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Johann Hari can be a persuasive writer, but he loses me when he ditches rational argument for abuse, as he did on 25 September. He thinks the late Queen Mother a cruel, cold, ruthless, bigoted, anti-Semite, Nazi-sympathising, drunken snob. The rest of the Royal Family are dismissed as cold, talentless, warped, dim, snobs.
If there is a debate to be had, republicans won't win it by being as insulting as some monarchists are sycophantic.
W J Casey
London NW7
Although I was vaguely aware that William Shawcross had written an authorised biography of the Queen Mother, it was only after reading Johann Hari's critique that my interest was sufficiently aroused to order the book. I am looking forward to a fascinating read.
David Burton
Wellington, Telford
If I were called upon to construct a constitution from the ground up I probably wouldn't take the idea of a constitutional monarchy as a starting point. Such things are accidents of history.
But we aren't starting with a clean sheet of paper, and so before consigning Windsor & Co to the dustbin we should bear in mind that systems involving a president as a chief executive would turn the head of state into just another politician, and that systems that involve having a retired politician or other dignitary as ceremonial head of state are not immune from controversy either, as the Austrians well know from the Kurt Waldheim episode.
Tim Davidge
Godalming, Surrey
Call me cynical, but I guess Johann Hari can kiss goodbye to that knighthood.
Chris Evans
London SE1
Who creates the nation's wealth?
David Staveley is right to claim that "our society and culture need to find a way by which genuine wealth-creators are rewarded" (letter, 25 September). But who are the "genuine wealth creators"? For years, we have been told that it is business tycoons and financiers who "create wealth", and who thus deserve to be paid huge salaries and bonuses.
Yet I have always believed that it is ordinary front-line workers, on the factory, shop or office floor who actually do the work which ultimately creates the wealth, and provides the investors with a financial return. How would a company make any profit without such staff to make things or sell them to their customers?
So given that each side plays a vital role, but needs the other for the business to flourish, why are those at the top often paid up to 100 times more than those who actually, physically, do the day-to-day work?
Pete Dorey
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Cardiff University
There is much to agree with in Adrian Hamilton's description of what has gone wrong ("How did we ever think greed was good?", 24 September) But he, like too many pundits, pleads guilty on behalf of the rest of us for being complicit.
He asks: "When exactly did we – for, let's face it, we were nearly all complicit in the process – move from being a country that lauded excess to one which now lambasts the drive for personal gain behind it?"
It may help assuage any feelings of complicity he and his friends may have if he spreads blame so widely, and hence thinly, but he does not speak for me, nor I suspect "nearly all of us".
"How did we ever think greed was good?" We didn't. Leave the blame where it belongs.
Eddie Dougall
Walsham le Willows, Suffolk
It was refreshing in your reporting of the demise of MG Rover (12 September) that you did not refer to the money the "Phoenix Four" paid themselves as "earnings".
This was in contrast to the terminology used for bankers, whose outrageous pay is often referred to as "earnings". The latter term should be reserved for money which is truly earned, not merely received.
Susan Wood
Surely no bonuses should be given until the banks have repaid their debts to the public. That might make them hurry up.
P D Hooper
Chale, Isle of Wight
Obama 'snubs' the British lap-dog
How many times does Obama have to snub Brown before he gets the message?
The US President wasn't in any hurry to make a face-to-face contact after the US elections, and being pestered by Downing Street for a prestige meeting (as against a chat when scurrying through kitchens) probably isn't restoring the Prime Minister's lost confidence.
Obama's message to Brown is clear and welcome: Britain, you're on your own. Don't crawl, don't boot-lick the President, because when you become the lap-dog you get led into terrible blunders, like Iraq. And both you and your nation lose your pride.
In other words: UK, grow up. Be independent.
Tim Symonds
Burwash, East Sussex
If Gordon Brown thinks that he has been snubbed by Barack Obama, he should try flying on a scheduled flight to the USA.
He would lose all fantasies that the British still have a "special relationship" with the Americans. Routine humiliation is normal when passing through immigration.
Gordon Smith
Real refugee crisis is still to come
One could not agree more with your editorial commentary that "Europe needs to face up to the migration challenge" (23 September).
The decision by the French government to demolish the "Jungle" camp at Calais throws yet another powerful spot-light on the Nato-led war in Afghanistan and the so-called out-of-area operations in Africa. Scores of British troops have died and many more will die in Afghanistan in order to promote democracy, human rights and education for women, and get rid of the Taliban as well as the narcotic drugs that fund their genocidal war. Yet Afghans would rather stay at the Jungle camp than in their own country.
Only the previous day you reported that the Nato Commander General Stanley McChrystal had given a warning that "the tide in favour of the Taliban could not be reversed without strategic changes".
The General should have added that if the mission fails, as seems likely, the Taliban would retake the country, sending millions of refugees fleeing towards Europe, especially the UK.
Sam Akaki
Director, Democratic Institutions for Poverty Reduction in Africa, London W3
Yet another state intrusion
Terence Blacker's article on paranoia (16 September) puts me in mind of an even greater intrusion of the state into people's lives. This is the Government's proposals for regulating home schooling. These represent a considerable extension of the state's powers.
Currently, parents are responsible in law for the education of their children. Under the new proposals, parents will have to ask for permission to educate their children, will have to follow a set curriculum and will be subject to inspection, and the children will be interviewed alone to check up on progress. The reason for this is that there may be a small amount of abuse by parents or some ineffective education.
Not only that, but an estimated 80,000 children are involved, all of whom will need to be inspected by the local councils. Most of these will be caring and responsible parents but, in the nature of these things (checklists and the like) a good proportion of them will be identified (in error) as causing concern. Goodness knows what unnecessary expense for the parents (and the council) and worry that will entail. I believe these proposals have the makings of a social disaster unless they are reconsidered.
Michael McGuffie
Wellington, Somerset
Punishment with no due process
Matthew Norman lists some of the less attractive traits of our government("The perfect New Labour scandal", 24 September). It seems impossible to raise public awareness of the deep damage done to our civil liberties by these people.
This government has invented the concept of a "civil offence". Apparently this allows transgressions to be punished by a "fine" imposed without due process by a variety of non-judicial bodies ranging from the "regulators" to Civilian Enforcement Officers.
Lady Scotland's actions should have involved a court hearing and a finding or a plea of guilty. If there is a law it should be enforced with due process. If the law cannot be enforced by due process, then perhaps it lacks the popular support necessary for the rule of law to prevail in a liberal democracy.
This Government has shown complacency and arrogance in its efforts to control the little people; but no opposition party seems concerned to put these wrongs right.
John Henderson
Forbidden to give a child a lift
I am a male hockey player in my mid-fifties. A while ago I was asked if I would mind regularly giving a lift to a 14-year-old to our matches. As I had to drive right past his house anyway I was happy to do so.
If it was now, I would have to pay a fee, roughly equal to my annual hockey club subscription, for the privilege. As I do not know the lad or his family, I would politely decline. Of course I would still be allowed to go stark naked into the communal showers with him after the game.
Graham Griggs
Leigh on Sea, Southend
Laurie van Someren (letter, 22 September) is quite wrong that a "Vetting and Accepting Service" would be better than the Vetting and Barring Service. Vetting and accepting implies that a person must prove they have done nothing wrong to be accepted, while vetting and barring means that if a person has done something wrong they will be barred. Given that the former is equivalent to being guilty until proven innocent, vetting and barring is more in line with natural justice.
Thomas Wiggins
Wokingham, Berkshire
When Prince William visits one of his charities to hug a kiddie, does he pay the £64 registration fee, or is he a volunteer who gets it free?
David Picksley
South Croydon, Surrey
Stephen Pimenoff (letter, 25 September) suggests that Tony Blair converted to Roman Catholicism because he realised the depth of his sins. Seeing his continued role in public life and pursuit of the future office of President of the EU, I gauge there is little evidence he has even started to realise the extent of his wrong-doings.
Derek Brundish
Horsham, West Sussex
Strange allies
Alex Macfie (letter, 24 September) points out that the German FDP "belongs to the same pan-EU political group as the UK Liberal Democrats". However, in the same issue of The Independent, Mary Dejevsky's feature on the German election notes that Ms Merkel "has made no secret of her strong preference for joining up with the FDP, whose flagship policies are business-friendly tax cuts and an end to the phasing out of nuclear power". Perhaps the Lib Dems can be compared with the British Conservatives in their apparently strange choice of European Parliament partners.
Bob Gledhill
Defence cuts
P Ingham (letters, 25 September) suggests a public subscription for armour for our soldiers, to shame the Government into supplying it. It would be cheaper (albeit more difficult) just to shame the Government into refraining from getting embroiled in irresponsible military adventures, thus ensuring that the soldiers don't need armour in the first place.
John Shepherd
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Recipe for confusion
I am becoming increasingly confused by The Independent. One minute you are expressing concerns about environmental damage and then on 24 September you print a recipe for "roast pumpkin and asparagus lasagne". While this sounds appetising, it would be difficult to find a dish with two ingredients so seasonally different. Where does the asparagus come from at this time of year, Peru?
Nigel Wardle
Stapleton, Leicestershire
Nuclear umbrella
World leaders who are working to reduce nuclear arms must remember that we need to keep a few of those warheads in stock just in case we have adequate advance warning of an errant asteroid, or some of those pesky aliens arrive and turn out not to be friendly. I haven't funded Hollywood for all these years to see that happen.
Charles Oglethorpe
Woking, Surrey
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The 2014 Underwood Stakes has been won by Foreteller, who gave trainer Chris Waller his second Group 1 victory in the space of 15 minutes at Caulfield this afternoon.
There was not expected to be a great deal of early speed in the Underwood Stakes, but jockey Michael Walker elected to press forward on Crackerjack King in the early stages of the race and made sure the race was run at a solid tempo.
Foreteller was ridden closer to the speed in the early stage of the race by jockey Glen Boss, but he was still able to show an impressive turn-of-foot to score a narrow win from Happy Trails and brave front-runner Crackerjack King.
Boss had not ridden a Group 1 winner since he took out the 2013 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) on Rebel Dane and he was delighted to return to winning form at the highest level of racing.
The leading hoop paid credit to trainer Chris Waller, who won the Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) with Sacred Falls just before the running of the Underwood Stakes, and said that he was thrilled to be able to develop an association with Foreteller.
"It is just great to be a part of it and great to be a part of this horse," Boss said.
"I have only been on him twice, but I really enjoy his charisma and he is a pretty groovy horse to ride.
"He put himself in a good spot today from the barrier and he just kept creeping into the race.
"He is a tricky horse, you need to keep the bit in his mouth as long as possible because you can nullify his sprint if you go too son on him.
"It just worked out great there.
"This is an important race here for the spring and an important race for me, it has been a long time in between drinks for me in Group 1's.
"I am just thrilled to be given the opportunity by Chris to ride a quality individual like this.
"You just have to admire this horses courage."
Foreteller had not recorded a race win since he took out the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington over a year ago and Justine Hales, Chris Waller's foreman in Melbourne, was thrilled to see the veteran gelding return to the winners circle.
Hales admitted that she was concerned when Boss had Foreteller positioned so close to the speed, but was delighted that the Dansili gelding was still able to finish off strongly and she confirmed that the seven-year-old would have another crack at the Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m).
"It is lovely to see this horse win again," Hales said.
"He always tries and he is very honest.
"I was a little bit worried today because he was handier than usual and I was hoping that he could sprint.
"I think it was good that the other horse came back a bit and he caught Happy Trails on the outside of his eye and he kept trying."


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Happy Halloween!
We know this is a day late, but we were clearly too busy collecting Halloween candy and seeing all the amazing costumes that the kids were wearing this year and they came trick or treating. We hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Halloween this year. We also have a bit of news for everyone. Grace was back doing some print work for a company she is no stranger too. Grace worked for Disguise Costumes again, something she last did back in 2012, so she has grown quite a bit since then.
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Mammoth Family Fun!!
To kick things of this year, Grace and her family made a trip out to Mammoth. Last year when they went we got some beautiful photos of Grace playing in the snow. Well her mom surely didn't fail this year and we have an added bonus! Grace and her sister Faith took to the snow and did an amazing photoshoot together. These girls sure are growing up so fast. Speaking of growing up really fast, Grace was three years old when we opened her website and was turning four. The tiny little human with bouncy curls is celebrating her thirteenth birthday. We hope you have a wonderful day celebrating 13 Gracie girl and everyday following! Happy Birthday Grace!!!!!
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The General Synod of the Church of England has cleared the way for a ban on clergy membership of the British National Party.
Members of the Church's national assembly gave final approval to legislation making it "unbecoming" or "inappropriate" conduct for clergy to be members of a political party with policies and activities declared "incompatible" with Church teaching on race equality.
Under the measure, the Church of England bishops would make a declaration on parties or organisations deemed incompatible with Christian teaching.
The bishops would have to vote by a two-thirds majority in favour of proscribing an organisation with the General Synod given the opportunity to endorse or reject a decision.
Where a political party was deemed to have changed its views, the ban could be lifted by a simple majority vote by the bishops.
The move was first proposed three years ago by Vasantha Gnanadoss, a Metropolitan Police civilian worker and General Synod member.
The Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Rev Christopher Hill, told the General Synod meeting in York that the legislation showed the "care and concern" of the Church of England for the equality of all human beings.
The British National Party attacked the move.
A spokesman said: "We are a modern, forward thinking and progressive nationalist party.
"We are non-discriminatory and we have a constitution to match."
He added: "It is high time that was put out there. The Church of England has to keep up to date - they are stuck in the 1970s."
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A back injury early Wednesday while reaching for his shoes left Roy Williams horizontal for most of the day leading up to the game, including almost four hours in the Smith Center training room. When he shuffled out with just minutes before the starting lineups, he handed t-shirts to the students rather than fire them with his usual vigor. (Tar Heel Blue)
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Maybe this is commonplace for others, but I've just got my first sex-chat-spam on Skype. It's from someone called Veronica Sexy, whose profile indicates that it's unlikely to be someone I've met and just forgotten about (as if I would):
Just in case you can't read that last bit, it reads:
can't wait to get real nasty and show off 🙂 IM REAL MISS WEB CAM!
Reply to the message and immediately you're asked to share your contact details (a la Skype.) I didn't risk having Veronica spam all my friends (not sure how that would work, but I've got some nice people on my list, and I'd hate for them to be upset.) But I did reply to her message, and her responses were quick, and, dare I say it, felt a trifle automated:
[8:53:55 AM] Veronica sexy says: Hi are U busy?
[9:03:43 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: hi
[9:03:50 AM] Veronica sexy says: How are u ?
[9:04:30 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: i'm great. who are you?
[9:04:31 AM] Veronica sexy says: I would love to chat with you, come on http://www.SkyperSex.com !!!
[9:04:36 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: no thanks
[9:04:37 AM] Veronica sexy says: I would love to chat with you, come on http://www.SkyperSex.com !!!
[9:04:45 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: i'm a bit busy. really
[9:04:47 AM] Veronica sexy says: My internet connection is very bad come on http://www.SkyperSex.com !!!
[9:04:54 AM] Jeremy Wagstaff says: my internet connection is great!
That was the last I head of Veronica, although her scent lingers on.
The web address, by the way, is pretty much what you expect it will be — lots of alleged clips of ladies cavorting. The administrator of the website is one Alexandrof Tiberiu in Moscow, who also owns www.yourlivecams.com.
I guess what's interesting here is that Skype don't seem to do much policing of this kind of thing. This could be a sex site spam, or it could be something worse.
(If you want to prevent Veronica getting in touch with you, go into Skype options, Privacy settings, and click on the Show Advanced Options button. Make sure the Allow chats from… option is only people in my Contact List:
Chances are Veronica won't come calling. Frankly, your life won't be the poorer for it.
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And she seemed like such a nice girl too…
I thoroughly enjoyed your whimsical, humorous reporting of such an annoyance. Your blog is a great addition to my feed reader.
Freudian slip much?
"That was the last I head of Veronica" 😉
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hi i love sex send to me your photo
Unfortunately, at least in the latest Mac release, setting the privacy preferences to allow chats/calls only from contacts does not seem to block these. I've been getting 3-4 a day. I've tweaked my firewall settings, toggled and untoggled the Skype preferences, and still they get through somehow.
Unfortunately, blocking chats just makes them try to add you to your contact list instead. Skype needs a captcha type system for new contacts.
I just got 5 of these in a row in rapid succession (appx 3 minute time period). All of them from different "people". (obviously bots, as two of the "people" had different names yet the same photo.
My question is what technique they use to do this? How do we prevent this from happening in the first place?
Whoa — make that 6 times. Just got another — different name, same photo. Blast-o-matic on the skypespam!
She is sexy! I guess that how spammer would get ones attention specially men.
Thanks for sharing. Why people like to spam our email? I hate this because everyday I need to delete all spam mail.


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Okay, so it's been a long time since you have performed every exercise routine to lose weight. But the sad thing is, there isn't much of a difference you can see. And so you have decided to practice yoga for weight loss.
Before you begin practising yoga to lose weight, you should ask yourself a question – Is yoga a good option if you want to lose weight? Here is all you need to know about calories burned in yoga.
The answers are a bit complex. But don't worry! This post gives you the required answers in the simplest possible way! We do know that yoga stretches our muscles, increases flexibility, and helps in relaxation. But is yoga good for weight loss too? Read to find out!
What Is Yoga?
Yoga is a vast subject. We can call it an ocean of ancient knowledge. To understand yoga in its entirety would take an entire lifetime. So, it is best to stick to the most basic definition of yoga. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word "Yuj" which means 'union' and is interpreted to mean the union of the body with the mind.
Yoga is an ancient Indian discipline and is not merely an exercise regime. It has a 2000-year-old legacy behind it which was chronicled by the Indian sage Patanjali as 'Yoga Sutras'.
[ Read: How Many Calories Does Surya Namaskar Help To Burn ]
Different Types Of Yoga:
There are different Schools of yoga that practice different types or styles of yoga. There are more than 20 different types of yogic exercises that are being practiced around the world right now and some of them have been developed just a few decades ago while a few have always been there, so as to speak. To give an example, Power yoga, a more vigorous type of yoga which focuses on losing weight is a new addition, while Hatha yoga is ancient.
Different types of yoga require differing amounts of balance, strength, power and uses up different amounts of calories. And the basic, easy–to-do asanas burn less amount of calories than the advanced, physically taxing, and complex yoga asanas.
The next logical question flashing in your mind should be this – So does the vigorous Ashtanga and Power yoga or 'Hot' (Bikram) yoga burn up more calories and fat? Let's get to the facts and start by understanding the term 'calorie burn' first.
Calorie Burn While Doing Popular Exercises:
All of us know that the way to lose weight is by burning off more calories. The more calories you burn, the more weight you lose. But calorie burn is not that simple too. It is highly variable. Why? Because different people don't lose the same amount of calories by doing the same activity.
Heavy people, for example, burn more calories because they carry more body weight and so do people with genetically high metabolism and people like athletes who have a higher percentage of lean muscle fibers.
The number of calories you burn while exercising is dependent on the exercise you do, your weight, and the time spent doing the exercise.
[ Read: Does Heat Yoga Help You Lose Weight ]
The Average Calorie Burn Of Some Simple Activities:
- Resting: You burn 1- 1.5 calories per minute. This depends on your body weight. Rounding off, it means you spend about 60-75 calories in an hour.
- Slow Walking: You burn 2-5 calories per min. while taking a leisurely stroll (about 2 miles an hour pace). This means you use about 90 – 225 calories in 45 minutes.
- Brisk Walking: By walking at a pace of 4 miles per hour, you'll burn around ten calories per minute, which means 207- 450 calories in 45 minutes.
- Running: By running at 6.7 miles per hour, you will burn about 20 calories per minute. This notches up to around 855 calories per hour.
Calories Burned In Yoga:
An average yoga class lasts for an hour. Now, facts say that to get weight loss benefits, you must burn at least 800 calories in an hour. So, the yoga postures and exercises during the entire class must be as strenuous as running at 6.7 miles per hour.
That does seem like a tough task because most yoga asanas are interspersed with just lying down and getting your breath back (shav asana).
Yoga, on the other hand, has a number of cures for most of our modern lifestyle diseases. Because it works on the breath, it is perhaps the best thing ever discovered (after meditation) to control stress, anxiety, and sleeplessness. Study after study has proved that yoga benefits our endocrine, circulatory, respiratory or just about any other system in our body. It can be used as a cure for diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases and even depression.
What Does The Research Say?
Research too pretty much points in the same direction. Independent studies that measured the metabolic rates of beginners at yoga found a calorie burn of 2.3-3.2 calories per minute. This is just about the same that one would burn while strolling around one's neighborhood park. Just for your reference, to reduce 1 pound of fat from your body, you have to work off 3500 calories.
[ Read: Calories Do You Burn In One Hour Of Yoga ]
But What About The More Strenuous Yoga Exercises Like 'Hot' Yoga Or Power Yoga?
In 'Hot' yoga, people perform asanas at high room temperatures to burn fat and in more vigorous types of yoga, they perform more strenuous asanas with smaller breaks. But, do these types of yoga help in losing weight? Studies have been done, and they have found that vigorous forms of yoga like Ashtanga, raise the heart beat of practitioners to just about 30 beats/ minute over the resting heart rate.
Just to compare, a heart rate of just 30 beats over the resting heart rate is not effective for weight loss as this can be achieved even by doing simple chores like gardening, walking or cleaning. And hence, this minor increase in heart rate might be beneficial to your heart but may not help you lose a significant amount of fat.
Are you ready to burn calories with yoga? So your takeaway from this post should be this – practice yoga for better health and well-being, and not with just a motive to lose weight!
Of course, what good are beauty and a slim figure if you are not happy and lack mental peace?
Do you practice yoga daily? Are you aware of the calories burnt in yoga? What are the changes in your body that you have observed? Share with us in the comments section!
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Perhaps even more so than in America, baseball is the national past time in Cuba. So, you'd figure when an entire MLB game aired on Cuban TV for the first time in more than 50 years, some of the population might have been excited.
Eh, apparently not. Most of the Cubans the AP talked to weren't too impressed, and noted that the game featured no Cuban players. We're guessing that probably wasn't by accident.
The game aired in full Sunday night on "Baseball International," but was actually played months ago on May 2 between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves. It's unclear if Cuban government actually got permission from the MLB, but the AP points out, " Cuban commentators provided color and play-by-play over the original English, which could be heard faintly in the background." So, it doesn't exactly seem like the most legit thing.
While tourists in hotels can access international cable channels like ESPN, most residents can only turn into the Cuban government controlled open air-waves. In the past four months the new "Baseball International" program has been airing professional games from leagues across the world, but Sunday's programming was the first to feature an American game.
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INTRODUCTION: Hyponatremia is defined as serum sodium concentration [Na+] of less than 135 mEq/L; Current treatment recommendations for asymptomatic hyponatremia patients include the correction of 0.5 mmol/L per hour to avoid osmotic demyelination. In this report we present a case of extreme hyponatremia associated with cirrhosis and its successful correction with the use of combination of a vasopressin receptor antagonist and normal saline infusion.
CASE PRESENTATION: A 41 year old man presented with progressively increasing bilateral lower extremity swelling. He also had watery diarrhea. His past medical history was significant for cirrhosis secondary to alcohol abuse. On physical examination, he was afebrile His abdomen was distended, non-tender with normal bowel sounds. On laboratory studies, his sodium was 94 mmol/L, potassium 3.2 mmol/L, chloride 59 mmol/L. Fractional excretion of sodium was 0.08%. The patient was placed on IV normal saline and conivaptan infusion. The serum sodium was measured every 4 hours initially and increased by 12meq/hr in the first 24 hours and to 122 meq/L by completion of 3 days of conivaptan infusion. By day 6, his sodium improved to 134. His level of alertness improved as the serum sodium increased.
DISCUSSIONS: The severe hyponatremia of serum [Na+] of 94 mEq/L in this patient was likely multifactorial caused mainly by cirrhosis, beer potomania and diarrhea. Patients with cirrhosis can have hypovolemic hyponatremia secondary to diuretic use and more commonly hypervolemic hyponatremia due to marked impairment of renal solute -free water excretion. Both can be differentiated on the basis of history and physical examination by the presence or absence of edema or ascites. The treatment of hyponatremia is determined by the severity, duration and volume status. Severe symptomatic hyponatremia is a medical emergency and use of hypertonic saline for rapid correction is recommended. Rapid correction in asymptomatic patients can lead to central pontine myelinolysis.(1)Until recently, treatment options for euvolemic and hypervolemic hyponatremia consisted mainly of water restriction, diuresis or hypertonic solutions. These treatment modalities are limited by variable efficacy, slow onset of action, non-compliance and serious toxicities. AVP receptor antagonist is a new class of drugs being used in treatment of hyponatremia like Conivaptan. (2) This case is interesting as this patient had very low serum sodium and was treated with a combination of conivaptan and normal saline infusion together. The result was a gradual and progressive reversal of hyponatremia without any neurological deficits or signs of dehydration. Our principle of conivaptan and normal saline infusion was based on the basic step of blockage of V2 receptors. This would enhance the free water excretion from the body and saline leading to retention of salt. Also giving volume to the patient enabled us to use conivaptan infusion for longer without any signs or symptoms of dehydration.
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Basically, you got this empty piece of cardboard and then months later Kenner would send you four actual action figures. An early example of the greed of Lucasfilm? Or of the blind devotion of Star Wars fans?
Today we know him as RA-7, but back in the day the Death Star Droid was a fearsome and strange thing. Seemingly composed of a metallic insect mixed with a humanoid droid, this guy was certainly up to no good whatever his deal was.
Interestingly, a bit of research shows us that the original Kenner Death Star Droid design gave him a C-3PO type body and an even more fly-like head, though somehow that protocol-droid torso would've taken away from the scare factor on this silver and black muther.
The play set to end all play sets, this four-level piece featured a massive cannon, a retractable catwalk for pre-incestuous swinging Luke and Leia action, a trash compactor, an elevator, control room, and more! Sure, perhaps the cardboard walls of the thing looked sturdier than they were -- meaning not too many Death Stars have survived to see the 21st century -- but to finally see what the tentacled trash monster (included with!) actually looked like was pretty great.
The pure bulk of this beauty was enough to secure any kid's relationship with an errant father or negligent mother, fixing in mere minutes what years of poor parenting had almost wrecked. Oh yes, we could be bought in 1979, with the Falcon's opening panel which exposed the inside of the ship -- the chessboard, the hidden compartment, the gun seat -- plus that cockpit, the landing gear, and radar dish...
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It is a battle waged with robots, state-of-the-art engineering and some of the most advanced filtering equipment on the planet, and by the time it is finished, the world will be half way through the 21st century. But the men in charge of cleaning up after the Fukushima nuclear disaster – the worst since Chernobyl – have insisted that it is all going according to plan.
During a rare tour through the radioactive carcass of the Daiichi nuclear plant, journalists were told that the removal of thousands of highly radioactive fuel rods is "progressing." But the cleanup, two years after the plant was pummeled by a huge earthquake and tsunami, is plagued by a buildup of irradiated water that is increasing so fast operator Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) is running out of space to store it.
Radiation in some areas of the plant are still too high to allow work – the level outside Unit 3 is 1,710 microsieverts an hour, enough to quickly induce radiation sickness. Tepco is reportedly struggling to find people willing to work at the plant. And engineers can still only estimate the precise location of the nuclear fuel that melted through the containment vessels of three reactors.
"Even though we are still faced with difficult tasks, we will steadily push… toward decommissioning," said plant manager Takeshi Takahashi, who apologised "to people all over the world for the concern that we have caused at the Daiichi plant." Mr Takahashi predicted that safely dismantling the six-reactor facility would take up to 40 years.
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The hilarious Karin Gillespie returns with her "flair for timing and a cheeky Southern turn of phrase." (Booklist) "Witty and smart, entertaining and lyrical, in Love Literary Style author Karin Gillespie explores all facets of love and language through her evocative characters and charmingly delicious plot. Aaron and Laurie's story is the intellectual's romantic comedy, an uproariously winning tale that is sure to delight a wide range of readers, but particularly those who desire a book with heart." —Laura Spinella, bestselling author of Ghost Gifts "Love Literary Style is an intelligently written novel packed with Southern wit. This is a story book clubs will devour. It's warmly humorous, thought-provoking and shines with emotional depth." –Amy Avanzino, author of Wake-Up Call and From the Sideline "Cheeky and charming, Gillespie's sweet, outlandish fable is as much a sendup of books, authors, and the publishing industry as it is a love letter to it all. Like the Pink Lady cocktails stodgy Aaron can't help but adore, Love Literary Style is a frothy and irresistible concoction–that packs a surprising punch." –Phoebe Fox, author of The Breakup Doctor series "Funny, empathetic, and wise. Gillespie shines a light into dark corners we need to examine, but somehow manages to entertain us at the same time. A fantastic read." – Susan M. Boyer, USA Today Bestselling Author of Lowcountry Book Club (on Girl Meets Class) They say opposites attract, and what could be more opposite than a stuffy literary writer falling for a self-published romance writer? Novelist Aaron Mite meets Laurie Lee at a writers' colony and mistakenly believes her to be a renowned writer of important fiction. When he discovers she's a self-published romance author, he's already fallen in love with her. Aaron thinks genre fiction is an affront to the fiction-writing craft. He often quotes the essayist, Arthur Krystal who says literary fiction "melts the frozen sea inside of us." Ironically Aaron doesn't seem to realize that he's emotionally frozen. The vivacious Laurie, lover of flamingo-patterned attire and all things hot pink, is the one person who might be capable of melting him. In the tradition of The Rosie Project, Love Literary Style is a sparkling romantic comedy which pokes fun at the divide between low and high brow fiction. Related subjects include: chick lit, women's fiction, humor, humorous fiction, Southern humor, Southern living, friendship. Books by Karin Gillespie: GIRL MEETS CLASS, A Novel LOVE LITERARY STYLE, A Novel The Bottom Dollar Girls Series: BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR (#1) A DOLLAR SHORT (#2) DOLLAR DAZE (#3) Part of the Henery Press Chick Lit Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all... Author Bio: Karin Gillespie is national bestselling author of five novels and a humor columnist for Augusta Magazine. Her nonfiction writing has been in the New York Times, The Writer Magazine and Romantic Times. She maintains a website and blog at Karingillespie.net. Sign up for her newsletter on her website, follow her on Twitter or connect with her on Facebook.
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Hoffpauir shouldn't have to worry about that for now.
The left-handed hitting first baseman batted .319 and clubbed 16 home runs and 24 doubles while driving in 73 runs in 82 games with Triple-A Iowa this season. He missed the final two months of the season after sustaining an injury to his left knee on July 2.
The 27-year-old Hoffpauir underwent surgery on July 13 and recently returned to Mesa, Ariz., to continue his rehab.
"I was on second base, (Geovany) Soto was hitting, and he hit a ball into the gap. I was coming around third base and to me it was more of a freak thing than anything because I wasn't running hard. I was going to score easily and it just happened that I ended up feeling something pop as I rounded third," Hoffpauir recalled.
The official diagnosis that Hoffpauir received from Team Orthopedist Dr. Stephen Gryzlo was that he tore his articular cartilage.
Hoffpauir said his rehab will last roughly 16 weeks from the date of surgery. Since he had the operation performed in mid-July, he is roughly seven and a half weeks into his rehab.
"They did the surgery on Friday the 13th," Hoffpauir said. "I walked into the hospital and Dr. Gryzlo came in and jokingly grabbed the wrong leg. He said he was just giving me a hard time."
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The injury couldn't have come at a more inopportune time as Hoffpauir was one of Iowa's best hitters at the date of his injury.
A solid fixture in the Cubs' farm system since being selected in the 13th round of the 2002 draft from Lamar University, Hoffpauir had been enjoying arguably his finest season to date.
Finally getting his chance to perform on a big league stage – Hoffpauir was invited to Big League Spring Training this past February at the last minute – in September, if not sooner, seemed like a foregone conclusion.
"With all the changes we've had, this might have been his time," said Iowa manager Buddy Bailey. "I'm sure by now he would have gotten a chance to be on the 40-man roster and gotten called up to Chicago. But it's one of those things you can't control."
It's only natural that Hoffpauir has pondered what might have been if he had stayed healthy and finished out the season.
"I can't sit here and lie and tell you that I haven't thought about it," Hoffpauir said. "You look back on the season I had and you can't help but wonder. It's something that I'm going to have to learn how to deal with and I think I've done a pretty good job of it.
"All I can do is do my best to get back in shape for next season and see what happens," he said.
His manager at Iowa didn't need to be told what a tough hit his lineup took when Hoffpauir went down.
A large part of the RBIs that Soto (the eventual Pacific Coast League MVP) was getting in the second half of the season were ones that Hoffpauir was getting earlier in the year, Bailey noted.
"At the time (of the injury), he was our Most Valuable Player," Bailey said of Hoffpauir. "He was hitting in the middle of the lineup and he really made our inner-diamond defense good because there were very few balls that ever hit the dirt and got by him. We used a lot of different people at first base that did OK, but they're still not the same kind of defensive first baseman that he is.
"Hoffy helped a lot of our infielders early in the year by saving errors and getting their confidence to where they played better than maybe they're used to playing," Bailey said.
All Hoffpauir knows is that he's been playing baseball for a long time, and he can't ever imagine a life outside of it.
The game of baseball is his.
"I really don't see anything else in the world right now that I could be doing," said Hoffpauir.


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this piece was the perfect size for my sister's new home. It holds her large serving platters but is still not so deep that it takes up a lot of the living room. It really ads a lot to the space....
Alsa 2-door 3-drawer Buffetby I Love Living
ITEM#: 80004336Keep serving pieces and dining room linens organized and within easy reach with this handsome buffet. This Alsa two-door buffet offers three storage drawers for holding folded napkins and tablecloths. Open the two doors to find additional room for serving bowls and utensils, and make use of the unit's expansive top for holding desserts or other items during dinner.
- Materials: Rubberwood
- Finish: Wenge
- 4 adjustable shelves
- Integrated door/drawer pulls
- Dimensions: 36 inches high x 59 inches wide x 19 inches deep
. This product ships in three (3) boxes.
Assembly required - see below for instructions
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Gorgeous piece
this piece was the perfect size for my sister's new home. It holds her large serving platters but is still not so deep that it takes up a lot of the living room. It really ads a lot to the space.Read More
Great impact
good quality and size for the price. Solid wood construction. Drawer mechanisms are a little less quality than other products I've purchased from Overstock. But, that is not visible, at all, and, for a unit that will not have the drawers operated daily, it should hold up without issue (it's not a dresser, or a kids storage unit). Overall, pleased with the purchase and would buy again.Read More
Looks good, assembly needs 2 people, drawers wonky
Looks great! VERY heavy, very solid, took a while to put together. Drawers have difficulty closing most of the time, like the rails aren't quite right even though correctly assembled. But it holds quite a lot of stuff.Read More
Very Impressive!
This is a fine piece of furniture. Very impressed with it. Easy to assemble, and looks great in our kitchen!Read More
Total junk
We purchased these drawers along with several other furniture items this year. A few months later, we noticed the drawers were getting more difficult to roll. After further examination, if was found that the rollers were all coming apart. In addition to that, the cabinet itself was flexing and causing everything to get out of sync. The other items we bought (of this same style) are all doing the same thing, so it's not an isolated issue. We spend **** of our hard earned money for something "nice" and we are very disappointing to say the least. We're not sure what to do with this junk. We don't even have a few months of use with these and they're hardly usable! Don't buy.Read More
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its okay
I don't like veneer, so I was excited to see that this is made from solid rubber wood. After I bought it, I checked what this rubber wood actually is, and the general description is that its about the cheapest wood available. I have another runner wood item from Overstock and that split open after only a few months. Holding my breath for this one. Assembly was doable, but it did take 2 rather handy people (I think...) a whole evening. Poor instructions, and they saved on material where they could (cheap press-wood on inside of drawers). Make sure, if you buy it, to realize that this comes in 3 boxes (I didnt remember reading that on the website - but it is on there). We initially got delivered 2 huge ones and just assumed that all would arrive at once, only to unpack everything, have a big mess everywhere and then wonder where certain parts are... That made for a very crappy evening...Read More
Impossible to put together
I was overly ambitious when I thought I could put this together by myself. In fact, I am taking a break now to write this review. I had been working on it for 4 hours, and I am only halfway done. I might have been able to save some time if I owned a power drill, but I only have a hammer and a couple of screwdrivers. The panels are solid wood, so it was very difficult for me to keep the screws straight and to put pressure all at the same time (I'm only 5 feet tall and 100 #s). Most of the screws went in crooked and that's not good. I got to the stage of putting on the doors, and that process defeated me. I am going to give up today and get a friend to come tomorrow to help me with this. But for my lack of skills in putting this together, I think the product itself is very sturdy and pretty. The finish looks as it does in the picture, and the buffet is larger than I imagined. I plan to use it to store linens, toiletries, and other like things because my bathroom has no storage whatsoever. Once it's completed, I am sure I'll be very happy with it, but for now, I am rather bitter as I look at all the parts strewn across my hallway and living room. I will also buy a power drill tomorrow.Read More
Beautiful piece of furniture
After reading some of the reviews on this product, we were a little reluctant to purchase. The reviews were mixed. Some reviewers said that it took up to 5+ hrs to assemble. One reviewer indicated that the product was shipped in three separate boxes that arrived at different times. Since it was a perfect match to our decor and was what we were looking for, we decided to ignore the reviews and buy anyway. We received the shipment within 5 days of order and all 3 boxes arrived together. Instructions were detailed and concise. Parts were clearly marked. Assembly went smoothly and only took my husband and me approximately 3 hours. Once assembled, we were so happy with our decision. It looks like it was delivered preassembled from a furniture showroom floor. The Alsa wood is absolutely gorgeous. We are so very pleased with our decision!Read More
beautiful ... very nice piece
before I ordered this product I read the reviews and was a bit afraid of the assembly process as everybody complained about it being too difficult. Well, I am not a rocket scientist but I was not too complicated to assembly ... lay out all parts in front of you, and always compare number on instruction with what you are doing and nothing should go wrong ... you should have a electric drill though as this will save you tons of work screwing everything together. I did it all by myself, no help and is was not a problem at all ...Read More
I bought this for my dining room , put them together , looks really expensive matching wit my dining table it made the whole room beautiful ! I'm very happy wit this purchase :)Read More
Questions & Answers
Hello LMSS, there are small grooves at the top of the drawers that will allow you to open them. Thanks for shopping with us!
"I'm trying to find a piece of furniture that will fit a small refrigerator inside of it. Can one of the side cabinets fit an 18" wide, 20"deep and 25" tall refrigerator? Thanks"
Hello Nala, this item features inside door dimensions approximately: 32 inches high x 17 inches wide x 18 inches deep. Thank you for shopping with us.
"Why did you choose this product?"
it was just what i was looking for and i needed 58 to 60"
When I viewed the product, I thought it was a beautiful piece of furniture I could use in my formal dinning room. I like the fact that it has a lot of space inside. It is attractive, spaceous, and most importantly,it fits my budget!
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the color and size is what I have been looking for, also it has the combo of shelves and draws which is nice
"a reviewer stated that this buffet has a leg in the center.. However, I do not see a center leg in the picture. can someone let me know if this Alsa Buffet does or does not have a center leg.."
Hello ghavern, I hope your day is going well. Yes, part 13, is the center leg and is attached in step 10. It is located in the middle of the bottom panel. Thank you for shopping with us and have a great day.
Yes it does
"What are the inside dimensions of the drawers please?"
Thank you for shopping with us 2leaf. The dimensions of the drawers are 15.4 W x 15.2 D x 6 H. These are the interior dimensions and in inches. Have a great day.
"What are the dimensions of the drawers?"
Thank you for shopping with us pink4tuesday. The drawer dimensions are 27 inches W x 15.2 inches D x 5.6 inches H. Have a great day.
"What is a wenge finish? I can't tell if is redder like mahogany or more brown."
Thank you for your interest in the Alsa 2-door 3-drawer Buffet. The Wenge finish is a dark chocolate color with amber highlights made to look exactly like wenge wood itself. Thank you for shopping Overstock.com.
More like mahogany looks really nice very happy wit it:)
"what is the backing? Is it wood, so that it could be used as a room divider?"
Thank you for your interest. The backing is not finished wood. It is a thin wood backer, not meant to be displayed. Please feel free to contact us again with any further questions.
"can you post a picture of the inside of this buffet?"
We only get pictured images provided by the manufacturer.
"what is the dimension behind one of the doors please? (hxw) I want to see if a printer will fit. Thank you."
Inside door dimensions: 32 inches high x 17 inches wide x 18 inches deep.
"Is there dining set that matches this buffet"
We are sorry, but we are unable to find a dining set on Overstock.com that matches this item.
"Can you make a picture with open doors/drawers to see inside?"
We do not currently have any additional photos of this item. You can, however, periodically check back to see if new photos are posted.
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British scientists announced yesterday that they have sequenced a "cancer genome" for the first time. It means they have identified all of the many thousands of genetic mistakes that make a tumour cell different from a healthy cell taken from the same cancer patient.
Not all of these mistakes, or DNA mutations, were involved in triggering the cancer, but some of them – the "drivers" – clearly were. Scientists believe it will be possible eventually to identify these driver mutations and find the genetic faults that led to the changes in a healthy human cell that caused it to divide uncontrollably to form a cancerous tumour.
How could this lead to a possible cure for cancer?
There is unlikely ever to be a single "cure" for cancer, which after all affects so many different tissues and organs of the body. In fact, there may be as many as 200 different types of cancer, and many more subtypes. But each and every cancer involves damage to the DNA template that rules the cell and governs the way it divides. In this respect, cancer is a genetic disease, indeed it is said to be the most common genetic disease since, in the developed world, it strikes one in three people over a lifetime, killing as many as one in five.
By understanding the nature of these genetic mutations in a cancer cell, it should be possible to design tailor-made drugs that specifically target the faults, or the outcome of the faults. It could also lead to new methods of diagnosing cancer in the earliest stages of the disease before it becomes apparent to the patient or doctor, or new ways of finding secondary cancers lurking in the body that have evaded earlier anti-cancer treatment.
Who carried out this work?
It was a team of human genome scientists led by Peter Campbell and Professor Mike Stratton at the Sanger Institute near Cambridge, which is funded by the Wellcome Trust, the world's biggest medical research charity. They are part of the International Cancer Genome Consortium, a collaboration of research institutes from countries such as Britain and France in Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. They will be taking samples from about 500 patients around the world in the hope of analysing the genomes of the 50 most common cancers.
What was actually done in the latest study?
The Sanger Institute scientists analysed cells stored from two patients who had died of cancer. One was a 55-year-old man with small-cell lung cancer and the other was a 45-year-old man with malignant melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer. The researchers took a cancerous cell and a healthy cell from each patient and sequenced the full genetic code, or genome, of all four cells. They did this dozens of times over to make sure they had a correct final sequence, consisting of some 3 billion letters of the full human genome.
And what was the result?
The scientists found that the lung cancer cell had 22,910 DNA mutations that the healthy cell from the same patient did not possess. These mutations in the lung must have accumulated during the lifetime of the patient, many as a result of exposure to cigarette smoke. The same goes for the 33,345 mutations identified in the cancerous skin cells of 45-year-old man with malignant melanoma, although most of the mutations here are presumed to have been caused by exposure to sunlight.
Both of these "cancer genomes" show where the mutations occurred and in which of the chromosomes of the cell. They were published in the journal Nature. It was the scientific first step towards the "personalised medicine" of sequencing the DNA of cancer patients on a routine basis.
What do these mutations look like?
Some of them involve quite big changes to the DNA molecule, such as rearrangements of hundreds of thousands of letters in the four-letter code of DNA. But some of them are the smallest change possible, a shift for instance in one letter (known as a base) to another, such as C to T and vice versa, or an A to G and vice versa. These "base pairs" are at the heart of the DNA sequencing exercise.
Some of these mutations are already known from previous studies to be linked with certain environmental mutagens, the mutation-causing agents. Tobacco smoke, for instance, often results in the mutation of G to T, whereas ultraviolet light tends to mutate C to T. By looking at the mutations in the lung-cancer cell and the skin-cancer cell, scientists were able to see the influence that smoking and exposure to the sun had had on the DNA of these two patients. "In the melanoma sample, we can see sunlight's signature writ large in the genome," said Andy Futreal at the Sanger Institute.
But not all the mutations would have been involved in triggering the cancer. Most of them would have been harmless "passenger" mutations, but some of them would have been "drivers" within the genes that are in some way involved in cancer development.
How can this be used to identify the 'driver' mutations that cause cancer?
For this, it would be necessary to extend the sequencing effort into other patients suffering from the same cancer, perhaps as many as 500 people to achieve statistical significance. By comparing all mutations in all patients with the same cancer, scientists will be able to identify those that appear to be common to them all, and hence likely to be involved in triggering that particular disease.
Scientists have already identified more than 30 genes that play some kind of role in cancer development. This gives them a lead in terms of knowing where to search for the likely driver mutations that are probably involved in causing the cancer.
How might this lead to the development of new anti-cancer drugs?
In the past, cancer drugs were discovered largely by trial and error. Now it is possible to find the precise genetic fault that causes a cell to divide uncontrollably and so hopefully be able to design a drug that can fix that specific fault.
For instance, scientists found that faults in a gene called BRAF were involved in triggering a high proportion of skin cancers. The mutations meant that the BRAF gene was permanently switched in the "on" position, causing the cells to divide continually in malignant melanoma. Scientists are now developing drugs that turn this gene "off", and some of these substances are near to clinical trials.
What do the experts say about this work?
They are very excited by it – they have branded it "remarkable", "groundbreaking" and "fascinating". But it will still be many years before we can expect full genome sequencing of a patient's cells to be used routinely in hospitals and clinics – that is if the NHS can ever afford it given the parlous state of public finances.
Should we be optimistic about future cancer treatments?
* This represents a transformation in our understanding of the genetic faults at the heart of cancer
* DNA sequencing technology is getting faster and cheaper and will one day be routine
* Finding the driver mutations of cancer will open the door to new drugs and diagnostic tools
* It is still going to be many years before these developments will be used routinely on cancer patients
* The NHS can barely afford existing anti-cancer treatments and 'personalised medicine' will cost even more
* History tells us that the 'war on cancer' is never-ending, and there are many more battles to be fought
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Gtech was one of the original backers of Camelot, the operator of the UK National Lottery, but is now best-known for running Italy's state lottery, with its shares listed on the Milan bourse.
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