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|August 4, 2004
Volume 6, Issue 16
|Midwifery Today E-News
"Herpes Simplex II"
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One in four Americans between the ages of 18 and 59 tested positive for HSV-2, the virus that causes genital herpes, in a survey of patients of 36 randomly selected primary-care physicians in six cities. Only 4% of all 5,732 people tested reported a history of the condition. The incidence rate was high across a variety of economic classes. Prevalence ranged from 13.4% in the 18 to 29 year age group, 25.2% in the 30 to 39 year old group, 31.2% in the 40 to 49 year old group, and 28% in the 50 to 59 year old group. More women than men tested positive (28.3% and 22%, respectively). The sample was 75% white, 14% African-American, 4% Hispanic; 80% were employed full- or part-time, 74% had some college or higher education, 45% had a household income of $60,000/year or better, and 68% were married or living with a partner.
— Women's Health Weekly, June 24, 2004
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Herpes Simplex II
Only about 1 in 5,500 babies gets neonatal herpes, even though the virus is widespread in the adult population. Neonatal herpes is not a reportable disease in most countries, so there are no hard statistics about the exact number of newborns affected. However, most researchers estimate there are between 1000 and 3000 cases a year in the United States, out of a total of four million births. To put this number in greater perspective, an estimated 20-25% of pregnant women have genital herpes, while less than 0.1% of babies contract an infection. Although remarkably rare in newborns, herpes outbreaks can cause severe damage to those who are infected with the virus.
Transmission rates to the baby are lowest for women who acquire herpes before pregnancy. One study (Randolph, JAMA 1993) places the risk at about 0.04% for such women, who then have no signs or symptoms of an outbreak at delivery. The chances of transmission are highest when a woman acquires genital herpes late in pregnancy. With monogamous partners, this is a very rare occurrence.
Medical practitioners are concerned about release of the membranes for longer than four hours when a woman has a herpes outbreak. Great care must be taken not to release the membranes. The speculum exam should be the only pelvic exam. Internal scalp monitors must not be inserted because insertion can infect the child through the scalp puncture.
Dangers to the baby who develops herpes include death (60% mortality rate), herpes encephalitis or aseptic meningitis (inflammation of the brain or spinal cord), which, in turn, leads to neurological damage. The first symptom of disease in the newborn may be a sore on the skin, which can be tested with a fluorescent stain to diagnose it as a herpes lesion. If left to develop into full-blown herpes, it can cause the baby's death, brain damage, or blindness. Early treatment is imperative if there is a suspicion that a baby might have a herpes skin eruption. Premature or otherwise compromised babies are at greater risk when a woman has a recurrent outbreak of HSV II.
Preventing outbreaks
During an outbreak of herpes in pregnancy, have the mom take 1000 mg lysine three times a day along with vitamin C (500 mg 3 times a day). If the woman is having recurrent outbreaks in pregnancy despite all the preventive measures taken, at 36 weeks the midwife may suggest she take Acyclovir 400 mg BID daily until the birth. This helps prevent outbreaks at term but is harmful to the baby's liver.
After the birth, the mother and breastfeeding baby should be kept warm and skin-to-skin. Rest for the mother is extra important. Nourishing fluids and extra vitamin C after the birth is recommended. Visitors should be kept to a minimum, told to wash hands carefully before entering the mother's room, and asked to leave if they have an oral herpes outbreak.
— Gloria Lemay, "Herpes Simplex II," compiled by Leilah McCracken for The Birthkit Issue 37
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Q: I have attended nearly 100 births as a doula/midwive's assistant. Until recently I had never seen an episiotomy, even in teaching hospitals with severe OB/GYNs. My most recent birth was attended by the most natural-minded hospital-based CNM practice in our city (we have no birth center and no CNMs with OB/GYNs). I refer many of my clients to them knowing they are pretty much on the "same page" as my philosophy supporting evidence-based practice.
After almost four hours of pushing, the mom was becoming exhausted. She was too tired to push in any other position but on her back, at about 30 degrees. She refused to push on her side because she had back pain. It was quite some time before baby remained visible on her perineum. The midwife (who I greatly respect) eventually stated that she had the type of perineum that "episiotomies were meant for" (she said this mom's was long). She told the client she was going to cut a small episiotomy and then proceeded to cut a 2-centimeter midline episiotomy and promised the baby would come on the next push. She did so without consent, and before I could say the entire phrase "Could she sit up more?" (the baby was showing some distress, but I assume it was because of the mom's flat position).
When is it truly OK to do an episiotomy? As a future midwife, how will I know when to go ahead and cut? I am not sure I could do it. How about you homebirth midwives out there? Ever have to cut one? I would like to know some rules/guidelines, because everything I have researched has told me they should rarely be needed. I am still healing from mine more than 16 years ago!
— Brigitte Rhody, student RN, Bradley Method childbirth educator and labor assistant
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Q: I recently met a mother of four who nursed all of her children. She is adopting a 6-9 month old baby by the end of the year and really wants to breastfeed. She says she will try to nurse, but will be thrilled if she can at least give the baby bottles of breast milk. What advice might I pass along?
— Anon.
A: I would recommend this mother rent a hospital-grade double electric breastpump. She should pump 8-10 times per day, start at ten minutes and build up to 15. Having had four children and nursed them, relactating may be quite easy for her. She can also try taking fenugreek which will help increase her milk supply.
It is difficult to tell what her supply may be for a 6-9 month old baby. She may need to use a Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) to nurse her baby, who has probably had bottles all his life. This can be purchased from a board-certified lactation consultant, and I would definitely recommend she consult one for assistance to relactate for an adoptive baby.
— Lisa Petrino, RN IBCLC
A: I am a certified lactation counselor and mother of five. Because your acquaintance has nursed other children her chances of being able to breastfeed an adopted baby are very good. She would do well to start pumping a few weeks before her adopted baby arrives. I would recommend that she use a hospital-grade electric pump and that she pump for 15 minutes on each side every 2-3 hours during the day and every 3-4 hours during the night. She can freeze the milk - it will keep for up to three months in the freezer on top of her fridge. Once the baby arrives it may take some time for the child to learn how to latch on, but with time, patience, and sound lactation advice they ought to do well.
— Holly Sippel, CLC
A: About 2 months before she brings the baby home she should start to prepare herself physically and emotionally to breastfeed. If she is currently breastfeeding a baby or toddler, she can pump (and store) to help increase her milk supply. "Breastfeeding the Adopted Baby" by Debra Stewart Peterson and "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding" from La Leche League International are very helpful books; she will be able to find practical tips, solutions to problems should they arise, and resources. The SNS is helpful if she is unable to relactate or induce lactation; this supplementer can be used for a couple of months or even several months while she works to relactate. A lot of adopted moms use this, and after the milk is established they stop using it.
Joining groups such as LLL and/or a group for breastfeeding adopted babies, if there is such a thing in her area, will be of benefit; being around other nursing moms may help her become more comfortable with the thought of nursing and nursing in public. If she runs into any problems, they most likely will be able to make helpful suggestions.
— Michelle Schnaars, CCCE, Lafayette, LA
A: While working as the RN in a pediatric office I had a mom come in who had adopted a baby. She had other children and had nursed them. With the aide of a bag of milk above her breast and a very small tube going down to her nipple the baby nursed and got milk in return. Eventually with much persistence, fluids, and time the mother's milk came in and the baby nursed successfully.
— Linda B. Jenkins, RN
A: Your friend should find an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) experienced in relactation. One site with listings of IBCLCs is http://www.iblce.org. She has two issues here: the first is to bring in a milk supply. Having had four children who have nursed, it's possible with disciplined effort using galactogogues and/or pumping on a regular basis. It seems she has plenty of time to prepare for this baby's arrival. The second issue is getting an older baby to latch on. The older the baby, the more challenging this may be, but you don't know until you try. Your friend should remember that in an adoptive/relactation situation any breastmilk is a success, and also any skin-to-skin contact is comforting. A baby feeding from a bottle could still be held to the breast (cheek to breast) while taking a bottle or comforted by co-bathing. It is wonderful to me to hear of mothers who are researching this option.
— Denise Punger, MD FAAFP IBCLC, Fort Pierce, Florida, 34981
Re: Extended pushing [Issue 6:15]:
A: I would be interested in knowing more information about what "pushing for 18 hours" means. How far apart were her contractions, was she pushing at each of them, etc.? I have been at two births where from the first push until the birth of the child was around 18 hours, but both of them included a period of hours where the contractions slowed or stopped and the mama was able to breathe through them or even sleep for a few hours. This break gave her a rest and revitalized her so that when pushing began again, she had much more energy. In both cases we continued to monitor mom and baby, and when everything showed to be fine, we trusted the mother's body. Both moms delivered their babies with 8-10 APGARS. One needed a bit of shepherd's purse for bleeding, which resolved immediately after one dose.
If we had transferred these women, they would have had c-sections, but by monitoring and trusting in birth, they had healthy birth experiences at home and were spared an unnecessary c-section. If at any time they had preferred going to the hospital, we would have transferred them, but both felt that they were safe and healthy and wanted to trust their bodies and their babies. I think this situation ("pushing" for 18 hours, a stop of descent and contractions) seems pathological and abnormal because we don't allow ourselves to see these births—we transfer after a few hours and don't realize that they can be a variation of normal.
There was a time when we didn't realize it was normal for a woman to have a lull after reaching 10 cm, before pushing, because we didn't allow that to happen; dilation = pushing. Once we allowed women's bodies to do what they wanted, we noticed that this break is common and sometimes helpful. I think the same can be said of the second stage; if we monitor and trust healthy babies and moms, we will see that this can be a rare occurrence, but a variation of a normal, healthy birth.
— Gillian, apprentice midwife
A: Yes, instincts do have to "kick in," and some of a midwife's work is to use instincts. However, there is a baby's health and life itself that's at stake here! At some point we have to remember that we are not in control. Someone else is running the world, and if some women are meant to transfer and have a cesarean, thank G-d there is that option. We have to be a bit balanced here. I have attended more than 300 births, albeit as a doula (homebirths included) and been involved in a doula organization in Israel. When we have seen a cesarean done it saved the mom and /or the baby's life. Who is speaking up for that baby's rights when he/she is going through intense contractions and 18 hours of pushing?
Keep balanced, ladies.
— Sarah Goldstein, Jerudoula
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Operation Doula Care (ODC) is a program that provides volunteer doula services to women whose husbands are in the military and who are currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. This is a much-welcomed and needed program where at Ft. Bragg there are currently 60,000 troops deployed.
I am writing about the increasing use of Cytotec in our military installation hospitals. Cytotec or misoprostol (chemical name) is in increasing demand in our military hospitals because of its cost effectiveness. Cytotec is similar to prostaglandin gel used to commence inductions. However, where prostaglandin gel is PEG2, Cytotec is a PEG1 - there is a BIG difference. Searle, the manufacturer, states on its package inserts, "Cytotec is contraindicated for the use in pregnant women" in big bold print. As if that weren't enough there is even a picture of a pregnant woman with a red circle around her and a red slash over her body. This drug may be cheap, but it is a hideous medication that can cause such adverse effects as uterine hyperstimulation, fetal distress, uterine rupture, hemorrhage, hysterectomy, amniotic fluid embolism, and maternal and fetal death.
A high percentage of the mothers who are in the military healthcare system are uneducated about medications that are used in today's hospitals. Cytotec is the biggest one. A few of the physicians and midwives I have encountered at the hospitals nonchalantly mention the use of this drug as the way they are going to start induction. Our mission as a doula is to help our clients make informed decisions. Make sure you educate your clients about this potentially deadly drug…PLEASE!
Searle has a toll-free number that you can call from Canada or the United States to report complications that your clients have had from the use of this medication. They will not ask your client's information; they will ask yours, so it is not a breach of confidentiality. Searle is actively trying to get the warning label changed from, "contraindicated" to "prohibited." I only wish I had had the information that I needed about this drug to prevent my client from nearly losing her life and preventing what was to be a perfectly healthy son from becoming severely mentally retarded due to blood loss and lack of oxygen. Grave error on my part, but now I know to spread the word to help others who may not be aware.
— Jennifer K. Tallis, CD, NC State Rep. Operation Doula Care
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I have a subchorionic hematoma. I am 19 weeks pregnant with two children at home. Information about this condition is very limited. So if anyone can help with information, please do. I do have vaginal bleeding, dark brown spotting, pink mucus, small clots, cramping, and occasional bouts of diarrhea ever since I first had bleeding at 16 weeks and was diagnosed with a subchorionic hematoma. Please help! My e-mail address is: firstname.lastname@example.com
— Jada Peck
Re: Pitocin/active management [Issue 6:14]:
I just attended a homebirth apprentice workshop that covered hemorrhage. I learned that there is a rather wide range of what is considered hemorrhage. What a relaxed homebirth careprovider considers normal bleeding with birth seems to be much more than what a conservative hospital-based care considers to be a hemorrhage. It's almost like the goal of a hospital birth is to eliminate bleeding at all which makes no sense.
— Heather
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Surat al-Hujurat, Verses 14-15
"The desert Arabs say, 'We have faith.'Say: 'You do not have faith. Say rather, "We have become Muslim," for faith has not yet entered into your hearts. If you obey Allah and His Messenger,He will not undervalue your actions in any way.ऀAllah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'
The majority of people do not have faith but they simply submit themselves. With their conscience they feel convinced that Islam is true. They get into a positive spirit in the path of having faith. For instance, he may also perform his regular prayers but he does not believe. But Allah also considers it to be valid, masha'Allah. But He says, "You do not have faith." Faith is something different. With faith, a person withdraws himself from all social aspects of life. He focuses all his attention on Islam and the Qur'an. For him, life becomes of a secondary importance. This is a portent of faith. If life does not gain a secondary importance for a person, then he is aslama. Faith has not entered into his heart yet.
"The believers are only those who have had faith in Allah and His Messenger and then have had no doubt." But we are tested with doubt. Having doubts is one thing, resisting those doubts and suppressing them is another. If you are carried away by doubts, if doubts drift you away, that would not be becoming. But you will always encounter doubts. What will you do then? You will crush it- you will defeat it. "They have struggled with their wealth and themselves in the Way of Allah."
(Erudite Explanations from Surat al-Furqan)
On the Day We gather them together, and those they worship besides Allah, and say, 'Did you misguide these slaves of Mine or did they stray from the way of their own accord?' (Surat al-Furqan, 17)
Allah will ask Darwinists and Materialists: "Did you misguide them, or was it they themselves who deviated from the true path?"
They will say, 'Glory be to You! It would not have been fitting for us to have taken any protectors apart from You. But You let them and their fathers enjoy themselves so that they forgot the Reminder. They were people devoid of good.' (Surat al-Furqan, 18)
When it sees them coming from a long way off, they will hear it seething and rasping. (Surat al-Furqan, 12)
Hell is being shown to them from a distance- they hear the noise of searing, those flames or explosions from very far away.
When they are flung into a narrow place in it, shackled together in chains, they will cry out there for destruction. (Surat al-Furqan, 13)
They still do not believe, but they want to be reduced to nothing. They want to die, insha'Allah. But they are very resistant. They are very resolute in the issue of faithlessness.
"'Do not cry out today for just one destruction, cry out for many destructions! (Surat al-Furqan, 14). That is to say, Allah says that they will call out constantly.
"Say: 'Is that better, or the Garden of Eternal Life which has been promised to those who have piety? That is their recompense and destination.' (Surat al-Furqan, 15) Allah reminds once again that they must compare and wish for paradise.
Those who do not expect to meet Us say, 'Why have angels not been sent down to us? Why do we not see our Lord?' They have become arrogant about themselves and are excessively insolent.(Surat Furqan, 21)
Notice that the matter is always weakness of faith. They want their free will to be taken away in order to believe- they want to see the angels. This also holds true for Materialists. They say, "Then show us Allah." What is the issue? Arrogance. When they do not abide by Hazrat Mahdi (as), people may grow arrogant. Allah says, anarchy and terror has started. "They are excessively insolent." For instance there is the onslaught of the terror organization of the PKK in the South East of Turkey."On the Day they see the angels, there will be no good news that Day for the evildoers. They will say, 'There is an absolute ban.'" (Surat al-Furqan, 22) They always receive bad news while believers constantly receive good news.
We will advance on the actions they have done and make them scattered specks of dust. (Surat al-Furqan, 23)
The Companions of the Garden on that Day will have better lodging and a better resting-place." (Surat al-Furqan, 24)
They will rest for all eternity- they will never forget the concept of resting. For instance they come and sit on an armchair, they don't need it but they are accustomed of being exhausted in the world. Therefore there will be a profound love for armchairs there. Allah says, "Residing on armchairs." Because they are accustomed to exhaustion, they never forget that need for rest in the hereafter. They wander around and come and immediately sit on an armchair- not because they are exhausted. There are mattresses although a man can stand up for trillions of years. There is no fatigue but there is familiarization with beds- they consider them fine, they come and immediately recline.
They say that there is no sexuality in paradise. However Allah says that there are "nubile maidens" (Surat an-Naba', 33).
For instance, Allah speaks of the existence of "...maidens just like closely guarded pearls." That means they are exceptionally beautiful. Maidens who turn their eyes solely to their spouses with passion. Allah makes mention of elevated couches and tents. And that those maidens are passionately in love with their spouses. Consequently, it is not becoming to avoid mentioning this subject for fear of criticism.
(Verses about paradise)
Surah Sad, Verse 50-51-52-53
"Gardens of Eden, whose gates will be open to them,where they will recline, calling for plentiful fruit and drink" The wine of paradise. "...and there will be dark-eyed maidens with them with eyes reserved for them alone." Young and beautiful women but they only look at their spouses. "This is what you are promised on the Day of Reckoning.
Young and beautiful women but they only look at their spouses.
"This is Our provision which will never run out." It continues endlessly.
Surah Rahman, Verses 56-58
"In them are maidens with eyes for them alone, untouched before them by either man or jinn."
Surat an-Naba', Verse 32-33-34-35
"Gardens and grape wines." People like gardens and vineyards very much- they are also present in paradise "...and nubile maidens of similar age." "And an overflowing cup." Notice that Allah draws attention to the beauty of cups. Some people feel disturbed though when these cups are mentioned. "...where they will hear no prattle and no denial." You know that there is vain and nonsense talk everywhere. There are lies. People are very bored of lies. Lies disturb people very much. It is very pleasing to talk to someone who tells the truth one hundred percent. If a woman talks nothing but the truth, then she becomes very impressive. This also holds true for men. Lies almost drug people's brains, it disturbs them. Vain and nonsensical talk, on the other hand, makes them feel exhausted, it casts a spell over them. It annoys them.
Surat as-Saffat, 43-44-45
"In Gardens of Delight on couches face to face; a cup from a flowing spring passing round among them"
Notice that they sit down although they have no need for it- simply because they are accustomed to it.
"A cup from a flowing spring passing round among them." That is to say, there are waitresses around. Male or female waitresses. There are cups on trays. You take the cups from the trays and drink them inshaAllah.
Surat as-Sajda
Elif-Lam Mim.
"The revelation of the Book, without any doubt of it, is from the Lord of the worlds." Why is there mention of "without any doubt of it." Because people have doubts. How would it be possible to remove those doubts? By means of the signs leading to faith.
Or do they say, 'He has invented it'? "No indeed! It is the truth from your Lord to warn a people to whom, before you, no warner came, so that hopefully they will be guided."
They have not been guided yet. How would it be possible? By means of the signs leading to faith. Is it true then?
"Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and everything between them in six days and then established Himself firmly upon the Throne. You have no protector or intercessor apart from Him. So will you not pay heed?"
Allah speaks of Creation, so what is Creation? It is a sign leading to faith. Why does Allah say this? Because they seek a power other than Allah. What is this? This is also a sign leading to faith. Why would a person not take heed and ponder? Because he has weakness of faith. Why does not he think, why does not he ponder? Because of weakness of faith.
"He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you measure."
It ascends to Allah's Sight in one day, but it continues for a thousand years. Allah describes to us here the concept of relativity.
He Who has created all things in the best possible way. He commenced the creation of man from clay. What do we do? We are Creationists, we speak of Creation. "He Who has created all things in the best possible way." What do we say? Allah creates all things in the best possible. We show that they are beautiful with photographs and documents. We see that Allah creates them with the Golden Ratio. The perfection in the structure of proteins, the perfection in the cell, the vacoule, the mitochondrion- we speak of these.
"He commenced the creation of man from clay." We do not say, "Darwinism". We say that Allah created man from clay. From stiffened clay. We say that Allah gave soul to a ceramic sculpture. Not because Allah is in need of ceramic- it is also Allah Who creates the ceramic, He still continues to create. It is also Allah Who creates a glass or a ceramic sculpture. This is something Allah says to refute the Darwinists' claims. ऀThis is Allah's response to Darwinists.
"...then produced his seed from an extract of base fluid." From sperm. Allah makes a sperm instrumental for the creation of man.
"...then formed him and breathed His Soul into him and gave you hearing, sight and hearts. What little thanks you show!
" "...and breathed His Soul into it." He granted a soul to him. "He gave you hearing, sight and hearts. What little thanks you show!" Why do people give little thanks? Allah explains Creation here. The reason why man gives little thanks is his weakness of faith. In order to remove the weakness of faith, the signs leading to faith must be explained.
"They say, 'When we have been absorbed into the earth, are we then to be in a new creation?' In fact they reject the meeting with their Lord."
What is this? Weakness of faith. Shall we explain fiqh to these people? 99 percent of people around the world says this. Shall I explain how to perform ritual ablution of the whole body? I will explain the invalidity of Darwinism.
"In fact they reject the meeting with their Lord." How can I explain fiqh to these people! They insist that I explain fiqh.
"Say: 'The Angel of Death, who has been given charge of you, will take you back and then you will be sent back to your Lord." The guy does not have faith. Allah says that the angel comes and takes one's soul. We say that we will be resurrected.
"The people who truly do have faith in Our Signs are those who fall to the ground prostrating when they are reminded of them," Those who abide immediately. " and glorify their Lord with praise, and" alhamdulillah "are not arrogant." The man, on the other hand, does not believe, he does not believe that Prophet Jesus (as) will descend and Hazrat Mahdi (as) will appear. Why? Allah says, "Those who are not arrogant have faith." If he grows arrogant, he can not have faith. What is the problem? It is a matter of faith. Does Allah mention a problem of fiqh here? A matter of faith.
"Is someone who has faith like someone who is a deviator? They are not the same!
"As for those who have faith and do right actions, they will have
the Gardens of Safe Refuge as hospitality for what they used to do.
Allah says that believers go to paradise.
"But as for those who are deviators, their refuge is the Fire. Every time that they want to get out, they are put straight back into it again and they are told, 'Taste the punishment of the Fire, which you denied." Why does he deny? Because of weakness of faith. So we talk about the signs leading to faith. Am I telling the truth? The main issue is always the signs leading to faith, the importance of signs leading to faith and the unity of Muslims.
(Surat al Kahf)
"Praise belongs to Allah Who has sent down the Book to His slave and has put no crookedness in it." Why is there no crookedness in the Qur'an? It comprises everything, there is nothing deficient in it.
It is straight, to warn of violent force direct from Him, and to give the good news to the believers, those who do right actions, that for them there is an excellent reward,"
"It is straight," Allah reveals the secret of the world reign. What shall we follow? The Qur'an. Is there any deficiency in the Qur'an? Is there any need for any addition? No. "...to warn of violent force direct from Him" So the fear of Allah is the beginning of everything. "...to give the good news to the believers" Those who perform their acts of worship with sincerity. The good news of paradise and the good news of the Unity of Islam. Just as in the case of Surat an-Nur. "...that for them there is an excellent reward" There are rewards for them. "...a place in where they will remain for ever" Allah makes us love eternal life as an instinct. People think about eternal life day and night. There is the instinct of sexuality, the instinct of hunger, of reproduction. Allah estimates everything. The only instinct that Allah does not satisfy is the wish of living eternally. People always await death, they feel the excitement of it. Almighty Allah satisfies it in the hereafter. That only instinct that is not satisfied is left to hereafter.
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The staff was very helpful and always smiling. The beach was fabulous, the sea was always calm and at the right temperature, so clean and sandy bottom. It was really perfect!! The food alternatives were up to our taste especially on Greek Night and Seafood night. The bed and the pillows were not so comfortable but it was clean.
view!!! Thank you for giving me this assessment. Provided that you give your price and hotel price, unfortunately, that was different from each other. ultimately agreed to the price you have given. The other problem is; When I made a rezervation from booking.com I used my American Express card.The gentleman who asked me" Do you want to use your American Express or another card" .I said "I want to use different card instead of American express card.Gentleman standing at the front desk told me you can make the card change from the hotel on checking out. To close my account I went to the reception on the evening of 31/08/11. I said I want to give the diffrent card instead od american express. Currently we can not take another card. tomorrow (ie today), they provided an e-mail card, You can send mail what is the situation. But this is a big annoyance for me. I am very busy man at my work.. outside of my work is currently interested in these jobs. A big waste of time for me. This is my complaint. I still want to use another card instead of american express card. But this process must be today. They have to refund all total to my American express card.. I will give the another card number then they will take the total from my card.
Everything was absolutely great. The hotel staff is very kind, helpful when asked, almost transparent when you need privacy; breakfast is wonderful, the sight is amazing, all the facilities are well maintained and working. One of the best hotels I have ever been. Actually, there is nothing that I can blame about this hotel. The only thing, if I have to find one, is the distance from Rhodes. It is not at walking distance, but buses are frequent (15 mins), and take about 10 mins to get into town.
Friendly helpful staff. Great pool. Wonderful beds.Excellent breakfast buffet. Great aquagym lesson in morning. Fantastic setting. Very romantic location. Spa needs updating. Beach towels need to be available at pool. Didn't appreciate having to pay 18 euros an hour for tennis court.
Comfortable and convenient to go to the beach
For business very appropriate wireless system only functions in lobby of hotel. Expansion to rooms necessary
The hotel is very new and modern. nice design. close to the beach. few km from the center of the town. good resturant. We ordered a family room and didn't expect it will be one room with 2 king beds.
mono i thea. tipote allo distixos. times, servis,pisina, kai na mathete na kanete freddo.!!! eleos .roti fora se xenodoxio kai ipotithete 'kalo' kai den eixan oute plastiko potiri oute ixeran na kanoun freddo..
Very convenient location for Rhodes town, lovely private beach and hotel pools. Friendly staff, quiet spacious rooms with lovely comfrotable beds. Restaurant choices quite limited and the food on a half board basis was not as good as it could have been on some evenings. For independent travellers more information from the reception staff would have been useful in terms of the hotel facilities, travelling around the island. No complains, a really good hotel and a thoroughly enjoyable holiday.
We recently stayed at this resort and found the facilities and the service were excellent. My son had his 11th birthday and when I asked the poolside restaurant if I could organise a birthday cake for him they were very obliging and provided the cake on the house. They were fantastic and made it a very special occassion. Internet was not free in room.
Excellent facilities with a really high standard of finish. Terrific pool areas. I was there on business and would not normally pay full price for such accommodation. Very few local dishes on the menu (but this is endemic with "international" hotels) so we went out to tavernas. Some issues with service at the breakfast buffet (but seen in the context of a busy business conference).
Everything That I did not get a chance to utilize all the facilities offered.
Italian restaurant, (junior suite) sea view, close to the sea Unengaged staff at times, some facilities advertised on the hotel website not available (suite internet access, sauna, gym), rock beach, airplanes fly over low. Watersports over 1km away. Chinese restaurant has few actual Chinese dishes.
Everything That I did not get a chance to utilize all the facilities offered.
Italian restaurant, (junior suite) sea view, close to the sea Unengaged staff at times, some facilities advertised on the hotel website not available (suite internet access, sauna, gym), rock beach, airplanes fly over low. Watersports over 1km away. Chinese restaurant has few actual Chinese dishes.
The all inclusive meals and the location were great. The drinks should be a little bit bigger. A 5 ounce glass of beer with half was foam is not worth the trip. We spent most of the time going up and back for drinks. What a huge waste of time. I would still recommend the hotel but with some hesitation in doing so.
very pleasant stay. the staff were all friendly and helpfull and the hotel was ideally located for the airport and day trips out to Rhodes
Nothing Location
The hotel was fantastic and deserves it's current rating. The location was perfect and the food was excellent. The air conditioning was below standard and the room was very hot at night.
nothing special
helpful and friendly staff, excellent food choice, relaxing atmosphere, activities organised throughout the day and evening. On arrival staff up grated our accomadation to a suite bedrooms need updating, as they are very 1970's
The proximity of the sea, the food (although the variety was limited) and the accessibility to the town. It definately needs renovation (we stayed at the old wing), we had to pay extra for ombrellas and seabeds and also no beach towels provided (which is completey unexpected for a beach hotel!)
Variety and quality of food, pools, staff.
Kids' activities. Maintenance lacks, and a major safety hazard almost killed several people in front of the stage, our daughters included. Lucky for everyone there were only injuries, some of magnitude. The steel framing with the lighting (approx 600 kg) fell towards the stands at showtime. Definitely installation was not done by professionals. This is the last thing one would expect at a arguably 4-star hotel.
Kindness of staff Problems in room, not adeguate air conditioned, elecrticity troubles


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Most entity transactions are recorded in both budgetary and proprietary accounts. However, because different accounting bases are used for budgetary and proprietary accounting, some transactions may appear in only one set of accounts. The following reconciliation provides a means to identify the relationships and differences that exist between the aforementioned budgetary and proprietary accounts.
The reconciliation of net cost of operations to budget for the years ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has invited the young Romanian artist Victor Man (Cluj, 1974) to make an intervention within The Collection Two, the museum's anniversary exhibition. Victor Man is a master of omission without loss of meaning. In combination with works from the museum's permanent collection his works suggest unexpected meanings.
Victor Man's installation is a balanced combination of his own works and paintings from the museum's collection. On the basis of analogies and similarities with his own works he has selected works such as the Christus Salvator Mundi by Dirk Bouts, a painting by Titian in which a nymph is menaced by a faun, and a landscape by Joachim Patinir showing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Victor Man's oeuvre comprises small paintings in shades of black and grey, 'found' photographs transferred to various materials, and installations. All his works have one thing in common: they are characterised by the suggestion of an unresolved narrative. The individual works and components of his installations function as fragments from a story or an event. Artcritic Natalie Haddad, Frieze Magazine, has said that Man's work hover 'on the walls like the relics of secret societies, dislocated and adrift…'.
The museum is giving contemporary art a prominent place in its new displays in the form of three artist's presentations that reflect upon the collection and the building. These visual statements are intensified through alternation with works from the permanent collection, establishing a dialogue that heightens the senses and encourages contemplation. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has an active programme of exhibiting and responding to leading international artists.
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is 160 years old this year. To celebrate this anniversary the museum's collections are being presented in new displays from 17 January 2009. For the first time the museum's world-famous collection of prints and drawings is being combined with paintings, sculpture, the applied arts and design. The museum's prints and drawings collection contains more than 80,000 works of art and is one of the most important collections in the world.
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Dec 8, 2012 - UW Sports InformationLARAMIE - Senior forward Leonard Washington, senior guard Derrious Gilmore and sophomore forward Larry Nance Jr. combined to score 29 of the University of Wyoming's 34 second-half points and guide the Cowboys to a 74-55 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State on Saturday afternoon in the Arena-Auditorium. The Pokes (10-0) were tied with the Aggies with 11 minutes left in the second half, before the UW trio sparked a 25-6 run to end the game.
"We talked the last couple of games about embracing moments of adversity," Wyoming head coach Larry Shyatt said. "I think for the first time this year, collectively we were fighting ourselves a little bit in the first half of the game on offense. We were missing some shots on offense that we normally make, and we allowed ourselves to get frustrated a little on the offensive end. Low and behold, those last 10 minutes we held [Oklahoma Panhandle State] to two baskets, which was reminiscent of the Illinois State win, and we end up on a 25-6 run to end the game."
Wyoming battled the NCAA Division II Aggies all night, as OPSU fought back from a six-point halftime deficit to tie the game at 49-49 with 10:53 left. The Pokes would take over from there, though, as UW held the Aggies to two field goals and one free throw over the final 10 minutes.
Washington posted his fourth double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds to go with two blocks and two assists. Gilmore posted 21 points thanks to a career-high six threes, while Nance had 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Senior guard Luke Martinez rounded out UW's double-figure scorers with 12 points, as he hit two threes to climb into UW's all-time top 10 in three-point makes with 109. Sophomore guard Jack Bentz notched a career-high four assists.
"I thought our guys had good energy in the second half," Shyatt said. "It took about six or seven minutes to get on track, but I really liked the focus and the unselfish way we played down the stretch in the second half. With Derrious [Gilmore] being able to be as effective as he has been from three-point range, it forces opposing defenses to play us much different than they did last year. That makes things easier for everyone and opens things up for Leonard [Washington] and [Larry] Nance on the block."
Wyoming shot 47 percent (28-of-59) from the field and its second-best performance of the season beyond the arc at 42 percent (9-of-21), while holding OPSU to 38 percent (21-of-54) and 35 percent (6-of-17). The Cowboys earned a 36-33 advantage in rebounds, 14-7 in assists and 4-1 in blocks.
The Pokes and Aggies (4-5) exchanged the lead five times through the first seven minutes, before Wyoming asserted itself with an 8-0 run to take the lead 15-12 at the 11:17 mark. Junior guard Nathan Sobey scored the first four in the spurt and Washington capped it with four straight. Martinez hit a three with 9:14 left in the first half to climb into UW's career top 10, as the Cowboys extended the lead to as many as 13 down the stretch. The Aggies closed the half with a 9-4 run to go into halftime down 40-34.
Gilmore scored 12 points in the first half thanks to 4-of-6 from deep, while Martinez added 10 points. Nance had three assists and four rebounds. Wyoming shot 45 percent (14-of-31) from the field and 42 percent (6-of-14) beyond the arc in the first half to 46 percent (13-of-28) and 44 percent (4-of-9) for OPSU. The Aggies outrebounded Wyoming 17-16, but committed eight turnovers to six for the Pokes.
OPSU fought hard in the second half, as the Aggies tied the contest up at 47-47 eight minutes into the second half. They tied it up at 49-49 a minute later, but that's when the Cowboys took over. Washington broke the tie with a layup and sparked a 10-0 spurt, as Wyoming crafted a 25-6 run over the final 10 minutes to pull away for the victory. Washington would combine with Gilmore and Nance to score 23 of UW's points during the spurt, as the trio scored 29 of UW's 34 points in the second half.
Nance posted 11 points in the second half to nine apiece for Washington and Gilmore. Wyoming shot 50 percent 14-of-28) from the field and 42 percent (3-of-7) from deep, while holding OPSU to 30 percent (8-of-26) and 25 percent (2-of-8). The Cowboys outrebounded the Aggies 20-16 in the second half.
Wyoming now has 10 days off, before hosting Denver on Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium. Fans can purchase tickets by calling the Wyoming Athletics Ticket Office at 877-WYO-FAN1 (877-996-3261) or going online at GoWYO.com.
Score by periods:
Okla. Panhandle St. 34 21 -- 55
Wyoming 40 34 -- 74
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The Next Big Thing
Part 2: Because of their complexity, diesel-electric systems are heavy and take up a lot of space.
January 2005
Engineers refer to the energy required by these auxiliary systems, ranging from air conditioning to high-tech cinema setups, as "hotel load." On most yachts this figure is a fraction of what is required to actually propel the boat. On warships, cruise liners, and, in this case Octopus, hotel loads either approach or exceed what's required to move the boat. In the case of Limitless, however, the reasons for using diesel-electric power go deeper.
Limitless doesn't require nearly as much auxiliary power as she does propulsion power. Therefore she employs a hybrid system that utilizes both straight diesel inboard drives and diesel-electric drives to deliver a whopping 22,000 hp and a reported top speed of 27.5 knots. According to Capt. Craig Tafoya, Limitless' project manager, "It is this top speed that mandated the use of diesel-electric. Conventional diesels [that could achieve this speed] were so high strung that, when [at] idle speed [they] would never let us go below 16 knots. The diesel-electric option allowed for precision control while maneuvering (once the primary diesels were disengaged) and provided us with redundancy—we had backup propulsion if the main engines were lost." Such redundancy is a huge advantage for any yacht using diesel-electric. In an emergency the output from any number of gensets can be combined to supply propulsion to electric motors to get you home.
But all this comes at a price. Because of their complexity, diesel-electric systems are heavy and take up a lot of space. Vripak International, a Dutch naval architecture firm, estimates the average weight penalty at two to five percent more than a conventional system, due to the additional gensets, electric motors, and frequency converters. However, diesel-electric does provide flexibility in engine and genset placement. The engines no longer have to be inline with the shafts, and gensets, and converters can be placed virtually anywhere. This ability to position equipment at the designer's (and owner's) discretion has significant advantages when it comes to trim characteristics of the boat and the spaciousness of guest quarters. No longer does the engine room have to occupy that critical space amidships where the beam is widest, and heavy components can be positioned to achieve optimum running angle.
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Liverpool Public Library's David Fulton discusses a new book about breast cancer treatment, two new books for teens, new fiction and non-fiction titles, and a website to help you upgrade to Windows Vista. Running Time: 7 minutes 43 seconds.
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How the 2011 Queensland Flood led me to my Ancestors
I recently spent a month in my home state of Queensland, staying on the Sunshine Coast, north of the capital city of Brisbane. 2010 was an extrememly wet year for Queensland, and January, 2011 was even wetter with heavy rainfall which resulted in flooding in over 75% of the state. I had a number of family members personally affected by these devastating floods which made worldwide news. I watched, as the suburb I grew up in called Jindalee, once again suffered dreadfully as it had done when I lived there in the 1974 floods.
Of course, all of this rain did not make for a great beach holiday and from our balcony on the beachfront in Mooloolaba, we watched the usually calm north facing beach forced to bear the brunt of huge waves,and murky brown water filled with debris washed out from flooded rivers from as far south as the Brisbane river.
By now, you might be wondering how a flood helped me to find ancestors. I have mentioned in previous blogs that a family anecdote states that a great grandfather of mine was washed out to sea at Ballina in northern NSW in 1930, however do not get your hopes up - he did not wash up on the beach at Mooloolaba in 2011. When the flood water finally subsided from some of the roads around us, but we were still cut off from Brisbane and the south of the Sunshine Coast, my husband and I ventured on a drive north to visit the grave of my great great grandparents, John and Hannah Morrison, in the town of Cooroy. We had cleaned the headstone the previous year whilst on holidays and were eager to see how it looked after a year.
Finding many roads still cut off by flood water, we ended up in a small town called Pomona north west of Cooroy and about 30 minutes drive from Noosa Heads. There to our surprise, we discovered the Noosa Musuem and out of curiosity we decided to have a look inside.
There was one lady on duty in the Museum, which is housed in the original old Noosa Council Chambers, which amazingly operated as such until the 1980's. The museum's holdings appeared extensive and included a wonderful and precious room dedicated to the native people of the area, called the Gubi Gubi people (often mistakenly called Kabi Kabi).
The heritage building which now houses an amazing exhibition of the past,is pictured at the top of this page on the brochure for the Noosa Museum.
As we browsed through the rooms holding a variety of displays, I found a small display of material relating to Cooroy. I learned that the town of Cooroy, where my great great grandparents were pioneers, was named after Mount Cooroy, originally spelled Coorooey which was derived from the aboriginal word kurui meaning possum. As I read more about the history of the nearby town of Cooroy, a name in the writing below a photograph lept out at me. It was Morrison. I held my breath as I gazed on the first photograph I have ever seen of my great grandmother and her sisters, standing on the front verandah of the private hospital which they operated at 50 Maple Street, Cooroy. It is also the first time that any of my family have seen a picture of the hospital itself.
Although we had visited the Cooroy Noosa Genealogical Society, we had found this most precious image of our family in the tiny town of Pomona simply by accident. Flood water had determined our journey that day and had we not been forced to take this detour, I might never have found this treasured photograph. This is the only photograph of any of the Morrison family and I simply cannot believe my good fortune.
Hearing my shrieks of excitement the lady in charge of the museum came running ( I am certain, intent on quietening me). When she learned of my discovery, she also became very excited and proceeded to drag large folders of photographs out of a storeroom. We sat down, the three of us, and poured through each huge folder. This time it was the kind lady in the museum who shrieked as she discovered another photograph of the hospital, showing its location in the town. I had known about the hospital run by the Nurses Morrison and Matron Morrison (my great aunt) which was officially called St Margaret's hospital. Amongst locals, the hospital was affectionately called Matron Morrison's hospital.
In another folder, filled with loose papers, I discovered a story written by a Cooroy resident reminiscing about Matron Morrison. It seems that the hospital had a row of mature date palms growing at the side of the building which attracted bats in large numbers. The matron's kindness, which was well known, did not extend to bats, which she detested according to the narrator of the story, as she used to request that several of the town's male residents 'shoo' the noisy bats away or to just'shoot the pests'. Her reasoning was always that they disturbed her patients!
In a 2010 blog, I had mentioned that my great great grandfather, John Morrison had been an owner of the butter factory in Cooroy. Below is the photograph which I took several years ago of the butter factory, which was converted into an arts centre in 2010.
When I mentioned the butter factory and the picture I had taken, a great smile broke over the face of my new friend who worked voluntarily in the museum. 'You won't have seen a picture of the original factory, then?' she aked.
She disappeared into her back room of surprises, and reappeared with yet another huge folder. From it she produced proudly, the photograph below, below right, of the first timber butter factory built in Cooroy in 1910, which was replaced by the brick factory in my photograph, in 1930. The factory which my great great grandfather was involved with was the earlier timber one and I now have a copy of that picture as well, which is shown below.
P.S. You might be pleased to know thatwe did finally make it to Cooroy cemetery, where we found the headstone of my great great grandparents, pioneers of Cooroy, John and Hannah Morrison, in as good condition as we had left it the previous year ( pictured below right).


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Hungarian beef stew with caraway seeds photo by vsimon
No, the caraway seeds are not negotiable.
This started as a recipe called Hungarian Goulash from Cooking Light. To me it is really more stew than goulash.
"Goulash" to Wisconsinites is a mishmash of ground beef, tomatoes (maybe canned tomato soup), and macaroni. Seasoning is limited to salt and pepper, possibly an onion. It showed up at every potluck supper, and was never very appealing to me.
This version is far superior. Big chunks of tender beef and potatoes, bathed in lively sauce. Yes there is caraway, and the very Hungarian paprika, finished with fresh lemon juice and zest. Your mouth will thank you!
It didn't take much to make this original recipe gluten free. I simply used sweet rice flour in place of wheat flour to thicken the gravy.
Deceptively useful information
It is so useful, I want to repeat that ingredient information from above. Get yourself some sweet rice flour and swap it out in every recipe that thickens a sauce with wheat flour.
We use it all the time, for all clients. Even ones that do not need to be gluten free. It works better than wheat flour. And freezes (and thaws) better than cornstarch. No lumps, clumps, or weeping. Simply make a slurry with water or other liquid in the recipe and stir it in.
Sweet rice flour is sometimes called glutinous flour, because it is sticky when cooked. This is an unfortunate name, and it is gluten free.
I can get it in my regular grocery store in the ethnic aisle. Be sure to read the label though. I have grabbed plain white rice flour by mistake. It does not thicken like sweet rice flour.
And the brand in my grocery store comes in a plastic bag. Touching it gives me the same response as nails on a chalkboard. Watch, I'll shutter. It is so dry, and some how sounds a bit crunchy in the bag.
I buy this in a pinch. But when I can plan ahead, I buy Mochiko brand sweet rice flour in a box. At a big ethic grocery three towns over. It doesn't make me cringe when I grab the package. I buy 5 or 6 boxes at a time.
Now back to the recipe at hand.
Hungarian Beef Stew
adapted from Cooking Light's Hungarian Beef Goulash
|serves 6-8
|metric measures
|1 1/2 pounds boneless chuck roast,
trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
|700 gm
|4 cups chopped onion
|500 gm
|1 pound red potato, cut into large pieces
|450 gm
|1 1/2 cups cooked down crushed tomatoes
|435 gm
|2 tablespoons paprika
|20 gm
|1 tablespoon vinegar
|15 ml
|1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
|2 gm
|1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds, more for garnish
|2 gm
|1/4 cup sweet rice flour flour
|40 gm
|Zest and juice of 1 fresh lemon
|1 medium
Brown beef cubes. Put beef and onions in pressure cooker. (See unpressured directions below).
Add 1 cup of water. Lock on lid, bring to pressure, and cook for 25-30 minutes.
Meanwhile put potatoes in a medium saucepan covered with water. Cover pan and cook until tender about 20 minutes. Do not drain.
Allow pressure cooker to cool, slowly or quickly. Remove lid when pressure drops. Beef cubes will be melt in your mouth tender.
Add the tomatoes, paprika, vinegar, garlic powder, and caraway seeds to the pressure cooker.
Mix sweet rice flour with about 1/4 cup water. Stir until no lumps remain.
Add sweet rice flour slurry to the liquid in the pressure cooker. Cook until the sauce thickens, just a few minutes. Stir while doing this.
Add cooked potatoes and some potato water if the sauce is thicker than you like.
Zest the lemon and reserve.
Add the juice of the lemon to the stew. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
Garnish with a fragrant whiff of whole caraway seeds and fresh lemon zest.
Haven't made friends with a pressure cooker yet?
No problem
Brown meat, add onions, and 1-2 cups water to a stock pot. Simmer for about an hour. Add raw potatoes and cook another 1/2 hour. Finish as above, adding more water if needed.
Make ahead?
Sure! This freezes well, make a big batch. Put into small containers with lids (1-2 servings each). Cool completely in the fridge.
Label and date every container, I know you will.
Thaw overnight in the fridge.
Warm in the microwave for just a few minutes per serving.
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Is it correct that when you use LIMIT at the end of a query, that MySQL is still returning the entire Recordset (e.g. 250 records) but only displaying what is defined by LIMIT (e.g. 20 records)?
Right, let's say you want to grab the latest 5 blog posts out of 1,000. You would order them by date and LIMIT them to 5.
When you do Pagination, do you really want to return all records but just display some records?
For example, if there were indeed 1,000 records in the result-set, would I want to bring over all 1,000 records and then just display 5?!
It almost seems like you'd want your query to just return the records you want to display...
Follow me?
You would limit by a start and finish point based on variables passed to the query.
When you give the query 2 variables eg
, field2
would return row 6-15 from your results.
So to control the start point using a variable would be a simple matter of passing the STARTPOINT via a $_GET link
, field2
LIMIT $start, 10
So the first number is the offset of rows to return and the second is the maximum rows you want - in this case 10
Your link would look like
1
2
3
4
5
Make sense?
Wow, that was more than I asked for, but still a good thing!
Originally I thought the two numbers in LIMIT where the Start and End points...
Where are you getting Row 6?
If the "offset" is "5", shouldn't it start at Row 5?
It's better to let the SQL do what it does best and let the PHP do what it does best. (You can substitute SQL/PHP with whatever you are using.)You could call all the data and have the PHP terminate the loop after five rows, and it would work. Though, you are bringing a larger piece of information to be processed than is necessary. These efficiencies add up when the scale of your application increases and decrease performance.
LIMIT causes the database to return only the number of records that you specified in LIMIT.
How many of those records you end up displaying is a matter for your application, your database has no control over what you do with the records it returns in a query.
Results/arrays start at 0
"If the "offset" is "5", shouldn't it start at Row 5?"
OFFSET is the number of rows that are skipped, so OFFSET 5 will skip the first five records and the first record you will see returned is record six.
LIMIT 4 OFFSET 7 will return records 8, 9, 10 and 11.
PS: the syntax of LIMIT x,y is a MySQL-only thing. MySQL also supports the standard of LIMIT x OFFSET y, so use that instead, it makes life easier in the long run.
The Manual says...
I don't understand what you think is incorrect about what I said?
I interpreted what you said to be that MySQL only returns (i.e. "processes") the records you specify in LIMIT, which isn't true.
From the Manual...
If a filesort must be done, all rows that match the query without the LIMIT clause must be selected, and most or all of them must be sorted, before it can be ascertained that the first row_count rows have been found.
That means that if you have 100 records in your table, and MySQL has to do a filesort on a query with a LIMIT(0, 10), it might have to touch 80 of the records to get them sorted in the correct order before it returns the 10 records you are requesting.
That is consistent with one of my original questions.
So it is not true to say that LIMIT(0, 10) only touches 10 records, because MySQL might have to do quite a bit more work. Then again, it might get lucky and be able to return 10 records straight up?!
actually, it is true
"returns" means "returns" -- you ask for 10, you get only 10
what it has to do before returning those 10 is a separate issue
I thought that one of the digs against MySQL (vs Oracle) is that it is not as efficient, and that it basically grabs the whole recordset, loads it into the server's memory, sorts things, AND THEN sends over what is in LIMIT. (Although I'm not sure how else you'd do it more efficiently?!)
Ah, I see where the confusion comes from
I use the term "returns" for the data that comes back from the query to the application that sent the query to the database (hence: returns ).Records that the database reads internally are "fetched".
I thought that one of the digs against MySQL (vs Oracle) is that it is not as efficient, and that it basically grabs the whole recordset, loads it into the server's memory, sorts things, AND THEN sends over what is in LIMIT. (Although I'm not sure how else you'd do it more efficiently?!)
Strange : ) MySQL has long been known for stopping the query processing as soon as it can determine that the LIMIT requirement has been met.
However, if there is an ORDER BY clause then the database needs to have the records in that order before it can determine where your LIMIT and OFFSET take effect. If there is no index then the only thing the database can do is to process all records, sort them, apply the LIMIT and OFFSET to the result and send whatever is left back to the application.But that's true for any database because as you said; how else can you do it?
Just me getting confused!


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Newegg's First Pop-Up Store: This Week in Thousand Oaks, CAby Jarred Walton on 8/14/2013 4:31 PM EST
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Stuka87 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkI wonder if they will offer free shipping for in store pickup. Reply
Paulman - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkI don't think so; they'll only be there for one weekend, and I don't think they intend to have a longer or more established presence anywhere (for now). Reply
Stuka87 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkOh yeah, missed the part that its only there for a few days. Reply
gamoniac - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkActually, I just ordered something there and noticed something new in their check-out process. When picking shipment method, they also offered in-store pick-up for three of their warehouse locations. Unfortunately, I am nowhere close to them... Hopefully they will offer more pick-up locations soon. Reply
Theremings759 - Thursday, August 29, 2013 - linklike Marvin said I am amazed that any body can profit $5197 in 4 weeks on the internet. go now http://jobs63.com Reply
chizow - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkPretty interesting concept, more like promotional event though I think and a way to connect with customers.
I'll say one big reason I've grown to love and rely on Newegg is their fast shipping turnaround and fast FREE shipping. I remember back in the day with their FedEx Saver, I used to basically get product overnighted to me from Calif to DC because I was so close to Dulles Airport.
Nowadays, Newegg is still top-notch when it comes to fast, free shipping, often with no minimums unlike Amazon. Also, Amazon takes forever to just FILL orders before even factoring in shipping times unless you are a Prime member. I personally hate it because I feel it artificially pushes people toward Prime membership, but Newegg is just fast, consistent and excellent in this regard, setting the standard for the rest of the e-commerce tech/PC industry. Reply
Guspaz - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkUnfortunately, Newegg Canada almost never offers free shipping. In fact, their shipping has gotten much worse. Until very recently, you could pick which shipping company and speed was used. (normally the choices were UPS or Purolator with some speed choices). For me, UPS is way more convenient, because there's a UPS store near where I work, and UPS automatically redirects packages to the closest UPS store after the first delivery attempt in my city, so I always would choose UPS.
Recently, Newegg changed the shipping options to essentially "fast" and "slow". No more choice of shipping company, they make no guarantees who they'll ship with. What's the problem with that? Well, if they ship via Purolator, it adds a minimum of two business days to the shipment (one day for the item to make it back to the warehouse, one item to redirect it to the store), and about $5 in public transit fare to get to the Purolator store.
So now shopping at NewEgg is randomly an enormous inconvenience... so I don't shop there anymore. Shame, I loved shopping there, but it's a really dumb move on their part. Reply
Flunk - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkIf you want free shipping you're better off buying from one of Newegg's Canadian competitors that offers in store pickup such as NCIX, Memory Express or Canada Computers (depending on where you happen to live). Reply
surfnaround - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkcorrect, (although NCIX tends to wait until friday it give the pick notice)... canadacomputers i would not pick up from... the whole deposit thing means they may cancel the order up until you show up to pickup the item...). NCIX won't do that because they will tell you at the order Verification stage if you will be able to order it ... the canadacomputers "deposit thing" reminds me of "logic computers" scam that they would take a deposit on a item at a low price, then when you pick it up, they refund your deposit...
having said that i have had NO problems with NCIX, or newegg. also if you can "will call" an item at newegg.ca it is worth the experience, just to see the inside of newegg.ca warehouse/pick up area!... Reply
chambo622 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkNewegg also offers will-call at their City of Industry warehouse. Which, for me, is incredibly convenient - a 20 minute drive and I can have my order the same day, with no shipping charge. So far I've only run across one or two items that were shipping from their New Jersey facility and therefore weren't available for Will Call in COI. Reply
agent2099 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkHmm. How much is your gas and time worth? A 20 minute drive, so I'm guessing at 40 minute round trip. That's about $5 in gas depending on vehicle, plus lets add 20 minutes for parking plus getting in queue to pick your your item.
So an hour of your time plus gas money. No I'd prefer to just pay the $5-$7 it costs to ship most items and have it delivered to my doorstep. Reply
karasaj - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkA 20 minute drive could be 10 miles, and 20 miles to me is 2/3rds of a gallon. That's ~2.30 where I live. And considering I'm not a CEO or important manager like most people, every second of my time is not worth money, and if I could get an item on the same day instead of paying AND waiting, it'd be worth it to do that. Plus, I might have other errands to run.
you can spin it one way, but its not nearly as bad if you look at it from a different angle. Most people don't literally count their time as money unless they need to be available 24/7. Now, time with family is something different, but is much harder to measure since its pretty subjective. Reply
rudolphna - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkWow, what a boring life you must have. Personally unless I have other things to do, I wouldn't mind going and picking something up. Instant gratification and all that. Reply
KendoTek - Monday, August 26, 2013 - linkWill-call is an awesome option if you are lucky enough to be near a warehouse. I would drive from Riverside, CA to City of Industry to pick up my MWave orders. Newegg is there too? That's awesome. I wish I knew that when I used to live in Riverside. No postage, no waiting for so many working days, and I can feel confident that my new hard drive hasn't been punted into the back of a truck. Definitely worth the 40 min round trip. It doesn't matter who the retailer is, being able to physically pick up your merchandise is nice. You gotta admit, an internet retailer is using a physical presence (even if temporary... "Newegg tour coming to you!") has a nice irony to it. Reply
dac7nco - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkIf you're ordering hard drives it's worth the pickup. Reply
TGressus - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - link"Once you know, you will-call"
I worked at Micro Center for three years and never saw the DOA rate that Newegg reviewers report. Part of it has got to be the effects of shipping products individually through the public couriers. Reply
Kevin G - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - linkI'd love a walk-in NewEgg store to actually see some of the items they sell instead of purely basing orders on online reviews etc. However, I don't need NewEgg for this as my home town has Microcernter which has a massive overlap. I'm there often enough people think that I work there. Ultimately 'd probably wind up splitting my shopping between the two places, Microcenter has the best CPU prices where as NewEgg has the best GPU prices. Reply
pdjblum - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkHope they limit this to states they already have a physical presence: otherwise, we will all be paying taxes on purchases from newegg. Reply
chizow - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkYep good point, similar to Dell and their "kiosks" that resulted in sales tax for many. I'm not that too worried about it though, it seems they are more focused on West Coast for now. Reply
Impulses - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - link" They have been around just about as long as I can remember in the computer world – founded in 2001, a couple years before I actually started writing for AnandTech. "
Wait, how old IS Jarred? :P I'm only 31 (says he optimistically) and I definitely remember shopping for parts before Newegg... I remember using CDW and PC Connection a lot early on (I think they cater more to businesses and IT these days?), then MWave and Outpost.
Whatever happened to Outpost, I think I got a 19" Samsung CRT from then when I moved for college. I remember them tossing in lots of free swag with their orders (to promote the brand), something Newegg did for a while too. Shame they seem to have ceased entirely, I could use another Newegg cap to broadcast my geekness... :P Reply
chizow - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkOutpost got bought out by Fry's and became their webstore, I believe.
But yeah it was kind of the Wild Wild West for PC stuff before Newegg consolidated things. I remember there was a lot of local PC stores like Monarch Computers, a bunch of shops in Ohio, Googlegear/Zipzoomfly, whatever popped up on Pricewatch. Buy.com was actually a decent source at the time for things like HDDs. Newegg killed off most of them in short order because they were one of the first to offer a wide selection of builder-grade DIY gear from the big Asian component makers. Reply
john23 - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkI wonder why they didn't open one near their head quarters in City of Industry. Reply
GotThumbs - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkPersonally, I prefer NOT having to stop by a physical store.
I can browse multiple products/sites in seconds using multiple windows without having to walk from isle to isle or store to store.
Todays retails store clerks lack any extensive knowledge and I'm savvy enough to research and figure out what I want/need. I've seen clueless shoppers hang on every word of the BB associate and the guy was so weak in his knowledge....I was tempted to step in to help inform the consumer of the REAL differences and the pros and cons to each. I thought better and moved on.
IMO NewEgg should drop the idea and stick with what has been working very well for them. Why take a step back? You have to pay those temp staffers and Cali is NOT the best place to put up a store anyway IMO. Reply
WeaselITB - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkGood gravy, this thread was a trip down memory lane. Thanks for the nostalgia of checking dozens of different sites and comparing/contrasting prices. :-) Reply
Zak - Thursday, August 15, 2013 - linkI don't buy from NewEgg as much as I used to. They have been constantly getting worse. I had some major problems with DOA and was bitten by their draconian restocking fees. They're no longer the cheapest as well. Both Microcenter and Amazon have often the same or lower prices and no issues with returns. With NewEgg they always make it seem like DOA is my problem, that I'm an idiot who broke it. I had stuff returned to me that was smashed, blaming me for it. I only buy CPUs and motherboards from MicroCenter stores now (walk-in). I no longer trust NewEgg. Reply
Impulses - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkI still buy a lot from the egg largely because they have such a good selection and the site'd easy to navigate (something that still escapes Amazon), but more importantly because of Shoprunner (Prime is a complete mess in Puerto Rico). Amazon does have better prices a lot of the time tho, and much better return policies indeed. Newegg's support has still been pretty good to me outside of the restocking fees tho (crediting me the difference when price drops occur a week after my order etc). Reply
asians - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkthey said everything will be shipped for free during this first pop-up store event. http://www.ciol.com/ciol/news/193648/ontrac-delive... Reply
piiman - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkAmazon ships just as fast as Newegg. I recently bought a driving wheel for my PC and had i shipped free but it was supposed to take 4 to 7 days but it only took 3 so no complaints there. I'm a BIG Newegg fan but Amazon is really starting to give them some competition and I now always check both places for the best deal.
Newegg has great customer service and they have even let me return items that they said weren't returnable. But again Amazon is closing in and are very easy when it comes to returns also. Reply
piiman - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkI find your story hard to believe. They have always been nothing but nice to me when I needed to return items and NEVER charged me a restock fee. I have also never gotten anything DOA from them. Not saying it couldn't happen but I'm sure they would replace it ASAP and with a smile if it did.
The one thing that always kept me coming back to NewEgg was their great Customer Service. Reply


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Price grinds out first '13 victory as Rays rally
Ace fans nine in seven innings, has exchange with ump after outing
CHICAGO -- Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. To break through and pick up his first win of the season, Rays ace David Price needed to be both on Sunday.
After falling behind early, Price settled down and lasted just long enough -- thanks to a couple of breaks and the faith of his manager -- to get the win as the Rays rallied for three runs in the eighth en route to an 8-3 victory over the White Sox.
Following the game, Price appeared to be irritated as he addressed the media in the visitors' clubhouse at U.S. Cellular Field. It turns out he was upset with an exchange with home-plate umpire Tom Hallion that included the ejection of Rays pitcher Jeremy Hellickson.
"I think it's really important, psychologically speaking," Rays manager Joe Maddon said of Price getting his first win. "He's a competitive person, man. I know he's going to sleep better, I know he's going to feel better between starts and I know his work's going to be easier.
"It's funny how we humans deal with things on occasion, but I'm certain that his whole week's going to be better with him getting a win."
Price (1-2) threw 119 pitches over seven innings, allowing three runs on six hits. More important, he held the Sox scoreless in his final four innings to give the offense a chance to rally from an early 3-1 deficit.
Price, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, has had better performances, but few have brought him such a level of relief.
"It feels good to get one in the win column," Price said. "It's been rough this first five or six starts. You've got to keep going. It is what it is. Things aren't going to change if you're not doing what you have to do. I just have to continue to pitch my game."
Price was winless before Sunday mainly because of some bad breaks and some bad pitches. That pattern seemed in play in the third as he hung a 3-2 curveball to White Sox slugger Paul Konerko, who promptly deposited it over the wall in left for a two-out, two-run home run that traveled 407 feet.
But instead of getting discouraged, Price got better.
He retired seven straight batters through the fifth. The Rays then pulled even in the sixth as Desmond Jennings led off with a ground-rule double to center field and Matt Joyce followed with a homer just instead the foul pole in right to tie the score at 3. It was Joyce's fourth homer of the season.
After being given new life, Price held firm and kept the White Sox off the board. He retired the first two batters of the sixth to run his streak of consecutive batters retired to nine. A walk to Adam Dunn ended that streak, but Price then got Alexei Ramirez to bounce into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
Despite his ace having thrown 105 pitches through six, Maddon let Price come out for the seventh. The lefty's chances for staying in long enough to complete the inning, though, didn't look good after Conor Gillaspie led off with a single.
But fortune finally smiled on Price as the next batter, catcher Tyler Flowers, lined out to short as Gillaspie took off on the pitch. Rays shortstop Ben Zobrist made the catch, then tossed to first base to complete the double play.
Instead of runners on first and third with no out if Flowers' liner finds a hole, Price had two out and none on.
"I said, 'Thank you.' I was happy to have a ball go at somebody, a hard-hit ball," Price said. "The fact that they hitting and running and we were able to turn it into a double play was great."
Price was also thankful that Maddon gave him the opportunity to stay in with the high pitch count.
"That's what I work all offseason for, so I can throw 110, 115 pitches in a game," he said. "It feels good to have that confidence in me behind the bench."
Maddon said the reason he made the decision wasn't based on Price needing a win.
"If it was like [Alex] Rios, Konerko and Dunn coming up, I probably would have moved it along with that number of pitches at that point," Maddon said. "But Gillaspie, Flowers ... I'm not denigrating these guys; I'm just saying I felt better about him getting through that part of the batting order at that moment. I thought everything set up there to permit him to grate through one more inning and it worked out."
It worked out even better when the Rays were able to push across three runs in the eighth -- with Zobrist's RBI single pushing the visitors ahead to stay -- and another two in the ninth to break things open and get Price the victory.
"I don't think it's going to be his last, but it's kind of like the first hit of the year for a hitter," Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria said. "The first anything is good to get out of the way. His record isn't indicative of the way he's been pitching. He's been throwing the ball well for us and he's just had some bad breaks go against him.
"Today, I was happy to see him go out for the seventh with 105 pitches and give himself a chance to win. That's what the ace of the staff does."
John Jackson is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.