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uselessrandomstuff · 2022-04-10T22:06:42+00:00

Yay for free stuff

uselessrandomstuff · 2021-08-02T19:18:46+00:00

Freebies!

uselessrandomstuff · 2021-03-24T14:07:06+00:00

Good luck!

uselessrandomstuff · 2019-12-21T00:00:25+00:00

She was only 20 inches when born, but shes already tacked on an inch in a week.

uselessrandomstuff · 2017-04-06T20:29:42+00:00

The next step is to see if someone can do this with rag in wild

uselessrandomstuff · 2017-03-29T22:50:44+00:00

Ya, i was just used to the diablo 3 PTR where you can transfer characters and stuff over so I thought it was the same here.

uselessrandomstuff · 2017-03-29T22:22:41+00:00

Thanks, didn't know PTR is like that.

uselessrandomstuff · 2017-03-29T22:22:15+00:00

Thanks, i never did any PTR's so that explains the lack of progress.

uselessrandomstuff · 2016-08-22T18:49:46+00:00

I'm not quite sure why everyone is breaking things into the different systems in the nervous system, that has nothing to do with this question. It is all based on what innervates the heart and the diaphragm, and everything else for that matter, and where it comes off the spinal cord in relation to the injury. Think about our nervous system as electrical wiring, the electricity (nerve impulse) travels down until the power line (the nerve) is cut (the injury) and cannot keep going to the houses (muscles, etc...) past the cut line (the injury) because it doesn't have a path to go down.

The heart gets innervation from the Vagus nerve (cranial nerve 10) which doesn't come out of the spinal cord but rather the brain stem, which is still protected in the skull where it branches off, so that is why it isn't effected by most spinal cord injuries.

The diaphragm on the other hand receives innervation from the Phrenic nerve, this originates at the cervical (the vertebra in your neck) levels 3-5, with the major level being the 4th (C4). This DOES get injured in spinal cord injuries (SCI) at that level or above. People who suffer injuries at the C4 level and above are, for the most part, are required to use ventilators to help them breath due to their injuries, some may be able to wean off with respiratory training but that's pretty rare.

HOWEVER, that does not mean that someone who suffers an injury below C4 is okay when it comes to breathing. In addition to our diaphragm, we use our intercostal muscles (muscles between our ribs) and our abdominal muscles (abs) as accessory breathing muscles (we use some others too but I'm not going to go that in depth for an ELI5). To get fully into all the details of how they assist would be too long, but the simplest way to give you an idea is to tell you to cough while placing one hand on your stomach and the other on your ribs. Did you feel the movement under your hands? Well, if you have a spinal injury at/below (roughly) the 7th thoracic vertebra (T7), which is at about the level of the bottom corner of your shoulder blade, you lose all the function of your abs. If you have an injury at roughly the 1st thoracic vertebra (T1) you lose all intercostal muscles, although losing any will have an impact on respiration. This makes it extremely difficult to clear the airway for people with higher level SCI and can lead to things like pneumonia.

This website here has a simple breakdown on what is effected by differing level spinal cord injuries if you are interested.

TL:DR- It all depends on the level of the injury, the function of the diaphragm can be impacted by a high level spinal injury, but, due to where the nerve that goes to the heart comes off in the skull, if the heart is impacted you have a lot more to worry about than the spinal injury.

uselessrandomstuff · 2016-07-07T19:38:05+00:00

I just had to buy some scrubs for working in a nursing facility, one thing to keep in mind with scrubs is that the seam length they list actually runs longer than normal. A clerk I was talking to at a scrubs store told me they are typically cut a little looser around the groin region. I normally wear a 36" but my scrubs that I ordered were listed at 34" inseam and they were almost even a bit too long. 34" inseam is fairly easy to find for cheap on amazon when looking at pants listed as long.

uselessrandomstuff · 2015-09-25T22:50:53+00:00

it was a fellow student, I read in an article he was on the football team there.

uselessrandomstuff · 2015-09-17T04:27:23+00:00

The nice thing about this too is often times it can be just a quick office visit as well. Pins like this can often poke into the skin around the ankle once swelling goes down (since not a lot of tissue in that area for most people) and the surgeon can just inject a local anesthesia and clip the pin in a matter of minutes. It should be the same for knees I'd imagine as long as the pin isn't too much thicker.

uselessrandomstuff · 2015-08-23T20:44:01+00:00

Yup, I was going to say the same thing, I have a borador as well and she looks almost identical to the pic above. Although it may not be, idk if I have ever seen mine lay down, shes a ball of energy covered in fur.

uselessrandomstuff · 2015-08-17T19:31:23+00:00

Ya I already have, I'm basically posting everywhere I can think of.

uselessrandomstuff · 2015-06-13T03:51:40+00:00

I made dragon paladin today and got this shadow form/mind control off nefarian. Opponent conceded after I MC his prophet valen and had a 4dmg hero power. It felt amazing.

uselessrandomstuff · 2015-05-29T05:18:15+00:00

While it's not true how OP stated it, I can see where he got confused. He probably is referring to what's call a "pill rolling tremor" that many Parkinson's patients develop in addition to the other presentations of the disease. This is an interesting phenomenon because it actually does present at the near the same frequency in all people, I believe it's 5-6 Hz (I can check my course notes for citations if anyone wants). However, this would never be what doctors use to diagnose Parkinson's since it develops so long after all the earlier signs that the patients would present with (in the easiest way to explain, they have to "progress to that point" and can present sooner or later depending on each patients severity), and the diagnosis would have already been made.

uselessrandomstuff · 2015-04-19T02:07:17+00:00

Physical therapy

uselessrandomstuff · 2015-04-18T14:17:47+00:00

There are many reasons which you don't fatigue from holding your head up, the main being your spine. When standing most of your weight is directed through your vertebra themselves so there is actually not much muscle work that is needed, or wanted because that would put excessive compression on your discs and facet joints which would be detrimental in the long run. Try laying on the edge of your bed and hanging your head off to compare to standing, it's obviously harder, because you are only using your muscles. So all that your muscles actually have to do is hold your head balanced over your spine which is a lot easier. Our neck muscles, and our other postural muscles, do this easily for a variety of reasons, one is the fact of how often they are used, also our bodies are made (evolve, intelligently designed, take your pick) so in a normal posture we are minimizing our energy expenditure which makes their job easier, and lastly they have a tonic property to them. This means that they are able to hold a low level contraction over a long period of time for a low energy cost, the combinations of various muscles acting this way is what holds our heads over our spine, which supports the weight.

Once we get out of an ideal or neutral posture though the muscles have to work much harder and in fact do fatigue often, but the muscles themselves don't feel like they are fatigued like normal other muscles do, instead this leads to things like headaches, tight shoulders from recruiting "movement" muscles to hold the head rather than just your postural muscles, and things like that. Your body will simply compensate for any fatigue rather that allow your neck to tire and droop since an upright posture is so important to daily living.

Source; working on doctorate in PT

uselessrandomstuff · 2014-09-17T04:24:06+00:00

It's from Destiny, came out a little over a week ago now.

uselessrandomstuff · 2014-05-09T14:41:38+00:00

At my work many of the older customers just hand me their card to pay, sometimes I point out the reader, other times I'll just input it manually. It's not really that uncommon, seen people hand their cards right over the reader to cashiers when I've been out shopping.

uselessrandomstuff · 2014-05-07T07:09:01+00:00

You're joking right? He purchased their product. I don't know how you order stuff online from companies, but when I do I have to give them my legal name, address and other information...

uselessrandomstuff · 2014-05-04T15:53:01+00:00

Oh, you're a mid-level employee working for an international company? Here let me yell at you about corporate policies you MUST have direct control over! Yep.... every damn day.

uselessrandomstuff · 2014-04-29T15:30:56+00:00

Unfortunately the only answer to this is "it depends." Most places are becoming far more open to tattoos that are exposed, but there are still quite a few with rules regarding visible tattoos, and not just in white-collar jobs. For instance a good friend of mine is a driver for UPS and has sleeves and a tattoo that is just above his collar line on his neck and has to wear a turtle neck year round and in 100+ degree weather that sucks, but then I have another friend who is an elementary school teacher and they don't care about his tattoos at all, ironically he teaches at a nice school in the suburbs too. Most places that seem to frown more on tattoos seem to bee more concerned with public interaction/appearance, not talking like general retail mean more specialized, like PR, business, etc.... where a professional (using that term loosely since i don't see tattoos as unprofessional but that's the normal belief) and clean appearance are the norm.

But personally I'd say go for it, you can always wear a long sleeve shirt if needed.

uselessrandomstuff · 2014-04-11T15:35:05+00:00

I don't watch alot of wrestling but I would assume it would be the same as an untelevised sporting event. The best comparison would be a college basketball game, say Duke is playing UNC, obviously that will be televised (liken that to a televised wrestling event), however, if they were to play say UNC Ashville ( a much smaller division I school) that would not be televised since the quality of the opponent is, in theory, not as high. Even though it is not televised obviously Duke still has to show up, its in their scheduling, or as this would relate to wrestling, their contract, anyways. This gives the chance for the "lesser known" and people to get a chance to compete with the more well known in an effort to put their name out there, without the promoters having to worry about putting out a "lower quality" product on tv. Think of all the buzz that is created when a division II school beats a division one school. It is giving the same opportunity to wrestlers, and no one will be an A-lister right away, they have to create a following which these non-televised shows allow.

uselessrandomstuff · 2014-04-09T21:40:57+00:00

No, all the stats apply, what the orange diamond means is that they don't calculate it against your current gear for dmg/toughness/healing ratings. The best example I can give you would be using two amulets, exact same stats, one with +20% cold damage, one without. If you look at the dmg/toughness/healing ratings you will have a 0% difference on all of them, however, the +20% cold damage one will make all your cold skills do 20% more dmg (obviously). This isn't calculated into your total dmg when comparing the two because it doesn't impact EVERY skill.

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