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...The snow was snowing. So I did a table for Spring.
I found these pretty Pfaltzgraff plates and ruffled placemats at a local TS. I got six dinner plates for $ 1.00 ea. Four more dinner plates and four salad plates were free because they had small chips on the back side and couldn't be sold. I shopped around the house for everything else. A dear lady gave me the teapot I used for the tulips. thanks Janice! I tried four different table cloths before deciding on this pink one. I ironed and ironed it but all of the wrinkles didn't come out. You can see wet spot from the iron deciding to leak, darn. Anyway Thanks for lookin. Nana
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- Posted by creekdweller (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 12:29
Oh Nana, Everything is gorgeous. But, the ruffle place mats takes first place. Perfect choice of color for the table cloth. It's all so pretty. Bet it does make your feel Springy with the snow blowing out side. Beautiful plates and napkins. I am partial to the teapot and in white as well. Well Done! Creek |
Nana this is so lovely and so refreshing to see. We're expecting snow here too, but seeing your table makes me feel Spring is right around the corner. I love the soft color of the tablecloth and the accessories you chose. Those plates are very pretty and were a nice buy...including the 'free'! lol Love the stems and sherberts and also those pretty S&Ps. I agree that those ruffled Placemats 'steal the show'. They remind me of 'Easter Bonnets'...very pretty. The tulips in the small TeaPot are just the right CP for this table. Everything is very lovely. jane |
- Posted by jeannespines (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 19:01
Oh, very Spring-y, nana! Love the pinks/purple color scheme & those dinner plates are so pretty...nice $ find! I like the pattern of the salad plates, too! Your pretty pink t'cloth looks great & those matching napkins for the dinnerplates...so pretty! Those 'ruffle-ly' placemats are very Spring-y lookin'...I have never seen those before. Love the candlelight, too & teapot w/tulips! TFS...you did the pics again, uh! Great job! Jeanne S. |
- Posted by christmascandy (My Page) on Tue, Feb 28, 12 at 21:09
So soft and pretty! The pink touches are perfect and I am joining the ruffled placemat fan club!! The CP tulips are the perfect repeat of the plate borders and of course, I love the teapot! The napkins look like they were made for those plates and the purple candles are just the right accent! Definitely saying "Spring" with this table. TFS, |
Nana, love your table! Beautiful set of Pfaltzgraff dishes, so pretty. The ruffled pm's really add a frill to your ts. Such pretty goblets. Neat wht pitcher your friend gave you and it matches the candle holders perfectly. Both sets of s & p shakers are neat. Don't know what other colors of tc's you tried but this pink one looks wonderful. We are having more wind than usual right now too. Today the sun came out and it was beautiful even tho the temperature was in the teens. So glad you stayed in and set a beautiful table today. Punk |
Thank you everyone. I have no ides how I deleted that picture I'll try to post it here if you'd like to see it again
Candy. The napkins are doilies. I'm so glad the colors were such a good match. Jeanne, I did the pictures again. I starting to get the hang of it, except for the erasing part lol. |
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The best way to describe why I chose La Salle is because it "fit". Coming from the Midwest, I wanted a school that fostered a close-knit community and offered the chance to grow and be involved. Going to La Salle was an opportunity to do just that.
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Was snow ever a problem with your other dish?
Actually, no, snow was not ever a problem. But I think that's because I could get to it easily if it were a problem.
Given that this one is too high to reach, it's likely to be pasted all winter.
Posted 09 September 2012 - 07:40 PM
Was snow ever a problem with your other dish?
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 03:55 PM
It would be good to see what you find.
The receivers are doing more than reading bit error rates in the setup test.
We've had reports of dish alignment errors with good SAT screen numbers.
After the AIM tests, it "does seem" like the CNR is getting measured by the receivers.
Edited by dielray, 11 September 2012 - 08:02 PM.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:16 AM
Here's what I found. An AIM set to the IRD location fails power level around -60dBm. The receivers IV test will pass at least around -62 dBm when the SNR(and thus BIR) is passable.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 04:12 AM
Do you have any sense of how the signal strength numbers on a receiver correlate with your power level numbers?
Posted 11 September 2012 - 08:31 AM
Do you have any sense of how the signal strength numbers on a receiver correlate with your power level numbers?
There is so much noise [power] coming out of the LNB, that power levels are almost meaningless. Signal to noise [or carrier to noise] ratio is everything.They don't, except that at a certain point the power level becomes too low for the receivers, and thus drop those numbers. Power level is how "loud" the signal is, the receivers numbers are how "clear" the signal is.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 10:37 AM
There is so much noise [power] coming out of the LNB, that power levels are almost meaningless. Signal to noise [or carrier to noise] ratio is everything.
An LNB not even mounted to a dish has measured -30 dBm.
The receiver signal screens are related to bit error rates, which are related to the SNR/CNR, and not power levels. If power level had any affect, receivers on shorter coax would read higher than those on long coax.
When the levels drop so low that the SNR/CNR is reduced, then the receiver will show a drop.
The AIM will fail for power at the LNB when the levels are around -40 dBm, and the SNR is good.
Programing the AIM to measure at the receiver, lowers this level to -60 dBm, as this is very close to the minimum the receiver needs to have a good SNB/CNR.
"Rainfade" drops the SNR/CNR at the LNB, so the AIM is very critical of the SNR to pass the IV test. This is to ensure the alignment is done well.
C/N = Satellite EIRP + Earth station G/T - Free Space Path Loss (+ other losses) - 228.6 (Boltzmann's Constant) - Noise bandwidth.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 11:14 AM
As I've tried to explain before, the equation works all the way to the LNA output stage. The LO and final amplifier stages are where the noise power comes from.One of the hard parts of understanding this non-linear relationship between received power level and SNR/CNR is that its not reflected (or at least from what I can see) in the classic C/N equation for satellite transmission whether analog or digital.
This equation has all linear terms so changing any of ones affecting power level (or any others for that matter) make it appear the C/N will vary in the same proportion.
Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:57 PM
"95 or 88" is coming from either a receiver's screen, or a non AIM meter, but isn't the best way to determine pass/fail for the IV test.
I did some testing with the AIM and attenuating the signal to the LNB.
The first thing to fail the IV test was SNR/CNR. Output power would pass long after the SNR failed.
The pass/fail values vary between SATs too.
101 would fail with a 10.5 dB SNR & pass with a 10.7 dB SNR, while 99 would pass with a 9+ dB SNR.
I ended up quite surprised by the results, as I'd expected the output power to have had more to due with the pass/fail than it did.


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Nov 17th 2010 2:19PM why would you think that? It's been said for quite a while that the shattering would happen a week or maybe two if we're lucky before the expansion releases. Good for blizz to get some extra bugs out of the way before the craziness that is launch day.
I'm also pretty sure they said the new class combos would be available much like the old zones. No reason not to let us play with them.
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Nov 17th 2010 2:11PM The shattering is Cataclysm basically. You just can't get into the new zones yet. The old zones will be all destroyed and shiny though which is awesome. IIRC the azeroth navigation or whatever azeroth flying is costs like 200 gold or something stupid cheap but is only available if you purchase Cataclysm. So technically flying will be enabled in the old world but if they stick with that way of doing things you won't be able to fly until you actually upgrade to Cataclysm.
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Fall Harvest, Flowers and More....
-Did you know a number of our gardens donate food to Northwest Harvest and the Cherry Street Food Bank? This year we have had a great harvest and have been able to donate quite a bit. http://www.northwestharvest.org/cherry-street-food-bank
-Although we have a lot of vegetable gardeners, there are also some amazing flowers. This Dahlia, grown in our garden, is just one example of the variety of flowers our gardeners have planted this year. Please come visit but please remember to leave the flowers behind for others to enjoy!
-As the summer turns to fall, many of our gardens will be putting in cover crops, some of which will be edible. Did you know that an edible cover crop can provide vital nutrients for your garden's soil? http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/911
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Urban Pollination Workshop
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Birds of Unpaving Paradise P-Patch: White-crowned Sparrow
This white-crowned proclaimed its ownership of the area, its health, and its virility -- incessantly -- in song. Our garden (and the small park it is situated in) is surrounded by apartment buildings, roads, and parking lots. This species of sparrow does quite well in our busy city; still, as the days went by, I couldn't help thinking that he sounded a bit forlorn.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
People Like Us!
We also got a small mention in the Capitol Hill Times this fall here:
Sunday, October 13, 2013
The P-Patch is 40 years old!
Fall at Unpaving Paradise
Monday, April 25, 2011
Build your Block Challenge Finalists!
You can vote once a day until May 20.
More details on the Umpqua Bank facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/capitolhillumpqua
Thanks for your support!
Summit Slope Park Dedication
Sunday, March 20, 2011
The Gardening Begins
Monday, March 7, 2011
Taking Care of Summit Slope: UP P-Patch Gardeners and Starbucks Pitch in to Take Care of Park
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
THIS WED! Dec. 1st - Burlap Quilting Bee for John and Summit Park
Unpaving Paradise will be amending the soil at John and Summit Park this Saturday (Dec. 4th at John and Summit starting at 9am) with rich nutritive greens and browns. When finished UP will put the soil to bed for the winter by covering it with mostly pre-assembled quilted-together burlap coffee bean sacks. UP wants to give a 'nice look' to the garden for the local community to admire over the winter months. Therefore getting the 500+ coffee bean sacks stitched together in shapes mirroring and custom fitting the designed plots is important. Not only for appearance but to quickly and deftly cover the soil without walking on the soil and compacting it.
The plan is to have pre-measured template patterns on the church floor and then to quilt together the coffee bean sacks to fit the patterns. Many of the sacks have been already stitched together in strips so as to save time on Wednesday's assembling project.
The stitching is simple and requires no previous experience. We will have all materials ready for you. And feel free to be creative by sewing in thick colored yarn!
Please come and help out even if only for an hour. There are two volunteers so far who are coming. Consider lending a helping hand.
They have free church parking on the north side of the building and you are allowed to park for free from 7 to 9 pm in the pay parking lot just across the Street (Howell). The Church (located just behind the Seattle Central Community College) is a block south of East Denny. The quilting bee will be in the downstairs Fellowship Hall; entrance thru church's north side parking lot.
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John & Summit Bedspread Work Party - Saturday, Dec. 4th
Monday, November 15, 2010
Soil-Moving Party!
Help fill the John & Summit P-Patch community garden at the
Friday, Nov. 19 @ 11am
Saturday, Nov. 20 @ 9am
We'll work whether rain, snow or shine. Come by and help all day or just part of the day.
We have the tools, but please bring work gloves, shovels, 5-gallon buckets & wheelbarrows if you have them.
Treats and warm drinks will be provided.
We hope to see you there!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Save the Dates!
Friday & Saturday, Nov. 19-20
We'll be getting dirty! And we'll need everyone's help.
More Details to come soon, so check back.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Help get P-Patches included in the new Capitol Hill park
You're Help is Needed!
A new park is coming to Capitol Hill at the corner of Federal & Republican. Help is needed to get P-Patches included in the park. If you would like to get involved or stay informed, join the Federal & Republican listserv by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Friday, November 5, 2010
John & Summit P-Patch Nov. 2010 Meeting Agenda
We will covering these topics at the Saturday, Nov. 6 meeting:
- Welcome and introductions
- Being a part of the P-Patch Program
- Individual Responsibilities
- Volunteer Hours and Plot Activity
- Lettuce Link
- Status of Unpaving Paradise P-Patch
- Shed
- Compost Bins
- Soil Committee
- Next steps
- Join a committee: Soil, Compost, Communication, Stewardship
- Form any additional committees that might be needed
Monday, November 1, 2010
November John & Summit P-Patch Meeting
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Pictures from the 6/5 Capitol Hill Community Garage Sale
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
6/5 - UP at the Capitol Hill Garage Sale!
When: June 5th, 10am to 3pm in the empty 500 E Pine Block, between Summit and Belmont. Times vary at other garage sale map locations
Web: http://www.capitolhillgaragesale.com/
June 5th is the date for the neighborhood spring cleaning extravaganza, The Capitol Hill Community Garage Sale! Come check out the recycled treasures and meet the neighbors at sale sites all over the Hill! The Community Council's Open Space Committee, Unpaving Paradise, is sponsoring the CHCGS again this year and we'd love it if you came to visit our booth at the big community sale site on 500 E Pine St. between Summit and Belmont.
Unpaving Paradise is accepting donations of goods to sell to raise funds for the upcoming John and Summit Park and P-Patch. Please consider donating. Not only is it a great way to pass on your wonderful stuff to other people, the funds go to support a fantastic community garden and green space. Even better, the donation is a tax deductible contribution!
Unpaving Paradise is seeking:
- Tables and chairs for sale day
- Groundcoverings for sale day
- A canopy for sale day
- Volunteers to help with staffing the sale (It'll be fun and you can meet the neighbors!)
If you have items to donate or would like to help out at the day of, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To sign up and participate in the selling good times: Register your sale for free at capitolhillgaragesale.com and be included on the Official Garage Sale Map. Sign up for an affordable $20 community space in the empty lot at Belmont and Pine. (Hurry! Space is limited.)
Groundbreaking and more groundbreaking - Pictures!
After two years of work and waiting, this is so exciting to see! (thanks to Shawn Brinsfield for the great picture :)
Now, here are some pictures from our groundbreaking party back in April. While we (sadly) weren't allowed to actually break ground, we did get to celebrate the imminent start of construction for our very own park and P-Patch at John and Summit.
Here's to a quick construction and a park by the end of the summer!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
4/17 - Groundbreaking Party for John and Summit Park
Details will be out next week, but we wanted to give members of the community an opportunity to participate in the celebration by offering a chance to perform. We're looking for a few variety acts, we won't have access to amplification for this event, so bands can't be taken, but if you have a great juggling act or other type of non-electricity needing act, or know someone who would be interested in performing, please contact us at unpaving.paradise(at)gmail.com by Monday, April 12th.
The Groundbreaking is scheduled from 2pm-3pm on Saturday April 17th. Hope to see you there!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Buying the next park on Capitol Hill: Federal and Republican Acquisition
The Open Space Committee of the Capitol Hill Community Council/Unpaving Paradise supports the acquisition of this site for the following reasons:
- The site is at a good location on a quiet residential street that is near the main thoroughfare of Broadway Ave. E.
- The site is 12,000 sq.ft., larger even than the 9,600 sq.ft. park and P-Patch to be at John and Summit.
- This acquisition will help fill a need for open space in the Capitol Hill Urban Village area (see Gaps in Usable Public Space - Capitol Hill map).
- The site is flat, accessible, with good sun exposure, and is located where there are "eyes on the park" in order to discourage inappropriate activities.
Emails for the Seattle City Council:
John & Summit Update: Bidding is open and Diamond Parking Lot is closed!
From Kelly Davidson, our John and Summit Project Manager
Bids opened yesterday for John & Summit. We received nine bids, four of them where below the engineer's estimate with all additives. This means that we will award all additives; sidewalk repair, ROW planting and retaining walls for the p-patch area.
We are working with DEA to determine that the current low bidder meets all of the qualifications necessary to initiate the contract. Once that is complete we will move forward with the contract and narrow in on a Notice to Proceed Date.
I'll provide updates as I have them. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
~ Kelly Davidson (kelly.davidson(at)seattle.gov)
From Joelle Hammerstad, Parks Dept. Communications:
Seattle Parks and Recreation will permanently close the parking lot at 200 Summit Ave E. on Friday, March 26, 2010 at 3 p.m.
Parks purchased this .21 acre property in 2007 with funding from the Pro Parks Levy and is happy to announce that construction is moving forward for this new park on the western slope of Capitol Hill.
The park project develops the existing parking lot into a park that includes a terraced walkway and P-Patch gardens.
Click here for the website with details of the park development project.
~ Joelle Hammerstad (joelle.hammerstad(at)seattle.gov)
Monday, January 4, 2010
A name for John and Summit?
Earlier this week, Parks sent out a press release announcing that John and Summit Park would be named "Perugia Park" after Seattle's sister city in Italy. About a day after the naming press release went out, Parks decided that would not be the official name for John and Summit. This was due to community concerns about the naming a park after Perugia on the heels of the recent verdict in the criminal case in that same city involving Seattle resident Amanda Knox (you can read the whole story here).
Unpaving Paradise is going to use this episode as an opportunity to do two things. First, we will petition the Parks Naming Commission to consider a name that is more connected to the Capitol Hill community. While Perugia is a fine city and a fine name for a park, at present the only thing community members associate it with is murder and scandal. We'd prefer that the Parks Naming Commission use our entry for a name, "Paradise Park" after Unpaving Paradise, in order to associate the space with all the dedication and hard work the community put forward in order to make the full John and Summit park design a reality.
Next, we will reach out to the Seattle-Perugia Sister City Association (proponents of the name "Perugia Park") to see if we can work together on the next green space that Parks is to acquire on Capitol Hill. The next set of Pro-Parks acquisitions are set to occur in the next year or two, with planning and development to follow in a year or two after that. In a few years time and with the partnership of the Seattle-Perugia Sister City Association, the name "Perugia Park" will bring to mind the work that the SPSCA does with the Capitol Hill community to build a great park rather than the site of a contentious murder trial.
If you'd like to support our proposal to name John and Summit "Paradise Park", please email a letter of support to Parks Superintendent Tim Gallagher (email@example.com) and Parks Naming Commission liaison Paula Hoff (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Rundown of this week's meeting about John and Summit Park
* According to Casey Hildreth of SDOT, there are many different ways that we can improve and pedestrianize John St. in order to better incorporate it into the park. Some possibilities include roadway narrowing/closure, parking removal, and the installation of a landscape strip for use as further gardening space.
Any work on John St. would need to be a second stage of the development for the park - this WILL NOT be covered by the planning or budget that Parks has currently for John and Summit. However, it is still an excellent opportunity to pursue in the next year. If anyone is interested on working on this, please email Unpaving Paradise at email@example.com.
* John and Summit park is at 95% design, and will go through the Parks Dept. 95% design review very soon. Once that's finished, Mithun will be able to complete the design for the park and p-patch, and then the project will be ready go out to bid. The John and Summit project will likely go out to bid in January or February 2010, and groundbreaking is anticipated for March.
* One of the final design details that was presented to us was the addition of a recycled steel border around the P-Patch area to delineate it from the lawn and landscaping areas - up until now the construction of any bed borders would be left up to the community. This border would be included if the John and Summit project comes in under bid, which is a distinct possibility since the bad economy makes bidding a lot more competitive on good sized projects like this one. The use of recycled steel is a good sustainable and aesthetic choice: it is a good reuse of a long lasting material and it matches the steel support walls already in the design along John St.
I don't know about you, but now I'm certainly looking forward to March!
~ Jen Power
Chair, Unpaving Paradise
Capitol Hill Community Council
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Park(ing) Day Seattle Prize Winners!
Most Multi-Modal: Bike Works (Columbia City, ZipCar gift certificate)
Most Playful: 4-PLAY (Park(ing) Day Central Park, games from Gamma Ray Games and Bucephalus Games)
Greenest Park: Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Wallingford, gardening books from Spine and Crown Books)
Best Execution: Park N Play by Perkins + Will (Downtown, Victrola coffee and shirt)
Most Original (Grand Prize): air.stream by Signal to Noise (Park(ing) Day Central Park, $200 and custom trophy)
Paradise Unpaved - UP at Park(ing) Day Central Park
Here's our lovely garden, and below is our fine and upstanding park activity: picking out new sites for parks on Capitol Hill, courtesy of the Parks Department and acquisitions money from the last Pro-Parks Levy.
Also, the lovely model of John and Summit Park, courtesy of Mithun, set to become a reality late next year :)
Kicking it with the Zen Cakes - Jacob Sayles of Office Nomads fame chats up the women of WorldChanging.com.
Web Crowell, Renaissance Man: animator, Capitol Hill Community Council representative, and now founder of Under Pressure Seltzer Works.
Cookies (and moocher) courtesy of Seattle Arts and Lectures.
And look! We made it into the news! If you look closely, you can see Capitol Hill Community Council President Jen Power walking behind Denise Whittaker and she talks about John and Summit Park.
If you'd like to see more, you find more pictures about Park(ing) Day Seattle at People's Parking Lot (of course), the Slog, CHS Blog, and Flickr (thanks gravitysalad!).
Monday, August 31, 2009
Tabling at the Cap Hill Farmer's Market - 9/6
Park(ing) Day Posters and Prizes
They've also come up with the nifty poster you see to your left. If you'd like to help spread the word about Park(ing) Day and Park(ing) Day Central Park, print out a passel of posters and put them put them up around the neighborhood.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Park(ing) Day 2009
This year Unpaving Paradise is taking part in Park(ing) Day Central Park, a collection of mini-parks hosted by neighborhood organizations and businesses in the empty lot at 500 E Pine. We need volunteers to set up, take down, and hang out at the park during the day. Set up will likely begin at 8am. Take down time is yet to be decided, but will be after 6pm.
If you're interested in participating, please email us at unpaving.paradise(at)gmail.com with hours you can volunteer. If you're busy on Friday, September 18th, we can also use help making and distributing flyers, gathering prizes for the Best Park in the City awards, and generally spreading the word about the event.
For more info, see this CHS Blog post.
Fundraising Update
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
UPDATE: Chill 'n' Grill on the Hill
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
7/5 - UP Outreach at the Capitol Hill Farmer's Market
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Community Supporter: Half Price Books
8/4 - UP to co-sponsor Cap Hill Chill 'n' Grill
This year, Cafe Metropolitain and Unpaving Paradise are co-hosting one of the block parties of the "Seattle Night Out": The Capitol Hill Chill 'n' Grill. There will be free food and entertainment for the whole family, booths with information about neighborhood non-profits, and plenty of time to chill out and meet your neighbors.
If you'd like more information or you're interested in volunteering during the event, please email us at unpaving(dot)paradise(at)gmail(dot)com.
UP booth at Pride Festival CANCELLED
Potential volunteers: visit the Festival, play Calvinball in the park, and generally enjoy your day off! Have a Happy Pride Weekend!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
John and Summit Park and P-Patch: A Project Pertinent to Our Economic Times
While we're not on rations and the battles we fight are different, home-grown produce can still play a large role in making our lives affordable and sustainable. In short, our local food is still fighting for us here and around the world. Support your local Victory Garden/ P-Patch today!


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Pianta captain
"Leisure is a big part of life, my boy! But so's work! It's about time for me to head for home in my private helicopter. As for you, you keep up the good work. You're a spunky one!" The Pianta captain appears to be the boss of the sailors and workers at Ricco Harbor. During Super Mario Sunshine, he appears at a different area of Ricco Harbor in each episode set there. When Gooper Blooper returns to Ricco Harbor to cause more trouble in Episode 5, the Captain sends Mario to dispose of it while he waits from a safe distance. Later in Episode 6, the Captain takes all the credit for defeating Gooper Blooper, causing an overly gullible worker to call him a hero. The Captain can also be found at Gelato Beach, but only in three episodes. He is first seen at the smoothie bar in the Surf Cabana, where he asks Mario "Have we met before? So familiar?" and then encourages him to defeat the Wiggler. He later shows up as one of the spectators waiting at the finish line for the race with Il Piantissimo, and participates in the watermelon contest during the Watermelon Festival. Apparently, he tricks one of the other contestants into switching watermelons with him. He is only ever called "Hero" in the game, by the sailors.


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Importance Discharge disposition is a patient-centered quality metric that reflects differences in quality of life and recovery following surgery. The effect of hospital volume on quality of recovery measured by rates of successful discharge to home remains unclear.
Objective To test the hypothesis that patients having colorectal surgery at high-volume hospitals would more likely be discharged to home rather than discharged to skilled rehabilitation facilities to complete recovery.
Design, Setting, and Participants Longitudinal analysis of 2008 hospital inpatient data to identify patients undergoing colorectal surgery who survived to discharge. The setting was the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, the largest all-payer inpatient care database, containing data from more than 1000 hospitals. Participants were 280 644 patients (≥18 years) who underwent colorectal resections for benign or malignant disease and survived to discharge.
Main Outcomes and Measures The primary end point was discharge to home (with or without home health care) vs discharge to skilled facilities (skilled nursing, short-term recovery, or rehabilitation hospitals or other institutions). The secondary end point was discharge to home with home health care rather than to a skilled facility for patients with postdischarge care needs. Multiple logistic regression using robust standard errors was used to compute the odds ratios of each outcome based on hospital volume, while adjusting for other important variables.
Results The odds of discharge to home vs discharge to skilled facilities were significantly greater in high-volume hospitals compared with low-volume hospitals (odds ratio, 2.09; 95% CI, 1.70-2.56), with an absolute increase of 9%. For patients with postdischarge care needs, high-volume hospitals were less likely than low-volume hospitals to use skilled facilities rather than home health care (odds ratio, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.27-0.45), with an absolute difference of 10%.
Conclusions and Relevance Patients having colorectal surgery at high-volume hospitals are significantly more likely to recover and return home after surgery than individuals having operations at low-volume hospitals. This study is the first step in a process of identifying which features of high-volume hospitals contribute toward desirable outcomes. Efforts to identify the reasons for improved recovery at high-volume hospitals can help lower-volume hospitals adopt beneficial practices.
A, All patients. B, Patients having any postoperative complication. C, Patients having multiple postoperative complications.
Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, comorbidities, income, cancer vs benign disease, ostomy creation, admission type (elective vs urgent or emergent), teaching vs nonteaching hospital, and urban vs rural location. Limit lines indicate the 95% CI.
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