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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Auckland hotel in Auckland CBD, walk to Sky Tower
A family-friendly stay in the heart of Auckland awaits you at Scenic Hotel Auckland. Within steps you'll find popular attractions like Auckland Town Hall and Auckland Town Hall. Highlights at this hotel include a restaurant, and in-room kitchenettes and free WiFi.
All 97 rooms feature TVs with satellite channels, and you can enjoy coffee/tea makers, free weekday newspapers, and hair dryers. Kitchenettes come with refrigerators and microwaves, minibars provide refreshments, and room service is also available. Premium bedding and free toiletries are nice touches to enhance your stay. Additionally, phones, irons/ironing boards, and desks are available.
For a drink, you can stop by the hotel's own bar/lounge. Added amenities include free WiFi in public areas, a fitness center, and a coffee shop/café. Each morning cooked-to-order breakfast is served between 6:30 AM and 10 AM. There's also the convenience of valet parking.
Attractions within a 10-minute walk of this 4-star Auckland CBD hotel include Sky Tower and Queen Street Shopping District.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This family-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Scenic Hotel Auckland is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 97
- 24-hour front desk
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 10
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property
- Bar/lounge
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchenette
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Satellite TV service
- Television
- Iron/ironing board
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free WiFi
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Climate control
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Desk
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
MLC - Onsite restaurant. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Activities
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
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- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
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- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
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- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible path of travel
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 10 AM
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
24-hour check-in
Guests must contact this hotel in advance to reserve a rollaway bed. Please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- Breakfast fee: between NZD 10.00 and NZD 30.00 per person (approximately)
- Valet parking fee: NZD 25.00 per night
- Breakage deposit: NZD 50.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: NZD 30 per day
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Just one more sleep before the Super Bowl
1 Feb 2015 | Comments
Hi there,
It was extremely distracting, but as we were toiling over BioEdge today, we also had to watch the final in the Asian Cup. The 2-1 win by the Socceroos over South Korea in extra time will be a great boost for soccer in a country where there are four competing codes: rugby, rugby league, AFL and soccer, all confusingly called "football". There is even a small league playing what Americans call "football" and Australians call "gridiron".
It was a great game, although the best goal of the tournament was scored by Tim Cahill in the quarter-final against China: a bicycle kick into the left corner of the net. It was quite stunning and the video went viral.
Um, bioethics…? OK, OK, OK. Sorry.
I came across a post on the blog of the American Journal of Bioethics about gridiron, sorry, football, which asks whether bioethicists can ethically watch a game with such poor health outcomes for its players. Many develop Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, uncontrollable aggression, cognitive impairment and other disorders. Not to mention another issue, the US$10 million that the NFL has spent studying concussed mice, to the disgust of animal rights activists. "It is important to question whether supporting the NFL detracts from our duties as bioethicists and the goals of our profession," writes Keisha Ray.
Dr Ray seems to be dragging bioethics back to its roots in Catholic medical ethics, as this is a typical question debated by theologians in the field of "cooperation in evil". The question she is really asking is whether bioethicists just have to be smart or whether they have to be saintly and smart.
Anyhow, after watching the Australia-South Korea match, I have a suggestion. What if the US banned gridiron and adopted soccer? Soccer lacks the moral complications of gridiron, has a lower level of injuries and is a world game. I doubt whether European soccer clubs are shelling out US$675 million to care for brain-damaged players and their families.
Just a thought which we can debate further after the New England Patriots meet the Seattle Seahawks tomorrow in Super Bowl XLIX.
25 Jan 2015 | Comments
There is an apocryphal story of an advertisement placed in the matrimonial pages of a North India newspaper: "Family seeks homely, attractive, convent-educated girl for son. Caste no bar. But must be able to drive tractor. Photo of tractor appreciated." That is a joke, of course, but the real advertisements are just as intriguing for Westerners. One feature of a desirable "boy" or "girl" is a fair complexion, often described as a "wheaten" complexion.
The industry which has sprung up to feed the demand for lighter skin in India is worth an estimated US$500 million. Advertisements in magazines and on television drum home the message that a lighter skin gets the boy/girl/job. This is obviously perpetuating stereotypes about beauty, class, and caste as well as exploiting anxieties about body image. Is it ethical? That is the question posed by one group of academics in a story below.
An even more serious issue in the same vein is whether doctors should comply with requests for virginity tests. Like female genital mutilation, this is a practice which has spread to Western countries with migration. A South African doctor argues below that national colleges of doctors should declare that this is completely beyond the pale.
We'd love to get your comments on these stories.
What about #JeSuisBaga?
17 Jan 2015 | Comments
Like most of you, I suspect, I have been mesmerised by the drama in France. Seventeen people dead at the hands of jihadists invoking the name of Allah. Millions of people marching through the streets of Paris. World leaders convoking meetings to discuss global security.
Global, that is, in the sense of both sides of the Atlantic. And Atlantic, in the sense of 30 degrees north of the equator.
In the meantime, the troops of Boko Haram, also invoking Allah, swept through the dusty town of Baga, in northeastern Nigeria and killed hundreds of people, men and women, old and young, and left their bodies to fester in the streets.
It's not often that we are confronted with so stark a contrast. According to MIT's Center for Civic Media, even Nigerian newspapers paid more attention to events in Paris than in Baga. The #JeSuisCharlie hashtag became so popular that entrepreneurs tried register it as a trademark. But no one is tweeting #JeSuisBaga.
My point is an obvious one, so obvious that it sounds like a tedious platitude. We may be living in a global village, but the other residents live like us, look like us and think like us. Outside the village live about 80% of the world population.
These two atrocities don't have a lot to do with the kind of bioethical issues that we normally cover in BioEdge. But the contrast does suggest that we have a blind spot. Developing World Bioethics, an academic journal edited by Debora Diniz and Udo Schüklenk does a good job of examining some of the challenges in poor countries outside the neon lights of our hyper-connected Global Village. Touch wood, we're making a New Year's resolution to examine some of these problems in BioEdge as well.
Nihilism across the globe
10 Jan 2015 | Comments
Happy New Year! We're back – and it has been a sombre week. Apart from the murders in Paris by Islamic terrorists there was the less publicised massacre of possibly 2,000 people in the Nigerian town of Baga by terrorists from Boko Haram, the local affiliate of al-Qaeda.
The violence really made me sick at heart. It was deeply disturbing to see the YouTube video of a young man killing a wounded policeman as he loped down the footpath. The casualness, the insouciance, the nonchalance was appalling. What sort of warped ideology shapes the brain of a young man to kill defenceless people without a second thought?
And to tell the truth, I also find it disturbing that the world's leading activist for euthanasia is thinking of launching a new career as a stand-up comedian. Dr Philip Nitschke has been deregistered by an Australian medical tribunal over his involvement in a suicide of a man who was not terminally ill last year. But there are probably dozens of others who acted on his advice and are no longer with us. He will no doubt be using anecdotal material at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August this year. (This is not a joke.)
I think this shows how out-of-touch Dr Nitschke is with public morality. We expect doctors to be saving people's lives, not joking about killing them. The problem is that he has become desensitized by years of helping people to kill themselves. "I'm hardened to them, he told the tribunal. "I behave to them perhaps on a way which some would see as insensitive."
There is no comparison between the handiwork of Philip Nitschke and of the terrorists. Except in this: both are deeply nihilistic. Human beings have no intrinsic dignity and death is better than life. We don't need either of them in a democratic policy.
The year draws to a close
20 Dec 2014 | Comments
A very happy Christmas and New Year to all of our subscribers. Thanks for your support, comments, and donations throughout the year.
This is our last newsletter for 2014. Our next issue will appear on January 10. However, we will be working behind the scenes on improving BioEdge. We'd love to hear your ideas for 2015.
US report on CIA torture
14 Dec 2014 | Comments
Apologies for the brevity and late arrival of this week's BioEdge. We plead pressure of Christmas and the holiday season… In any case, all of the bioethical oxygen this week was sucked up by the report from a US Senate committee on the "enhanced interrogation" techniques used by CIA operatives to convince al-Qaeda detainees to reveal their secrets. Although the broad outline of this drama was already known, the details are dismaying. It is shameful and unworthy of a great country, as Senator John McCain commented: "Our enemies act without conscience. We must not."
On a different note, without prejudice to the truthfulness of the aforementioned excuses, I recently saw a stunning film by the brilliant Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, Le Passé (The Past). It begins as a conventional melodrama about an Iranian man who returns to Paris because his French wife wants a divorce. All the characters, both adults and children, are struggling to free themselves from a spider's web of misunderstandings and secrets. The melodrama becomes an intensely engaging detective story.
The bioethical angle? At the heart of the conflicts is a brain-damaged woman, apparently in a permanent vegetative state. Is she still married? Does she have dignity? Is she still lovable? I can't remember the last time I was so touched by the honesty, humanity and artistic skill of a film. Sorry, not true – the last time was Farhadi's Oscar-winning film A Separation. But that lacked a bioethical angle.
Lessons from Peru
6 Dec 2014 | Comments
I just stumbled across a documentary which was recently released in Peru, Cicatrices del engaño (Scars of Deception), about the 300,000 women and 22,000 men forcibly or deceitfully sterilised by population control officials in the government of President Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s.
I hope that it will be released in English (at the moment, even the Spanish subtitles in YouTube are awful), so that we can all learn lessons from this ghastly abuse of human rights. Earlier this year the former president, who is currently serving a 25-year jail sentence for crimes against humanity, was exonerated of blame for the sterilization program. The prosecutor said that he could find no evidence that women had been systematically coerced.
The tears of the women in the documentary suggest otherwise. While Mr Fujimori and bigwigs in his administration ought to put in the dock for this atrocity, how about the doctors who did the tubal ligations? Shouldn't they be investigated for their zeal in meeting sterilization quotas set by the government? "The worst of it all is that one of the doctors who damaged me for life is still working in the Izcuchaca health centre," one woman told the IPS news service. "Every time I see him I feel furious, because nothing has happened to him."
A closer examination of this dark chapter might reveal other enablers. The US government and the United Nations Population Fund gave development aid to the population program, for instance. Ironically, just before the 1995 Beijing Women's Conference the government removed a ban on sterilization as a method of birth control. This was widely applauded at the time by feminist groups as a bold step forward and a poke in the eye to Catholic Church, which opposed sterilization. As they say: be careful what you wish for.
Looking for long-lost uncles
30 Nov 2014 | Comments
The other day I was speaking with a friend in Tasmania who has been researching the fate of a great-uncle who disappeared in the Battle of Fromelles. This was one of the worst defeats of World War I for Australia. In a single day, July 19-20, 1916, the 5th Australian Division was cut to pieces.
German intelligence later called the attack "operationally and tactically senseless". The Australians were not well prepared for conditions on the Western Front, were poorly led, did not have the element of surprise, and were exposed to flanking machine gun fire from higher ground. There were 5,533 dead and wounded.
After 98 years, you might think that this classic "over the top" tragedy would have been forgotten. Not so. Australian authorities are still trying to track down each and every one of their fallen.
In 2009 a mass grave of 250 Australian and British soldiers was discovered. Researchers set to work to identify the remains. With DNA testing and Google this has become much easier for them. They scour records for descendants and relatives of fallen soldiers and then ask for DNA samples. These are matched against the remains. It is a painstaking and expensive project, but one worthy of a civilised society where no one's life is ever without value.
What struck me as I read comments on the Army website and on newspaper articles was that identification had brought peace to relatives three or four generations later. "This is my great great uncle," wrote one woman. "We never knew what happened to him until now. We just assumed it was a death in the war, but it's now good to have some closure, even if we never had a chance to know him.
There is something deep, visceral, lasting, and even imperative about genetic ties. We are hard-wired to hunger for our roots. That's partly why I am sceptical about contemporary moves to create genetic orphans through surrogacy, or possibly artificial gametes. Every child has a right to a biological mother and a biological father, not just to provide care and comfort, but to give them a sense of personal identity.
Any comments?
The bioethical challenges of 2015
23 Nov 2014 | Comments
Hi there,
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the UK's peak body for advising the government about bioethical issues, recently hosted a panel discussion on "Bioethics in 2025: what will be the challenges?" There were four panelists, all women and all "exciting new voices", according to BioNews. Inevitably, each speaker interpreted the scope of the topic differently, but some interesting themes emerged.
Here are a few of the issues to watch for, the speakers said:
I regret that I was not able to attend, as it sounded like a very stimulating evening. But I wonder if bioethical challenges of the coming decade will really centre on inclusion and enhancement. These have a certain cachet in Hollywood and Harvard, but in the real world? I'd vote for euthanasia, markets in reproduction and organs, conscientious objection and a revival of eugenics.
What would you nominate as the leading bioethical challenges of 2015?
A mystical side to suicide
15 Nov 2014 | Comments
As I may have said before, I do not support assisted suicide. But I would like to understand it better. In this respect, I have found nothing better than a Swiss documentary about the work of Dr Jerome Sobel and his group Exit in the Francophone cantons of Switzerland.
Exit: le droit de mourir (Exit, the right to die) was made in 2005 and won a few prizes. I reviewed it some time ago and it always stuck with me. Earlier this year the director finally eleased it on YouTube (with subtitles). It is a stunning film with very subtle editing and brilliant photography. It is also quite disturbing as several people die before the unblinking gaze of the camera.
I was expecting ethical arguments in favour of assisted suicide such as terminal illness or unbearable pain. But to my surprise, his angle was that the accompagnateurs, the death escorts, are warm-hearted guardian angels who have a vocation to lead people into a better place. Sobel is depicted as a Christ-like figure; a board meeting is even framed as a Last Supper, featuring him surrounded by his 11 disciples.
Have a look for yourself, but my feeling is that a person with a vocation to help people die is a dangerous man or woman. Take Philip Nitschke, the recently suspended Australian doctor who informs people about how to kill themselves. He believes that he is crusading for human rights; he has been linked to a number of deaths. Sobel frames his work as a post-Christian work of charity. Perhaps that is why his organisation is pressing for access to Swiss nursing homes (see story here). They want to proselytise as many as possible.
This is one of the most dangerous aspects of legalised assisted suicide and euthanasia. It will be aggressively promoted by groups who feel that they have been called to kill.
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I'm not a materials engineer, but I know Carbon is stiffer but I'm not convinced it's stronger.Originally Posted by bdamschen
yeah okay, maybe the surface layer is only cosmetic, but once you hit that hard on a rock, what reassures you it's still structuraly sane? That's the problem with carbon, once it's compromised (in any way) it's pretty much useless.
A crack or even seemingly benign surface penetration renders it untrustworthy. A simple ding on aluminum does far less to the integrity of the frame. Don't get me wrong, it's strong, however, it has it's drawbacks.
carbon fiber is just that: FIBER. It has high tensile strength, but like mentioned in the Mountain Bike article, the fibers will break when stretched which constitutes a weakness.
anyway - this is just my $0.02. Like I said, nothing wrong with Carbon bikes - just be aware of what you ride and keep a close eye on the frame. Especially the head tube and areas exposed to rocks.
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From his home in New Mexico, Geist spoke about his journey and how he got to the place where he knew it was time to reinvent himself and create a new life.
By deploying all-weather beacons throughout the park and integrating the beacons with a unique smart phone app as well as an Apple Watch app, our mobile platform will make it possible for the park to deliver interactive, auditory and haptic alerts and instructions to park visitors.
As a minority-majority state (46% of the state's population is Hispanic) with a relatively small population (just over 2 million residents), New Mexico is proving to be a perfect lab for Latino and Hispanic voter engagement.
Today, the Earth got a little hotter and a little more crowded.
While motor lodges are almost always affordable, they're not always aesthetically pleasing. But with summer right around the corner, we were inspired to round up the five cutest motor lodges in the United States
We asked the desk clerk if she could recommend a good place for breakfast. The rest is history.
While in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants continues to be a hot issue, particularly in states like Texas, state legislatures across the country are now dealing with a new immigration related issue -- driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.
There were years when I attended the Los Angeles Festival of Books with the eager anticipation of an avid reader who likes nothing better than to stroll outdoors and wander into open-air bookstores.
The wrestling match now unfolding in California over a proposed ballot measure aimed at exterminating gay people is actually a teachable moment, and not only about religious extremism and violent hate. It calls attention to the value of a simple screen test for the subjects of initiatives and constitutional amendments. In this area, California might take a lesson from New Mexico.
Pearson's only intended result is to make more and more money. That is why so many people are pissed at Pearson and fighting back against Common Core and Pearson PARCC exams.
On the 5th of March, what has been called the most stunning evidence ever in the world of Ufology, was publicly uncurtained in New Mexico.
New Mexico may not receive the same attention as its neighboring states of Colorado or Utah, but the Land of Enchantment has its fair share of great skiing.
As we work to advance proven solutions, transformations in government services, and cost-effective results improving the lives of those who desperately need supportive housing, Pay for Success is keeping the momentum going.
Georgia O'Keeffe was a 28 year old Wisconsin farm girl; Alfred Stieglitz was a 52 year old New York bon vivant. Stieglitz intimately photographed his muse throughout their tumultuous, erotically charged marriage.
Conservatives just love the Constitution -- or at least they say they do. The thing is that they don't seem to have any idea how it works. At least that's a more charitable explanation than saying they don't care how the Constitution works and merely use it as a fig leaf while they undermine the rights it guarantees.
Yes, 2014, I look back at you and I think you were crazy. Certifiably. But you weren't trying to be mean. You were beautifully wild, and you spoke in unusual ways.


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Article: Corelation of apnea hypoapnea index concerned with body mass index and neck circumference measurements in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome08/2013; 49(4):67-73. DOI:10.5152/tao.2011.18
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ABSTRACT: Even endotracheal intubation could be considered safe in operations under general anesthesia; rarely, it could cause recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis as a complication. As mentioned in the literature, as a possible reason for this, anterior branches of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in the larynx could suffer from compression between the posteromedial part of the thyroid cartilage and the cuff of the tube. In the literature, unilateral vocal cord paralysis due to endotracheal intubation occurs more frequently in comparison to bilateral vocal cord paralysis. These types of palsies usually totally improve in approximately 6 months. A patient who experienced bilateral vocal cord paralysis in the early postoperative period after undergoing an endotracheal intubation process for general anesthesia and primary partial lip resection and supraomohyoid neck dissection due to lower lip carcinoma is presented in our article. Although vocal cord paralysis occurring after head and neck surgery is first thought as a complication of the surgery, endotracheal intubation should be considered as a possible cause of this paralysis. In relation with this patient, causes, clinical symptoms, and treatment procedures of vocal cord paralysis due to endotracheal intubation are discussed under guidance of the literature.The Journal of craniofacial surgery 01/2012; 23(1):135-7. DOI:10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182413d71 · 0.68 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Titanium mesh may be an alternative material to be used in laryngotracheal reconstruction. Twenty New Zealand rabbits were divided into two groups. Group A underwent laryngotracheoplasty with titanium mesh-buccal mucosa-muscle complex, and Group B received auricular cartilage grafts. All animals survived without complications. The animals were killed at 60 days, and laryngotracheal regions were evaluated. There was no subglottic collapse at physiologic and supraphysiologic negative airway pressures in Group A and mild-moderate collapse in Group B. Macroscopically the average antero-posterior and lateral diameters were not statistically different among two groups. Light microscopic examination revealed no fibrosis, necrosis or new cartilage formation in both groups. Inflammation and granulation were more pronounced in Group A. The lumens in both groups were moderately obstructed. Reconstruction of the upper airway with titanium mesh may be used in very selected cases where autologous grafting materials are inadequate and unsatisfactory.Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 08/2010; 267(8):1247-53. DOI:10.1007/s00405-009-1189-z · 1.55 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Inflammatory pseudotumor is a tumor-like lesion with histopathologic characteristics of inflammation. A 63-year-old woman, who presented with complaints of 2 neck masses on the right side of the neck with waxing and waning course in whom excisional biopsy was performed revealing inflammatory pseudotumor of the lymph node in the neck, is presented, and this rare clinical entity is discussed together with relevant literature.The Journal of craniofacial surgery 05/2010; 21(3):819-22. DOI:10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181d80973 · 0.68 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The objective of the prospective study is to examine the laryngeal changes by laryngeal videostroboscopy and electromyography (EMG) regarding new-onset dysphonia in asthmatic patients taking inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). Laryngeal changes and electrophysiological status of the laryngeal muscles were evaluated by these methods in 12 patients both at the time of presentation of dysphonia and after cessation of therapy. Laryngeal changes of our patients were mucosal edema, erythema, thickening, adduction deficit, nodule and irregularity in videostroboscopy. Significant correlations were found between laryngeal pathology and dosage and duration of ICS therapy. We detected myopathy by EMG in most of the patients. Also, EMG revealed that cricothyroid muscle was much more affected than thyroarytenoid muscle. In conclusion, we consider that steroid myopathy or mucosal inflammatory theory alone is not sufficient to explain the etiopathogenesis of dysphonia in asthmatic patients taking ICS. The laryngeal mucosal changes were detected by laryngeal videostroboscopic examination in some asthmatic patients, with dysphonia using ICS, and/or laryngeal myopathy was found by laryngeal EMG in some of them in this study. Thus, various factors may have role simultaneously in the occurrence of dysphonia.Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 11/2009; 267(6):917-23. DOI:10.1007/s00405-009-1141-2 · 1.55 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: No diagnostic test had been specifically developed to diagnose nonallergic rhinitis (NAR). Also a negative nasal smear for eosinophils does not rule out the diagnosis. There is a significant diagnostic problem in patients with NAR. How can we solve this problem? Assessment of other cells than eosinophils present in the cytogram such as basophils, neutrophils, and goblet cells may help us to classify and management of diagnostic problem of rhinitis. We sought to characterize the cellular pattern of patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and compare them with those of NAR. According to the skin prick test positivity or negativity, individuals were divided into AR and NAR groups, respectively. Allergic rhinitis group was further divided into seasonal, perennial, and mixed subgroups. Nonallergic rhinitis group was also divided into the following 5 subgroups according to the nasal smear cytologic result: basophilic, neutrophilic, eosinophilic, mixed, and nonallergic noninfectious type. So the frequency rates of the subgroups were calculated and also smear cytologic results were compared. Frequency of AR was approximately equal to NAR in subjects with chronic rhinitis. Neutrophilic, eosinophilic, mixed, and nonallergic noninfectious types were the common types of NAR. An evident nasal eosinophilia was found in AR and eosinophilic NAR, whereas a higher percentage of goblet cells were determined in nonallergic noninfectious rhinitis. There is no significant difference between cytologic results from NAR and AR patients. In the patient with positive skin test result, the presence of nasal eosinophilia strongly supports the diagnosis of AR. No diagnostic test had been specifically developed to diagnose chronic NAR. Also, a negative nasal smear for eosinophils does not rule out the diagnosis. Assessment of other cells present in the cytogram such as basophils, neutrophils, and goblet cells may also provide valuable information for differential diagnosis and management of these conditions.American journal of otolaryngology 09/2009; 30(5):312-7. DOI:10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.06.015 · 0.98 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: To investigate the possible thermal effects of microwaves from mobile phones on facial nerves (FN) and surrounding soft tissue. A prospective study. We studied FN conduction rate and compound muscle action potentials (CMAP) on 12 rabbits before exposure to radiofrequency radiation (RFR) emitted from a mobile phone. Also, the temperature change in the soft tissues around the FN was investigated by a four channel Luxtron fiber optic system. A mobile phone with 1900 MHz frequency was placed over the ipsilateral ear of the rabbit for 25 minutes, and FN and surrounding tissues were exposed to a 1.5 watts pulse modulated (217 packets/s) electromagnetic field. During exposure to RFR, immediately after turning off the mobile phone, and 25 minutes after the exposure temperature change in the surrounding tissue of the FN was recorded and compared to preexposure values. Additionally, another recording regarding the FN functions was done and the data were compared to preexposure values. The average temperature of the surrounding soft tissues was 0.39 K higher than the preexposure values during the exposure and immediately after turning off the mobile phone, and decreased to normal levels 25 minutes after the exposure, which was statistically significant. The amplitudes of FN CMAP after radiofrequency radiation exposure were significantly smaller than the preexposure amplitudes and the amplitudes were normal in the 25 minute measurement. The RFR emitted from a mobile phone can cause temporary FN dysfunction that can be due to temporary temperature increase in the soft tissue around the FN.The Laryngoscope 03/2009; 119(3):559-62. DOI:10.1002/lary.20070 · 2.14 Impact Factor
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While House's staff tries to diagnose a woman whose uncontrollable muscle flailing caused her to crash her car, House and Stacy try to resolve their relationship issues once and for all. Cameron refuses to take her HIV test, wary of the results.
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Hugh Laurie
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The House and Stacy drama comes to a conclusion
Cameron gets her HIV results.
House finally gains some closure in his relationship with Stacy, the love of his life.
So many times the single mother remarries and the husband wants another child, to have one of his own.
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(answering phone) House: This better be important. Dr. Cameron: You've gotta come back in. House: No I don't. Dr. Cameron: Margo's stable but... House: Oh my God! I'll be right there!
House: We're done. Get rid of her. Dr. Foreman: We're not done. We have to confirm the diagnosis before we send her home to die of something else. House: Oh yes, the power tastes so sweet. You just can't resist, you're like a diabetic at the ice cream counter, you want to say no, but you need that chocolately goodness. Dr. Foreman: Well, I'm still signing the charts. So until tomorrow you're not allowed to kill anyone. House: Wuss!
House: She's not going to leave Mark in the middle of his rehab. Too much guilt. Dr. Wilson: She left you. House: Harsh 'tude, dude.
House: Peeing on a stick is only 99% accurate. Get a real pregnancy test. You know, the one with the blood and the hormones and the rabbit. (Foreman looks put off) Oh, I'm sorry. It's still your limo. What do you say, Miss Daisy? Dr. Foreman: Whatever you want. House: Lame duck's done quacking. Dr. Foreman: You quack, people shoot at you. Cuddy just put me here to make you miserable. Another two days, you can go back to making yourself miserable.
(finding Ritalin) House: Cocaine with a PG rating.
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International Air Dates: The Netherlands: March 22, 2007 on SBS 6
Music: The song that House comes in singing is "Serenade" from The Student Prince by Sigmund Romberg.
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Early on, when reviewing the patient details, House notes that someone used up the last of the animal crackers and set the empty box right back on the counter, then complains to all that "if you use them all up, throw the box away" with the box in his hand. There is a sound that might be intended as the box getting thrown away (although no such act is shown). In the next scene, the box is right back where it originally was.
In season one Mark told House that Stacy never wears any jewelry other than the cross her mom gave her. However, in this episode she is wearing earrings.
Trivia: When Foreman is going through a pile of DVDs at Margo's house, one of them show the cover of Winning London, an Olsen Twins movie which Jesse Spencer (Dr. Chase) co-starred in.
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Dr. Cameron: Momma's little helper. "Mother's Little Helper" is a song by the Rolling Stones (released in 1966) dealing with the issue of mothers taking prescription drugs to be able to manage their day. It is about the hypocrisy of the "look the other way" attitude about such drug abuse in the upper and middle class, at a time when society looked very down on abuse of so-called "illegal drugs". The song is titled after the existing terminology, not the other way around.
House: (to Foreman) Oh, I'm sorry! It's still your limo. What do you say, Miss Daisy? Refers to Driving Miss Daisy (1989), the movie starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. Freeman was hired by Tandy's son, Dan Aykroyd, to drive his elderly mother around Atlanta in the late 50s. It told the story of their 20-year friendship through the chauffeur's point of view. Directed by Bruce Beresford.
House: It explains the psychosis and the flailing, and the uncanny ability to bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never, ever let Teddy forget that he's a man. House draws a comment about Margo's active life -- substituting 'Teddy' for 'him', and adding 'ever' -- from a series of ads for Enjoli perfume from the late 1970s. A gorgeous female executive could "do it all" with just a little help from the fragrance, or so it was claimed.
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Do you know why?
My son loves me obviously. I serve a purpose especially when sick but day to day he ADORES daddy. Loves him to death. He tells me every day how much he loves daddy.
Does your child have a favorite parent?
My day will come though...
Proud Ma to my 3 Beautiful boys!
DD is 4.5 and a total daddy's girl. She use to love me more when I was working but now that I'm home all of the time she would rather have him. I don't blame her though. I'm partial to him as well.
I'm back bitches!
DD definately has me as her favorite parent, there's no comparison for her.
YDS also has me as the favorite, but he's only 3 so there's lots of time for that to change!
ODS used to have me, but turned into a daddy's boy around 3 years old. I'm not sure if he has a favorite parent now. He gets to do more things with just DH than with just me, due to the other two kids wanting me. But if I make a comment that I wish I had more time to snuggle with him, then he'll remember and invite me to come snuggle with him later on - and he's 9 years old, so that's pretty awesome!
*I'm the rule enforcer. But that doesn't make the kids like me less. They understand. I worried that it would - since I always end up being the bad guy, but I think it makes them have more respect for me. I'm a SAHM who homeschools, so need to be the rule enforcer to keep my sanity!
Mum to three, ages 5, 8, and 11
ODS tells me I'm his best friend. I"m definitely his favorite parent. YDS is no idiot - he saw where there was an opening, and claimed DH for his own.
It only worries me when I look towards the future and wonder if they will come to think that DH and I favor one over the other when it's not the parents favoring the children, but reacting to the children's favorites. Does that make sense?
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The Female Quixote (1752)
by Charlotte Lennox
The plot is well summarized in other reviews here. I would add that overall this was entertaining, though the pacing was a bit odd. There was a section in book two with interminable examples of what the French heroines would do and the ending conversion was too quick, but for pure enjoyment, in some ways this was better than Don Quixote because fewer people got hurt and the bathroom humor was absent. Its overall quality and scope does not match Don Quixote, as its intent was smaller. The best part of the book happened in Arabella's seclusion in the country.
As a whole this was fairly simple book, but for a novel from the 1700's I was impressed. It comments that there is a distinction between absurd novels and good fiction. The modern challenge then is for an individual reader to find the "good" fiction, and we have quite a bit more to sort through than Arabella did! An additional truth applicable to modern life is that one cannot disappear from the world, it continually intrudes. I would recommend this book to those who enjoyed Don Quixote or have an interest in the phenomenon of reclusiveness / separation from community life.
The premise of The Female Quixote is easily discerned from its title. Arabella is an English girl--17 years old when the novel begins--who has been raised in the secluded luxury of her father's country estate to which he retired in self-imposed exile after falling politically out of favor. Arabella's mother died young, leaving her daughter little but a collection of French romance novels of the previous century in bad English translations. Having no contact with the outside world, and being largely neglected by her father, Arabella has filled her head with romances of chivalry which she believes to be a faithful depiction of the world outside her estate. (Her favorite writer is Madeleine de Scudéry (1607-1701), whose novel Artamène ou Le Grand Cyrus, at 2 million words, is considered the longest ever published.)
When Arabella's father suddenly dies, she is pushed into contact with the real world. Being both exquisitely beautiful and extremely rich, she is set upon by suitors both sincere and opportunistic. But her code of honor, that of a world that never was, demands that no man may speak to her of love until he has vanquished armies, slain his challengers, and appeared at her feet oozing the last drops of his blood in her honor as he awaits the word from her lips that will let him live. Her imagination also sees threats to her chastity in every direction. When a young man applies for work as an assistant gardener, she sees him as a prince in disguise trying to infiltrate her castle. Imagining that he is plotting to abduct and ravish her, she flees desperately into the night.
Arabella's uncle and cousins are hard-pressed to understand, much less correct, her extravagant and often bloodthirsty view of the world. Eventually they decide to remove her to Bath and then London, hoping that exposure to society will cure her of her delusions. But Arabella only continues to see the world through the lens of her reading, and causes a sensation by her outrageous ideas and behavior.
The Female Quixote is hilarious from beginning to end. Just when you think the joke has played out, Lennox comes up with yet another twist to the story to keep it fresh. There is nothing like the depth of Don Quixote, but Lennox effectively satirizes the shallow, insipid society of her time by contrasting it with the heroism and passion of Arabella's imaginary world. The novel also shows how empty were the lives of young, upper class women when they had little to fill their time but primping and gossip.
I would recommend The Female Quixote for anyone with a strong interest in 18th century English literature, especially women's writing. The novel was very popular in its day and earned praise from contemporary writers such as Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding.
A deliciously funny mediation on the potentially damaging effects of taking novel romances too seriously, published in 1750 - an important topic even today, as far too many of us search in vain for Mr. Rochester, Heathcliff or any number of tall, dark and handsome Mills and Boon heroes. Apart from the fact that Lennox, who was encouraged by Dr. Johnson and Richardson, is an excellent writer, this is a very interesting book from the point of view of the history of women, showing the dangers of the lack of activities for intelligent women. The delightful heroine, Arabella, who as Margaret Anne Doody points out in her excellent and thought-provoking introduction, actually manages to exert her will very successfully while she is under the influence of French romances, eventually comes to accept her cousin's proposal, and despite his faithfulness through most embarrassing scenes, we cannot help but feel that her future life will be diminished. So - perhaps it is better to live in the imagination, after all!
This book was a struggle to get through. While I loved the writing, pretty much everything else about the book I disliked, a lot. I get it was a satire, but the book never clicked right with me. Arabella is a very disagreeable character, and because she's the main book, it made me dislike the book even more.
I found it to be very repetitive, after a while even the small amount of humour I got from Arabella's antics got boring, not to mention gave me the urge to give her a smack upside the head. I didn't like the way it ended either, for a book that took it's time to give the story, the ending felt rushed and it didn't seem to fit with the rest of the story.
Like with many books from this time, I do like the intimate feeling the book has with the reader. The author addresses the reader, so it has a different feel to it, when it's written this way. I can't explain it, but I just love when the book is written like this. The writing was lovely, it was a bit off putting having random capitalized letters in the middle of sentences, but it was kept close to its original form, and although it took some time to get use to, I eventually forgot about it.
Overall, it wasn't the best read, while I loved the writing, the rest of the book was just a bit of a dud.
Also found on my book review blog Jules Book Reviews - The Female Quixote: or The Adventures of Arabella
This novel was written in the 1750s and is a satire of Don Quixote. The main character, Arabella, is a beautiful, charming, wealthy woman who unfortunately grows up very isolated and therefore reads too many French historical romances about ancient Greece and Rome which she believes in completely. This leads to many humorous situations as she is courted by her cousin who her father intends for her to marry. I really enjoyed the first third of the book, but after a while the humor started to be the same over and over and got a little old. All the men in the book think she's crazy but don't care because she's beautiful and wealthy. I think this is worth reading, especially as an example of women writing in the 1700s. It's genuinely funny and entertaining. It was also obviously an example to Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, a book I love.
Upon the whole, I do very earnestly recommend it, as a most extraordinary and most excellent Performance.
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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Le Grand Cyrus; Clélie, hystoire romaine by Madeleine de Scudéry
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0192835726, Paperback)The Female Quixote, a vivacious and ironical novel parodying the style of Cervantes, portrays Arabella, the beautiful daughter of a marquis, whose passion for reading romances colors her approach to her own life and causes many comical and melodramatic misunderstandings among her relatives and admirers. Both Joseph Fielding and Samuel Johnson greatly admired Lennox, and this novel established her as one of the most successful practitioners of the "Novel of Sentiment."
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Posted in Culture, Humor Tagged Afraid, Child, Children, Comedy, Culture, Funny, Humor, Humor, Jim Carrey, Kid, Kids, King, Matt and Oz, Moving too fast, Not ready, Ready, Relationship, Scare, Scared, The Kids Leave a comment
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This is a must-see. It really make you think.
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Music: In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg.
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Director: Anders Hazelius
Producer: Engelbrekt Krantz
Executive Producer: Mikael Klavius
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After several conversations with (male) friends about how relationships between men and women have changed since their parent's generation, Spanish photographer Jon Uriarte had a brilliant idea for a photo series. He wanted to make images that showed not only the equality of balance in heterosexual relationships, but also the feeling of confusion the male may be experiencing with this change. He began this series, which he calls "The Men Under the Influence" by taking photos of couples together in the same image. After some time, he realized that a more effective image was to photograph the man alone, dressed in his girlfriends clothing in their shared apartment or house. Uriarte photographed the series over a period of three years in both the US and Spain.
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My reason for leaving was because the owners recognized that my position wasn't allowing me to make full use of my abilities. Thus, they recommended me for a wonderful growth opportunity with one of their sister companies. Quite frankly, I was sad to leave. However, I was both gratified that my skill set and aptitude were noticed and appreciated and comforted in knowing that my new position is under the umbrella of the same investment partnership. Therefore, I feel like I'm still in good hands. I recommend the leadership continue to recognize and reward the talents and abilities of its dedicated staff, encourage growth, and promote from within.
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NEW YORK, March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, today announced the hiring of Eric Mandl as a Senior Managing Director. Mr. Mandl will focus on advising companies across the technology industry.
The addition of Mr. Mandl broadens the reach of Guggenheim Securities' full-service investment banking efforts dedicated to the fast-growing technology sector.
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Mr. Mandl has advised on transactions with some of the most notable companies in technology, including Cisco, CenturyLink, Dell, EMC, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat, Symantec and VMware. He was most recently a Senior Managing Director in the Technology, Media and Telecom Group at Evercore Partners and previously was the Global Head of Software and Enterprise Banking at UBS.
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