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Book your room at Waldorf Astoria Panama
Deluxe Two Double Beds
Max Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)Deluxe One King Bed
Max Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)Junior Suite One King Bed
Max Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)One Bedroom Suite, One King Bed, Ocean View
Max Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)One King and One Double Bed, Ocean View
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Max Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)Luxury Panama City hotel in Uruguay Street with full-service spa
Located in Uruguay Street, this luxury hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Via Espana and 2.2 mi (3.6 km) from Panama Old Cathedral. Multicentro Panama and National Bank House Museum are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
A full-service spa, a restaurant, and an outdoor pool are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include 2 bars/lounges, a fitness center, and a coffee shop/café.
Room Amenities
All 113 rooms feature thoughtful touches like pillow menus and bathrobes, plus MP3 docks and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Guests will also find 24-hour room service, WiFi, and wired Internet.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Waldorf Astoria Panama features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 2 bars/lounges. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measure 3500 square feet (315 square meters). This luxury hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, 24-hour room service, and express check-out. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Waldorf Astoria Panama is a smoke-free property.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 2012
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 113
- Number of floors - 36
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Free WiFi
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (feet) - 3500
- Conference space size (meters) - 315
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Babysitting or childcare
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access (12 PAB per 24 hours surcharge), Wired internet access (12 PAB per 24 hours surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Room service (24 hours)
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- MP3 docking station
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Pillow menu
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
BRIO Brasserie - This brasserie specializes in French cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Ginger - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, Waldorf Astoria Spa. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, massages, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a spa tub. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Prenatal massage
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Body treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: PAB 12 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): PAB 12 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: PAB 12 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: PAB 40 per person (one way)
- Self parking fee: PAB 15 per day
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Best of Waldorf Promotion
Book a stay in a "Best of Waldorf" rate plan category and receive the following:
- One $50 USD hotel credit per night, per room


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Dear pre-cancer me,
You are enough. Please don't let negative people bring you down. Those that don't appreciate you for the smart, generous and loving person that you are don't deserve you. Let them go. Surround yourself with positive nurturing people who truly want what's best for you. Reciprocate by being there for them. This may not be easy, but your body's good health will be the ultimate reward.
Wake up feeling grateful, and give thanks for the wonderful day that is about to unfold before you. Be thankful for your family, your children and your loving pets. Believe that you are exactly where you should be at this time, and that you will never face any situation you can't handle.
Take some time to smell the roses. Life is not a race. There is absolutely no rush to get to the end. Savour the moment and sing in the rain. Celebrate your successes and bask in the lessons you learn through your failures. Don't be so hard on yourself. You don't have to be your own worst critic. Be as gentle to yourself as you would be with your dearest friend.
Life is not about the things you have, but the moments you make. The people you impress with the things you have are not the ones who will be there for you on the rainy days. Create your memories with the people you cherish the most. The ones who love you unconditionally.
Love the work that you do. So many hours are spent on the job, that it is essential to do what inspires you and makes you happy. As with your personal life, don't waste your time in a negative workplace. Those that can't work in an atmosphere of support, encouragement and sharing of ideas should not have the privilege of working with you.
Most of all have a blast! Try new things. Challenge yourself. Walk on that sandy beach. Ride those waves. Don't sweat the small stuff and always live in the moment. It's all there.
With love and snuggles. xo
Looking back, I think the start of this was therapeutic. It was good for the soul to let out all that emotion while feeling I could help others. I suppose it was either writing or succombing to my emotions in other less constructive ways.
And so I chose to write.
There was much to write about during those early days. Topics that are obvious to a cancer survivor, through experience, but really important information to have for a patient about to start chemotherapy. Take, for example, the steroids that a cancer patient must take prior to a round of chemotherapy. They are prescribed, in part, to help control nausea; a side effect of the treatment. When I started treatment, I too was on steroids prior to treatment. Once over, I went home feeling like superwoman. I could rule the world, go for a five kilometre run, make a gourmet dinner and clean every nook and cranny in the house in half a day. I had eight arms. I was a queen! I rocked!
This great energy lasted for less than 48 hours, after which I came crashing down from my throne. By then, after my first of eight treatments, I recall one dinner with my family where I burst into tears and said that I didn't think I was going to be able to make it through my treatment. You should know that I am definately not the type of person that gets depressed like this.
If the professionals at the hospital would have told me to expect this crash after treatment, I wouldn't have been taken by surprise. Instead, I was overwhelmed, and frightened.
And so I write for those who are in the same situation. Those who are vulnerable and scared. Those who turn to the internet and social media for information from other survivors who have already been there. A place where cancer patients can find a shoulder to lean on. A place where they can voice their fear and their pain.
As time goes on, the emotional need is lessened, and the passion of survivorship takes somewhat of a back seat to a sense of contentment and peace. Now the work of the first few years of survivorship is done, and it's time to refine it. Since my promotion to the illustrious role of cancer survivor, I have changed as a person. I have learned how to respect myself and put myself first (although I have been known to regress from time to time...). I know the importance of taking time outs, and listening to the wisdom of my inner voice. I have learned, and deeply appreciate, how to meditate. In short, my perspective in life has completely changed.
I even see people in a different way. I'm more open to talk to strangers and smile at those who need a little pick me up in their day. As I look at the faces of strangers, I sometimes wonder what's behind their mask. Are they happy or suffering? I always send good thoughts their way.
And on my many hours of travel by train to my work, I meditate or read....From inspirational stories to those that make you laugh. This is my learning platform. A platform from which I will continue to grow.
So I believe I have come to a new phase of survivorship. One that is exciting, challenging and gratifying. One that still has many lessons to teach. One where listening is key. One that I would be honoured if you continue to run beside me on this amazing journey .
But for the average cancer patient or survivor, it brings up mixed emotions. It's not really something we want to think about, but we can't really help it, with all the newspaper and television headlines there to remind us.
Things sure have changed in the six years since I had the mastectomies. Research has come a long way, and cancer organizations such as the Army of Women have really helped gather women from all over to tell their stories and relate their experiences. More women have participated in medical trials as a result.
There's also a much bigger emphasis on the importance of exercise than ever before. Exercise is important, not only for those of us that have been through cancer and have now hung our cap on the survivor peg, but as a form of prevention as well. The clinic where I was first diagnosed with cancer didn't even whisper the word exercise back in 2007, but they are now strongly encouraging their patients to participate regularly as a form of prevention. This warms my heart, as I know all too well the benefits of exercise; even while going through chemo. Although some patients may be too tired to run or do another form of exercise while undergoing chemo, and it's always best to listen to your body, I found that running during my treatment made me less tired and helped tremendously with my energy levels.
Another improvement in the cancer survivor's world is the vast amount of information about healthy eating. Changing bad eating habits is so important, and there are many cookbooks out there that can inspire it. Check out Kris Carr's blog and cookbooks for some really fine inspiration. A cancer survivor herself, she keeps cancer abay partly by eating the right foods, and sharing her ideas in a fun and witty way. She put a smile on my face with her first book "Crazy Sexy Cancer"; a book I received it as a gift when I was first diagnosed.
And to inspire us to change the way we see a medical diagnosis, Lissa Rankin, a medical doctor herself, has some new and innovative ways of treatment. I'm sure she will go a long way to revolutionize standard medical treatment!
And last, but not least, my running hero, Kristin Armstrong, whose love of the sport and quirky way of tying it into her everyday family life is also inspiring. Her Runner's World blog, Mile Markers, highlights the highs and lows of a long distance runner in training. Recently one of her blogs highlighted the thrill of pinning on a race bib. For anyone who has done this, you know what I mean. I can't adequately explain the feeling when you take your bib; number and name, and proudly pin it on the front of your race shirt for all to see. It symbolizes the many kilometres of running, the several hours of meditation done on a peaceful solitary run outside, and the accomplishment of your person. And what is my best race day bib? The 26.2 With Donna, in Jacksonville, Florida; a run for cancer.
So on this World Cancer Day I may not want to see all those "c" words around me, but I sure am proud of the strides our collective community has taken to better our whole person. The people I mentioned in this blog are some of my heroes, and ones I tend to read regularly, however there are many more out there, including the hard working professionals on Oncology wards in hospitals around the World. One could not finish commemorating this fine day without thanking her homegrown hero, and pivot nurse at St Mary's Hospital in Montreal, Dail Jacob.
There's a wealth of innovative knowledge at our fingertips and it's encouraging to see the direction we are going in. The future is sure looking bright!
We said good-bye to 2013 a couple of days ago. For me, it was a bittersweet good-bye; sad because I have always been emotional with them, and happy because 2013 was a year of endings and new beginnings. And that type of year is filled with sadness, hardship, effort and joy. The roller coaster year, as I like to call it. A year of learning and growth.
So....as I rang in the New Year, it was with feelings of melancholy and relief......although it was with much more of the latter. It's strange how certain events can take up so much room in your mind and in your life. It was three years ago today; during a cold (although not as cold as it is right now!) and lazy post holiday day, that I got the phone call. Two of the directors from my office e-mailed me in the morning, wanting a conference call. I was on sick leave, recovering from an operation that I had in late November; one of the many follow up surgeries following my double mastectomies.
Being the consummate professional, I immediately thought of the items I would list as goals for the new year. As I got on the call, we started the usual banter about how nice the holidays were, and how much we appreciated our down time. Our jobs were very demanding, and the hours were long. One of my colleagues on the call was a woman, whose mother had also been diagnosed with breast cancer. We had spoken at times over the past months about her mother, and I had been open in talking about my own experiences with her.
It didn't take long to figure out that the call was not regarding our future plans, but regarding my future plans specifically. I was being fired.
And thus started the year of 2013. As with a cancer diagnosis, your mind goes into a sort of shock when you first hear the words nobody ever wants to hear. The same sort of questions go through your mind...What did I do to deserve this? Why me? Why now? Then it rolls into more thoughts, like...What will I do? How am I going to break the news to my family? I have three girls that I have to provide for, and a roof to keep over their head. Poor me....poor me....poor me......The feeling sorry for myself phase was intertwined with feelings of anger. I had given so much of myself to this job. Many hours away from the family, lots of high pressure situations and stress, many yesterday deadlines, all whilst I endeavoured to provide leadership to those working in my division. But most of all....I had never let them down. I took only six weeks off following my double mastectomies, and worked through eight rounds of chemotherapy, never skipping a beat.
And then you get to a fork in the road. That same one I reached after my cancer diagnosis. You can call it quits and do nothing but feel sorry for yourself, or you can decide that you're better than that and move on. Choosing to fight is not always easy. Any cancer survivour can relate to that.....I picked myself up, shook off the dirt rummaged around for my pride. First I did things that I hadn't done in a very long time. I took a few weeks to visit my parents who were down in Florida (Yes!). When the snow started to melt I took my pent up energy outside and picked up years of leaves in my large, tree infested backyard. My garden never looked so beautiful!
And yes, I went back to work. To a position that has a few less hours away from family and me time (even if I am still working more than I thought). To a position where I am appreciated and have a title of prestige (the title's not so important to me), and to a new job where I have met new people and have made a new friend; someone who I have felt I have known for a long time (even though we just met).
Similar to cancer survivourship, you also figure out who your real friends are. After working for over twenty years in the same profession; nine of which were with the group of people I dedicated the most to (six of those years were as a cancer patient and cancer survivour), only a handful of them have called to see how I was doing.
All this growth is in the name of making room for better experiences and new, and more positive people, to enter my life. My cancer diagnosis taught me many lessons on how to deal with life. I was able to use this knowledge in dealing with 2013. And, as with cancer, had this not happened, I would not be in the place I am now. Standing proud and tall....with a few visible scars on my body, and some that nobody can see. Oh.....and a huge smile on my face.
Last November I had my last operation. It was nothing serious, but those of you who have had mastectomies know that there are often a few surgeries that follow. Tired, after nine years in a high stress job, I was going to take advantage of my recovery time over the holidays to recouperate and recharge my batteries.
On January third, after writing a very optimistic blog, the phone rang. And after a short chat about how I was feeling, the two work colleagues who were on the conference call with me informed me that I no longer had a job.
I'm sure I'm not the first cancer survivour to go through this, nor will I be the last. And I'm certainly not writing this looking for sympathy either. I'm writing this because I truly believe that things happen for a reason.
As it turns out, this permanently brought me back to the family home and with my girls on a daily basis. It forced me to look at my life and evaluate the hours I was putting in at work. It was about time that I reorganized my life and concentrated on Me as a person. I needed to change perspective.
So here I am, on a Monday morning in late September, waiting on the oncology floor in the hospital for my six month check up. It's fitting I would decide to pick this day to return to my blog. Yes the butterflies are gently fluttering in my stomach, signalling the ever present nerves that appear before this appointment. But somehow, through it all, I'm convinced that everything will be OK.
I am three months into a new job that has brought me much joy, and looking back at my prediction from the beginning of the year, it's certainly looking like 2013 will be the best year yet.
All it takes is a little faith. When one door closes, many more open to shine light upon you....
Because I believed.
]]>I applaud Jolie for her bravery and willingness to share her experience with the public. By doing this, she will be able to shed a greater light on breast cancer in general, and its genetic issues. Knowledge is power, and anyone going through a battle with breast cancer knows that you need to stay well informed in order to make the best decisions for your own case.
As a mother of three daughters, I can also understand where her mind was when she received the bad news. No, she didn't have breast cancer. But she had pretty high odds of getting it. With the passing of her mother, as a result of breast cancer, and at such a young age, there is no doubt in my mind how difficult it must have been to think of her own children, and the unenviable position she found herself in.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, six years ago, I was not aware of the extent of my family's history with the disease. I knew that one of my aunts had ovarian cancer, and that another also had breast cancer, but after my first surgery, a lumpectomy, more family members came out of the woodwork. As the margins were not clear after the initial surgery for the lumpectomy, I had to go back for more surgery, and had to decide whether I would have another lumpectomy or, as there were no guarantees they'd get all the cancer on the second try, go in for the mastectomy.
It was during the days of contemplation prior to my decision that I heard that not only did I have two cousins that were diagnosed with cancer when they were in their forties, five out of seven of my father's sisters had been diagnosed with breast cancer, another sister had passed away from ovarian cancer, and two out of four brothers had prostate cancer.
My decision became much more crucial. I had already decided to go for a full mastectomy, but now I needed to think of the other breast as well. It was also recommended that I go for genetic testing.
After a few months of testing and waiting for an operation date, I had a double mastectomy and reconstruction. It was a gruelling ten and a half hour operation that, first, had my oncology team in to remove the breasts, the cancer and test my lymph nodes for any sign of cancer cells that could be spreading. The second part of the operation had my plastic surgeon's team reconstructing my breasts, using tissue from my abdomen; in more medical terms, a tram flap.
It was a few years following this operation that I started genetic testing. Much of this involves a detailed family history, so that doctors can determine whether or not it's worthwhile going through the blood tests that would indicate whether I was a carrier of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. My decision to go through with the genetic testing was partly for myself, and partly because I had three daughters, and two sisters who would benefit from the information contained in my results. If I was a gene carrier, I would have a much higher chance of getting ovarian cancer, and would have another difficult decision to make. My daughters would have a much higher chance of acquiring breast cancer as well, and would be in the same situation that Jolie found herself in.
The decision was made to go through with the blood tests. I would be called back in a few weeks to get my results. During this time there were many things that went through my mind. I would have to decide, sooner rather than later, that I would have a full hysterectomy.
And I was scared; not only for myself.
I was scared for my daughters, still so young, and their futures. What if breast cancer hits them even earlier than it hit me? I thought of the implications of carrying one, or both, of these genes. Should I get life insurance for the girls? Should I get a safety deposit box and put the results in there, only to be taken out at a much later date? If my daughters were told that I was a gene carrier, they would not be eligible for life insurance in Canada. My sisters, who were already considered high risk, because of me, would have to be tested themselves.
Even while I was afraid, my logical self also thought that, at least, I would have a clearer picture of why I got breast cancer.
It was a beautiful, but cold, sunny day in February of this year that I went to the hospital to get my results. To say I was nervous would be an understatement. In my usual take charge way, I had mentally prepared myself for any bad news. Similar to the day that I was diagnosed with breast cancer, everything was moving in slow motion. I was in a daze, but remember things in vivid detail. I was on an emotional roller coaster as I sat in that hospital waiting room. Alone.
And it was with sweaty palms, like a prisoner in court awaiting the judge to read their verdict, that I sat across from the genetics councillor to get my results. After a few bits of information, that, frankly, I don't even remember, she said the words I longed to hear: you tested negative for both genes.
Relief cannot amply describe my feelings, at that point. The information that followed was a blur as well. And when I left, my results on one piece of paper, neatly folded in my purse, I sat in my car and cried. Tears of relief, tears of gratitude and tears of joy. The emotions that had been cooped up for many months spilled out on my steering wheel and down my winter coat.
I know how it feels to be there. And even if you're a movie star, those decisions remain the same.

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The client's requirement was two-fold:
The project enhances the verticality of the interior spaces while maintaining the unitary spaces generated by the mighty brick structure.
The intervention aims to combine building conservation and the newer functions (exhibition, information, cultural center).
The new structures for public spaces and services, and the volumes needed to host the main plant equipment, are autonomous objects, made different by materials and technologies compared to the Tower building walls. This result is obtained by inserting vertical partitions coated with a sheet of 10/10 cor-ten steel.
Exterior view of tower.
Functions-placement enhances original building spatiality and vertical development of the tower.
There are also new structures independent of the existing walls to enhance the visual perception of building unitary spaces.
View of reading hall.
View of reading hall from exhibition hall.
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View of exhibition hall from steel staircase.
View of ramps.
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Dear Little Me: A Letter to Myself as a Child
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Minetto Bridge Tunnel Illusion on the Oswego River
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It was Wednesday (6/16/10) evening about 8 p.m., when my husband and I completed practicing putting and chipping at Battle Island State Park. We were driving north on Hwy. 48 in Minetto in Oswego County. As we were approaching the Minetto Bridge, I asked my husband to quickly stop the truck and if he had his iPhone with him. He said he did so I asked him to back up the truck. I saw something in the river and wanted to take a second glance at what I saw. Because there wasn't any wind, the river was like glass for a perfect reflection of the Minetto Bridge and trees on the river. The reflection made it appear as though there were a tunnel in the Oswego River under the Minetto Bridge.


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Hey I'm shopping for my first brewpot and I can't seem to decide what to buy. First off how likly will it be that I will be able to do a full boil on my glass top range? I'm tempted to buy a 28qt pot so I can boil the full 5 gallons. If not whats the maximum size pot I'll be able to boil with my stove? I'm tempted to buy this 20qt pot on amazon as its so cheap, except that it gets a poor review:Amazon.com: Imusa Stainless Steel Stock Pot, 20 Quart: Home & Garden This pot seems to get good reviews from home brewers but its only 16qts:Amazon.com: Imusa Stainless Steel Stock Pot, 16 Quart: Home & Garden I'm a cheap ass but I *HATE* buying cheap products that I just have to replace soon after I buy them. I'll spend more but I just want to get a pot I'll be able to use for years to come.
Then get a 7.5 gallon (30 qt) so you can do a full boil. Your beer will turn out better. I have been brewing for a month. My first day, I bought a 20 quart. 3 days later, I bought a 30 qt. For now, the 20 qt. was a waste of money because I don't do all grain. When I start, I'll be glad I did because I'll need both.
IIRC someone else on these forums was talking about having trouble getting a good roiling boil on a glass top range. Before you jump in to larger boils you might want to consider looking up the max output of your range top and make sure it's going to be efficient enough to bring large volumes to boil.
Jason 'Kornkob' Robinson I wanna move to Theory. Everything works in Theory.
I agree with Korn but I'd go for at least a 9 gal that would be 36 qts. Here's why: you can do it in a 7.5 gal pot but you'll have to watch it like a hawk and stand over it the entire time. With a 9 gallon pot if you collect 7 gallons to boil that only gives you a 2 gallon window when you first start the boil and that is not much you'll still have to watch it like a hawk at first but as the liquid boils off you will be able to eventually relax for a portion of your boil. Go big you won't reget a decision to get the bigget best pot you can afford
In the meantime, what's the biggest pot you have handy? I'd go ahead and see how long it takes you to get a good volume of water up to a boil. Even if you don't have a pot that can hold over 5 gallons, if it takes a long time to get 4 gallons up to a boil, that might tell you you're going to be SOL doing full boils on your stove. Another thing to consider is the bottom of the pot. Try to get one that's flat so there is more contact with the heating surface.
"Science + beer = good!" -Adam Savage
You are not going to be happy with your glass top. And if you happen to be married your wife is not gonna be thrilled with you making a mess in the kitchen either. If you are serious about brewing you'll need a gas burner here again the biggest you can afford. With brewing the saying goes go big or go home. One of my favorite saying is: Buy cheap and buy twice. I am not your typical american that thinks bigger is better, in most cases I think just the opposite is true however there are 3 things I can think of right off hand were bigger is better NFL linemen, Subwoofers and Brewing equipment. If you want to save money buy used. watch this site, ebay, craigs list, other sites like this you'll see people getting out of the hobby and you can pick up good equipment for less money than retail. But good equipment retains a lot of it's value so don't expect to get it at a steal unless you are willing to but in a lot of time and effort shopping around
I am married and I'm sure my wife will kill me here pretty soon. I still haven't even brewed my first batch yet and I'd like to try it out at least before I go and buy a gas burner. I just wanna buy a pot that I'll be happy with down the road.


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The village of Rognes sits on the side of the Foussa hill, about 5 km southwest of the Durance river. The village was destroyed in 1909, and rebuilt lower on the hillside, so the buildings are not terribly old. The old stone was of course used, and there are some houses built partially with the pierre de Rognes, a famous ochre-red stone used for sculptures and decoration.
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The lovely old ruins of the ancient village remain on the hilltop, along with the ruins of the old castle, dismantled in 1595.
There are several regional châteaux and chapels from the 14th to 17th centuries, including: Château de Cabanes; Château de Beaulieu; Château de Tournefort, rebuilt at the end of the 17th century, with its original medieval tower.
First record, 1150 Rognes
Gallo-Roman: Signs of Roman occupation here include a Gallo-Roman villa at the hamlet of Ribière (3 km east), and a Roman mausoleum at the Domain de Barbebelle (3 km south). Several Gallo-Roman vestiges were also discovered at Beaulieu (4 km southwest).
Medieval: Rognes was in the domain of the Lords of Alamanon in the 14th century, and in the 15th century it passed to the Agoults. At the end of the 16th century, Rognes was attached to the Raphélis by marriage.
More Recently: Rognes was pretty much destroyed by the earthquake of 1909. It was moved from the Foussa plateau, and rebuilt at the foot of the Foussa, on the flank of the hill.
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A very long bridal trail passes just to the east side of the village.
• To the north, the trail crosses the Durance river and branches out to several trails, some passing Lourmarin and La Motte-d'Aigues (and other towns), and continuing up into the Luberon mountains.
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October 24th, 2005, 09:32 AM #16
Well i was dissapointed and content at the end of it all, lots of plus points though especially my new favourite character ...
'Bugger me with a bloody spear,' he said again, and started laughing too.
'You heard the man,' Jaime said to Ilyn Payne. ' Find a nice long spear and shove it up his arse. '
lol, this rivals Shagga and his one liners, hehe!
October 24th, 2005, 03:58 PM #17Originally Posted by Murrin
October 24th, 2005, 07:17 PM #18
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Wow, didn't pick up on the Hound thing. I might have a re-read of that bit. It could make sense if Elder Brother is this supposed super healer as well.
And yes, I believe we may see "Mountainstein" emerging from the dungeon's at some stage I wondered if it really was his head they sent south, or just someone else with a large skull (such as one of the many dwarf heads bought to Cersei)? It seems strange to spend 3 novels discussing the strength of the Clegane brothers only to have them both die offfscreen. Very undramatic for a soap opera.
I woke up in the middle of the night thinking of a word that may have caused them to cut down Brienne as well: Arya.
October 24th, 2005, 07:48 PM #19Originally Posted by Murrin
It's at page 469-470. The Elder Brother says, "The man you seek is dead." [He died by the sword, the same way he lived.]
Then later he says, "The Hound died there, in my arms"
Brienne says, "Sandor Clegane is dead."
The Elder Brother corrects her, "He is at rest."
This leaves us wondering, how did the Elder Brother know Sandor had Arya with him? Did he tell him this while he was dying? Maybe not.
And how did the Elder Brother know that Sandor wished to kill his brother? Has Sandor been healed and confessing his sins to the Elder Brother.
I'm wondering what else I've missed by tearing through the pages so quickly.
October 24th, 2005, 08:07 PM #20
Thing is, when I read it I knew there was something fishy going on, but couldn't work out what - it was the day after I finished, when I went through the scene again in my head, that it occured to me.
Inkswitch: It'd be interesting to see Sandor resurface later, but I think I'd be just as satisfied knowing that he was at peace. If he's truly left all that behind him (and what the Elder Brother says suggests that he has), then his story is essentially finished. If, however, he is still troubled, then there's potential for more of him in later books - it's all up to what Martin thinks of the Hound's death, really.
And of course, his soldiering days are over in any case, if I was right about his identity - the grave digger was half lame.
Eventine: I wondered about the skull as well - something Cersei thought I think? I can't quite remember.
Edit - Ah, it was Qyburn: "I'm sorry that it took so long. Such a large head. It took the beetles many hours to clean the flesh." Not as suspicious as I'd remembered it, but the time Qyburn took over it could be suggestive of some deception.Last edited by Murrin; October 24th, 2005 at 08:15 PM.
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The other thing around the head is that I don't believe there is a specific mention that it is Clegane's, or that the Mountain actually died. Once again, Martin lets us make assumptions that could be false by only showing us certain pieces of information.
October 25th, 2005, 07:33 AM #22Originally Posted by Eventine
October 25th, 2005, 07:56 AM #23
I thought of that too - but then realised that Beric Dondarrion's followers (now Stoneheart's followers) knew Arya was taken by the Hound; and with the Hound gone, they probably know they have no chance of finding her. Brienne doesn't know much they don't about Arya, really, except that she was in Saltpans shortly before the attack (which is not the sort of news Stoneheart would like to hear, I think).
October 25th, 2005, 08:02 AM #24Originally Posted by Murrin
October 25th, 2005, 03:02 PM #25Originally Posted by Eventine
Neither Clegane can be dead... Qyburn (sp?) and his dark magic has created a demon-fighter out of what remained of the Mountain... hence the armour that Cersei was having made... (so heavy no man could be strong enough to bear it's weight) "It's Alive! It's ALIVE! (mwah-haha!!)
Perhaps he will become the replacement for Loras when he falls, but I'll have to keep reading for that one
As for the Hound... it seems very clear to me that he is the gravedigger Brienne sees at that (what is it... some sort of monastary in the bogs or something?) Anyway, his horse is certainly there. Do you really think that horse would go willingly with anybody other than Sandor? Also, the brother telling Brienne about Arya being with Sandor, and of witnessing Sandor's "death" also spoke of his own personal "death" and rebirth (born again has a whole new meaning here). He tells her that Sandor Clegane is "at rest".
I still believe it is Sandor's destiny to kill his brother... NOT to live a pious life burying the dead. His story is far from ended!
October 25th, 2005, 04:49 PM #26
I can't see how Brienne didn't hang. I figured her one word was "Jaime".
The word was probably "Sword". She had to choose between "Sword" and "Noose".
However I don't think what she cries is very relevant. There is no way Martin will have her killed, because why else was Brienne in this story at all if she wasn't going to be important later on. She was one of the (if not *The*) reasons Martin said the 5-year gap had to be scrapped.
It makes little sense from a storytelling point of view to have her die now. If that is the case, we didn't need her story, let alone her POV, let alone her POV with more chapters than anyone else but Cersei.
Any ideas on who the woman in Jaime's "dream" at the end was?
Yes, his mother, Joanna Lannister.
Or the man in the prologue/Sam's last chapter? Just a Faceless Man? Or someone else
It's Jaqen H'gar. As others have pointed out elsewhere, the face that Pate describes in the prologue is precisely the face that Jaqen changes into in Clash of Kings. This one was not easy to catch though.
Will Dance be chronologically after Feast? If so, he's spoiled a bit for me. If it's concurrent, well, that will at least make things interesting.
The early chapters will start at roughly the same time but Dance is expected to span a longer period of time. Characters like Arya and Asha, who were also in AFFC, will continue as POV's in Dance.
In the book we hear of the death of Davos, and I thought he'd carked it and it was an interesting way of cutting out that POV. In the afterword though, he mentions that we'll see more of Davos.
We can still see davos die at White Harbor in his own POV"s in Dance though.
As for Sandor, he is clearly still alive. Why in the world would they keep his mad horse that no one can touch if he wasn't the huge gravedigger with a lame leg? And then we get the cryptic comments from Elder brother, which never state that he is dead, but rather that The Hound is dead?
Sandor is at the Quite Isle, atoning for his many, many sins. As Elder Brother says, when he heard Gregor was killed by poison, the driving force of his life, (killing him) went away. In a few years, when he leaves there, he'll be a changed man, and then he'll learn that...........Gregor is in fact still around, more monstrous and more powerful than before.
October 25th, 2005, 06:58 PM #27Originally Posted by Mithfânion
And Mith - you have way too much time to think about this stuff...
October 26th, 2005, 01:07 AM #28
here's an off-beat thought I just had whilst reading Feast- could Syrio/J'quen also take the form of an animal? Such as- oh... I dunno... maybe a tomcat with one ear missing??? Just a thot
October 27th, 2005, 01:26 PM #29
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I've finished Feasting and I have a few thoughts...
1. I don't think Arya is truly blind. I'm pretty sure there was a potion in her warm milk (with a bitter taste at the finish) and that being blind is part of her training. Remember the blind acolyte lighting candles at the beginning? I think that will be Arya next.
2. The Maegi speaks true- Cersei's remaining two children are destined for death... I just wonder if the High Sparrow will be able to whip the truth of her offspring's conception out of her?
3. There sure seems to be alot of PATE's in this book. Anybody have a strong feeling regarding the Pate that Sam feels "uneasy" about at the very end?
4. I can only see Brienne yelling "Sword". Had George said that she yelled a name, perhaps it would be Sansa or Arya... but he wrote that she said a word.
5. I still think that Taena Merryweather is the missing Sandsnake daughter. I do, I do, I do!
6. I wonder if Sam got Gilly knocked up for real this go-round?
7. Sandor is definately the lame monk guy, for reasons I expressed earlier in this thread.
8. Gregor is definately Qyburn's "Frankenmountain" in the black cellars. I'd stake his life on it
9. If the Maegi's prophecy does come to fruition fully, then Cersei will be Queen and keep her life until Dany comes to dethrone her, me thinks.
10. Where is Asha off to? Is she the Kraken prophesied to meet up with Dany?
11. Who turned on Arianne Martell? Could it have been Garin? He is the one who called Darkstar...
12. Where is Ser Raynald Westerling? He seems to have escaped the Red Wedding with a few wounds. And what about the Blackfish? And I think Davos is certainly still kickin'. It would not be difficult to make another body look like his... just cut along the dotted lines
13. As for Margaery's maidenhead, I'm betting she lost it riding horses, which she so loves to do daily... it was discussed that it happened that way more oft than not in earlier chapters. Besides, Renly was gay as sunshine, Joff bit it before he could do the deed, and Tommen is just too darn young for such things. I really do think she's a maid still. She's too smart to do any of the things the Queen suggested.
I could go on, but you'd all probably ban me from the site for rambling!
October 27th, 2005, 02:06 PM #30
Agree with most of your points there, Cat. Interesting idea about Lady Merryweather - there was definately a hidden agenda there, at first I thought she was spying for the Tyrells, but that doesn't seem right by the end. If she's a Sand Snake, then things become quite interesting. I do, however, find it odd that the Merryweathers fled after the Faith took Cersei (though I think it's all left the kingdom in good hands anyway, compared to Cersei's rule).
Davos I also think is alive. The Manderley's were loyal northmen once, and though they may have forged a link with the Freys, remember that one of the brothers was murdered at the Red Wedding, a crime (betrayal of guest-right) that cannot be forgiven (on that point, anyone have ideas on when the Freys' curse will come down on them? I bet it'll be impressive).
I also think you're right on Margaery. Cersei set the whole thing up, one of the only things she managed to do reasonably well (I don't count Osfrey's confession as a fault in that plan - it's more a consequence of her biggest folly in allowing the Faith to bear arms and try sinners).


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Forum post of the day: Keep your E-sport out of the Battlegrounds {WoW}
Apr 23rd 2008 11:12PM Seriously, I swear the most vocal whiners either didnt play TBC or did it with a damn blindfold.
Gear is SO easy to come by now its ridiculous. I remember as a leveling rogue way back when WoW was released, all I wanted was a set of shadowcraft. Yep, a set of blues.
I looked at people with a set of epics and thought they were amazing! Even more so for those with rank 14 stuff from the old PvP system.
These people worked for their gear, and they deserved it. What you dont seem to understand is that people who put in more time and effort get better at the game.
People who are better at the game SHOULD be beating people worse than them. They SHOULD have better gear, thats the point of an MMO!
Now just get back to counterstrike or whatever "boom headshot" game these PvP whiners come from. An MMO is NOT a balanced game, there IS a gear factor and you either have to learn to live with it, or go find something else to play.
Drysc reveals new arena season 4 rating requirements and rules {WoW}
Apr 22nd 2008 5:02PM Y'know what, for a second there I had a strange thought that people played PvP because they enjoyed it.
Whats with all the whining "theres no point to me playing arena now cos I cant get any more lootz"? What about for the fun of it?
WoW isnt just about loot, and I guarantee you folks moaning about these changes would have been chewed up and spat out by the old PvP system.
This is the right way to do things, things should have a personal rating. That way, you have to actually learn to be good at the game to win. Its pretty simple. Like getting past a level on tomb raider or any other arcade game.....If you cant do it you have to spend ages trying.
Jeeez....when did we as a community get so damn whiny? We have a great game, an AMAZING game, so just enjoy it!
Why PvE has been, and always will be, the only real game {WoW}
Apr 20th 2008 9:33AM PvP at the moment IS welfare epics, but there are obviously a lot of people who really put time and effort into it and they should be recognized.
What would fix the welfare epics debate? Have a personal rating requirement on EVERY piece of arena gear. Nothing seriously high until the top brackets, but 1.5k/1.6k for the lowest availiable bits. Yes, it'd be hard to get for your average 'scrub' player. Yes there'd be a tonne of whining on the forums. But y'know what? At least then you could look at someone and say 'that guy earned his stuff by being GOOD at what he does, not just by losing/AFKing'.
There has to be some PvP players out there that wouldnt mind a little bit of elitism in the game? If you've worked your ass off to hit a goal, wouldnt it be nice to be recognized for it?
Oh, and raiding is NOT easy. The fact that theres a tonne of BT/SP guilds posting new kills on a dailiy basis does not mean that the average raiding guild is at their standard. Every time I see someone turn up to a raid or pug with some moron in PvP gear it's pure /facepalm.
Why PvE has been, and always will be, the only real game {WoW}
Apr 19th 2008 10:50PM I have to say I agree with the majority of this article.
Blizzard took a major detour off towards the pvp path with BC, for the worse I feel.
I'd be interested to see how many people played the game before BC and actually played through the old honor system when epic were epics etc yadda yadda. It's true though, it used to be the case that you'd se someone with a rank 14 weapon and be genuinely impressed. They had this whole look and feel to them that said 'I put in some serious graft for this'.
Now, I'm always a little disappointed when I see everyone and his wife running about with a tonne of PvP epics and greens to fill the blanks, its just plain depressing.
PvE IS the game, always has been. In that respect vanilla WoW was a better game for me, as PvE is my style. Whilst I recognize a lot of people want to play purely for the PvP, I really dont understand why Blizzard dont code in a set of rules changing abilities when you zone into an arena. This would stop stupid PvP nerfs affecting the PvE game whilst keeping the PvP game balanced.
Then again I think PvP gear shouldnt be useable unless you're in an arena or battlegrounds, but thats another story and a point of view :P
Forum post of the Day: Tank shortage {WoW}
Mar 6th 2008 10:31PM The problem is too many warrior speccing for DPS. Thats's not to say they CANT DPS, we all know they can.
The problem comes when you think of how many classes CAN tank. Warriors, Druids and Pallies. A priest, lock, rogue, mage or hunter cant tank in general aside from very very specific encounters. Their job is to heal/dps.
So really the question is "Why don't tanking-capable classes want to spec and play a tanking role?"
Theres plenty of DPS classes out there fighting for spots. How come the warriors have a sudden aversion to tanking? Is it hugely different playing warrior dps compared to other dps classes? I'm afraid I dont know, I've never played warrior.
Common-sense says if you want to DPS, you roll a DPS class surely? Maybe its Blizz's fault for 'balancing' all the classes so everyone can get impressive numbers.


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OK.. I have a hair brain idea that includes 4#2Row, 4#WheatMalt, 1#Munich, and 0.5#Oatmeal.. Yeast most likely US-05 or 04.. Hops most likely Chinook or Mt.Hood.. What the H3II is this concoction?? Anyone want to help name it OR does it have a name?? Just a general Brain Fart and looking for something to do.. Oh did I mention that I LOVE this hobby?? A long way from the Coopers Kit I started out with..
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looks like an American Wheat beer to me.
Shweat... We have a name.. Do we know other wheat beers with oatmeal as part of the grain bill?
I'd say definitely an American wheat. I don't know of any commercial wheats with oats in there but it's not really that unusual of an addition.
If you use the chinook hops to a high enough IBU you would have a nice wheat pale ale on your hands. Just made one myself with a similar grain bill, and summit, sorachi ace, and cascade.
How about wording the ingredients like this....4#WheatMalt, 4#2Row and call it the 442 just like the car.
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50% 2-row 50% Wheat American yeast American Hops = American Wheat I would probably leave out the oatmeal though.


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Is there a novel that defines the 9/11 decade?
Many books have been written about 9/11 but is there one that embodies the era that the attacks inaugurated?
When Changez, the Pakistani hero of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, watches the Twin Towers come crumbling down, he smiles.
Little Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old at the centre of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, grapples with his father's death by creating a flip-book - 15 blurry stills, arranged in reverse order, of a man falling to his death from the World Trade Center. When he flicks through the pages, the flailing figure is restored to the top of the building - safe.
Five examples of 9/11 fiction
- The Submission by Amy Waldman - A jury in charge of choosing a ground zero-like memorial selects a design that turns out to have been created by a Muslim-American architect
- Open City by Teju Cole - A dejected Nigerian-German psychiatrist wanders the streets of post-9/11 New York
- Falling Man by Don DeLillo - A lawyer who survives the attack on the World Trade Center struggles to understand what has happened
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer - A nine-year-old boy whose father died in the attacks finds a strange object in his father's cupboard
- Netherland by Joseph O'Neill - A Dutchman living in New York after 9/11 takes up cricket and connects with the city's immigrant underclass
In Open City, writer Teju Cole describes Colonel Tassin - a (real) 19th Century figure - who kept count of the number of birds killed by flying into the Statue of Liberty, as many as 1,400 a night. The image is a reminder of another killing by collision, also in New York, two centuries later.
These are three books that have attempted to hew fiction from the fact of 9/11. According to Bowker's Books in Print database, which tracks print and e-books published and distributed in the United States, 164 such works have been written so far - they either directly address the event or use it as a peg to hang greater literary concerns about love, life and loss.
According to Erica Wagner, Literary Editor of The Times, such epoch-making events have traditionally proven to be great canvasses for the imagination.
"Everyone wonders: what if it had been me? What would I have done? It is the job of the novelist to think that through," she says.
Tragedy has often led to an outpouring of art. The Spanish Civil War spawned Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls; the bombing of Dresden, gave rise to Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter-House Five. The single bloodiest day in the history of human warfare, the Battle of Borodino in 1812, features in Tolstoy's magnum opus War and Peace.
The 9/11 attacks shook the world and the way we think about it. It makes sense for novelists to feature it in their works. But in the 10 years since, has there been one novel that has seized the imagination more than any other - and that stands out as the story of our times?
Ping-pongThe search, it seems, is still on. It is tempting, at the turn of the decade, to hand out such accolades - but as an impetus for the imagination, says Wagner, such events don't come with a sell-by date.
"Ten years is not a long time from the standpoint of fiction," she says.
"If you look at Dickens's novels, for instance, they appear to be contemporary to his times. But often he was writing about his childhood - that in itself is a distance of about 40 or so years."
War and Peace appeared more than 50 years after Napoleon invaded Russia. Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels, a fictional representation of the Battle of Gettysburg, took 120 years to arrive. By contrast, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 was written in 1961 - just 15 years after the end of World War II.
According to John Sutherland, Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London, there is a "hand-in-glove" relationship between fiction and current events but "it is not like ping-pong - fiction doesn't necessarily provide a direct response".
NostradamusIt is possible, he says, that the novel which comes to define the 9/11 era may have nothing to do with the event itself - at least in terms of plot.
The imagination of disaster
For those who like to look at the very big picture in literature, socio-historical cataclysm has a particular interest. There are few great novels, for example, during great wars - they all have a flavour of what the French call arriere pensee, afterthought. Could Tolstoy have written War and Peace during the Napoleonic War?
What is most interesting about reverberation in fiction, however, is its obliqueness. It is like one billiard ball being hit by another - the direction is, typically, unpredictable, but clearly consequential.
The Vietnam debacle and the 1974 oil shock triggered a spate of disaster novels and films. They were thematically rooted in recent events, but unpredictably imaginative.
The horror of 9/11 is not something to be academic about. But one can feel the impact, remotely and symptomatically - but rarely directly - everywhere in works of the imagination produced after the event.
John Sutherland, Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus, University College London
"When the towers first collapsed, a book that shot to the top of the bestseller list was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold [narrated from heaven by a murdered child] - signifying, perhaps, a general fascination with trauma."
Nostradamus, he says, regained popularity for similar reasons - as people began thinking about the end of the world.
Teju Cole, author of Open City, says his 9/11 novel is Elizabeth Costello by J M Coetzee - although it has nothing to do with 9/11 at all.
"It takes up the question of whether there are limits to what can be depicted of human suffering. In the US, we heard a lot about 9/11 but saw very little of it - little of the actual human damage of that day and little of the human damage that came out of the 9/11 wars," he says.
"Who decides what others may see? Even photographs of soldiers' flag-draped caskets were banned."
According to Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the very attempt to find definitive novels - works that define or specify precisely - is misguided.
"Events should have as many definitions as the number of people who experience them," he says.
When Japanese forces blitzed Pearl Harbour on the morning of 7 December 1941, this was not merely an event that forced the United States to officially enter World War II, he argues.
"Pearl Harbour was many other things also: it was a kiss, it was a swim in a lake, it was a fisherman wondering what the commotion was, it was a flock of birds taking flight."
It is natural for 9/11 to reverberate in fiction, he says.
But if what we want are answers and straitjacket definitions - "history in a hurry" - then are we looking in the right place?
"Fiction is a long, rambling encounter with many things," he says. "Fiction re-complicates what politicians wish to oversimplify."


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Cardiomyopathy refers to several diseases that affect the myocardium (heart muscle) and are associated with mechanical and/or electrical dysfunction. In cardiomyopathy, abnormal heart function results from weakness or structural changes in the myocardium.
After coronary artery disease (CAD) and hypertension (high blood pressure), dilated cardiomyopathy is the third most common cause of heart failure in the United States.
In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the myocardium is thickened. As a result, it becomes difficult for the heart to pump blood. Nearly one-half of deaths due to HCM occur during or after physical activity. Sudden death occurs due to lethal heart rhythm disturbances (ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia). It is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in athletes as a result of structural heart changes in response to intense training.