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145 Hayarkon Street Tel Aviv, 6345313 Israel
Hotel Front Desk: 972-3-5201111
Hotel Fax: 972-3-5201114
Hotel Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Ben Gurion (TLV)
- Distance from hotel: 12.43 MI/ 20 KM West l
- Take the Highway No. 1, towards Tel Aviv, Exit at "Arlozorov", straigh to the "T" junction, turn left at "HaYarkon" street, down the "Atarim" square the hotel is on your right side.
- Distance from hotel: 3.11 MI/ 5 KM West l
- Right from the hotel, on the first trafic light turn left, then all the way straight to "Reading Terminal" (Power Plant), turn right, all the way straight to "Rocach" Ave. , then on the first trafic light turn left to reach Sde Dov airport.
"Mercaz" =Central Station (Arlozorov St)
-Distance from hotel: 6.21 MI/ 10 KM East
- Drive North- West towards the sea shore. From there turn south, direction Jaffa. You will reach the Hayarkon street. Turn left, then up the street underneath the "Atarim" viaduct. The hotel is located on the right hand side.
- Car Parking Available
- Self-Parking Fee: 13.00 USD
- Valet Parking Available
- Valet Parking Fee: 13.00 USD
- Valet Parking only (indoor/outdoor) on-site, accessible 24-hours with direct hotel access. Daily Valet Parking Fees billed to your room. Standard car rates are: Weekdays - US$13 and Weekends - US$25.00
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- Children's Recreation
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- Game Room
- Gift Shop
- Guest Services- Complimentary Internet access at lobby
- Gym
- Health Club
- Lap Pool
- Recreational Facility
- Sauna
- Spa
- Spa
- Swimming Pool is covered and heated in Winter
- Swimming Pool
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- Adjoining Room
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- Club Floor Lounge
- Club Floor Room
- Club Floor Room
- Club Floor Room with Sofa
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- Deluxe Room with parquet floor
- Deluxe Twin Bedded Room
- Double Bed Club Guest Room
- Executive Room
- Executive Suite
- Guest Bathroom
- Club Guest Room
- Standard Guest Room
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- Standard Guest Room with Sofa Bed
- Jacuzzi Suite
- Junior Suite
- Junior Suite Livingroom
- Junior Suite Living Room
- Executive Junior Suite
- Standard Room, King Bed with Sofa
- King Crowne Club
- Presidential Suite
- Presidential Suite
- Club Guest Room
- Apartment Suite
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- Superior Room
- View from Room
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- Breakfast Area
- Club Lounge Breakfast Bar
- Family Dining
- Fine Dining
- Pacific Bistro, view from the restaurant
- Pacific Bistro Lounge
- Lobby Bar
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- Area Attractions
- Beach
- Beach
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Overall Experience
Recommend This Property
Excellent Location, Hotel needs more!
12 July 2014
The location of the hotel is really ideal, in front of Tel Aviv beach. Generally speaking, the staff was quite friendly and tried to address our needs. However, it is more than evident that the whole of the hotel premises needs renovation urgently, since the picture that appears is not appropriate for a Crowne Plaza, having quite high prices. They would not ask for high prices, if the conditions of the rooms are so poor, the lobby is medium and, in the exterior of the hotel, pieces of wall were missing! In addition, if the hotel says that wifi internet is working in the rooms, it should work without difficulties. Quite surprisingly, almost for the whole of out stay we remained without internet! Definitely, it is not a pleasant general picture for a Crowne Plaza hotel!
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The whole hotel needs a re-fit
10 July 2014
I certainly won't stay in this hotel again. I think it is about time this hotel had a face lift. The fact that it is dilapidated and tired reflects on the staff attitude. I was told that I had an upgrade as a platinum card holder and couldn't see any difference between my room and any other, I assume I was told it was an upgrade to make me go away. The internet was very poor, and dropped out all the time, the bedroom doors were so heavy and with no door stops that you could hear every door on the floor slam shut, and when the rooms were made up, the staff made no attempt to stop them banging. Don't book if you are thinking of working in your room in the mornings.
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Has Potential
ByTraveling the World
02 July 2014
Great location, the rooms are nice, but from the outside some balconies have stucco coming off. The AC was minimal in the rooms and they forgot to leave towels in the room. I was never acknowledged as Platinum Ambassador, but was upgraded. The best thing this property has going for it is the location. It is at the beach with shops and restaurants near by. I would recommend this property if you want to be in a central area.
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Avoid this hotel
ByDon't comprimise
02 July 2014
We had planned a 7 day stay but after two days we were upset and angered by the poor service and the rundown appearance of the lobby and the rooms so we left. The front desk staff is inattentaive at best and rude at worst. Complaints about the lack of air conditioning were met by the all too common "we'll send someone up to the room". That someone never appeared and the room was barely tolerable.
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Great Location
25 June 2014
Great loacation in the center of Tel Aviv on one of the best beaches.
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Customer Service?
20 June 2014
I spent two weeks at this hotel. Upon arrival I got to my room to find the door to the belcony did not lock and the curtains could not be closed without getting on a chair. I would be working during the night and sleeping during the day. The curtains closing would be a significant issue. I immediately went back to the front desk and asked to be moved to another room. I was told I would have to wait until the next day. The next day they moved me to another room. The lock on the door was slightly better and the curtains would close if tugged on hard repeatedly. Also, the tub would not drain. I showered daily while standing in 5-6 inches of water.
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great location poor atmosphere
11 June 2014
Noisy, Mess, reasonable rooms not more. Overall disappointing experience
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02 June 2014
I would advise anyone to not choose this hotel. The staff is extremely rude! We checked in on 5/19/2014 for a 3 night stay. We were prepaid before arrival. When we checked in we encountered a extremely rude hotel staff member. She told us that the hotel was "overbooked" and they were moving us to another location. We protested, and said we paid for a beach location, we had a reservation, and it was already completely paid for. Besides that, we are Gold Members. She said it didn't matter that we had to be transferred to their City Center location. We had just rented a car and didn't even know how to get around in Tel Aviv. When we asked her for directions her comment was "I don't know, I don't drive in Tel Aviv, go ask the concierge. Not only that but when we finally got to the City Center (after getting lost), they had no record of the transfer and gave us a hard time about it. No seemed the least concerned about our frustration.....not even to offer any compensation like a meal or drink....nothing. Who wants to feel unwanted and treated this way, especially in a foreign. Obviously, customer service is not a priority with this hotel chain. Do not waste your money In addition, a family member whom we never met, wanted to visit us in Tel Aviv, when he called the hotel, they said they had no record of us.......we missed a visit with him and were extremely disappointed.
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Terrible Experience
30 May 2014
We arrived to check in and were greeted by a woman at the check in desk with a bad attitude. She told us the hotel was over booked and they were transferring us to another location. We said we already had a reservation and it was already paid in full. She said she didn't care that we had no choice but to move to their City Center location. We were upset because we paid for a beach location. We were given no compensation or apologies. When we asked her for driving directions to the other hotel location she said "I don't know...I don't drive in Tel Aviv...go ask the concierge. We great difficulty in trying to drive in Tel Aviv, we finally found the other location which was in a very busy section of Tel Aviv. Awful lobby, no atmosphere. The staff there that checked us in kept saying they had no record of our reservation... Very frustrating. No apologies given.
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Great hotel and location
12 May 2014
Really enjoyed the hotel and the location. Loved the beach and restaurant in the hotel and around the hotel.
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I suspect there are better options in Tel Aviv
Byandrewp 123
05 May 2014
When I checked in I got a grumpy receptionist and an unrenovated room which was terrible. The Air Con was so Loud and Rattling!. Then I moved to a renovated room on L12. The room itself was good BUT i was right next to the lifts which were also very noisy. The food in the business club was not great but the service was OK. The pool area is shabby. Fanstastic location but definitely not 5 stars.
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Nice stay
28 April 2014
Great location. Very comfortable. Nice staff. Very good breakfast.
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Raleigh police are investigating a shooting at the corner of New Bern Avenue and Raleigh Boulevard.
The shooting happened just before 1:30 Thursday morning.
Police said a man was taken to WakeMed with injuries. No word on the man's condition at this time.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

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Can the admin of the forum enable tapatalk please?!?!?!
That would be great!!
Thanx much
Can the admin of the forum enable tapatalk please?!?!?!
That would be great!!
Thanx much
I've seen this I go to other sites; what is it?
It's a plug in that allows the forum to work with an app on phone, so it can be read easily on the smaller screens.
I agree, please!!!!
Phil Wilson Smoke Creek s110v, SouthFork, Gayle Bradley, Chaparral 1, Chaparral 2, Native 5, Para2, Para1 SE, Caly 3, Dragonfly 2, Dragonfly 2, Delica 4, Ladybug 3
Problem is that the admins have to add stuff on the back-end and there are serious security risks. I wanted to have the folks over at the USN use it and then I read about all the security problems and stuff people have to go through. I wouldn't put that software on any forum if it were up to me.
Security is often inconvenient, but I'll take it over the other option.
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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss
I've tried to use it on other forums but I must just be missing the benefits, I couldn't see any difference.
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According to the research I've done, the above is just not true. The problem most forums have with it is there is no way to integrate advertising, which on this forum isn't a problem as they don't have ads on it.
Tapatalk makes it so much easier to use a forum on a small device. There are no downsides that I have found, either for the user or the admins.
If you have information I have not found, I'd love to be directed towards it. There are many, many forums that use tapatalk including bladeforums. I don't think Spark would put security second.
While I have tapatalk (on three different platforms! Android phone, Kindle Fire, and larger Android Tablet) and while I find it a real timesaver on-the-go, I do understand that *any* plug-in or add-on to web software can introduce complexities, and Spyderco staff has limited time to devote to the forum. They are still working out the kinks from the forum upgrade.
I find that the Tapatalk client is not without it's issues as well, it doesn't handle posts with lots of pictures very well. I will sometimes get a Force Close while reading a post with lots of pics, or it won't load pics after a certain point. At least it is not a very expensive app though (for the client, I think it is free to put on the server?), I purchased it for each of my 3 platforms and appreciate the time it saves me.
If Spyderco ever does find the time to try and install it, I would appreciate it and enjoy using it, but recognize their time to devote to managing the forum software is limited.
Which Knife, A or B? get Both! (and C, D and E)
Plenty of forums out there use it and none had any security problems. On the other hand another forum I read use the security excuse, then come around made their own paid version. So yeah it's because they can't figure out how to insert their half page sized ad into tapatalk.
Thanks for the request. Unfortunately rodloos hit the nail on the head. If the forum were my only responsibility it would probably be an option that I could make happen. However since that's not the case it's not something I see happening any time soon. That's not to say it will never happen, but it's not on the list of priorities at this point.
There is nothing more important than this one day.
Thank you for the reply Kristi. I understand your position. It was worth a try!!
count me in for those who want it!
Spyderco WTC#1978
Tapatalk is similar to rope-a-dope. Once you chosse to apply
it you better be ready to stand there and take the punches.
No hurry from my side.
I would love this forum to use Tapatalk. It makes browsing on the iphone a pleasure.
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Fully understand the maintenance side of things. However since discovering Tapatalk I have been spending more time on the forums with Tapatalk enabled. As I have been getting busier and busier I find that idle waiting times (kids, appointments etc) I am able to quickly catch up with friends on the forums and be updated with happenings etc. If Spyderco had Tapatalk enabled I would dare say that it'll increase traffic and membership interaction. However, as with everything I do understand that there is a time cost as well as some financial outlay. Hopefully sometime in the near future
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I love my: Persians, Kopas, and Lums
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I agree. Nice to have but not without it's challenges.
Current Spydies....
Chinook 3
Manix 2
Stretch (Black CE and Blue ZDP)
Military (orange, brown, and CF)
Para Military 1 (black) (My EDC)
Para Military 2 (grey, orange, brown, blue, green)
Sage 1, 2, 3, & 4
Gayle Bradley
Caly 3.5 Super Blue
Urban (Wharncliffe and Leaf)
Endura (white, orange, and G10)
Delica x6
Dragonfly x2
Ladybug x4
Perrin Street Bowie
Super Leaf
I just downloaded tapatalk, LOVE it
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I guess ignorance is bliss? I've used a few different Android browsers and have had a few finicky issues with some, but I'm currently using Opera and have no problems using the forum like I would on a PC.
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Buffalo Bills
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|2007, 2nd round, 4th pick by Eagles
Kolb struggles to find comfort zone in Cardinals' offense
Our sources in the desert agree that new Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb remains a real work in progress, as he fights through the growing pains of dealing with a new offense.
Cardinals must get act together in crunch time
As long as the Cardinals keep saving their worst for last, a frustrating dry spell figures to continue as far as victories in the desert are concerned.
Quarterbacks feeling the most heat this season
PFW's editors select the seven quarterbacks under the most pressure heading into the season, led by Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb at No. 1.
Chargers win after Kolb, Fitz connect on 80-yarder
San Diego's Bryan Walters caught a 14-yard pass from Billy Volek with 3 seconds remaining to give the Chargers a 34-31 preseason victory over Arizona on Saturday night.
Del Pilar's Digest: Quarterback sleepers
Fantasy guru William Del Pilar suggests his fantasy sleepers and undervalued players heading into 2011.
Cardinals ready to soar
Some team in the NFL is going to go from being a last-place team to a first-place one. PFW's Eli Kaberon thinks there's only one choice: the Cardinals.
Cardinals announce Kolb signed through 2016
The Cardinals announced Tuesday that QB Kevin Kolb signed a new contract keeping him in Arizona through 2016.
Whisenhunt's future contingent upon Kolb's success
If new Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb fails to deliver, coach Ken Whisenhunt's legacy will be stained.
Eagles sign QB Young to one-year deal
The Eagles remain in the famous backup QB business, signing Vince Young to a one-year deal.
Cardinals make costly move for unproven Kolb
The Cardinals finally got themselves a new starting quarterback, but the price for former Eagles backup Kevin Kolb was high indeed.
Cardinals, Eagles complete Kolb deal
The trade everyone expected has finally gone through, as the Eagles have traded QB Kevin Kolb to the Cardinals for CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and a second-round pick.
'It's possible' Eagles will pursue Favre
A radio report in Philadelphia said that the Eagle may try to sign Brett Favre if they are able to trade Kevin Kolb once the lockout ends.
Cardinals would be much better off with Orton than Kolb
PFW executive editor Dan Arkush believes there are at least five better Cardinals QB options than Eagles backup Kevin Kolb, with Denver's Kyle Orton at the top of the list.
Eagles won't wait to strike in free agency
The way we hear it, the Eagles have been gearing up not only for the expected financial crunch of free agency but also the odd timing of it.
Lockout limbo: Eagles report
With NFL teams stuck in a state of limbo thanks to the lingering lockout, we offer our take on where the Eagles stand.
Kolb has arrived in Buffalo to officially sign his two-year contract with the Bills. The Bills announced the signing Monday, a little over a week after the free agent agreed to a two-year contract potentially worth more than $12 million.||||||| The sixth-year player spent the past two seasons in Arizona, where injuries hampered his opportunity to prove himself as a starter. He was cut by the Cardinals last month in a salary-cap saving move. In Buffalo, he gets the opportunity to compete for the starting job with Tarvaris Jackson. The Bills are in need of a starter after Ryan Fitzpatrick was released last month.
The Cardinals have released Kolb, ending the quarterback's two injury-filled seasons with the team.||||||| The team's move on Friday came just ahead of the deadline for paying Kolb a $2 million roster bonus. The team paid Kolb some $20 million over two seasons after acquiring him in a trade that sent a second-round draft pick and cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt says he doesn't know if quarterback Kevin Kolb would be available this week.||||||| Kolb has missed six games with a rib injury.
The Arizona Cardinals placed Kolb on injured reserve Wednesday, ending the season for the only quarterback who was able to lead the team to victory this year.||||||| Kolb was beat out for the starting job in the preseason by John Skelton, a third-year pro from Fordham who went down late in the opener against Seattle with an ankle injury. Kolb came on to direct the winning touchdown drive against the Seahawks and helped the team get off to a 4-0 start. But Kolb went out with a rib injury against Buffalo and had not been able to return.
Kolb was sacked nine times in Thursday's 17-3 loss to the Rams.||||||| Kolb got his helmet knocked off twice on hits, once after getting popped in the jaw. He described the Cardinals' first-half woes as "sickening." He finished 28 of 50 for 289 yards.


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Please Stand By—We're Not Done Celebrating
A review of every goal scored at the Euro revealed that play has been interrupted for an average of 52 seconds after scoring, counting from when the ball crossed the goal line until the moment play resumed. Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with his team. .Portugal, which will face Spain in Wednesday's semifinal, is the most festive side: 67.9 seconds per goal. When Cristiano Ronaldo scored against the Czech Republic on Thursday, the Portuguese celebrated for nearly 90 seconds.


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When I put a Blu-ray movie in or a PS3 game nothing comes up on the menu. Why is this??? Is this a laser problem or something else??Sponsored Links
When I put a Blu-ray movie in or a PS3 game nothing comes up on the menu. Why is this??? Is this a laser problem or something else??Sponsored Links
could be anything to do with the BDdrive not neccessarily the lazer, if you've had the ps3 open id suggest opening it again and making sure there is a good connection on the ribbon cable.Sponsored Links
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I bought a Brand New BD drive. But, I did use a old Deck and laser. I have a new Deck and laser coming and hope that fixes that.Sponsored Links
Edit: The New BD drive was just to fix the not accepting or eject disc problem. And yes I used the old PCB board from the old drive.
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i could be wrong, but i think if youve bought a new drive it needs pairing with the ps3, you should really try asking in the ps3 repairs downgrading and unbricking forum.
Nope. I don't need to pair it cause I got the Old PCB in the new drive.
It sounds like the laser cause it doesn't see the disc to spin it up to speed. Put the new one in and let us know. Thanks
And what about CDs and DVDs ... doesn't your PS3 see them either?
Yes, it plays DVDs and CDs, even plays PSX games.
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Re-Flash FW, if the Drive see's the DVDs and CDs, even PSX games. Then you need to re-flash try the lastest CFW's


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Hughes, Gwyneth (2014) Ipsative Assessment : Motivation through Marking Progress. Palgrave Macmillan. (In Press)
Hughes, Gwyneth (2013) Progressing the self : A new way forward through ipsative assessment. [Report] (Submitted)
Scott, David and Evans, Carol and Watson, David and Hughes, Gwyneth and Walter, Catherine and Burke, Penny Jane (2013) Learning transitions in higher education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. ISBN 9781137322111 (In Press)
Scott, David and Hughes, Gwyneth and Watson, David and Burke, Penny Jane and Walter, Catherine and Evans, Carol (2013) Learning transitions in higher education. [Report] (Submitted)
Hughes, Gwyneth and Oliver, Martin and Smith, Holly (2012) Assessment careers: a vision of post-modularisation and sustainability. In: Society for Research into Higher Education 2012, 2012-12-12 - 2012-12-14, Newport.
Hancock, S. and Hughes, Gwyneth and Walsh, E. (2012) Universities and the informal knowledge economy. In: Universities in the knowledge economy: higher education organisation and global change. Routledge, London, pp. 118-135. ISBN 9780415884662 (hbk.); 9780203142899 (e-book)
Hughes, Gwyneth (2011) Towards a personal best : a case for introducing ipsative assessment in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 36 (3). pp. 353-367. ISSN 0307-5079
Hughes, Gwyneth and Oliver, Martin (2010) Being online: a critical view of identity and subjectivity in new virtual learning spaces. London Review of Education, 8 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1474-8460
Hughes, Gwyneth (2010) Identity and belonging in social learning groups : the importance of distinguishing social, operational and knowledge-related identity congruence. British Educational Research Journal, 36 (1). pp. 47-63. ISSN 0141-1926
Hughes, Gwyneth (2010) Queen bees, workers and drones: gender performance in virtual learning groups. In: Gender issues in learning and working with information technology: social constructs and cultural contexts. Information Science Reference, Hershey, PA, pp. 244-254. ISBN 1615208135 (hbk.); 1615208143 (ebook)
Hughes, Gwyneth (2009) Social software : new opportunities for challenging social inequalities in learning? Learning, Media and Technology, 34 (4). pp. 291-305. ISSN 1743-9884
Hughes, Gwyneth (2009) Talking to oneself : using autobiographical internal dialogue to critique everyday and professional practice. Reflective Practice, 10 (4). pp. 451-463. ISSN 1462-3943
Hughes, Gwyneth (2007) Diversity, identity and belonging in e-learning communities: some theories and paradoxes Teaching in Higher Education. Teaching in Higher Education, 12 (5-6). pp. 709-720. ISSN 1356-2517
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Pet Friendly home in South Venice in Venice
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 4
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community South Venice
- rates (USD) $ 1,600 - $ 3,500 / month
vacation rental description
Avery's Seaside Oasis is located in South Venice, Florida, just 20 minutes South of Sarasota. It is a "Key West" style house across the street from Alligator Creek. Our house is located less than 1 mile from the private South Venice Beach.
The property is surrounded by majestic pineapple palm trees which gives it a lush tropical feel and a view that can be enjoyed through the numerous windows and on a variety of porches. This beautiful Florida vacation home has 2 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms.
Avery's Seaside Oasis is a very spacious vacation home. The main living area is upstairs with a sizeable family room that is a combination dining room and living room. The family room is bordered by a screened-in porch (lanai) and an air-conditioned sunroom.
The master bedroom has a comfortable King-size bed. The second large bedroom has a Queen bed with an adjoining screened in porch. All bedrooms have large closets and both bathrooms are full size and have showers. One also has a bath tub/shower combination.
The house features central air conditioning and heat (for the rare nights in winter when the temp drops below 60) and has a washer/dryer. Our home is fully loaded with furniture. The kitchen is fully loaded with standard appliances (stove, fridge, microwave, toaster, blender), dishes and utensils.
For entertainment, we provide 2 TV's w/ cable TV, DVD player and portable CD player. Downstairs you will find an outdoor deck with a gas grill, where you can sit and enjoy the beauty of the area and the majestic pineapple palm trees.
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property availability
- dates with deals
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Laura Vansant 404-784-1683
house rental amenities
1 Car Garage, Washer/Dryer, DSL, Full Kitchen, Dishwasher, Microwave, Coffee Maker, Toaster, Gas BBQ Grill, Central Heat/Air, Ceiling fans, Beach Chairs, 2 Televisions w/ cable, DVD Player
activities and attractions in Venice Gulf Coast Central
Access to private deeded South Venice beach
Multiple golf courses just minutes away
"Paw Park" dog park/beach nearby.
State Parks
Flea Markets
1.5 Hours to Orlando/Disney World
vacation rental rates
Jan $2,499/month
Feb $3,500/month
March $3,500/month
April $2,499/month
May - Oct $1,600/month
Nov - Dec $2,100/month
$500 security/damage deposit required
Rates do not include FL Sales Tax (12%) or one-time cleaning fee ($150) at the end of the rental period. Pet fee: $100 for 1 dog, $125 for 2 dogs Sorry, we do not allow cats.
Laura Vansant 404-784-1683
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center


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Looking to cool off this summer? Water parks are a great option, but they can get pretty pricey.
Now the water park is coming to you and best of all, it's free.
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In the slow-growing sporting-goods market, Dick's Sporting Goods DKS +0.38% Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. U.S.: NYSE $45.24 +0.17 +0.38% Sept. 2, 2014 10:37 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 157,699 P/E Ratio 16.79 Market Cap $5.46 Billion Dividend Yield 1.10% Rev. per Employee $188,800 08/20/14 Yoga Poseurs: Athletic Gear So... 08/19/14 Dick's Sporting Goods Gives Up... 08/19/14 Stocks to Watch: Dick's Sporti... More quote details and news » looks like a winner. Sales at the 511-store retail chain have grown by an average of 17% a year for the past 10 years, enabling Dick's to claim 8.5% of the hotly contested U.S. market.
Dick's stock (ticker: DKS) has also been a high scorer, rallying more than 60% in the past five years, to a recent $49. The shares could reach $60 in the next 12 months, if Dick's continues to post mid-teens earnings growth.
The retailer is likely to report net income of $323 million, or $2.56 a share, for the fiscal year that ended in January 2013, on revenue of $5.9 billion. It could earn as much as $3 a share in fiscal 2014. "Dick's is a good long-term growth story," says Brian Lazorishak, who bought shares in November for his Chase MidCap Growth fund.
Based in Coraopolis, Pa., Dick's operates primarily in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. It is the leading U.S. sporting-goods retailer, followed by Foot Locker FL +1.32% Foot Locker Inc. U.S.: NYSE $56.85 +0.74 +1.32% Sept. 2, 2014 10:37 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 453,865 P/E Ratio 17.52 Market Cap $8.12 Billion Dividend Yield 1.55% Rev. per Employee $159,061 08/22/14 U.S. Stocks Retreat as Fed Giv... 08/22/14 Foot Locker Profit Rises 39% 08/22/14 Stocks to Watch: Aeropostale, ... More quote details and news » (FL), which controls about 6% of the market. Both companies have been stealing share from mom-and-pop stores and Sports Authority, which has yet to regain its footing after a buyout in 2006. Dick's counts Nike NKE +0.97% Nike Inc. Cl B U.S.: NYSE $79.31 +0.76 +0.97% Sept. 2, 2014 10:37 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 773,182 P/E Ratio 25.93 Market Cap $68.20 Billion Dividend Yield 1.21% Rev. per Employee $491,770 08/31/14 Nike Keeps NBA Star Durant Wit... 08/28/14 Yellen Still a Multimillionair... 08/27/14 Nike's Tennis Match: Roger Fed... More quote details and news » (NKE) and Under Armour UA +2.84% Under Armour Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE $70.30 +1.94 +2.84% Sept. 2, 2014 10:37 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 866,853 P/E Ratio 94.23 Market Cap $14.58 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $340,662 08/31/14 Nike Keeps NBA Star Durant Wit... 08/29/14 Bankers Lament Loss of Code Na... 08/20/14 Yoga Poseurs: Athletic Gear So... More quote details and news » (UA) as leading suppliers, and is benefiting from the growth of both brands.
Dick's expects to operate 900 stores before reaching saturation, almost double its current store base. Some analysts think the company could open at least 36 new stores this year, which would help power earnings growth. Wall Street's consensus forecast calls for earnings of $2.92 a share in fiscal 2014.
Lazorishak regards Dick's as one of the safest ways to invest in sporting-goods retailing, given the company's diversified merchandise mix, consistent earnings record, and strong balance sheet. Dick's boasted net cash of $272 million, or $2.16 a share, as of the end of October, after accounting for $22 million of debt and lease obligations.
Dick's trades for 17 times fiscal 2014 earnings estimates. That's pricier than Foot Locker's and Finish Line's FINL +0.27% Finish Line Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $29.71 +0.08 +0.27% Sept. 2, 2014 10:36 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 75,289 P/E Ratio 17.20 Market Cap $1.45 Billion Dividend Yield 1.08% Rev. per Employee $136,975 06/27/14 Stocks to Watch: DuPont, Finis... 06/27/14 Finish Line profit and sales j... More quote details and news » (FINL) shares, but still "reasonable" by Lazorishak's estimate. The analyst's $60 price target implies a price/earnings ratio of 21 a share, within the company's historic range.
Dick's pays a modest annual dividend of 50 cents a share, for a yield of 1%.
Dick's shares peaked last September at $54.24, amid concern that warmer-than-usual winter weather would crimp sales of outerwear and winter sports equipment. Investors also worried about the future of gun sales, after a Dec. 14 massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., provoked an outcry that could lead to congressional action banning certain types of rifles and ammunition clips.
After the shootings, Dick's announced it would suspend sales of so-called modern sporting rifles temporarily in all its stores. The worries seem misplaced as semi-automatic rifles represent an estimated 1% of total sales, and guns and ammunition in general account for a mid-single-digit percentage of sales. Not surprisingly, Dick's and other retailers, such as Wal-Mart Stores WMT +0.45% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE $75.84 +0.34 +0.45% Sept. 2, 2014 10:37 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.03M P/E Ratio 15.46 Market Cap $243.38 Billion Dividend Yield 2.54% Rev. per Employee $218,400 09/02/14 Dollar General Raises Bid for ... 09/02/14 China Troubles for OSI Reflect... 08/29/14 Tesco Issues Profit Warning, S... More quote details and news » (WMT) and Cabela's CAB -0.02% Cabela's Inc. U.S.: NYSE $61.01 -0.01 -0.02% Sept. 2, 2014 10:37 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 113,616 P/E Ratio 21.74 Market Cap $4.34 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $215,079 More quote details and news » (CAB), have seen a spike in sales of guns and ammo since the Newtown tragedy, as gun enthusiasts fear a coming crackdown on sales of firearms.
Dick's officials declined to comment; the company reports fourth-quarter earnings next month.
DICK'S WAS FOUNDED in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1948, by 18-year-old Dick Stack, as a bait-and-tackle shop. Today the retailer is run by his son, Ed Stack, 58, who controls nearly 20% of the company, mostly through super-voting Class B stock. Dick's has grown sharply through the years, sometimes through acquisitions, including the 2004 purchase of Galyan's Trading. A 2007 deal for Golf Galaxy made Dick's the nation's largest golf-products retailer.
The Bottom Line
Dick's has rallied 60%, to $49, in the past five years, but could tack on further gains of 20% or more. The company thinks it could roll out 50% more stores before saturating the country.
The company reports results in three categories. Hardlines, including fitness equipment, comprises 52% of sales; apparel contributes 29%; and footwear, 19%. Dick's target audience includes sports enthusiasts, families, and outdoorsmen. The company's emphasis on in-store boutiques organized by brand further differentiates it from competitors. Moreover, accredited fitness trainers and golf pros are on hand to offer customers' tips.
Standard & Poor's analyst Joseph Agnese rates Dick's Hold, and worries that weak consumer spending on discretionary items will crimp company sales. Longer-term threats include Amazon.com AMZN +0.06% Amazon.com Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $339.24 +0.20 +0.06% Sept. 2, 2014 10:37 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 854,010 P/E Ratio 869.08 Market Cap $156.65 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $697,016 09/01/14 Tech's Young Guns Embrace Old ... 08/30/14 Alibaba Group Plans IPO Launch... 08/29/14 Google Drones Lift Industry Ho... More quote details and news » (AMZN), as well as Sports Authority, which could regain some of its former muscle. Sports Authority officials weren't available for comment
In the meantime, look for an 8% uptick in sales in the current year, driven by gains in unit growth, same-store sales, and widening profit margins, the result of a continued shift to soft goods, such as apparel, from products such as fitness equipment.
Americans love to participate in sports, and the numbers suggest that Dick's suits their needs. Chances are the original Dick would be awfully proud of that.
Game's On
Dick's controls 8.5% of the U.S. sporting-goods market, versus Foot Locker's 6%. Dick's shares are pricier than competitors', but are supported by fast-rising earnings.
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Reviews by mothman:
United Kingdom (Wales)
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
03-17-2014 21:48:39 | More by mothman
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4.25/5 rDev +7.3%
12-02-2012 02:53:56 | More by Schlais
4/5 rDev +1%
03-02-2014 03:21:24 | More by DaftPatrick
4/5 rDev +1%
11-20-2012 22:56:17 | More by warnerry
4.25/5 rDev +7.3%
07-08-2013 03:13:35 | More by ryancl
4.73/5 rDev +19.4%
Serving glass: Poured from can into Imperial Pint.
Appearance: Near black with thick, foamy tan head.
Smell: Grapefruit, chocolate and light coffee. Milder and simpler than expected but quite pleasing.
Taste: Strong roasted backbone of chocolate, coffee and molasses. The grapefruit hops go along for the ride and balance perfectly. Somewhat bitter on the spicy and pine-like finish. Near perfection.
Feel: Creamy full body with moderate carbonation. Dry finish.
Overall: Other than some of the insane Imperial ones, this nails the American Black Ale style better than anything I have had. Between this and Day Tripper, Indeed is the most promising new brewery I have tried in years. I really want to see what they do next.
10-12-2012 22:28:47 | More by bsp77
3.25/5 rDev -17.9%
11-11-2012 03:01:42 | More by NilocRellim
4.43/5 rDev +11.9%
Poured from 12 oz. can into a Sam Adams "Perfect Pint" glass. Canned on 10/10/2012.
Appearance: Pours a very dark brownish black with only a little amber at the bottom of the glass. Lots of rising bubbles and a big five finger tan head with decent retention. Leaves a lot of lacing around the glass.
Smell: A big hop aroma upfront with a strong dark malt backing. A mixture of hops including earthy grass, spicy pine resin, and some hints of citrus including grapefruit and orange. A quite noticeable roasty presence. Dark malts with hints of toast, chocolate, caramel, toffee, biscuit, and a little coffee. Even picking up a little milk. A very good aroma.
Taste: Like the aroma hints, a strong mixture of hops with a good kick of dark roast. A big combination of hops upfront with some spicy resinous pine, earthy hops , grass, and some hints of citrus grapefruit and orange. Solid taste of dark roast with some roasted malts and notes of chocolate, caramel, toffee, toasted bread, cream, coffee, and a little chocolate milk. Also a little smoke that lingers. A really good complex taste.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation. Creamy, chewy, and pretty smooth. Very drying.
Overall: A very good Black Ale. Big hops and bitterness but it manages to be fairly balanced with a pretty good dark roast presence. Very nicely done.
11-03-2012 06:27:59 | More by MattyG85
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
08-24-2014 04:12:50 | More by sgttibbs
New Mexico
4/5 rDev +1%
07-12-2014 02:55:56 | More by LXIXME
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03-05-2013 18:42:57 | More by roostor07
4/5 rDev +1%
11-08-2013 19:03:48 | More by Shawner
4/5 rDev +1%
03-06-2014 23:56:20 | More by optimator705
3.25/5 rDev -17.9%
08-21-2014 19:36:51 | More by 4four4
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06-15-2014 17:19:46 | More by Helgy
4.2/5 rDev +6.1%
Canned on 9/23/2013.
12 oz can served chilled into a shaker pint glass.
Midnight Ryder is a very dark brown color with thick tan colored head. It has good head retention and lots of great lace is left behind as it settles.
Aroma is initially hoppy but, as the hops start to fade, a robust roasty malt comes forward with chocolate notes.
Flavor is bold but balanced with many nuanced layers. Bitterness comes from both roasted malt and ample hop additions. Flavor leans towards the stout rather than the IPA in this example.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and nicely carbonated for the style. Balanced for a black IPA but obviously more bitter than sweet.
Overall a really good example of the style and worth getting again.
04-29-2014 00:12:33 | More by GilGarp
4.25/5 rDev +7.3%
04-26-2013 00:51:01 | More by AndyH
3.98/5 rDev +0.5%
Many pint glasses consumed at the Indeed tap room in NE Minneapolis.
Appearance: Pours a dark brown/black slightly cloudy with a nice one finger tan foam head that fades quickly and leaves nice sticky lacing.
Aroma: Hops, dark roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate on the nose.
Taste: Some good hops bitterness up front, with a great dark roasted malt smoothness after. Some hints of coffee, black licorice and dark chocolates in the mix. A really satisfying dark ale flavor that's not overpowering in any aspect.
Mouthfeel: Medium body and medium carbonation with a crisp and smooth finish.
Overall: I have tried many of the Indeed beers on tap or in cans, and this remains one of my favorites. I love that perfect mix of hops and dark roasted malts and could drink this one all day long...and I have! Another winner from Indeed.
05-22-2014 19:22:38 | More by ChopperSmith
Ontario (Canada)
4.2/5 rDev +6.1%
A very good beer, black with generous head. A substantive roast, yet takes an appropriate submissiveness to the hop story. Very smooth drinker, with a roast not a coffee bitterness in the finish. The aroma of roast, chocolate, spruce, pine combs. Thanks John
11-28-2012 04:35:53 | More by Sammy
4/5 rDev +1%
01-22-2013 00:11:56 | More by DJButters
3.63/5 rDev -8.3%
12oz can
appearance: served in great dane imperial pint - ebony body, nice creamy mocha ring
smell: smoke, char, citrus rind, chocolate
taste: not as rich and decadent as many other CDA's I have sampled - charred bitterness seems to overpower the hops a bit, some bittersweet chocolate. Tasty but nowhere near as good as something like wookey jack in my opinion
mouthfeel: thin, moderate bitterness
overall: OK - dug the APA from these guys more
11-28-2012 22:43:26 | More by dirtylou
3.5/5 rDev -11.6%
11-18-2013 14:03:00 | More by pourmeadrink
North Carolina
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
01-08-2014 02:19:47 | More by qcbrewer
3.75/5 rDev -5.3%
09-23-2012 02:39:07 | More by Cooper
4.15/5 rDev +4.8%
Picked up a can at Four Firkins. Tasty, reminds me of the Summit Black IPA they brewed a year or two back. This is a touch more bitter, with a big dry cocoa and grapefruit finish. To back up, the aroma brings an herbal citrus hops hit with dark bread crust. The malts bring an extra-dark chocolate flavor that ties into the bitter citrus hops with a slight burnt edge. This is a great example of the style, go find yourself a can.
11-24-2012 03:20:40 | More by tempest
Midnight Ryder from Indeed Brewing Company
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Linda, thanks so much for all your posts. I have to schedule my surgery tomorrow with the Cleveland Clinic. I am very scared and having a terrible time taking this next step. Your journal has been blessing to me. Glad to hear how well everything went for you.
Hi Linda...It is so hard to believe it has been a year since I read your journal from the "shadows"..... you drew me in...got me hooked...and gave me confidence I needed to "jump on that table" :) Some of the best advise I was given was to get that travel pillow! I asked for it as soon as they removed the vent...LOL...it was my constant companion for weeks!! You were a wonderful support (even when you didn't know I was here)....Thank you for not only myself...but for the countless others you helped along the way....Congrats on a successful year.....may you and Gilli share many, many more!!!!Connie T
Linda,Glad to hear you are doing so well!! You were so helpful and sweet as I was leading up to my surgery last April, and I am loving reading all the updates from you guys who went a month before me. I think I lucked out because you were an awesome and inspiring group to follow, both literally and on HVJ. :)Kerry Thomas
Linda the Tiger... CONGRATULATIONS!!! I was thinking of you on your big day. Sorry I am late.I am so thrilled for you. You sound amazing. One year was a big day for me too. Glad I got to meet you and Tracie. Still tear up thinking of the great care from Cleveland Clinic. Just wonderful. Take care my friend. You and Gilli. Steph
Wow a year already. Seems like yesterday you were whining about the wait and how all of us got to go first. LOL!!! So glad you are doing well. Amazing how this consumed us a year ago and now it is like a distant memory.Take care my friend.-Mitch Friedman
Wow! It is hard to believe a year has passed. It will be a year on the March 22nd that I got the news from my cardiologist that I needed to think about surgery for my valve. You were one of the first people I talked with on HVJ and gave me so much encouragement and hope as I was making all the arrangements for my surgery in May. So happy to hear how well you are doing. Happy Anniversary to you and Gilli! I plan to post something this week so stay tuned for an update from the "energizer bunnie" - LOLBlessings to you, Denise
Yay Linda!!! Glad to hear that you are doing so well a year later! You and your journal were such an inspiration to me when I was preparing for my own surgery. Thanks for the great information and encouragement you give everyone on here!Holly P
Great to hear all the good news. Great name for a valve.."Gilli"..LOL..I love it! Keep on tickin' as Adam would say. All my best to you LindaJeff Shebovsky
Linda,I'm so glad to hear your good news. I've been thinking about you recently, as our mutual anniversary has been on my mind for the past several weeks. It meant so much to me last year that you and I "met" in the HVJ community before our surgery. It really helped to be able to share our plans, questions, concerns, hopes, and dreams. I do hope that we're able to meet in person sometime. ake care.Your surgery mate,Jim Smith3.13.2012
Congrats and God Bless. I am so glad you are well. You have been an inspiration to many. Janis Kielbasa
Hi LInda and Tracie--it's so good to hear from you and to hear how well you're doing! One year ago today--wow! God is good. We hope to meet you in person sometime. Keep on ticking'!--Donna Smith
Hi Linda and Gilli, Elsie is happy to meet you lol. Anyway Happy Anniversary and have many many more. I have missed talking to you. And still waiting to meet you. Now we could race up the hills at Clemson. Hope we can someday. I have been thinking about you knowing your day was here. I 'm doing pretty good myself. Just joined the YMCA, think it will be pretty good. Well until later friend.LIfe is good.Linda H and Elsie AVR 9/19/12
YAHOOO!!!!!xoxox Selma
Oh happy day! -- DVB
Way to go Linda!! Life is good and I am glad to see you doing so well!Jimmy Johnson
Crazy New Yorker....hmmm....So, I have been really bad about checking in on HVJ. I feel like I missed All Star day at the stadium with so many of my close HVJ friends posting in the past week or so, including you! So great to see you are doing so well. I mean with all your complaining pre-op, not sure we could have stood it if we did well and you didn't! LOL!!! Just kidding, you know I love you. And you know I am so glad for you and for all of us. Life is great. BTW, I am running a half marathon on 10/7. 8 months post op!!!Take care friend,-Mitch Friedman
Hi Linda - Happy anniversary!!!I am 3 1/2 months out and still on 12.5 mg of metroprolol in the morning and 12/5 mg at night. It does make my blood pressure go way low at times, but accordidng to my cardiologist the valve does not have to work as hard if my blood pressure is lower than normal. Mine has gone as low as yours at times and once in awhile I get dizzy, but all in all, not bad. My resting heart rate is usually in the high 60's to mid 70's so that is a good thing. I will be starting my 4th week of cadiac rehab tomorrw and that seems to be going better now that the incision from my seroma surgery is has healed up. Once I complete my rehab, I have an appt at CC on Nov 2nd for an echo stress test to see how my mitral valve is functioning with exertion. I have not had any trouble when exercising, so am hoping for positive results!I too think of Cindy P quite often - she was such a positive and encouraging woman - I am sure her family misses her immensely.Take care and keep in touch - glad to hear you are doing so well:-)God bless, Denise K
By the way I am assuming you never got my emails about a "valve union" of all our friends from first quarter 2012 getting together in FL?Jeff
Linda, I'm so pleased to hear how well you're doing. Getting the meds right to manage heart rate and blood pressure optimally can be tricky, but it seems you have a good handle on this now. Take care, and Go Tigers!!!Your March 13 surgery twin - Jim Smith
Hey Linda, Glad you are back here, welcome back, I have missed you. Glad all is well with you and you're doing great. Just hope I will do as good as you have. The nerves have really been kicking in. Just be glad when I am on the other side of the mountain. I think I have been climing Mt Everest. It sure does feel like it.So until later friendAlmost thereLinda H
Hi Linda,Glad you are doing so well. Not the worst things to be on a little low dose meds if you have to. Could be a lot worse obviously. Anyway, keep up the great work. Amazing how worried you were and now look at you!Jeff Shebovsky
That is so wonderful !!!It is amazing how time passes and the surgery , although always present, seems like a distant memory..God BlessEnjoyJOHN MADONNALas Vegas NV
Linda,I'm glad you're keeping yourself busy. Sounds like you know that you have to stay occupied. I have to admit, I would have laughed out loud had I been there when you pulled the "reminder" out of the mailbox. "Oh, by the way, we just wanted to remind you that you have a little procedure we have set up for you . . ."Keep going down your path, and by all means, enjoy the snow! I may be in Georgia now, but I grew up in Wisconsin. Snow through a window from a warm comfortable room can be beautiful!!You're right -- you Will do this! Chuck Holmgreen
Hey Linda, Are you ok? We will have this behind us in a couple of weeks.Hang in there. it will be ok?Jan
Hey Kido,How are you doing? I know yesterday was a difficult day with the news about Kelly. I reread her journal entries last night and my " heart hurt".We have found this wonderful family on this site. We cheer for each other and cry for each other as well. Now we must also stay strong for each other. Your will be a poster child for heart surgery. You will do so well. I insist and I don't take no for an answer.Thinking of you,Jane
Hey Linda, Thanks for the sad news. I must say I lost it. I hope you are ok. Thought about you and Jan. Just realized how close this family that I have joined is so close to me. I just have to concentrate on all the good things that have happened to so many of us.Do you know of an address to send her family a card?Guess I will go walk for now.For the long haulLinda H
Thank you so much for this update on Kelly, I have been thinking about her everyday. My heart is deeply saddened today!Jamie McGuire
Hi Linda, I am so sorry to hear about Kelly. I will be sending her family prayers.As for you.... Hang in there. I never heard about a big cry but I HAD it. It lasted 3 days. Got bad news on vacation, bottled it up. Cried, cried, cried. Not even sure if I'm done. If this happens to you, my advise is go with it. As for packing, I would bring boots, hat, mittens. What size r you? I could mail you an old pair! Your Valve Partner, Steph
Linda, thank you for letting us know; I had been wondering about Kelly. She is with the Lord now--may she rest in peace.--Jim and Donna Smith
So sad to hear about Kelly. -- DVB
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Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil #2A comic review article by: Dan Hill
The book hits the ground running, quickly picking up where the last issue left off. It opens on Dr. Doom, this time employing the services of "The Circus of Crime," searching a Sumerian temple for the key to eternal life. Doom isn't the only one looking for the key; the eponymous "Masters of Evil" are also searching for it. Doom recovers a map to the key's location, but it isn't long before Enchantress and Executioner are on the case for the Masters of Evil.
Tobin showed in the first issue that he has a great take on some of Marvel's characters, a highlight of which was the dialogue among the members of the Sinister Six. For a title with his name on the cover, Dr. Doom didn't appear in the first issue all that much. In this issue though, he's everywhere, and you can tell Tobin had a blast writing him. Tobin finds the right balance between Doom's regality and arrogance without tipping over into overblown, exposition spouting caricature.
Now with two teams to focus on rather than one, Tobin doesn't have as much space to build up the relationships between various members of each group through dialogue. Instead he provides an entertaining (and funny) seduction scene between Enchantress and Livewire. Did I mention there's a battle royale between the Circus of Crime and the Masters of Evil in Bryant Park? No? Well there is.
As I mentioned before, one gets the impression that Tobin has a tremendous amount of fun playing with these characters, and it really does come through in the writing and the art (Scherberger on top form again, more on that later). The plot (and the characters) don't take themselves too seriously, which is refreshing in the light of events like "Secret Invasion" and "Dark Reign."
Patrick Scherberger's art really does add to the charm of the book. It's cartoonish in style but not to the point of simplicity. Action set pieces are well rendered and have an energy about them. Scherberger possesses a great knack for body language and expressions too. There's a sequence towards the end of the issue where Executioner comes back from fighting the Masters of Evil. The Enchantress is waiting for him and asks him how it went. The Executioner then promptly sits himself down propping his feet up on the table. With only the barest of exchanges the pair are characterised almost like an old married couple. It's a great little touch.
My only complaint deals with the changes that seem to occur throughout the book. Like the last issue the credits list more than one artist. The first issue had another artist, Jacopo Campagni, drawing a particular sequence. It slotted into the narrative fairly seamlessly and looked great. With this issue we see two other artists, besides Scherberger, given credit. With some panels the colour really pops off the page nicely, complementing the art. Then, in the space of a panel the art takes on a scratchier look, and the colours seem dulled somewhat. It's a shame as it does pull you out of the story.
In the end though Tobin's enthusiasm wins through. The book has an "old school" charm to it that is infectious, melded with some great humour. Chalk another one up for Victor Von Doom!


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Multi-Centre Clinical Evaluation Of Two Daily Disposable Contact Lenses
This study has been completed.
Coopervision, Inc.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Coopervision, Inc.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 21, 2012
Last updated: May 17, 2013
Last verified: May 2013
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The stenfilcon A daily disposable contact lens will provide non-inferior handling compared to etafilcon A daily disposable contact lens.
Device: etafilcon A; stenfilcon A
Device: stenfilcon A; etafilcon A
Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator)
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Eye WearU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Coopervision, Inc.:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Lens handling [ Time Frame: after 2 weeks of lens wear ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: etafilcon A
etafilcon A
|Device: etafilcon A; stenfilcon A Device: stenfilcon A; etafilcon A
Experimental: stenfilcon A
stenfilcon A
|Device: etafilcon A; stenfilcon A Device: stenfilcon A; etafilcon A
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years to 45 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:-
- Be between 16 and 45 years of age (inclusive)
- Adapted soft CL wearers (i.e. > 1 month)
- Spherical distance CL prescription between -1.00 and -6.00D (inclusive)
- Spectacle cylinder ≤0.75D in the least astigmatic eye, ≤1.00D in the other.
- Correctable to 6/9 (20/30) in both eyes
- Have the use of a mobile phone to send and receive text messages throughout the day for the duration of the study.
- Have read, understood and signed the informed consent
- Willing to comply with the wear schedule (at least 40 hours per week)
- Willing to comply with the study visit schedule
Exclusion Criteria:-
- Any active corneal infection, injury or inflammation
- Systemic or ocular allergies, which might interfere with CL wear
- Systemic disease, which might interfere with CL wear
- Ocular disease, which might interfere with CL wear
- Strabismus, amblyopia
- Subjects who have undergone corneal refractive surgery and any anterior segment surgery
- Subjects with keratoconus or other severe corneal irregularity contraindicating lens wear
- Pregnant or lactating
- Use of systemic/topical medication contraindicating CL wear
- Use of gas permeable contact lenses within the last month
- Employees of the investigational site or immediate family members of Investigators
- Participation in any concurrent clinical trial or in the last 30 days
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01707238
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01707238
|United Kingdom
|Keith Tempany Opticians
|Broadstone, Dorset, United Kingdom, MH18
|Cameron-Davies Optometrists
|Southsea, Hampshire, United Kingdom, PO5 2AT
|Cameron-Davies Optometrists
|Portchester, Hants, United Kingdom, PO16 9UN
|Leightons Opticians
|St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, AL1 3LH
|David Gould Opticians
|Rawtenstall, Lancashire, United Kingdom, BB4 7QN
|Vision Express Optical Lab
|Hendon, London, United Kingdom, NW4 3FB
|S.H. Harrold
|Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom, UB8 1JX
Sponsors and Collaborators
Coopervision, Inc.
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|Responsible Party:
|Coopervision, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01707238 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 21, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 17, 2013
|Health Authority:
|United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Refractive Errors
Eye Diseases
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Kenai: Sun sets up its own community website
The Sun enterprise established a website, Kenai, which will host its own Open Source project code.
Sun Microsystems has described itself all along as the "biggest Open Source undertaking," participating in over 750 Open Source projects, therefore requiring its own hosting infrastructure. They claim then that Project Kenai would serve the open source world in the best way.
Currently in beta, the project is based on the Ruby on Rails web application framework, and integrates Mercurial and Subversion sources, Bugzilla for issue tracking, and Sympa for mailing lists. Further details are in Sun developer Tim Bray's weblog.
Among the Sun projects associated with Kenai are virtualization software XVM Server and JRuby, the Ruby Java implementation. Information about establishing further projects is on their FAQ page.
As Sun's chief Open Source officer, Simon Phipps, asserts in his blog, "I am keen to fix the problem of the proliferation of open source licenses." The company will work together with the Open Source Initiative (OSI) on their solution. The OSI recently released a report dealing with the license proliferation issue. It recommends methods whereby licensors can make easier selections, licenses that "do not play well together" can be avoided, and multi-license compatibility is easier to understand. Kenai offers only the OSI-"recommended" licenses to developers of new projects ("Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities"). Phipps suggests that other licenses are not necessarily excluded, but would be considered as part of a second phase. Even Sun Microsystems, in giving away its free open source Java, rather than relying on its own licenses, uses the GPLv2 license instead.
The concept and layout of the Kenai website are reminiscent of project hosting sites such as Google Code and Sourceforge, which possibly plays into the Kenai motto "We're More Than Just a Forge."
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Tool Predicts Which Websites Will be Compromised
Carnegie Mellon researchers say 3 million pages could fall down the phishing hole in the next year.
SSH Key Management Guidelines
The US government rolls new best-practice rules for protecting SSH.
Knoppix 7.4 Released
Klaus Knopper announces the latest version of his iconic Live Linux system.
PHP Attack Puts WordPress and Drupal at Risk
All websites that use these popular CMS tools could be vulnerable to denial of service attacks if users don't install the updates.
Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.
Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
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Sierra Toolkit Version of the Day
The Sierra Toolkit IO product contains functions related to the transfer of data between the Ioss classes and the stk::mesh classes. These functions do not provide a total turnkey mesh reading or results writing capability; rather, they provide helper functions for the application to use which make it easier to read and/or write the data. The application has full control over the mesh reading and results/restart writing.
The basic flow chart for reading mesh data from the Ioss and defining and populating an stk::mesh structure is shown in the stk_example_io namespace and the stk_io/use_cases/io_example.cpp file.


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A Cherry Hill high school teacher was charged Monday after he was accused of exposing himself to a teenager at a Walmart in Cherry Hill, Camden County Prosecutor Warren Faulk announced.
According to the prosecutor's office, 48-year-old Jules Gross of Maple Shade was charged Monday with Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Lewdness.
Investigators say the teacher exposed himself to a 13-year-old while inside of the auto care center of the Walmart on Route 38 on Friday.
Gross is a Spanish teacher at Cherry Hill East High School.
Investigators say school officials were notified, but his status at the school is not known.
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Lower Humidity, Not as Hot
Thursday is going to feature mostly sunny skies and lower humidity. There will be a pleasant NW breeze around 10 mph. High 83. Enjoy.
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reviews for: listing #12046 - Poipu Beach, Hawaii Condo rental
- bedrooms 1
- pool yes
- type Condo
- baths 1
- hot tub yes
- community
- sleeps 4
- pets allowed no
rates (USD)
Poipu Athletic Tennis and Swim Club membership
Review submitted: July 19, 2014 Date of arrival: July 1, 2014
We do want to clear up the information that one guest posted. We DO have membership to the new Poipu Athletic Tennis and Swim club since February, 2014. Our guests use it with no problem. At the end of last year, the Kiahuna Tennis and Swim Club was in a questionable position and we waited til new owners did take over the club and bring it to a renovated and acceptable state in order for us to offer it to our guests. There is no cost to our guests for using this facility.
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Condo is great and has everything we need!
Review submitted: June 6, 2014 Date of arrival: June 3, 2014
Aloha! We arrived yesterday without any problems and all is well, your condo is great and has everything we need. The kids are already down at the beach on boogie boards.
Thanks, Michelle
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Lovely and Relaxing
Review submitted: January 20, 2014 Date of arrival: January 4, 2014
We stayed in this lovely condo for 6 days. We were pleasantly surprised at how the "details" were taken care of. it felt very nice to be so pampered. The granite countertops, the well appointed bathroom, which includes soft towels, lovely soap, shampoo and lotions. There was coffee, boogie boards, a working DVD player and nice appliances. It was clean, well located and the grounds are pretty. We could walk to the beach and to many restaurants. The bed was comfortable as well. We would highly recommend this condo.
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, people with disabilities, girls getaway, sight seeing, tourists without a car, romantic getaway
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Almost perfect...
Review submitted: December 18, 2013 Date of arrival: December 11, 2013
I really want to give this rental a great review, but I can't. The great part about this rental was the location to the beach (although with high tide partial beach entry from the property was closed because the tide comes very close to the property line), but still absolutley gorgous. I would go back just to spend time on the expansive lawn overlooking the sunset/ocean because it was quite simply, magical. The other great part of the rental was that it is a well appointed unit with all the kitchen space/cooking equipment you would need. I really could have enjoyed this unit and made some lasting memories if.... (the downside) it had air conditioning. The plantation shutters that allow the outiside air to flow through are pretty and functional if the outside air is not 85 degrees. It was very difficult to be indoors and cooking was not really enjoyable. It took a day or two to feel secure knowing there were no real windows to secure at night, the unit is essentially open air, but nonetheless I did feel safe and the outside noise and aromas because part of the experience. The other downside is that the HOA did not renew the agreement for use of pool/hot tub/tennis? so during my very warm stay we were not able to utilize a swimming pool or hot tub. For those reasons, no a/c and no pool I have to rate the stay two stars. A/C & Pool would have made it a 4 out of 5.
Owners response:
I would like to state that the Kiahuna Plantation does not have air conditioning as most of Kauai, which most people enjoy having the trade winds flow through is part of their experience on the island. We have made it as open and airy as possible along with ceiling fans and portable fans if needed.
The pool is out of the owners hands, this is an association issue that has been in and out of negotiations. As you can see by our numerous reviews in the past, our place is a beautiful and a truly Hawaiian place to stay. Our completely remodeled and beautifully furnished condo will enhance your Hawaiian experience.
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Condo absolutely perfect
Review submitted: June 24, 2013 Date of arrival: June 13, 2013
Dear Shauna,
Just letting you know we made it back to Palm Springs following our beautiful week in Kauai. I am slowly getting back into the groove here in the triple digit weather.
The condo was absolutely perfect. Thank you for your attention to detail. Every amenity was there. We did not, nor could not, want for anything! I had planned to write in the condo journal but time just got away from us in the end, and I did not get the chance.
Once again, thank you for letting us enjoy the condo. We would love to get back there just one more time (before that "old age" bell rings....and, I am afraid it is starting to peal!). Well, if we are able to do it, I would only do so if we stay in 233!
All the best,
Mickey & Sue
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Had a hard time leaving. ...
Review submitted: April 23, 2013 Date of arrival: April 10, 2013
Hello Shauna,
A quick hello and thank you for the wonderful stay at your Kiahuna condo; we
had a very hard time leaving! The central location was fantastic and the
condo had everything we needed. (And, we added a beach umbrella to the
extensive beach stuff collection in the closet!) We've stayed at the
Kiahuna Plantation three times now, and your condo was perfect for our needs
this time.
I meant to write in the guest book upon leaving but ran out of time, but did
want to let you know we greatly appreciated your quick response to the DVD
issue. Brett showed up immediately and had us watching a movie right away,
which helped get us through one day of crazy rain!
I'm sharing a few pictures of our trip. We were going to go to a luau but
ran out of time-- the free Tahitian dancing on Monday/Wednesday evenings
right across the street was a great alternative! Our 6-year old loved it.
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Everything was Perfect!
Review submitted: April 8, 2013 Date of arrival: March 26, 2013
Dear Shauna,
We recently returned home from the Kiahuna and wanted to thank you for the fantastic stay in your home #233. Everything was perfect! We were so lucky to have the entire family together. Thank you for providing a wonderful place for us. We hope to return someday soon!
Thank you again,
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Lots to do on Kauai and beautiful condo
Review submitted: November 5, 2012 Date of arrival: October 16, 2012
Dear Shauna,
We had such a wonderful stay in your beautiful condo in Poipu. The condo itself was beautifully decorated and very clean and had all of the apmenities we could possibly need. We even appreciated and used the freezer martini glasses! We also very much appreciated the "starter pack" of paper towels, TP, laundry soap, coffee, etc. And also the reusable bag it all came in for our future use at the grocery store was great. It was all very thoughtful. Every morning we enjoyed our breakfast out on the lanai with the view of the gorgeous Hawaiian foilage and beautiful grounds. We ate about half of our dinners in and half of them out. And every time we ate "in" we used the close, convenient and very clean barbeques. It was also a good way to visit with our "neighbors." For Ken's birthday we had a delicious dinner at the Beachhouse. I had made reservations a couple of months before so we had a window front view of the gorgeous sunset. It was perfect! We also packed a picnic lunch most days but did try Puka Dog across the street and also loved Brick Oven Pizza. We had a fantastic hike in Waimea Canyon on the Pihea Trail through the Alaka'i Swamp (highest swamp in the world) to the Kilohana Lookout with an awesome view of Hanalei. Afterwards we stopped at Jo Jo's Clubhouse for amazing shave ice. Another day we rented kayaks and paddled up the Wailua River to the Fern Grotto and Secret Falls. The scenery was very tropical and gorgeous. Afterwards we stopped at Tropical Dreams for ice cream...yum! Kiahuna Plantation was also a great place to start and end my morning runs. From the condo to Spouting Horn and back was exactly 5.5 miles and a great place to run and enjoy the views. We also body surfed one afternoon at Poipu Beach Park. Another day we hiked Sleeping Giant. But we also loved ending our day sitting on the beach (and enjoying the warm ocean water) in front of Kiahuna Plantation. Having free use of the beach chairs and towels there was very convenient. One evening our "dinner" was happy hour at Keoki's across the street which was fun. We also enjoyed sunset cocktails at the Sheraton. I could go on and on but it was a very relaxing vacation and we will definitely be back!
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We had a great time in your condo at the Kiahuna!
Review submitted: August 28, 2012 Date of arrival: August 19, 2012
Hi Shauna!
We had a great time at your condo in Kiahuna! Thanks so much!
The grounds are so lush and well kept, its really like a gorgeous tropical botanical garden there. Everything was just great, no issues at all. We saw turtles snorkeling in Whaler's Cove, we love seeing the honu. Our best dinner was at Red Salt.
I think we left everything in order per the instructions. Here are a couple photos. We hope to return soon!
Matthew and Laurie
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Kauai was amazing
Review submitted: July 9, 2012 Date of arrival: June 28, 2012
We all got home earlier today and just wanted you to know we loved your condo and Kauai was absolutely beautiful! The condo was decorated very nicely and the open air felt great!
We had good weather the whole time we were there which was perfect for our friends wedding. We also appreciated all the information you put together for your guests we used a lot of your suggestions for breakfast and dinner.
Thank you so much we loved everything!
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Perfect place for us
Review submitted: February 28, 2012 Date of arrival: February 1, 2012
We are spending a cozy day at the condo watching a huge rainstorm complete with thunder and lightening. Sadly, we see the end of this wonderful month approaching and since we are homebound today I thought I'd send you an update on our time here.
We have thoroughly enjoyed Kaua'i and found your condo to be ideal for us. The decor and comfort of the condo is superb-just the right size for the two of us and decorated to our taste. We especially enjoyed your choice of artwork.
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Review submitted: January 23, 2012 Date of arrival: January 1, 2012
My husband and I just returned from a wonderful 12 night stay. The condo was clean, cozy and we loved its central location for day trips all around the island. We LOVED having the BBQ close by for the nights we chose to eat in.The kitchen has everything you might need! It is nice to have shopping and restaurants across the street and some just a little further in walking distance. Staying on a property with its own beach is a definate plus. We enjoyed body surfing there and the gorgeous sunsets each night. We enjoyed watching a sea turtle one evening and of course the whales!! The grounds are beautiful and so well kept and the staff is very friendly. What a wonderful vacation spot!! It was a pleasure working with Shauna!
Thanks-Jeff and Joyce
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, families with young children, people with disabilities, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
Owners response: Thank you Jeff and Joyce, we hope to have you back in the future.
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Wonderful - relaxing visit to Kauai!
Review submitted: December 12, 2011 Date of arrival: November 16, 2011
We had a lovely stay at your Kiahuna Plantation condo over the Thanksgiving holidays. The condo was spacious, relaxing, a great set up for our young toddler. He had fun playing on the lanai and racing down the grassy areas to the beach! The waves at Poipu that particular week were a bit too energetic for a little one, but he thoroughly enjoyed playing with the sand toys (thoughtfully provided at the condo) on the beach.
Kiahuna Plantation is a great location with nearby restaurants and shops, and the beach virtually out the back door.
Thank you for letting us stay at your wonderful home - we can't wait to visit again!
Owners response: Thank you Jamey for your response. We appreciate renters like you and hope you will come back to visit our home in Paradise. Mahalo, Shauna
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Great Place to Stay
Review submitted: July 25, 2011 Date of arrival: June 18, 2011
We absolutely enjoyed our stay at Kiahuna 233. The condo was perfectly located - a few minute walk to the beach and an easy walk to the pool. The grounds are beautiful and impeccably maintained. The condo is spacious, clean, and comes stocked with many extra items for your convenience including boogie boards and a cooler. We truly did not want to come home, everything was perfect. We hope to return right back to Kiahuna 233 as soon as we can. Thank you!
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Review submitted: February 3, 2011 Date of arrival: October 13, 2009
just want to say thank you for the fabulous time we had in Kauai. Your property is absolutely charming with the lovely Tommy Bahama furniture and granite throughout. We were 100% impressed and it set the mood for the intimate time that we wanted to have on the island.
We enjoyed the amazing landscape that the island offers by foot, car and helicopter. It is a unique sanctuary of beauty. The Golf courses offered a great time and the village and restaurants were delicious. We enjoyed unwinding to the swells and sunsets before we cruised through the lush garden walk back to our cozy unit.
What a perfect Honeymoon.
Todd and Jaime
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Review submitted: February 3, 2011 Date of arrival: August 5, 2009
This is a very belated Thank you! Your condo was wonderful, very comfortable, not to mention a great location, we had a fabulous time in Kauai! We did a few "tourist excursions" which included a helicopter trip around the island and a boat trip along the Napali coast, also took a day and drove to the other side of the island. Of course we indulged in some good ol beach time as well!
I'm not sure if I had mentioned it when scheduling our time there, but the son of a friend got married on 8/8 at the Kiahuna Plantation. It was a beautiful wedding and the weather couldn't have been more co-operative.
We also enjoyed a few dinners at the Kiahuna Plantation restaurant along with some of the other restaurants in the general vicinity. Delicious food....... What a great place Kauai is! We are looking forward to our next visit.
Thank you again.... Janie
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Review submitted: February 3, 2011 Date of arrival: February 18, 2010
We have been coming to Kauai and Poipu for over twenty years. A few years ago we were fortunate to find out about The Nelson's condiminium at Kiahuna Plantation. It is a perfect location, beautifully
furnished, and close to the beach and restaurants. We expect this to be the place we will stay for all future vistits to Kauai. We have also suggested the unit to other family and friends, and those that have been here feel as we do that this is a perfect "home away from home" for future visits to Kauai.
Thanks, Shauna.
Greg and Terry
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Wonderful Condo
Review submitted: October 1, 2008 Date of arrival: March 22, 2008
My husband and I stayed here March 08 for a week and had a wonderful time. The condo is very nicely remodelled with granite and newer appliances and was spotless. Very easy to work with the owners. Wonderful condo. Can't wait to come back and the gardens that surround it are wonerful. They have BBQ's and picnic tables all over and its only a few minute walk to the beach. A+
Recommended for: age 55+, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Review submitted: October 1, 2004 Date of arrival: October 1, 2004
I just wanted to write and let you know how much we enjoyed staying in your unit in September. It was our honeymoon and Kiahuna Plantation was the perfect place! We loved sitting out on the lanai, enjoying the birds and gardens. Your unit was very clean and comfortable and decorated very nice. We will definitely return. Thanks!
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This is a response to a "Sound Off" commentary by WLBT vice president/general manager Dan Modisett. Click here for Modisett's original editorial.
By Kenneth Stokes, Jackson City Councilman:
The recent killing at Jasco is of concern for the community.
Dan Modisett has not only jumped to conclusion, he has totally disregarded the facts.
Eyewitness have reported that no one's life was being threatened when Mr. Connell Lindsey was shot and killed.
Even the store clerk has reportedly stated that Mr. Connell Lindsey should not have been shot.
Is Dan Modisett's lack of concern for Mr. Connell Lindsey, the deceased, because he is black, or because he is poor, or because he is black and poor?
Connell had rights, too. The United States constitution is the same for all of us, no matter what race, color, or creed.
Kenneth Stokes will continue to speak out for the truth and for the poor.
Maybe Dan Modisett could come out of his ivory tower, and practice some "old fashioned" journalism, and actually talk to the eyewitnesses.
Maybe then Dan Modisett could exercise something other than his mouth.
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Technical Papers and Presentations
Local Electroporation of Single Adherent Cells by Micro-Structured Needle Electrodes
K. K. Sriperumbudur[1], P. J. Koester[1], M. Stubbe[1], C. Tautorat[1], J. Held[2], W. Baumann[1], and J. Gimsa[1]
[1] University of Rostock, Chair of Biophysics, Gertrudenstr. 11a, 18057 Rostock, Germany
[2] Microsystem Material Laboratory, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Germany
In spite of its low throughput, Patch-Clamp is the established method for intracellular measurements of the transmembrane potential. To address this problem, we have developed new biosensor-chips with micro-structured needle electrodes (MNEs). MNE-penetration of single cells growing on the MNE-tips leads to a situation comparable to the whole-cell mode in classical Patch Clamp. MNE-penetration ...
Numerical Validation of the Efficiency of Dual-Frequency Radiofrequency Ablation
A. Candeo[1] and F. Dughiero[1]
[1]Department Electrical Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) represents a valid alternative for treating liver metastases in medically complicated patients. Conventional devices currently operate at 500 kHz, due to good conducting properties of tissues. However, the use of lower frequencies (i.e. 20 kHz) has been recently reported to enhance the treatment effectiveness, due to a more pronounced difference in electrical ...
On the Simulation of the Metabolism in Mammalian Cells using Homogenization Methods
M. Hanke, and M. Cabauatan-Villanueva
School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
The simulation of the metabolism in mammalian cells becomes a severe problem if spatial distributions must be taken into account. Especially the cytoplasma has a very complex geometric structure which cannot be handled by standard discretization techniques. In the present paper we propose a homogenization technique for computing effective diffusion constants. This is accomplished by using a ...
Finite-element Modeling of Elastic Surface Modes and Scattering from Spherical Objects
O. Falou1, J. C. Kumaradas2, and M. C. Kolios1,2
1Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2Dept. of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
In this work, backscatter from an elastic sphere was used to validate the computational model against analytical solutions (Faran theory).Agreements between analytical and finite element solutions were found in the scattered far-field over a range of frequencies of interest (10 - 70 MHz). Oscillations of the elastic sphere at various resonance frequencies (peaks in the power spectrum) were also ...
A Mean Field Approach to Many-particles Effects in Dielectrophoresis
O. Nicotra, and A. La Magna
CNR-IMM Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
One of the major applications for dielectrophoresis is the selective trapping and fractionation in lab-on-a-chip devices. Nevertheless, many-particle effects due to high concentrations of biological material around electrodes can cause a rapid decrease of trapping efficiency in dielectrophoretic devices. In this contribution we present a new approach based on a drift-diffusion dynamics to study ...
Some Clinical and Computational Studies On Haemodynamics In Stenosed Artery
A. Chanda, A.R. Choudhury, G. Ray, K. Dasgupta, and D. Nag
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Atherosclerosis in arteries is caused by the formation of stenosis : fatty depositions, on the artery wall. In current medicine, the practice is to observe the maximum percentage occlusion at any arbitrary cross-section and diagnose the patient on that basis, which might not always present the real picture due to non-uniformity of the stenosis thickness. The present work attempts to simulate the ...
Multiphysics Modeling of Cellular Arrays Using Periodic Minimal Surfaces – A Drug and Gene Delivery Application
J.I. Rey, A.J. Llewellyn, R.J. Connolly, J.P. Jimenez, A.M. Hoff, and R.A. Gilbert
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Minimal surfaces are found in nature from crystalline structures to biological nano and micro structures such as biomembranes, and osseous formations in sea urchin. An application to electrically mediated drug and gene delivery is presented. Periodic level surfaces which approximate minimal surfaces are used to generate a geometric representation of tissue. A method to create such structures ...
Microstimulation in The Brain: Does Microdialysis Inuence the Activated Volume of Tissue?
D. Krapohl[1][3], S. Loeffler[2], A. Moser[2], and U.G.Hofmann[1]
[1]Institute for Signalprocessing, University of Luebeck, Lübeck, Germany
[2]Institute for Neurology, University of Luebeck, Lübeck, Germany
[3]Department of Information Technology and Media, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been established as an effective treatment for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. The stimulation is currently administered using tetrode-macroelectrodes that target the Subthalamic Nucleus (STN). This often leads to side effects which bias the surrounding areas, e.g. the speech centre. Targeting a specific brain region can better be achieved with ...
Physical and FEM Simulation of Microprobe Insertion into Brain Tissue
A. Eed Olamat, U. Hofmann, B. Pohl, and N. Nkemasong
University of Lübeck, Institute for Signal Processing, Lübeck, Germany
In order to investigate the implantation of microprobes into brain tissue, we developed a finite-element and a physical model to replace real biological tissue for mechanical testing. Penetrating forces of a tungsten indenter into a layered structure was investigated with different indentation speeds. Numerical and physical model are in good correspondence to each other and reproduce measured ...
Dynamic Simulation Of Particle Self-Assembly Applied To Microarray Technology
V. Di Virgilio, A. Coll, S. Bermejo, and L. Castañer
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
In this work we want to explore some techniques, microfluidic and electrospray-ionization based, suitable for dynamic microarrays\' fabrication. The fabrication techniques are based on manipulation and self-assembly of selective coated micro and nanobeads. The simulation will include electro-osmotic flow, species transport, and electrostatics.


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