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Octuplet Pregnancy: Poor Medical Judgment, Patient Indiscretion, or Both?
The entire debacle surrounding Nadya Suleman and her IVF "Octuplets" raises serious ethical issues. A formal complaint to the California Medical Board was recently filed, resulting in the censuring of the doctor who performed the IVF procedure that led to this travesty. This has sounded an alarm that it is time for all well intended people involved in Reproductive Health Care to take action. The situation represents an example of "medical science gone wild," but at the same time it evokes concern about the unregulated field of Reproductive Medicine in general and invites the question, "Is this field on the verge of going out of control?" There can be no tiptoeing around the fact that the Hippocratic Oath which binds physicians to "do no harm" was ignored in this unfortunate case.
Notwithstanding the magnitude of understandable outrage surrounding the IVF octuplet debacle, it must be recognized that it merely scratches the surface of a far larger issue, namely, the fact that far too many IVF practitioners in the United States still feel compelled to transfer multiple embryos at a time. Such practice has resulted in a virtual explosion in the rate of IVF multiple births, which are associated with a markedly higher risk of prematurity, low or very low birth weight, perinatal death and more frequent lingering neurological complications, as well as an increased risk of birth defects.
When comparing singleton with twin and triplet pregnancies we find the following:
- Twins have 3-times greater mortality rate and triplets, 6-times greater than singleton pregnancies.
- Twins have a 6-times greater likelihood of developing cerebral palsy and triplets an 11-times greater likelihood.
- Twins are 50%, and triplets 80% more likely to be born prematurely.
- Mothers of twins are 3-times, and mothers of triplets, 7-times more likely to experience serious pregnancy-induced complications.
First, most infertile patients simply do not perceive any great risk associated with multiple gestations, especially when it comes to twins. In fact most, consider multiple pregnancy to be a "bonus"…a favorable outcome. Faced with the high emotional and financial cost associated with IVF treatment, most couples prefer to complete their families in one attempt so as to "maximize the use of their resources." In fact, when asked, almost 90% of couples undergoing IVF in the United States are desirous of having twins. Some are even interested or covet having high order multiples (triplets or beyond). Education is urgently needed to make IVF candidates fully aware of the risks associated with multiple gestations.
Second is the relative inability to reliably differentiate between embryos that will propagate a healthy pregnancy and those that will not. Most IVF patients erroneously believe that a "pretty", embryo (one given a high embryo grade because it fulfils the microscopic criteria of "good quality") should invariably propagate a baby. This is simply not the case.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that the cumulative birth rate after single embryo transfer (SET), followed by subsequent transfers of individual thawed left-over embryos, is as effective in achieving pregnancy as implanting multiple embryos at one time. And by this approach, the risk of multiple births can be virtually eliminated. Moreover, using the SET approach, more than 80% of women under 40 years will have a baby within 4 attempts.
But it was the recent the introduction of genetic tests such as comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) that, by allowing for the identification of those embryos that are most likely to propagate a viable pregnancy, promises to make it even easier to avoid multiple births. Yes indeed, the transfer of a single CGH-selected embryo results in a healthy baby more than 60% of the time. And what is more, such genetic embryo markers can also improve the efficiency of the IVF process by reducing miscarriages and minimizing the risk of chromosomal birth defects such as Down's Syndrome. With such new technology, the dream of "one embryo, one baby" will hopefully soon become a reality.
No physician seeks to limit the freedom by which he or she practices medicine. On the other hand, when outrages such as IVF-octuplet pregnancies occur, it is time to go back to the drawing board and re-examine/revamp existing practices so as to avoid repetition of such blunders.
Perhaps the time has finally come for mandated regulations that would limit the number of embryos permitted to be transferred to IVF patients in this country.
4 Responses to "Octuplet Pregnancy: Poor Medical Judgment, Patient Indiscretion, or Both?"
Great Blog. I truly see the trend going towards Single Embryo Transfer in most cases. That is a great idea provided the embryo be placed at the Maximal Implantation Potential (MIP) Point. That can be done only with the use of "3D/4D Ultrasound Guided Embryo Transfer". Providing this service will maximize the chances of pregnancy with virtualy eliminating multiples.
Thanks for your comments.
Geoff Sher
I just had two day five blastocysts transferred that had been comprehensively genetically screened and found to have been normal. Both my husband and I would have preferred to have transferred only one embryo, but the cost of each frozen embryo transfer is in excess of 5k before medications. I fully agree that we should move towards a model whereby most transfers are single embryos. And I also encourage re practitioners to factor this in to their pricing so there is no tax on patients who choose to implant one embryo at a time.
Thank you…I concur.
Geoff Sher
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INDIANAPOLIS – State Senator Richard D. Young (D-Milltown) hosted a page from Branchville during the 2013 legislative session.
Perry Central Junior-Senior High School student Sydney Goffinet, 16, served as a Senate page for Young Feb. 12. Goffinet met Young and gained a first-hand look at how the legislative process works during her time at the Statehouse.
ST. MEINRAD – Lisa L. Castlebury of Eugene, Ore., has been named the new treasurer and business manager at Saint Meinrad Archabbey. She succeeds Matt Eckert, who left in January to become president and chief executive officer of Holiday World and Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus. As treasurer and business manager, Castlebury will be responsible for the financial and business affairs of Saint Meinrad, as well as overseeing human resources and physical facilities.
TELL CITY – Deer Creek Baptist Church will have a praise concert at 10:30 a.m. April 21.
Ministerial convention begins Friday CANNELTON – The Gospel Tabernacle Church in Cannelton will host its 46th annual ministerial convention Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Friday and Saturday night service will begin at 7 p.m. and Sunday's service will start at 10 a.m. The church will resume Wednesday night mid-week services at 6:30 p.m. April 10.
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PERRY COUNTY – Wesley Criss became a member of the Ohio Valley Sons of the American Revolution March 2. During the banquet, Criss also received the Sons of the American Revolution War Service Medal."
He served in Afghanistan from July 2008, to July 2009. He received the U.S. Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service and Commitment to Excellence with four distinct achievements listed, plus his commanding officer's hand-written comments that accompanied his commendation. He is the son of Molly Hall and Robert Criss.
The Journal-Democrat welcomes its newest employee, Don Steen. Steen, who was raised in Ferdinand and Tell City, is a 2006 graduate of Tell City High School. He earned his undergraduate degree in history at the University of Southern Indiana.
While there, he worked as an intern at the university's archive, instilling within him, he said, a deep appreciation for the hidden stories of communities across the nation.
PERRY COUNTY – The sixth annual Charlie Tuggle ride will be held April 27 at Braunie's Bar in Tell City. Registration is from 9 to 11 a.m. All bikes will be out at 11 a.m. and all bikes should be back in at 4:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate. Donations from the event will go to Shriners Children's Hospital and Schreiber Family Charities. For more information, call John at 547-7917 or Joe at 547-8803. Rain date for the event is April 28.
James and Kristina Longest of Tell City announce the birth of their son, Samuel Joseph Longest, Friday, March 1, 2013, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City. The infant weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce and was 191/4 inches long. Mrs. Longest is the former Kristina Taylor. Samuel has one older brother, Steven Longest, 10. Grandparents are Lester and Debbie Taylor of Tell City, Cecilia Longest of Louisville, Ky., and the late Leo Longest.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Lindauer will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary April 20, 2013. An open house will be from 3 to 8 p.m. April 27 at the St. Meinrad Legion to honor the couple. They have requested no gifts.
Mr. Lindauer married the former Marion Feltner April 20, 1963, at St. Paul Catholic Church in Tell City. They are the parents of four children, Janie Oeding of Ferdinand, Brenda Henke of Ferdinand, Robert Lindauer of Santa Rita, Guam and Mark Lindauer of Sasebo-Shi, Japan. The couple also have 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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SUMMARY: It's pretty clear that, despite their under-the-radar status, illegal immigrants pay taxes in Alabama –- but like all numbers used in the immigration debate, Sefsaf's $130 million figure contains a certain amount of guesswork. There's some evidence that Georgia has seen adverse economic effects from its immigration law, but those effects are mostly in a single sector of the economy -– agriculture.
ANALYSIS: Sefsaf's column ran in the Sunday edition of The Star, alongside an opposing view by state Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston. A reader requested a fact check of Marsh's column –- which ran in the Thursday edition of the paper. Then Marsh's office requested a fact check of Sefsaf's piece. The Star looked into two of Sefsaf's biggest assertions.
Do Alabama's illegal immigrants pay $130 million per year in state and local taxes?
TRUTH RATING: 3 of 5
"While there is certainly a cost for illegal immigration, it's important to remember that they are taxpayers and consumers, too," Sefsaf wrote. "In fact, they contribute $130 million in income, sales and property taxes in Alabama."
Well, maybe.
For years, the immigration debate has been dogged by the fact that no one knows how many illegal immigrants there really are in the United States. Heads that can be counted are heads that can be found and deported, so undocumented immigrants tend to avoid census workers. Without a hard number of immigrants to begin with, there's an element of guesswork in any set of figures about the undocumented population.
"This is fundamentally a population that we don't observe directly," said Matt Gardner, an analyst for the Institution for Tax and Economic Policy, a progressive Washington think-tank. "There is a lot that we don't know, and anybody who tells you any other way is not being honest."
Gardner is the author of the numbers Sefsaf quoted in her article. In April, ITEP published estimates of the amount of taxes paid by unauthorized immigrants in every state.
Gardner's numbers are based on the proposition that there are now 120,000 illegal immigrants in Alabama. That falls well within the wide-ranging estimate by the Pew Hispanic Center, probably the most respected source on undocumented immigrant numbers.
With that number as a basis, Gardner estimated how much money the average illegal immigrant spent on food, clothing, gas and rent –- estimates that were based on documented immigrants with similar levels of education and income. He used the Pew Center's estimates on the income of illegal immigrants, projecting a household income of about $32,000 per year. That's about $9,000 per year less than the median household income for Alabama and $5,000 less than the median for Calhoun County.
Gardner considered $2,000 of that money untaxable -– a nod to the funds immigrant workers send to their home country.
Gardner concluded that illegal immigrants paid $5.8 million in property taxes. That number may seem odd, given the trouble undocumented immigrants would encounter in trying to purchase property. Gardner said the number is an estimate of the taxes landlords pay on property rented by illegal immigrants.
"It's well known that landlords pass on their property taxes to their renters," Gardner said.
Gardner also estimated that half of Alabama's undocumented immigrants pay income tax. That's based on an estimate found in a 2005 report from the Bush White House. The theory, Gardner said, is that many illegal immigrants do find a way to file income tax, even if they have to use fake paperwork to do it. In total, he estimates their income tax contribution as $25 million per year.
But by far the biggest contribution is from sales tax. Alabama is one of the few states that charges taxes on groceries, making at least some taxation unavoidable for anyone who lives here. Gardner estimates the sales-tax contribution of Alabama's undocumented workers at $98 million.
But there's a catch. Gardner said the $98 million includes more than just the money immigrants pay directly in sales taxes. It also includes the estimated price markup by retailers for taxable items the retailers buy.
"It's a fairly straightforward thing to do," Gardner said. He said accounting for that pass-through cost is common among economists.
Perhaps. For many Alabamians, Gardner's pass-through theory may be too clever by half.
Gardner said his sales-tax pass-through accounted for one-quarter to one-third of the total $98 million sales tax figure. Using his most conservative figure, that would have immigrants paying about $66 million directly in sales taxes.
Add the $25 million in projected income taxes to that $66 million, and you've got undocumented immigrants directly paying about $90 million in taxes.
It's still a sizable number. But like all illegal immigration statistics, it's an estimate stacked on top of another estimate stacked on top of another. And Gardner acknowledges that, no matter how sound the methodology, no hard number is trustworthy.
Still, he's unfazed by suggestions that he's ballparking it.
"If you listen to the political rhetoric lately, you won't hear that the contribution is $130 million –- you'll hear that it's zero," he said. "That's the take-home message here. We don't know exactly how much undocumented immigrants are paying in taxes, but it's not zero."
Have immigration laws had a 'chilling effect' in other states?
TRUTH RATING: 4 of 5
"Similar laws in other states have had a chilling effect on state businesses, putting state-based industries that count heavily on foreign talent and investments at risk," Sefsaf wrote. She went on to mention the German-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp and Korean automaker Hyundai as examples of valuable industries in Alabama -– strongly implying that a Hyundai or a ThyssenKrupp has already bypassed some other state because of the immigration issue.
Like the fish that got away, Sefsaf's lost industries can't be proven or disproven.
She said the law is bound to create second thoughts in the minds of large foreign-based employers, because of problems that could arise even with highly-skilled, legal immigrants.
"Our immigration system has a huge backlog," she said. "It's not uncommon for a legal worker's visa to expire while it's awaiting renewal, and immigration law allows a certain grace period. But do police in Alabama know that?"
Still, Sefsaf acknowledges that she doesn't have an example of a large industry that has avoided states with strict immigration laws.
Sefsaf did provide The Star with reports from the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank. Those reports estimate the economic impact of similar immigration laws in Arizona and Georgia.
One of the Arizona reports predicts a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars to that state's tourism industry. So far, it seems unlikely that a similar loss will occur in Alabama. Entertainers, activist groups and some cities and school districts boycotted Arizona to protest its immigration law, a move that has yet to be tried with Alabama.
The report from Georgia is more sobering. It predicts an impact of up to $300 million due to the exodus of agricultural workers after Georgia's passage of an Arizona-style law.
There's evidence that that prediction is already coming true. The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Association reported Tuesday that $74.9 million worth of crops went unpicked this year, due to a labor shortage. An industry survey in June estimated that 11,000 positions in agriculture were unfilled, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Thursday that Georgia officials are considering a plan to put inmates to work in the fields to fill the gap. Earlier this week, according to the Journal-Constitution, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black addressed a congressional committee on the potential for a guest-worker program that would allow the state to fill its labor gap.
A similar effect may be underway in Alabama. Several Associated Press reports this week have quoted local farmers and builders saying they're having trouble filling jobs, though no hard numbers on the effect of the bill are available yet.
The Arizona and Georgia examples are likely to fade into the background soon, as Alabama's law –- the toughest in the country, some say -– takes effect.
"Everybody and their mother's going to be studying you now," Sefsaf said. "You're the guinea pigs."


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"Consumers have demonstrated time and time again their preference for adding cheese to their Egg Beaters," says Jill Dexter, Egg Beaters brand manager. "With Egg Beaters Three Cheese, we're making it even easier to have a protein-packed, nutritious breakfast with significantly fewer calories and less fat and cholesterol than a similar breakfast made using eggs with yolks."
Each serving has 4g of lean protein and just 25 calories (a serving is only 3 TBS), which is less than half the calories of a shell egg. Plus, Egg Beaters are fortified with important vitamins, such as A, B-12, D and E, and other essential nutrients, such as folic acid and riboflavin.
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What's not to like about this new ceramic pizza stone from Emile Henry .....it's beautiful, it's easy to move from oven or grill to table, thanks to the raised handles, and a pizza cutting wheel can be rolled over it without damage. It takes a while longer to get it sufficiently hot than the similar Lodge cast iron pizza "stone," but once properly heated, it does a great job of cooking pizza. I found that my large Weber charcoal grill does not get quite hot enough to smoke and finish a pizza in a fair amount of time, but a combination of starting one in a very hot oven, then taking it out and moving it to the Weber grill for a few minutes and then placing it back in the hot oven to finish to a brown and bubbling state was perfect for creating something close to a wood-fired oven pizza. This thing is a pleasure to use and is easy to clean. High marks!
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CERN scientists inexplicably present Higgs boson findings in Comic Sans
For many of us, the most shocking revelation to come out of CERN's Higgs boson announcement today was quite unrelated to the science itself. Rather, we were blown away by the fact that a team made up of some of the most undoubtedly brilliant people in the world believe that Comic Sans is an appropriate font for such a historic occasion.
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While criticizing the much-maligned typeface is almost as much of a cliché as using it by now, and there could even have been worse choices, Comic Sans designer Vincent Connare seems to agree that his infamous creation isn't quite the best match for particle physics announcements. Particle physicist Brian Cox, on the other hand...
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Female refugees take many paths to a Vermont resettlement program. But a drive to support their families--sometimes with the first paid employment of their lives--buoys many along, often more successfully than male counterparts.
COLCHESTER, Vt. (WOMENSENEWS)--These days Hsar Ra Bin Ji chats breezily about the difficult times she's survived. The 22-year-old refugee from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, fled her homeland in 2001 and spent her teen years in a western Thailand refugee camp.
"The regime troops would go to houses in the villages and if there was a head male in the household they would recruit him and if not, they would collect fees," Ji said. "My father had passed away and it became too much money for us to pay the fees. So we left."
But she seems stumped when asked to explain why she decided to join this remote resettlement program, even after her husband had second thoughts about moving so far away and withdrew his application.
"I don't know what to say," Ji said softly in Burmese, speaking through a translator. "This is just something that I had to do. There was nothing left for me or for my daughter in that camp."
In March Ji arrived here at the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. By late June she'd began her current job of cleaning rooms in a nearby motel at minimum wage, earning just over $8 an hour.
The program is operated by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a nonprofit agency based in Arlington, Va. It was launched in 1980, the same year the U.S. Refugee Act became federal law and permitted the admission of refugees on humanitarian grounds.
The Vermont program annually accepts approximately 350 people–roughly half of them women--from various conflict-ridden countries in Africa and Asia.
The population constitutes a sliver of the 80,000 refugees the United States is expected to admit in 2010. But it's a standout for helping women navigate what Claudia Connor, director of the International Rescue Committee's U.S. resettlement program, calls the twin challenges of education and employment.
The hallmark of the Vermont program, which arranges rental apartments and housing for its clients in downtown Burlington and accessible surrounding towns, is a 450-strong force of volunteers who facilitate outreach with local employers and community organizations.
The program aims to link employable participants to jobs and financial independence within eight months.
That feat might seem particularly difficult for the women who arrive with no paid-work experience, but volunteer Laurie Stavrand says the adjustment can actually be harder for men who leave jobs they liked and are suffering a loss of status in a new country where they can't speak the language.
"For a lot of women, this can be their first opportunity to work outside the home and they are not mourning the loss of a job that they never had," said Stavrand. "It's a clean slate and they are very enthusiastic and willing to try whatever it takes to support their families."
The program's executive director Judy Scott agrees. "It happens quite a bit more frequently with men that after a few days on a new job they say, 'I just can't do this. This is impossible.' They have their identities wrapped up in their jobs and when that is taken away, that can be so painful they cannot adjust. A woman who did not work before just sees it as a key to a better life."
That was the case for Ji, who never worked before she became a housekeeper at the motel. It's "OK" that language barriers prevent her from communicating with her boss or co-workers, she says. Life is busy and she's glad to send money to her husband, who now regrets his decision to stay behind.


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Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. A society of Polynesian origin that settled there c. A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and original tradition of monumental sculpture and architecture, free from any external influence. From the 10th to the 16th century this society built shrines and erected enormous stone figures known as moai , which created an unrivalled cultural landscape that continues to fascinate people throughout the world.
Rapa Nui, nom autochtone de l'île de Pâques, témoigne d'un phénomène culturel unique au monde. Installée aux environs de l'an 300, une société d'origine polynésienne a développé ici, en dehors de toute influence, une tradition de sculpture et d'architecture monumentales puissante, imaginative et originale. Du Xe au XVIe siècle, elle bâtit des sanctuaires et dressa des personnages gigantesques en pierre, les moai , qui, créant un paysage culturel sans égal, fascinent aujourd'hui le monde entier.
يعكس منتزه رابا نوي، وهو الإسم الأصلي لجزيرة الفصح، ظاهرة ثقافية فريدة في نوعها في العالم أجمع. وقرابة العام 300، شكّل هذا المنتزه موطناً لمجتمع من أصل بولينيزي روّج فيها، وبعيداً عن أي نفوذ خارجي، لتقليد مهم وابتكاري وأصيل من الننحت والهندسة المعمارية. وبين القرنين العاشر والسادس عشر، شيّد هذا المجتمع المحلي أماكن عبادة وتماثيل ضخمة من الحجر، أو الـ "موآي" بالإسبانية، تشكّل إطاراً ثقافياً منقطع النظير لا يزال يسحر العالم كله حتى يومنا هذا.
拉帕努伊是当地人对复活节岛(Easter Island)的称呼,岛上酝酿了一种独特的文化现象。公元300年时玻利尼西亚人(Polynesian)在没有外界影响下,形成了自己独特的、想象丰富的、原汁原味的纪念性雕刻和建筑传统。从10世纪到16世纪,玻利尼西亚人陆续建立了许多神殿,竖起了许多称为莫阿伊(moai)的巨大的石像,至今仍是一道无与伦比的文化风景,吸引全世界各地游人慕名来访。
Рапануи, туземное название острова Пасхи, является свидетельством уникального культурного феномена. Сообщество полинезийского происхождения проживает здесь с IV в., создав мощную, богатую образами, своеобразную традицию монументальной скульптуры и архитектуры, свободную от каких-либо внешних влияний. В период X - XVI вв. это сообщество построило святилища и воздвигло огромные каменные статуи, известные как «моаи», формирующие неповторимый культурный ландшафт, который продолжает поражать людей со всего мира.
Rapa Nui –nombre indígena de la Isla de Pascua– ofrece el testimonio de un fenómeno cultural único en el mundo. Asentada en esta isla hacia el año 300 d.C., una sociedad de origen polinesio creó, al margen de toda influencia externa, grandiosas formas arquitectónicas y esculturales dotadas de una gran fuerza, imaginación y originalidad. Desde el siglo X al XVI, construyó santuarios y esculpió numerosos "moai", gigantescos personajes de piedra que forman un paisaje cultural inigualable y fascinan hoy al mundo entero.
Rapa Nui contains one of the most remarkable cultural phenomena in the world. An artistic and architectural tradition of great power and imagination was developed by a society completely isolated from external cultural influences of any kind for over a millennium. The substantial remains of this culture blend with their natural surroundings to create an unparalleled cultural landscape.
The island was settled around AD 300 by Polynesians, probably from the Marquesas, who brought with them a wholly Stone Age society. All the cultural elements in Rapa Nui before the arrival of Europeans indicate that there were no other incoming groups. Between the 10th and 16th centuries the island community expanded steadily, settlements being set up along practically the entire coastline. The high cultural level of this society is best known from its monumental stone figures (moai ) and ceremonial shrines (ahu ); it is also noteworthy for a form of pictographic writing (rongo rongo ), so far undeciphered.
However, there was an economic and social crisis in the community in the 16th century, attributable to over-population and environmental deterioration. This resulted in the population being divided into two separate groups of clans who were constantly involved in warfare. The warrior class that evolved from this situation gave rise to the so-called Birdman cult, based on the small islands offshore of Orongo, which superseded the statue-building religion and threw down most and slighted most of the moai and ahu.
On Easter Sunday 1722 Jacob Roggveen of the Dutch East India Company chanced upon the island and gave it its European name. It was annexed to Chile in 1888.
The most famous archaeological features of Rapa Nui are the moai, which are believed to represent sacred ancestors who watch over the villages and ceremonial areas. They range in height from 2 m to 20 m and are for the most part carved from the scoria, using simple picks (toli ) made from hard basalt and then lowered down the slopes into previously dug holes.
A number of moai are still in an uncompleted condition in the quarries, providing valuable information about the method of manufacture. Some have large cylindrical pieces of red stone known as pukao, extracted from the small volcano Punapao, as headdresses: these are believed to denote special ritual status. There is a clear stylistic evolution in the form and size of the moai, from the earlier small, round-headed and round-eyed figures to the best-known large, elongated figures with carefully carved fingers, nostrils, long ears, and other features.
The shrines (ahu) vary considerably in size and form. There are certain constant features, notably a raised rectangular platform of large worked stones filled with rubble, a ramp often paved with rounded beach pebbles, and levelled area in front of the platform. Some have moai on them, and there are tombs in a number of them in which skeletal remains have been discovered. The ahu are generally located on the coast and oriented parallel to it.
The Orongo ceremonial village, which was probably the centre of a complex of religious practices related to the Birdman cult, consists of over fifty semi-subterranean stone-houses built in contiguous groups, located on the rim of the Ran Kay crater below a towering cliff. There are abundant remains of the stone houses (hare) built by the earlier inhabitants of the island. The houses were raised on basalt foundation and form the nucleus for associated structures such as ovens or hearths, farm buildings and stone chicken houses. House groups sited near the coast are sometimes associated with round stone towers.
The nature of the geology of the island in such that are many caves (ana ) around the coast of the island, and these were used in the past by the islanders as temporary of permanent dwellings, being converted by the erection of stone walls at their mouths. A number of these contain wall paintings of deities, birds and fertility symbols.
Rapa Nui was settled around AD 300 by Polynesians, probably from the Marquesas, who brought with them a wholly Stone Age society. All the cultural elements in Rapa Nui prior to the arrival of Europeans indicate that there were no other incoming groups; they rule out the many hypotheses that have been advanced regarding settlement from South America, Melanesia, Egypt, or elsewhere. According to island tradition, the colonizing expedition of fifty people in two canoes was led by King Hotu Matu'a.
Between the 10th and 16th centuries the island community expanded steadily, small settlements being set up along practically the entire coastline. The high cultural level of this society was high, and is best known from its monumental stone figures that evolved from this Situation gave rise to the socalled "Birdman" cult, based on the small islands Offshore of Orongo, which superseded the statue-building religion and was instrumental in most of the moai and ahu being thrown down and slighted.
On Easter Sunday 1722 Jacob Roggeveen of the Dutch East India Company chanced upon the island, and gave it its European name. The Spanish, led by Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez, claimed the island in 1770, naming it San Carlos in honour of Carlos III. The celebrated English explorer, Captain James Cook, was there briefly in 1774, and his great French contemporary, the Comte de la Perouse, in 1786. Whalers began to call at the island in the early 19th century, bringing with them venereal disease, which ravaged the population. However, the most devastating impact on the island's society and culture came in the 1860s, when Peruvian slavers carried off some two thousand islanders, including the king and the priests, in 1862. AS a result of public protests, about a hundred of them were put on a ship to be taken back to the island in 1865. However, smallpox broke out on board and only fifteen islanders survived to return to Rapa Nui, bringing with them the disease which led to an epidemic that nearly wiped out the remaining islanders: by 1877 only 111 inhabitants remained out of the estimated population of around 10,000 When Europeans first arrived. The island was annexed by Chile in 1888 in the belief that it had strategic and economic potential, but the mainland farmers who settled there found that agriculture was not profitable. A sheep ranch was moderately successful, but the lease of the company running this operation was revoked in 1952 and the Chilean Navy took control of the island. In the 1960's civil administration was resumed, Easter Island being given the status of a department within the province of Valparaiso. The population is now around two thousand people, about one third of them from Chile and the remainder descendants of the original Polynesian settlers.
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