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May 2013 • Vol. 5, Issue 5
Speaking as one, we can and will make a difference.
Comments on Legislative Spotlight: Contact Ron Panneton with comments or suggestions concerning this newsletter.
NAIFA Congressional Conference a Success
Nearly 1,000 NAIFA members visited Capitol Hill on April 8th and 9th to urge their lawmakers to protect the current treatment of life insurance under the U.S. tax code. NAIFA convened the two-day Congressional Conference to give its members the opportunity to share their expertise with their members of Congress and express their concerns on the impacts of tax reform.
NAIFA members educated lawmakers about how critical the products they sell are to the 75 million American families who rely on them. With this Conference, NAIFA members sought to ensure that tax reform does not make it more difficult or expensive for Americans seeking to protect their families and plan for their financial security.
"NAIFA's Congressional conference has come at the perfect time," said NAIFA President Rob Smith, coinciding with the April 10th release of the President's budget, and the looming discussion of tax reform in both the House and the Senate.
During the Conference, NAIFA members met with more than 85 percent of congressional offices, every member of House and Senate leadership, and nearly every member on the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees-the two committees with jurisdiction on tax reform.
Why It Matters: 75 million American families rely on the critical products offered by the life insurance industry. The last thing that is needed for consumers who desperately need these products is for them to become more expensive.
To Learn More: Contact Kyle Kunkler at firstname.lastname@example.com.
NAIFA Invited to Testify Before Ways & Means Working Group
NAIFA and over 17 other associations, including the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI), American Benefits Council (ABC), American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASSPA) and others, provided comments on the potential impact of tax reform on retirement savings programs, urging Congress to focus on crafting policy that will result in better long-term retirement outcomes, noting that there is "substantial evidence that changing the tax treatment and/or lowering contribution levels will result in lower retirement savings and fewer workers being offered retirement plans by their employers."
In addition, on April 19 NAIFA received an invitation from the Ways & Means Committee to make an in-person presentation (informal testimony) at a hearing of the Committee's Working Group on Financial Services round table on tax reform issues scheduled for April 25. NAIFA President Rob Smith is scheduled to testify for NAIFA. The Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU) and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) were also invited to participate.
Why It Matters: The above quote probably says what NAIFA has been saying for several years, "changing the tax treatment and/or lowering contribution levels" on retirement savings programs will not be good for this country or the American consumer.
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Andrew Davies returns with his Winners and Losers column for the 12th season and is stunned to see 15 cars circulating at the finish...
Star of the Race*
Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 2nd
Although there may be those that say Kevin Magnussen's F1 debut was the performance of the race, it's a close call. With a rookie, you have no fear. If you slide off the corner on the opening lap, well, that's a learning curve. For Daniel Ricciardo there were all kinds of issues to contend with, and the fact that he kept his nerve till the end of a hard-pressed race showed that Mark Webber's is in good hands.
Fuel flow issues aside, Dan's stellar job started on Saturday with the trickiest set of qualifying conditions you could throw at an F1 field. Complex new tail-happy cars on a street circuit, with high wind, varying degrees of rainfall and a lot of painted lines don't make for an easy start to the season. The fact that Ricciardo could put in P1 after P1 on his way to his best ever grid slot (previously P6) showed that the pressure of performing in front of his home fans wasn't getting to him. If the positions had been reversed with Vettel scorching round at the front and Dan suffering 'driveability problems' nobody would have been surprised.
In the past Ricciardo's starts have been less than convincing, and it may well be that the false start, where Bianchi couldn't get off the line, gave him the data he needed to adjust. There was speculation before the start of the race that the Renault engines really struggled on getaway. Just leaving the garage they looked juddery. Daniel radioed back after the first launch to get more adjustments "it's bogging down a little bit". That helped him get away cleanly and he wasn't to know that going into Turn 1 the polesitter was already cruising.
It also helped that it was Magnussen behind him in the race and not Bottas, because both Williams drivers (on the strength of Bottas' speed) looked capable of making the podium today. So he got away without any wheel-to-wheel combat.
Coming into the race nobody really expected Red Bull to be contenders or even last the distance, so that's the big bonus. Now we're into all the wrangling that follows the fuel flow disqualificatrion and the realisation that Ricciardo's performance was based on an unfair advantage. When we re-set for Malaysia we may get an indication of how small or large that advantage was.
Overtaking Move of the Race
Lap 8: Valtteri Bottas (Williams) on Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
Valtteri was on a charge from the start and having escaped the flying Caterham, set about making his way to the front in a hurry. Vergne proved easy enough, but his compatriot would be tougher. On Lap 8 he launched it down the outside of Kimi Raikkonen and held on round the outside of Turn 3 to get the inside line on the short run to Turn 4. He got it done.
In a similar move from Nico Hulkenberg after the second pitstops, Fernando Alonso was fractionally further ahead of the Force India driver in Turn 3 and simply swept across the line. Had Raikkonen done the same there would have been quite a bit of debris.
Despite the commentary team of James Allen and Allan McNish ignoring Jules Bianchi as a 'runner' for the entire race, there were 15 cars still running at the flag. This was way better than the eight of 2002 which included a car of Pedro de la Rosa that was five laps down. Bianchi was only six laps down at the finish, but not classified.
Given the turmoil of pre-season failings and the lack of race distances run, to have 15 cars still circulating at the end was remarkable. Two of the seven cars eliminated were courtesy of Kobayashi. The Caterham was supposedly a victim of brake failure, but it looked to all the world like a failure to brake.
Many thought it would be Carmageddon, but as Fernando Alonso predicted before the race, it wasn't so different from usual races. Just a lot quieter.
Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1st
Lewis Hamilton's early elimination robbed us of a true fight at the front. Without him, Rosberg was in a race of his own. Even with the Mercedes W05 dialled to Tootle mode, he finished twenty seconds down the road - that, after a Safety Car compressed the field. And with another potential Safety Car at any stage of the race you have to assume that Rosberg was the right side of the fuel balance all the way through, otherwise he would have slowed down a lot more.
Immediately after the Safety Car came in he opened up a 2.2 second gap - it would have been more if Red Bull had heeded calls from the FIA to turn Ricciardo's fuel flow down.
Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 3rd
Magnussen dodged a bullet in qualifying by putting in a faster lap in Q2 despite passing the stricken Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen at the side of the track. The stewards looked at both his time and Vettel's after qualifying and let them off. So does that mean all you have to do now for a flashing yellow is show that you've lifted? Jenson Button did the old school thing and slowed down and missed the cut, whereas Vergne and Magnussen both improved.
That said, to qualify the car where he did, in the conditions that prevailed on Saturday, were astonishing from a rookie (and the same for Kvyat too). In fact Saturday was more impressive than Sunday, when the cards fell into place. He also survived a very scary and potentially expensive swerve on the run down to Turn 1. Luckily for him he hit no-one because he was so close to the front. He couldn't get away witht hatinmidfield.
As debuts go it was impressive - Hamiltoneque - and has already justified the faith that McLaren have invested in him. But there will be a lot tougher afternoons. Ron may hug him some more.
Jenson Button, McLaren, 4th
So often the victim of bad luck, Jenson was the beneficiary of a handily timed Safety Car for a change. With all teams nearing their first tyre-stops, when Valtteri Bottas decided to test the bounce-ability of his FW36, the subsequent Safety Car was always going to penalise drivers who were running close on track and had two cars to pit on the same lap. Button got the drop early, but even without his opportune dive for the pits he would have made places on Ferrari and Toro Rosso, who had two cars to service.
That helped get past Vergne and up into P6 and he was able to join the Hulkenberg-Alonso fuel-saving queue until he could make the undercut to pass them both. F1's most seasoned campaigner thus got himself back into the kind of position his machinery warranted, had he not done the gentlemanly thing in Q2 and stopped to enquire about Kimi Raikkonen's health on his final hot lap.
Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 5thIt would be interesting to know Fernando Alonso's true feelings after the race. Going into it he knew that the Williams and the Mercedes were faster than him, but that Ferrari probably had the edge on McLaren and certainly Red Bull. After it, he might be starting to worry.
It was also a bit of a collector's item to see him overtaken on the opening lap by Nico Hulkenberg. That doesn't happen very often.
Hindsight's a wonderful thing in motor racing but given the speed of the laps he was pulling at the finish you've got to wonder why he didn't go for the undercut to get past Hulkenberg a bit earlier.
Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 6th
His own mistake was his saviour. Having thrown the car at the wall, he needed a safety car to put him back in touch with the race, and his tyre carcase and the jettisoned wheel rim did that for him. More points than last season in just the first race, but Valtteri knows he could and maybe should have been third or fourth.
Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 7th
Given the team's strong testing pace I was expecting even more from the Silverstone boys in Melbourne, but a good return for the Hulk nonetheless. And unlike the factory units, they got both engines to the flag.
Toro Rossos, 9th and 10th
Considering they've had more pre-season problems than Christian Horner's had fuel flow sensors, Toro Rosso had an outstanding Australian Grand Prix with two cars in Q3, two cars in the points, the youngest ever points scorer in F1, and a vindication for Helmut Marko's staircase of talent.
Some heroic all-nighters from the Lotus mechanics to get their car up and running after a late late start to the season. They got their reward in some consistent running for Grosjean and Maldonado.Losers
F1 Audioholics
It was eerily quiet in the race and for the first time you started to hear other noises - the fans cheering, the fans jeering (that must be the biggest ever cheer for a P12 in qualifying) and the screech of tyres under braking and tearing away from the pits. Getting used to F1 without the sound effects is probably going to be harder than getting used to Lewis's new haircut.
The diehard traditionalists are horrified by the lack of noise, and even though the turbo whistle has its own impressive timbre, it's Rush with a significant hush. We know we can't bring back the V8s V10s, V12s or even riding mechanics, but it will be interesting to see how the sport reacts.
Maybe that will be one more parameter that you have to add to the package. Teams will have to run to a certain weight, use 100kgs of fuel and tune their exhausts to a minimum 110 decibels.
Ironically, it's the deaf old ******s who hate the new engines the most, because a lifetime spent next to F1 machinery has impaired their hearing so badly that, to them, it's even quieter.
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, DNF
The bad news was that the engine software was playing up and the RB10 wasn't very driveable. But the good news was that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the fuel flow sensor. You've got to take positives out of every weekend.
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, DNF
It was a question of all or nothing at all for Mercedes this weekend, typified by Lewis's Friday where a sensor shut his engine down right at the beginning of first free practice. With only five cylinders in the race he was going nowhere.
Felipe Massa, Williams, DNF
A frustrating afternoon for Felipe and a surprise to hear that Kamui admitted to the mistake that took him out, braking too late for Turn 1, and then being reprieved by the FIA stewards who said the Caterham's brakes had failed. How often are drivers unaware that their brakes have failed? Kobayashi isn't your average driver, but the average driver would have been quick to point this out. In TV interviews Kamui was saying that he should have braked earlier. If your brakes fail why would you be talking about braking points? It's a puzzler.
BBC Coverage
In case you were wondering, Allan McNish is a three-time Le Mans Winner, he hasn't changed his name by deed poll to Three Times Le Mans Winner Allan McNish. Because that's what the BBC are constantly introducing him as, to cover their silent shame of getting rid of technical expert Gary Anderson. As David Coulthard (and everybody) kept saying, "the biggest technical change to F1 in a generation" and what do the BBC do - they get rid of their technical expert.
Allan's good at what he does, but he doesn't fill in the gaps that Gary Anderson could. So now you have a James Allen Mk2 and a David Coulthard Mk2 rather than extra insight. The three times Le Mans winner came up with the biggest understatement of the weekend speaking at the end of the BBC programme. Daniel Ricciardo's car had just been disqualified and Red Bull reduced to zero points and Allan predicted: "It's taken a bit of the shine off the result for Red Bull..." **
*All positions based on original result.
** More media quotes in Team-Mate Wars on Wednesday

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> The Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1978 has been properly
> stored by me since shortly after release, and there were no cork or
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> This wine is still fairly deep colored and is holding very well. There
> are still some tannins that are somewhat more dry than for many older
> Napa Valley CSs, for example.There is fairly intense dark fruit,
> mainly cassis. There also is considerable herbal character that adds
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> good. However there also is a fairly intense bell pepper character
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text: 26 April 2013 Feds Ready to Throw in the Towel on Gray Wolf Recovery Posted by: Jamie Rappaport Clark | 11 comments | Share: (A special breaking edition of Wolf Weekly Wrap-up) By Jamie Rappaport Clark Just as we feared, it appears that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is ready to give up on wolf recovery before the job is done. The LA Times reports today that the Service is expected to release its proposal soon to strip federal protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for most gray wolves in the United States. Under the proposed delisting, only Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest would still be protected by the federal law. The opportunity for expanding wolf recovery to areas with superb, unoccupied habitat in areas such as Colorado, Utah and California would be abandoned entirely, and the future of smaller developing wolf populations in the Pacific Northwest could be serious jeopardy. (See map of current vs. historical range of gray wolves.) The gray wolf delisting proposal represents a major retreat from the optimism and values which have been the hallmark of endangered species recovery in this country for the past 40 years. Instead, the proposal reflects a short-sighted, shrunken and much weaker vision of what our conservation goals should be. The Service has clearly decided to prematurely get out of the wolf conservation business rather than working to achieve full recovery of the species. Their decision is the equivalent of getting up and leaving in the middle of a wildlife conservation movie, mumbling "game over – we're done – let's get some pizza!" In its proposal, the Service has made a number of dubious determinations that are worth examining in greater detail. Federal biologists have decided that Canis lupus, the species of gray wolf that once spanned much of the western and central United States, will no longer be considered endangered. Part of the agency's rationale is that wolves in both the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes have recovered and were already delisted. Of course, this ignores the fact that there are still significant areas in states like Colorado, Utah and California with excellent unoccupied wolf habitat but no wolves. Without federal protection and support for wolf recovery, wolves will be at the mercy of rabid, anti-wolf state politics that, unfortunately, is still far too prevalent across the West. Too often extreme rhetoric from ultra-conservative state politicians wins out over sound wildlife management principles. More troublingly, the Service concludes that protection is no longer warranted since gray wolf populations worldwide are stable. This is a tragic reversal of long-standing FWS policy to protect imperiled species in this country regardless of their status north or south of our borders. By this same logic, grizzly bears, wolverines, lynx, bald eagles and numerous other iconic species would never have been listed and restored in the lower 48 because they exist in greater numbers in another country. The intent of the ESA was to restore these ecologically important animals in the United States. It doesn't matter that they exist elsewhere. As Aldo Leopold, the grandfather of modern wildlife management once wrote, "Relegating grizzlies to Alaska is about like relegating happiness to heaven; one may never get there." The only bright spot in this otherwise significantly flawed delisting proposal is the Service's decision to retain protection for Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest as a unique subspecies. With the current population hovering at 75 wolves, the agency at least recognized the need to continue protection for this struggling subspecies. The bottom line, however, is that wolves are still not recovered in key parts of their range, and the conservation work is not done. Apparently the Service thinks it's good enough to have gray wolves just in the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes, and they're ready to call it quits on restoring wolves anywhere else. But we're not giving up that easily. There is still time to convince the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to do the right thing and continue the fight for America's gray wolves. We're asking all our members and supporters to contact new Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and demand that she maintain protection for wolves so they may continue to expand into their historic range and fully recover. This includes Colorado, Utah, California and western Oregon and Washington – all of which could benefit ecologically and economically from the return of gray wolves. Please contact Secretary Jewell today and tell her NOT to throw in the towel on gray wolf recovery. These magnificent animals once roamed from Canada down to Mexico. They can do so once again if we give them a chance! You can also join a live chat this morning about the proposed delisting and the future of wolf recovery in the U.S. with LA Times reporter Julie Cart at 9 a.m. Pacific/12 p.m. Eastern. Click here for more details. Read Defenders full press release here. 11 Responses to "Feds Ready to Throw in the Towel on Gray Wolf Recovery" Nina Garcia April 26th, 2013 This is a horrible choice!!!!….this horrific news sickins me!! Reply Jackie April 26th, 2013 So why is every wildlife organization collecting donations or collecting signatures? It doesn't matter. Reply Boillot April 27th, 2013 Iwant sign Reply Lisa Thompson April 27th, 2013 The wolf is a majestic creature. It is also part of the food chain. We may not see how it affects the food chain until it is to late. I wish people could see that! I love wolves and all wildlife! Reply Atli April 27th, 2013 If a government wants to hand the fate of one of its most important animals over to those who have no appreciation or care for them, I think the government must not care for their country very much. But, we must not give up! This is the breaking point, the point of no return, where we need to fight for wolves more than ever. Reply Nicole April 30th, 2013 Thank you for helping to restore wildlife across America, and broaden the mindset regarding animals the world over. May life be victorious on planet Earth! Reply cliffj Josephson May 1st, 2013 Cliff Josephson The want a WAR. Let's give them one. Demand all cattle be removed from public grazing land. Dismantle all private leasing of pubic lands for private grazing.. Demand the SEC. of INTERIOR enforce the laws, The BLM must be brought under control and it's primary duties of defending our wild places and creatures [ Remember, one of their primaries is to protect wild hoses and burros from the onslaught of scavengers and bottom feeders who flout the law and send these cultural icons to slaughterhouses] be brought back The TOTAL ELIMINTION of WILDLIFE SERVICES. This is the Gov't authorized slaughter squads, whose only job is to kill all the animals they can. This is OUR GOV"T and these are OUR ANIMALS and WE WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY and watch OUR LAND and CREATURES BE SLAUGHTERD and sold to the LOWEST BIDER Reply John May 10th, 2013 You are so deceived! Walter Mitchell May 1st, 2013 Please do not let this happen to the gray wolf. Reply Mt Gallagher May 8th, 2013 News flash……. Alaska is " in the United States" Reply Sean May 8th, 2013 So when will the number of wolves we have be enough? We aren't reintroducing every animal to its original range. I haven't heard a plan for dropping wolves or any other animal in Los Angeles or New York. We can't restore every animal to its original range. It can not be done. ACCEPT THAT! Reply Post Your Comment Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) Mail (required) (will not be published) You May also be interested in Wolf Weekly Wrap-Up Wolves on the Move in Oregon; Another Mexican Gray Wolf Found Dead in Arizona – Poaching Likely; We're Almost There! Combatting Anti-Wolf Propaganda in Washington; Public Comment Period Open on Rule Designating the Red Wolf as a State-Listed Threatened Species and Setting New Rules on Coyote Hunting in Red Wolf Reintroduction Area New record set for panthers killed on roads Last November, the death of a young Florida panther broke the all-time record set in 2012 of Florida panthers killed on roads. Will the Roadless Rule be Restored? 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Spring is such a busy month for us here in the Richardson household. Birthdays left and right around here…crazy…but oh so fun! We had the joys of planning our little guy's first birthday party and because he's our little man, what better way to celebrate than with a Little Man themed party?! Perfect, yes?
The invitation had to be as unique as our little guy, and of course boxed. What is a perfect way to represent a proper little man, you ask? Well, a prim and proper bow tie and a perfectly maintained mustache, silly! The bowties were made by hand and attached underneath the mustache with the saying: "I mustache you a questions….are you ready for some fun? Trey Richardson is turning ONE!"
Each label was adorned with that same neatly trimmed mustache with the recipients name and address underneath. Would like you to purchase this invite? Find the Little Man invitation HERE.
The second thing after sending out the invitations to take care of, his attire. Now, this mama loves anything vintage, so I carried that on to the party. His hat was a newsboy cap that my aunt found at, of all places, Goodwill. It's from Gymboree, but I couldn't tell you how old it is. His bow tie I purchased from Jameson Monroe.(How freaking cute is it?!) The shirt and the pants I got from GapKids.
Then, the decor!
I used kraft letters I found at Hobby Lobby to spell out his name above the table. I also found vintage cars and trucks along with gas pumps. It added the perfect look to a Little Man theme. I mean, seriously, isn't that what little boys are made of? None of that puppy tails and snails stuff here. The candies I got in bulk from Groovy Candy. I bought cola flavored gummies and orange and brown sixlets to stick with the color scheme. I bought a mustache lollipop mold from Ebay and just used the Wilton candy melts to make the lollies. You can find the same mold here. I created the stickers for the bags using the same mustache design I used on the invitations.
The cutest thing from the party were the favor bags. My aunt is a sewing genius is always come to my aide when I request something. This time, I asked for bags that mimic shaving bags. My aunt took it one step further and added the mustaches from "furry" fabric. How freaking cool are these?!?! Thanks Aunt Kathy! You did a wonderful job!
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Fare warning? Chicago taxicab overhaul could be on the way
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Chicago has the nation's second-lowest big city taxicab fares and the highest gas prices based on an "out-of-whack" economic system that saddles the city with older vehicles and rewards cabbies for driving fast, a top mayoral aide said Monday, setting the stage for an overhaul.
Rosemary Krimbel, commissioner of the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, said she's working to update taxi regulation for the first time in nearly 20 years with an eye toward improving safety, "greening" the fleet and stabilizing the economics of an industry in turmoil.
Possibilities range from raising lease rates for the first time since the mid-1990's and imposing a $1-per-ride surcharge proposed last year by a powerful alderman to increasing the cost of entering a cab and altering a meter rate for movement that rewards bad behavior.
"Meters click faster when you're moving than when you're standing, which means it's much more profitable for a cabdriver to ... change lanes constantly, rather than to sit there at the light or wait for the light. We need to change that incentive," Krimble said while testifying at City Council budget hearings. "I just thought it was in their DNA that they had to drive like that," joked Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th), chairman of the City Council's Finance Committee.
Krimbel noted that the lease rates have "not been touched since 1996," making "cheaper Ford Crown Victorias the most economical choice" for cab owners to put on the street. Struggling cabbies have been waiting six years for a fare increase.
The commissioner said she wants to get away from fuel surcharges that go off and on with the rise and fall of gas prices, destination and the number of passengers, leaving passengers thoroughly confused.
"We want to…. build those surcharges right into the flag pull, instead of having it be, 'This week it's 50 cents. Next week, it's $1'…..We want it to be clean and clear so the passenger in the backseat knows what they're gonna pay and they don't have to do any negotiating with the cabdriver," she said.
Last year, Burke suggested a $1-a-ride surcharge and proposed that the $70 million in revenue be used to shore up the city budget.
On Monday, Burke was encouraged to learn that the surcharge idea was still in play and that the industry was in line for a much-needed overhaul.
"Most Chicagoans would agree that the cabs on the streets are not a source of pride in many instances, that the drivers are not polite, that the way in which they operate the cabs is frightening and that overall, the regulation of drivers leaves a good deal to be desired," Burke said.
To improve driver behavior, Krimbel plans to use federal transportation funds to slap a bumper sticker on all 6,900 Chicago cabs encouraging people to call 311 to report good and bad cabdrivers.
Won't that inundate 311 calltakers?
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McArdle disease is a nonlysosomal glycogenosis that classically manifests with exercise-induced pain from childhood. Fixed weakness may occur from the fifth decade and is typically mild and located around the shoulder girdle.
We describe a 61-year-old man with exercise-induced pain from a young age and a 3-year history of weight loss and an elevated creatine kinase level up to 4000 U/L. On examination, he was severely atrophic and weak in his shoulder girdle and the entire paraspinal musculature. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed that the paraspinal musculature was completely converted to fat. A muscle biopsy specimen was myopathic with a lack of myophosphorylase and multiple large vacuoles with glycogen. A nonischemic forearm test demonstrated a lack of increase in lactate together with an exaggerated ammonium elevation. Genetic testing verified the suspicion of McArdle disease.
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This is a highly atypical presentation of McArdle disease with severe paraspinal wasting and weakness. We suspect that this is related to the unusual amount of glycogen vacuoles and stress the importance of including McArdle disease in the differential diagnosis of axial myopathy.
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For Hollywood, the stakes are never higher than they are at ShoWest, the annual Las Vegas convention where theater owners get their first peek at the summer movie crop. With 7,500 guests, this year's gathering was the biggest in two decades and so was the spectacle, as the studios trotted out megawatt stars, lengthy trailers, and live animals. Some highlights:
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Hippest buzz: The Mask, because of the suddenly hot Jim Carrey, and Forrest Gump, in which Tom Hanks stars as a lovable dimwit who becomes a football star, war hero, and tycoon. Said Hanks: ''I guarantee you will experience the medical sensation known as optical poptitude. You will not be able to believe your eyes.'' Sure enough, the Zelig-esque trailer (which shows Gump being greeted by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon) left exhibitors in awe.
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First off, thanks so much again to CarolG for her UA on my kamikaze fly
And thanks for the lovely comments, people.
Now then heres another case of the unexpected. Not to do with timing this time, but rather a face in the crowd. Or half a face.
9.53am on Sunday. I looked out the living room window and loved the look of the heliconia leaves catching the morning sun. I grabbed the cam for one of those just for me shots since I dont reckon a shot like this would hold much interest for anyone else. Stuck the cam through the window grille and *click*.
On the LCD, I saw the half face so clear and distinct (actually a dried leaf, I discovered). Like half of an Ultraman type mask. And thats when I decided that the pic was EPZworthy lol.
Now Id initially meant to crop in close and then mirror and paste to complete the face. In the end I went with straightening and mirroring the whole image and Im glad I did. Cos then I noticed the legs of the masked man as he leaps into the air and does a split with his skinny arms pointing down.
He also seems to be wearing puffy sleeves but I dont know what thats about. And hes wearing a chain whose pointy pendant seems to be aligned with his crotch so he might wanna be careful with that.
I shall name him Heliconia Man, and he shall marshall the garden with fair leaves but a firm trunk.
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Andrew, this is absolutely superb! A masterpiece of digital art. Well spotted in the first instance and very well worked to create this wonderful image. I also love the presentation - well done all round and worth my UA this week! Have a great weekend!
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What a difference from v2. Good effect.
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Oh wow...thanks, everyone...and thank you SO MUCH for your gorgeous gerberatic UA, Carol
Goodness...I've suddenly been getting UAs up the yinyang...amazing.
AND...a much belated thank you to Ed (Glostopcat) for his UA on '1936'. I've only just noticed
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Really clever! Sandra
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A marvellous piece of manipulation Andrew, you have such a vivid imagination and your creativity knows no bounds. This character of yours looks like a mighty Morphin Power Ranger
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Bret Michaels wants to clear up any and all confusion about his musical team up with Miley Cyrus – a partnership that drew criticism and some nasty comment… READ MORE
Sharon Stone Denies Insulting Meryl Streep
Don't try to stir up trouble between Meryl Streep and Sharon Stone, because Sharon is setting the record straight about a recent interview that was t… READ MORE
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Ask Kevin Bacon about whether he'd like to have a cameo in the upcoming Footloose remake and the actor gives a surprising answer.
"You know, no … READ MORE
Kim Kardashian Voted Best Beach Body!
She's sexy, she's curvy and voluptuous. She's also got the best beach body, according to 2.2 million people who cast votes in a Popeater.com online p… READ MORE
Stephen Baldwin Ready To Drink a Bug-Filled Milkshake
Stephen Baldwin hasn't left to tape the show yet, but says he already understands why it's called I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.
In a new intervie… READ MORE