pain associated with peripheral
neuropathy. There are two main types of over-the-counter pain relievers: acetaminophen and
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Acetaminophen is used to treat mild-to-moderate
pain and reduce fever, but it is not very effective at reducing inflammation. Acetaminophen
provides relief from pain by increasing the pain threshold. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) reduce pain, swelling, stiffness, and inflammation. Two drugs in this category, ibuprofen
and naproxen, also reduce fever. When these drugs are taken regularly, they build up in the
blood to levels that fight pain caused by inflammation and swelling, and also provide general pain
relief.

Support groups often help patients cope with feelings of isolation and frustration and improve
their quality of life.

Clinical trials

As of 2004, there were no clinical trials for idiopathic neuropathies; however, there are several
that aim at other types of neuropathies, such as the diabetic neuropathy.

Prognosis

Prognosis and complications depend on the type and severity of the neuropathy. Idiopathic
neuropathies range from a reversible problem to a potentially fatal complication. In the best-case
scenario, a damaged nerve regenerates. Nerve cells cannot be replaced if they are killed, but
they are capable of recovering from damage. The extent of recovery is tied to the extent of the
damage, to the patient's age, and to the general health status. Recovery can take weeks to years
due to the slow neuronal regrowth rate. Full recovery may not be achieved in some cases.

Special concerns

Complementary and alternative therapies can help manage pain caused by neuropathies. These
are noninvasive, drug-free treatments that support natural body healing. They may be used alone
or combined with other medications and treatments. Some alternative therapies are biofeedback,
acupuncture, and relaxation techniques.

My symptoms include loss of “true feelings” and strange sensations in my feet,

like a burning sensation or freezing pain

Neuropathy means “disease or abnormality of the nervous system” which is not a very helpful
definition. We need to think of neuropathy as any DAMAGE to the nervous system. Carpal
Tunnel syndrome, Herniated Discs and Strokes are all insults to different areas of the nervous
system, all with differernt symptoms. Diabetes is a systemic disease that affects all nerves of the
body from the brain, eyes and small nerves of the heart and digestive system, to the nerves in
the hands, feet, and legs.

The peripheral nervous system is made up of the nerves that branch out of the spinal cord to all
parts of the body.

Peripheral nerve cells have three main parts: Cell body, axons, and dendrites (nerve/muscle
junction). And part of the nerve can be affected, but damage to axons is most common. The
axon transmits signals from nerve cell or nerve cell to muscle. Most axons are surronded by a
substance call myelin, which facilitates signal transmission.

There are two types of symptoms with PN; negative and positive. Negative signs, which come
first, are when damage to the nervous system, obviously,brings about a LOSS of a particular
function. For exaample; loss of reflexes, loss of strength, loss of sensation like numbness. But
these are rarely detectable to the patient, because the brain makes up the differernt in the losses.
Only after some time do the sick and damaged nerves develope the positive signs of neuropathy;
tingling , burning, biting, stabbing, shooting pains. This too is a reaction of the brain and the
nervous system, unfortunately this over reaction tears apart the fiber of the patients’ lives.

Each patient will decribe their pain in their own individual language of ‘pain’. This can easily
confuse a doctor not trained in the recognition and treatment of these patients. So the patient
usually continues at suffer, going from doctor to doctor, to stronger and stronger doses of pills intil
they are either completely drugged up and ‘out of it’, or lost in their own world of suffering.

Some neuropathies come on suddenly, others over many years. Some people are affected only
by a weakness in the arms and legs which legs which leads to difficulty standing, walking, or
getting out of a chair. The loss of sensation from the feet, ankles and toes contributes to patients
not having a ‘good sense’ of where there feet are in space, touching the ground, and this causes
them to fall very easily. These under-recognized sensory losses CAN ONLY be detected with
proper clinical exam. This office has the necessary tools to uncover the underlying cause of this
’silent’ nerve damage.

Some patients will eventually become unable to walk at all. Others start with a tingling, pin
pricking feeling that turns into deep sharp stabbing pains and burning eletric shocks. These
debilitating problems can also be at their worst at night while trying to get to sleep, because the
PAIN never goes away. In fact, once started IT ONLY GETS WORSE!!

The tingling and stabbing is on the bottom of the feet. I just hope that this does not get any worse.
After reading some of the posts I fear that it will go up my legs and to my hands.

Loss of balance and coordination

not knowing where your feet are, and experiencing pain that feels as if it is tingling. burning or
freezing pain

tingling, numbness

Abnormal nerve sensations such as pins-and-needles, tingling, burning, prickling or similar

feelings are all known as "paresthesias". They usually result from nerve damage due to pressure
(such as a pinched nerve), nerve entrapment, or diseases. Continued nerve damage can lead to
numbness.

Hi!, about two months ago from 12/22/07 I started having dull ache paines and night pain in my
legs, arms, some which jolted me , like an electric shock, I had no physical injury, what was
happening?, Went to my Doc., told him I thought I had Fibromyalgia, and I was not a
hyprocondraic . He said if I belived I had Fibro.. I was a Hypo..., but the fact I had symptoms
which I gave , I did have what he preferred to call Perf.. Neuropathy, & gave me a perscrip. for
Lyrica. I got it filled , looked at the side effects very close, and decided to research on the web a
more natural, altern.. cure after 4,5 day's of intensive research I kept running up against and to
VIRGIN COCONUT OIL!!. Cold pressed NOT HYDEOGENTATED!!After just two day's my pain
cesed, my foot numbness, and tingle were very reduced. I tale three tablespoon's per day. It turns
out that virgen coconut oil is 1/2 lauric acid , a natural antibotic, for the auto immune system I
have been tacking this ,along with a Vit D, B+complex, and a Mag. tablet. This has had a
tremindous positive effect on my over all health, more energy, lower colist.., and blood pressure,
weight loss, that I needed, a general over all good felling. I'm not selling anything,. it is my wish to
help deminish those darn pain's that are really not there, yet are very much there. Several places
on the web sells virgin COCANUT OIL, but the very best place I have found is on Ebay, 1 gal.
128 oz. for $24.95, + 19.95 ship. I sincerely hope this knowledge will help another, as much as it
has helped me !, Peace Brother!, and Sister, as you make your way thru this ol world, ( Oh, I'm
really not religious), I'm a Darwinst with normal moral's, and ethic's.My age is 68, Happy Holliday!,
ol al shell.

web site to trace the package at : http://www.hongkongpost.com/eng/index.htm Your Tracking #

for this package is:RT012774498HK Thank you for selecting Zenni Optical for your vision needs.
Zenni Optical

So how did Goldman Sachs cause the housing bubble? It got into CDOs, the game of buying,
repackaging and selling mortgages.

Says Taibbi:

Goldman used two methods to hide the mess they were selling. First, they bundled hundreds of
different mortgages into instruments called Collateralized Debt Obligations. Then they sold
investors on the idea that, because a bunch of those mortgages would turn out to be OK, there
was no reason to worry so much about the lovely ones: The CDO, as a whole, was sound. Thus,
junk-rated mortgages were turned into AAA-rated investments. Second, to hedge its own bets,
Goldman got companies like AIG to provide insurance - known as credit-default swaps - on the
CDOs. The swaps were essentially a racetrack bet between AIG and Goldman: Goldman is
betting the ex-cons will default, AIG is betting they won't.

There was only one problem with the deals: All of the wheeling and dealing represented exactly
the kind of dangerous speculation that federal regulators are supposed to rein in. Derivatives like
CDOs and credit swaps had already caused a series of serious financial calamities: Procter &
Gamble and Gibson Greetings both lost fortunes, and Orange County, California, was forced to
default in 1994. A report that year by the Government Accountability Office recommended that
such financial instruments be tightly regulated - and in 1998, the head of the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, a woman named Brooksley Born, agreed. That May, she circulated a letter
to business leaders and the Clinton administration suggesting that banks be required to provide
greater disclosure in derivatives trades, and maintain reserves to cushion against losses.

Yeesh. It's hard to know where to begin.

First there's the stunning assertion that there was only one problem with the deals -- namely that
they were complex derivatives. Sorry, but CDOs aren't derivatives. Maybe because both CDOs
and CDSs start with 'CD' he thinks they're close enough to just lump in together. But the
distinction is more than semantic. His whole argument is that Goldman cronies conspired to
torpedo regulation that would've regulated derivatives. So for his argument to make any sense,
CDOs have to be derivatives -- even though in reality, regulators tasked with managing that
market wouldn't have touched them.

But then, even if they were, this bit about cherry-picking a few example of derivative bets gone
bad (Orange County, Procter & Gamble, etc.) strikes us a very weak argument that they were
destined to be A Bad Thing.

In fact, Taibbi is really just repeating an annoying tendency of mainstream financial journalists
and pundits, who claim that the problem with CDOs is that they were exotic and 'not vanilla'. In
fact, we might as well rename them 'Complex CDOs', since that's how they are always referred.
But that's wrong. The problem wasn't lack of regulation or their complexity -- the problem is that
they represented a bet on housing and that bet went horribly awry. What about that is so complex
and hard to understand? If valuing CDOs were so impossible, whey did the collapse of that
market in late 2007 precede the broader collapse of more normal securities?
Next he goes onto make another charge, that while Goldman was selling CDOs, they were also
shorting them:

Not that Goldman was personally at any risk. The bank might be taking all these hideous,
completely irresponsible mortgages from beneath-gangster-status firms like Countrywide and
selling them off to municipalities and pensioners - old people, for God's sake - pretending the
whole time that it wasn't grade-D horseshit. But even as it was doing so, it was taking short
positions in the same market, in essence betting against the same crap it was selling. Even
worse, Goldman bragged about it in public. "The mortgage sector continues to be challenged,"
David Viniar, the bank's chief financial officer, boasted in 2007. "As a result, we took significant
markdowns on our long inventory positions .... However, our risk bias in that market was to be
short, and that net short position was profitable." In other words, the mortgages it was selling
were for chumps. The real money was in betting against those same mortgages.

"That's how audacious these assholes are," says one hedge-fund manager. "At least with other
banks, you could say that they were just dumb - they believed what they were selling, and it blew
them up. Goldman knew what it was doing." I ask the manager how it could be that selling
something to customers that you're actually betting against - particularly when you know more
about the weaknesses of those products than the customer - doesn't amount to securities fraud.

"It's exactly securities fraud," he says. "It's the heart of securities fraud."

Now the first time we read this, our eyes were sort of skimming over it and we got to that last line
that said "It's exactly securities fraud... it's the heart of securities fraud" and we stopped right
there and looked up to see who said it. Turns out, it's just an anonymous hedgie, who, given his
anger, probably got fat at the CDO trough for a few years and then blew up. Boo-hoo.

But securities fraud this isn't. As McArdle reminds Taibbi, there was this whole Eliot Spitzer-led
inquisition on Wall Street to ensure that the left hand didn't know what the right hand was doing --
so a company can sell a product and its traders can be short it, and that's okay. Again, it's the
opposite of what's called securities fraud.

As an aside, it's also total crap when he says that the securities were dumped to "old people" as
though they were being sold at the corner to grandma and grampa. These pension funds may
manage money for old people, but they weren't being run by unsophisticates. They're run by just
the opposite -- highly paid, sophisticated managers that knew exactly what they were buying.

He goes onto note that, like with the IPO boom, Goldman Sachs has faced lawsuits related to its
dealings in this area, as if that's damning (he talks about this elsewhere in the story, too). But the
mere fact that someone is sued by angry investors, or the fact that a bank pays a fine to a
regulator doesn't mean anything, given the perfunctory lawsuits anytime someone loses gobs of
money.

In addition to his failure to pin the housing bubble on Goldman Sahcs -- which in our book dooms
the whole thing -- there's one other odd thing about the article: the dog that doesn't bark, the lack
of evidence that the company's vaunted entanglement in the public sector has proven to be so
beneficial. Taibbi brings this up in the beginning, ticking off names of famous Goldman alums, but
other than talking about their role in fighting derivatives regulation, they don't seem to do a whole
lot for the company. You'd think he'd explore that more.

That being said, there are two good points that come out of this. First is his prediction that cap-
and-trade will prove to be the next bubble or at least market for financial chicanery. Of this we
have little doubt, and it's why Goldman and GE are so eager to create this new market where
none currently exists.
He also pokes at a very interesting question on whether Goldman Sachs' culture of risk changed
at some point.

It also, oddly enough, had a reputation for relatively solid ethics and a patient approach to
investment that shunned the fast buck; its executives were trained to adopt the firm's mantra,
"long-term greedy." One former Goldman banker who left the firm in the early Nineties recalls
seeing his superiors give up a very profitable deal on the grounds that it was a long-term loser.
"We gave back money to 'grownup' corporate clients who had made bad deals with us," he says.
"Everything we did was legal and fair - but 'long-term greedy' said we didn't want to make such a
profit at the clients' collective expense that we spoiled the marketplace."

But then, something happened. It's hard to say what it was exactly; it might have been the fact
that Goldman's co-chairman in the early Nineties, Robert Rubin, followed Bill Clinton to the White
House, where he directed the National Economic Council and eventually became Treasury
secretary.

Talk about having the story right in your face and then missing it. What changed in the 90s?
Goldman transitioned from being partner-based to being public, a structure that many have cited
as being crucial to being more tolerant of sloppy risk.

Of course, saying Goldman's change was due to its involvement in the Clinton administration is
way more sexy. And besides we don't think the "Backstage with the Jonas Brothers!"-crowd really
cares to read an article about the nuances of unpartnering.

GE Capital · GE Technology Infrastructure · GE Energy Infrastructure · GE Oil & Gas

Infrastructure · NBC Universal

GE CAPITAL

GE Capital is one of four major units of General Electric,[1] On 27 July, 2008, General Electric
announced that GE Capital is once again a single unit of GE.

GE Capital has four sub-units: GE Aviation Financial Services, GE Commercial Finance, GE

Energy Financial Services, and GE Treasury.

GE TECHNOLOGY

GE Technology Infrastructure[1] is a unit of General Electric. It is composed of four GE

businesses: GE Aviation, GE Enterprise Solutions, GE Healthcare, and GE Transportation.

GE Energy Infrastructure

GE Energy Infrastructure[1] is a unit of General Electric. It is composed of several GE businesses

including (not a comprehensive list): GE Wind Power, Gasification, GE Nuclear Power, GE Coal
Power, GE Oil & Natural Gas,GE Solar Power, GE Hydroelectric

GE Oil & Gas Infrastructure

NBC Universal

Products NBC, Universal Studios, NBC Universal Television Group, NBC News, USA,
Syfy, CNBC, MSNBC cable TV, NBC.com, MSNBC.com, iVillage, Bravo, qubo, SendMeRSS,
Telemundo Television Studios, The Weather Channel, Hulu
Vision

The revolutionary iPhone also includes an equally revolutionary screen reader, and other
innovative accessibility features that make it easier to use for those with impaired vision.

VoiceOver
iPhone 3GS displaying VoiceOver settings. The VoiceOver and Speak Hints buttons are on.
Three instructions appear: To select an item touch it. To tap the selected item, double-tap. To
scroll, flick three fingers.

The same VoiceOver screen reader made popular on the Mac is now a standard feature on
iPhone 3GS. It’s the world’s first gesture-based screen reader, enabling you to enjoy the fun and
simplicity of iPhone even if you can’t see the screen.

What makes VoiceOver on iPhone truly remarkable is that you control it using simple gestures
that let you physically interact with items on screen. It’s easy to learn and fun to use. Instead of
memorizing hundreds of keyboard commands, or endlessly pressing tiny arrow keys to find what
you’re looking for, with VoiceOver, you simply touch the screen to hear a description of the item
under your finger, then gesture with a double-tap, drag, or flick to control the phone.

VoiceOver delivers an experience unlike any screen reader you’ve ever used before. Traditional
screen readers describe individual elements on the screen, but struggle to communicate where
each element is located or provide information about adjoining objects. This contextual
information is very important but typically filtered out by other screen readers. For example, “off-
screen” models used by traditional screen readers to represent applications and web pages
intentionally strip away contextual information and describe web pages as a list or menu of items.
But with VoiceOver on iPhone 3GS, you’ll experience something entirely new.

Because VoiceOver works with iPhone’s touchscreen, you interact directly with objects on the
screen and can naturally understand their location and context. So, when you touch the upper-left
corner of the screen, you’ll hear what’s in the upper left corner of a web page, and as you drag
your finger around the screen, you’ll learn what’s nearby, providing an amazing new sense of
context and relationship between the items you hear. For many, VoiceOver on iPhone will
provide, perhaps for the first time, a true sense of how things appear on screen, not just
descriptions of what they are.

You’ll hear descriptions of every item on the screen, including status information such as battery
level, Wi-Fi and cellular network signal levels, the cellular network provider, and time of day. It
even lets you know when the display changes to landscape or portrait orientation, and when the
screen is locked or unlocked.

The speaking rate is adjustable so you can set it to a speed that best suits your listening ability.
VoiceOver uses distinctive sound effects to alert you when an application opens, when the screen
is updated, when a message dialog appears, and more. And, when Voiceover is talking, the
volume of background sounds and music are automatically lowered, “ducking” under the voice, so
you can clearly hear what VoiceOver is telling you.
It speaks your language

VoiceOver includes built-in voices that speak 21 languages including Bahasa Indonesian,
Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Dutch, English (US), English (UK),
English (Australian), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Greek, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian,
Russian, Slovak, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Thai, Turkish.
Getting started

VoiceOver is built right into iPhone 3GS. There’s nothing extra to purchase or install. All you need
is iPhone 3GS, iTunes 8.2 or later, and a Mac or PC. You can activate your iPhone and enable
VoiceOver without sighted assistance using iTunes with a compatible screen reader like
VoiceOver included in Mac OS X and GW-Micro Window-Eyes® for Windows XP and Windows
Vista (sold separately). When you activate iPhone using iTunes, you can enable VoiceOver on
iPhone to start using it right away. Sighted users can also enable VoiceOver for you directly on
iPhone using the Accessibility menu in the Settings application.
How it works

With VoiceOver enabled, you’ll use a different but simple set of gestures to control iPhone. For
example, instead of tapping to activate a button, tap the button to hear a description of it, double-
tap to activate it, and swipe up or down to adjust a slider.

When an item on the screen is selected, a black rectangle called the VoiceOver cursor appears
around it. The VoiceOver cursor is displayed for the benefit of sighted users with whom you may
be sharing your phone. When you prefer privacy, VoiceOver includes a screen curtain that turns
off the display so no one can read it without your knowledge.

In addition to touching and dragging around the screen, you can also flick left and right to move
the VoiceOver cursor precisely to the next or previous item on the screen—no matter how big or
small it is. By flicking, you have precise control of what you hear even when it might otherwise be
difficult to place your finger on it.
Two iPhones. The iPhone in the background shows the home screen. A dialog bubble indicates
VoiceOver speaking the hint: Mail. One new item. Double-tap to open. The iPhone in the
foreground shows the Camera application with a beach ball in the viewfinder. The VoiceOver
cursor is on the mode switch button and a dialog bubble indicates VoiceOver speaking the hint:
Photo button. Switches camera to video.
Entering Text

When you’re typing text, such as an email message or a note, VoiceOver echoes each character
on the keyboard as you touch it, and again to confirm when you enter it. You can also have
VoiceOver speak each completed word instead of and in addition to individual characters as you
type them. A flick up or down while typing moves the insertion point cursor left and right within the
text so you can edit a word just as easily and precisely as typing a new word.
Two images side by side. The first shows a text-suggestion bubble containing the word restaurant
below the partially typed word r e s t a u. The other shows a text bubble containing the word great
above the misspelled word g r w a t.

To help you type more quickly and accurately, iPhone features word prediction and suggests the
correct spelling when you type a word incorrectly. With Speak Auto-text enabled, you’ll hear a
sound effect and the suggested word spoken automatically. You can just keep typing to ignore it,
or press the space key to have iPhone type it for you.
The Rotor
Two fingers touching a iPhone display and a counter-clockwise arrow indicating how to enter a
rotate gesture.

VoiceOver features an innovative new virtual control called a “rotor.” Turning the rotor— by
rotating two fingers on the screen as if you were turning an actual dial — changes the way
VoiceOver moves through a document based on a setting you choose. For example, a flick up or
down might move through text word by word. But when you choose the “character” setting, each
time you flick up or down VoiceOver will move through the text character by character — perfect
when you’re proofreading or editing text.

You can also use the rotor to navigate web pages. When you’re on a web page, the rotor
contains the names of common items, such as headers, links, form elements, images, and more.
You select a setting, then flick up and down to move to the previous or next occurrence of that
item on the page, skipping over items in between.
Applications

VoiceOver works with all of the built-in applications that come with iPhone 3GS, such as Phone,
iPod, iTunes, Mail, Safari, and Maps. So, you can place and receive calls, surf the web, text and
email your friends, check your stocks and the weather, and much, much more. Apple is also
working with iPhone software developers so they can make their applications VoiceOver
compatible. Learn more
Two iPhones. The iPhone in the foreground is displaying the Voice Control screen awaiting a
spoken command. There is a large cancel button at the bottom. The iPhone in the background
shows iPhone dialing
Voice Control

In addition to gestures, you can use your voice to play music and make a phone call. Just press
and hold the home button, listen for the audio prompt, and speak the name of the artist, album, or
playlist you want to hear. You can pause, play, change tracks, even shuffle your music.

When you want to make a call, speak the name or telephone number of the person you want to
call. iPhone 3GS understands 21 different languages. Learn more
Zoom
Two iPhones. The iPhone in the background is displaying the weather application. The iPhone in
the foreground shows the weather application zoomed 200%

While many iPhone applications let you zoom in and out specific elements such as images in
Mail, or webpage columns in Safari, Zoom lets you magnify the entire screen of any application
you’re using to help you see what’s on the display. Zoom can be enabled on iPhone 3GS using
iTunes when you’re setting up iPhone, for yourself or someone else, or later, using the
Accessibility menu in the Settings application on iPhone.

Zoom works everywhere, including the Home, Unlock, and Spotlight screens—even with
applications you purchase from the App store.
Two iPhones. The iPhone in the background is displaying the Accessibility Settings screen. The
iPhone in the foreground shows the Accessibility Settings screen in reverse video.

A simple double-tap with three fingers instantly zooms in and out 200% and you can double-tap
and drag three fingers to dynamically adjust the magnification between 100% and 500%. Even
when zoomed, you can continue using all of the familiar flick, pinch, tap and other iPhone
gestures to run your favorite applications. Zoom can also be used with white-on-black (reverse
video) and speak auto-text.
White On Black

For those who need or prefer higher contrast, iPhone 3GS provides an option to change the
display to White On Black. This reverse video affect works in all applications including the Home,
Unlock, and Spotlight screens and can be used with Zoom and VoiceOver.
Speak Auto-text

When typing, iPhone suggests a word before you finish typing it or a correction when a word is
misspelled. Speak Auto-text speaks these suggestions so you can hear them when they’re
presented. When zoomed, for example, the suggestion might not be visible on screen, but you
can hear and accept it without seeing it. If you’re using VoiceOver, you won’t have to interrupt
your typing and touch the suggestion to hear it. Speak Auto-text can be enabled even when
you’re not using VoiceOver or Zoom.
Callouts indicate the name and location of the physical buttons on iPhone.
Tactile Buttons
iPhone includes a few, easily discernible physical buttons used to control the phone: the
Sleep/Wake button, located on the top edge; the Ring/Silent switch and volume-control buttons,
located on the upper-left edge; and the Home button, centered below the display.
Giant Fonts For Mail Messages

For improved email readability, you can increase the default font size of email text from Medium
(the default) to Large, Extra-large, or Giant.
iPhone earbuds with clickable microphone built into the cable
iPhone Stereo Headset

iPhone comes with a stereo headset with a high-performance microphone built into the cable.
Plug it into the standard 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack and the headset lets you control music
playback and answer and end calls by clicking the built-in remote control button.

Several add-on products are also available to work with iPhone that can help those with hearing
disabilities, including a hearing aid-compatible induction ear loop from TecEar, wireless remote
headset from Oticon, and others.
Hands-Free Speakerphone

Enjoy hands-free communication using the built-in speakerphone, which you can also use to
listen to Visual Voicemail, music, podcasts, and video.
Audible, Visible, And Vibrating Alerts

Turn the ringer on, and iPhone delivers both audible and visual alerts. You can activate alerts for
phone calls, text messages, incoming and sent mail, and calendar events. iPhone also offers an
audio option confirming keyboard clicks. You can even set incoming calls to display a full-screen
image or photo of the caller.

In silent mode, iPhone vibrates instead of playing a tone. To ensure that you never miss a
notification, you can also have iPhone vibrate and play an audio alert.
Downloadable, Assignable Ringtones

You can assign distinctive ringtones to individuals in your contacts list, using the ringtone as an
audible caller ID. Visit the iTunes Store to create, purchase, and download additional ringtones of
your favorite songs (sold separately).
A visual representation of a ringtone sound wave as it might appear in iTunes while it's being
created.
Accessible iPhone User Guide

The iPhone User Guide has been designed with accessibility in mind. You can read the iPhone
User Guide in HTML format using a web browser with your favorite screen reader on a Mac, PC,
and iPhone. Or, you can read the iPhone User Guide in tagged PDF format using the Preview
application in Mac OS X and Adobe Acrobat for Mac and Windows.
Hearing

Save some money, get GV now!

I love Google. There, I said it. I'm in a passionate affair with all of the lovely features of Google.

Most recently I discovered Google Voice. This revolutionary service offers you a full-featured
answering service, for none of the price. I just changed my office number to my GV number, and I
LOVE it!
Here are my favorite features:

1. Transcriptions of voice messages

2. Downloading audio messages to specific client files
3. Saving audio email messages to specific client files
4. Being able to answer calls
5. A reliable call log of all phone numbers (inbound and outbound)
6. Ability to call from GV
7. All this for FREE!!!

GV is helping to expand my practice with its wonderful features. I'm not sure how this would work
for a well-established practice, but since my practice isn't well-established, I was able to utilize the
service for a small investment. My biggest cost was ordering new business cards and sending out
notice letters to the clients and other contacts who don't use email.

If you're starting out, GV is a great option. It'll take a bit to get your number/invite, so GET
GOING!!! GV is just one of the multitude of programs I use on a daily basis.

Here's a simple list of my daily programs:

1. Google Reader
2. Goog-411
3. iGoogle
4. Google Docs
5. GV
6. Gmail
7. Google Apps

Posted by Jeffrey Taylor 0 comments

Labels: Google Voice, law practice management

a happy, energetic person