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Retinal detachment secondary to a macular hole and retinoschisis are complications that can occur in highly myopic eyes. The posterior staphyloma plays an important role in the pathogenesis of these complications in conjunction with other factors such as anteroposterior traction caused by the vitreous cortex, tangential forces due to epiretinal membranes or the internal limiting membrane, and stretched retinal arteries.
Various surgical procedures have been described for the treatment of retinal detachment in myopic macular hole and foveoschisis, including pars plana vitrectomy with intraocular tamponade and with or without internal limiting membrane removal, scleral shortening, and macular buckling. Several recently published reports describe the success rate of episcleral macular buckling in highly myopic eyes.1- 10
Different types of macular buckles have been proposed, but proper alignment of the buckle under the fovea is still a major concern in this technique. Siam et al7 reported the use of external posterior landmarks to allow better positioning of the indenting head, but this technique required superior oblique tendon rupture. Stirpe et al10 reported an adjustable macular buckle but indicated that the lateral rectus should be disinserted to ensure correct positioning of the indenting platform.
To avoid any damage to extraocular muscle and to enhance visualization, we propose the insertion of an optical fiber coupled to an Ando plombe, which allows better visualization of the center and the edges of the indenting heel as well as placing it correctly under the fovea.
The surgical technique was used in 4 patients with high myopia and with different underlying pathologies who were referred to the vitreoretinal department at Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular, Barcelona, Spain (Video). All operations were performed by the same surgeon (C.M.). Informed consent was obtained from all patients undergoing the surgical procedure.
The Ando plombe (Ondeko Corp) consists of a T-shaped semirigid silicone rubber rod internally reinforced with titanium wires and an indenting head at one end. The rigid wires permit shaping the exoplant manually to achieve the desired curvature and optimal positioning of the indenting head under the fovea. The other end has ridges to facilitate its fixation with sutures to the temporal sclera. Two sizes may be selected, 25 or 27 mm, according to the axial length of the eye.3,5
Before starting the operation, one of two 29/30-gauge Oshima dual-chandelier optic fibers (Synergetics USA, Inc) was inserted toward the center of the heel, after being guided through a 23-gauge needle. The needle was carefully removed and the inserted chandelier optic fiber was fixed to the plombe with two 5-0 nylon sutures (Ethicon Inc) (Figure 1).
A, Partially bent Ando plombe. B, The 29-gauge optic fiber is inserted through the needle shaft. C, With the optic fiber partially retracted, the distal silicone plate of the Ando plombe is perforated with the needle to the center of the indenting heel. D, The optic fiber is pushed into the silicone terminal platform. E, The needle is then removed from the Ando plombe. F, The optic fiber is sutured and secured to the Ando plombe with 2 nylon sutures to avoid accidental removal.
Pars plana vitrectomy and posterior hyaloid dissection were performed using triamcinolone acetonide visualization. Internal limiting membrane peeling was performed after staining with MembraneBlue-Dual (DORC International). Two of the 3 phakic patients underwent a pars plana lensectomy to optimize peripheral vitreous removal. After the vitrectomy, the macular plombe was inserted externally. The surgical technique for placing the Ando plombe has been previously described.3- 5,9
Using a wide-field contact lens system and once the Ando plombe was in place, the fiber optic light was turned on and the exoplant was easily seen and moved carefully until the illuminated indenting head was perfectly centered on the fovea (Figure 2). If the position was considered insufficient, the macular plombe could be manually moved to obtain the desired effect in the macular area.
Asterisk indicates the shaft of the Ando plombe running to the temporal and anterior part of the eye; arrows, the illuminated distal plate of the Ando plombe; and arrowhead, fovea.
When the illuminated buckle platform was properly positioned and the indentation was perfectly centered beneath the fovea, the proximal end of the plombe was fixed with additional 5-0 nylon scleral sutures. After scleral fixation, the 29-gauge optic fiber was removed. Depending on the case, fluid and air exchange and intraocular tamponade were used.
The Table summarizes the demographic and ophthalmologic characteristics of the patients. Four patients with different vitreoretinal pathologies owing to high myopia were treated with combined pars plana vitrectomy and macular buckling with the Ando plombe. Moreover, all patients had an improvement in their functional outcomes, including reading ability. In all cases, the Ando plombe was easily positioned without the need for additional procedures such as removal or replacement of the buckle or any extraocular muscle cutting. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications. Depending on the case, foveal reattachment, macular hole closure, and resolution of the foveoschisis were achieved in all patients as confirmed by fundus examination and optical coherence tomography (Cirrus HD-OCT 4000, version 5.0; Carl Zeiss Meditec) (Figure 3 and Figure 4).
A, Optical coherence tomography shows retinal detachment related to a macular hole in the area of the staphyloma. B, After surgery, the retina is reattached once the gas has disappeared. C, Optical coherence tomography shows a progressive retinoschisis with an inner macular hole. D, Three weeks after surgery, foveal contour is clearly seen in the center of the buckled area. I indicates inferior; N, nasal; S, superior; and T, temporal.
A, Optical coherence tomography shows a full-thickness macular hole with retinoschisis. B, Three weeks after surgery, the macular hole is closed and the retinoschisis has improved. C, Macular retinoschisis with foveal detachment. D, Four weeks after surgical treatment, the foveal thickness has become normal and the schisis has progressively decreased. I indicates inferior; N, nasal; S, superior; and T, temporal.
Macular buckling is a technique that has been used for years but with changing indications over time. The main indication is currently the correction of posterior staphyloma in highly myopic patients and their complications. Macular buckling corrects the increased posterior concavity of the eye wall into a flatter convex shape, which alleviates the stretched macular area. Macular buckling has mainly been used in cases of retinal detachment due to macular hole, but several authors have also reported good results in myopic tractional retinoschisis.4,9
Macular indentation can be achieved through various techniques and devices, but correct and safe positioning of the exoplant is still an issue.1,2,5,6,8,10 To enhance visualization and to avoid excessive manipulation, we suggest a new amendment to the use of the Ando plombe during its surgical placement.
As Siam et al7 reported, knowing the anatomical topography of the posterior aspect of the globe is crucial to making a proper indentation in the macular area. The technical procedure described in their study involved cutting the superior oblique as well as placing 2 posterior sutures as close as possible to the optic nerve without damaging posterior ciliary vessels. Despite this approach, a case showed malpositioning of the buckle postoperatively.8 Moreover, in a series by Ando et al,5 2 in 30 eyes failed to respond to primary episcleral macular buckling owing to incorrect positioning of the macular exoplant, which required additional surgery.
Thus, we recommend the use of an illuminated Ando plombe with an internal 30-gauge chandelier optical fiber to enhance visualization of the macular area and to achieve correct positioning of the indenting heel exactly under the fovea while monitoring the edges without any additional maneuvers.
In conclusion, the posterior buckling technique using an illuminated Ando plombe has proven to be safe and allows better visualization and positioning of the exoplant.
Submitted for Publication: January 6, 2013; final revision received February 17, 2013; accepted February 26, 2013.
Corresponding Author: Marco Dutra Medeiros, MD, Instituto de Microcirurgía Ocular, Calle Josep María Lladó n° 3, 08035, Barcelona, Spain (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Published Online: August 15, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4558.
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Last Saturday, the publisher of The Inter-Mountain invited the public to join him, his editor and circulation manager to an open forum at Unexpected Treasurers. All in all, about 15 people joined the discussion during the hour and a half while enjoying coffee and pastries. It was an interesting 90 minutes - more should have taken the time to attend.
Those in attendance shared concerns and compliments for the newspaper and the community.
The discussion opened with the question of why spelling, grammatical errors and out-of-context words make it onto the printed page. David Shombert of Pineview stated that these errors send "the wrong message" to not only our permanent residents but to our visitors as well, especially those who might be considering our area as a place of permanent residence.
"I am proud of our community and I believe a greater effort should be made to reduce these errors," Shombert said. "I realize, however, and I think everyone does, the stresses reporters and editors are under to meet deadlines, but there should be a better editing process whereby errors of this kind, and in some cases omissions, are corrected. The content of our paper and the way it is written is a direct reflection on the literacy of our community and is the foundation for our visitors' first impression of our community."
Rather than explain away the problem with excuses and reasons - and there are some - Publisher Don Smith agreed that there are too many mistakes. He and Editor Linda Howell Skidmore agreed to increase efforts to eliminate as many as possible.
"We will always make mistakes, no matter how hard we try to eliminate them," Smith said, "I have never written a story that couldn't have been better had I had just 10 more minutes to work on it or a paper published that couldn't have been better had there been just one more hour before deadline. We will do better."
The effect of publishing the image of an individual dressed in the orange garb of incarceration was mentioned.
"That, in my mind, creates an impression that our community is infested with a criminal element that makes it an undesirable place to live," David Denton of Elkins said. "Could not these images, if they have to be published at all, be included somewhere inside the paper rather than on the front page?"
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"Research has proven that one of the best deterrents for preventing repeat offenses by individuals is the embarrassment of being seen on the front page of a newspaper dressed in orange wearing handcuffs," Edgell said. "This doesn't work in every case, but for a great many the embarrassment to the individual's immediate and extended family, his church and other social organizations he may belong to is a strong deterrent to repeat crimes."
Smith agreed, adding that every community has a criminal element and that is a part of the news as much as the many other events and subjects that make up rounded and varied reporting of news.
It was also asked if the meeting was an attempt, or the beginning of a series of meetings, to increase circulation.
Smith replied, "That is not the purpose of this or any subsequent meetings we may have. Our purpose today is to hear from those who have concerns of any kind regarding the paper. Our goal is to make it a better instrument by which we can better serve the community by incorporating suggestions made here today or later; that in turn might increase circulation. Subscriptions, however, do not sustain a newspaper - advertising does and every paper in the country is experiencing a downturn in advertising as well as circulation.
"Newspapers are undergoing some major changes today and ours is no exception," Smith said. "The changes we are experiencing are a result of many things, not the least of which is the Internet, a struggling economy and a decline in readership, especially in the younger generations."
"We are very fortunate in our community to have a daily newspaper," said one attendee. "That we have this daily is due in large part because it is the primary printed news source not only in Randolph County but some neighboring counties as well. The fact that we have a hospital that serves a multi-county area and a college is also a huge contributor to the paper's livelihood. The excursion trains and the American Mountain Theater along with the natural beauty of our area are helping our community to become a tourist destination as well. The loss of any one of these would spell disaster to not only the paper but also the community as a whole. The paper is an integral part of the community's livelihood."
To say that all of those who participated in the discussion displayed a remarkable pride and loyalty to the paper is a gross understatement. One of those present had delivered the paper when he was a boy, some 50-plus years ago. He, and all those in attendance, while voicing concerns about the paper, was adamant in their determination to see that it will always be a news and advertising source for the community and surrounding area.
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Sep 27 2008, 08:19 AM
good birth vibes to you pink! you will be great, you can do it! not long till you meet your beautiful baby!
Sep 28 2008, 10:09 AM
Yeah Pink! Enjoy the birth and can't wait for pics!
Sep 28 2008, 10:30 AM
ok, still pregnant, nothing happening yet.
i need some help with nursing bras. i got measured last night at nordstrom. i'm still a 40 DDD. in uk sizes, that is a 40 F. nordstrom only had one nursing bra, and it was $60, so i didn't get it. the girl who measured me was 3 months pregnant herself and really helpful- she told me what to look for in the fit and everything.
last night i started looking on the web for a nursing bra- target doesn't carry my size, neither does a lot of the other affordable retailers. i'm having trouble finding something in my size that doesn't cost $50. i totally think that $50 is worth it for a good bra, however, right now, i'm just looking for something cotton to start out with.
are there any particular lines/stores that you all like?
Sep 28 2008, 10:48 AM
hello ladies
pardon my intrusion to this thread. i'm pregnant now with my second. second unplanned birth control malfunction. but i do believe that everything happens for a reason and my son is the best thing that has ever happened to me...
that said. i'm so angry!! i cant help it, i'm not normally an angry person. i'm consumed with it now tho. for no particular reason. i'm a hormonal shipwreck and i cant get happy. and MR doesnt get it!! he said this morning 'so how long are you going to be like this?' he implies that i choose to be a sick depressed disaster instead of like his mother who was one of the lucky ones who was never so healthy as when she was pregnant.
i'm an emotional disaster who cant keep herself together and he doesnt get it. grrr!!!!!
does anyone have any miracle hormone fixers? any advice on how to make him understand that i'm pregnant and this is the way it is.
floating away,
Sep 28 2008, 01:41 PM
hello and welcome! happy baby vibes to you. i think it's common to feel all over the place during pregnancy and beyond. the one thing i can't stress enough is to get lots of balanced essential fatty acids. i supplemented to the max and found it to be very helpful with mood.
sorry your partner isn't being all that supportive, that sucks. wish i could help you there but alas, i have no suggestions beyond tossing objects at his head and i hardly think that will fix anything at all!
Sep 29 2008, 07:17 PM
Go see your doctor and tell him/her about those feelings. You can talk about your options and do what feels right.
You deserve to be taken seriously and it can be hard to explain to someone who doesn't get it how totally pregnancy changes everything.
Good luck.
Sep 30 2008, 07:30 AM
hi archegonia, i don't have any wisdom to offer either, but good luck and i hope you find something that works for you and your partner takes it more seriously
pink, i am not very busty, but i have a friend who is, she swears by bravissimo. looks like they ship to the US and this one is mostly cotton and i think around $40? (not sure what current exchange rate is)
while i was looking i also found this one.
Oct 1 2008, 04:53 AM
beck, thanks so much! at one point, i was going to order that bravado bra, then decided to spend a little less money to start out. i really liked the bravissimo bras- i ordered their catalog online just now. you were right about the exchange rate. i looked at a currency converter online, and the bra would be around $43. so, that might be a really good option for me when i am ready to go back to work! for now, i ordered two really plain bras (one for sleeping, one regular) from motherhood maternity and spent about $35 total, including shipping. we will see how those work out. thanks so much for helping me!
Oct 1 2008, 01:34 PM
thanks girls,
it makes me feel better just to be reminded that i'm not an alien. i think he googled symptoms or something cuz he's let off. it certainly helped me when i googled symptoms and came across so many other women telling my story.
thanks again
and pink, dunno if this helps but i'm still nursing and my boy just turned one, i've been wearing le senza's nursing bra for the whole year. its comfy, doesnt make my look wierd under my shirt like the others i tried and it was really cheap. best of luck.
Oct 1 2008, 04:16 PM
Oh hell, Archegonia, you are not alone by any means!!! Pregnancy can be a stressfull hormonal hell at times, and guys just don't get it (how could they? even when i've read the symptoms of pregnancy or other women's stories, my boy will forget a few days later anyway, and it's back to, "so, is this just how you're always going to be?"). Like my mom told me, forget about the dumb ass things he says and focus your much needed attention and energy on yourself because ultimately you're the one going through it, so do something nice for yourself. Take a bath, have some tea, try some breathing... It's silly but the thing that helps me sometimes (my pregnancy was unplanned also) is to smell all the baby lotions and shampoos. They smell so cute, it's aromatherapy!! hahah My best wishes for you, hang in there!!!
So... All those prelabor symptoms/contractions/bedrest drama and still no baby.
2 weeks ago I was 50% effaced and 1cm dilated. I had contractions for two weeks straight only to find out on Monday that my cervix is still the same, although at least it is really soft. I feel so disappointed and discouraged. My doctor thinks I should be induced next week because my baby is measuring big and he's afraid his shoulders might get stuck because apparently my pelvic girdle is kinda small. I wanted to go through this all naturally and I've been trying other means to induce the labor (which I know, inducing labor really isn't ever natural, the baby's supposed to come when it's ready), but nothing has helped. I've tried sex, walking, red raspberry leaf tea, evening primrose oil, nipple stimulation and black cohosh root. Even squatting.
I had cervical dysplasia and had LEEP surgery done on my cervix and I'm wondering if the scar tissue is preventing me from thinning out and dilating. The doctor made it clear that at this point my cervix should have done more.
I know it's silly but I feel like I'm failing at the most natural thing in the world. This isn't how I had imagined things going. I'm scared that being induced won't work and that I'm going to need a c-section because it's happened to so many people I know. While c-sections aren't the worst thing in the world, I'm so scared of them because I've never had major surgery before and I don't want to miss out on the whole vaginal birthing experience.
Anyway. Enough of my pity party. At least I know that I will have my baby before the end of next week, which is a relief because I'm so sick of being pregnant. I mean, it's a miracle and it's great and all but I'm so uncomfortable and I can't wait to eat sushi and drink a margarita and sleep on my stomach again!! woohoo!!! Today the boy and I are going to do some more walking and hopefully top it all off with sex and my breast pump. Wish me luck, girls!!!
Pink, I am so excited for you!! Can you believe it's already October?? We're going to have our babies in no time!!
Oct 1 2008, 05:05 PM
Hey Naked,
Have you tried stimulating the acupressure points on in the inner leg?
I hear it really works...good luck to all!
Oct 2 2008, 07:01 AM
archegonia, i'm in that stage of wondering if i will ever be normal again- my feet look like pig feet from swelling, i can't get up without pain from pressure, my knees ache because my body is so heavy. pregnancy has so many emotions to begin with, then the hormonal changes... i will be thinking of you, and i don't think what you are going through is abnormal.
nakedmolerat, my appointment is tomorrow. i think that the doctor will schedule an induction for next week. i know i'll be disappointed if my cervix hasn't made any more progress. since both of us have big babies (mine is estimated at 9 lbs) i think we should just think about all the options that may come from birth (like having to have a c-section) so that we can get comfortable with them just in case. remember, all that counts is that the babies get out safely. it doesn't make us failures in any way- we still grew them for 9 months. i've never had major surgery before, either, and want to have a vaginal birth... but more than that, i want a healthy baby and a healthy me, and remember that is the best outcome ever! remember, fiddler and moxie had c-sections, too, and they're doing great and have beautiful children!
Oct 2 2008, 08:25 AM
naked- pink is absolutly right. What matters most is a healthy mom and healthy baby, period. I was induced at 39 weeks, and after 4 tries (4 consecutive days), I still didn't dialate and needed a C-section. It was NOT BAD AT ALL to recover from, and both my kidlet and I were just fine. I think the recovery is prob. similar to a third degree tear recovery...limited movement for a few days, sore for a week or two, then working up to the strength you need. Your job is to be a proactive partner with your medical team and think about what's best for your child. Being a mom is all about redirecting the ever-present feeling of failure towards the ever-necessary knowledge that you TRY and LOVE and that is enough.
This time around, I've got to prepare myself for a "real" emergency C-section, which is scary in its own right- we're just hoping the darned placenta (oh, giver of life and giver of annoyance!) gets out of the way and lets no.2 bake until term.
my little one is a freaking gymnast today. Goodness.
Oct 2 2008, 10:36 AM
Hello Ladies,
Had my 36 week appt with the doc yesterday. I apparently grew two inches in two weeks!!! The doc scheduled an ultrasound to check the babies size, though she let me know that she doesn't use that to push C-sections.
I have to get on the horn to a piercing shop to have my C-hood piercing removed. I meant to do it forever ago, but I just kept postponing it. The doc thought that it would be a good idea to avoid any unnecessary tearing. I've had it for so long (20 years?) that it's removal sort of feels like the final nail in the coffin of my youth. Better that than some nasty tear right!?
Having a work shower today...think we will have more than enough to get by with the baby in the first months, everyone has been uber generous. Two more Mondays and then I'm OUT! I know it will be a lot of work with the baby, but I have to say I am looking forward to a break from the routine.
Love to all you baby growers!
Christine Nectarine
Oct 2 2008, 12:05 PM
nakedmolerat: i was were you were just a few short years ago! i was nearly 3 cm dialated for 3 weeks! what made it the worst was that my doctor kept saying she was sure i would go into labour, and then 2 days later, i'd be back in her office and she'd be all "are you still pregnant!?!" not what i needed to hear from my doctor! i was induced at 41 weeks. they broke my water and contractions started quickly, less than 5 hours and my little girl was here! my body knew what it wanted to do, i guess i just needed that extra somethin'.
so what i'm really saying is...hang in there! hope you and baby are healthy, and you will be doin' fine!
good vibes to all the rest of you mama's to be!
Oct 3 2008, 08:42 PM
nakedmolerat, i wanted to mention to you that i've had cervical dysplasia as well, but was treated with cryosurgery instead of LEEP. i'm 90% effaced. i think that you are going to be fine, but if you are concerned about complications from scar tissue, ask your doc! you are already 50% effaced, which is half way there. that's a good sign!
kelly, i took my nipple rings out at about 14 weeks. my boobs were so sore and the jewelry wasn't helping. i'd had them in for about 10 years! i was wondering why you just didn't take your hood piercing out yourself, but then it occurred to me- you are probably having trouble reaching it with both hands, let alone seeing what you're doing!!! i know that i can barely reach to wipe after i pee, let alone fiddle with tiny jewelry.
at the doctor today, i learned that all my stats are the same, with one little change- my dilation is one and a half centimeters, where before it was just one. i have an appointment to be checked out on tuesday morning. on friday morning, i am scheduled for a planned induction at 8am. the doctor thinks that there is definitely still a chance that the baby will arrive on his own before then.
what happens during an induction? i suppose i don't need anything to make me efface, since i'm already 90%. hopefully its pitocin to start contractions, and they'll give my water a chance to break on its own. any experiences?
Christine Nectarine
Oct 3 2008, 09:34 PM
pink, like i said, i had my water artificially broken. i'm not sure what it is they use, but i didn't feel any pain, just a gush of wetness. that was all they ended up doing for me...contractions started nearly immediately. i was pleased, because it was really easy. definately got things moving along in my case, and everything thereafter was entirely natural.
Oct 4 2008, 10:30 AM
Hey girls, thank you so much for your support and encouragement!!! You're all right- what really matters is that the baby and I are healthy and safe. With that in mind- I'm going to be induced tomorrow night at midnight!!! Aagh!!! It's all happening so fast!!! Pink- we're going to have our babies this week!!! Isn't it insane!?! And exciting!! I can't wait to see pictures of your little one, and I'll be sure to post some of mine. As far as my LEEP procedure, I talked to my doctor about it and it may pose a problem for me as far as being able to dilate. He can actually feel the scar tissue in there
But he said that most women he's seen with LEEP had hard closed cervixes, while mine is soft and open a little, so he thinks there's enough of a chance that I'll be ok to try the induction. He's going to use cytotec, which terrifies me because I've read so many horrible things about it online, but he insists that he's been using it for ten years and has never had a problem. After that, he's going to break my water and possibly use pitocin if I'm not contracting on my own. I would prefer to expose my baby to as little drugs as possible, so hopefully i won't need the pitocin or an epi, but we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck girls!!! It's almost show time!!!
Oct 4 2008, 12:32 PM
good luck! will be checking back in for pics of the little one! good vibes for a happy birth!
Oct 5 2008, 09:22 AM
nakedmolerat, best of luck on your induction. we are all thinking of you!
keep us posted!
Oct 5 2008, 09:52 PM
thank you!!! i've been counting down the hours and i am so nervous!!! i can't wait to let you all know how it goes... wish me luck!!!
Oct 6 2008, 05:10 PM
Hello ladies!
Wow, so many pregnant busties . . . neat!
Since my baby was born, I find I have little time to come here. I miss you all and am sending you happy healthy pregnancy vibes and easy labor vibes.
Oct 7 2008, 09:53 AM
i just got back from a checkup. all my stats are the same, although i do feel more crampy and have increased discharge. today my visit was with the midwife who will be on call friday when i'm induced. she asked if i was aware of the risks of birthing a large baby vaginally. i said yes- shoulder dystocia and labor not progressing. she said, i just wanted to be sure that your doctor was really clear with you about your options for an elective c-section.
well, thing is, i was never offered a c-section- just a scheduled induction. apparently, it is routine at my practice that a patient with a baby suspected to be 9lbs or larger be offered a scheduled c-section. the midwife was really surprised, and checked my chart a little more as well as my ultrasounds. she told me that if i felt uncomfortable about the risks of birthing the baby vaginally, that i did have the option of a scheduled c, and that i could call my regular OB to discuss that. the midwife said that the baby was great, i was progressing for labor, and she didn't forsee any problems right now, but that i needed to be aware of risks with any option i chose.
i am not scared of progressing to a point and then them saying, oh, yr not dilating anymore, we're doing a c-section. i am scared, however, of shoulder dystocia, because the midwife said that if the baby's head comes out, but the shoulders don't, they'll have to PUSH THE HEAD BACK IN!!!!!! she did indicate how rare that situation is.
let me stress that the midwife did not seem pro-c whatsoever. she was very clear that she wanted me to be aware of risks involved in either situation, and for my ability to speak up if i was uncomfortable about anything. it did scare me, though, because on the way out i heard her telling the lab tech about how i wasn't offered a c-section. so that must be a big deal.
i called my regular doctor and left a message. she must think i can birth this baby vaginally since she didn't offer the c-section. i just want to talk it over with her. in any event, i do want to try a vaginal birth first. i am just petrified by the whole PUTTING THE HEAD BACK IN scenario. thoughts?
Oct 7 2008, 02:03 PM
"she did indicate how rare that situation is."
in fact, i've never even heard of that happening. seems like a worst case scenario to me, i'd put it out of my mind. how do you feel? feel good, confidant, ready to meet your babe? chances are good that you'll do just fine.
Oct 7 2008, 04:26 PM
Its not pushing the head back IN so much as holding it in place while the emergency C-section route is prepped. My BFF's brother had that condition WAYYYY back in the 70s, and the story her mom tells is that she was wheeled into the ER surgury with a nurse sitting on the gurney holding the baby in. Everyone is well now.
Ok, gonna go medicate myself more...yeah plain sudafed that does squat for a bad cold.
Oct 8 2008, 08:55 AM
hey pink, my friend had a large baby and shoulder dystocia, but was still able to birth vaginally, just needed some manouevring by the midwives to ease the shoulders out. I think babe was 9lb10 oz, and she is not especially big herself (probably a US size 10-12). it is pretty rare though, as i understand it, generally women grow babies the right size for their bodies. sounds like good positioning in labour would help though - upright, squatting, kneeling etc - the traditional flat on the back position won't do you any favours as it doesn't open the pelvis up anywhere near as wide.
in one of the magazines i bought during pregnancy there was a birth story of a 5 foot tall, US size 4 lady who birthed a 9lb10 baby vaginally without any medication or tearing! it can be done!
and don't forget (others have said this too) that the growth scans are notoriously unreliable.
Good birthing vibes! keep us posted!
ETA i found the bit in my pregnancy book explaining how baby's size is determined - although the size of both parents plays a role, growth in the final weeks of pregnancy is determined by mum's size/build. if mum is small but the father is larger, growth will be suppressed so baby will grow to suit mum's pelvis size and will catch up after the birth. so if your baby is large, chances are it's because you have room to get him out!
Oct 8 2008, 02:53 PM
thank you, everybody, for the support and encouragement!
i have had contractions since yesterday- yesterday they were painless, but today they've been increasing in strength and length. i've literally had them all day long- but haven't called the doc because they don't seem predictable in length. for example, in the past hour, i've had the following pattern: 6 minutes apart/ 11 minutes apart/ 11 minutes apart/ 9 minutes apart/ 10 minutes apart/ 5 minutes apart/ 14 minutes apart. are these braxton hicks contractions that are painful (can't talk during them) or are these real contractions that may be dilating my cervix?
Christine Nectarine
Oct 8 2008, 03:20 PM
pinkmartyr, it
like braxton-hicks, but obviously i can't say for sure. in my (one) experience, the difference between those and the real contractions was undeniable once it happened, like someone just dropped a brick on your foot - it might have been sore before, but now you KNOW it hurts. bear in mind too, if you are having a hospital birth, they will likely just send you home if you are having anything more than contractions 2-3 min apart, so hang in there! go for constant walks if you can, it kills time, and can encourage labour. i know this time can be agony - i went to hospital twice for false alarms before i was induced. baby will come when it's ready!
Oct 8 2008, 03:45 PM
Hey Pink,
To me it sounds like early labor if you can't talk through the contractions. Remember 4-1-1 (or 5-1-1). Call the doc when the contractions are 4 (or 5) minutes apart, last for one minute in duration and do so for one hour.
My mom had early labor for sever hours before things ramped up to active labor, so hang on and call the doc if you have questions.
This is AWESOME!!!! Good luck.
Oct 8 2008, 05:08 PM
sounds like the real thing to me! i didn't time mine much in early labour but when i decided not to make a phone call i had planned to make that day as i knew i wouldn't be able to talk normally, i realised that this was probably it! i remember they said at the antenatal classes, that if they stop when you rest, they are probably braxton hicks, and that if you have to stop what you're doing, they are real ones. definitely take a walk, or bounce on a swiss ball. it will help get the baby into a good position and speed up your progress.
oh, and eat and drink to keep your strength up! i'm sure the huge plate of pasta i wolfed down between contractions was what gave me the energy to get through labour so well. you might not feel like something so heavy though!
Good luck!!
Oct 8 2008, 05:25 PM
real, REAL!! *excited for you!*
i had contractions all day for both babies, couldn't talk but still went out shopping, heh. just stood still and quiet during those moments.
my mama was in labour for three days with my bro, water broke on day one too. he was her third though so she just stayed home until it got real serious. by the time she got to the hospital she was about to go and they were asking her questions and trying to get her to fill out forms and such. she was like, "h Hello, i am having this baby right now! no for real, NOW already!" she was so calm about it they didn't believe she was so close i guess. they barely got scrubbed up and he was arriving. she laughs about it now and says she could have stayed home with all three of us. she doesn't know why she didn't (neither to i, i loved being at home!).
Oct 9 2008, 04:27 PM
oh dear, just got back from docs and ultrasound. looks like the placenta is at 8% (?) apparently they would induce at 5%. they put me on light bed rest meaning i can't go to work but am not chained to bed. little shock but all should be fine. we are 37 weeks, so she is allowed to come any time without developmental issues.
My boss is totally supportive but not happy that i'm out a week earlier than planned, so I will be working from home this last week. Just a few details to wrap up and then I'm on my own. Pretty happy to have a distraction actually.
Hope things are going well for pink and naked!
Oct 9 2008, 06:29 PM
What does that mean? 8%? Like 8% effectiveness? SOunds probably scarier than it is. Relax, enjoy the week of jamies and working with your laptop from the sofa.
Maybe I'll be the only one left sooner than we thought!
Oct 9 2008, 07:20 PM
no word from pink? i am thinking it's baby time!
Oct 9 2008, 07:42 PM
QUOTE(moxiegirl @ Oct 9 2008, 04:29 PM)
What does that mean? 8%?
it's a volume thing. I guess the placenta is at 8% volume? But I don't know if that is 8% left from 100%. Or if the volume of the uterus should be filled with 30% placenta and mine has 8? It's hard to say.
Bottom line is that it is no a huge deal since I'm so far along. the only issue is that if it drops to or below 5% they would induce and I would like to avoid that if at all possible. so i'm on lots of fluid and chill time.
due date is end of the month, I'm hoping to go into labor in the next week or so...i know I can't control it, but i'm massaging my points and eating eggplant!!
Oct 10 2008, 11:02 AM
still no word from pink? now i KNOW it's baby time! how exciting.
i am off to toronto for a visit this weekend and i just found out that my good girlfriend had another baby in august, i had no idea! 4 hours, 4 pushes, at home totally peaceful gorgeous birth. now i have to go make a baby gift! and clean the house and pack too, aaahhh!
Oct 10 2008, 04:39 PM
Had an NST done (fetal monitoring). Everything looks good. Baby is kicking and heart is beating. They will check the placenta next week via ultra sound and see how it's going.
I think it will be all good.
Sure is quiet here with everyone in or done with labor.
Oct 12 2008, 06:50 PM
hey guys! it was real labor- baby emmet arrived thursday oct 10 via c-section after a 36 hour labor. my cervix did not progress beyond 8 cm despite a day of pitocin. the midwife said that often happens if your body knows it can't birth a large baby as a "warning" symbol. emmet was born at 10 lbs, 4 oz. we were discharged from the hospital today. i want to write more about the birth soon, but thought i would pop in now to say he's here and we are doing fine.
you can see the pic they took of him at the hospital here:
hope that works- that's all we've got for now.
Oct 12 2008, 07:37 PM
congrats ms. pink. i'm so happy hes healthy and on our side of ur box
big hugs, i know what 36 hours followed by a section feels like (cept i couldnt get past 3cm) i'm glad its all over for you. are you feelin ok about the section? lol, i'm sure you wont be answering for a while. i hope you and emmet are all curled up and happy.
Oct 12 2008, 09:59 PM
ok, he's sleeping! here's my story:
Wednesday- contractions start at 4am. i decide to stay home from work. by 10 am, they are bad enough that i can't talk through them, but 5-1-1 time doesn't come til 8pm. the doc on call says wait til they are 3 min apart. at 10pm we go to the hospital. i'm 2 cm dilated. they have me walk the halls for an hour and a half. then, i am 3 cm dilated. my on call doctor says its time for me to stay at the hospital. i am really surprised by how difficult the contractions are- the contractions i felt at 2 and 3 centimeters are what i imagined at 6 or 7 cm. my thoughts about labor and birth plan start to change... i'm throwing up after especially rough contractions. i decide that i want drugs earlier, an discuss this with the nurse. i am admitted, and given an epidural pretty much right away. it changes everything.
Thursday- i wake up and my water has broken. i'm 4 cm dilated, and throwing up again but this time because my tummy is empty. we listen to music and read the newspaper. around 11am, the docs start pitocin, ramping it up every so often til its at the highest dose. at 2pm, the highest does occurs. i'm 8cm. we wait two hours- still 8 cm. i do some practice pushes for my doc. we decide to section because my cervix isn't progressing. by 5pm, baby is here! i hear him cry and make baby sounds immediately, and can't believe he's ours! i had some trouble with the c- section- getting him out was fine, but when they were closing the incision, i was once again throwing up, having chills, etc. isaac is with the baby in the nursery at this time, and two really nice anesthesia ladies are giving me drugs, holding my hand, and reassuring me that all the sensations are normal. I get wheeled to my recovery room. i'm shivering and feeling some pain, blood pressure is real high. mom comes in and tells me about the baby. isaac comes in with the baby and i try to nurse him. he doesn't seem to know how to suck, but he is latching on. during the night we work with an older nurse who helps us to get him to latch on and suck. she comes to our room for every feeding.
Friday- i lay in the bed, take my pain meds, and enjoy the baby. i finally get to eat food! liquid breakfast, then regular meals. my nurse helps me to get a shower and takes out my catheter. we have visitors. baby is screaming a lot and wont' get settled- we decide maybe he's hungry, and talk to a lactation consultant about supplementing with formula. two ounces works wonders, and we sleep.
Saturday- on call-doc asks if i want to leave today- i decide on sunday. i have lots of good help there at the hospital and i think i'd rest better there. i spend the whole morning alone with the baby, relaxing, since isaac is back at work.
Sunday- we are discharged around 1pm. baby is doing great so far at home. my milk is starting to come in, although we are still needing the formula. i am nursing for 30-40 minutes, burping and settling the baby, then offering formula if he seems to want more food. pain is manageable with my prescriptions for percoset and motrin. isaac works every day this week, and it will be just baby and me.
Oct 13 2008, 06:18 AM
Pink! Wonderful little man picture!!! I'm glad that you all are recovering well- take it easy this week- nurse, diaper and nap. THat's it, lady! I made the mistake of believing pain meds (god bless narcotics@) made it OK to do housework, and I paid for it later. Just loads and loads and loads of baby cuddles.
Oct 13 2008, 07:17 AM
congratulations! well done pink! would write more but baby is stirring and must eat something before she wakes! beautiful beautiful baby pic!
quick question to second-timers - 6.5 weeks postpartum and bleeding has started up again after only lasting 2 weeks. i suspect it's from doing lots of walking and carrying a very heavy baby around - should i worry or just take it easy? at my 6 week check on weds doc said uterus was back to normal size again.
Oct 13 2008, 07:50 AM
Welcome return of menstruation. Even if you're BF, its no guarentee your period won't come back. Bummer. If you're really concerned, call your doc.
Oct 13 2008, 07:56 AM
damn i wondered if it was that. Good job we haven't quite managed sex yet (we tried a couple of weeks ago but things were still a bit tender)...imagine getting knocked up straight away...
kelly, glad things are looking good for you and baby, not long now! i wonder how nakedmolerat is doing...
Oct 13 2008, 09:13 AM
beck, are you a pill girl? my doc advised me to go on the pill almost asap, even the progesterone only (safe for BF) one. 2 babes straight away is SCARY. (shudders)
Oct 13 2008, 12:00 PM
i was on the pill for 10 years but not keen on going back now - i felt really great when i came off the pill to get pregnant. I had hoped to rely on exclusive, demand BF acting as my contraceptive for the first 6 months (98% effective, about the same as the mini pill) but i guess that's out now...
i think it will have to be condoms for now, i may try an IUD down the line but not ready for that yet. once i have regular cycles i am interested in natural family planning (doing it properly with charting temperatures and cervical fluid etc, not just going by period dates and hoping for the best) but i think that when BF cycles can stay erratic so i don't think that will be an option until i stop
Oct 13 2008, 07:39 PM
miss beck,
i'm pregnant with my second and my first has just turned a year. i've had an iud in for 8 months. not sayin its not gonna work for you but it didnt for me and now i have minor concerns not only about having two under two but about having complications because of the iud. sigh, birth control my love and mortal enemy.
they have you on perks? holy shit. my labour is quite paralell to yours and i was on tylenol extra strengths!!
i agree with moxie just relax even tho your on perks and may feel great.
Oct 14 2008, 05:44 AM
archegonia - yikes!
that is exactly what i was afraid of with the IUD - might scratch that one from my list...
maybe it will be the minipill for me, although i know people who have taken it religiously and got pregnant anyway. also some concerns about the effect on my milk supply and just generally not wanting to take things while BF - maybe condoms for a year and then the minipill...hmm...
sorry this is somewhat off topic, i will go to the hip mamas room soon, i promise
Christine Nectarine
Oct 14 2008, 09:13 AM
a little late, but congrats pink! hope you and your sweet babe are doing well!
Oct 14 2008, 12:21 PM
Congrats to Pink, Emmet is a big cutie! I just want to eat up his cheeks!
Beck, I had an IUD (the Mirena) for about 3 years before we started trying. I became pregnant with in 6 months of removal. Actually I got pregnant in the first 3 months but that one terminated around 8 weeks. Any way, I had no complications at all getting preggers. I did however have side effects with the Mirena because I didn't realize that it was impregnated with progesterone, a hormone to which I am extremely sensitive (I could go on at length about reactions to depo and pills). Bottom line, is I would recommend the IUD and I will likely have the copper wire one inserted at the birth of our little one.
So big craziness here with NSTs, ultrasounds and general scariness. As you probably read last week they put me on bed rest because my placenta was low. It was at 8cm (not percent like I posted earlier) and they like it at 10cm. They induce at 5cm. Well my doc was on vacation that week and the doc who told me about the low placenta didn't really explain much.
All I knew was that my pregnancy has been NON EVENTFUL and then BOOM! The doc's office went into over drive with appointments, bed rest, pulling me out of work. It was SCARY.
Yesterday I went in for another NST and the baby was moving and her heart was responding to the movement so all was well, then at the end (they monitor for about 20 minutes) she dropped a bit below baseline. Next think I know they send me out for another ultrasound and more panic panic panic on my side.
Long story short, this ultrasound tech asked why I was here. I told her my placenta was low and they wanted to recheck it. She looked at the previous chart and mentioned that it was at 8.6 cm which is a little low but usually considered normal. Normal....NORMAL!!!!!
My doc met up with me after the ultrasound and said she had reviewed the NST and ultrasound and it seems like everything is just fine and that really everyone had been erring on the conservative side. That the placenta was now above 10 cm and that the rest and water seems to work. Oh, and don't panic.
To which I said, "TOO FUCKING LATE."
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Last weekend, I profiled 15 films that had a lot of heat ahead of the Foreign Language Oscar shortlist unveiling today. Of those 15 (plus a handful of wildcards), seven have ended up among the Academy's nine selections that will move on to the second round of voting. As with many of the Oscar categories this year, this was a field jam-packed with strong contenders and the ultimate shortlist reflects that. Among the films that were roundly expected to make the cut, Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty out of Italy, and Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt from Denmark, are both in. But in one of the biggest surprises, 2011 Foreign Language Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi did not make the cut with this year's The Past. That film, as with the other two above, has a Golden Globe nomination, and it won the Best Actress prize for Bérénice Bejo this year in Cannes. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia did not benefit from beginner's luck. The first entry from the kingdom, the roundly lauded Wadjda, is not on the list. Both of those films are with Sony Pictures Classics which had last year's winner, Amour. Another shocking omission is Gloria, Sebastien Lelio's Chilean feature about a 58-year-old divorcée looking for love. That had received tons of advance buzz. Of the other pics chosen to advance by the Academy, Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster probably has the highest profile, and is the most profitable of the bunch, and Belgium's Broken Circle Breakdown was a prize winner in Berlin, Tribeca and at the recent European Film Awards.
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Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix van Groeningen
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Germany, Two Lives, Georg Maas
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Hungary, The Notebook, Janos Szasz
Italy, The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino
Palestine, Omar, Hany Abu-Assad
No "Stalingrad"? Hmmmmm.
I was wondering the same!
Wow. With "Blue Is The Warmest Color" ineligible, there's no film in contention from France! Is this the first time ever?
Exactly, jimbo. There have been a number of year's without a French entry. There are only 5 slots and 70+ countries submit entries.
I too am surprised with WADJDA's omission, but, I have yet to see much of the final list (would still put it ahead of BROKEN CIRCLE, THE HUNT and GRANDMASTER).
Happy to see the masterful THE GREAT BEAUTY on the shortlist. One of the best films of the year – from any country.
v surprised re: the past and gloria strictly as strong pieces of filmmaking.
the great beauty wins.
RENOIR was the French submission this year.
It did not make the short list obviously.
Both Omar and The Missing Picture are actually French productions, although not French-spoken.
Omar is not a French production. It's fully funded by Palestinian private investors. Great film, by the way.
I believe that THE MISSING PICTURE from Cambodia is in French.
Solid list. Two Lives and The Great Beauty are my favorites (still have to see The Missing Picture, though).
No GLORIA? No THE GERMAN DOCTOR? No HELI? This year the Academy clearly missed the boat – there is nothing like Latin America´s vibrant filmmaking today.
Totally agree. Some of the best filmmaking of the past five years or so has come from Latin America.
"The Notebook"? Insane, especially when "Mother, I Love You," "Heli" and "Gloria" aren't included. There are four here I have not seen. From the original list, of the films I saw, the five nominees should have been "Mother, I Love You," "The Great Beauty," "The Hunt," "Wadjda" and "Heli," with "The Broken Circle Breakdown" right behind.
Has there always been a short list? Seems odd to not have a bigger pool since they are only reducing four films
omar was in fact financed by 95% palestinian funds + grant from injaaz in dubai
'Blue is the Warmest Color' is the best foreign language film of 2013. How can the Academy snub it? Do they have something against French cinema? If I recall, the biggest snub last year was French actress Marion Cotillard not receiving a well-deserved Best Actress Oscar nod for 'Rust and Bone.'
OMG For the 5 millionth time: France did NOT send in "Blue is the warmest color" because it did NOT open in french cinemas in time to be eligible. They submitted "Renoir" which was obviously not strong enough. "Do they have something against French cinema?", more like do you have something against informing yourself of the facts before posting random comments?
I'm sorry for Academy that has no glory for some masterpieces.
Last year Amour must had be the best movie and now cut The Past is really dummy thing!
I'm sorry for Academy!
The academy did not snub it, the French did- not entered for best foreign film.
I am really sorry Wadjda did not make the cut, such a snub. In my opinion it was the best film of last year.
However of the films on the short list I will be rooting for the Hunt.
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Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky turned over the keys to the Jewish school of Gondar to the Ethiopian city's mayor.
Monday's handover ceremony of the school, which was funded and maintained by the Jewish Agency, comes as the final flight of Ethiopian immigrants prepares to leave for Israel.
Some 2,500 Ethiopian children awaiting their immigration to the Jewish state studied in the school. The Jewish Agency donated all the school buildings and equipment to the municipality of Gondar.
"Jews lived in Gondar for 2,500 years, however their longing to return home never weakened," Sharansky said at the ceremony. "Today we bring to an end a journey that spans thousands of years — the conclusion of Operation Wings of a Dove."
Operation Wings of a Dove was launched in November 2010 when the Israeli government decided to check the aliyah eligibility of an additional 8,000 Ethiopians.
The petitioners are known as Falash Mura — Ethiopians who claim links to descendants of Jews who converted to Christianity generations ago but now seek to return to Judaism and immigrate to Israel. They have been accepted to Israel under different rules than those governing other immigrants.
A steady trickle of approximately 200 Ethiopian immigrants per month has been coming to Israel since 2010.
A final flight of 400 Ethiopian immigrants is set to arrive in Israel on Aug. 28. Nearly 7,000 immigrants from Ethiopia, the majority of whom are Falash Mura, have immigrated to Israel since 2010.
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Coconut Cream Pie
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 cups milk
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 (9-inch) baked pie shell
- 1/3 cup toasted coconut
In a non-stick one quart saucepan, combine 3/4 cup sugar and 3/4 cup milk together. Bring the milk to boiling point and scald the milk. In a small mixing bowl, whisk the remaining milk, egg yolks, and cornstarch together. Whisk until smooth. Temper the egg yolk mixture into the scalded milk. Bring the mixture up to a boil and cook for about 3 minutes or until the mixture is thick, stirring constantly. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the flaked coconut, vanilla and butter. Pour the filling into the prepared pie shell. Cover the pie with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator. Chill the pie completely, about 2 hours. Using an electric mixture, whip the egg whites until stiff with the remaining sugar. Spread the meringue evenly over the top of the pie. Sprinkle the top with the toasted coconut. Place the pie in a pre-heated 350 degree oven and bake for about 8 to 10 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven and cool.
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Coach Craig Stinson points to a June visit by Green Bay Packers rookie defensive lineman Mike Daniels, a Highland High School graduate and proud product of the football program.
"This is a guy who walked the same hallways," Stinson said. "He got dressed in the same locker room. He played on the same field.
"You can bring in any NFL player, but when you bring in a guy who breathed the same air, who drank the same water, it means something."
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Come watch the Pacers dominate the court during the Guilford College Invitational!
Friday, November 16th at 6:00pm: WPU Pacers vs. the Johnson & Wales Wildcats
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Saturday November 17th at 3:00pm: Championship Game
- In the first inter-college match, the School of Agriculture from the University of Minnesota defeated Hamline School of Hamline University.
- The first basketball game was held on 20th January, 1892.
- The court was half the size of courts used at today's the NBA League games. Only one point was scored in the whole match.
- The audience who watched the game from the balcony used to interfere by handling the ball. The backboard that was later incorporated behind the net prevented any such interferences by the audience.
- James Naismith is the man credited with inventing basketball in 1891.
- 9 million basketballs are sold each year. That's enough for every person in the state of New Jersey.


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European employees: management are fraudsters
Wed 19 May 2010
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More than half of the European employees expect corporate fraud to increase over the next few years. And 42 percent say the senior ranks pose the biggest threat of fraud, reveals Ernst & Young's European fraud survey 2009.
In the current climate, management are under incredible pressure to stabilise their businesses and meet financial targets. However, it is management who must take the lead in responding to the threat of fraud and corruption, and set the tone for all employees to follow. But respondents in Ernst & Young's European Fraud Survey 2009 suggest management are part of the problem.
European employees overwhelmingly question the integrity of their leaders. The survey reveals that many employees would accept fraud and corruption in the work place in order to survive the current economic storm and indeed senior management are even more likely than rank and file to condone activities such as cash bribes and financial statement fraud. Interestingly, while about a third, 29 percent, of the respondents believe management to be untrustworthy, 42 percent say that the senior ranks in an organization pose the biggest threat of fraud. And 55 percent expect corporate fraud to increase over the next few years.
Dutch least pessimistic
The Western European average of people who expect corporate fraud to rise is 54 percent. With a 31 percent average, Holland ranks the least pessimistic; while 76 percent of the Greek respondents believe to see an increase of corporate fraud in the next few years. The survey was conducted in 2009, before the current Greek crisis. The 2009 European Fraud Survey reflects the views of over 2,200 respondents — from the shop floor to the boardroom — in 22 countries.
Download Ernst & Young's European Fraud Survey 2009 – Is integrity a causality of the downturn here.
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My favorite part about spring, besides the good weather, is the arrival of carnivals. Carnivals are little bastions of legalized gambling wrapped up in a nice funnel cake shell and deep fried in clown makeup, less than safe rides, and bright flashing lights. I love carnivals because you can walk around for free, listen to the cheer of the crowd as someone wins an oversized stuffed animal, and enjoy the outdoors while sampling a bit of capitalism here or there.
The cornerstone of every carnival is the game area. I say it's legalized gambling because otherwise rational people hand over real money to play fake games and win stuffed prizes. When you go to a casino, you know all the games have a house edge. When you go to a carnival, you know all the games are rigged. If you insist on playing, as I do, it's important to maximize your fun. If maximizing your fun involves winning a prize, then we have a rule you must follow if you want to get the most for your money. If you are just playing to have fun and could care less about winning a prize, play whatever makes you happy.
Games to Play
Obey this one carnival game rule and you will go far kiddo.
The Carnival Game Rule: Play games in which you compete against other players.
In these types games, much like casino poker rooms, the carnival is just taking a little off the top by paying out prizes worth slightly less than the aggregate entry fee. Ten kids paying $2 a round means you can give out a $10 prize and still make $10. This is why the larger the competitive field, the bigger the prize. When you play, wait until the field has enough players to qualify for the larger prizes. Your chances of winning go down but you truly score big when you do. (eagle eye mathematicians will no doubt recognize your expected value won't change with more people playing but the base expected value in this game is higher because someone will win each time the game runs – this is not proof that more is better, only that this game is better than others)
The two most popular and common of these types of games are the one where you shoot a water cannon at a target [3] (usually into a clown's mouth) and any horse racing skee-ball [4] type of game.
Here's a quick protip on the water cannon games – watch which cannon seems to shoot water out the fastest. The water pressure won't be the same on every gun, it's simply not possible, so find the gun (or ask the operator!) that seems to have the greatest pressure and use it.
The only exception to the Carnival Rule is the game where someone has to guess your weight, age, or month of your birthday. The game is still rigged, because each prize is going to be less than the cost of playing the game, but you can still leave feeling like a winner when they guess incorrectly.
Games to Skip
In general, skip any game that relies on you beating the house. Each game is rigged in its own special way and beating it will require you to do something very few people do. Here are the most popular house games and how they screw you:
- Basketball: In this game, you're trying to sink a basketball shot… with the rim that's much farther away. A regulation basketball rim is twice the size of a regulation basketball. A Carnival basketball rim is certainly not twice the size of the regulation basketball you'll be shooting. Not only is the rim smaller, it and the backboard is harder, and sometimes the basketball is smaller than regulation size.
- Darts: In this game, you're trying to pop a balloon tied to a board. What makes this difficult is that the balloons are not fully inflated, the darts are dull, and they may be more heavily weighted on the tip. When you do hit one, the dull tipped darts slide off the skin of the not-fully-inflated balloons.
- Shooting Out A Star: You try to shoot out a red star on a white piece of paper using a BB rifle. The only way to beat this game is to shoot a circle around the start and gave it fall out. You don't have enough pellets to knock out all of the red paper, you must cut the star out. Good luck!
If you are intent on beating the Carnival at it's own games, I recommend checking out this guide to beating carnival games [5]. The guide gives you the best chance at winning these, and many other, rigged Carnival games.
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In Brief: Airstrike on Syrian school kills 19, activists say
Activists: Airstrike on Syrian school kills 19
BEIRUT -- A Syrian fighter jet struck a school with a missile in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday as teachers and students were preparing an exhibit of children's drawings depicting their country at war, killing at least 19 people, including 10 children, activists said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which covers the conflict through a network of activists on the ground, said at least 19 people were killed in the strike, including 10 children. The local Aleppo Media Center put the toll at 25 killed, most of them children.
Egypt opens replica of King Tut's tomb
LUXOR, Egypt -- Egypt on Wednesday inaugurated an exact replica of the tomb of King Tutankhamun in the desert valley where many of its ancient pharaohs were buried, aiming to protect the 3,300-year-old original from deterioration caused by visiting tourists.
The facsimile, in an underground chamber not far from the original in the Valley of the Kings, re-creates the tomb down to minute detail. Spanish and Swiss experts re-created the elaborate wall murals using a 3-D scanning technology. In the middle of the burial chamber stands a rectangular rock setting where the original King Tut's sarcophagus and mummy once rested.
Sinn Fein leader arrested over killing
DUBLIN -- Police in Northern Ireland arrested Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams on Wednesday over his alleged involvement in the Irish Republican Army's 1972 abduction, killing and secret burial of a Belfast widow.
Adams, 65, confirmed his own arrest in a prepared statement and described it as a voluntary, prearranged interview.
Police long had been expected to question Adams about the killing of Jean McConville, a 38-year-old mother of 10 whom the IRA killed with a single gunshot to the head as an alleged spy.
According to all authoritative histories of the Sinn Fein-IRA movement, Adams served as an IRA commander for decades, but he has always denied holding any position in the outlawed group.
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MOUNTAIN HOME - Brandon Buchi, 27, a game manager at the Y.O. Ranch, was gored to death at the exotic game hunting ranch by a rare deer known for its full, sharply pointed rack.
Buschi suffered puncture wounds to the side and thigh last week. Kerrville County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer said Wednesday that the deer, known as a Barasingha, attacked after Buchi removed it from a transport trailer on ranch grounds Oct. 1.
Hierholzer told the Austin American-Statesman that the deer died from the exertion of the attack. The Y.O. Ranch, founded in 1880, is about 100 miles west of Austin.
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Ted Mulry Gang
Born in the UK, Ted Mulry was a singer, songwriter, bass player and guitarist who achieved his success in Australia firstly as a solo performer and then led his own band Ted Mulry Gang (TMG) with guitarist Les Hall, drummer Herman Kovac and Gary Dixon (from album 2).
In 1972 Ted Mulry formed a rock band called TMG (Ted Mulry Gang). TMG toured extensively together over the next 14 years holding the record for Australia's longest tour with 128 consecutive dates. They also held a record for touring 13 years with the same line up; something almost unheard of in this day and age. As a result TMG were known as one of Australia's greatest touring rock and roll bands and still have a wide following today.
TMG released records in many countries including: United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Japan, U.S.A. Holland, New Zealand and Australia.
During the TMG years they released eight albums. Out of these eight albums, which all went gold, four became platinum. eighty per cent of TMG's albums were written by Ted Mulry. TMG disbanded in late 1986.
From the eight TMG albums they released 15 singles, 13 charted Top 40, 6 charted Top 10 and four charted Top 5.
"Jump In My Car" which is remembered as one of TMG's classics reached #1 on Australia's National singles chart and is also remembered as one of the Top 5 biggest selling singles in Australian music history. "Jump In My Car" also charted as No.1 in Melbourne for 11 weeks.
"Struttin'" was TMG's biggest selling album reaching the Australian National Top 10.
In April 1990 TMG, with the original members reformed to release a new single, "Old Habits" in July 1990, with an album following.


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10 Free Website Speed Tests
Before your customers enter your ecommerce store, they're waiting for it to load. Page load time is the lapsed time between the moment a user requests a new page and when that page is fully rendered by the browser. Reducing page load times can reduce bounce rates and increase conversion rates.
Here is a list of free tools to test your page load time. There are simple speed tests, comprehensive tests with simulated traffic from around the globe, and multiple-site tests for head-to-head comparisons. Several of these tools offer suggestions to improve a site's performance.
Google PageSpeed Insights
Google PageSpeed Insights analyzes the content of a web page and generates suggestions to make that page faster. Recommendations are based on general principles of web page performance, including resource caching, data upload and download size, and client-server round-trip times.
YSlow analyzes web pages, suggests why they're slow based on Yahoo!'s rules for high performance web sites, and then offers suggestions for improvement. When analyzing a web page, YSlow deducts points for each infraction of a rule and then applies a grade to each rule.
GTmetrix uses PageSpeed and YSlow to grade your site's performance and provides recommendations to fix. The site also features tools to monitor your site and track its performance, such as video playback and performance reports.
Pingdom lets you identify what about a web page is fast, slow, and too big, as well as the best practices you're not following. View file sizes, load times, total website speed and other details about every page element. You can sort and filter this list in different ways to identify performance bottlenecks.
Web Page Analyzer
Web Page Analyzer is a simple and straightforward web page speed analyzer. Enter a URL to get page size, composition, and download time. It sums up page components, and then offers advice on how to improve page load time.
Which loads faster?
Which loads faster? is a handy tool to compare loads times of two sites side-by-side. Go head-to-head with your competitors or match up against the industry big dogs, as you tweak your performance to ensure your edge.
Load Impact
Load Impact provides a free tool for load testing and performance testing. Test your site's performance with mounting traffic. Choose a worldwide load zone, then test simulated clients, bandwidth, data received, and requests per second. The tool displays a nice chart to measure load time as more clients become active.
OctaGate SiteTimer
OctaGate SiteTimer is another straightforward timer for loading website pages and page elements. The results are presented in a clear bar graph. Element downloads are listed with start times, connection times, and end times.
SEOmastering.com Site Speed Checker
SEOmastering.com Site Speed Checker is a simple and useful tool that allows you to enter up to 10 URLs to test simultaneously. Test your site against a batch of competitors at one time.
WebPagetest lets you test your website speed from multiple locations around the globe using real browsers and consumer connection speeds. Enter multiple URLs to compare them side-by-side, or compare sites against industry pages. Perform advanced testing, including multi-step transactions, video capture, content blocking and more.
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I find Google pagespeed test useful but I don't like some of their suggestions to improve page speed.
Some are just to technical for me to accomplish and some ruins the overall design of my site. Like when it asked to compress my images so it loads faster, my high quality images went dull.
Any suggestions on how to compress images but still retain its quality?
I would take and use the smush.it program that Sig suggested. I haven't been able to visually see any difference in the images that it compresses.
It's easy to install on WordPress. It also compresses images as you upload them on the website and you can click the Bulk Smashit button and it will compress all your previous images.
Hi Arnel,
Here are some free image-resizing tools to try:
you can use http://www.speed-and-seo.com for test speed website
Here's another one that we made which mashes up Google PageSpeed with a load time breakdown chart:
The idea is to dumb it down to show you which optimizations will give the highest return on effort.
why website speed tools are showing diferent speed rank on
I find Google pagespeed test useful but I don't like some of their suggestions to improve page speed.
Hi Sig…. about CDN you ever make it to increase the pagespeed test?? i want to make high pass but said must have a CDN network ..
or you can know cheap cdn?? thanks-
Hi Nice article for improving our web site speed and it is very necessary to improve performance because the SER's results are based on it.
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Good stuff! Thanks for sharing. Looks like we posted on similar issues on our blog, would be great if you cast an eye: https://netguru.co/blog/speed-page-load-owners-developers
Why speed tools show different results on:
http://www.chegi-bend.rs and http://www.chegi-bend.rs/starogradske.html
GTMetrix sucks now. I used to get 1.5 seconds average on their site, and now it barely even shows 3 seconds after they changed their website. I am looking for something else now.
Thanks for the list, pingdom is showing me different results from gtmetrix
The website loading is very much important now days. In fact, it is good for reducing your website's bounce rate as well. For a webmaster it is very important to test their website time to time for the consequences.
This post is a good collection of the information for the webmasters. Thanks for sharing a quality stuff. I have a few collection of tools that one can use it for free.
Also http://loadfocus.com has a nice platform for running website speed tests
I find Google pagespeed test useful but I don't like some of their suggestions to improve page speed.
From all the speed testing websites mentioned in the article I definitely like GTMetrix the best. I especially love the analysis it provides.
Another good one I personally use is http://www.giftofspeed.com which I mostly use for their tools and it has some good beginner material on it.
Indeed, Google pagespeed test is useful but it's difficult to follow their suggestions….
I use https://www.yakaferci.io/ to detect all issues of my website pages. It's really effective.
it is very useful to detect all issues of my blog
Try the free website speed tests https://loadfocus.com/website-speed-testing, the best page load test tool I've found so far.
Really very useful & helpful post. Thanks for sharing.


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