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Contents of This Week Saturday News ▶︎ January 9th / 2016

• Definition: iPad Pro & Apple Pencil

SSTattler: Launched on November 2015 by Apple - it is version 1 so you have to be careful to buy it. Some details in iOS are weak but useful e.g. Apple Pencil is really good for the artist - watch out Wacom! Lets look in the future iPad Pro version 2... 

iPad Pro is a tablet computer designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Announced on September 9, 2015, the iPad Pro was released on November 11, 2015. The tablet features a 12.9-inch screen, larger than all previous iPad models. Three configurations are available: Wi-Fi-only models with 32 GB or 128 GB of storage space, and a 128 GB model with Wi-Fi/cellular connectivity. iPad Pro is the first iPad to feature LPDDR4 RAM. Among features: Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, Retina display 2732-by-2048, Apple Pencil, Smart Connector for a Keyboard and four stereo speakers. A longer definition comes from Wikipedia.

• Video: iPad Pro & Apple Pencil
• Apple Pencil Full Review | Surprisingly Good (iPad Pro)
• Top 5 iPad Pro Apps for Your Apple Pencil
• iPad Pro - Extra Long In Depth Review
• iPad Pro vs. Surface Pro vs. Wacom Cintiq Companion
• iPad Pro - Shoe Sketch using Apple Pencil and Pro Create
• iPad Pro and Apple Pencil: How to Draw an X Wing Part 1
• iPad Pro and Apple Pencil: How to Draw an X Wing Part 2
• Hands on: iPad Pro and Apple Pencil with Adobe Sketch, Markup
• WIRED's Creative Team Tests Apple's iPad Pro and Pencil
• First Impressions of iPad Pro+Apple Pencil
• Apple Pencil - How to Modify With a Grip
• Apple Pencil Drawing Demo #1 on iPad Pro and Artist's Review
• Apple Pencil Drawing Demo #2 on iPad Pro and Artist's Review
• Apple Pencil Drawing / Painting Demo, How to Paint a Sky in Procreate

• Headline Blog: iPad Pro & Apple Pencil
• Apple Special Event - September 2015
• Stroke Recovery With an iPad
• EEG
• When Two Become One
• In the Hospital
• 10 Things I Learned About Living as a Stroke Survivor
• Update - August 28, 2012
• A Federal Holiday
• My Brain is Broken
• The IQ of Steve Jobs

• Weekly Columnists
• Musing: iPad Technology for Home Rehabilitation after Stroke (iHOME): A Proof-of-concept Randomized Trial
• Sunday Stroke Survival: Life Isn't Fair
• Caregiver: Ending The Year With A Bang (Quite Literally...)
• Jester: CARP – [Canadian Association of Retired People]
• TED Talks - Joe Sabia: The Technology of Storytelling
• Rick Mercer Report: Gold & Front Page
• Laid-Back Admin: XKCD & Eclectic Stuff on Wednesday

• XKCD: A Webcomic Of Romance, Sarcasm, Math, And Language

• Eclectic Stuff on Wednesday
• Singing for Stroke Patients - Aphasia Therapy
• What to Dispose of for 2016: Aphasia Speech Therapy
• Snow Shoes for a Stroke Survivor
• The Best Brain Food, is Soul Food
• Don't Believe the Hype -OR- Have You Been Lowballed? -OR- Clinician Fulfilled Prophecy
• “Who I am and Why I’m Here”
• 50 Shades of Lime

• Future Topics in SSTattler

     Saturday News | Future Topic
     --------------+---------------------------------------------
     Feb/06/2016   | Reading Comprehension
     Jan/30/2016   | Neuroregeneration
     Jan/23/2016   | Global Warming
     Jan/16/2016   | Bobath (NDT - Neuro-Developmental Treatment)

Definition: Introduction & iPad Pro & Apple Pencil

Introduction (by SSTattler)

• Launched on November 2015 by Apple - it is version 1 so you have to be careful to buy it. Some details in iOS are weak but useful e.g. Apple Pencil is really good for the artist - watch out Wacom! Lets look in the future iPad Pro version 2...
• Some details a) Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating (very good), b) Retina display 2732-by-2048 resolution at 264 ppi, c) four loudspeakers (great sound), d) Apple Pencil was designed for low latency to enable smooth inking on the screen (I'm not the artist but it is excellent), e) cost - $799USD to $1079USD (ouch!),
  f) camera - video image stabilization & improved face detection & ...,  g)..., etc.
• Wikipedia articles needs much more work but, at least, you can read it and, I'm sure, the articles are going to be much better soon.
• iPad Pro Second Impressions! [Apple Pencil] video below by Marques Brownlee (and not by Wikipedia but soon).
• See the Video: iPad Pro & Apple Pencil for the next article(s).

iPad Pro From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs attention from an expert in iOS. The specific problem is: this article needs to be expanded. WikiProject IOS (or its Portal) may be able to help recruit an expert. (November 2015)

iPad Pro is a tablet computer designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. Announced on September 9, 2015, the iPad Pro was released on November 11, 2015. The tablet features a 12.9-inch screen, larger than all previous iPad models. Three configurations are available: Wi-Fi-only models with 32 GB or 128 GB of storage space, and a 128 GB model with Wi-Fi/cellular connectivity. iPad Pro is the first iPad to feature LPDDR4 RAM.


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History

Video: iPad Pro & Apple Pencil

SSTattler: ① We will concentrate on drawing in iPad Pro. (It is great compared with competitors - Wacom and Surface Pro).  ② Are you are an artist? An amateur artist? Many stroke survivors are an artist as well. Read the most popular classic drawing book since 1988 - Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain  by Betty Edwards. You too can become an artist! "A revised edition of the classic drawing book that has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the United States alone. Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you are drawing as a professional artist, as an artist in training, or as a hobby, this book will give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception, as well as foster a new appreciation of the world around you".

Apple Pencil Full Review | Surprisingly Good (iPad Pro)

Published on Nov 26, 2015

The new £79/$99 Apple Pencil is an exclusive accessory for the iPad Pro. While it may sound expensive for a stylus, it adds a lot more fun and functionality to your iPad Pro.

In this extended, hands-on video review, I use the Pencil in a range of creative apps including Adobe Sketch, Forge, Paper 53 and Notes. I also discuss the look and feel, responsiveness, palm rejection, battery and price.

While it may be expensive for a Pencil, let me show you why I think it's a must-have accessory for the iPad Pro.

If you enjoy my videos please Like & Subscribe :)

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Headline Blog: iPad Pro & Apple Pencil

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Apple Special Event - September 2015

Published on Sep 11, 2015

SSTattler: We set YouTube for the iPad Pro / Pencil: start=15:27 and end=51:40.

"A refreshed iPad has landed! The new iPad Pro brings a slightly larger screen at 12.9 inches to accommodate gaming, entertainment, a full-size software keyboard and a multi-tasking tool. iPad Pro’s packing 2732 x 2048 pixels, making 5.6 million pixels in total. That’s even denser than a MacBook Pro with Retina display, says Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller.

With the iPad Pro also comes a smart keyboard accessory that attaches to the tablet magnetically. Apple’s also releasing a stylus to go along with the device called the Apple Pencil, which charges via a Lightning port. You can use the stylus to mark up emails, images and others directly via select iOS apps."

Check out iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, learn about the powerful iPad Pro, take a look at the new features and bands for Apple Watch, and see the premiere of the all-new Apple TV.


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Stroke Recovery With an iPad

Jeff Porter
Stroke of Faith

Thursday, October 03, 2013

Back about 15 years ago, I used a educational toy called a Geo Safari to help me bring back some language skills after my stroke, in addition to speech therapy.

Now, moving 15 years to the present, current stroke survivors can use even cooler technology. I ran across one story how a support group uses iPads to help stroke survivors regain function:

"The applications are on my laptop," [Suzanne] Hill said. "I'm on it most of the time. There are 15 applications that I can use. I just enjoy it so much. There's no chore to any of this for me." 

Indeed, some of the apps are games, such as Scrabble or connect-the-dots. Some resemble putting the user back in an elementary school classroom, such as viewing a picture of a dog, then selecting the letters from an alphabet jumble to spell d-o-g. 

"I have limitations on my right side," Hill acknowledged. "My right hand is not so flexible, (but) my typing skills are coming back."

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Stroke Recovery With an iPad

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Stroke of Faith

EEG

Barb Polan
Barb's Recovery

Posted 31st July 2010

On Thursday, I had the new experience of having an EEG. despite the trouble in my brain since last November, I had not yet undergone the test before.

One state that the neurologists wanted to see my brain waves during was sleep, so to ensure that I would sleep during at least a portion of the test, the asked that I go to bed as usual the night before and then wake up at midnight and stay awake until showing up for the test at 5:30 a.m. To do so, Tom set the alarm for midnight, I got up and sat in the recliner reading until it was time to get ready - 4 o'clock.

Since getting my iPad, I have refrained from using it in the evening because reportedly the display makes your brain so active it interferes with subsequent attempts to sleep - so it seemed like the perfect tool to help me stay awake from midnight to 4 - and I managed to stay awake.

When Two Become One

Pamela Hsieh
StrokedUP

21 October, 2010

I’m proposing myself a new experiment, a twist on the old “walk for an hour in Reebok Reeinspires” idea. Today as a favor for a friend of mine needing to heal from plantar fasciitis, I agreed to post up flyers around my neighborhood for him. I set out around noon and did a couple hours and a half in my Reetones. I’m taking a short break now to post and chill for a bit.

So, first — it has occurred to me that perhaps my loyalty to mini socks (the kind that barely even reach the ankle, and therefore don’t usually show when you’re wearing shoes) may be simply too vain for practicality. Why? Because I now have a new blister. And these are gym shoes! It may be time to downgrade to traditional, taller gym socks.

(On that note, please try on the shoes first before you buy them, to make sure they’re the right size. Mine are a bit snug, and I probably would’ve been better off with a half size bigger.)

In the Hospital

Amy Shissler
My Cerebellar Stroke Recovery

July 13, 2012

Hospitals are so much fun.  It took me a while to really understand what happened to me.  When I was in the hospital and had been told I had a stroke, I didn’t get it.  I just knew I could barely speak.  I started comparing myself to everyone I knew that had had a stroke, which you sooooo cannot do.  I even compared myself to my dog.  My dog, Cassie, had a stroke a year before I did.  I think I’m the only person in the history of mankind that that has happened to.  I’m so unique! :-)  Anyway, I remember saying “Cassie still has deficits.”  I compared myself to a dog.  Ummmm.  I also asked for the English version of Rosetta Stone.  My dad bought me an iPad for in the hospital and I had gone on the internet and found something by a woman who had a stroke and recovered her speech using Rosetta Stone for the practice of speaking/pronouncing things.  So I asked for it, I had no idea.  It wasn’t for me, but I think it can be useful for some people.  Months later my dad found this hilarious and said to me about asking for the English Rosetta Stone – “you didn’t forget the English language!”  I’m a big fan of Tosh.0 and I was watching it in the hospital one day and Tosh had on an interview that I’ve seen since and was so obviously not real but at the time I thought it was.  My brain was not working right.  Aside from that viewing of Tosh.0 I had on TBS for a month straight.  That was my channel of choice in the hospital.  One of the biggest things I remember is for a long time it was extremely uncomfortable to turn my head.  Not tilt it, just turn it.  I remember being in my hospital bed and trying to look at everyone and it was awful to look to my right or left.  That’s still not a favorite of mine but NOTHING like it used to be.  Ahh, the good old days. :-)

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My Cerebellar Stroke Recovery

10 Things I Learned About Living as a Stroke Survivor

Joyce Hoffman
The Tales of a Stroke Patient

Jul 8, 2015

I live a life of peacefulness. I'm not rich and don't want to be. I am a Goodwill addict. And I've never accepted the stroke fully, but I'm close, getting to recognize that I am competing with myself--one more step to climb, yet another minute on the bike, an additional hour standing.

I have solitude now, but I'm not lonely. When it's quiet in my apartment, I am thinking all the time--of this blog, another book to read, another book to write. And the ten things I learned about living as a stroke survivor. Here they are:

1.  I find people staring at me, like an oddity of sorts among the "normals." I used to return their stare, angry and maniacal, but now, I like myself enough to not care.

2.  I'm worthwhile, making a contribution, albeit small, to society at large, by giving my knowledge about strokes to anybody who affords me the opportunity to speak. There is always a stroke group who loves to hear the stories behind a stroke survivorship.

3.  I pursue my love of reading to keep my brain at optimum level. If my eyes tire and can't read the words on the page, I use audiotapes.

Update - August 28, 2012

Robert & Allison
Allison's Brain

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

The most remarkable thing happened today! Allison has been weaned off the IV that's been administering blood thinner and so her mobility is greatly improved. Marya took her Mom to a piano at the Civic which happened to have a piece of sheet music on it. Allison proceeded to sight-read and play the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique. None of us expected her to be able to do this. The rest of this update pales in comparison.

Allison has had another good week in the Neuroscience InPatent Unit. She continues to become physically stronger and is often quite talkative. Her comprehension generally seems to be quite high, and in her own words with respect to how things are going on the cognitive front, "it comes and goes."  Steady work with elementary iPad games has resulted in good improvement in her results. Marya has also had good success giving her Mom some simple dictées. We are hoping this bodes well for her upcoming work with skilled occupational and speech therapists when she is moved to a rehabilitation center.

A Federal Holiday

Diana Smith
Beyond Reality

December 26, 2011

I was surprised that the banks and post offices were closed today. Oh, well back to normal tomorrow. My son had a great day. His friend that could not make his party came by early in his pjs. They played nerf guns. Later another friend came over and they played nerf guns as well. They did take breaks to play with the ipad touch, wii, and occasional texting. My son does not have a cell phone, his friend was texting. We went to see the Chipmunk movie, after pizza and cake. It was ok. It was full of pop songs, if I did not have a 12 year old, I never would have heard them before. I could have fell asleep during the movie, I am glad it was only a little over an hour long.

A random House Christmas 2010

I am letting my son stay up until midnight. Just for tonight, it’s his day. He can’t get enough video games. I might have to start a 12 step program, to get the kids away from the electronics and into the real world. I am tired, so will start on that tomorrow.

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A Federal Holiday

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Beyond Reality

My Brain is Broken

Leslie
Living After Stroke

The nightmare continues………………

I survived my first and last helicopter ride only to be left in the care of:

Useless Doctors

Did you ever play with a water balloon, squeezing it until all the water was on one side, just to see how much it would take to burst? Remember how thin the balloon would get before spewing water everywhere?

Well I had 2 near bursting balloons for eyes with the fattest drill bit ever burrowing deep into my brain between them.

What’s my pain level from 1-10? FIVE F-ING HUNDRED.

This is how my days in ICU went:

Day 1

Doctor 1:

Dr: Do you know where you are?
Me: The hospital 

Dr: Do you know why you’re here?
Me: My brain is broken 

Dr: What’s wrong with your brain?
Me: It’s bleeding (like I even had a clue as to what that meant to me or my future) 

Dr: Who’s the president?
Me: Well if it’s still October, then Obama

The IQ of Steve Jobs

Bill Yates
Brain Posts

Posted 25th October 2011 

I've been distracted from my review of Google Reader neuroscience feeds for a few days reading the Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs.

I don't buy many books right after publication. I typically wait until they arrive at my local Tulsa Public Library or until an electronic version is available free for download from the library. OK, I admit I have a reputation for being frugal.

But I have to admit this book is a book I wanted to read really bad. So I rationalized and said I will spend the money to read this biography as soon as possible. Some of the money will go to the family of Steve Jobs. My life has been changed by this man and his products.

I have purchased so many Apple products and they have influenced me in many ways. Here is a partial list:

• Apple II: I wrote my first scientific paper on this computer and that led me to a career in academic medicine
• Macintosh and derivatives: I was introduced to Excel and the power to manage data and to perform statistical analysis
• iPod: I have spent hundreds of hours listening to music on the iPod and use the iPod Touch to access medical information to provide medical care
• iPad: I used this Apple product to make brain imaging accessible and understandable

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Musing: iPad Technology for Home Rehabilitation after Stroke (iHOME): A Proof-of-concept Randomized Trial

Dean Reinke
Deans' Stroke Musing

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Don't you know enough to search for existing research on your topic of choice? My god are these people obtuse. Like this:

• Constant Therapy Launches iPad Solution for People with Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke, Aphasia and Learning Disabilities
• Multineurons is developing head-worn sensor & iPad app to monitor patients with brain disorders
• Constant Therapy rolls out mobile, personalized brain rehabilitation via the iPad
• Prototyping a Tablet Application for the Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients
• 23 others for the iPad 

iPad Technology for Home Rehabilitation after Stroke (iHOME): A Proof-of-concept Randomized Trial

Gustavo Saposnik, Chi-Ming Chow, David Gladstone, Donna Cheung, Edward Brawer, Kevin E. Thorpe, Avon Saldanha, Alice Dang, Mark Bayley, Tom A. Schweizer and on behalf of the iHOME Research Team for the Stroke Outcomes Research Canada Working Group†

Article first published online: 7 JUL 2014
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12328
© 2014 World Stroke Organization
Cover image for Vol. 9 Issue 5
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE

Clinicaltrials.gov registration: NCT01836159

Funding: This study is supported by the Ontario Stroke Network, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, and by the Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. No support is received from Apple. Dr Saposnik is supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) Distinguished Clinician Scientist Award. Dr Schweizer is supported by the HSFC New Investigator Award.
Principal investigators: Dr Saposnik and Dr Chow are the co-PIs of iHOME Acute. Dr Saposnik, Dr Gladstone, and Dr Schweizer are the co-PIs of iHOME Chronic. Dr Bayley is the site PI at Toronto Rehabilitation.

Keywords: outcomes; rehabilitation; stroke; tablet technology

Background

Sunday Stroke Survival: Life Isn't Fair

Jo Murphey
The Murphey Saga

Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year everyone!

So how did you spend New Year's Eve? Was it spent partying and drinking with friends? Did you quietly watch the ball drop on the television and all the fireworks afterwards? Did you thank God that this year was over because it's been such a bad one for you? The new year has got to be better than the last one! I fall into the latter category as you can imagine.

New Year's Eve started just like any other day for me. I forgot it was the last day of the year. I really haven't exactly been in a celebratory mood for months. Sure there have been some happy moments that I'll cherish but nothing totally lifted me out of my grief. But I've put on a happy face and continued on.

I didn't even realize it was New Year's Eve until my physical therapist told me and asked if I had any plans or a special meal I fix for the occasion. All the while, he was searching for trigger points to deaden with dry needling.  I actually felt pretty good. The autumnal slump with my Botox was history and the new series was working as advertised. My shoulder which had a torn rotor cuff was healing, or at least wasn't painful when stretched. I'm actually 15 degrees away from full rotation again which pleases me to no end.

Caregiver: Ending The Year With A Bang (Quite Literally...)

Diane
The Pink House On The Corner

Sunday, January 3, 2016

So, Kona and I spent a quiet Christmas -- on the couch, watching movies, eating left-over pizza.  One of the movies we watched was Ghost -- and I cried but it was good cry and, all in all, I got through the day.  New Years Day was more difficult.  I woke up on Jan. 1st, tears in my eyes, the beginning of a new year without Bob....  Some days, I swear, it seems impossible to go on.

Between the holidays, I did have a visitor from out of town, and we did a little sight seeing and one of those days, we were coming home and when I turned into our alley, we heard a horrendous BANG!!!

I stopped the van and thought -- what the hell did I hit??  But looking back, both Julie (my friend) and I could see nothing.

Now our alley, like our street, is made of historic brick. And therefore, is a somewhat bumpy road.  And, as always, I'm driving very slow, less than 5 miles an hour. I pulled into our parking space behind the house and got out to look and was absolutely shocked at what I saw:  the rear passenger door of our van was crumpled.

This is our alley, the loose brick came
from the bumpy area on the right hand side.

Oh-kay, now this is freaky, because I didn't think I hit a thing. And on inspection of the alley, found a brick lying loose in the road.

And the only thing we could surmise was that my front tire had somehow triggered this brick to pop up, catch on the undercarriage of the van and somehow wedge itself against the vehicle and practically tear up the door....  The brick was from an area of the alley where a tree root had buckled up the bricks.

Jester: CARP – [Canadian Association of Retired People]

Jackie Poff
Stroke Survivors Tattler

 Questions and Answers from CARP Forum

Q:  Where can single men over the age of 60 find younger women
       who are interested in them?
A:  Try a bookstore, under Fiction.

Q:  What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?
A:  Keep busy. If you're handy with tools, you can finish the
      basement. When you're done, you will have a place to live.

Q:  Someone has told me that menopause is mentioned in the
      bible... Is that true? Where can it be found?
A:  Yes. Matthew 14:92:  "And Mary rode Joseph's ass all the 
      way to Egypt ..."

Q:  How can you increase the heart rate of your over-60 year-old husband?
A:  Tell him you're pregnant.

Q:  How can you avoid that terrible curse of the elderly wrinkles?
A:  Take off your glasses.

Q:  Seriously! What can I do for these crow's feet and all those wrinkles on my face?
A:  Go braless. It will usually pull them out..

Q:  Why should 60 plus year old people use valet parking?
A:  Valets don't forget where they park your car.

Q:  Is it common for 60-plus year olds to have problems with short term memory storage?
A:  Storing memory is not a problem, Retrieving it is the problem.

Q:  As people age, do they sleep more soundly?
A:  Yes, but usually in the afternoon.

Q:  Where should 60-plus year olds look for eye glasses?
A:  On their foreheads.

Q:  What is the most common remark made by 60-plus year olds when they enter
      antique stores?
A:  "Gosh, I remember these!"

TED Talks - Joe Sabia: The Technology of Storytelling

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Uploaded on Nov 23, 2011

iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book. Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad.


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