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03-03-2011, 12:20 PMI am left with an ill feeling that Luxury Link is trying to
After being on this site for months looking at auctions and being hesitant to bid I finally did just a few weeks ago. I was so excited I won my auction. I read the rules thoroughly. I followed the guide lines of how bidders should check with the hotel first prior to bidding to make sure the dates you want will be available. I did that before my bid as well as after I won the auction. All 3 date options were available but when I submitted to Luxury Link all 3 got denied. Mind you, the auction itself did not state that there were any date restrictions like many other auctions had so why were ALL of them denied? The hotel obviously had room. The customer service rep, Sonya, told me it was because of the fourth of July holiday. And because the hotel was a "preferred" hotel that my calling the hotel to confirm availability will not apply to me. How does that make any sense? And why was that not explained anywhere on the auction? And if there are no date restrictions then why does the 4th of July holiday matter?
I tried to stay flexible. Sonya first told me because of circumstance I COULD cancel the auction but if I wanted to look in to other dates first I can. So I asked her if she could contact the hotel since I obvioulsy cannot call them myself and find out what dates ARE available to not waste any more time. She said she would contact me by phone or email. 4 days went by with no response. I started calling daily to get ahold of her and I continued to get thrown in to her voicemail and never getting a returned call. That was when I decided I don't want to know other dates, I just want my refund. I finally get her directly, and not by her attempting to call me, and she says I am not able to have a refund. She also hadn't checked with the hotel on additional dates. She asked if she could call the hotel and give me a call back with the dates. I said I would prefer to wait on hold while she call. I waited ONE HOUR AND TEN MINUTES on hold. How does it take that long to find available dates directly from a hotel? She kept asking to "call me back" but because I know I will never get that call I continued to wait. After an hour she came back on the phone, still had no dates to give me and said she has to hang up with me now. This was two days ago. I have not gotten a single call from this woman since the start of this and I continue to get the run around.
I have contacted customer service directly by email and have not gotten any responses from them either.
This is by far the worst customer service I have ever experienced and I feel completely scammed and taken for.
I just want my refund.
I'm very sorry to hear about your experience with Luxury Link. I've purchased half a dozen packages and not only have I had excellent service, but all of our stays have exceeded our expectations. My advice, is to call Luxury Link and speak to a different representative. It's possible that Sonya is a new employee and you could have better results dealing with a more experience representative.
I agree with thepiranha. I have purchased numerous LL packages and have always had great service, both from LL and the booked properties. I've sent you a private message. Please check your inbox.
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Dear Josiemastroviti:
I am very sorry to hear about your experience. Our Customer Service team tries very hard to work with each customer and make sure things run as smoothly as possible. It's very unfortunate to hear that this happened to you. As you can see from the availability of our Community, we are open to hearing all experiences from our customers. This forum allows us to not only address issues that may have been overlooked, but to also learn from those issues.
I have reached out to our Customer Service department, and they are trying to contact you. They are also trying to contact the property manager of the Preferred Hotel Group. Unfortunately, because PHG is an additional party in your package purchase, it makes things more inflexible (i.e. dates - especially around holidays).
Again, I'm very sorry to hear about your experience. We will hopefully be able to clear things up soon.
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i am sorry you are having troubles - my husband and i are currently on a luxury link package and in fact we combined 3 together and they worked great with me for the dates we wanted.
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I just purchased a Luxury Link package this week. There was a billing problem, so I e-mailed Luxury Link and the problem was taken care of less than 24 hours later. As I stated earlier, I find their service to be exceptional.
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04-07-2011, 09:56 AMLL has the wonderful Gloria working for them!
We won an auction 10 days ago. It showed up on their past auction list and the cc was immediately charged for it. However after a week of not knowing if our preferred dates had been reserved, we called LL. (We had checked both the web site of the property, and called LL to check availability, before bidding)
Within hours of contact about the problem (the rest of our schedule was hanging on this reservation), Gloria posted an email to us, that she was working on it, and then within 10 minutes, a positive response confirming our dates.
Others have mentioned Gloria's good service. But based upon these difficulties and what has been reported here, I would say LL needs to put more people power like Gloria in their back office operation, where screw ups and poor internal communications, can really mess up a positive customer experience. More Braves & fewer Chiefs perhaps?
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04-07-2011, 08:53 PMI'll second your post shininglight. While I can't say I've had too much trouble, exactly, with LL customer service, when I did have to correct an issue I felt like I really had to go the extra mile to fix it myself and double check that it stayed fixed on my credit card. I also am not fond of waiting on hold and I remember very well a long wait on hold with customer service. I think LL definitely would benefit from fine-tuning their attention to customer care at the first point at which the customer interacts with LL (customer service phone or email.) I must say, though, that some of the LL people I've interacted with have been lovely.


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Aug 8, 2013It only took about 1 hour of game-play to get completely HOOKED on this game. It's so difficult to find a single flaw with this game!!!!!
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If, like me, you spend more time in airports than you do in your own house, your laptop has no doubt fallen prey to your jetsetting ways. With today's inane over-the-top security measures--I can take a sharpened pencil on my flight but not dulled tweezers or plastic knitting needles?--where you're required to practically remove everything but your intimates, it's no wonder I've gone through three MacBooks in two years.
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Recently, I stumbled upon laptop bag line Brenthaven that promise a breezy experience through security without the impact on your computer. I was skeptical--what if the TSA employees didn't recognize such an advanced product?--but alas, they do (the first bags of this kind were approved by the last year) and it has improved my airport experience significantly. No more fumbling around to remove my computer from its case, no more laptop banging around on the belt.
The bag I have simply unzips in half, and my Mac can be scanned from the safety of its padded home, no removal necessary. While aesthetically I prefer the slimmer sleeves, you can't pack any metals or electronics in the bag with these models. I am no light traveler and prefer to carry everything on, so I require space for my BlackBerry, iPod, books, magazines, wallet, passport, snacks, adapter, camera, chargers and more. Thus, I opted for the ProStyle BF-XF, which is a full-on backpack outfitted with so many nooks and crannies, I often lose track of where I put what. (One thing's for sure: I'm no longer pressed for storage room.) Sure, it's not as pretty as the more feminine varieties, but I plan on jazzing it up a bit with the help of some patches I've collected on the road and my (fiance's) trusty sewing machine.
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He thinks he is channeling Lincoln and will attempt to start a civil war to become one in history. Liberal professors would be more than willing to write that book. Click Here if you Like this Comment
I´m pretty sure that the President is probably gay, to be blunt. I´m not judgmental if that were to be true. I think the whole golf outing with press blackouts (so we never actually see the President on the links), the time alone with Reggie on the big bus, the separate vacations away from his wife, the terrible baseball toss, etc. etc. etc. There seems to be a lot of telltale signs.The President has taken his 3% victory in the last election as a mandate to do whatever the heck he wants. He is completely untethered. I will not be surprised by anything this lazy, childish and narcissistic tyrant wannabe will pursue.It will get worse before it gets better. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Yes, #4, in future years (assuming a future USA, as we know it), I fully expect the truth to seep out--much like JFK´s womanizing. What truth?-Obama is gay, or at least bi-. Look at his realtionship with Reggie Love, the hold that Jarrett has over him, the gay roomate in Columbia, the obvious gay members of his high schoolChoom Gang-Obama´s birth made him ineligible to be POTUS Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
I see a bailout coming for California in exchange for Obama´s intervention as he attempts to overturn the will of the people. Will they sell out or revolt? History shows that they´ll probably sell out. Should be interesting. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Obama, blessed be his name, knows best. Click Here if you Like this Comment
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Thanks to all the slackers who voted 0bummer into office, he´ll have his own Supreme Court and won´t have to "urge"...he´ll just simply DICTATE. Isn´t America a wonderful country. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Oh, come on. The five liberal judges attended his state of the union....that tells the world everything they need to know. Our country is being destroyed day by day and we passively submit. If the Founding Fathers came back to life today, they would be appalled. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
How about treating white heterosexual males like "anyone else under the law"? Or Christians? Or pro-lifers? Or military vets? Click Here if you Like this Comment
So how does Obama have standing? How is he inconvienced? Is he secretly ingaged to a man in California? Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Democrats will accept virtually anything that has a political constituency. LGBT is a good example. Most fail to understand transgender "rights" will include supporting a teacher to appear either as male or female on different days at public school.Next comes the pedophile lobby. Oh, it won´t appear as sex with 4 year olds. Liberals know better than to jump the shark. It will come as the lowering of the age of accountability. After all; aren´t 13 year olds capable of love? And, of course we should go by their emotional age as all people "mature" at different ages. And the liberal psychiatric community has already done "studies" that show children who have had sex with adults were not mentally harmed. As soon as they get a political following the Democrats will hop right on the support bandwagon. Don´t you just see it coming? Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
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Former Cottonwood rec center to become microbrewery
There seems to be a love-hate relationship with the old building. Everyone wants to preserve the historic building at the south end of Old Town.
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City of Cottonwood, school district mull after-school program
The City of Cottonwood Recreation Center and the Cottonwood Oak Creek School District are working to develop an after-school program.
Verde Valley Leadership call for Summit Award nominations
In April 2012, VVL developed an annual Leadership Summit as an opportunity to celebrate leadership in the Verde Valley and honor Adult and Youth Leaders in the community.
Teen Maze Helps Kids See The Light
The Yavapai County Community Health Services and Verde Valley Sanctuary coordinated this year's 2014 Teen Maze at the Clemenceau Building in Cottonwood.
Paws Thrift Store officially opened in its new location next to Food City in Cottonwood on Saturday, March 1. Members of the Verde Valley Humane Society board were on hand to show off the new space and welcome customers to the thrift store.
Fresh Coat of Paint for Old Town Courts
Oscar Rivas makes the "SUNS" lettering shine brighter in the middle of the Old Town Community Courts in Downtown Cottonwood in Wednesday's warm and sunny weather.
In Court: Balloon crash case ends abruptly
What began as a Cottonwood airport festival in mid-October 2010 has ended in three and half years of litigation that reached a conclusion in February.
YA Transit revving engines to link the Verde Valley
VVN/Raquel Hendrickson Transit Manager Diana Bonnaha and drivers Ron Juan and Fawn Stanley are preparing to launch Yavapai-Apache Transit for the Verde Valley this spring.
Cottonwood's General Plan update looks at future growth areas, trails and roads
More than a dozen Cottonwood residents gathered last week at the Cottonwood Recreation Center to get a first-hand look at the proposed update to the Cottonwood General Plan.
County attorney declines on taking Marisol Gonzalez homicide to grand jury
Now 17 years old, the case files of a haunting Cottonwood double murder was recently re-opened on a reality TV series that promised "Cold Justice" for the family of Marisol Gonzalez.
Verde Valley Leadership call for Summit Award nominations
Verde Valley Leadership is pleased to announce the call for Summit Award Nominations.
Commission recommends cell towers in Cottonwood
Monday night, the Cottonwood Planning Commission recommended two 90-foot cellular communications towers for approval by the City Council, the culmination of a lengthy public debate over the proposed height that began in December.
African Children's Choir at Evangel Worship Center
The Evangel Worship Center, 1329 E Apache St., Cottonwood, hosts the African Children's Choir on Sunday, March 23, at 6 p.m. The program features well-loved children's songs, traditional spirituals and gospel favorites.
Old Town Blues Fest returns to Cottonwood
Joe Neri, local bluesman and producer of the annual Old Town Blues Fest has announced that this year's festival will be held on Saturday, March 29, at the Old Town Center for the Arts in Cottonwood.
Verde Valley Medical Clinic welcomes new surgeon Leon Pontikes, M.D.
General Surgery is pleased to announce Leon Pontikes, M.D., joined its medical staff and will be seeing patients in Cottonwood.
Yavapai College fills board vacancy
The League of Women Voters Greater Verde Valley will host the first of two forums on Yavapai College 's Master Plan and Capital Improvements from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on March 6 at the Cottonwood Recreation Center.
PD: Man admits to robbing 3 banks in Yavapai County
Authorities say a 53-year-old man has admitted to robbing three banks in Yavapai County.
Quince employees benefit concert Sunday
The Verde Valley community is "band'-ing together to help out the former employees of Quince Restaurant, which closed suddenly without notice, leaving employees and their families without paychecks.
Attorney general race comes to Cottonwood
Members of the community, and a couple from Sedona, met with Rotellini Friday night over wine and appetizers at Cottonwood resident Jim Ledbetter's home.
Chino Valley bank robbed: Connection to Verde Valley cases?
A bank in Chino Valley was robbed Friday by a man matching the description of a person involved in bank robberies in Camp Verde and Cottonwood.


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Can you send that shop over here to where I live? It looks wonderful and I bet I could spend hours wandering in there. I have to drive about 100 miles to get to a quilt shop. Needless to say, I don't get there very often.
Does look like a wonderful shop. We are off to Patchwork Teahouse on Thursday in the beautiful Warburton.
lovely post Jane, I've never been into Quilt Essentials, though I have heard of it. My local is Patches - I hope to get in there on Thursday, and come away with some things I never knew I needed! Catherine
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The powerful and sharp talons of the snowy owl enable it to clutch and capture small prey. This feature would not have been needed until after the Fall of man when animals became carnivores. The feet of the snowy owl are feathered, which protects it from the cold weather of its habitat.
- The snowy owl is one of the largest owls; the female is noticeably larger than the male.
- It has a white body with a black beak and yellow eyes. The female has blackish spots while the male is mostly pure white.
- The snowy owl is more agile than other owls and is able to capture birds while in flight.
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- The snowy owl protects its young from predators by pretending to have a broken wing and leading them away from its nest.
- A male will sometimes present a prospective mate with a dead animal as a gift.
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ORDER: Strigiformes (owls)
FAMILY: Strigidae (typical owls)
GENUS/SPECIES: Nyctea scandiaca
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Weight: Between 4 and 6 lbs (1.8–2.9 kg)
Original Diet: Plants
Present Diet: Rodents and birds
Habitat: Tundra regions of North America and Eurasia


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Victims of Gun Violence to Attend State of the Union
February 12, 2013
by Sasha Emmons
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Each year, guests with compelling stories are invited to attend the president's State of the Union address. This year is no different.
On hand for this Tuesday's speech will be around two dozen people vicitimized by gun violence, either personally or through the loss of a loved one. Former Ariz. Rep. Gabby Giffords, who survived a gunshot wound to her head two years ago, will attend. So will members of the Sandy Hook Elementary community. Here are some of the tragic stories behind the faces you'll see tonight:
Josh Stepakoff
Stepakoff was just 6 and attending summer camp when he was shot at the North Valley Jewish Community Center in 1999. He was one of three children injured by gunman Buford Furrow, who targeted Jews and minorities in his attack. Now 19 years old, Stepakoff is pushing for tougher gun control laws.
Cleopatra Cowley-Pendelton and Nathanial A. Pendleton Jr.
The parents of Hadiya Pendleton will there on behalf of their daughter, an innocent bystander who was caught in the crossfire of gang violence on Chicago's South Side. Hadiya, an honor student, was killed just one week after participating in President Obama's inauguration. Two men have been charged in the 15-year-old's murder.
Natalie Hammond
Hammond, a lead teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary, is one of a few survivors of Adam Lanza's assault on the school. She was shot several times but managed to crawl behind a door to safety. Hammond is a mom to a tween daughter.
Carlos Soto Jr.
His sister, Victoria Soto, was hailed as a hero after she used her body to shield and protect the students in her Sandy Hook first grade class. Carlos, a high school student, has set up Victoria Soto Scholarship Memorial Fund with his family to help aspiring teachers.
Kaitlin Roig
A first-grade teacher for six years at Sandy Hook Elementary, Roig protected her students by hiding them in the classroom bathroom and then barricading the door.


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Starting When You Want to Start
Here's another scenario: Suppose you graduated in May, spent a tough summer doing nothing but interviewing, and haven't had any time off. Not only are you exhausted, but you haven't had time to furnish your new apartment, buy a computer, and so forth. You secured a job in the fall and the company wants you to start right away. You want to start right away, too, but you would also like some time off in the next few months. However, the company's vacation policy states that you can't take any time off until you've been with the company for at least one year. What can you do?
Before you give up on taking a break, consider these options:
- Tell the truth. You've worked hard during your job search and you plan to give 100% to your new job. You'd like some time off before you start, to get re-energized and take care of some personal business. Give your employer a specific start date.
- Tell the company you're willing to start work when they want you to, but ask if you could take a week off without pay sometime in the first few months. Give the company a specific time when you want to be away so that everyone can plan for your absence.
- If you are moving from another city, say that you need some time to move and take care of other relocation matters. State the date that you'd like to start.
- If you have planned a vacation for some time in the future, be sure to mention it during the salary negotiation stage. It's a mistake to accept the position and then tell your boss three months later that you need some time off. Be prepared to take the time off without pay, if necessary.
Be flexible. If you are and if you conduct yourself professionally and discuss what you want honestly, chances are good you can come to a mutually satisfactory agreement with your new employer. For example, a recent graduate who accepted a position as a marketing specialist asked to delay her start date by a week. As it turned out, her new company was having its annual marketing meeting during that week. She knew it would send the wrong signal if she missed the meeting, so she asked if she could attend the meeting but make her official start date a week later. The company appreciated her willingness to adjust her plans to meet a business need and granted her the time off.
It is common practice to take a few days before starting a new job. If an employer asks why you need the time, here are a few perfectly legitimate reasons:
- You need to finish a temporary job
- You want to get doctors' appointments out of the way, so that you won't need to take time off once you start
- You have to attend to various personal needs/errands addressed (i.e. business clothes shopping, getting a phone line for your new apartment, working out details of your commute, etc.)
Announcing Your New Job
Now that you've started a new job, you need to let everyone in your network know for what company you're working, what your position is, and how you can be contacted. Thank them again for their help during your job search. Send the good news on company letterhead the first week on the job. Or, it is equally appropriate to do this via e-mail from your new company.
Be sure to include everyone you talked to about finding a job— whether it was a recruiter, a networking contact, or a college chum. Also, it's appropriate to write a couple lines about the projects you hope to be working on, for example, "refining the mission of the global marketing team." If you don't use company stationery, use plain, good-quality writing paper, and be sure to include your work address and phone number. Exhibit 8–2 shows a sample announcement letter.
Staying in Touch with Your Network
The importance of staying in touch with the people in your network cannot be emphasized enough. Your contacts are the lifeblood of the business world and will help provide you with information, support, and jobs throughout your career. The mistake that even the most senior executives make is to be so focused on their new job that they forget to stay in touch with their networks.
You will also want to spend time expanding your network as you look for role models and mentors. If your boss gives you an assignment and you really don't know where to start, you will always have the option of going to your network for help.
Saying " No" to an Offer
Be diplomatic about turning down an offer. You certainly don't want to burn any bridges or alienate anyone, particularly because you never know when you might be meeting or working with the same people.
Be Gracious—and Consider All Your Options
Declining an offer graciously is standard professional behavior. Respond to the offer quickly. You have to draw a clear line about when you have enough data to accept a job or decline it. Once you've made that decision, follow through.
If it turns out that you don't want the job, the first thing to do is to say something positive. For example, "I enjoyed meeting you and I appreciate the time you spent with me." Next, it's important to give a real reason for not taking the job. You might say something along these lines (if applicable), "However, I am declining your offer because at this point in my career, I think I would be better off with a company that offers me a structured training program." This is not the time to give the company negative feedback. You want to preserve your network.
If the real reason for not accepting an offer has to do with salary, go ahead and say so. You might be surprised by the results. Sometimes an employer will offer you more money if you have to turn down a job because of salary concerns. And it's not unheard of for an employer to increase your salary if the company and the hiring manager really want you.
When considering the salary offer, remember to factor in the cost of benefits provided. Health insurance (and dental, vision, and mental health coverage) is expensive. It's common for companies to have a policy on a "probationary period," such as three months, before you receive benefits. Some companies' benefits begin on day one, whereas others make you wait a whole year before coverage begins. Know your options. Can you secure coverage under your parents' plan until you have benefits? Can you afford to buy your own healthcare coverage until your company's policy starts?
Also don't forget, benefits may also include 401(k) plans, stock options, and a vacation/holiday package. These are big issues. If a company offers little to no coverage, it can be a bad sign—and possibly a signal to keep looking. Deduct your out-of-pocket expenses from the offered salary before making a decision.
Even if you do not have another offer, you should decline an offer that doesn't meet your needs as courteously as possible. You might say you're turning down the job because you've decided to investigate another aspect of the field, or perhaps you want to get another kind of experience altogether, such as graduate school. But the most important thing is to make the call. It will be one of the first tests of your mettle as a business person, so do it on time, do it pleasantly, and thank the person for their offer and their time. Before you hang up, say something reinforcing about the company such as: "I enjoyed meeting you and your management team. Speaking with you taught me a great deal about Internet commerce."
Don't Take a Job You Don't Want
You may be tempted to accept an offer for a job that you're not interested in because you don't have any other offers. Don't do it. Your new employer has every reason to expect that you will give 100% to your new job. After all, you did everything possible in the interview process to prove that you were a committed and enthusiastic candidate. If you're not willing to make good on your promises, it's not ethical to take the job.
In addition, it will be much more difficult to look for another job once you're employed. Finding a job is a full-time job in itself, and you will have much less time and flexibility. If you've gotten disappointing results from your search, analyze what you've been doing and decide what you could do differently. Brainstorm, and you may find that you have not tapped all your resources.
No matter what you decide to do about negotiating the terms of a new job, you now know the steps to take as well as the protocol. You know that you should really weigh your options before you make a final decision or take any action. All of your research concerning the job market and the details of your particular industry has prepared you for this final step in the interview process. Hopefully, you have made a realistic decision about what you want and what you can attain, given your experience and background. Remember that part of negotiating is making sure that you have all the facts you need to make a decision; and once the offer has been made, you have to decide whether or not to accept it.
Take Some Time to Think About the Field in Which You Want to Work and the Kind of Job You Really Want.
"I interviewed a young woman who had applied for a sales position. As soon as we started talking, I could tell she wasn't right for the job. She was shy and soft spoken, she hated talking to strangers on the phone, and she liked working independently, rather than on teams. I was very curious why she was interviewing for a sales job, and I pushed her for more information: It turned out that her parents had encouraged her to go into sales, although she was more interested in a job in research. It was obvious she wasn't that interested in, or well suited for, the job, so I told her she was wasting her time interviewing for sales positions.
I think it's extremely important that all job hunters put a lot of time and thought into deciding what types of jobs interest them and where their skills and qualifications will take them. If you look for jobs in a field you don't like or know nothing about, you will only be wasting your time and the interviewer's time."


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Dr. Kevin Campbell discusses radiation exposure from CT scans and the risk of cancer associated with the scans on WNCN Today.
A CT/CAT scan is an important imaging tool in medicine. It allows doctors to quickly and accurately diagnose certain issues, rule out more serious diseases and assess the success of therapies.
However, CT scans result in significant radiation exposure to the patient, and in some settings, these tests can be overused. Children are especially vulnerable to developing cancers related to radiation exposure. Over 4 million pediatric CT scans were performed last year in the U.S. alone.
A CT scan packs a wallop when it comes to radiation — as much as 500 times that of a conventional X-ray. Researchers found a population of 25,000 Japanese post-atomic-bomb survivors who were exposed to roughly the same amount of radiation as two CT scans.
The Food and Drug Administration has estimated that an adult's lifetime risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from a CT scan is roughly 1 in 2,000. The FDA says the risk for children is even greater.
According to a recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, the projected lifetime attributable risks of solid cancer were higher for younger patients and girls than for older patients and boys. The risks were also higher for patients who underwent CT scans of the abdomen/pelvis or spine than for patients who underwent other types of CT scans, according to the results.
According to the study, estimates suggest that for girls, a radiation-induced solid cancer is projected to potentially result from every 300 to 390 abdomen/pelvis scans, 330 to 480 chest scans and 270 to 800 spine scans, depending on age. The potential risk of leukemia was highest from head scans for children younger than 5 years of age at a rate of 1.9 cases per 10,000 CT scans.
The JAMA study estimates that 4,870 future cancers could be caused by the 4 million pediatric CT scans performed each year.
Dr. Campbell says the most important thing patients can do when it comes to CT scans is to ask their doctor "why" they or their child needs one. Dr. Campbell says to ask what exactly the doctor is looking for and how exactly the results of the scan will change his or her management of the disease or injury.
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Sign Me Up!: A Real Life Jetpacking School
Jetpacks: in the future our kids will fly them to school. Well, your kids anyways -- I'm not having any. You see, despite how bottom-of-the-barrel-roll dumb I might be, I'm still smart enough to know that, while there's no question I'd make the world's greatest father, I'd make the world's worst caretaker. Telling stories, playing games and providing life lessons? Piece of cake. Willing to change diapers or remembering to feed? Not so much. My point is this: I can't even take care of myself. I haven't changed clothes since I took my wizard costume off the morning after Halloween and I haven't had anything to eat today but a leftover eggroll, a Ring-Pop, a handful of gummi peeners and two orange Starburst. Think I'm kidding? Ask my stomach. "Gumble grumble, gummi dongs." I TOLD YOU, THAT WAS THE LAST OF THE BAG! This is a commercial-y video for 'Rocketman' Eric Scott's jetpacking school. He teaches you how to fly. The Geekologie Writer's jetpacking school? I teach you how to fly in style. "I heard your last student burst into flames after getting wound up in powerlines." Oh him? He panicked when I taped the throttle down.
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There Is Such a Thing as Jet Pack School Where People Learn to Fly [gizmodo]
Thanks to Melissa, who doesn't need jetpack school to know how to fly because she learned from a bird. OMG -- I am like an 11 on the jealous scale right now!
This is a brief clip from the Fox 5 San Diego morning news (the same studio from this April Fools' prank) of a guy opening the show with one of those water-powered jetpacks. Unfortunately, he opted to not take the training course prior to operation and ends up crashing into th... / Continue →
This is why poor people can't have nice things. David Derp Dopp won this 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640 in a convenience store's "Joe Shmo to Lambo" contest. Theeeeeeen crashed it in a field six hours later. Because that's what you do with things you win: destroy them. ... / Continue →
We've seen steering wheel desks in the past, but never anything of this quality. I mean, it has cupholders. And -- AND -- an iPad stand. What is this, 2050? Is that a f***ing hover car?! Now granted the desk is only meant for use when in park, but is that gonna stop me fro... / Continue →


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Catherine Dupuis: The Rules Of The Road (2006)
First, both exude warmth and happiness live and in recording; such natural bonhomie cannot be taught. (Although Dupuis did receive serious training in the studio of opera star Eileen Farrell at Indiana University and holds an M.F.A. in Acting and Movement from Penn State.) Second, both use full-horned arrangements to maximum advantage.
Kassoff's arrangements on this release recall the easy, spirited feel of the jazz orchestras preferred by Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Clooneyeven if the tune in question is a contemporary number like "Beginnings, by the 1970s rock group Chicago, or one of Kassoff's three originals on this CD. To complete her own jazz orchestra Dupuis brought an all-star lineup into the studio: Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), Ted Nash (alto sax), Martin Wind (bass), and Marvin Stamm (trumpet/flugelhorn), to name a few. Dupuis's sure-footedness with a melody and a scat solo offer a splendid complement to Kassoff's seamless arrangements.
If Dupuis and Kassoff collaborate well in digital format, it is no less so live. The two appeared at the Jolly Madison's Whaler Bar on June 7 in a tribute performance to Cole Porter, whose birthday was June 9. (One can imagine that Porteralong with Sinatra, Garland, and Clooneyenjoyed the show in absentia.) Dupuis is no stranger to Porter's melodies; she boasts strong credits in musical theater and has recorded several Porter tunes on previous albums.
Still, a whole evening of Porter tunes might prove a daunting task in the execution. Dupuis and Kassoff met the challenge with a series of inventive numbers: a humorous rendition of "Brush Up Your Shakespeare from Kiss Me Kate; "Do I Love You as a rumba; and a bold, percussive rendering of "So In Love, with Martin Wind bowing a bass solo.
Track Listing: The Rules Of The Road; I Have Dreamed; Beginnings; Someone At Last; Wonder Why; I Remember; I've Never Been In Love Before; When He's Near My Piano; The Best Is Yet To Come; You're Everything; Who Will Buy; You Are All The World To Me; Lonesome Road.
Personnel: Catherine Dupuis: vocals; Russ Kassoff: piano; Martin Wind: bass; Rick Cutler: drums, percussion; Bucky Pizzarelli: guitar; Marvin Stamm: trumpet, flugelhorn; Ted Nash: alto sax; Lawrence Feldman: flute, soprano sax, alto sax; Bruce Bonvissuto: trombone; Emedin Rivera: percussion; Joe Cohn: guitar; Dan Block: alto sax, flute; Laura Seaton-Finn: violin; Susan Lorentsen: violin; Roger Squitero: percussion.
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Beamformer Basics
Beamforming is just what the name sounds like, no pun intended. Beamforming is the process of trying to concentrate the array to sounds coming from only one particular direction. Spatially, this would look like a large dumbbell shaped lobe aimed in the direction of interest. Making a beamformer is crucial to meet one of the goals of our project, which is to listen to sounds in one direction and ignore sounds in other directions. The figure below, while it accentuates what we actually accomplished in Labview, it illustrates well what we want to do. The best way to not listen in 'noisy' directions, is to just steer all your energy towards listening in one direction. This is an important concept, because it is not just used for array signal processing, it is also used in many sonar systems as well. RADAR is actually the complete opposite process, so we will not deal with that.
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Even though we did not use a delay and sum beamformer for the implementation of our project, it is a good first step to discuss, because it is the simplest example. While, we were doing research for this project one of the first beamformers we learned about was the delay and sum beamformer because of its simplicity. The delay and sum beamformer is based on the idea that if a ULA is being used, then the output of each sensor will be the same, except that each one will be delayed by a different amount. So, if the output of each sensor is delayed appropriately then we add all the outputs together the signal that was propagating through the array will reinforce, while noise will tend to cancel. In the Introductory module, we discussed what the time delay is for a linear array, so since the delay can be found easily, we can delay each sensor appropriately. This would be done by delaying the first sensor output by
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This is the week the design world heads to Basel, Switzerland for Design Miami/Basel which opened in Basel, Switzerland Tuesday, a day ahead of Art Basel is closer then ever before if your curious about the design worlds activities. This year they are starting their own blog, the cleverly titled Design Miami/Basel Blog.
Posting images, quotes, news and other updates from participants in the fair like designers and gallery owners for fans and journalists alike. They even went as far as publicizing a RSS feed so nice to see someone is listening to the youthful techie in the group since the larger art world seems allergic to RSS feeds on a whole.


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