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Notre Dame coach Donald Adams knows the Crowley High Gents well.
He told his team to expect the Gents to make them fight for every point, that they would be a tough out.
He knew it could happen, but that doesn't take the sting out of Friday's 65-53 loss to the Gents. Now Adams and the Pioneers reluctantly sit at 7-7.
"(Crowley) stayed with it," said Adams. "I told them (Crowley) was going to fight 'til the end. It could have gone our way, but momentum flipped. Now we're at 7-7.
"The ball games we won, we executed four good quarters. We would have liked to have this one, but we'll get ready for the next one."
The other, golden, side of Crowley's coin is far brighter. The adjustments made by the Gents and coach Derrick Boone's staff lifted Crowley to a come-from-behind victory and allowed the Gents to improve to 3-5.
"I told these guys it was going to be close and that we would have to play smarter ball toward the end," said Boone. "We played smarter in the second half."
For the back-and-forth game, hosted by Notre Dame, it came down to Crowley's "controlled chaos" being harnessed properly in the second half and free throws, all of which culminated at the end of the third quarter and the fourth quarter. That was when the momentum swung and the Pioneers could not seem to do anything about it.
"Our free throw shooting was dismissal in the first half," said Boone. "In the second half, we picked it up a little bit and it's like we got our groove in the fourth quarter.
"Our tempo (coming in) was going to be 'controlled chaos' where we remained in control but were aggressive. I know Notre Dame does not do well when passing under pressure, so that's what we did and we didn't bail them out by committing fouls in the fourth quarter, and really the second half."
"We lost our composure in the fourth quarter," said Adams. "We played three good quarters of basketball, but we weren't able to score in the fourth, and that was really a turning point. Anytime you're not able to score in the fourth quarter, that puts you in a bad situation. You got to finish."
The Gents entered the third quarter down five and a quick surge and pressure defense got Crowley to tie with 5:31 remaining in the quarter. They regained the lead seconds later.
Some could have called the third quarter foreshadowing and while the Gents had done enough to stay in the ball game in the first half, in the second half it was a different battle.
Now, the game had turned back into what it was in the early seconds of the ball game, both teams fighting for every point, but instead of Notre Dame doing just enough to make their shots fall and cause a few more turnovers, that was Crowley's role in the third.
Shot-for-shot the two teams went and with just under 3 minutes left in the quarter, Notre Dame found the lead again. Crowley kept the pace, however, and with the Pioneers up 43-40 and Crowley holding the final possession the Gents would once again tie the game. But, this time it would be a three-point shot from Jaco Price at the buzzer and the game was once again tied at 43.
From there out, it was the Crowley Gents game to lose.
Earlier in the game, free throws had a bit to do how Crowley was able to stay within striking distance, but in the second half, and particularly the fourth quarter, the Gents' free throws fell true more often.
Crowley would hit 10 of 14 free throws in the frame, helping the Gents to pull farther and farther away.
In the final quarter, Notre Dame took one more step to cement itself as leader, taking a 47-44 lead early, but this time it wouldn't be Crowley doing enough to hang around and back-to-back fouls on Marcus Williams led to four extra points for Crowley.
Then, Crowley's defense began forcing turnovers, which turned into points for the visitors. And the score gap widened. The Gents went from a two-point lead (50-48) with 4:35 remaining to a six-point lead (54-48) with 3:49 left all the way to a 14-point lead (62-48) with 1:57 remaining.
The fury of scoring and defense was not stopped by Notre Dame until there was less than a minute remaining and a Pioneers shot finally fell. But, it was far too late for the home team.
The Gents' Price led his team with 25 points. Adding to the Gents' totals were Tyrin Daniels' nine points, Mylan Stevens' nine points, Williams' eight points, Bryston Domino's six points, Charles Onezine's five points, and Tiron Foreman's three points.
Notre Dame's Tre Milstead lead the way with 25 points of his own. Pioneers' John Duos had 10 points, Ethan Smith had seven, Clayton Johnson had four, Hunter Meche had three and Tyler Simar and Brent Didier each had two.
Both teams will be in action next Tuesday, Jan. 7 as Crowley hosts Beau Chene and Notre Dame travels to Opelousas Catholic.
Boys basketball action
Kinder 58, Iota 57
KINDER – A fourth quarter rally fell just short for the Iota as the Kinder Yellowjackets took a 58-57 victory over the Bulldogs Friday night.
Kinder led at the end of each frame, 12-7, 31-25, 47-38 and finally 58-57.
Leading the way for the Iota Bulldogs in the close defeat was Luke Reed with 17 points and Curtis Antoine with 12. Kyle Smith and Garrett Reppond each added nine points and Tristan Fontenot added six points. Chase Doucet and Zack Hebert rounded out the Bulldogs' scorers with two points each.
Iota fell to 8-9 with the loss. The Bulldogs will host Church Point Friday, Jan. 10.
Girls basketball action
Notre Dame 80, Northside 53
CROWLEY – Hosting 10-6 Northside, the Lady Pios of Notre Dame (10-4) picked up their 10th win of the season Thursday night, dropping Northside to 10-7.
The 80-53 victory extended the Lady Pios win streak to three. In Thursday's contest, the Lady Pios were led by Alex Miller's 24 points, Annie Matthews' 17 points, Sam Lyons' 17 points and Gabbie Romero's 11 points. Adding to the fray were Elise LeBeouf with seven points and Hannah Esthay with four.
Scores and statistics from Notre Dame's game against St. Louis were not immediately available. The Lady Pios travel to St. Joseph's Academy Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Midland 49, North Vermilion 39
MIDLAND – Despite an early lead of 10-8 by North Vermilion Friday night, it was the Midland Lady Rebels coming out with a "W" to the tune of 49-39.
Tied 23-23 at the half, the second half is where Midland put separation between itself and its competition, leading 35-31 at the end of the third quarter and 49-39 at the end.
Midland, which improved to13-11, was led by 14-point nights from Macy Hoffpauir and Nicole Kraut and a 10-point night from Kristen Breaux. Tori Craigen added five points and Brooke Comeaux, Elizabeth Istre and Katie Woods each had two.
The Lady Rebels begin district play Tuesday, Jan. 7 by hosting Bell City.


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Let me preface this blog with: I am not talking about Spencer Schools only. This is a state and federal issue.
Algebra, Geometry, Consumer Finance, Industrial Arts (shop), Family & Consumer Science (home ec)...so many choices and those are only a few of them but which ones make the most sense for students?
Let's start with middle school. I'm not sure when they decided that it would be a good idea for girls and boys to both take home ec and shop but I believe it is a good idea. I think the curriculum should reflect everyday living rather than skills that are optional according to personal preference. I just don't believe that learning to sew or woodworking are pertinent to everyday living for most people. Cooking, household budgeting, grocery shopping, laundry, basic car maintenance, changing a tire, household or outdoor maintenance of homes and the things that go with them...that's pertinent to everyone.
Let's talk about HS curriculum. I will never understand why it is more important for a student to learn Algebra before personal finance. Wouldn't it make more sense to first teach them how to work out a budget and a checkbook first? What about teaching them the ins & outs of car loans, home mortgages, rental agreements, and employment tax forms etc. Why not save Algebra, Geometry and Calculus for those who want to choose those as careers? And who came up with the idea of making them requirements for college? If a student is of the creative nature and will go on to study for a more creative job, why waste time with Algebra? Take those in college after the decision is made.
It just seems to me that we would have young adults much more prepared for adult life if changes were made to such things as these. Any thoughts?
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While I agree with what you are saying, I myself have used Geometry and Algebra in everyday life and no its not my career and I can't count the times someone has asked me to sew a button on for them so I also think sewing is important.
-- Posted by joev on Thu, Jan 10, 2013, at 10:17 AM
I feel that the middle school and high school objectives are to give students the basics in varied subjects and preparatory instruction in skills. This allows them to develop a plan for what they would like to do as an adult. If you do not experience these courses how would you ever know what to go to college or not go to college to become? I agree with your thoughts about life skills though. When I was in school we did have a classes that taught us those skills. I guess I just figured it was still part of the curriculum.
-- Posted by deweyh on Thu, Jan 10, 2013, at 11:13 AM
deweyh, Our schools give an amazing selection of varied courses but my problem is what is required vs. what is actually necessary and pertinent to get into college. I have six kids all with varied strengths and weaknesses but if they want to get into college they are put into a "cookie cutter" mold that doesn't necessarily fit them. I think that requirements for admission to college should be more general and not so specific. Once again, why does a person who is creative and going into a like field need to take something like Algebra?
-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Thu, Jan 10, 2013, at 1:57 PM
Cooking, household budgeting, grocery shopping, laundry, basic car maintenance, changing a tire, household or outdoor maintenance of homes and the things that go with them.
Why would you have teachers teach these skills when parents should be the educators of these tasks.
If it wasn't my junior high teacher pushing me to do algebra. I would of just done the bare minimum to get by for math.
-- Posted by retiredarmysarge on Thu, Jan 10, 2013, at 2:12 PM
Great point retiredarmysarge. Parents rely way to much on the school to teach their kids life's lessons. Isn't that what a parent is for? My parents taught me to balance my check book and helped me with my student loans for college and getting my first car loan.
-- Posted by joev on Thu, Jan 10, 2013, at 7:18 PM
Very well said retiredarmysarge. Life skills should be taught by parents. Now I also know that some parents don't have certain skills, but that is what family is for right? lol
Anyways, algebra is used in every day life. I do want to say that it cost $225 thru the college to do math classes. Why not do it for free in H.S instead. Does not matter what field your in, most colleges require that you have 4 years of math, 4 years of science, 3/4 years of english, not sure on history. You also have the choice to have your kids to do college classes thru the H.S for free in math and english as long as they pass. Otherwise you must pay the $225.
We need to learn to push our children to strive to be better than what we were and to want better for themselves. Giving them the laxy daisy side of life is what is destroying us now.
-- Posted by acerdj on Fri, Jan 11, 2013, at 6:26 AM
As far as the shop and home ec courses -- I think if everyone knew some basics in repairing of clothing, and even how to make some simple things (pajama pants that fit -- simple shorts for summer) there would be less discarding of clothes that would be perfectly good if repaired, and less running to Wal-Mart for something not really necessary (which would help with budgeting).
Woodworking -- I think everyone should have the option of making some simple furniture for themselves and also repairing. Again, if you make the mistake of buying (or inherit) a cheap dresser, for example, and the drawers never work right, you can make it quite serviceable if you know how to fix the drawers and bolster where the drawer bottoms meet the edge so they don't keep falling apart.
I also agree that parents should be going over student loans, mortgages, checkbooks, grocery shopping, etc. Grocery shopping, especially, can help kids to internalize concepts like popcorn (real, not instant) is a semi-healthy, economical snack. The latest name brand, artificially flavored goodness you just saw on TV is not only very expensive per unit, but not worth it on many levels. Why do we slow cook an arm or rump roast instead of buying tenderloin or steaks very often? Is there that big of a difference in taste and quality between store brand or name brand? Do you want to pay for some big company's advertising? Those are life lessons learned from bringing a child from age 10 or so (maybe earlier) to the store.
This will free up the teachers to teach algebra, geometry, English, etc.
Though on the topic of learning Algebra and Geometry, I am told one math teacher at the high school told someone that it's Cognitive Tutor's job to teach, and the teacher's job to guide. Anyone with a high school student should look in to whether other teachers are open to having a computer do the teaching for them. This hit us hard at home as my older children had a seriously hostile relationship with Cognitive Tutor. My autistic son just had a hard time navigating it and received no help. My gifted daughter (who was first put in Geometry as an 8th grader until she found it socially stressful and we pulled her back to Algebra with her friends) just found it frustrating and mind-meltingly boring.
-- Posted by AmyPeterson on Fri, Jan 11, 2013, at 8:21 AM
I never said that our children shouldn't be challenged. I just don't agree that all students fit into the same mold and they shouldn't be made to fit. For example, there are several different math classes for kids to take but only a few are accepted by colleges even if that particular student chooses a major that is not math oriented.
-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Fri, Jan 11, 2013, at 8:21 AM
P.S. -- Leah, I completely agree that more creative people should not have to suffer through Algebra and Calculus; conversely, an engineering mind should not necessarily have to learn foreign language for two entire years as it will just be a period of suffering through and trying to pass and not necessarily a valuable learning experience.
-- Posted by AmyPeterson on Fri, Jan 11, 2013, at 8:22 AM
I may not have been clear in my statement Leah. What I was attempting to point out is that with out the varied and required course load the students may not realize what their varied strengths and weaknesses are. A student may not delve into an area that they are not comfortable with and miss out on a great opportunity. I on the other hand would like to see the materials presented in a more user friendly way. When I was in Algebra it was not presented in a way that showed an actual use. When I once again had to take Algebra in college they presented it in a way that used real life scenarios. This was very advantageous to my mind set to see how the information was pertinent. Although I do understand that everyone learns in a different manner and it is hard to develop high school classes around everyone's learning style.
-- Posted by deweyh on Fri, Jan 11, 2013, at 8:52 AM
My first reaction to this was: OK another parent who doesn't understand how to do their children's homework. My second reaction was: We need our young citizens to be proficient in more than one thing so they will be able to get a job in a global economy.
My third reaction was: How will they know if they like/dislike something if they are never exposed to anything outside their normal sphere? Having read all the above statements, I'm with sammyjr. Knowledge is Power. I also agree with deweyh in that sometimes it's not the message, it's how it's presented.
-- Posted by luvboji on Mon, Jan 14, 2013, at 9:58 PM
Exposure is good but requiring it to move on...is oppression.
-- Posted by Leah Cauthron on Tue, Jan 15, 2013, at 1:29 PM
Oppression is defined as "Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control". Requiring someone to learn math can hardly be considered cruel and unjust, especially when it is a requirement for a diploma.
Algebra teaches more than just math. It teaches a linear, organized thinking process. It is not important that (x� + y�)� = (x� -- y�)� + (2xy)�. What is important, is that when someone is faced with something foreign in their life, they know that with a disciplined approached, decisions and solutions can easily be obtained.
-- Posted by sammyjr on Thu, Jan 17, 2013, at 12:00 PM
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Jasia Reichardt (born 1933) is a British art critic, curator, and writer.
Jasia Reichardt was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1933. In the 1950s she was editor of Art News and Review, a weekly arts magazine.[citation needed] From 1963 to 1971 she was assistant director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.[1] In 1968 she curated the Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at the ICA,[2] and was editor of Cybernetic serendipity: the computer and the arts, a special edition of Studio International magazine, which was published at the same time.[3] From 1974 to 1976 Reichardt was a director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery.[1]
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- ^ a b Jasia Reichardt archive of concrete and sound poetry, 1959-1977. Getty Research Institute. Accessed January 2014.
- ^ Charlie Gere, 'Minicomputer Experimentalism in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to 1980' in Hannah Higgins, & Douglas Kahn (Eds.), Mainframe experimentalism: Early digital computing in the experimental arts. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press (2012), p. 119
- ^ Jasia Reichardt (ed) (November 1968). Cybernetic Serendipity, the computer and the arts. Studio International Special Issue 905.
- Fernandex, Maria (Fall 2008). "Detached from history: Jasia Reichardt and Cybernetic Serendipity" (PDF). Art Journal. (requires membership)
- Usselmann, Rainer (October 2003). "The Dilemma of Media Art: Cybernetic Serendipity at the ICA London" (PDF). Leonardo. 36 (5): 389–396. doi:10.1162/002409403771048191. (requires membership)
- MacGregor, Brent (October 2002). "Cybernetic Serendipity Revisited" (PDF). Proceedings of the 4th conference on Creativity & cognition: 11. doi:10.1145/581710.581713. (requires membership)
- "Cybernetic Serendipity". Retrieved 8 October 2008.
- Jasia Reichardt archive of concrete and sound poetry, 1958-1975 at the Getty Research Institute
- Jasia Reichardt correspondence, 1956-1987 at the Getty Research Institute


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Make a decorative floral blossom box filled with flower seed tape this Mother's Day. Seed tape is easy to make and your Mom can plant the tape directly in her garden. This Mother's Day box from Terri O promises a bouquet of flowers. Find this project and 18 other Mother's Day crafts in the Mother's Day Crafts: Blogger Edition 2010 eBook.
- Paper Mache boxes in various sizes
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- First pick your silk flowers, colors of paint and matching ribbon.
- Paint your boxes along with the lid and let dry.
- Glue your silk flower to the top along with the ribbon.
- Cut a strip of newspaper that does not have print on it. I used the very top or sides. Run a line of glue along the paper and sprinkle the seeds heavily on the glue. Let dry.
- Once dry, roll up the paper and gently place it inside the box. I used a pretty pin to keep it together.
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- Be sure to place the strip of newspaper on a larger sheet. That way you can catch the leftover seeds and use them.
- Before you glue your silk flower be sure and cut the plastic as close to the flower as possible. That way it will lay nice and flat.
- Experiment with different way to place your ribbon. Use the leaves when you can they add a nice touch.
- To secure the seeds bunch up some matching tissue paper and put it inside the box. It will look much nicer upon opening.
- Try to find seeds that work for the region that the person lives in. That way you will be assured of blooming success.
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Author Affiliations: Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (Mr Mahalingam-Dhingra); Department of Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha (Dr Lander); and Divisions of Otolaryngology (Drs Preciado and Shah) and Ophthalmology (Dr Taylormoore), Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Objectives To describe the epidemiologic features of pediatric orbital and periorbital infections from a national perspective and to identify predictors of surgery.
Design Analysis of the Kids' Inpatient Database.
Setting Administrative data set.
Patients Pediatric inpatient admissions with an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis of orbital cellulitis.
Main Outcome Measures Hospital admission, socioeconomic, and clinical variables were examined and predictors of surgical intervention were evaluated using logistic regression.
Results A total 5440 hospital admissions was noted for pediatric orbital cellulitis; of these, 672 patients (12.4%) underwent surgical intervention. Mean length of stay for all patients was 3.8 days; 90.4% were routinely discharged. Patients who had surgery were older, with a mean (SE) age of 10.1 (0.29) years compared with 6.1 (0.10) years for nonsurgical patients (P < .001). Surgical patients had a significantly longer mean hospital stay (7.1 vs 3.4 days, P < .001) and a higher mean cost of care ($41 009 vs $13 008, P < .001) compared with nonsurgical patients. Demographic predictors of surgical intervention included male sex, admitting characteristics, and hospital location. Except for sex, these variables remained significant in a multivariate model. Clinically, diplopia is a predictor of surgical intervention (odds ratio, 6.3; 95% confidence interval, 3.4-11.7).
Conclusions This study describes the medical and surgical management of pediatric orbital and periorbital infections from a national perspective. Predictors of surgical intervention include older age, presentation with diplopia, and hospital admission via the emergency department. Knowledge of these variables facilitates analysis of resource utilization for pediatric orbital cellulitis and can be used to optimally triage patients, ultimately reducing costs and lengths of stay while preserving quality of care.
Pediatric orbital and periorbital infections are often managed medically; however, the nature or severity of a patient's infection often progresses to the point that surgical intervention is imperative.1 Despite the significant potential sequela and morbidity of orbital and periorbital infections, there are no national studies that help put pediatric orbital and periorbital infections into perspective regarding resource utilization and macro-level trends. There are several institutional series about the management of pediatric orbital and periorbital infections that have laid the foundation for the current knowledge and management of such infections.
Furthermore, in the management of pediatric orbital and periorbital infections, there remains controversy on the timing of and indications for surgical intervention.2 Operative intervention is usually triggered by the identification of a periorbital or orbital abscess on sectional imaging. A scan is typically obtained after the diagnosis of significant or worsening visual impairment or a failure to improve after 24 to 48 hours of medical management.2 Understandably, physicians vary in the precise application of these criteria and often trial medical management if the patient's clinical condition permits. However, because imaging procedures are not associated with a unique International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnostic code, it was impossible to include their presence, absence, or timing in the analysis.3
Administrative data sets have recently emerged as a robust research tool to look at macro-level trends and provide a perspective on somewhat infrequently occurring disease processes that has previously been unattainable. Large national samples allow for the extraction of pertinent details that may not be identified in smaller institutional series. The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, is one such database. KID facilitates the study of infrequent disease processes at a national or regional level to discern trends in the management and outcomes of pediatric patients and provides normative baseline data for comparison.
The objectives of this study were to use KID to report the demographic, admission, and socioeconomic characteristics of pediatric patients admitted with orbital and periorbital infections and to attempt to identify variables that may predict surgical intervention. Identification of normative data and demonstrating predictors of surgery may prove invaluable in reducing variances in care or possibly suggest avenues for targeted research to do so.
Institutional review board approval was obtained from the Children's National Medical Center for this study. KID 2006 is a publicly available database of national inpatient data for pediatric patients, defined as those 20 years or younger. KID includes data from 38 states and more than 5100 hospitals and, as such, is a representative patient population for the purposes of studies such as this one.4 The ICD-9-CM code 376.01, "orbital cellulitis," was used as the search variable (inclusion criteria) for this study. Entries in KID with orbital cellulitis as 1 of their first 15 diagnoses were included in the study sample; there were no a priori exclusion criteria.
The terms of use for KID prohibit reporting results for variables in which the sample is 10 data entries or fewer. This is done to protect the confidentiality of patients and providers and to prevent survey studies such as this one from revealing patient-level data. As such, some variables were unable to be expounded on in this study.
The study population was analyzed for the variables found in KID, including admission source and type, discharge status, length of stay, total charges, age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Concomitant diagnoses (on the basis of ICD-9-CM codes) were also examined.
The "total charges" variable represents the cost of treatment to the facility, rather than physician billing, and, as such, is used as a surrogate for resource utilization (operating room time, hospital beds, equipment, and others) in the course of a patient's admission.5
Patients with an admitting diagnosis of orbital cellulitis were classified as either surgical or nonsurgical by examining all procedures associated with each admission and creating a list of operative procedures to be used as inclusion criteria for the surgical group. Patients who had records of 1 or more of these surgical procedures in any of the 15 procedure codes were classified as surgical; all others were classified as nonsurgical.
Bivariate analysis was performed to evaluate surgical status in patients with orbital cellulitis. Variables associated with the surgical population with P < .05 were deemed significant predictors of surgery. These results were analyzed in a multivariate model. Weighted data are presented to provide national estimates.
A weighted total of 5440 pediatric patients were admitted with a diagnosis of orbital cellulitis in 2006. Patients were 59.5% male and had a mean (SE) age of 6.6 (0.10) years. The mean (SE) length of stay was 3.9 (0.11) days, and the mean (SE) total charges associated with a patient were $16 444 ($805.40). Most patients (54.1%) were admitted through the emergency department, 39.9% were routinely admitted, and 5.9% were transferred from other facilities. Correspondingly, most admissions (85.9%) were classified as emergency (56.5%) or urgent (29.4%); 14.2% were elective. Almost all the patients (91.8%) were routinely discharged; the remainder required additional care: 3.7% at short-term facilities and 4.6% with home health care. There were fewer than 10 mortalities in the sample population, and, thus, they will not be discussed further per the data use agreement.4 The demographics of pediatric patients admitted to the hospital with orbital cellulitis are given in Table 1.
Of the 5440 patients, 672 (SD, 46.4; 12.4%) were classified as surgical; the remaining patients were classified as nonsurgical. The surgical and nonsurgical categories were compared for to pertinent variables (Table 2).
Age was predictive of the need for surgery (P < .001); nonsurgical patients had a mean (SE) age of 6.1 (0.10) years compared with a mean (SE) of 10.1 (0.29) years in the surgical population (P < .001). Sex was also predictive (P = .02); 58.8% of nonsurgical patients were male compared with 64.7% of surgical patients. Unlike the other predictors identified in this study, patient sex was not a significant predictor of surgery in the multivariate model. Admission source (P < .001) was also predictive of being in the surgical group. Patients transferred from another hospital were 4.4 times as likely to be operated on compared with patients with routine admissions (P < .001); patients admitted through the emergency department were 1.4 times as likely to be surgical as routine admissions (P < .001).
A significant association was noted between surgical status and discharge status (P < .001). Surgical patients were discharged to home health care 3.8 times more frequently than were nonsurgical patients (P < .001).
As expected, patients undergoing surgery had higher mean (SE) total charges vs nonsurgical patients ($41 009 [$2971.9] vs $13 008 [$716.8]; P < .001). Surgical patients had significantly longer mean (SE) lengths of stay than did nonsurgical patients (7.1 [0.38] days vs 3.4 [0.11] days; P < .001). Socioeconomic factors were not significant predictors of surgical intervention, including median household income (P = .91), primary payer (P = .09), and race/ethnicity (P = .27).
Analysis using the "hospital region" variable showed that patients in the western geographic region were 1.6 times as likely to undergo surgery as patients admitted in the northeastern region (P < .001). Patients admitted to rural hospitals were operated on 0.842 times as frequently as were their urban counterparts (P = .01).
Large variations were noted between individual states regarding patient volume and the proportion of surgical patients. Two states accounted for nearly one-quarter of national admissions: California (12.1%) and New York (11.1%); 6 states (California, New York, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, and Illinois) accounted for more than half (51.6%) of all admissions among states reporting in KID 2006. Although New York had the second-highest number of admissions (n = 603), it had the lowest proportion of surgical patients, with only 8.3% of patients classified as surgical. The state with the highest proportion of operative admissions was Tennessee, where 22.1% of the state's 136 admissions had surgery.
Concomitant diagnoses in patients admitted with orbital cellulitis and the association with surgical group analyses are given in Table 3. Many patients had asthma (6.0%), 0.7% were neutropenic, and 1.3% presented with diplopia. Several of these concomitant diagnoses proved to be significant clinical predictors of a patient's surgical status in the bivariate model. Patients who presented with diplopia (ICD-9-CM code 368.2) were 6.3 times (95% confidence interval, 3.4-11.7 times) as likely to be operated on as were other patients (P < .001).
The objectives of this study were to provide a macro-level description and analysis of pediatric inpatients with an orbital or periorbital infection and to identify predictors of surgical intervention. The significance of this study's results are discussed with respect to national demographics, surgical predictors, and variations in care of pediatric patients with orbital and periorbital infections.
Patients admitted with orbital and periorbital infections are, on average, 6.6 years old, predominantly male (59.5%), and stay in the hospital a mean of 3.9 days. The resource utilization for an admission resulted in mean total charges of $16 444. Surgical intervention was required in approximately 12% of admitted patients. Normative data such as these are invaluable in assisting individual physicians, hospitals, insurers, and regulatory agencies in benchmarking or evaluating outcomes between providers. There is a shifting onus on physicians to demonstrate the quality of the care they provide, and baseline data are imperative for such determinations.
Based on these normative data, there was significant state-to-state variation in patients admitted with orbital and periorbital infections and the associated proportion of patients who underwent surgical admission. It is interesting that a hospital in the western geographic region of the United States was predictive of higher surgical rates. Similarly, admission to a hospital in an urban location was found to be a significant predictor of surgery. The administrative data set does not allow us to research an individual patient's record, so we cannot tease out the nuances of care that lead to this discrepancy. The answer to this is best answered by a multi-institutional study from hospitals in this region or cohort compared with other institutions.
Several studies exist documenting the link between underinsurance and delayed care, especially in children,6 and delays in care come at the risk of advanced infection in these cases. Disproportionate underinsurance, along with other factors, create disparities in care that extend to income classes and racial groups; the delay experienced by African American patients in seeking care has been well-documented.7 From the present analysis of KID, in pediatric orbital and periorbital infections, there was no evidence that race/ethnicity, income quartile, or insurance status affects the likelihood of a patient needing surgery.
Several single-institution studies have found operative rates within a few percent of the rate reported herein of 12.4%.2,8,9 Surgical patients in this study were significantly older than were nonsurgical patients, corroborating these single-institution studies.10 A retrospective analysis11 of pediatric inpatients with orbital cellulitis in Pittsburgh between 1971 and 1980 reported that the proportion of patients with severe orbital disease increased with increasing age. The role of sinus development may provide clarity on this finding.12
One of the main clinical indicators of surgery is imaging that demonstrates an abscess or potential compromise of critical structures, such as the eye or brain. However, owing to the limitations of an administrative data set, specific imaging characteristics for operative patients could not be extracted.
As expected, surgical patients had significantly longer lengths of stay. This is likely because patients who progress to surgery initially are treated with maximal medical therapy. Once medical management fails, surgery is the best option.
In the management of pediatric orbital and periorbital infections, one of the hardest decisions is to determine when to operate. In the present series, diplopia was the strongest clinical predictor of surgery; this is not surprising because diplopia is a well-known variable that is closely monitored in the management of pediatric orbital cellulitis. Chandler et al11 cited a change in visual acuity as the single most certain indicator that surgery is necessary. This finding was corroborated by later studies, and visual disturbance remains a classic indicator of surgery in current practice.9
In patients with a diagnosis of sinusitis, the ethmoidal and maxillary sinuses were most commonly involved, as seen in previous studies.2,8,11,13 Ethmoidal and maxillary sinusitis are well-known causes of orbital cellulitis because infections can spread from these sinuses to affect the orbit. Chandler et al11 note the strong association between advanced orbital cellulitis and sinus disease, especially ethmoiditis. A recent retrospective review2 of patients with orbital cellulitis (not all pediatric) at the University of Michigan hospitals found a strong association with sinusitis and noted that most cases involved more than 1 sinus, with maxillary and ethmoidal involvement being the most common. The present study mirrored these findings on a national scale.
Patients admitted via the hospital's emergency department were more likely to require surgery than were routine admissions. There exists literature demonstrating that emergency department admissions have been linked to delays in seeking care14 and further delays in treatment.15 Disease processes are managed differently, and for orbital and periorbital infections, this finding could be an indicator of the patient's access to primary care. Although an interesting finding, the implications for treating a patient with orbital and periorbital infections from this association are unclear.
Oftentimes, patients managed medically are given prolonged intravenous antibiotics and as such their disposition can include home health services or, rarely, short-term care at a step-down facility. However, from these national estimates, it seems that surgical patients were more likely to be discharged with home care than were nonsurgical patients. In attempts to reduce hospitalization charges, these patients may be preferentially managed in a more acute manner at home to complete their long-term antibiotic courses; or it may be that this finding represents a selection bias because the patients are more ill; hence, necessitating surgery, and, as such, need more care at home than those managed medically. Because this mode of care provision drives resource utilization, knowledge of why these patients require home health care services may reduce total charges.
The use of ICD-9-CM coding is the principal source of this study's limitations. The ICD-9-CM code 376.01 (orbital cellulitis) was used as the inclusion criteria. It is possible that some patients in the target population were coded incorrectly (eg, as facial abscess) and were missed in this study's sample. It is also possible that similar error caused patients to be included who ought not to have been.
This study also had no a priori exclusion criteria. It is possible that some of the patients included in the sample did not have isolated orbital or periorbital infections but rather were admitted for some other condition and had a concomitant diagnosis of orbital cellulitis. From an administrative data set, this source of error is difficult to eliminate. Finally, because KID does not include all 50 states, its generalizability, even with the use of appropriate data weighting, may be limited.
In conclusion, patients admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of orbital cellulitis were, on average, 6.6 years old, predominantly male (59.5%), stayed a mean of 3.9 days, and had total charges of $16 444. Surgical intervention for pediatric orbital and periorbital infections was required in approximately 12% of admitted patients. Surgical patients were found to be older, to have higher total charges and longer lengths of stay, and to be more likely discharged with home health care services. Ethmoidal and maxillary sinusitis, along with diplopia, are significant clinical predictors of surgery. Knowledge of these normative data should assist in optimizing medical outcomes and minimizing resource utilization because variations in care can be studied in attempts to mitigate these occurrences.
Correspondence: Rahul K. Shah, MD, Division of Otolaryngology, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010 (email@example.com).
Submitted for Publication: January 4, 2011; final revision received May 3, 2011; accepted May 18, 2011.
Author Contributions: Drs Lander and Shah had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Mahalingam-Dhingra, Preciado, and Shah. Analysis and interpretation of data: Mahalingam-Dhingra, Lander, Preciado, Taylormoore, and Shah. Drafting of the manuscript: Mahalingam-Dhingra, Preciado, and Shah. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Mahalingam-Dhingra, Lander, Preciado, Taylormoore, and Shah. Statistical analysis: Lander and Preciado. Administrative, technical, and material support: Mahalingam-Dhingra, Preciado, Taylormoore, and Shah. Study supervision: Preciado and Shah.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Previous Presentation: This study was presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery; September 25, 2010; Boston, Massachusetts.
This article was corrected for an error in the Author Affiliations on August 30, 2011.
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Last week, Fred Perry revealed that Amy left behind a third unreleased fashion line for the brand. The question is , should they release it now that she is gone? According the Fred Perry, they are asking her family for permission. Richard Martin, a marketing manager from Fred Perry, told Harper's Bazaar Amy was a "delight" to work with. He said, "Bright, passionate, and dedicated, with strong ideas of exactly what it was that she wanted from the range. Detailing, fabrics – she was all over it."
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Of the three time-honored RBC indices, it is only the mean corpuscular volume, (MCV) index that is alive and well. It is measured today directly by the automated instruments. It permits computation of the hematocrit reading (MCV × number of RBCs) as opposed to the preautomation era when the hematocrit reading was measured and the MCV calculated. The MCV allows a useful morphologic differential diagnosis of microcytic and macrocytic anemias.
In contradistinction, the other two indices, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) are of questionable use. The MCH, also calculated by automated instruments, varies in strict linear relationship with the MCV (Fig 1). It does not, therefore, offer any additional information over the MCV value. However, the MCHC is practically constant (Fig 2) with a mean of 34.8 ± 1.53 (mean ± SD).
A low MCHC, traditionally the characteristic feature of iron deficiency, is not seen
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Experience with CI and human intelligence (HUMINT) missions, such as Blackbird,1 have proven the utility and need for relational databases. Using the RWS would greatly enhance the effectiveness and speed of quality CI force protection (abbreviated as FP in this article) products as a whole. Analysts can easily produce FP information reports (FPIRs), contact reports (CRs), and intelligence information reports (IIRs) either using the Freetext Tool or created in common-use data tables. The create table function on the RWS allows the analyst to tailor the data tables to any mission. Analysts can then disseminate these tables to all other CI FP elements in theater. They can use the tables as a standard, or at least a template for normalization.
The RWS home page and the Netscape® browser functions further expedite the dissemination of tactically useful information. Every type of CI FP report is available to all levels simultaneously, as opposed to trickling through several echelons of cutting and pasting until the consumer finally receives the product. Not only does this expedite the reporting process but also it also further facilitates the information flow between CI FP teams operating in the same region.
The ASAS Master Analyst Program (AMAP) Branch is striving to improve the integration of CI FP and HUMINT reporting with the RWS and the ASAS Master Analyst Course (AMAC). Once completed and tested, the data tables will be available to any interested ASAS RWS consumer. The tables will include, but are not limited to: personalities, significant events, important organizations, SALUTE (size, activity, location, unit, time, and equipment) reports, and various free-text template forms. Photographs and other images can also create a more rounded CI FP picture. Once implemented, the capabilities are limitless as both the Theater Rapid Response Intelligence Package (TRRIP) and the follow-on Counterintelligence HUMINT Automated Tool Set (CHATS) can communicate with the RWS, and the operator can further disseminate information to the analysis control element (ACE).
Congratulations to SSG Shandella Vaughan for her selection as the I Corps Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) of the Year. She has been an ASAS Master Analyst for nearly one year.
1. The Blackbird mission was the compilation of collected information of CI FP interest into final intelligence products focusing on the Bosnia region and the maintaining of the largest CI FP database in existence. The section produced IIRs, organization capability assessments, regional threat assessments, and answered requests for information (RFI).
Staff Sergeant Tony Garcia is currently the ASAS RWS instructor with the ASAS Master Analyst Branch. He helped create the Blackbird section and served as the Mission NCO in Charge. He also served as the Contingency Operations Force Protection Desk Officer with the 18th MI Battalion, and was instrumental in the foundation of the original Contingency Operations Course. Readers can contact him via E-mail at [email protected] or [email protected] and by telephone at (520) 533-4607/1963 or DSN 821-4607/1963.
Sergeant First Class Kristine M. Sleighter is the current Chief of the AMAP. For more information, contact AMAP via E-mail at [email protected], telephonically at (520) 533-4652 or DSN 821-4652, and through the AMAP web page at http://18.104.22.168.


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I started google android development today, after downloading SDK and loading it into eclipse just like how google guide "hello android" has listed.
"no classfiles specified"
"Conversion to Dalvik format failed with error 1"
pops up as I try to run it for the very first time.
How you fix it is
Go to Project -> Clean and it should solve the problem.
Good luck on your "Hello Android Application"
My Websites and startups
adtap, A stealth startup that focuses on mobile advertising and marketing
Spotvite, An android application that was featured on Google Play during christmas week of 2011, we've stopped working on it, focuses full attention to adtap.
Prototype Hacker, I can build your prototype for your startup, feel free to pitch it to me.


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The Importance of Having Dad FriendsBrian Gresko
One of the greatest fears I had pre-fatherhood was that having a kid would kill my independence, that I wouldn't be able to go out with my wife, or see a movie, or hang with a buddy, or meet new friends. Sure, Felix has changed things, no doubt, but I turned out to be wrong on all counts. Especially making new friends. If anything, being a dad has broadened my friend circle.
This wasn't the case in the beginning. I spent about the first six months or so of my life as a stay-at-home dad mostly alone with my baby boy. I tried classes, but found them full of moms and nannies, many of whom knew one another and stayed with the clique, while the rest just weren't that friendly, especially to a lone dad. Outside, on long walks pushing my napping son in his stroller, I received plenty of kindly glances but made no connections.
I struggled during these months. There was so much to figure out already, adjusting to parenthood and my new role, and I had few sounding boards to turn to for support. (I was the first of my close male friends to become a father.) Don't get me wrong — my son could be pleasant company — but spending eight hours a day alone with him for five days a week was isolating, to say the least. (I knew things were bad when I started talking back to the hosts on NPR.)
Things got easier when Felix started to walk. At a cafe one morning I met a dad who took his daughter to the park a few days a week. "You should come too!" he said, though I'm sure he didn't make eye-contact when he said it. You know how guys can be, making new friends. Shy. Territorial.
But my wife was there too, and she encouraged me after he left. "He seems nice," she said. "You need to make some daddy friends."
So one day Felix and I, both a little bashful, toddled over to the tree where this guy liked to hang with his daughter. The other dad and I hit it off, finding connections beyond the kids — music, technology, silly comedies that we both enjoyed — though of course we talked tots too. What do you do when yours pulls this kind of crazy move? How long and involved is your kid's bedtime routine?
This experience, combined with Felix's newfound interest in playgrounds, made it easier to make friends. With Felix holding my fingers, he'd waddle around the play-structures cooing and babbling, and when he plopped his diaper-plush butt down to check out something that captured his interest, I peppered nearby parents with a simple repertoire of questions. How old is your kid? What's his/her name? And then, the key to whether or not we'd be friends: This parenting thing is crazy, right?
By the end of the summer, I met a few dads that I really hit it off with, and we organized a play group as the weather turned colder. We weren't exclusive to dads — I've always had close women friends, and I have good mommy friends too — but dads who stay-at-home with their kids for any amount of time, as all of the dads in the playgroup did, share a lot of common ground. Me and my dad buddies talked about our child's development, along with discipline, school, and diapering, but we also discussed the role we each played in our marriage, and how we struggled to keep our relationships healthy with the challenge of childrearing, and how we managed to balance, or not balance, work and childcare, because I don't think I've ever met a dad who didn't have some passion or occupation he wanted to pursue, or was trying to pursue, simultaneous to being with his kids. Advice would be shared, worries revealed, lots of beer and coffee ingested (depending on the time of day), and maybe a few pats on the back exchanged.
As the years have gone by, I've retained many of those friendships, and they've become valuable relationships. In part, because my dad friends and I talk about our kids and also about our life beyond them. Have you streamed this show yet? Or read this book? Or tried this restaurant? Or heard about this bit of news? How's this work thing going? Or what about that vacation plan? We — and this is going to sound corny, I know — help keep one another from going crazy. Part of being good dad friend, I think, is seeing one another as more than just dads.
I'd like to say again, that this isn't specific to men, I have these kinds of friendships with women too. Any good relationship, whether you're talking about a work friend or a parent friend, shouldn't dwell entirely in one area of your life. There should be sharing about all sorts of subjects, and whether the result is common ground or respectful differences, as long as there's openness, levity, and respectful seriousness, then a friendship will blossom and last.


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IIP Internships in Ecuador
World Food Programme
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Active in Ecuador since 1964, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has proven expertise in supporting the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations (indigenous people, afro-Ecuadorians, refugees, women and children), managing emergencies, empowering women, protecting the environment and developing national and local systems and capacities in food assistance programmes. IIP candidates with interests in international relations, communication, political science and languages are encouraged to apply. Skills in writing, editing and translating would be an asset. An advanced level of Spanish is required. Two placements have been established for International Internship Program (IIP) interns.
IIP interns will work on one of the following two projects:
- Visibility: The IIP intern will write/edit/translate articles/life stories for the web and other media on the basis of interviews or already collected material and two-page documents describing ongoing projects for resource mobilization purposes. Select photos to go with document. Research for blogs/media that would be interested in publishing such pieces, in Ecuador and abroad, as well as, news/articles/stories published on WFP in Ecuadorian media, including web pages. In addition, the IIP intern will translate/edit documents destined to the public, donors or potential donors and assist in organization/production of visibility events.
- Knowledge Management: The IIP intern will translate/summarize studies or evaluations into two-page documents for information and resource mobilization purposes, as well as, other internal documents. In addition, the IIP intern will assist in production/editing of publications.
View a PowerPoint (.pdf) by a past IIP intern:
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|For UPDATED information on SUMMER 2016 and TO APPLY, click here: World Food Programme


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Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story
by Chris Sheridan and Patty Kim
Abduction is the true story of a 13-year-old Japanese girl kidnapped by North Korean spies in 1977, and her parents's 30-year battle to bring her home.
Independent Lens
Afghanistan Unveiled
by Brigitte Brault
Filmed by the first-ever team of women video journalists trained in Afghanistan, this uncompromising film reveals the effects of the Taliban's repressive rule and U.S.-sponsored bombing campaign on Afghan women.
Independent Lens, Global Voices
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
by Alison Klayman
Ai Weiwei is arguably the most internationally celebrated Chinese artist of the modern era. At heart, he is a troublemaker with a serious agenda: to challenge the oppression of the Chinese people by their government with rebellious and irreverent gestures. His activism has cost him his freedom repeatedly, but he never seems to lose his childlike approach to serious dissidence executed with a wink.
Independent Lens
Behind the Rainbow
by Jihan El-Tahri
Can the deal between South Africa's old apartheid regime and its new government withstand the test of time?
Independent Lens, Global Perspectives Collection, Global Voices
Beyond the Call
by Adrian Belic
In a Mother Teresa-meets-Indiana Jones adventure, three middle-aged friends and ex-soldiers travel the world delivering humanitarian aid to the front lines of war.
Independent Lens
by Duane Baughman
Bhutto chronicles the life of one of the most complex and fascinating world leaders of our time, Benazir Bhutto.
Independent Lens, Women and Girls Lead, Global Perspectives Collection, Diverse Muslim Voices
Black Gold
by Nick Francis and Marc Francis
Tracing one man's fight for a fair price, Black Gold is an eye-opening expose of the $80 billion coffee industry.
Independent Lens, Global Voices, Global Perspectives Collection
Blessed Is the Match
by Roberta Grossman
Narrated by Joan Allen, Blessed Is the Match is the first documentary feature about Hannah Senesh, the World War II-era poet and diarist who became a paratrooper, resistance fighter and modern-day Joan of Arc. Safe in Palestine in 1944, Hannah joined a mission to rescue Jews in her native Hungary. Hannah parachuted behind enemy lines, was captured, tortured, and ultimately executed by the Nazis.
Independent Lens, Global Voices, Women and Girls Lead
by Lee Hirsch
Highlighting the challenges faced by bullied kids, Bully shows parents and teachers addressing aggressive behaviors beyond "kids will be kids" clichés, and captures a growing movement to change how bullying is handled.
Independent Lens
China Blue
by Micha X. Peled
Jasmine left her village in a remote part of China to get a job and help her family. Now she and her teenage friends at the blue jean factory are trying to survive in a brutal work environment.
Global Voices, Independent Lens
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E = number of edges in the graph. N = number of nodes in the graph. P = number of nodes that are exit points (last instruction, return, exit, etc.)Then
Cyclomatic complexity = E - N + PThe metric tries to capture the number of paths through the code, and thus the number of required test cases. It is widely used, but has been criticized for not capturing the additional complexity implied in nested control structures. -- JuancoAnez
def foo(a): a.parent().print()So, you want to work out where control can go next in a call to foo; that means you need to work out what kinds of object it can be passed, and what kinds of object can be returned from asking those for their parents. Not straightforward at all. Even more painful are languages like SchemeLanguage in which the main mechanism for doing looping is tail recursive function call... -- GarethMcCaughan And more painful yet if your Scheme evaluator understands non-determinism Some of the selection logic is provided for you by modern languages, which complicates thinking about CCM, and makes it important to evaluate the goal of using CCM. For the Python example above, you may want to run several UnitTests passing several different types. In a different respect, from a maintainability aspect, the code snippet above has, I believe, a complexity of 1. The complexity of code is not necessarily the complexity of system, so a clear objective becomes critical. -- WaldenMathews


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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Just a Little Late
I was going to push out my extra-special, almost post-American Idol piece last night, but my network connection died and I went to bed instead. So, since I'm running just a bit behind this morning, that piece will be showing up in probably an hour or so.
Apologies, but I still think it will be worth the wait.
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I'm very certain that if you were to look up the phrase "this sucks" in the dictionary the definition would read somthing like this:
"Going on a business trip and having the airline lose your luggage. Lost in this context means that they cannot actually tell you where in the world it is and so their solution is to keep calling back after every flight in hopes that it shows up."
I have never been so happy to see a piece of luggage (24 hours later) in my life.
I'm just sayin'…
Ouch. That had to make the first 24 hours of your trip unpleasant as hell.
You have my sympathies. I'm glad they found the luggage, though.


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Castello - Bright Venice Apartment
お部屋の大きさ25 m²
Floor No.2
- キッチン
- 洗濯機/乾燥機
- テレビ
- 喫煙可
- ペット可
- タオル
- ファミリー/子供と一緒に泊まれる
- エアコン
The neat apartment features stunning views from the window and offers a comfortable double sofa bed. There is also a fully equipped kitchenette as well dinning table. A TV is also offered.
A range of amenities including a supermarket and a number of Italian restaurants are within a short walk of the apartment . The shores of Venice can be easily reached within 5 minutes on foot.
A range of attractions can be found in the streets surrounding the bustling Piazza San Marco, including the Biennale D'Arte Moderna modern art gallery and cathedral. Other attractions such in the city are also easily accessible on foot. A number of vaporetto water taxi stop offer links directly to the apartment's neighbourhood.
|Weekly rate for 1 guest
|¥ 47943
|Monthly rate for 1 guest
|¥ 147427
|¥ 2397 ゲスト・宿泊日の追加
|1 ヶ月あたり
|Check-in before
The room is comfy and nice, the host is incredibly welcoming, the location is perfect. I definetly recommend staying here!
Adriano is a very friendly host! He took his time to give us tips about the city. The window view of the room is a garden. You can hear the birds singing. Very relaxing!!! The place is well located. Perfect to do a walk by the sea till the Piazza San Marco before the sun sets. Thank you Adriano for everything!
The Apartement is beautiful as shown on the pictures!Adriano was a very friendly host.A great exprience, thank you very much
It was a nice holiday, good loction, nice room , nice host.We love to come back to venice.
A beautiful room. The situation in S.Elena is quiet and pleasant.
We had a pleasant stay with no bad surprises at Adriano, thanks to his good advice and kindness. The apartment is located in a quiet place at 20 minutes walk from San Marco Piazza, without any risk of getting lost in the maze of streets. The reality matches with the description. I can recommend Adriano.
Nice trip in Adriano's house ! Quiet and good place to visit Venice ! Great! Thank you Adriano !
Nice Room, Adriano did everything to make it comfortabel! But very noisly was my room next to the bathroom, two ladys from Holland where two hours bizzy in the bathroom, I said something about it, that destroy my friendship with that ladys! If I ever go back to Venice for another Cruise from there I will sleep in this house what is beautifull outside the centre in the park!!!!!! Thanx Adriano!
exelent place
good location in silent part of island
very kind and friendly owner
A good part of Venezia. We enjoyed the room
and the silence. Thanks a lot, Adrian.
God bless you.
And the next time we will make a GuitarSession :)
- すべてのお部屋はチェック済み
- どのホストともお電話で直接お話いただけます


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Happy Blog-iversary #3! (Give Away!)
Happy third anniversary, blog!
I don't remember exactly when it hit me that I wanted to blog. I had lost 150 pounds and felt I only scratched the surface of my potential for holistic health. I had all of these questions about my health, my body image & society and wasn't satisfied with the answers I was being fed by the media and by my inner circle. I wanted to share my story and find people who might empathize. I found answers. I found more thought-provoking and belief-changing questions. I found friends who could empathize.
There is no doubt in my mind: I would not have evolved as much as a person had I not had this blog. My beginning posts were all about weighing myself and counting calories. I then became interested in food politics. I went vegetarian. I went vegan. I became interested in intuitive eating and the psychological component of our relationship with food. I'm so grateful this blog has exposed me to incredible people and resources that have sparked and encouraged my personal evolution. This blog is also what has propelled me into jobs writing about health and working in the health industry. What an incredible blessing.
Also, had it not been for this blog, I would have never "met" Marsha Hudnall of Green Mountain at Fox Run and started opening my mind to the ideology behind mindful eating & intrinsic exercise. This e-relationship recently landed me the incredible opportunity to attend GMAFR and to meet Marsha in person. You guys have all heard about this experience (I feel like I'm still yelling about it from the mountain tops lol). If you're visiting my blog for the first time, I'll tell you in one sentence: Green Mountain at Fox Run (in Ludlow, VT) is an immersion program for women who are interested in a non-dieting approach to health, which includes building a healthy & mindful relationship with food & exercise.
My time at GMAFR in pictures:
I want you to have the same positive and life-changing opportunity that I did.
And, here's your chance!
Green Mountain at Fox Run is offering one reader a FREE one-week stay in a private accommodation between February 1 and June 15, 2012.
Yes, you read that correctly! An entire week for free at Green Mountain at Fox Run!
- Like Green Mountain at Fox Run on Facebook here
- Sign up for the Green Mountain at Fox Run newsletter here
- Leave me a comment so I know you're entering!
I will choose one winner on Thursday, Feb. 2nd by noon PST via random number generator. Entries will be accepted until midnight PST on Wed., Feb. 1st. Contest open to US and international residents.
Please share this give-away via Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, Myspace (hah! j/k!), snail mail (you have a week!), etc. – I want everyone and their mama to have a chance to win this. You can use this message if ya like: Win a #free week stay at @GreenMtnFoxRun http://bit.ly/xMLB0f #health #mefirst via @FeedMeImCranky1
The fine print: Approval of requested dates contingent upon availability. Winner is responsible for her own transportation to and from Green Mountain at Fox Run. Meals are included in your stay. FTC: A one-week stay at GMAFR ranges from $2,927-$3,127.00.
Have at it, folks! And, thank you from the bottom of my cranky heart for joining me on this journey for the past three years.
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Alabama Department of Commerce is eyeing stronger trade ties with Asia and recently led a delegation of state leaders to South Korea and Taiwan.The trip earlier this month included economic developers and community leaders who hail from communities across the state. Representatives of Alabama Power, PowerSouth and the Bradley Arant law firm also were a part of the group, as were the mayors of Montgomery, Eufaula, Florence and Opelika.
READ MORE: Alabama's business recruiters talk technology, manufacturing and catfish on mission to strengthen trade ties in Southeast Asia
Alabama has developed a close relationships with dozens of South Korean companies because of Hyundai, a South Korean automaker which has its only U.S. plant in Montgomery, said Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield.
But this trip also went beyond the automotive sector.
"While automotive is important, we wanted to step outside of this sector to identify other Korean companies that would be interested in investing in Alabama," said Hilda Lockhart, director of the department's International Trade Division.Members of the Alabama delegation used their time in South Korea to call on their existing industries and potential investors, she added.
"The delegation also met with the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service and received a briefing on the South Korea economy and current activities taking place between the U.S. and Korea," Lockhart said.
In Taiwan, the delegation met with trade officials and visited the headquarters of Mobiletron Electronics Co., which operates Regitar, a maker of auto components that has had a facility in Montgomery for nearly 30 years.
The group also attended the Taipei International Auto Parts and Accessories Show, where Mobiletron was among more than 180 exhibitors. Commerce officials also visited the Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. and the Automotive Research & Testing Center.
Two-way trade between Alabama and Taiwan topped $165 million in 2013, with $127 million of that figure representing exports from Alabama companies, according to Commerce Department data.
As for Alabama and South Korea, two-way trade in 2013 reached $2.5 billion. State exports accounted for $553 million of that total.