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Ten years ago, if you had something to say - fictional or otherwise - it was likely that no one would ever hear it or, more importantly in this case, read it.
For the frustrated writer, internet blogs were unvisited principalities of geekdom and a book deal was harder to win than the National Lottery. There was self-publishing, but the short-run printed product was so expensive most could not afford to indulge. Hence, those with the urge to splurge their thoughts on the world were muted by technology and opportunity.
Today, it's a very different story for your story. While opportunities for a mainstream book deal are still scarce, technology has upped its game and blown open the routes to market for those with a desire to publish their words. Much of the activity occurs online, in the form of ebooks, blogs and web journals, with it being a simple click of a button in most cases to become a published author online. However, digital print advances mean that self-publishing in the print format is also a very different game from what it once was and one that is giving printers an interesting opportunity. How much of an opportunity, though, is debateable.
What is clear is that we are now in an age of feverish self-publishing. Leading blog platform Wordpress says that in 2011 100,000 new blogs were started every day, while ebooks, partly made up of self-publishers, have grown to outsell printed books on Amazon and on other online retail outlets. Print, though, has also seen a surge in self-publishing.
"If I think back to when we were doing self publishing 14 years ago when digital print first came out, we were looking at maybe half a dozen authors a month if we were lucky," reports Dale Burgess, sales and marketing manager at commercial and book printers Berforts. "Whereas now you're looking at thousands of prospective clients every month."
"It's all to do with the online revolution and that all being about having your say," adds Harriet Smart, an experienced ebook and print self-publisher, and co-developer of ebook creation software Jutoh. "Printed self-publishing is a sort of physical wing of that online movement," she says.
Print has very much earned its place as this wingman. Advances in digital print – as well as in the pre-media and finishing processes that have emerged around it – have meant that high-quality, short-run publishing is affordable and available from a whole assortment of print service providers, both big and small. In the best cases, publication of a print tome, like that of an epublication, can also be done via a single click of a button through a website.
Yet, as easy-to-use and high quality as digital print may be for the self-publishing author, the general publishing trends of late cannot be ignored if you're a printer thinking of entering the market. Printed books, magazines and newspapers are for the most part declining as online media poach readerships. There are, of course, several publications bucking the trend, and it is by no means a given that the downward spiral will continue, but the reasonable fear for any printer rushing into the self-publishing market would be that he or she is hopping aboard a sinking ship.
Physical books
The answer may well depend on the type of work in question. That is certainly the view of online self-published book vendors Bubok, which was recently launched in the UK market. Justine Petrenko, head of internationalisation, reveals: "If someone is publishing a novel or poems they tend to prefer a physical book, but if it's something about technology, computers, the internet or marketing it will usually be published as an ebook," she says.
These are not strict battle lines, however, as some fiction authors and poets will launch a title as an ebook before moving into print. This is because the online platform is far cheaper than print, despite technological advances in digital print reducing the costs of a physical book.
"We see lots of people using ebooks to first test to see if people are interested in their work, and then ordering printed copies when they've built up a following," confirms Petrenko.
Self-publisher Harriet Smart did just this. "I published my first crime novel, The Butchered Man, as an ebook but then had it printed because people kept asking for it in print,'" she says.
Hence, keeping an eye on the self-publishing websites for good sellers and approaching those authors with offers for a print version may well be a good tactic for printers.
It's not just ebooks where the potential print market for self-publishing lies, however – blogs are proving fertile ground. It is now relatively common for bloggers to either gather together their own best posts, or for others to gather together a collection of bloggers' work, and to put them into a printed book.
This is not to say that the printed self-published book has to be a byproduct of an online experiment. Some more mainstream writers are opting to self-publish over getting a book deal in order to take control of their own affairs and this inevitably involves a print element as well as an online one.
Also giving ballast to the printed self-publishing boat is what Alison Baverstock, course leader of Kingston University's MA in publishing and author of The Naked Author: a guide to self-publishing, calls photo-rich formats. She would add these to the categories Petrenko earlier singled out as print-first titles, as these picture-heavy books simply work better in print than on low-resolution computer screens and so are a stable area for printers in the self-publishing market. In this category, Baverstock includes art, photography, cookery books and, particularly popular at the moment, memoirs and local history books.
"I'm seeing an awful lot of people deciding to write down the stories of their lives and pass them on to family members, and those people are generally going for a printed format," says Baverstock.
She adds that in this personal history category, though, it is not just the more photo-orientated products that get a print-first outing – she says that even text-heavy memoirs tend to be self-published in print straight off. This suggests another dimension to the self-publishing market that many printers may overlook – the personal element.
Self-publishing is a highly personal area, with the end product often being the culmination of a lifetime's expectation and many years' work. Just because only close family may ever read it, the importance of the book is no less diminished for the author and, for many, that means a print book, no matter how uneconomical, is always going to be the first choice.
"Having the book available in print as well as an ebook was partially a sort of luxury on my part rather than a terribly well thought-out, strategic business move," admits Smart.
"As a newly published author, you want to have a tangible book that is proof of your efforts," adds Petrenko. "Lots of people have dreamed about publishing a book for so many years and when they actually have it in their hands, that's huge."
For this side of the market, the personal side, it is not necessarily just digital print technology that the printer would therefore need – the customer is probably after the sort of bespoke service and finish more akin to traditional book binding. Indeed, Baverstock reckons a must for any printer looking at any area of self-publishing is a personable, hands-on service.
Good business opportunity
"If a printer can build a reputation for being friendly to deal with, offering good advice and being well connected, I think self-publishing is a really good business opportunity for them," she says. "Printing a book is much more than just a physical action; it's an emotional connection with a process. So making a link with a local printer is a lovely human thing for a lot of self-publishers."
Ironically, then, amongst all this advanced technology that created the self-publishing market – with its aim of providing a modern, one-click-and-you're-done service – a very traditional service appears to be of the most paramount importance for many self-publishers.
This is something Adam Roppert, print manager at book and journal printers Imprint Digital, certainly found. "Self-published items are clearly personal to people, so I think it's important that printers provide a human interaction side to things," he says.
And part and parcel of this helpful, hands-on approach, is advising on other services besides print, adds Berforts' Burgess.
"There is plenty of work around in the self-publishing market but you do need a lot of knowledge to compete," he says, explaining that offering extra publishing-related services, such as marketing, distribution, proofing and provision of ISBN numbers, is all very valuable to those looking to self-publish. At present, for Berforts that list does not include producing the ebooks themselves, but that service is something others have offered and is a useful way of gaining more market share.
However, there is more than enough work on the print side to keep printers busy if they do not opt to offer ebooks too. Much of the self-publishing work may originate and then stay online, and there may well be a downward trend in print formats in some areas, but there is also a whole range of products that do require a print format.
Advances in digital print technology and the personal touch printers are famed for mean that this is a growth market, one with real long-term potential, for those who wish to get into it
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On one side were pegboard panels mounted with various assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons -- including a Bushmaster similar to the one used in last month's Newtown school massacre.
Behind the stage stood police officers supporting a renewed ban on such firepower. One by one, victims of gun violence told their brief stories and expressed support for a new federal ban being proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein on some assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons.
Almost six weeks after the Connecticut shooting rampage that killed 20 first graders, Feinstein said she planned to introduce her measure later Thursday, with Reps. Carolyn McCarthy of New York and Ed Perlmutter of Colorado doing the same in the House.
Feinstein's proposal would upgrade an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 and also outlaw ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
She said the goal is to "dry up the supply of these weapons over time."
"These massacres don't seem to stop," the California Democrat lamented, listing notorious rampages of past years known by the lone name of their locations -- Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Tucson and Oak Creek.
"We should be outraged at how easy it is" for attackers to get hold of the semi-automatic weapons or large-capacity magazines used in those slaughters, Feinstein told the event at the U.S. Capitol that she organized.
Her legislation is opposed by the nation's powerful gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association. That means that despite a push by the White House and Democrats for tougher gun control steps, Feinstein's full measure is given little chance of winning congressional approval.
In a statement on Thursday, the NRA said that Feinstein "has been trying to ban guns from law-abiding citizens for decades."
"The American people know gun bans do not work and we are confident Congress will reject Senator Feinstein's wrong-headed approach," the organization added.
In a sign of the gun lobby's influence, a nine-day sports and outdoor show scheduled to take place in Pennsylvania next month was postponed Thursday because the NRA withdrew its support over the decision by organizers to ban the display of "modern sporting rifles" -- the kind of semi-automatic weapons targeted by Feinstein's proposal.
At her Washington event, Feinstein acknowledged that enacting a ban was "really an uphill road," adding: "If anyone asks if we can win this, the answer is we don't know, because it's really uphill."
She then made a plea for people to call their senators and House members to declare "enough is enough," adding that a mobilized public is "stronger than the gun lobby."
Later Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden made a similar appeal in an online discussion on Google, saying: "Make your voices heard."
He insisted that a reasonable ban on semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as strengthening background checks, presented no threat to the constitutional right to bear arms.
"It's not about keeping bad guns out of the hands of good people," Biden said. "It's about keeping all guns out of the hands of bad people."
President Barack Obama called for renewing the assault weapons ban as part of his package of gun control proposals announced earlier this month in response to the December 14 Newtown school massacre and overall gun violence in America.
Feinstein's measure would stop the sale, transfer, importation and manufacture of more than 100 specialty firearms and certain semi-automatic rifles, as well as limiting magazines to 10 rounds or less, she said. Not all of the weapons in the bill meet the technical definition of assault weapons.
The restrictions would not apply to guns owned before enactment of any law. Feinstein noted her proposal exempts from the ban more than 2,000 models used for hunting or sporting purposes.
"They are by make and model exempted from the legislation," she said, adding that the old ban had 375 such exemptions.
Those exemptions were an apparent effort to garner support for the measure from conservative Democrats and others expected to face fierce lobbying by the NRA and constituents.
Supporters of more gun control acknowledge the constitutional right to bear arms, but argue that rifles capable of firing multiple rounds automatically or semi-automatically exceed the reasonable needs of hunters and other gun enthusiasts.
They also contend that high-capacity ammunition magazines provide the capability for mass shootings such as the Newtown massacre.
Opponents contend the Second Amendment forbids the government from this type of limit on weapon ownership by citizens.
They worry that such a weakening of gun rights would signal a shift that would leave citizens defenseless against criminals and, some also argue, against potential future government tyranny or abuse. Instead, the NRA has called for increasing armed guards at schools to protect students.
Speakers at the event organized by Feinstein rejected arguments that anyone beyond the military or law enforcement officers needed such firepower.
"How are you going to hunting with something like that?" asked Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, pointing to the assault weapons displayed to his left. "You kill something, there's nothing left to eat."
Continuing bloodshed on the nation's streets -- with dozens dying every day from gun violence -- should be enough evidence to overcome the past inability to get gun control legislation enacted, he argued.
"If the slaughter of 20 babies does not capture and hold your attention, then I give up because I don't know what else will," Ramsey continued, thrusting a pointed finger for emphasis.
At Feinstein's request, people who were injured or lost loved ones to gun violence, including several from the Virginia Tech massacre, then offered their support for her efforts.
Some told of losing a parent or child. Others described how attackers inflicted carnage so quickly.
Pam Simon, a staff member to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, said she was a few feet away from the congresswoman on the day both were shot outside a Tucson grocery store.
"On that day, 30 bullets were delivered in less than 30 seconds," Simon said.
Some of the weapons on display Thursday are currently against the law in the District of Columbia, and Democratic sources told CNN that Feinstein coordinated with police on being able to have the guns there.
NBC's David Gregory was recently investigated for holding a banned ammunition magazine on the network's "Meet the Press" program broadcast from Washington. No charges were brought in that case.
Obama's proposals include expanding and strengthening background checks on gun buyers to ensure all sales include screening to prevent weapons from going to criminals and the mentally ill.
While the gun lobby has indicated support for some improvements in background checks, it remains opposed to other steps, saying they won't prevent criminals from getting weapons.
Instead, gun advocates urge tougher enforcement of existing laws and making criminals serve their full sentences.
Biden led a panel assembled by Obama in December to examine gun control steps after the Newtown shootings, which sparked a fierce public debate over how to prevent such mass killings. Biden's recommendations formed the basis of the package of proposals Obama announced this month.
A recent CNN/Time Magazine/ORC International poll indicated that Americans generally favor stricter gun control, but they don't believe that stricter gun laws alone would reduce gun violence.

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South View guard Jasmine Brown has been averaging close to four steals a game this season.
She managed just two in the Tigers' Friday night contest at Pine Forest, but they were major.
The junior picked the ball twice in final 20 seconds to help preserve South View's lead in the Tigers' 51-49 win over the Trojans.
Brown's talent for thievery hasn't gone unnoticed by coach Brent Barker.
"I have to tell the other players in practice that they can't throw the ball that close to Jasmine," the coach said. "She anticipates so well."
The win gives the Tigers (6-1 overall) a 1-0 start in Mid-South 4-A Conference play.
"The win is very important," Brown said. "The way we come out shows opponents that we're here to win."
Brown's first steal came on the heels of a pair of missed free throws by the guard with 20.3 seconds left. Brown's miss was rebounded by the Trojans' Ashley May.
Brown swiped the ball in the lane and layed it in to give the Tigers a 51-49 lead.
Brown went back to the line with less than five seconds remaining. Another pair of misses resulted in a rebound by Pine Forest guard Monet Turnipseed, who was picked by Brown inside the arc to retain the lead.
Brown finished the night with 13 points, bested by teammate Kanesha Lankford and May, who each scored 17.
The Tigers came from seven points down at halftime to take the win.
The Trojans gained an edge in the first half on the strength of some inside work by May and outside shooting of Tyranny Bethea, who scored 11 of her 12 points in the half.
South View figured out the Trojans' press in the second half and worked a series of diagonal passes inside for layups by Lankford and forward Chinyere Bell.
"The defense was more spread out than we thought they'd be," Brown said. "So, we were able to get the ball to open spots."
Trojans coach Jeff Bruner conceded that the spread was too far.
"The back row of our defense was creeping up," the coach said. "We've got part of our team gambling, and we've got to get everybody to do it."
Girls' basketball South View 51, Pine Forest 49
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SOUTH VIEW- Jasmine Brown 13, Ky. Lankford 3, Oliphant 2, Kanesha Lankford 17, Williams 4, Chinyere Bell 12
PINE FOREST- Tyranny Bethea 12, Ashley May 17, >L. Evans 2, Shirlee Evans 12, Turnipseed 6
Fouled out: PF - L. Evans, S. Evans
Technical fouls: None
3-point goals: SV - Brown, Ky. Lankford, Williams; PF - Bethea 2
Records: South View 6-1, 1-0; Pine Forest 7-1, 0-1
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Moody High School students participated in a competition today called the "Engineering Olympics." The competition took innovation, brain power, and a whole lot of patience.
Students were given the tools and the technology but the imagination and innovation was up to them. The teens spent the whole day completely constructing and fine tuning cardboard boats, chariots and race cars out of just zip ties, DVDs, wheels and wood.
Competition organizers gave the students some unlikely materials to work with and the students had to come up with a design in hopes that their device would have what it takes to win this year's Engineering Olympics. With just some simple tools, the Moody kids feel almost like they're reinventing the wheel; but some other teams almost felt like they were breaking it after building attempts fell short.
The dean for STEM Instruction and Student Services, Tina Dellinger said making mistakes was all part of today's competition. "The process our students are learning of, the design process and solving those problems, is going to make them more competitive and is going to help them in the engineering classes they take in college," Dellinger said.
It's not just in college, however, but beyond. A large majority of the students in today's competition already know they want to go into some form of engineering as a career.
"It gets us prepared for college," said Moody Sophomore Benjamin Galicia. "When we go and visit colleges, we're doing stuff now that they're doing their junior and senior years in college so we just have a jump start on our career."
By starting out on a smaller engineering scale, the students are getting the foundation they'll need to pull them through tougher classes down the line. While many of them doubt they'll have to construct a boat out of cardboard and duct tape out there in the real world, today they realized something they will need: the troubleshooting and teamwork it takes to get the job done.
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(11th-12th) South Africa vs. India: 3-2 (half-time: 2-1)
South Africa opened the scoring early by Andrew Cronje, finding the ball in a wild goalmouth scramble in front of PR Sreejesh in goal for India today, before Sandeep Singh equalized on penalty-corner, only his second goal of the tournament. His weak performance on the set-play, India's most potent weapon in recent past, has certainly contributed to the Indian poor results in this competition.
Play was balanced and lively for the remainder of the period, with both teams launching spectacular runs with the ball. Sardar Singh gave glimpses of his immense class and Danish Mujtaba twice shot from close range, but Erasmus Pieterse was up to the task in the South African goal. It was finally Timothy Drummond who managed to break the deadlock, shovelling the ball under the Indian keeper in the final minute of the period to give South Africa a one-goal lead, and momentum, going into the halftime break.
Play resumed as animated in second period. Indian keeper PR Sreejesh had to clean-up a few times behind his permeable defense while Erasmus Pieterse was having a phenomenal match for South Africa, saving huge shots from SV Sunil and Dharamvir Singh. The match switched to overdrive in the final minutes, with goals from Lloyd Norris-Jones, receiving a gem ball from Wade Paton and slamming it in goal, before a goal by Dharamvir Singh reduced the gap to one goal.
India had a late desperate surge, but it was too little and certainly too late and they finished this competition with the wooden spoon, a far cry from their pre-Games expectation, when Captain Bharat Chetri was optimistically talking about a semi-final berth. South Africa finished 11th, one spot higher than their entry ranking. They will take away some strong performances against Great Britain (2-2), Spain (2-3) and Pakistan (4-5).
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Jonathan ROBINSON (RSA)
On South Africa's tournament: "It was great to get a result and leave on a high. It was a hard school, the team has learned some tough lessons that we were slow to learn, but the team has developed and it has been an awesome tournament. Everything about the Olympic Games is awesome. We're a developing team that belongs in the international arena and we want to keep growing in the world rankings."
On the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee's insistence on additional qualifying criteria: "I suppose it was fair, but it made it difficult for us to preapre because we only qualified 50 or 60 days before the tournament. We learned a lot in Japan, but it was still tough, it was the long way around."
Andrew CRONJE (RSA)
On South Africa's victory: "It's great, we've been working hard for this and we came here with high expectations. We wanted to do this (win) a few more times through the tournament but it didn't materialise. Great to finally get a victory, and we're just glad to finish off strong."
On scoring a goal: "I'm usually on the other side of the halfway line, but it just so happened I was in the right position. The ball got there and it was a bit of a steal, but I'll take it."
On South Africa's tournament: "We've worked really hard as a team for a long time to come out here and do well. We've set ourselves high standards and worked hard to get here. The tournament started and it was a tough road for us. We felt confident going into every match, we felt that we'd prepared well for every match but it just didn't fall for us. We have to be disappointed with the 11th place finish. The Olympic experience is unique, it's incredible to spend it with this group and these players. The overall experience was good but ultimately it ends with the hockey and we left a little bit out there over the tournament."
On hockey in South Africa: "After our Japan win to qualify for the Olympic Games hockey got a lot of publicity and it really boosted the sport. The Olympics was an opportunity for us to really portray hockey in a bigger way, we've had incredible support right throughout the tournament so we know the support is there. Finishing strongly today has put us on the front foot, so I think hockey will take a few steps forward."
Manpreet SINGH (IND)
On India's performace in the tournament: "It is a very bad feeling to have six games and six losses. It's not good."
On his own London 2012 experience: "It was good getting to play Australia. They are a good team, so that was an experience to learn from."
Sardar SINGH (IND)
On the match against South Africa: "We keep making the same mistakes all the time. We have to be aggressive. It was emotionally tough conceding the second goal. We have to be tough in the circle in future. We have to improve a lot. It's very disappointing. The whole team has been mentally affected."
On the difference between India's hockey and other teams' hockey: "The world's best teams convert their chances, we don't. From the Holland (NED) match onwards we had many chances but we couldn't convert them into goals."
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August 11th, 2012 at 2:23 am | Match for 11th-12th between South Africa and India just about to start at the Riverbank Arena in London |
August 11th, 2012 at 2:23 am | Umpires for RSA vs. IND are KIM Hong Lae (KOR) and German MONTES DE OCA (ARG) |
August 11th, 2012 at 2:24 am | Both teams finsihed 6th in their pool, South Africa with 1 draw and 4 losses, India with 5 straight losses |
August 11th, 2012 at 2:25 am | India is ranked 10th in the World Rankings and will finish below their entry ranking, South Africa is ranked 12th |
August 11th, 2012 at 2:31 am | PR Sreejesh is in goal for India. They have been alternating between him and team Captain Bharat Kumar Chetri |
August 11th, 2012 at 2:34 am | Play is stopped to attend to Manpreet Singh, hit in the head by a a stick after a tackle... |
August 11th, 2012 at 2:43 am | Andrew Cronje opens the scoring for South Africa from a wild goalmouth scramble. RSA-IND 1-0 after 9mn |
August 11th, 2012 at 2:45 am | Sandeep Singh saves on the line to prevent another RSA goal |
August 11th, 2012 at 2:49 am | Sandeep Singh equalizes for India on penalty-corner, only his 2nd goal of the competition. RSA-IND 1-1 after 15mn |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:00 am | Play is lively in the bright sunshine, but no real chance in the last 10 minutes. RSA-IND 1-1 |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:02 am | Green card to SK Uthappa (IND) |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:05 am | Green card for Lloyd Norris-Jones (RSA) |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:07 am | India appeal for a penalty-corner using their video-referral. Appeal rejected. |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:09 am | Yellow card to VR Raghunath (IND) |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:10 am | Timothy Drummond gives the lead with a deflection from close range. RSA-IND 2-1 with less than 1 minute in the period |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:11 am | Half-time with South Africa leading India 2-1 |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:24 am | Green card for Timothy Drummond (RSA) |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:29 am | Indian keeper PR Sreejesh saves his team twice with his defense nowhere close. RSA-IND 2-1 with 26mn to go |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:43 am | Two more unsuccessful penalty-corner attempts for Sandeep Singh. RSA-IND 2-1 with 14mn to go |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:50 am | Indian players look disheartened... RSA-IND 2-1 with 6mn to go |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:53 am | Lloyd Norris-Jones receives a ball from Wade Paton and slams it in goal. RSA-IND 3-1 with less than mn to go |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:54 am | India respond immediately by Dharamvir Singh! RSA-IND 3-2 |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:58 am | Game is over. India had a late desperate surge but it was too late and South Africa wins 3-2 |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:58 am | South Africa finish 11th, 1 spot higher than their entry ranking. |
August 11th, 2012 at 3:59 am | They will take away some strong performances against Great Britain (2-2), Spain (2-3) and Pakistan (4-5) |
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Chris Stephenson, the creator of Viggle, an app that allows viewers to check into their favorite TV shows, announced an innovative fantasy-sports app called "MyGuy."
MyGuy is a free app designed to engage fans in a variety of sporting events. They are able to check in and play along, meaning fans can select players to help them earn points on each play. Fans can also switch out their players throughout the game. Using MyGuy, fans have to remain focused throughout the entire game to reach their full potential of point earnings.
Chris Stephenson, President and COO of Viggle, told the NY Post:
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Joint Pain, Monoarticular: A Merck Manual of Patient Symptoms podcast
Monarticular pain may originate from the joint itself or surrounding structures. There may be pain (arthralgia) or also inflammation (arthritis) with redness, warmth, and swelling. Pain may occur only with use, suggesting a mechanical problem (eg, osteoarthritis, tendinitis), or also at rest, suggesting inflammation (eg, crystal disease, septic arthritis). There may or may not be fluid within the joint (effusion). Prompt assessment is essential to exclude infection. It is important to remember that acute monarticular arthritis is sometimes the initial manifestation of some types of polyarticular arthritis (eg, psoriatic arthritis, RA).
Monarticular pain may originate
Intra-articular disorders may be inflammatory (eg, infectious, rheumatoid, crystal deposition arthritis) or noninflammatory (eg, osteoarthritis, internal derangement).
Periarticular disorders include bursitis and tendinitis.
Crystal-induced arthritis is usually caused by monosodium urate crystals (gout) or Ca pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals (pseudogout).
At all ages, injury is the most common cause of acute monarticular joint pain; history of trauma is usually obvious.
Among young adults, the most common nontraumatic causes are the following:
Among older adults, the most common nontraumatic causes are the following:
The most dangerous cause at any age is acute infectious arthritis, because it requires acute operative intervention (saline washout of the joint) and antibiotics to minimize permanent damage to the joint and to prevent sepsis and death.
At all ages, rare causes include adjacent osteomyelitis, avascular necrosis, pigmented villonodular synovitis, hemarthrosis (eg, in hemophilia or coagulopathies), and tumors (see see Some Causes of Monarticular Joint Pain).
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Diagnostic Approach
Avascular necrosis
Joint pain in a patient with history of corticosteroid use or sickle cell disease
X-ray plus CT or MRI
Crystal-induced arthritis (uric acid, Ca pyrophosphate, Ca hydroxyapatite)
Acute onset of severe pain, redness, and swelling, particularly in the great toe or knee
Self-limited, episodic; recurrent symptoms common
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Arthrocentesis with cell counts, Gram stain, cultures, and crystal examination
Acute onset spontaneously or after trauma; usually a significant effusion
Typically, a known bleeding disorder, hemoglobinopathy, or coagulopathy
Arthrocentesis plus CT or MRI
Slowly progressive pain in older, obese patients or patients who frequently use the affected joint (eg, in manual labor or high-impact sports)
Fever and poorly localized pain without joint swelling or erythema
X-ray plus bone scan, CT, or MRI
Sometimes CT-guided bone biopsy
Periarticular syndromes (eg, bursitis, epicondylitis, fasciitis, tendinitis, tenosynovitis)
Pain with specific joint movements or point tenderness and swelling over the bursa or tendon insertion site
Minimal to no symptoms at rest
Clinical evaluation
MRI for suspected rotator cuff injury
Septic arthritis (eg, bacterial, fungal, viral, mycobacterial, spirochetal)
Acute onset of severe pain, redness, swelling, and decreased range of motion similar to that of crystal-induced arthropathy
High-risk patients including immunosuppressed people, IV drug users, people with diabetes, and people with risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases (eg, unprotected sex, multiple sex partners)
Trauma or intra-articular derangement (eg, meniscal tear, osteonecrosis, fracture)
Onset after trauma
Sometimes CT or MRI
Slowly progressive constant joint pain
Acute monarticular joint pain requires especially rapid diagnosis because some of its causes, particularly infectious (septic) arthritis and crystal-induced arthritis, require rapid treatment.
Evaluation should determine whether the joint or periarticular structures are the cause of symptoms and whether there is inflammation. If inflammation is present or the diagnosis is unclear, symptoms and signs of polyarticular and systemic disorders should be sought and all joints should be examined.
History of present illness should focus on the acuity of onset (eg, abrupt, gradual), whether the problem is new or recurrent, and whether other joints have caused pain in the past. Also, temporal patterns (eg, diurnal variation, persistent vs intermittent), exacerbating and mitigating factors (eg, cold weather, activity), and any recent or past trauma to the joint should be noted. Patients should be specifically asked about unprotected sexual contact (possible gonococcal infection), tick bites, and residence in or travel to an area where Lyme disease is endemic.
Review of systems should seek symptoms of causative disorders, including fever (infection), urethritis (gonococcal arthritis), and previous unexplained illness with rash (Lyme arthritis).
Past medical history should identify known joint disorders (particularly gout, osteoarthritis) and any known conditions that may cause monarticular joint pain (eg, coagulopathy, bursitis, tendinitis, hemoglobinopathy). Drug history should be reviewed for any use of anticoagulants or diuretics and for chronic corticosteroid use. A family history should also be obtained.
Vital signs are reviewed for fever. Examination of the head, neck, and skin should note any signs of conjunctivitis, psoriatic plaques, mucosal lesions, ecchymoses, or malar rash. Genital examination should note any discharge or other findings consistent with sexually transmitted diseases.
Joints are inspected for deformities, erythema, and swelling. Range of motion is assayed, first actively and then passively; any crepitus on joint motion is noted.
Palpation is done to detect warmth, identify any effusion, and localize the area of tenderness. Of particular importance is whether the tenderness is directly over the joint line or adjacent to it (helping to differentiate an intra-articular from a periarticular disorder). Sometimes, compression of the joint without flexing or extending it (eg, pushing on the end of the great toe for patients with pain in the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint), sometimes with slight rotation, also helps differentiate intra-articular from periarticular disorders; this maneuver is not particularly painful for patients with tendinitis or bursitis but is quite painful for those with arthritis. If the patient can tolerate it, the joint is stressed with various maneuvers to identify disruption of cartilage or ligaments (eg, in the knee, valgus and varus tests, anterior and posterior drawer tests, Lachman's test, and McMurray's test). Comparison with the contralateral unaffected joint often helps detect more subtle changes.
Large effusions in the knee are typically readily apparent. The examiner can check for minor knee effusions by pushing the suprapatellar pouch inferiorly and then pressing medially on the lateral side of the patella on an extended knee. This maneuver causes swelling to appear on the medial side.
Periarticular structures also should be examined to look for discrete soft swelling at the site of a bursa (bursitis), point tenderness at the insertion of a tendon (tendinitis), and point tenderness over a tendon with fine crepitus (tenosynovitis).
The following findings are of particular concern:
Antecedent trauma suggests a fracture, meniscal tear, or hemarthrosis. In the absence of trauma, history and physical examination may suggest a cause, but testing is often necessary to rule out serious causes.
Acuteness of onset is a very important feature. Severe joint pain that develops over hours suggests crystal-induced arthritis or, less often, infectious arthritis. A previous attack of crystal-induced arthritis with development of similar symptoms suggests recurrence. Gradual onset of pain is typical of RA or noninfectious arthritis but can result from certain infectious arthritides (eg, mycobacterial, fungal).
Pain during rest and on initiating activity suggests inflammatory arthritis, whereas pain worsened by movement and relieved by rest suggests mechanical disorders (eg, osteoarthritis).
Pain worse with active than with passive joint motion may indicate tendinitis or bursitis; intra-articular inflammation generally restricts active and passive range of joint motion severely.
Increased warmth and erythema suggest inflammation, but erythema is often absent during inflammation. Tenderness or swelling at only one side of a joint, or away from the joint line, suggests an extra-articular origin (eg, in ligaments, tendons, or bursae); findings on several aspects of the joint suggest an intra-articular cause.
Although gout can involve many different single joints or combinations of joints, acute, painful monarticular arthritis of the metatarsophalangeal joint of a great toe (podagra) is especially suggestive.
The presence of systemic findings can help narrow the diagnosis. Urethritis can suggest gonococcal infection (although gonococcal arthritis often develops in patients without symptoms of urethritis). Fever is indicative of septic joint, crystal-induced arthropathy, or osteomyelitis. Symptoms indicating dermatologic, cardiac, or pulmonary involvement suggest diseases that are more commonly associated with polyarticular joint pain.
Joint aspiration (arthrocentesis) should be done in patients with an effusion or other signs of inflammation (eg, erythema, warmth, fever). Studies of the joint fluid should include WBC count with differential (to determine whether the effusion is bloody or inflammatory), Gram stain and cultures, and microscopic examination for crystals. Finding crystals in synovial fluid confirms crystal-induced arthritis but does not rule out coexisting infection. A noninflammatory synovial fluid (eg, < 2000/µL WBCs or < 75% neutrophils) should lead to consideration of osteoarthritis, soft-tissue injury, or viral infection.
X-rays usually are done unless the cause is clearly a flare-up of a known disorder (eg, gout) or is clinically obvious bursitis or tendinitis, which can often be diagnosed without further testing.
Other imaging tests (eg, CT, MRI, bone scan) are adjunctive and are done depending on what diagnoses are being considered (see see Some Causes of Monarticular Joint Pain).
Blood tests (eg, ESR, antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor, anticyclic citrullinated peptide [CCP] antibody, HLA-B27 testing) may help support an early diagnosis of a noninfectious inflammatory arthritis.
Overall treatment is directed at the underlying disorder.
Joint inflammation is usually treated symptomatically with NSAIDs. Pain without inflammation is usually more safely treated with acetaminophenSome Trade Names GENAPAPTYLENOLVALORIN Click for Drug Monograph . Joint immobilization with a splint or sling can sometimes relieve pain. Heat therapy may relieve muscle spasm around joints. Cold therapy may be analgesic in inflammatory joint diseases.
Physical therapy after the acute symptoms have lessened is useful to maintain range of motion and strengthen surrounding muscles.
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The Sun Country Regional Health Authority announced Monday morning that Marga Cugnet, who has been serving the local health region as interim CEO for the past 22 months, has been officially appointed to the position.
Marilyn Charlton, chairwoman of the board, made the announcement adding that "we are very fortunate to be able to retain a candidate with Mrs. Cugnet's qualifications. The work she has done for the region as interim CEO for the past 22 months has been exemplary."
There were 46 applicants for the position once it was posted and Charlton later told The Mercury that their decision was never based on the desire to keep the job within the Sun Country fold, but simply a matter of Cugnet's name coming to the top of the list of applicants.
"The board made the decision to post the job and get the best possible candidate," said Charlton.
As to why it took so long to reach a decision, Charlton said the board was hampered last year by the pending provincial election in November.
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The board then went through some changes. Charlton replaced Sharon Bauche as chairwoman while three new people were named to the board, including Estevan Mayor Gary St. Onge who joined Lori Carr as Estevan's representation on the board. It was felt that the newly appointed members needed to be updated and included in the process before making the final decision.
Cugnet has worked for Sun Country ever since it was formed and before that for the Southeast Health District for 30 years. She is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor of science in nursing degree with honours, majoring in administration.
Prior to serving as interim CEO, Cugnet was the vice-president of primary care for SCHR and had extensive experience in various areas of health care including acute and long-term care, home care, emergency medical services, pharmacy, laboratory, medical imaging and health records.
"She has already shown to be a great asset to the health region and we know that good work will continue into the future," said Charlton.
The chairwoman said neither she nor the board members would be considered to be gun shy following a less than satisfactory result the last time they went shopping for a new CEO. In fact the interim position came about following the dismissal of former CEO Calvin Tant who, it was revealed, may have been less than forthcoming with the board in his hiring practices. This had led to an earlier dismissal of the chief financial officer Hal Schmidt who had, in turn, not been forthright regarding his credentials and past work experiences. Schmidt had been hired by Tant and thus both men were placed under scrutiny and found wanting.
However, similar hiring practices for senior officers will remain in place, said Charlton, and Cugnet will now be charged with the duty of finding a vice-president of finance as well as someone to take the job as vice-president of primary care, her former position that was left vacant during her term as interim CEO.
Pamela Haupstein, a senior employee in the finance department, had filled the role as interim vice-president of finance for the past two years, but has indicated she is not interested in applying for the position full-time.
Asked if maintaining the status quo with regards to hiring policy — leaving the decision to hire senior administrators solely in the hands of the CEO — might be asking for similar problems going forward, Charlton said she doubted that the problem would surface again and noted that some changes had been incorporated into the board's process that involved more checks and balances.
"We did change some governance, policy and principles and went through the process completely, making changes where they needed to be made," she said.
Although the contract has not been signed yet, Charlton confirmed that Cugnet has accepted the job and the actual signing will occur later this week.
"We had a special meeting of the board just prior to the announcement to go over the details again. We usually don't meet in July, but made the exception for this," she said.
"Marga has the respect of the board and staff and we will now carry on during this exciting period in health care. And with Marga already familiar with the processes, this should be a very smooth transition because we have someone in charge who is intimate with what's required in the region."
Charlton said the terms of the contract stipulate that it is an open position that will be reviewed yearly only there is no probation period included for obvious reasons since Cugnet had already been serving in the capacity for nearly two years.
The CEO for Sun Country will receive in excess of $200,000 in salary. Senior administrators work on a wage scale that provides them with 90 per cent of their agreed-on salary with the final 10 per cent paid at fiscal year end if the department targets are met. The final details surrounding salary arrangements will be made known a bit later but Charlton confirmed that the salary currently in play is in excess of the $200,000.
As far as meeting job expectations, Charlton said she felt confident Cugnet would meet the requirement expected of her by the board, the region and the Ministry of Health since they remain virtually the same as they were while she was serving as CEO on the temporary contract.
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The BCSE awards, now in their fifth year, highlight the best in school design and construction.
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