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I tried looking up Batman Creepypasta stories, since I feel that there's a ton of crap to Riff there. I ended up stumbling upon a DeviantArt story called "Harley Quinn Creepypasta." I was too jaded to think, "Jackpot!" considering that the last few times I did, I ended up pissed off and suicidal. But, I will say one thing here: even if the story was complete garbage, while I Riffed it, I could have a nice mental image in my head. Such as the picture on this page.
Now, for those who don't know, Harley Quinn is Batman villain who originally appeared in the 1990s Batman Animated Series as a sidekick of sorts for the Joker. She was originally Dr. Harleen Quinzel, the Joker's therapist. The Clown Prince of Crime was able to woo her, and she helped him escape and became the lovely and batshit insane Harley Quinn. There's that bit of backstory. Now, let's get our bats and Brooklyn accents out, because it's time to Riff this bitch.
It was a dark and stormy night Can you get any more cliché? as Batgirl crept through the dark, abandoned hallways of Arkham Asylum.
Robin had been kidnapped by Harley Quinn and The Joker and she was there to rescue him. Damn it, Robin. Stop getting kidnapped.
The lightning flashed as a shadowy figure of a jester could be seen running past the doorway, the sound of bells jingling could be heard as well. Christmas at Arkham! Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg! The Batmobile lost one wheel and Joker got away!
Batgirl turned sharply, narrowing her eyes as she approached the doorway where she could have sworn she saw the jester run by and looked from side to side.
The hallways were empty. It was then, she was startled by the loud sound of static coming from her communicator. Slender Man, stop screwing with Batgirl.
"Barb'! Come in Barb'! Do you read?!" Bruce Wayne's voice asked worriedly.
"Yes Batman, I read you loud and clear." She answered him.
"any report on Robin yet?" Bruce asked.
"Not yet, I'll report back to you when I have a little more information." Batgirl replied as the same shadowy jester figure was sneaking up behind her with a mallet. Batgirl quickly spun around and punched it. NOT HARLEY! YOU MONSTER! WHHHHHY?
The figure fell to the floor as Batgirl got a closer look at it, seeing it was only a mannequin wearing Harley Quinn's old costume. Oh, good.
"And Barb....be careful...." Were Batman's final words before hanging up.
"What the...." Batgirl knelt down to get a better look at the mannequin when she heard a soft yet eerie voice singing, "Hush little baby, don't say a word, momma's gonna kill for you the whole damn world...." –sighs- So beautiful…She quickly ran to the room it was coming from, finding a crib with a Joker puppet in it and another mannequin wearing Harley Quinn's nurse costume. Why couldn't Harley have worn that? She took a few steps closer, when she heard the voice again, coming from the top of the staircase she never noticed before.
"ya have you're daddy's eyes...." The voice said. "THEY WERE ALWAYS TOO DAMN CLOSE TOGEHER!" The haunting after effects of incest. It shrieked as the sickening sound of a blade piercing through skin could be heard, followed by a chilling silence.
All Batgirl could do was stare up at where the voice came from, unable to move or speak until she saw a small, round object bounce down the stairs and roll to her feet.
The lightning flashed, revealing it was a bloody eyeball. Eye think that could be a problem. Sorry, had to.
Batgirl gasped, when she heard footsteps approaching the top of the stairs. She looked up with a look of pure shock and terror as she saw Robin walking on his knees to the top of the staircase. So Robin's on his knees, and Harley Quinn is around? Why does this feel like a naughty fan fiction? He stopped and looked down at her, not uttering a sound.
"Robin?!" Batgirl called out worriedly. "Robin! Can you hear me?!" She panicked when there was no response.
It was then Robin fell down the stairs, landing at her feet. He was obviously dead. Maybe he's like the victims from the "Sonic.exe" sequel. He's not dead, just a vegetable. (And yes, I'll eventually finish a Riff for that. It's just that that story is very long, and I'm out of alcohol.) He had been badly beaten, one of his eyes had been stabbed out and he was wearing nothing but a diaper and smeared clown make up. Kinky.
"ROBIN!" Batgirl cried when her face was suddenly bashed in with a candy cane colored baseball bat. She groaned, cupping a hand over her bleeding nose as she stood up, looking at her attacker weakly.
Non other than Harley Quinn was standing there, wearing her Arkham City costume as she grinned evilly at Batgirl, gripping her baseball bat tightly. Down, boy. Sorry, my…captain's log decided to pipe up after I imagined that image.
"Hello brat-girl...." Harley Quinn smirked as she raised her bat.
"Quinn!" Batgirl spat but before she could fight back, Harley slammed her bat against Batgirl's kneecap with enough force to break it an dent the bat a little bit. Dent? Was that a Two-Face joke?
Batgirl cried out in pain, falling to the ground. She tried to sit up but Harley smacked her across the face with her bat fronthandedly then backhandedly Hey, want to play Fronthand Backhand? before knocking her unconscious with one final blow to the head. Usually in fan fictions, when "blow" and "Harley Quinn" are used near each other, it means something completely different.
When Batgirl awoke, she was sitting in the rickety, unstable crib with her bleeding, broken leg and the Joker puppet. She looked up seeing Harley step into the room with a deranged look in her eyes as they were practically rolled to the back of her head. Wait, if Harley's eyes were rolling into the back of her head, then how could Batgirl see a crazy look in them? I call shenanigans.
Batgirl wouldn't admit it but she was actually quite terrified. She had to reason with Harley. She had to try at least, her life depended on it. Yes, that's it, reason with the woman who is madly in love with the Joker.
"Harley, listen to me, if you don't stop this now, you're gonna be in a world of pain!" Batgirl threatened but Harley didn't seem fazed.
"I'm already in a world of pain...." Harley hissed pointing a pistol at Batgirl. Oh, don't make Harley emo.
"Harley! No! Don't do this!" She begged. She sighed in relief when Harley lowered her gun, but then she gasped again when Harley snatched off her mask. She fell to the back of the crib as it finally gave wave and collapsed under her, sending her back-first into the concrete floor.
"Well, well, well, well welly, welly well if it ain't Commissioner Gordon's daughter...." Harley smirked. So Harley Quinn unmaksed Batgirl, and they're both alone in Arkham Asylum…is this going to be naughty?
Barbara Gordon gave up, even if she did escape she knew this psychopath would find her again now that she knew her identity. She just gave up allowing Harley to stick the barrel of the gun into her mouth. Bull. Shit. Harley Quinn is nuts, I'm pretty sure no one would believe her. And even if they did, I'm sure there's some way that could be undone. They did for Spider-Man.
"Well, it's certainly gonna be a 'Dark Knight' for you tonight...." Harley joked before pulling the trigger. Boo! That wasn't funny!
With a loud bang, Barbara Gorgon's blood and brains splattered against the wall as she fell to the floor lifeless. Well, there went any thoughts of this story being naughty. Unless they want to get into necrophilia, which I hope they don't.
Harley Quinn began to snicker evilly which led up to a creepy, Joker-like laugh that could be heard throughout the city. "Honey, what's the sound?" "Oh, it's just a Joker laugh, nothing new."
This story was not very good. There were issues with capitalization, and Harley's motives aren't very well explained. Sure, one could think that this is Harley from the Arkham games, who wants revenge after the death of the Joker, but it's not made very clear. However, it's not the worse thing I've read though. At least it was quick and had -sigh- Harley Quinn. Still not very good though.
So, what do you think? Was this story good? Bad? Was the Riff any good? Do you wish I would be murdered by the girlfriend of a psychotic serial killer with a smile? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.


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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sounds a reasonable note, as he does in so many policy debates, with regard to unemployment benefits. Politico recounts:
"Any discussion on this should be on what reforms can we make," the Republican governor said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Walker said the criteria for receiving the benefits need to be tightened, including requiring employment training.
"Whether it's unemployment compensation or food stamps, we should require job training so that if a job becomes available, they've got their gear ready to get in the game."
In this instance, lawmakers have to balance concern for the immediate well-being of those languishing in unemployment because of the Obama economy with a legitimate concern that unemployment benefits not become permanent. Walker, I think, addresses both these issues in a sound way. Frankly, if someone has been unemployed for more than six months, it is likely he or she needs assistance in some area, be it job training or interviewing skills. Rather than just pass such people a few dollars, state and federal governments should use the money already being paid out to encourage these people to improve their chances of working again.
This, by the way, is a perfect example of the conservative philosophy urged by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner. "Moderation" does not mean extending the unemployment benefits 1 1/2 months rather than 3, and "conservatism" doesn't entail abandoning those who've hit a rough patch. Instead, good governance shoould try to provide opportunity and support both the work ethic and private economic activity. Moreover, consistent with federalism and their superior services, state governments should take the lead, dependent upon economic circumstances in their states.
House Republicans should listen to Walker. The rest of the GOP should listen to him, too, not to the right-wing crowd (Heritage Action issues yet another "key vote," warning that members must vote no or face its wrath.) This is one of many opportunities for the GOP to show what a conservative reform agenda looks like.

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2005-04-16 at 11:10:00 am #8919Beetle boost for Bush and friendsTwo US scientists have paid tribute to their favourite
politicians by naming three species of beetle after them.
President George Bush,Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld were all honoured.
One of the entomologists said he admired all three men for "having the
courage of their convictions" and standing up for freedom and democracy.
The three beetles who now bear their names are among 65 newly discovered
species which feed on mould.
The scientists, Quentin Wheeler and Kelly Miller, discovered the insects
after collecting thousands of specimens for study and classification, according
to a press release from Cornell University where Mr Wheeler used to work.
'Prominent teeth'
They named them Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi and Agathidium
Others were named after the scientists' wives, the Star Wars villain Darth
Vader and the Greek words for "ugly" and "having prominent teeth".
But Mr Wheeler, who is now head of entomology at London's Natural History
Museum, said the decision to name three beetles after politicians had nothing to
do with physical features.
"One has to be creative with names," he told the BBC news website.
"We are two of the only politically conservative scientists around, and we
decided to stick our necks out."
The bushi can be found in the US states of North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia,
while the cheneyi and rumsfeldi are from Mexico.
At least two former US presidents have species named after them, the
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A deer, an elk and a lion are named after Theodore Roosevelt, while Abraham
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Today, my parents were coming to visit me at my brand new apartment. I made dinner and served them the cake my roomate had left for me in the fridge. Thirty minutes after they left, I was so baked that I couldn't think straight. I still don't know if my parents made it home. FML
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LSU's Madelene Sagstrom, ranked No. 2 in the nation in women's college golf by Golfweek and Golfstat, was named the Southeastern Conference Women's Golfer of the Year on the coaches team announced Friday.
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Latest posts 'Paramore'
New HQ photos of Hayley and Chad by David McClister
Photographer David McClister has released new photos from the photoshoot he did with Hayley for Billboard in 2014 and also one new photo from the photoshoot with Hayley and Chad for Alternative Press last year. Go to our gallery to see HQ photos from both photoshoots.
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Day 2 of promoting Good Dye Young in NYC
Hayley and Brian are currently in NYC promoting their new hair dye line 'Good Dye Young'. Like yesterday the two are doing interviews again today, keep checking this post to get the latest updates.
First they visited Buzzfeed. There's no video content yet, but you can see new photos in our gallery:
Video from their visit to Cosmopolitan is available below in two parts. Brian is dyeing a Cosmo editor's hair blue and purple and they are also answering questions.
New photos from the visit to Cosmopolitan available in our gallery:
Hayley and Brian promoting Good Dye Young in NYC
Hayley and Brian are in NYC promoting their new hair dye line 'Good Dye Young'. The two will be having meetings, doing interviews etc. Keep checking this post to get the latest updates. Lots of new photos from all the meetings available in our gallery.
At first they were at Bustle Headquarters, the interview was streamed live on Facebook so they answered questions by fans too. If you missed the live stream, you can watch the video below.
Talking about hair dye and beauty with Allure:
Talking about Good Dye Young with HuffPost Lifestyle:
Talking about Good Dye Young, writing new music, Parahoy and other things with Racked:
Hayley and Brian also visited PeopleStyle and Teen Vogue. There's no video content yet, but you can see new photos from the interviews in our gallery.
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Fans spotted Hayley between the meetings in NYC, go to our gallery to see lots of new photos with fans.
New photos: Hayley with her sister and fans at Brewfest in Franklin, TN
Hayley was at Brewfest in Franklin, TN yesterday. She spent time with her husband Chad and sister Erica. Go to our gallery to see new photos with her sister and fans who met her at the event.
Paramore nominated at the 2016 Kerrang! Awards
Paramore and Hayley are nominated in two categories at this year's Kerrang! Awards! You can vote here. The categories and other nominees can be seen below.
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Popular TV just released a new episode of Hayley's beauty-focused video series 'Kiss Off'. In this new edition of the series you can get an exclusive look at Hayley's hair dye line 'GoodDYEyoung'!
There's footage from behind the scenes of the photoshoot featuring Hayley's friends. You can watch the episode below. All the previous episodes are available here.


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Alejandro Sabella will step down as Argentina coach regardless of the World Cup final result.
The 59-year-old has guided the Albicelestes all the way to Sunday's showpiece, a first final since 1986.
But win or lose Sabella has confirmed he will walk away from the top job.
"To go at the top is always positive. I believe he gave everything to the national team and that now is the time to give way to another person," his agent Eugenio Lopez told radio station FM Delta.
Mirror Sport actually revealed way back in March that Sabella had been informed of the news.
But that has now been confirmed meaning the finalists will soon be looking for a new boss.
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I saw three great bumper stickers in the last 24 hours, two of which were on the same vehicle.
The first one was yesterday afternoon. It read simply, "If you're in a folk song, DON'T GO TO THE RIVER!"
So true. How many acoustic ballads have ended in romantic tragedy by running water? A damn few, for sure.
The next two I peeped this morning. One said, "Ban Republican Marriage," the other, "Practice Compassionate Impeachment."
Cathy just reminded me of the "Republicans for Voldemort" sticker/tee shirt. Arch.
On another note, I'm realizing that my musical tastes are extremist. On the one hand, I can't get enough of Harry Nilsson ballads. On the other, I think the new Gorgoroth (thanks Chris!) is the best black metal album of all time.
If Stevie Nicks joined Sunn O))), I'd be all set.
I've got a sticker on my bass amp that says:
"If you're in a folk song,
Just thought I'd point that out before Neil did.
Is that an n.c. original? Awesome. Way to be, Neil!
"Down with sloganeering!"
Yeah, I started saying that after Brett wrote "Float Away", his winter murder-ballad classic. I made the bumper sticker and felt all witty for a while there. Then along came this, droppin mad folk-nerd science and I had to kneel and admit defeat, Devil-Went-Down-To-Georgia style.


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In remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination, Boston.com develops interactive timeline
WHAT: To remember this tragic day and provide historical context to those who did not live through it, Boston.com will present a unique experience - a historically accurate live blog featuring a timeline of November 22, 1963 - as the site would have reported the assassination using today's technology.
This timeline, covering the events from Houston and Dallas to Boston and Hyannisport, utilizes all available research to provide an accurate account of the day's events on a local and national scale. Many of the events that happened in Massachusetts and abroad are based on Boston Globe newspaper accounts, along with other sources, including the JFK Library in Boston and The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The site will also weave in stories and vivid memories of November 22, 1963 from readers.
WHO: A team of Boston.com digital producers and editors who have spent weeks gathering photos, videos, and multimedia from a number of sources - including the JFK Library in Boston - to offer their readers an insightful look into the assassination.
WHEN: Friday, November 22 at 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: **Live on Boston.com**
About Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC
Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC., provides news and information, entertainment, opinion, and analysis through its multimedia properties. BGMP includes The Boston Globe, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com, Telegram.com, and Globe Direct.


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Critic's Corner Wednesday: 'Middle' rerun merits a look
•Surely if you watch people on TV, a day can't go by that you don't find yourself wondering How Does the Brain Work?. Happily, Nova Science (PBS, tonight, 8 ET/PT, times may vary) is here to provide a partial answer.
•Many of the evening's scripted programs are in rerun tonight as the networks conserve episodes for the upcoming February sweeps. But there's still pleasure to be found in repeat viewing — or at least there is when the repeat is as good as tonight's first outing of ABC's ever-better The Middle (8 ET/PT). While Mike is trying to protect Sue from an unfaithful friend (and discovering that some adolescent pain is unavoidable), Brick is trying to convince Frankie that he's old enough to stay home alone. ("You don't trust him." "Of course not. You know how easily distracted he is. Yesterday he forgot he was riding a bike.")
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Hello...i have been in a treatment with accoutane and i finished it two weeks ago and now has come the time that in my face there are showed up the ''white heads'' ...I wanted to know am i supposed to take a second cure with Accoutane or not?
Should I take a second course?
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Should I take a second course of Accutane
I would recommend you follow up with your prescribing physician. There are a lot of variables here. Maybe you didn't take enough to begin with. Maybe these aren't whiteheads you are seeing but something else. Second courses of Accutane aren't ever started right away. It's usually a year or more later. So if you've only been off the medication two weeks, follow up now with your physician about the situation.
Second treatment of Accutane is usually not needed.
I would like to answer your question in parts. First, Isotretinoin (Accutane) is dose related. If your provider dosed you according to your weight, then you should finish your recommended therapy in about six months. For example, an eighty kilogram person could be on a dose of 40 - 160mg per day. Total dose is around 10,000mg. It is usually more tolerated to have a dose that is low and go slowly.
Second, the white bumps may only be a side effect of your skin being dry. Milia can form and may only be temporary. I usually recommend a gentle cleanser until your skin feels "normal".
Sometimes we have to do a second round of treatment, but that is usually reserved for severe cases or in young people who persist with acne into their twenties and thirties.
Good luck, take care.
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Beam me up Nokia! Trekkie fans will be excited to hear that the manufacturer has announced a limited edition Star Trek 5800 handset will be 'teleporting' to Phones 4u stores from 1 May. Loaded with four Star Trek animated screensavers, three Star Trek wallpapers and eight exclusive ringtones including 'Phazer Shot', 'Red Alert' and 'Kelvin Communicator', there's also a special 'Phazer' application thrown in for good measure.
Nokia's touch-screen music device has enjoyed much success since its launch with some stores reporting they were running out of stock due to the high demand. The Nokia 5800 Star Trek limited edition is available in a choice of blue, red and black/silver variants for free on £25 a month contracts with Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and O2.
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Marquette came out with a new poll this week, showing the race for Governor at a dead heat - with Walker edging Burke among likely voters. Everyone knows, the Marquette poll leans a bit right, but Democrats shouldn't play it off. In fact they should do the opposite - take it as fact.
Why? because if anything the Marquette poll did show, was that nearly all of the people who are going to vote have already decided who they are supporting and NOTHING you can tell them about their candidate will change their mind.
This election will be won (or lost) on the ground. Even the GOP Field Organizer, Thomas Dallman, in Racine knows it.
(Apparently, what he doesn't know is to not have a campaign meltdown on a public Facebook page.)
All the perfectly clever and totally smart shit we bloggers write about Scott Walker is absolutely true - but we're preaching to the choir.
Did he fail on his jobs promise? YES. Is he taking us into another deficit? YES. Did he mismanage WEDC? Hell YES!
But it doesn't matter.
What matters is getting people to vote. Knocking doors, making calls and driving people to the polls. Every motherfucking vote is going to count in this election and all Democrats need to do is what they do best - mobilize voters.
Read Dallman's own words if you doubt how our opponents see us.
You don't need anyone to tell you how much Scott Walker sucks. If sucking made a difference we wouldn't have had eight years of George Bush.
Go to your Democratic office, or just get in your car and drive to a neighborhood and start knocking doors yourself. Tell people to vote, tell them where and what they need.
If you are sitting at a keyboard, in your socks and pajama pants, judging how well or poorly Democrats are faring in this game of thrones - YOU are part of the problem. Get out and get tough - don't come back until you've knocked 100 doors.


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Strategic Metals announces $15M Private Placement for Yukon projects
SMD:CA announced today a $15 million non-brokered private placement. The placement will consist of the sale of up to 10,350,000 common shares at $1.45 per. Proceeds will be used to finance 2011 exploration activities on Strategic's Yukon mineral projects and as unallocated working capital.
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p.s. (yes I know I could make jam, but we really don't eat that much jam, so I'd rather eat them fresh or in some kind of cake)
p.p.s apples, pears and peaches next! I'm so excited its ridiculous.
My mum has a plum tree and always gets lots of wasp!!! Not very nice. Lovely looking plum tart, great with ice cream (as long as we're not at war, then obviously you need the cow!!!) sarahReplyDelete
You have a bumper crop of my favourite plums! I think they're Victoria. I used to work in a greengrocers as a teenager and practically ate my wages in local plums sold to us my a old man. couldn't keep away from them, delicious!ReplyDelete
Plum ketchup is really yummy or bottle them for later... Cass xReplyDelete
how lucky!! i don't get to eat nearly enough peaches. and what a simple and delicious tart! yum.ReplyDelete
You could always try to make a plum chutney to have with cheese or on sandwiches. I'm sure there are plenty of recipes on the internet. :)
Thanks for all the jam, ketchup, chutney suggestions! We must be a bit odd but we prefer to just eat them off the tree! Or perhaps in a cake ; )ReplyDelete


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Built in 1971 and renovated in 1999 the fabulous 9-floor hotel has a total of 241 rooms, of which 24 are singles and 217 are doubles. The hotel's amenities include a 24-hour reception, 3 lifts, a bar, a TV room and an air-conditioned restaurant with a non-smoking area. In addition, it offers Internet access (for an additional fee), bicycle hire as well as a bicycle storage facility, parking facilities, laundry service and medical assistance.
This luxury hotel is in a superb location by the Playa de Palma and is divided from the stunning fine-sand beach by a lively promenade. Plenty of restaurants, souvenir shops and bars are all found on the promenade. The nearest golf course lies 12 km away and a convenient public transport link is located directly in front of the hotel.
The elegantly furnished rooms come with an en suite bathroom with hairdryer, direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV and a safe. Moreover they are equipped with central heating, a minibar, a fridge, central heating and a balcony with a sea view.
The hotel has a pool with a separate children's area as well as a sun terrace with deckchairs, parasols and a snack bar. The hotel's indoor swimming pool is open until the end of April, however the Jacuzzi, solarium, the gym, bocce as well as table tennis and a sauna (for an additional fee) are available all year round. The entertainment programme is available 5 times a weekly and includes live music, dancing and shows.
There is a buffet available at breakfast and in the evening. It is possible to book a half-board stay. Formal dress is required for evening meals (long trousers for men).
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History Optional Paper-2 Solution – 1985: Q.5 (b)
Q.5 (b) "They have stopped me from making Italy by diplomacy from the North, I will make it by revolution from the South." Comment.
Cavour was the Italian prime minister of Sardinia and was called the mind of Italian Unification. He was a great diplomat who used his skills in the international cooperation, diplomacy and warfare to unite various parts of erstwhile Italy.
He realized that Piedmont alone cannot achieve unification of Italy and he used diplomacy to involve other European powers to isolate Austria to achieve unification. His participation in the Crimean war and entry into the Congress of Paris in 1856 was results of this diplomatic policy.
In yet another brilliant move, Cavour prompted Napoleon of France to sign an agreement known as the Pact of Plumbers by which Napoleon agreed to join Sardinia in the event of a war with Austria, provided that Austria turns out to be the aggressor. Austria had held the Northern areas of Lombardy and Venetia of Italy.
Assured of the French support to Italian cause, Cavour provoked Austria of Sardinia and France captured Lombardy by defeating Austria. Then, just when the capture of Venice appeared within the reach of the allied forces, Napoleon III called a halt and arranged for truce at villa Franca between Italy and Austria in 1859. Sardinia could annex Lombardy, but could not get Venice. Hence, Italian unification at the North remained incomplete.
Cavour got frustrated after being checkmated in the north and his Northern diplomacy came to the halt. He then thought of achieving Italian unification from the south through the revolution. He said: "They have stopped me from making Italy by diplomacy from the North, I will make it by revolution from the South."
In this spirit the Count turned to the party of Mazzini and Young Italy, and supported hot-headed nationalist Garibaldi. In 1860 when the inhabitants of Sicily revolted against its autocratic ruler, Cavour encouraged and assisted Garibaldi and his 'Red Shirts' in helping the people of Southern Italian states (Naples and Silicy) in throwing the yoke of Bourbon dynasty. Garibaldi landed with his 'Red Shirts' to Palemo, the capital of Sicily and ousted the ruler with the help of the people. He also inflicted a defeat on the army of Naples. At the same time when Garibaldi marched to Rome, Cavour blocked it by political maneuvering as he was fearful that the Italian Unification was being turned into a popular movement by the radical followers of Garibaldi and that France would intervene if Rome were attacked.
Cavour was mastermind in inspiring the people for plebiscites in south which decided in favour of joining with the kingdom of Sardinia and Italy, though not completely unified, became one more step closer to complete unification. In 1861, the first Italian parliament representing all Italy except Rome and Venetia met at and Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia was made the King of Italy. Cavour's policy of revolution from south proved successful.


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The planet Beedleblat was a planet Pox conquered in his career as a Furon fleet commander. It was the home planet of the hyperdimensional Insectoids race.
In the Odd Job of Bay City, Pox mentioned this planet while berating the Space Traffic Control worker, saying that he was enslaving hyperdimensional Insectoids in the dunghills of Beedleblat while the Space Traffic Control worker was still very young. Not much else is known about this planet or it's inhabitants. It's also unclear what became of them.
- It's possible that the Insectoids are similar to Dung Beetles since Pox mentions that they had dunghills and that the name of the planet is spelt similar to the insect species' name.
- This planet, Zarcon-5 and Tharsis Mons are so far the only known planets (besides Furon) to be outside of Sol-3.
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Netanyahu says won't build new settlements
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, whose right-wing party is favoured to win Israel's election next month, would expand Jewish settlements but not build new ones, a newspaper quoted him on Monday as saying.
"I have no intention of building new settlements in the West Bank," the Haaretz daily quoted Netanyahu as telling Middle East envoy Tony Blair during a meeting on Sunday in Jerusalem.
"But like all the governments there have been until now, I will have to meet the needs of natural growth in the population. I will not be able to choke the settlements," Netanyahu said.
A spokeswoman for Netanyahu confirmed his remarks.
Israel has cited natural growth in expanding existing West Bank settlements, in violation of a U.S.-backed peace "road map" that serves as the basis for negotiations with the Palestinians that resumed in 2007.
Palestinians say Jewish settlements, built on land that Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and deemed illegal by international law, could deny them a viable and contiguous state.
Netanyahu, who has spoken of shifting the focus of peace negotiations from Palestinian statehood to efforts to shore up the West Bank economy, also told the former British prime minister that if elected, he would deal with the Palestinian issue "very intensively."
"Every moment of stagnation isn't good," he was quoted as telling Blair.
Opinion polls show Netanyahu's Likud as favourite to win a Feb. 10 parliamentary election. The campaign has moved into full swing following the end of Israel's 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Israel has said it intends to keep major settlement blocs under any land-for-peace deal with Palestinians. The two sides had failed to meet a U.S.-set deadline to seal an agreement in 2008.
U.S. President Barack Obama has said he would actively seek a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. George Mitchell, Obama's envoy to the Middle East, is expected in Israel on Wednesday to try to revive the stalled peace talks.
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AD indicates aggregate data; IPD, individual patient data.aData provided in these studies included patients both younger and older than 1 year at surgery, without distinction, so outcomes could not be used in the aggregate data meta-analysis.
A, Intraocular lens (IOL) implantation (pseudophakic vs aphakic). B, Age at surgery (≤4 vs >4 weeks). C, Additional postoperative procedure (yes vs no).
Eyes were stratified as pseudophakic vs aphakic. Vertical line indicates no difference between the 2 groups. The size of each square denotes the proportion of information provided by each study; diamonds indicate the pooled estimates. Pooled hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated from random-effects models with the inverse variance method. EUSM indicates Emory University School of Medicine; GOSH, Great Ormond Street Hospital; KKESH, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital; and RFS, Retinal Foundation of the Southwest.
Ages were stratified as 4 weeks or younger vs older than 4 weeks. Vertical line indicates no difference between the 2 groups. The size of each square denotes the proportion of information provided by each study; diamonds indicate the pooled estimates. Pooled hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated from random-effects models with the inverse variance method. EUSM indicates Emory University School of Medicine; GOSH, Great Ormand Street Hospital; KKESH, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital; RFS, Retinal Foundation of the Southwest; SEH, Sydney Eye Hospital; and UMSM, University of Minnesota School of Medicine.
Additional postoperative procedures were stratified as present (yes) vs absent (no). Vertical line indicates no difference between the 2 groups. The size of each square denotes the proportion of information provided by each study; diamonds indicate the pooled estimates. Pooled hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated from random-effects models with the inverse variance method. EUSM indicates Emory University School of Medicine; GOSH, Great Ormand Street Hospital; KKESH, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital; and RFS, Retinal Foundation of the Southwest.
eTable. Risk for glaucoma according to intraocular lens implantation, age at surgery, and additional procedures
eFigure 1. Counter-enhanced funnel plot of studies included in analysis for age-at-surgery data
eFigure 2. Influence analysis to investigate whether the exclusion of any 1 study would significantly change the pooled estimate for the association of primary implantation and glaucoma risk
eFigure 3. Influence analysis to investigate whether the exclusion of any 1 study would significantly change the pooled estimate for the association of age at surgery and glaucoma risk
eFigure 4. Influence analysis to investigate whether the exclusion of any 1 study would significantly change the pooled estimate for the association of postoperative additional procedure and glaucoma risk
Mataftsi A, Haidich A, Kokkali S, Rabiah PK, Birch E, Stager DR, Cheong-Leen R, Singh V, Egbert JE, Astle WF, Lambert SR, Amitabh P, Khan AO, Grigg J, Arvanitidou M, Dimitrakos SA, Nischal KK. Postoperative Glaucoma Following Infantile Cataract SurgeryAn Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014;132(9):1059-1067. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.1042
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Infantile cataract surgery bears a significant risk for postoperative glaucoma, and no consensus exists on factors that may reduce this risk.
To assess the effect of primary intraocular lens implantation and timing of surgery on the incidence of postoperative glaucoma.
Data Sources
We searched multiple databases to July 14, 2013, to identify studies with eligible patients, including PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Central, Google Scholar, Intute, and Tripdata. We also searched abstracts of ophthalmology society meetings.
Study Selection
We included studies reporting on postoperative glaucoma in infants undergoing cataract surgery with regular follow-up for at least 1 year. Infants with concurrent ocular anomalies were excluded.
Data Extraction and Synthesis
Authors of eligible studies were invited to contribute individual patient data on infants who met the inclusion criteria. We also performed an aggregate data meta-analysis of published studies that did not contribute to the individual patient data. Data were pooled using a random-effects model.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Time to glaucoma with the effect of primary implantation, additional postoperative intraocular procedures, and age at surgery.
Seven centers contributed individual patient data on 470 infants with a median age at surgery of 3.0 months and median follow-up of 6.0 years. Eighty patients (17.0%) developed glaucoma at a median follow-up of 4.3 years. Only 2 of these patients had a pseudophakic eye. The risk for postoperative glaucoma appeared to be lower after primary implantation (hazard ratio [HR], 0.10 [95% CI, 0.01-0.70]; P = .02; I2 = 34%), higher after surgery at 4 weeks or younger (HR, 2.10 [95% CI, 1.14-3.84]; P = .02; I2 = 0%), and higher after additional procedures (HR, 2.52 [95% CI, 1.11-5.72]; P = .03; I2 = 32%). In multivariable analysis, additional procedures independently increased the risk for glaucoma (HR, 2.25 [95% CI, 1.20-4.21]; P = .01), and primary implantation independently reduced it (HR, 0.10 [95% CI, 0.01-0.76]; P = .03). Results were similar in the aggregate data meta-analysis that included data from 10 published articles.
Conclusions and Relevance
Although confounding factors such as size of the eye and surgeon experience are not accounted for in this meta-analysis, the risk for postoperative glaucoma after infantile cataract surgery appears to be influenced by the timing of surgery, primary implantation, and additional intraocular surgery.
A systematic review of the literature reveals that cataract surgery during the first year of life bears a significant risk for postoperative glaucoma.1- 13 Some studies suggest that primary implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL) may reduce this risk,1,2,14 whereas other reports do not find this association.3,13,15 In addition, some studies suggest that surgery during the first weeks of life may involve a higher risk for postoperative glaucoma,4,5,14,16 whereas others contradict this suggestion.6,7
Contradictory results may be owing to differences in glaucoma definition, length of follow-up, subcategorization of age at surgery, inclusion of eyes with other anomalies (eg, microcornea and persistent fetal vasculature [PFV]), type of surgical technique, and statistical method. However, because the eyes at highest risk for glaucoma are those most likely to be left aphakic, it is difficult to distinguish the effect of each of the 2 factors, that is, surgery in younger vs older patients and aphakia vs primary pseudophakia. Thus, no consensus exists on the optimal timing or surgical technique, and surgeons have to make decisions with significant consequences without having solid evidence on which to base them.8
An ongoing prospective randomized clinical trial, the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study (IATS), has published 1-year follow-up results reporting greater odds of developing glaucoma for patients with PFV and for younger patients undergoing surgery.9,10 Although no statistically significant difference was found in the incidence of glaucoma between the aphakic and pseudophakic arms of the study at 12 months, results of a longer follow-up are expected to elucidate the aforementioned questions. These results may take several years, because postoperative glaucoma can have a delayed onset.11 The aim of this individual patient data meta-analysis was to review the existing literature systematically and synthesize the results to assess the effect of the timing of surgery and of primary IOL implantation during cataract extraction among infants on the incidence of postoperative glaucoma.
We searched PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, Central, Google Scholar, Intute, Tripdata, and abstracts from 2010 major ophthalmology society meetings for the titles and abstracts of articles published under the following search criteria: cataract surgery OR cataract operation OR lensectomy OR cataract extraction OR lens aspiration AND infantile cataract OR infant cataract OR congenital cataract AND glaucoma. The last search date was July 14, 2013. All studies including infants (age, ≤12 months) undergoing surgery for congenital cataract by a contemporary surgical technique and regular follow-up for at least 1 year underwent assessment. Exclusion criteria included ocular anomalies or factors known to predispose to glaucoma (ie, microcornea, microphthalmia, PFV, congenital glaucoma, trauma, and Lowe syndrome), the use of polymethyl methacrylate lens or sulcus implantation, the presence of intraoperative complications, or intraoperative additional procedures in the same eye. Additional studies were found from the reference lists of reviewed publications. No language or time of publication exclusions applied. The identified records were screened independently by 2 of us (A.M. and S.K.), and in case of disagreement consensus was met by a third researcher (A.-B. H.). The protocol methods are published on PROSPERO (registration number CRD42012002058; http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42012002058#.U0JO9PmSxNA). Ethical approval was granted by the Bioethics Committee of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
An individual patient data meta-analysis was conducted to acquire the raw data of includable cases because in most publications, our inclusion and exclusion criteria could not be consistent. The initial search revealed 4258 records, of which 703 were screened and 120 full-text articles were assessed for eligibility (Figure 1). These articles correspond to 40 authors, who were invited by e-mail and post to contribute raw data. Investigators from 7 centers provided information for a total of 470 patients. Contributed data did not necessarily reflect the reported data in the original publication because the former were updated. Clarification and confirmation were sought from each center for discrepancies. Raw data were contributed after institutional review board approval from the respective institutes.
Some centers were willing to participate but could not do so for reasons such as lack of resources to achieve raw data extraction or lack of institutional review board approval to share the originally collected data. The relatively low participation rate (9 studies) prompted us to examine any differences between studies that provided individual patient data and studies that did not by conducting an additional aggregate data meta-analysis. Ten studies were eligible for this purpose and contributed 204 more patients, because only data on patients meeting our inclusion criteria were used. The total number of studies included in this meta-analysis was 19.
Primary outcome was time to glaucoma, which was measured from initial surgery to glaucoma diagnosis and from initial surgery to last follow-up for those who did not experience an event. We performed a sensitivity analysis that included also suspected glaucoma as glaucoma. Whenever both eyes were eligible for the analysis, 1 eye was selected randomly using the statistical program's random sampling method. The effect of the following factors on the risk for glaucoma was investigated: IOL implantation, age at surgery, additional procedure(s) before the glaucoma diagnosis (if any), and type of cataract (bilateral or unilateral). Additional procedures were defined as any reported intraocular surgery subsequent to cataract surgery and before glaucoma diagnosis or last follow-up (eg, visual axis opacification removal or secondary IOL implantation). Patients from Saudi Arabia were classed as Asian.
We used Kaplan-Meier curves to display the time to glaucoma, and each risk factor was analyzed using the log-rank test stratified by study. Cox proportional hazards regression was performed with models stratified by study where the hazard ratios (HRs) and corresponding 95% CIs were reported (in addition to 99% CIs in the eTable in the Supplement). We used the following 2-step process for meta-analysis: an HR was estimated for each trial, and then HRs were pooled in a meta-analysis with the random-effects model.17 Heterogeneity was assessed with the inconsistency index I2, and published guidelines were used to define low (I2 = 25%-49%), moderate (I2 = 50%-74%), and high (I2 ≥ 75%) heterogeneity.18
We conducted secondary analyses to assess the results' robustness by including aggregate data from other studies that did not provide their individual patient data.19,20 When related data were not available directly from the studies, we calculated the corresponding HR and its 95% CI using the method described by Tierney et al.21 In a sensitivity analysis, we tested methods of handling studies of zero and rare events, such as the treatment arm continuity correction and the empirical continuity correction.22 In this analysis, the fixed-effect Mantel-Haenszel method was used with odds ratios as an approximation of HRs, because the inverse variance weighted method has been shown to perform poorly with respect to bias when continuity corrections are applied. We performed an influence analysis by omitting 1 study at a time and recalculating the estimates of the meta-analysis. We also examined the possibility that larger studies showed systematically different effects from those of smaller studies by visually inspecting the counter-enhanced funnel plots for asymmetry when 10 or more studies were included in the analysis.23,24 The publication bias was assessed with the test developed by Egger et al.25 All P values were 2 tailed. Analysis was performed with commercially available software (SPSS, version 20.0 [IBM]; STATA, version 11.2 [StataCorp]; and Review manager, version 5.2 [The Cochrane Collaboration]).
Seven medical centers (3 from the United States, 1 from Canada, 1 from the United Kingdom, 1 from Saudi Arabia, and 1 from Australia) contributed data on 470 infants (659 eyes) undergoing infantile cataract surgery, with follow-up of 3380 person-years (Table 1). The surgery was performed at a median age of 3.0 months, and the median postoperative follow-up was 6.0 years. Eighty infants (17.0%) underwent surgery at no older than 4 weeks. In 106 infants, the assessed eye was pseudophakic (22.6%), and in 364 infants it was aphakic (77.4%) (Table 2). One hundred eleven infants (24.2%) had an additional postoperative procedure.
The median age at surgery was higher in patients for whom the assessed eye was pseudophakic (3.7 [interquartile range, 1.9-7.0] months) than in those in whom it was aphakic (2.78 [1.07-4.93] months) (P < .001). A lower percentage of infants undergoing surgery at 4 weeks or younger had primary IOL implantation (5 of 80 [6.3%]) than infants undergoing surgery at older than 4 weeks (101 of 390 [25.9%]) (P < .001). Eighty patients (17.0%) developed glaucoma at a median postoperative interval of 4.3 years (interquartile range, 1.2-6.3). Only 2 of these 80 infants had pseudophakic eyes: one underwent surgery at 2 months of age and developed glaucoma 1 month later, and the other underwent surgery at 3 weeks of age and developed glaucoma 2 months later. With inclusion of suspected glaucoma as glaucoma, the entire database consisted of 102 patients with glaucoma (21.7%) who developed postoperative glaucoma at a median age of 5.0 (interquartile range, 2.0-7.8) years. Nevertheless, only 2 infants had pseudophakic eyes as described above. Nineteen of 80 patients (23.8%) with glaucoma had undergone cataract surgery when 4 weeks or younger, whereas 18 patients (22.5%) had an additional postoperative procedure before the glaucoma event. A difference in the risk for glaucoma between unilateral and bilateral cases, corrected for age, was not identified (HR, 0.93 [95% CI, 0.53-1.61]; P = .78).
Four centers (392 patients) provided data on infants with aphakic and pseudophakic eyes and a secondary meta-analysis of this smaller data set showed that patients who underwent primary implantation appeared to have a lower risk of developing glaucoma (HR, 0.10 [95% CI, 0.01-0.70]; P = .02; I2 = 34%) (Figure 2A). We truncated the survival curves after 10 years because no pseudophakic cases had follow-up longer than that period. Infants who were no older than 4 weeks at surgery appeared to have an increased risk for glaucoma (HR, 2.10 [95% CI, 1.14-3.84]; P = .02; I2 = 0%) (Figure 2B). Six centers (435 patients) had eligible data for this analysis. Infants who had an additional procedure postoperatively appeared to have an increased risk for glaucoma (HR, 2.52 [95% CI, 1.11-5.72]; P = .03; I2 = 32%) (Figure 2C). Four centers (385 patients) had eligible data for this analysis.
In multivariable analysis, both primary implantation (HR, 0.10 [95% CI, 0.01-0.76]; P = .03) and an additional procedure (HR, 2.25 [95% CI, 1.20-4.21]; P = .01) were shown to be independent risk factors for glaucoma, the first by reducing and the second by increasing this risk, whereas no effect could any longer be shown for age at surgery (HR, 1.39 [95% CI, 0.70-2.77]; P = .35). When suspected glaucoma was considered to be glaucoma, the results were similar for the effect of IOL implantation (HR, 0.09 [95% CI, 0.01-0.66]; P = .02; I2 = 37%), age at surgery (HR, 1.71 [95% CI, 1.02-2.85]; P = .04; I2 = 0%), and the additional procedure (HR, 2.35 [95% CI, 1.15-4.79]; P = .02; I2 = 37%) on the risk for glaucoma. Similarly, in multivariable analysis, both primary implantation (HR, 0.09 [95% CI, 0.01-0.68]; P = .02) and an additional procedure (HR, 1.87 [95% CI, 1.10-3.18]; P = .02) were independently associated with the risk for glaucoma, whereas no effect could any longer be shown for age at surgery (HR, 1.49 [95% CI, 0.91-2.44]; P = .12).
Another 10 studies with aggregate data were available for the meta-analysis (Table 3 and Table 4). Including these data showed results similar to those of the individual patient data alone. Primary implantation appeared to have a protective effect against developing glaucoma (HR, 0.27 [95% CI, 0.12-0.61]; P = .002; I2 = 0%) (Figure 3); infants who were 4 weeks or younger at surgery appeared to have an increased risk for glaucoma (HR, 2.28 [95% CI, 1.34-3.89]; P = .002; I2 = 0%) (Figure 4), as did infants who had an additional procedure (HR, 2.68 [95% CI, 1.44-5.00]; P = .002; I2 = 0%) (Figure 5).
For publication bias, the association of age with glaucoma risk included more than 10 studies, with no funnel-plot asymmetry and no bias (P = .22) (eFigure 1 in the Supplement). In the influence analysis, excluding the study by Kirwan et al15 from the association of primary implantation with glaucoma risk changed the pooled estimate to an HR of 0.08 (95% CI, 0.00-0.92; P = .04; I2 = 0%) (eFigure 2 in the Supplement), still showing a protective effect of primary implantation. Excluding any single study from the meta-analysis of the associations of age at surgery and an additional procedure with glaucoma risk did not change the random-effects pooled estimates (eFigures 3 and 4 in the Supplement).
When the treatment arm and empirical continuity corrections were applied, the results did not change. For the association of primary implantation with glaucoma risk, the pooled odds ratio (OR) estimate with the empirical continuity correction was 0.26 (95% CI, 0.09-0.73; P = .01; I2 = 0%); with the treatment arm continuity correction, the OR, estimate was 0.29 (95% CI, 0.10-0.80; P = .02; I2 = 0%). For the association of age at surgery with glaucoma risk, the respective OR estimates were 1.93 (95% CI, 1.09-3.43; P = .02; I2 = 0%) and 1.94 (95% CI, 1.09-3.45; P = .03; I2 = 0%). Similarly, for the association of an additional procedure with glaucoma risk, the respective OR estimates were 2.90 (95% CI, 1.46-5.75; P = .002; I2 = 0%) and 3.01 (95% CI, 1.50-6.06; P = .002; I2 = 0%).
Contribution of raw data on 470 infants from 7 medical centers across the world permitted this individual patient data meta-analysis. The meta-analysis provides evidence that infants with nontraumatic infantile cataract appear to run a higher risk for postoperative glaucoma when surgery is undertaken during the first 4 weeks of life and when a postoperative additional intraocular procedure takes place, whereas the risk appears to be reduced when a primary IOL is used. The results were similar when studies with aggregate data were included. When cases of suspected glaucoma were grouped under glaucoma, these associations remained the same, whereas in multivariable analysis, the following 2 factors were shown to be independent risk factors: primary implantation appears to have a protective effect, and an additional procedure appears to infer a higher risk for postoperative glaucoma.
The effect of primary implantation and the optimal age at surgery to minimize the risk for postoperative glaucoma have been major controversies among pediatric cataract surgeons and remain unresolved issues, because a high level of evidence is still scarce. In most of the existing studies, a large range of ages and different conditions are grouped, and a large heterogeneity exists in the definition of outcomes and length of follow-up.
In the 2 population-based cohorts that address risk factors for postoperative glaucoma, one finds that being 9 months or younger at surgery is the only important factor,36 whereas the other finds younger age at detection of cataract, and not age at surgery, to be the only independently associated factor.13 Age at detection may be related to type of cataract, because some types of cataract may not be detected until they become sufficiently large and/or dense and thus undergo later surgery. It is plausible that age at surgery of 4 weeks or younger may be a proxy for type of cataract, because many of these children have dense fetal nuclear cataracts at birth, whereas those who have surgery after 4 weeks of age may have posterior lentiglobus or cortical or posterior subcapsular cataracts. True congenital unilateral cataracts are reported to be associated with mild microphthalmia and mild PFV (eg, plaque).37 However, in our meta-analysis, unilateral and bilateral cases appeared to run a similar risk for postoperative glaucoma.
Availability bias, a known threat for individual patient data meta-analysis that is often neglected,38 was investigated by assessing the potential impact of studies lacking individual participant data, and we showed that the results were similar with the addition of these studies. Moreover, our assessment found no publication bias for the association of age at surgery and glaucoma risk, with at least 10 studies available for the analysis. No heterogeneity between studies was present in any of the meta-analyses.
The association between primary implantation and glaucoma risk needs to be interpreted with caution, given that only 2 patients with pseudophakic eyes developed glaucoma. This finding is in agreement with the large retrospective multicenter study of Asrani et al,1 who report only 1 case of glaucoma among pseudophakic eyes, although their series included many patients who underwent surgery when older than 1 year. Our meta-analysis cannot exclude the possibility that being older at the time of cataract surgery rather than having pseudophakia offers these children "protection." However, the multivariable analysis indicates that a primary IOL implantation is an independent risk factor with a protective effect. An effort was made to handle zero and rare events by applying different continuity corrections, which demonstrated that this effect remained.
The attending clinician's decision to treat was the definition of glaucoma chosen, which may have underestimated the actual rate of glaucoma. Although conservative, this definition was judged to be the most appropriate for classifying patients from retrospective data, when documentation of disc changes, significant myopic shift, and corneal size and clarity may be insufficient.
Given the increased likelihood of the need for an additional procedure in pseudophakic vs aphakic eyes26,39 and the increased risk for postoperative glaucoma when an additional procedure is undertaken in this meta-analysis, one would expect to find a higher risk for glaucoma in pseudophakic eyes. However, the contrary association was found. Confounding factors for postoperative glaucoma risk, such as size of eye, size of capsular bag diameter, and surgeon experience, are not accounted for in this meta-analysis.
Primary implantation appears to be associated with a lesser risk for postoperative glaucoma; however, all studies included in the meta-analysis were retrospective and nonrandomized. Therefore selection bias is possible, whereby surgeons tend to perform implantation in eyes that are less likely to have complications. The only prospective randomized study is the IATS trial,10 which included mild PFV cases and could not be used in the meta-analysis. In contrast to all other studies, the IATS reported a higher percentage of glaucoma in the IOL group compared with the aphakic group (12% vs 5%; P = .32) in the 1-year results. Interestingly, the odds of developing glaucoma or criteria that placed the eye in the IATS "glaucoma suspect" category were 3.1 times higher when mild PFV was present. The same study10 noted a significantly higher rate of additional surgical procedures in the pseudophakic group, which our meta-analysis identifies as a glaucoma risk. This finding may explain the higher rate of glaucoma reported by the IATS group in children with pseudophakic eyes. If we assume that infants undergoing primary IOL implantation are likely to need more intraocular surgical procedures, then our finding of only 2 cases with pseudophakia and glaucoma is puzzling, unless surgeon experience has an important effect or being older at surgery reduces the effect of additional intraocular surgeries.
With this individual patient data meta-analysis of infantile cataract, we provide a high level of evidence that postoperative glaucoma risk appears to be associated not only with surgery within the first month of life vs surgery later, but also with additional intraocular surgical procedures subsequent to the cataract surgery and before glaucoma diagnosis or last follow-up. Our evidence suggests that pseudophakic eyes appear to have a reduced risk for early- to intermediate-onset glaucoma.
Submitted for Publication: October 18, 2013; final revision received February 4, 2014; accepted February 9, 2014.
Corresponding Author: Asimina Mataftsi, MD, PhD, MRCOphth, Second Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, N Efkarpia, Thessaloniki 56429, Greece (email@example.com).
Published Online: June 12, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.1042.
Author Contributions: Dr Mataftsi had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: Mataftsi, Haidich, Astle, Arvanitidou, Dimitrakos, Nischal.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Mataftsi, Haidich, Kokkali, Rabiah, Birch, Stager, Cheong-Leen, Singh, Egbert, Astle, Lambert, Amitabh, Khan, Grigg, Arvanitidou.
Drafting of the manuscript: Mataftsi, Haidich, Kokkali, Egbert, Astle, Amitabh, Arvanitidou.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Mataftsi, Haidich, Kokkali, Rabiah, Birch, Stager, Cheong-Leen, Singh, Egbert, Astle, Lambert, Khan, Grigg, Arvanitidou, Dimitrakos, Nischal.
Statistical analysis: Mataftsi, Haidich, Kokkali, Rabiah, Cheong-Leen, Astle, Arvanitidou.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Mataftsi, Haidich, Singh, Amitabh, Arvanitidou.
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Previous Presentation: This paper was presented in part at the Second World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus; September 9, 2012; Milan, Italy.


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This paper describes a robust testing method for the experimental determination of the vibration damping loss factor of composites. This procedure is being proposed as a result of a detailed experimental program that was undertaken to characterize the damping loss factor of glass and graphite-epoxy composite materials. During the experimental testing to determine the damping loss factor of the composites, it became evident that the amplitude of vibration of the test beam had a pronounced effect on the calculated loss factor determined using the half-power bandwidth method. Calculated loss factors were significantly reduced if the tip displacement amplitude versus time were lower than 0.001 in. (0.0025 cm) for more than 25% of the data set. To alleviate this problem, a robust testing method was developed. In this procedure, a set of 2048 displacement versus time data points are recorded. This displacement versus time data is then partitioned into 512 data point intervals. A Fourier transform is performed on each of these data sets and loss factor determined using the half-power bandwidth method. The loss factor as a function of the maximum tip displacement within each data set is plotted. A linear least squares fit is performed on the data, with an extrapolation being made to zero displacement. The extrapolation to zero displacement effectively reduces the extraneous losses, providing a more robust testing protocol for material characterization. This testing method should provide increased accuracy and precision for the determination of the damping loss factor of materials.
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