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ScreenTalk: Ruud Kleinpaste
Originally from Holland, world famous "Bug Man" Ruud Kleinpaste has called New Zealand home for over 30 years. His TV career began in 1990, hosting farming documentary series The Enduring Land. He soon made a name for himself talking about bugs on children's programmes The Early Bird Show and What Now?.
Kleinpaste was then a primetime regular on TVNZ's long-running gardening series Maggie's Garden Show. Making the documentary The Bug House with producer Bryan Bruce led to international success with Animal Planet's World's Biggest Baddest Bugs.
In this ScreenTalk, Kleinpaste talks about:
- How bugs are really our overlords and that's why he loves them
- Having to attend elocution lessons for The Enduring Land
- Hating having to learn the script verbatim
- Talking about bugs with a hyperactive chicken on The Early Bird Show
- Educating a generation on What Now?
- Adding science to 'garden porn' on Maggie's Garden Show
- Explaining why insects infest our dwellings in The Bug House
- Wearing a beard made from killer bees on World's Biggest Baddest Bugs
- Scaring a fellow guest with a scorpion on a US talk show
- How hosting the Dutch episode of Here to Stay reinforced his love of New Zealand
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.
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Whether it's current events in the news or particular events in a child's life, more and more parents are noticing increased anxiety in their young children.
Tamar E. Chansky, a psychotherapist who treats anxious children and adults was recently profiled in The New York Times. According to Dr. Chansky, her goal is not to trivialize children's fears but to help them see that their fears are unwarranted and can be overcome.
Dr. Chansky offered the following Parent Tips for helping children gain control over their anxiety:
- Empathize with your child. Acknowledge the child's concerns and the effect they have without dismissing them as silly.
- Describe the problem as coming from the part of our brains that jumps to conclusions and cannot be trusted. Give worry a name, like "brain bug" or "worry bug." This takes the focus away from the child's specific fear and makes anxiety itself the problem.
- Rewire and resist. Ask your child what she is really worried about and what she thinks might happen. Then ask her to check whether these thoughts really make sense. Help her the inner voice that tells worry it is not the boss.
- Teach relaxation techniques that help temper the biological alarm to fight or flee whenever fear takes over. Deep breathing is a great self-help strategy.
- Help your child focus on what he wants to do and what he would do if worry were not in charge.
- Finally, reinforce your child's efforts. Praise her for getting through a tough situation.
For parents seeking professional help, there are many local resources:
The Life Solution Center of Darien
The Southfield Center for Development

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1930 Ford coupe - June 2012 Street ShakerWritten by Chuck Vranas on June 1, 2012 Dave Dennis' '30 Ford coupe combines killer looks with ground-shaking performance
Without a doubt, the backbone of any Street Shaker build has to come from the formula used to create it. While some car owners might want to design a good-looking Saturday night special with a nasty cam and a wicked rake to cruise the local streets, others won't be satisfied till they achieve far more with their ride. Those are the builders who inject copious amounts of horsepower and engineering into the mix with the direct intentions of putting their cars to the ultimate test at the dragstrip.
For Dave Dennis of York, Pennsylvania, growing up in a family that was active in drag racing provided plenty of influence to lead him down the right path. Seeing his dad regularly campaigned a hopped-up '58 Corvette at the York US 30 Dragway in York, Pennsylvania, as well as cruising the local streets in a radical '65 Nova SS provided plenty of fuel to keep the youngster concentrating on high-horsepower V-8s. For his first car at age 17, Dave brought home a '66 Nova in need of plenty of attention and looked to his dad for guidance. Wanting to be a hands-on owner, Dave asked the questions and then went to it until the '66 hit the streets with a 377-inch small-block Chevy mill linked to a four-speed trans. As the years passed, he held onto the Nova while still attending car shows and various drag racing events.
In 1989, his dad came across a Model A coupe with a nasty chop and channel sitting on a rolling chassis. The car was extremely rough but had potential so a deal was made and he hauled it home. For the next 11 years he continued to buy parts to assemble the car, but for some reason the project stalled and remained dormant in the family garage. One day Dave and good friend Jeff Martin paused to examine the coupe and determine just what it would take to bring it to life. Between them, the pair had a pile of weathered old parts that would enable them to complete the car. Dave made a deal with his dad and purchased the project from him in 2000 with the intention of completing it so they could hit the local dragstrip together. As Dave tells it, the car made its first pass down the quarter-mile with a 14.20 e.t., which he felt was terrible. The pair proceeded to make affordable changes, noting every upgrade, till the coupe ran a somewhat respectable 12.80 e.t. By continuing to dial the car in, he learned huge amounts from fine-tuning it, but still wanted more. A decision was made to do a complete teardown and start from scratch to bring the car to a whole new level from both a performance and visual standpoint. Working with his NHRA rulebook, Dave followed the outline of what it would take to bring the coupe to the next level and have it certified for 8.50 e.t.
Starting with the spine, Dave stripped it to bare bones and commenced by first extending it by 6 inches in front to give the car a longer and leaner look. The 2x4 boxed steel 'rails were then Z'd 6 inches fore and aft to get the car closer to the ground while custom crossmembers were also laid in place. Out back an Undercover 9-inch chromoly sheetmetal rear packed with 3.89:1 gears and Strange Engineering axles was suspended in place with Competition Engineering ladder bars while Koni double-adjustable coilover shocks soak up the bumps. Up front a Super Bell aluminum 4-inch dropped axle is anchored in place by a matching four-link combined with a transverse leaf spring, Panhard bar, tube shocks, and '40 Ford spindles. To make sure there is plenty of stopping power, fluid is pushed through a Strange Engineering master via stainless steel lines to Strange four-piston calipers and 11-1/4-inch discs out back and Strange single-piston calipers with 10-1/2-inch Wilwood discs up front. Completing the chassis are a pair of 15x12 E-T Fueler wheels capped with Mickey Thompson street radials out back with 18x3-1/2-inch Radir 12-spokes up front, capped with Avon motorcycle rubber.
The thunder within every Street Shaker resides between the framerails and to bring it all to life Dave worked with Andy Jensen of Jensen's Engine Technologies in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, to inject a serious amount of horsepower into the equation. Jensen's assembled a fire-breathing 410ci small-block packed with all the right stuff, including a Callies lightweight crank, Oliver H-beam rods, JE 11.3:1 slugs, COMP Cams custom ground cam, and topped it off with a pair of Brodix 18-degree aluminum heads. Fuel gets dumped through a Holley 1,050-cfm Dominator perched atop a Brodix intake while the fire gets lit by a Vertex mag and spent gases dump through a set of owner-fabbed headers. A GM Powerglide massaged by Ron Edwards of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, features an ATI converter and B&M internals while an Inland Empire aluminum driveshaft pushes everything rearward.
With the bottom end of the build complete, Dave shifted his attention to the rollcage, being one of the more difficult portions of the build to tend to. He worked with Gene Knaub of Dover, Pennsylvania, to incorporate a certified 8.50 e.t., 10-point chromoly cage into the tiny interior, which was a true exercise in engineering since the car would see both street and strip use. With that completed, he moved onto the body. Since the car already had a perfect 6-inch chop and 5-inch channel by the prior owner, he focused on reworking the rear wheel openings as well as adding a flat firewall, and suicide doors. With all of the fabrication complete, he then massaged the vintage steel to perfection and delivered it to East Coast Muscle Cars in Craley, Pennsylvania, to lay down a lustrous coating of PPG custom-mixed vibrant blue pearl vibe. Inside Auto Meter gauges help monitor the vitals while a B&M shifter moves the gears and a Billet Specialties steering wheel sets the course. To add just enough comfort, Sholley's Trim Shop in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, laid out plenty of buff ultraleather to cover a pair of reworked Kirkey aluminum seats, custom door panels, and console. With an estimated 650 hp on pump gas and weighing in at 1,980 pounds, Dave hopes to have the coupe dialed for the low 9s in the quarter-mile, and to us that's deep into Street Shaker territory!
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Dtv Reception Issues In Sydney
Posted 10 January 2012 - 03:47 PM
Would like some help here I've been having major issues with this DTV tuner I've purchased (for my car), everyone (or most at least) seem to be able to pick up all channels or at least a majority of them.
My issue is that I can't pick up anything except TVS and SBS HD (2-3 of them) but no 7, 9, 11 etc.
The antennas pick up TVS/SBS pretty fast, I had a look at some other earlier threads and found that smaller antennas pick up UHF(i think?) signals easier and you need larger ones to pick up the others.. I cant pick anything except TVS/SBS even when I'm stationary on the road in front of my house..
The thing is, majority (probably 90% as an estimate) of people who use the same system get all channels and they are in Sydney, Melbourne, Adel and Brisbane.. my house has no issues with reception in the area.
I've placed one on the right side rear windscreen and one on the left side passenger side front windscreen..
I really dont know what to do as and its really frustrating as I'm not sure what options I have. I have measured the voltage at the connectors for the antennas and they are indeed powered with 12-13.7V but sitll not able to pick up a signal.
Does anyone have any ideas at all or suggestions on who I can get to look at it??
Here are the antennas for reference, they are the exact same ones as pictured:
Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:27 PM
One post is enough.
The main transmitters in all state capital cities are all Band 3 VHF. Currently only SBS and TSN use band 4 UHF. There are some UHF translators covering Kings Cross, Manly/Mosman and the Northern beaches use UHF also.
The antenna above is only long enough for UHF. For the channels you wish to receive you need an antenna which is around 745 mm long from tip to tip. An amplifier cannot make up for an absence of signal.
You need a telescopic antenna instead.
Posted 10 January 2012 - 08:19 PM
my main driver was that, i just cant understand how other users of this DVB-T unit with same antennas seem to pick up signals in cities such as Adelaide and Melbourne..
when you say telescopic, did you mean the older style ones?
is it a design factor that only telescopic ones are able to pick up VHF?
i guess something like this -> http://www.hitv.com....d=18&category=2
i was told this works via 5V through the F connector however i tested with a multimeter but cant seem to find any voltage coming out of it. will this hinder the performance of the reception?
when you advise that length, that would mean something like this is out of the question - link ?
Posted 10 January 2012 - 11:12 PM
If they are successful using an antenna not designed to work with VHF channels, why not ask them how they get it to work?
If you are close enough to the main transmitters, it may pick up signal, however, Sydney can be extremely variable with digital TV signals, even with a high-gain fixed antenna on a roof... many people have reception difficulties.
Given the antenna in your pic is amplified, it may even be overloading the tuner.
Without accurate signal measurements, it's impossible to tell what it's doing.
All you have shown is the antenna... what receiver are you using?.... Is it even designed to receive VHF frequencies @ 7MHz bandwidth (The Australian DVB-T standard)?
The DVB-T system is not designed for mobile reception.
Posted 11 January 2012 - 02:47 AM
In Sydney the only areas with UHF translators are Kings Cross, Manly/Mosman, Bouddi (Northern Beaches)
Melbourne: South Yarra, Dandenong Ranges, Safety Beach, Lorne
Adelaide: Adelaide Foothills, Craigmore/Hillbank
In all State Capitals The digital transmitters for the commercial stations and the ABC are on channels 6 - 12.
The receiver is fine unless it is only designed for UK only.
As for the link to another antenna, it looks like another UHF antenna. These are suitable in the UK where there is no VHF TV. UHF is very common in the USA and Europe.
You need to find out from the sell what the total length of the straight section is. Unless it's around 750 mm it is designed for band 3 which will be ok, but if its around 230 mm its for UHF.
http://www.kingray.n...and-amfm/AE2000 This antenna will work in all directions so when you turn a corner you don't loose the signal.
I also suggest you search this site with the word "Mobile" particularly in the Antenna strand. Others have posted in this forum on this topic.
Posted 11 January 2012 - 08:04 AM
heres details of the tuner: link
- Input frequency: VHF 177.5MHz - 226.5MHzUHF 474MHz - 858MHz
- Modulate: QPSK/16 - QAM/64-QAM
- Decode standard: MPEG2,MP@ML,MP@HL,H.264/AVC
- Audio decode standard: MPEG-1, MPEG-2,layer and 2, MPEG-4, HE-AAC
- 3 Way Video Output: Output Resistance: 75 ohm
Output Voltage: 1.0 +/_ 2.0mVp-p, Audio output: 2Vp-p
my assumption was through the original thread, the unit sold plenty and there were distributors in various capital cities but no one complained of reception issues which what drove me to buy a unit myself..
Posted 11 January 2012 - 11:31 AM
Posted 11 January 2012 - 01:09 PM
As I said the tuner is fine. It receives 7 MHz wide UHF channels which is unique to Australia.
The shark fin style are really UHF antennas due to their size.
I note that stretched limos use a boomerang style antenna which is large enough to work. Worth a try
Posted 11 January 2012 - 03:34 PM
http://www.ebay.com....=item2c61c011c4 is your item, it uses two diversity antennas and shows where they should me mounted..... both on the rear window.
Keep in mind demister wires and window tint (especially metallic) may severly affect performance.
Whilst the tuner may be designed for both VHF and UHF, the antennas will perform best at UHF frequencies, due to their design, as evidenced by your UHF reception of the UHF channels.
Using amplification to attempt to compensate for poor performance generally doesn't work.
Where in Sydney are you?
Posted 11 January 2012 - 03:49 PM
are there any antennas that use the f connector, VHF telescopic for car use and also have the ability to be powered/amplified?
im near liverpool around cumberland highway
Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:03 PM
Thanks again guys
are there any antennas that use the f connector, VHF telescopic for car use and also have the ability to be powered/amplified?
im near liverpool around cumberland highway
Possibly something like this: http://www.ebay.com....=item20b414d13b which has longer elements, closer to what's required for VHF.
You would need to adapt/change the connectors to F type.
Have you tried reception closer to Kings Cross and the north shore?
Have you tried connecting a home roof-mounted antenna designed for the digital channels?
Personally, I wouldn't waste money on it as results will be extremely variable, even if you used a full-sized digital antenna on your vehicle.. but, each to his own.
Posted 13 January 2012 - 09:14 AM
is there any value in doing that before i look into antennas as a last resort?
Posted 13 January 2012 - 12:44 PM
The receiver is working fine
You need a band 3 VHF antenna for the greater Sydney area.
If you go towards Wollongong, the high powered Illawarra transmitters are on UHF and can be received by you.
For transmitter details see the Transmitter link in http://www.dtvforum....showtopic=11690
Posted 13 January 2012 - 10:25 PM
it was suggested that i locate a TV tower and try tuning it in front of that to see what results i can get.
is there any value in doing that before i look into antennas as a last resort?
Signals directly in front/below a transmission tower can actually be low, as the antennas are very high on the tower and radiating right over the top of you... not down.
I don't see how alanh can determine your receiver is working fine if you haven't managed to get anything on VHF yet.
Chances are it is, but emphatically stating it is with no evidence of fact is just typical of his arrogant manner.
If you get good Sydney digital TV reception on the VHF channels in your home, connect the receiver to your home antenna.
If it works, it proves your issue is antenna related. If it doesn't work, then it's a problem with the receiver.
Look at this in another perspective.... if those little car antennas worked like sellers suggest they do, we should all be able to use tiny antennas in our homes, but in reality, most of us need to use much larger directional antennas mounted on our roofs.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 09:22 AM
to be honest i'd like to try the antennas but am having a hard time finding long telescopic ones that are for the F connector types.. i'm far from good with electronics and would like to avoid modifying or adapting plugs for F connectors..
are there any readily available online? i spent about an hour looking on ebay but to no luck..
Posted 14 January 2012 - 01:19 PM
You can buy PAL to F converter plugs for a few dollars
Posted 14 January 2012 - 02:00 PM
As mentioned, there are PAL/F adaptors available.
Lacey's TV have them and they would be fairly close to your location.
1/18 Alfred Rd, Chipping Norton
Jaycar and DSE are other possible suppliers.
Posted 31 January 2012 - 11:59 AM
still having issues as laceys werent able to assist me.
Ive just resorted to looking for more antennas on ebay..
ive found stick type ones..
and metal element ones
also saw this one which has long elements but wont suit f plugs -> i called the guy but he said its only for analogue and not digital tvs?
im really confused now..
could someone help me make a decision on what to purchase?
Posted 31 January 2012 - 05:02 PM
http://www.dtvforum....opic=11367&st=0 Determine your required band and then click on the link of Indoor antennas.
Posted 31 January 2012 - 05:46 PM
http://www.dtvforum....opic=11367&st=0 Determine your required band and then click on the link of Indoor antennas.
I don't see any antennas in your 'indoor antennas' section specifically for use on a car.. which is what this thread has been all about.
Posted 31 January 2012 - 05:49 PM
hi guys
still having issues as laceys werent able to assist me.
What?... Laceys couldn't help you with PAL/F adaptors?
I find that very difficult to believe as I've been buying them from Lacey's for years.
Posted 31 January 2012 - 06:40 PM
i think it might be easier buying antennas from the ones i listed
what do you guys think?
Edited by keioffice, 31 January 2012 - 06:40 PM.
Posted 31 January 2012 - 06:54 PM
yeh they said i should go to a marine/boating place after telling them my situation
i think it might be easier buying antennas from the ones i listed
what do you guys think?
Sounds like to me you didn't specifically ask for the PAL/F adaptors, but asked for an antenna to suit your car?
If that's the case... they don't sell them.
The boating/marine antennas are generally large circular 'discs'.
You haven't confirmed that the VHF side of your car tuner works.... either in a stronger signal area, or by connecting to your home TV antenna.
There's little point continuing to seek advice, if you don't follow it when it's given.
If you really want to know how any antenna on your vehicle is performing, you need to have it tested with a digital signal meter/spectrum analyser.
No offense, but I still think you're wasting your time and money hoping to get reliable digital TV reception in your car with the antennas you are considering and the area you are in.
Posted 01 February 2012 - 06:42 AM
its all new to me and im unsure where to go to get a service like that i.e. get someone to test it. i asked lacey's but they only sell products and dont provide testing and such
are you able to point me in a direction or someone who is mobile?
Edited by keioffice, 01 February 2012 - 06:43 AM.
Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:26 PM
There is also a link to mobile antennas which has bee there for years.


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AUBURN, Wash. (September 15, 2012) – Rainier Ice overhauled long shot Midda's Gold Touch past mid-stretch and scored a 1-½ length victory Saturday in the $14,800 Skullcandy Purse for 3-year-olds and up at Emerald Downs.
Ridden by the red-hot Juan Gutierrez, Rainier Ice ran six furlongs in 1:08.22 and paid $3.20, $2.60 and $2.40. Tom Wenzel is the trainer for owners Northwest Farms LLC & C & M Racing.
The winner was claimed, however, for $20,000 by trainer Doris Harwood for new owner Santa Maria Stable.
Midda's Gold Touch, a 30-to-1 long shot ridden by Rocco Bowen, nearly stole the race, setting fractions of :22.19, :44.55 and :56.33, before yielding to Rainier Ice in the final furlong. Midda's Gold Touch paid $20.60 and $8.40.
It was 2-½ lengths back to Ugottabcatty, ridden by Javier Matias, and a $6 show payoff. Tribaltique, Wasserman, Seminole Brave and Zagreus completed the order of finish.
Wasserman, far back early, rallied late to finish fifth and earned $370 to push his track record bankroll to $558,458.
A 4-year-old Kentucky-bred colt by Forestry out of Clear in the West, Rainier Ice has won five of 11 career starts with earnings of $61,551. He finished first in the 2011 Coca-Cola Handicap, but was disqualified and placed fourth for interference in the stretch. His best race this year was a second to Winning Machine in the Budweiser Handicap at one mile. Saturday's race tied a career-low claiming price for Rainier Ice; he ran for a $20,000 tag twice as a maiden in 2010.
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Also, Michael has a chapter coming out in the edited volume Sexualities in World Politics: How LGBTQ Claims Shape International Relations, entitled "To Love or to Loathe: Modernity, Homophobia and LGBT rights." (posted April 2015) Michael Bosia, associate professor of political science, recently was named a Fellow at the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. The appointment does not require residency, but does mean Michael will be working with other fellows on programming at the Centre. Michael also has been informed that he and his co-editor Meredith Weiss at SUNY Albany have been named the 2015 recipients of the Scholars Award by the LGBTQA Caucus of the International Studies Association, for their book, Global Homophobia. The award will be presented at the annual meeting in New Orleans in February. (posted December 2014) Michael Bosia, Saint Michael's associate professor of political science, in July attended a conference jointly sponsored by the International Studies Association and FLACSO Argentina in Buenos Aires, where he presented two papers: "To Love or to Loath: Modernity, Homophobia, and LGBT Rights," and, co-authored with Jeff Ayres, dean of the college and professor of political science, "Gendered Knowledge in the Local Food Movement: the Emancipation of Expertise or the Localization of Profit?" Michael also was interviewed recently as a guest on the Pacifica Radio KPFA public affairs program Against the Grain, featuring a conversation with David Johnson, author of The Lavender Scare. Johnson discusses the interplay of anti-Communism and homophobia in the 1950s and previews his chapter in the book Global Homophobia, which Michael co-edited with a SUNY Albany colleague, focusing on the export of the Lavender Scare to US allies. At the conclusion of that on-air discussion is an interview with Michael about Global Homophobia, which documents the spread of "a modular, pragmatic and innovative homophobia." (posted August 2014) Michael Bosia, associate professor of political science, attended the "QP5" (Fifth International Conference Queering Paradigms), titled "Queering Narratives of Modernity," which was held in Quito, Ecuador, February 20-22, and he co-organized a panel. This is a major academic conference on queer and sexuality issues globally. Michael's panel was called: "Queer Provocations, Western Privileges, and the Decolonization of LGBTIQ Struggle"; the panel consisted of contributors working on an edited volume. Michael presented a paper called "States as Exceptional: Rethinking Rights beyond Political and Sexual Modernization," focusing on France, Uganda, and Egypt. This paper is also part of his manuscript, State Homophobia and the Globalization of LGBT Rights, for which he received VPAA funding, a small research grant from the American Political Science Association, and honorable mention in the Martin Duberman Fellowship competition at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at CUNY – all last year. Michael also chaired a panel that including presentations on Russia's anti-gay law, families in Poland, and European Union Policy, called: International Politics of Sexuality / Políticas internacionales alrededor de la(s) sexualidad(es) (March 2014) Michael Bosia, associate professor of political science, has been awarded an external research grant through the Small Research Grant Program of the American Political Science Association, which supports research conducted by faculty at non-Ph.D.-granting institutions that have funding sources available for faculty research. The funding is to support research he has been conducting, starting during his sabbatical, in France, Uganda, and Egypt. The title of his study is "State Homophobia and the Diffusion of LGBT Human Rights." LGBT is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender. Michael's study focuses "on the diffusion of state homophobia as a responsible player in shaping emerging identities." Data collection for the project includes participant observation, interviews, and archival research, to examine the influence of homophobia on self-conceptualization and agenda-setting. Key cases include those where authorities invoke similarly foreign LGBT threats during times of political and economic stress across institutional contexts, including France, Uganda, and Egypt. To advance his work, Michael also has received an internal expense defrayment grant from the Faculty Development Committee and the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. 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Hi Paramenides This looks like a pretty good start! The only thing I'd suggest is that the poles don't look nearly stretched enough. Well, specifically the continents on plate 4 and 11 don't; the rest look ok.
So I had made another thread previously about how I couldn't ever be satisfied on a map that I made for this worldbuilding project that I was working on. I became dissatisfied with that map even though I was happy with the landmasses, so I thought to start from the core up, or sort of. I've been busy with a bunch of other things as well and a lot of things have happened since I posted that thread. So I thought it would be better to start up a new one.
For this map, I took the advice of making it an equirectangular projection. I drew out where the equator was and vaguely where the tropics lines would be (I really don't know where to put the tropics lines, though I know for an earthlike world, they should be at 23.5 degrees north and south of the equator. Photoshop is not good at finding degrees, so I just guessed.) I started out this project by drawing out tectonic plates, though I haven't quite mapped the direction in which they'll be moving. On a new layer, I drew out land masses in the general shapes that I would like. It's not all super detailed yet, that'll come later. The next step is probably be mapping out the mountains and biomes after I figure out the directions in which the plates are moving. I'm rather fond of temperate forests and would like a particularly large one somewhere on here, as that is a very important landmark for this world. This is where I have trouble with the map, though. I haven't taken much geography so I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject, and most of what I've learned about geography in fact comes from this site and reading reference links.
But yeah, in order to get the amounts of forests I wanted, I was told to move the landmasses closer to the poles. Oh, and another thing that was particularly important to have in this map was archipelagos and islands like the Caribbean, Japan and the Philippines. This was hugely inspired by Chrono Cross's setting, as I really really enjoy that islander culture. Also, the humans haven't quite plowed through the forests yet in this world, so they would probably be fairly abundant as well.
Anyway, that's about where I'm at with this map so far. Attaching the plates map and the continental map. They're both 1000x2000 pixels, though the original resolutions are 3600x7200 pixels.
EDIT: Adding all screenshots for the wip's.
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Hi Paramenides This looks like a pretty good start! The only thing I'd suggest is that the poles don't look nearly stretched enough. Well, specifically the continents on plate 4 and 11 don't; the rest look ok.
Ah, good point. I'll take a look at fixing that, I'm mostly working on messing with the more detailed landmasses at the moment. And I might have a little problem trying to stretch out the southern continent, but I'll work on that.
Detailed the shapes of the land. I had a little issue with trying to stretch out some of the landmasses to more accurately do an equirectangular projection. Not quite sure how I feel about the archipelago/island bits, but it's decent enough for what I'm trying to go for. Next will be mountains and biomes for sure.
That looks much better!
Thank you!
Further progress on the map. Very rough mountain placements and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about where they are on the map. Now I'm mostly procrastinating on the biomes because I really don't know much about where they should go, so I detailed the ocean quite a bit. Suggestions on biome placements would be very much appreciated.
Also thank you in advance to anyone who helps out.
Excellent work on the sea floor bumps! I also like the font you are using. Look forward to watching this one progress.
Thank you!
EDIT: Also I just realized what you meant by font. LOL It's actually just my handwriting.
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I'm always trolling the AT classifieds looking for deals. I've bought two bows off of there so far and been happy with both.
I'm always trolling the AT classifieds looking for deals. I've bought two bows off of there so far and been happy with both.
"For its in these mountains that I long to be, where I can hear God whisper down the creek and through the trees. Just one sunset and I know you'd think the same. Watch your worries fade 'neath a rocky mountain rain."
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In the Last 5 Years the Bows have Come along way's... A Couple of key things you already might know. One a longer Axle to Axle is more forgiving. Two Check your Brace Height a Bigger Brace height is more Forgiving. Third with shooting longer distance like that you will want a faster Bow, This will help with a flatter Shoot and put the arrow out there. Fourth Go with a Drop Away Rest this will also Help with your forgiveness. But, In the same breath make SURE it is properly installed or it will NOT be Forgiving. Fifth Try to get a Archery Target (bag) hang it up Stand 3 to5 feet away from it Close your eyes and practice on your release and form. Sixth Using everything I have said Pick 3 to 5 Bows that you are intrested in then Post those bows on Forums Like this and ask about the Prowess and Con's.... I don't care Who the Manufactor is. There is always every So often that they have Produce a High End Bow that has not preformed the way that they thought it should and the Bow has issues.
You should be able to find a LOT of high end bows a couple years old for that price. Here is another link as an example.... http://hunting-washington.com/smf/in...topic=100143.0
Shoot, I have a first year PSE X-Bow I'm getting rid of for WAY less than that, so I am pretty sure you can find a NICE bow, close by where you live, for $400 or less. I would suggest looking at your local state hunting forums, or Bowsite classifieds, or even some pro shops carry "trade ins" (not that many do, but a few).
The Elites are AWESOME because they shoot great AND have a liftime, transferable warranty.
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Thanks for all your comments, guys.
Based on feedback here I went and shot some Elite bows and wow, I was really sold. Not only the transferrable warranty, important because I buy used but the ease of draw and arrow speed were beyond my expectations.
I ended up getting a great buy on an Elite GT500 and trading it plus a little cash for a 2011 Elite Pulse. All-in, accessories, shipping and all I spent under $500 and got a very fast, sweet-shooting bow with a lifetime warranty. Thanks again.
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Throughout the past couple of weeks, our office has received a tremendous number of phone calls and emails regarding tent caterpillars or web-forming caterpillars, and what to do about them. Most people have been pretty agreeable to the advice that the best course of action is to take no action, especially this late in the year and especially on medium to large shade trees.
The loss of a proportionally very small amount of foliage is definitely not a threat to the health of a large, established deciduous tree � especially this late in the year, when most of the tree�s food production and storage has already been accomplished. And given the fact that the trees currently affected will soon begin shedding foliage for the winter, it�s very hard to make an argument for spraying chemicals to protect the foliage from further caterpillar damage.
Larger trees present significant concerns in safe delivery of the insecticide where it would be needed. For example, the volume of spray needed and the height it would need to be placed in the canopy create risk for the applicator and virtually guarantee drift and harm to beneficial insects.
Treatment could certainly be justified for small, recently planted trees that are easily sprayed and that might be suffering a disproportional amount of damage. The first option would be to rake the webs out with a stick and destroy the caterpillars manually. If the caterpillar in question doesn�t form webs, or for some other reason an insecticide seems to be needed, there are numerous products on the market labeled for caterpillar control. You might consider trying insecticidal soap, spinosad, or a Bt product such as Dipel (if the caterpillars are still at a very small stage in their life cycle).
It�s clear there has been a spike in the overall caterpillar population this year. We�ve also seen peaks and valleys in the stock market over time, and you can expect the caterpillar population to take a dive at some point. Over the long run, diseases and natural predators such as birds tend to keep the caterpillar numbers in moderation. We might see a lot of caterpillars next year. And we might not.
Send along an email or mailing address, and I�ll provide the two information notes we�ve been distributing on this situation.
Various insects may currently be visiting your collards and other leafy greens, and may become a bit of a nuisance until we get our first good frosts across the area. Insecticidal soap can manage the numbers downward; managing your tolerance level upwards and just accepting a certain amount of pre-harvest damage can also help.
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The robber enters the bank, presents a demand note, and flees. Witnesses say the suspect carries what appears to be a magazine during the robberies.
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8/1/2012, Wednesday, 12:35 p.m.
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815 N Colorado Blvd., Denver, Colorado
8/20/2012, Monday, 2:45 p.m.
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1113 N Abilene Street, Aurora, Colorado
9/19/2012, Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.
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2495 S Havana Street, Aurora, Colorado
9/25/2012, Tuesday, 12:34 p.m.
Public Service Credit Union
815 N Colorado Blvd, Denver, Colorado
9/25/2012, Tuesday, 12:48 p.m.
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4988 N Federal Blvd. Denver, Colorado
10/19/2012, Friday, 10:25 a.m.
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10/24/2012, Wednesday, 10:55 a.m.
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10/31/2012, Wednesday, 4:20 p.m.
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11/1/2012, Thursday, 11:07 a.m.
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11/1/2012, Thursday, 12:37 p.m.
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ARLINGTON, VA. (WUSA) -- "I open my front door, immediately smelled just a pungent electrical smell of fire," says Arlington resident, Jennifer Myers.
Back in August, on a late summer's night, Jennifer Myers says she returned to her Arlington home just in time.
"I felt the countertop, it was burning hot. I opened the dishwasher, and immediately saw that the trays had started to discolor. There was also heat wafting out at me, these trays turned a dark orange," says Myers.
She says her dishwasher started up ... while she was gone.
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According to Consumer Reports, more than 15 million appliance units in the past 5 years have been recalled for problems that could cause a fire. Their analysis of reports sent to the Consumer Product Safety Commission showed almost half of those recalled units were dishwashers.
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When Jennifer contacted GE about the problem, she says the company offered little to no help.
"The offer was to try replacing a part that they didn't know definitively caused the problem. And, for me to keep the same unit in my house," says Myers. "That's why I tried contacting you. I think it's very irresponsible."
So, we reached out to GE, to help get some answers.
Initially, GE offered Jennifer a voucher to cover part of the cost to replace her dishwasher. Then, they reconsidered. And, in a statement, they said they were sorry for Jennifer's experience, and touted their excellent safety and consumer satisfaction record.
"We are sorry for Ms. Myers' situation and the difficulty she has had getting it resolved. The safety of our products and serving our consumers are paramount at GE. We have both an excellent safety and consumer satisfaction record so I can assure you that what Ms. Myers experienced is rare. We have offered to replace her dishwasher or give her a refund."
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And, they offered to replace Jennifer's dishwasher or give her a full refund.
"For about $670 to buy a new unit," says Myers.
The company also plans to take Jennifer's old unit and do some research to determine what's wrong.
For now, Jennifer is washing dishes by hand. And, she says she won't ever buy a GE product again.
"They've lost my customer loyalty."
Anchor Lesli Foster said to Jennifer: "But you did get some action."
Her response: "Only because of you."
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With the 87th Map of the Week we continue in the borderlands town of Óðinn's House in the Kingdom of Slovania. This week we take a look at the pit area and broken bridge of the subterranean Dwarven Highwy extension.
Key to the pit and broken bridge (Highway Location No. 7)
The Northern Circle also is uncertain what happened here. Its members have two differrent speculative theories about the origin of the pit and the bridge. A minority thinks that all of this was a dwarven trap. The majority disagrees. The construction work on the bridge is too crude to be dwarvish, they argue. Instead, they think the pit is of unknown origin and that ogres, who are mutated dwaves, probably built it in the service of orcs who had enslaved them.
Whatever the case may be, there are some other riddlesome aspects to this scenario. The pit is 20 feet/6 m deep, but anyone who looks down into it with sufficient illumination will notice without a check that it once was deeper and that it was refilled partially. The area around the pit is loose gravel. Anyone who thinks about trying to circumvent both pit and bridge by walking through the gravel also will conclude that the likelihood of starting a gravel slide and falling into the pit is great. The game master knows that the fall is almost unavoidable. Only with a successful dexterity check against DL 25 in a Dungeons Daring campaign or DC 30 in an OGL 3.5 campaign can one succeed in getting back on the road without falling.
1. Highway extension.
2. The pit. Pure soil and gravel, 20 feet/6 m deep.
3. Filled area. Looking downward, one easily sees that the depths of the pit have been refilled with soil and gravel.
4. The broken bridge. For each character who comes within one square (5 feet/150 cm) of the edge of the break, there is a 10 % chance (1-2 auf d20) that the square upon which the character is standing also will break off and cave in. One can jump back onto safer cobblestones with a successful dexterity check against DL 15 in a Dungeons Daring campaign or DC 20 in an OGL 3.5 campaign.
You can get this scenario in two versions:
1. The Fractal Mapper (TM) 8 map in FMP format, fully editable, from our Jörðgarð web page (4.5 MB).
2. As a JPG flat map of 3000 Pixels x 1875 Pixels (2.3 MB), available with the hyperlink below.
Both versions are released for personal and commercial use under the Open Game License Version 1.0a, which you can read on the Jörðgarð website at:
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Next week: Óðinn's Fortress - The Dwarven Highway's Exit Area and Great Gate
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Every parent-to-be hopes for a healthy baby, but it can be hard not to worry: What if the baby has a serious or untreatable health problem? What would I do? Is there anything I can do to prevent problems?
Concerns like these are completely natural. Fortunately, though, a wide array of tests for pregnant women can help to reassure them and keep them informed throughout their pregnancies.
Prenatal tests can help identify health problems that could endanger both you and your unborn child, some of which are treatable. However, these tests do have limitations. As an expectant parent, it's important to educate yourself about them and to think about what you would do if a health problem is detected in either you or your baby.
Prenatal tests can identify several different things:
The last two items on this list may seem the same, but there's a key difference. Some prenatal tests are screening tests and only reveal the possibility of a problem. Other prenatal tests are diagnostic, which means they can determine — with a fair degree of certainty — whether a fetus has a specific problem. In the interest of making the more specific determination, the screening test may be followed by a diagnostic test.
Prenatal testing is further complicated by the fact that more abnormalities can be diagnosed in a fetus than can be treated or cured.
Among other things, routine prenatal tests can determine key things about the mother's health, including:
All of these conditions can affect the health of the fetus.
Prenatal tests also can determine things about the fetus' health, including whether it's one of the 2% to 3% of babies in the United States that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) says have major congenital birth defects.
Categories of defects which can be picked up by prenatal tests include the following disorders:
In dominant gene disorders when one parent is affected, there's a 50–50 chance a child will inherit the gene from the affected parent and have the disorder.
Dominant gene disorders include:
Because there are so many genes in each cell, everyone carries some abnormal genes, but most people don't have a defect because the normal gene overrules the abnormal recessive one. But if a fetus has a pair of abnormal recessive genes (one from each parent), the child will have the disorder. It can be more likely for this to happen in children born to certain ethnic groups.
Recessive gene disorders include:
These disorders are determined by genes on the X chromosome. The X and Y chromosomes are the chromosomes that determine sex. These disorders are much more common in boys because the pair of sex chromosomes in males contains only one X chromosome (the other is a Y chromosome). If the disease gene is present on the one X chromosome, the X-linked disease shows up because there's no other paired gene to "overrule" the disease gene. One such X-linked disorder is hemophilia, which prevents the blood from clotting properly.
Chromosomal disorders occur when there is an abnormality in the number or structure of chromosomes, which contain the genetic material. Some chromosomal disorders are inherited but most are caused by a random error in the genetics of the egg or sperm. The chance of a child having these disorders increases with the age of the mother. For example, according to ACOG, 1 in 1,667 live babies born to 20-year-olds have Down syndrome, which causes mental retardation and physical defects. That number changes to 1 in 378 for 35-year-olds and 1 in 106 for 40-year-olds.
This final category includes disorders that are caused by a mix of genetic and environmental factors. Their frequency varies from location to location, and some can be detected during pregnancy.
Multifactorial disorders include neural tube defects, which occur when the tube enclosing the spinal cord doesn't form properly. Neural tube defects, which often can be prevented by taking folic acid (which is in prenatal vitamins) around the time of conception and during pregnancy, include:
Other multifactorial disorders include:
Certain prenatal tests are considered routine — that is, almost all pregnant women receiving prenatal care get them. Other nonroutine tests are recommended only for certain women, especially those with high-risk pregnancies. These may include women who:
Although your health care provider (which may be your OB-GYN, family doctor, or a certified nurse-midwife) may recommend these tests, it's ultimately up to you to decide whether to have them.
Also, if you or your partner have a family history of genetic problems, you may want to consult with a genetic counselor to help you look at the history of problems in your family, and to determine the risk to your children.
To decide which tests are right for you, it's important to carefully discuss with your health care provider:
During your first visit to your health care provider for prenatal care, you can expect to have a full physical, which may include a pelvic and rectal examination, and you'll undergo certain tests regardless of your age or genetic background.
You may have a urine test to check for protein, sugar, or signs of infection.
Blood tests check for:
Cervical tests (also called Pap smears) check for:
To do a Pap smear, your health care provider uses what looks like a very long mascara wand or cotton swab to gently scrape the inside of your cervix (the opening to the uterus that's located at the very top of the vagina). This may be a little uncomfortable, but it is over quickly.
After the initial visit, your health care provider will order other tests based on, among other things, your personal medical history and risk factors, as well as the current recommendations. These tests may include:
Here are some other tests that might be performed during pregnancy:
In this test, sound waves are bounced off the baby's bones and tissues to construct an image showing the baby's shape and position in the uterus. Ultrasounds were once used only in high-risk pregnancies but have become so common that they're often part of routine prenatal care.
Also called a sonogram, sonograph, echogram, or ultrasonogram, an ultrasound is used:
Ultrasounds also are used to detect:
Most women have at least one ultrasound. The test is considered to be safe. Some women will have multiple ultrasounds during the pregnancy, others do not have any. Ask your health care provider if he or she thinks you will have ultrasounds during your pregnancy.
An ultrasound is usually performed at 18 to 20 weeks to look at your baby's anatomy. If you want to know your baby's gender, you may be able to find out during this time — that is, if the genitals are in a visible position.
Ultrasounds also can be done sooner or later and sometimes more than once, depending on the health care provider and the pregnancy. For example, some providers will order an ultrasound to date the pregnancy, usually during the first 3 months. And others may want to order one during late pregnancy to make sure the baby's turned the right way before delivery.
Women with high-risk pregnancies may need to have multiple ultrasounds using more sophisticated equipment. Results can be confirmed when needed using special three-dimensional (3-D) equipment that allows the technician to get a more detailed look at the baby.
Women need to have a full bladder for a transabdominal ultrasound (an ultrasound of the belly) to be performed in the early months — you may be asked to drink a lot of water and not urinate. You'll lie on an examining table and your abdomen will be coated with a special ultrasound gel. A technician will pass a wand-like instrument called a transducer back and forth over your abdomen. You may feel some pressure as the technician presses on the bladder. High-frequency sound waves "echo" off your body (and the fetus) and create a picture of the fetus inside on a computer screen.
You may want to ask to have the picture interpreted for you, even in late pregnancy — it often doesn't look like a baby to the untrained eye.
Sometimes, if the technician isn't able to see a good enough image from the ultrasound, he or she will determine that a transvaginal ultrasound is necessary. This is especially common in early pregnancy. For this procedure, your bladder should be empty. Instead of a transducer being moved over your abdomen, a slender probe called an endovaginal transducer is placed inside your vagina. This technique often provides improved images of the uterus and ovaries.
Some health care providers may have the equipment and trained personnel necessary to provide in-office ultrasounds, whereas others may have you go to a local hospital or radiology center. Depending on where you have the ultrasound done, you may be able to get a printed picture (or multiple pictures) of your baby and/or a disc of images you can view on your computer and even send to friends and family.
Although the technician can see the images immediately, a full evaluation by a physician may take up to 1 week.
Depending on where you have the ultrasound done, the technician may be able to tell you that day whether everything looks OK. However, most radiology centers or health care providers prefer that technicians not comment until a specialist has taken a look — even when everything is OK.
Glucose screening checks for gestational diabetes, a short-term form of diabetes that develops in some women during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes is increasing in frequency in the United States, and may occur in 3 to 8% of pregnancies. Gestational diabetes can cause health problems for the baby, especially if it is not diagnoses or treated.
Most women have this test in order to diagnose and treat gestational diabetes, reducing the risk to the baby.
Screening for gestational diabetes usually takes place at 24 to 28 weeks. Testing may be done earlier for women who are at higher risk of having gestation diabetes, such as those who:
This test involves drinking a sugary liquid and then having your blood drawn after an hour. If the sugar level in the blood is high, you'll have a glucose-tolerance test, which means you'll drink a glucose solution on an empty stomach and have your blood drawn once every hour for 3 hours.
The results are usually available within 1 to 2 days. Ask if your health care provider will call you with the results if they are normal or only if the reading is high and you need to come in for another test.
Chorionic villi are tiny finger-like units that make up the placenta (a disk-like structure that sticks to the inner lining of the uterus and provides nutrients from the mother to the fetus through the umbilical cord). They have the same chromosomes and genetic makeup as the fetus.
This alternative to an amniocentesis removes some of the chorionic villi and tests them for chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down syndrome. Its advantage over an amniocentesis is that it can be performed earlier, allowing more time for expectant parents to receive counseling and make decisions. The risks of CVS are higher than with amniocentesis so the risks and benefits of the test must be weighed.
Your health care provider may recommend this test if you:
Possible risks of this test include:
At 10 to 12 weeks.
This test is done in one of two ways:
After the sample is taken, the doctor may check the fetus' heart rate. You should rest for several hours afterward.
Usually 1 to 2 weeks depending on what the test is being used to look for.
Doctors use this to test to screen for Down syndrome and neural tube defects. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a protein produced by the fetus, and it appears in varying amounts in the mother's blood and the amniotic fluid at different times during pregnancy. A certain level in the mother's blood is considered normal, but higher or lower levels may indicate a problem.
This test also looks at the levels of two pregnancy hormones — estriol and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) — which is why it's sometimes called a "triple screen" or "triple marker." The test is called a "quadruple screen" ("quad screen") or "quadruple marker" ("quad marker") when the level of an additional substance — inhibin-A — is also measured. The greater number of markers increases the accuracy of the screening and better identifies the possibility of a problem.
This test, which also is called a multiple-marker screening or maternal serum screening, calculates a woman's individual risk based on the levels of the three (or more) substances plus:
Sometimes this test is done along with an ultrasound and blood work during the first trimester, which makes it even more accurate than the second trimester blood work alone.
It's important to note, though, that each of these screening tests determine risk only — they don't diagnose a condition.
All women are offered some form of this test. Some practitioners include more parts of it than others. Remember that this is a screening, not a definitive test — it indicates whether a woman is likely to be carrying an affected fetus. It's also not foolproof — Down syndrome, another chromosomal abnormality, or a neural tube defect may go undetected, and some women with abnormal levels have been found to be carrying a healthy baby. Further testing is recommended to confirm a positive result.
The blood tests are typically done between 15 and 20 weeks. When first trimester screening is added, the initial tests are done at about 11 to 13 weeks.
Blood is drawn from the mother. When first trimester screening is added, an ultrasound is included.
Usually within a week, although it may take up 2 weeks.
This test is most often used to detect:
Late in the pregnancy, this test can reveal if a baby's lungs are strong enough to allow the baby to breathe normally after birth. This can help the health care provider make decisions about inducing labor or trying to prevent labor, depending on the situation. For instance, if a mother's water breaks early, the health care provider may want to try to hold off on delivering the baby as long as possible to allow for the baby's lungs to mature.
Other common birth defects, such as heart disorders and cleft lip and palate, can't be determined using this test.
This test can be very accurate — close to 100% — but only certain disorders can be detected. The rate of miscarriage with this procedure is between 1 in 300 and 1 in 500. It also carries a low risk of uterine infection, which can also cause miscarriage, leakage of amniotic fluid, and injury to the fetus.
Amniocentesis is usually performed between 15 and 20 weeks.
While watching with an ultrasound, the doctor inserts a needle through the abdominal wall into the uterus to remove some (about 1 ounce) of the amniotic fluid. Some women report that they experience cramping when the needle enters the uterus or pressure while the doctor retrieves the sample.
The doctor may check the fetus' heartbeat after the procedure to make sure it's normal. Most doctors recommend rest for several hours afterwards.
The cells in the withdrawn fluid are grown in a special culture and then analyzed (the specific tests conducted on the fluid depend on personal and family medical history).
Timing varies; depending on what is being tested for, the results are usually available within 1 to 2 weeks. Tests of lung maturity are often available within a few hours.
A nonstress test (NST) can determine if the baby is responding normally to a stimulus. Used mostly in high-risk pregnancies or when a health care provider is uncertain of fetal movement, an NST can be performed at any point in the pregnancy after the 26th to 28th week when fetal heart rate can appropriately respond by accelerating and decelerating.
This test may also be done if you've gone beyond your due date. The NST can help a doctor make sure that the baby is receiving enough oxygen and is responding to stimulation. However, an unresponsive baby isn't necessarily in danger, though further testing might be needed.
Sometimes, a biophysical profile is done, which is when an NST and ultrasound are performed, looking at the breathing, movement, amount of amniotic fluid, and tone of the fetus, in addition to the heart rate response.
Your health care provider may recommend this if you have a high-risk pregnancy, if there are concerns during your pregnancy, or if you have a low-risk pregnancy but are past your due date.
An NST may be recommended any time after 26 to 28 weeks, depending on why it is needed.
The health care provider will measure the response of the fetus' heart rate to each movement the fetus makes as reported by the mother or observed by the doctor on an ultrasound screen. If the fetus doesn't move during the test, he or she may be asleep and the health care provider may use a buzzer to wake the baby. You also may be asked to drink or eat to try to stimulate the baby more.
This test stimulates the uterus with pitocin, a synthetic form of oxytocin (a hormone secreted during childbirth), to determine the effect of contractions on fetal heart rate. It may be recommended when a nonstress test or biophysical profile indicates a problem and can determine whether the baby's heart rate remains stable during contractions.
This test may be ordered if the nonstress test or biophysical profile indicates a problem. However, it can induce labor.
Your doctor may schedule it if he or she is concerned about how the baby will respond to contractions or feels that it is the appropriate test to determine the fetal heart rate response to a stimulus.
Mild contractions are brought on either by injections of pitocin or by squeezing the mother's nipples (which causes oxytocin to be secreted). The fetus' heart rate is then monitored.
This test obtains fetal blood by guiding a needle into the umbilical cord. It's primarily used in addition to an ultrasound and amniocentesis if your health care provider needs to quickly check your baby's chromosomes for defects or disorders or is concerned that your baby may have another problem, such as a low platelet count or a thyroid condition.
The advantage to this test is its speed. There are situations (such as when a fetus shows signs of distress) in which it's helpful to know whether the fetus has a fatal chromosomal defect. If the fetus is suspected to be anemic or to have a platelet disorder, this test is the only way to confirm this because it provides a blood sample rather than amniotic fluid. It also allows transfusion of blood or needed fluids into the baby while the needle is in place.
This test may be used:
Risks are associated with this procedure, such as miscarriage or infection, so the risks and benefits should be discussed with your health care provider.
After 18 weeks.
A fine needle is passed through your abdomen and uterus into the umbilical cord and blood is withdrawn for testing.
Usually within 3 days.
Some prenatal tests can be stressful, and because many aren't definitive, even a negative result may not completely relieve any anxiety you might be experiencing. Because many women who have abnormal tests end up having healthy babies and because some of the problems that are detected can't be treated, some women decide not to have some of the tests.
One important thing to consider is what you'll do in the event that a birth defect or chromosomal abnormality is discovered. Your health care provider or a genetic counselor can help you establish priorities, give you the facts, and discuss your options.
It's also important to remember that tests are offered to women — they are not mandatory. You should feel free to ask your health care provider why he or she is ordering a certain test, what the risks and benefits are, and, most important, what the results will — and won't — tell you.
If you think that your health care provider isn't answering your questions adequately, you should say so. Things you might want to ask include:
You also can ask your health care provider for literature about each type of test.
The best thing that mothers-to-be can do to avoid birth defects and problems with the pregnancy is to take care of their bodies by:
Reviewed by: Larissa Hirsch, MD
Date reviewed: July 2008
Originally reviewed by: George A. Macones, MD
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