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Gov. Quinn Keeps Public in Dark on Prison Conditions
Over the past several months, repeated attempts to visit the Vandalia and Vienna Correctional Centers in Illinois have been denied by the state. Illinois' prison system is in crisis. It was built to house 34,000 people, but it is now crowded with 48,000 inmates.
The overcrowded prison crisis has been brewing for a long time, invisible behind cement walls and wire fences. Gov. Pat Quinn seems determined to keep it from public view.
Chicago Public Radio has requested visits to the two minimum security facilities in Vandalia and Vienna to see what taxpayers are getting for the billion dollars they spend each year on prisons. Gov. Quinn said no.
When Jerome Suggs was sentenced for driving on a revoked license he was sent to Vienna, located near the southernmost point in Illinois, about 350 miles from Chicago. Suggs was assigned to live on the third floor of a building but there was absolutely no view.
"When I moved up there (in Building 19), there was boards up on the windows and I was just looking like, 'Wow! What is this?" Suggs said.
Suggs said there was not a single window letting in light and that he was put in a large room with several hundred other men. All of the men were crowded onto bunks with nothing to do. There are 600 inmates in the building and only seven showers and seven toilets, and the toilets often broke and overflowed, resulting in a strong sewage smell.
"The smell that came from the showers and it came into the living quarters and yeah, I used to go to sleep with my pillow over my face, the smell was horrible, man," Suggs said.
When the weather turned hot the boards came off the windows, but then bugs could easily get in through the broken windows. Suggs, who got out just last month, said the place was also overrun with cockroaches.
"Yes! On my bed! Oh yeah. Used to have to swat them off the bed," he said.
"Okay, my name is Mayo and I was incarcerated for 29 and a half continuous years." said Mayo, who asked that his last name not be used, was convicted in the early '80s for committing armed robbery. For the last three years of his sentence he was in Vienna and spent some of that time in the now notorious Building 19.
Mayo said, "I thought to myself this is supposed to be a minimum security institution, but this was more like a maximum security institution in that I couldn't believe that they would actually expect people to live under those type of conditions. The place is infested with rats and the rats were so aggressive that we used to call them kangaroo rats 'cause while I was there quite a few guys had rats actually jump up in bed with them."
Mayo said living in a room with a hundred men, there was constant noise and chaos, and he said there was always tension.
Mayo said he knows prisoners aren't supposed to be coddled but they are not supposed to be abused either.
"Your punishment is the time you're doing and you shouldn't be subjected to further punishment by being mistreated while you're there," Mayo said.
Okay, one last, and disturbing, example of life in Building 19. It comes from attorney Alan Mills at the Uptown People's Law Center in Chicago. Mills said a cockroach burrowed into the ear of an inmate while he slept and it had to be surgically removed.
"The wax in [the] ear is one of the things that roaches will eat," Mills said. Mills has talked to inmates at Vienna, but he hasn't actually been allowed to see the conditions for himself.
John Maki has experienced those conditions.
"Building 19 was one of the most depressing things I've seen in my life," Maki said. "I just thought this is a human tragedy on a lot of levels. Part of me thought what a terrible way to spend taxpayer dollars."
Maki is executive director of the John Howard Association, a prison watchdog group.
"There were just scores and scores of men just kind of walking around, almost like zombies and when they saw us they kinda ran towards us," Maki said. "They didn't know who we were but they knew we weren't prison officials and they started saying, 'Why are you here? Are you here to help us? Do you see this?' They were pointing to broken windows. Bird nests that were built because birds come in through the broken windows, rodent droppings, cockroaches, exposed pipes with leaking fluid coming out of them, people who were sick because they couldn't get shelter from the cold and it's something that will always stay with me."
After reading Maki's report on Vienna last winter, Chicago Public Radio submitted a request to the department of corrections to spend two days there and two days in another minimum security prison, Vandalia. The reports out of the two prisons raise serious questions. I figured people in Illinois who pay for these places should know firsthand what goes on, so they can be part of a smart public debate on what to do.
Gov, Quinn has refused Chicago Public Radio's request.
The initial efforts to get inside were denied with one-line emails. In a follow-up phone conversation, spokeswoman Brooke Anderson explained that touring the prison wasn't allowed because of safety and security concerns, and the strain on the department's resources. Anderson said if one media outlet was given permission to visit the prison, then many other reporters would be allowed, too.
"As the state's only non-partisan prison watchdog we believe that it's important that prison policy is made by informed decision makers and it's really hard to have informed decision makers when there's no information so I think it's critical for media to have access to prisons," said John Maki, who actually does get into the prisons.
Maki said he is proud of his group but he's realistic about the fact that their reports reach a relatively small readership. He said they only have one staff member trying to oversee a couple dozen prison facilities spread over a large state, so he said more people, like reporters, should be inside.
Maki has tremendous respect for the people running the prisons in Illinois. He said they have an impossible job. They do not control who is sent to them, but the courts do. They also don't control how much money they have, but rather the governor and the legislature do. He also said Gov. Quinn is trying to do some good things with prisons, closing Tamms supermax and reinstating an early release program that will bring down the number of inmates in the system. But as a prison advocate, Maki said he cannot agree with Gov. Quinn's decision to keep reporters out of facilities.
"Prisons are very closed places and most of Illinois' prisons are very far from say the Chicago area and it's easy to make decisions and it's easy to not think about how our laws actually affect people who are subject to them when we don't see them and that's essentially what our prison system is," Maki said. "But again, as long as we're not able to see that we can go on passing laws that have led us to where we are today, which is to a system built for about 34,000 but houses more than 48,000."
Maki said what happens inside prison is really important because most of the people are coming back out. Inmates are released every year in massive numbers. And Maki points out that as a treatment option, prison is not cheap, about $20,000 a year per inmate.
"You know we all want to save money in Illinois right now," Maki said. "We have to. We're broke. But at the end of the day there's a cost to housing more than 48,000 people. You can't cheat on that after a while. There comes a point where you can't cut costs anymore."
Maki said the state has limited resources to run prisons, so choices have to be made. In order for the state to make smart choices, Maki said Quinn cannot keep the public in the dark about what really happens inside.


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"Even after 30 years of looking at it and touching it, I would be astounded at how beautiful it was. Then I'd slip into the corduroy seat, give the Webers a few pumps and Blam!"
This is not a tawdry euphemism, but a direct quote from the previous owner of the astonishingly gorgeous and rare 1957 Ferrari 625 TRC Spider you're looking at above. So rare, in fact, gentleman vegetables have been known to shrink at the mere mention of its name. It's just sold at auction in Monaco for €5,040,000. That's just over four million quid. A lot of money for a car built before the advent of dual-zone climate control, Park Assist or even an iPod ready stereo. What barbarism!
If that price makes you weep like a child, consider the bargain: it's just one of two 625 TRCs built by the factory and comes with not one, but two engines. It's fitted with a 320bhp 3.0-litre V12, but the sale included the 'matching numbers' original 2.5-litre four-pot racing engine (it previously housed a Chevy V8 too).
It's only had one owner for the past 30 years, was bought new and raced by John von Neumann and has been "expertly restored". Also, it's ruddy gorgeous. The "larger than life" von Neumann, who bought this beauty new back in '57, raced it in Austria, California and Mexico, before selling it on in 1981, when it was commissioned for a complete restoration.
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Sometimes simple solutions – from hygienic disposal of sewage to wearing condoms and using mosquito nets – bring the most sweeping improvements in health. A catchy new African project funded by Toronto-based Grand Challenges Canada is aiming to add to the list of low-tech anti-disease weaponry. A Tanzanian doctor and his team have developed a trap for mosquitoes that attracts the malaria-spreading insects with the odour of smelly feet.
Dr. Fredros Okumu and colleagues at Ifakara Health Institute found that stinky socks and a synthetic version of the scent that they developed lures mosquitoes at four times the rate as an actual human. The low-cost traps would be kept outside people's homes to keep the bugs away, complementing bed nets and insect spray.
Said Dr. Peter Singer, CEO of Grand Challenges Canada:
Each year, there are almost 250 million new cases of malaria; almost 800,000 people die, and most of those deaths are children. This local Tanzanian innovation could contribute significantly to accelerating the elimination of malaria and save lives.
Grand Challenges is a non-profit organization whose goal is to combat health problems in developing countries by mixing scientific, business, social and technological innovations. The grant it is giving to the Tanzanian project is itself paid for by money from a federal government program. The smelly-sock traps are also being funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.


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Senator Fuschillo's Identity Theft Protection Passes Senate
The Senate today passed legislation, sponsored by Senator Charles J. Fuschillo (8th Senate District), aimed at protecting New York residents from situations like the current MasterCard security breach. The bill passed the New York State Assembly last week. When it is signed into law by Governor George Pataki, the "Information Security Breach and Notification Act" would require all companies and state agencies whose files containing consumers' private financial information are acquired by unauthorized individuals to notify those consumers in New York State so that they can take the necessary steps to guard against fraud and identity theft.
This legislation reflects an agreement with Assemblymember Jim Brennan (44th Assembly District) on a two-house bill, following months of meetings and discussions with the Assembly, industry representatives and consumer groups.
"The 'Information Security Breach and Notification Act' would give New York consumers valuable time to protect themselves from identity theft. As a victim of identity theft myself, I know how invasive and hurtful this crime can be," Senator Fuschillo said. "Timely notification is critical to providing consumers the opportunity to protect themselves from identity theft, and prevent subsequent fraud from being committed."
According to the proposed legislation, any time a computer system of a state entity or private business is compromised by hackers or criminals and certain information is acquired by a person without valid authorization, those New York State residents whose information was affected, would have to be notified in a timely fashion. The private information that would lead to this notification includes personal information, such as name, in combination with other information such as social security numbers, driver's license numbers, non-driver identification numbers and account information.
Any necessary notification must be provided either by phone, mail or in electronic form, if the customer has already consented to receiving email notification. The company or entity may also use a substitute manner of notification, which consists of email notice, posting of any notice on an official website and statewide media notification in certain circumstances.
Identity theft occurs when information is illegally obtained and is utilized by a criminal to open credit card accounts, write bad checks, buy cars, and commit other financial crimes under that person's identity. Although identity theft is a crime in New York State, current law does not require governments or private businesses to provide individuals with notice that their personal information may have been obtained in a computer hack.
Under the "Information Security Breach and Notification Act", any breach that requires a statewide notification would also have to brought to the attention of the Attorney General, the New York State Consumer Protection Board and the state office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination. Public notification could only be delayed through request of law enforcement or if a delay is needed to allow time to determine the scope of any breach and to safeguard against further intrusion.
In this year alone, several companies, including ChoicePoint, Lexis Nexis, Polo Ralph Lauren, DSW Show Warehouse, and major universities and financial institutions have been victimized by security breaches, enabling criminals to potentially access the personal information of millions of individuals.
In a recent hearing on identity theft in Albany, which Senator Fuschillo co-chaired, the issue of notification was consistently named as one of the best weapons against the growing problem of identity theft. The hearing, which solicited input from representatives in the fields of consumer protection, business and law enforcement, was an opportunity for the members of the Senate to gain insight into this problem and assisted in the development of this legislation.


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The cost is $6 per child. Registration is due Feb. 6.
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Research Topics
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cardiovascular diagnostic techniques
Summary: Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the cardiovascular system or its organs or demonstration of their physiological processes.
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- Endothelial function: a surrogate endpoint in cardiovascular studies?Matthias Frick
Division of Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Curr Pharm Des 13:1741-50. 2007..The value of endothelial function as a surrogate endpoint in cardiovascular studies is critically reviewed...
- Long-term association of brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation and cardiovascular events in middle-aged subjects with no apparent heart diseaseMichael Shechter
Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Int J Cardiol 134:52-8. 2009..The aim of this study was to detect the long-term association of peripheral vascular endothelial function and clinical outcome in healthy subjects without apparent coronary artery disease (CAD)...
- Task force on the management of chest painL Erhardt
Department of Cardiology, Malmo University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden
Eur Heart J 23:1153-76. 2002
- Early exercise testing in the management of low risk patients in chest pain centersEzra A Amsterdam
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 46:438-52. 2004
- A high ankle-brachial index is associated with increased cardiovascular disease morbidity and lower quality of lifeMatthew A Allison
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, California, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 51:1292-8. 2008..The purpose of this study is to determine if an ankle-brachial index (ABI) >or=1.40 is associated with reduced quality of life (QoL)...
- Evaluation of mechanical arterial properties: clinical, experimental and therapeutic aspectsGary E McVeigh
Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Whitla Medical Building, Queen s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, U K
Clin Sci (Lond) 102:51-67. 2002..A detailed discussion of these issues forms the basis of this review...
- Clinical aspects of assessment of endothelial functionJarosław D Kasprzak
Department of Rapid Cardiac Diagnostics, II Chair of Cardiology, Medical University of Łódź, Bieganski Hospital, Kniaziewicza 1 5, PL 91 347 Łódź, Poland
Pharmacol Rep 58:33-40. 2006..This article will review the growing literature in an effort to evaluate methods of assessment of endothelial function and its clinical utility...
- Risk factors of peripheral arterial disease and relationship between low ankle - brachial index and mortality from all-cause and cardiovascular disease in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetesJue Li
Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Center, Tongji University, Shanghai, P R China
Circ J 71:377-81. 2007....
- Endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk prediction in peripheral arterial disease: additive value of flow-mediated dilation to ankle-brachial pressure indexGregorio Brevetti
Department of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular and Immunological Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
Circulation 108:2093-8. 2003..The study was specially aimed at assessing whether brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) added to the predictive value of ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI)...
- Interrelationship between non-invasive measurements of atherosclerosis: flow-mediated dilation of brachial artery, carotid intima-media thickness and pulse wave velocityKumiko Kobayashi
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6 20 2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181 8611, Japan
Atherosclerosis 173:13-8. 2004..These results suggest that FMD, IMT and PWV are related to each other, but the combination of these measurements will be of stronger clinical relevance...
- [Noninvasive tests of atherosclerotic burden in asymptomatic people with high cardiovascular risk]András Vértes
Gottsegen György Országos Kardiológiai Intézet, Felnott Kardiológiai Osztály, Budapest
Orv Hetil 146:1663-71. 2005..If a patient is found to have abnormal non-invasive test, this patient can be elevated to a higher risk category...
- [Nuclear Cardiology in the presence of the new scenario of imaging diagnosis in cardiology]Joan Castell-Conesa
Rev Esp Med Nucl 25:225-7. 2006
- Baroreflex effectiveness index and baroreflex sensitivity predict all-cause mortality and sudden death in hypertensive patients with chronic renal failureMats Johansson
Department of Clinical Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden
J Hypertens 25:163-8. 2007....
- Noninvasive assessment of arterial stiffness and risk of atherosclerotic eventsJames J Oliver
Clinical Pharmacology Unit and Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland, UK
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 23:554-66. 2003..Finally, the effects of current and future cardiovascular drugs on arterial stiffness are also discussed, as is the relationship between arterial elasticity and endothelial function...
- Fundamentals of endothelial function for the clinical cardiologistSubodh Verma
Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto, University of Calgary, Canada
Circulation 105:546-9. 2002
- [Concept of vascular failure]Toru Kato
Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Medicine, Saga University Faculty of Medicine
Nihon Rinsho 65:576-9. 2007
- Endothelium-dependent vasodilation, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome in an elderly cohort: the Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) studyLars Lind
Department of Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Atherosclerosis 196:795-802. 2008..In the Prospective Study of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study, different techniques to assess vasodilation in conduit and resistance arteries were evaluated in relation to the MetS and insulin resistance...
- Novel index for invasively assessing the coronary microcirculationWilliam F Fearon
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Circulation 107:3129-32. 2003..A relatively simple, invasive method for quantitatively assessing the status of the coronary microcirculation independent of the epicardial artery is lacking...
- Endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease: a comparison of three frequently reported testsStefan H J Monnink
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands
J Investig Med 50:19-24. 2002..This study aimed to compare the three most frequently reported endothelial function tests...
- [Establishment of a clinical method for evaluating flow-mediated vasodilation(FMD) in brachial artery]Tetsuya Oshima
Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima 734 8554
Rinsho Byori 52:158-61. 2004..These measurements may offer useful tools for assessment of endothelial function...
- B-flow, a non-Doppler technology for flow mapping: early experience in the abdomenRonald H Wachsberg
Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
Ultrasound Q 19:114-22. 2003..This article introduces the author's early experience using B-flow in the abdomen, and illustrates the potential advantages this technique offers relative to Doppler flow mapping...
- Noninvasive assessment of vascular functionDaniel Schneditz
Institute of Physiology, Institute for Physiological Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
Contrib Nephrol 149:306-14. 2005....
- The James B. Herrick Award Lecture. 2003. Clinical research: whose agenda is it?Jay N Cohn
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Mayo Mail Code 508, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, Minn 55455, USA
Circulation 109:2256-62. 2004
- ACCF/AHA 2007 clinical competence statement on vascular imaging with computed tomography and magnetic resonance: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical ComChristopher M Kramer
Circulation 116:1318-35. 2007
- Tele-cardiologyM Molefi
Tele Medicine Lead Programme, Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
Cardiovasc J S Afr 17:27-32. 2006..Finally, a mention is made of the relevance of tele-medicine to education and the costs related to cardiology, with an indication of some future needs for tele-cardiology...
- [Cardiovascular medicine in the updated German diagnosis-related groups (G-DRG) for the year 2004]N Roeder
DRG Research Group, Universitatsklinikum Munster, Munster, Germany
Z Kardiol 93:266-77. 2004....
- The future of cardiovascular imaging and non-invasive diagnosis: a joint statement from the European Association of Echocardiography, the Working Groups on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Computers in Cardiology, and Nuclear Cardiology, of the EuropeanA G Fraser
European Association of Echocardiography, ESC Office for Associations, The European Heart House, 2035 Route des Colles, B P 179 Les Templiers, FR 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
Eur J Echocardiogr 7:268-73. 2006..This statement summarises the principles that should guide developments in cardiovascular diagnostic services...
- Teaching proper cardiovascular physical diagnosisTsung O Cheng
Clin Cardiol 29:186. 2006
- A neural computational aid to the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarctionWilliam G Baxt
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4283, USA
Ann Emerg Med 39:366-73. 2002..However, these studies did not measure network performance in real time, when a significant amount of data required for network function may not be available. They also did not use chemical cardiac marker data...
- Epicardial coronary artery constriction to cold pressor test is predictive of cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries and without other major coronary risk factorAlain Nitenberg
Service de Physiologie et d Explorations Fonctionnelles, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Jean Verdier, Avenue du 14 Juillet, Universite Paris XIII, 93143 Bondy, France
Atherosclerosis 173:115-23. 2004....
- Coronary artery disease: diagnostic and prognostic models for reducing patient riskD Douglas Miller
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 21:S2-16; quiz S17-9. 2006..Advances in computer technology have made sophisticated devices, such as the gated SPECT, a routine part of cardiology...
- Cardiothoracic ratio, malnutrition, inflammation, and two-year mortality in non-diabetic patients on maintenance hemodialysisKuan Hsing Chen
Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, School of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC
Kidney Blood Press Res 31:143-51. 2008..The clinical significance of CTR in non-diabetic maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients remains unclear...
- Prognostic role of baroreflex control of heart rate: further insights from dynamic assessment of baroreceptor-cardiac reflex?Ferdinando Iellamo
J Hypertens 25:51-3. 2007
- Receiver-operating characteristic analysis for evaluating diagnostic tests and predictive modelsKelly H Zou
Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
Circulation 115:654-7. 2007
- Clinical assessment of endothelial dysfunction: combine and ruleMichael S Goligorsky
New York Medical College, Department of Medicine, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 15:617-24. 2006..To briefly survey the literature for the past 2-3 years on the subject of diagnostic and prognostic markers of endothelial cell dysfunction...
- [Measurement of pulse wave "augmentation index (AI) "and its clinical application]Yoshinori Miyawaki
Scientific and Clinical Research Department, Business Development Center, Omron Healthcare Co, Ltd, Kyoto 615 0084
Rinsho Byori 52:676-85. 2004..Thus, it is the management for both situations of the heart and the artery that matters, and AI can be regarded as a new marker of cardiovascular disease for suitable clinical management on both heart and artery...
- Is the Allen test reliable enough?Mika Kohonen
Heart Center, Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 32:902-5. 2007..The Allen test is a widely used screening method of hand circulation. Our aim was to study whether the Allen test alone gives sufficient information for harvesting the radial artery in coronary artery bypass grafting...
- Novel methodology to comprehensively assess retinal arteriolar vascular reactivity to hypercapniaSubha T Venkataraman
Retina Research Group, School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Microvasc Res 72:101-7. 2006..2) Determine the magnitude of the vascular reactivity response of the retinal arterioles to hypercapnic provocation in healthy, young subjects...
- The area of the pressure-flow loop for assessment of arterial stenosis: a new indexZehava Ovadia-Blechman
Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Tel Aviv University, Sheba Medical Center, Israel
Technol Health Care 10:39-56. 2002..9). This innovative approach could significantly contribute to detecting and evaluating arterial stenoses, and to characterize the elasticity of the artery...
- Natural history of physical function in older men with intermittent claudicationAndrew W Gardner
Department of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019, USA
J Vasc Surg 40:73-8. 2004..This study was undertaken to determine the natural history of physical function in older men limited by intermittent claudication...
- Comparison of recent utilization trends in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging among radiologists and cardiologistsDavid C Levin
Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 2:821-4. 2005..To study recent practice patterns in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and related procedures among radiologists, cardiologists, and other physicians...
- Impact of ageing on the measurement of endothelium-dependent vasodilationL Lind
Department of Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Akademiska sjukhuset, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Pharmacol Rep 58:41-6. 2006..The usefulness of other methods used in population studies, such as pulse wave analysis using a beta-2 receptor agonist as vasodilator and the hyperaemic blood flow velocity have to be further validated...
- [Bene diagnoscitur, dene curatur]E E Gogin
Ter Arkh 76:5-8. 2004
- Measurement of flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery is affected by local elastic vessel wall properties in high-risk patientsDaniel R Witte
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Str 6 131, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
Atherosclerosis 182:323-30. 2005..To assess whether the validity of endothelial function measurement by flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) is affected by local brachial artery stiffness (distensibility coefficient; DC) and arterial wall thickness (intima-media thickness, IMT)...
- Disparities in utilization of coronary artery disease treatment by gender, race, and ethnicity: opportunities for preventionSarita Bhalotra
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, The Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
J Natl Black Nurses Assoc 18:36-49. 2007..Comprehensive solutions will require addressing the barriers at the system, the provider, and the patient level. An early intervention approach that addresses multiple risk factors should be a high priority...
- Self-mixing in a diode laser as a method for cardiovascular diagnosticsKalju Meigas
Tallinn Technical University, Biomedical Engineering Centre, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
J Biomed Opt 8:152-60. 2003....
- Normality of upper and lower peripheral pulse transit time of normotensive and hypertensive childrenJong Yong Abdiel Foo
Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Research Techno Plaza, XFrontiers Block, Singapore, Singapore
J Clin Monit Comput 21:243-8. 2007..Thus, it becomes important to understand the PTTR normality and difference of hypertensive children when compared to those measured from normotensive children...
- Differential influence of family history of hypertension and premature myocardial infarction on systolic blood pressure and left ventricular mass trajectories in youthJ Caroline Dekkers
Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912 3710, USA
Pediatrics 111:1387-93. 2003....
- [Pulse wave velocity(PWV)]Sanae Harada
Kyoto Industrial Health Association
Nihon Rinsho 62:1136-42. 2004..Reversibility of baPWV suggests that vessel damage is not so serious and may be only endothelial dysfunction. Therefore baPWV should be monitored and ameliorated in treating metabolic syndrome...
- Low-gradient aortic stenosis: operative risk stratification and predictors for long-term outcome: a multicenter study using dobutamine stress hemodynamicsJean Luc Monin
Department of Cardiology, Henri Mondor Hospital, 51 avenue de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Creteil, France
Circulation 108:319-24. 2003..Larger studies are needed to define the criteria for selecting the patients who will benefit from valve replacement...
- [Cardiac imaging]J F Deux
J Radiol 83:927-9. 2002
- How useful are clinical features in the diagnosis of acute, undifferentiated chest pain?Steve Goodacre
Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Acad Emerg Med 9:203-8. 2002..To measure the predictive value and diagnostic performance of clinical features used to diagnose coronary syndromes in patients presenting with acute, undifferentiated chest pain...
- Cytokines in patients with ischaemic heart disease or myocardial infarctionAnna Bossowska
SP ZOZ MSWiA, Białystok, Poland
Kardiol Pol 59:105-14. 2003....
- Prediction scores after myocardial infarction: value, limitations, and future directionsWilliam S Weintraub
Circulation 106:2292-3. 2002
- Acute Coronary Syndrome patients in New Zealand receive less invasive management when admitted to hospitals without invasive facilitiesChris Ellis
NZACS Audit Group, University Department of Medicine, 12th Floor, Services Building, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland
N Z Med J 117:U954. 2004..To compare differences in the presentation and management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients presenting to interventional versus non-interventional New Zealand hospitals...
- Comparison of left atrial dimensions by transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiographyHarshinder Singh
Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 26506, USA
Echocardiography 22:789-96. 2005..This view had the best correlation with transthoracic LA measurements: r = 0.79 for TEE long axis (CI 0.71-0.85), P <.0001...
- Twelve-lead electrocardiography in tuberculous pericarditisJ P Smedema
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Unit, Tygerberg Hospital, Western Cape, South Africa
Cardiovasc J S Afr 12:31-4. 2001..The presence of microvoltage suggests the presence of a large effusion. The absence of microvoltage makes the presence of cardiac tamponade unlikely...
- Precompetition cardiac assessment of football players participating in the 2006 FIFA World Cup GermanyThomas Thünenkötter
Centre de l Appareil Locomoteur, de Medecine du Sport et de Prevention, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg Clinique d Eich, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Clin J Sport Med 19:322-5. 2009..To develop a precompetition medical assessment (PCMA) of elite football players aimed at identifying risk factors for sudden cardiac death...
- Coronary atherosclerotic disease burden: an emerging endpoint in progression/regression studies using intravascular ultrasoundPaul Schoenhagen
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
Curr Drug Targets Cardiovasc Haematol Disord 3:218-26. 2003..This review will summarize the rational of this approach and describe the use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for such studies...
- Statistical briefing: defining accuracy of tests producing numerical or categorical resultsChristopher R Lamb
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, UK
Vet Radiol Ultrasound 48:603-4. 2007
- Early detection of health changes in older adultsHarry W Tyrer
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2007:4045-8. 2007..Analyzing the data even at this level we gain increased confidence that technology will be a welcome addition as the population ages and require increasing care...
- [Method of heart rate variability analysis and its application in the field of space medicine]Zhong gang Liang
Institute of Space Medico Engineering, Beijing, China
Space Med Med Eng (Beijing) 16:577-81. 2003..Research progress of several methods of HRV analysis is presented. And expectation is presented to the analysis of HRV signal and its application in the field of space medicine in the future...
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of CardiologyKarl Swedberg
Sahlgrenska Academy at the Göteborg University, Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Eur Heart J 26:1115-40. 2005
- Advances in vulnerable plaque detection and treatment: how far have we gone?Konstantinos Toutouzas
Hellenic J Cardiol 47:129-31. 2006
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Right ventricular diastolic collapse by cardiac magnetic resonance imagingJ Ronald Mikolich
Section of Cardiology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Circulation 118:e122-5. 2008
- History of cardiology: Mackenzie's ink polygraphDiana Berry
Circulation 113:f51-2. 2006
- Heart failure update 2006: integrating the latest guidelines into clinical practiceAurelia Macabasco-O'Connell
School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 21:39-43. 2006
- Noninvasive measurement of cardiac output during exercise by inert gas rebreathing technique: a new tool for heart failure evaluationPiergiuseppe Agostoni
J Am Coll Cardiol 46:1779-81. 2005
- An automatic angle tracking procedure for feasible vector Doppler blood velocity measurementsPiero Tortoli
Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Ultrasound Med Biol 36:488-96. 2010..3% and 8.3%, respectively. The peak systolic velocities have also been measured in the common carotid arteries of 13 volunteers, with mean CV of 7%...
- The post-thrombotic syndrome: incidence and prognostic value of non-invasive venous examinations in a six-year follow-up studyEdith M Roumen-Klappe
Department of General Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Thromb Haemost 94:825-30. 2005..Moreover, measurement of TS, VOR and reflux three months after DVT could predict, with reasonable accuracy, the risk of PTS after one year of follow-up...
- Contemplating the bright future of stem cell therapy for cardiovascular diseasePedro L Sanchez
Institute of Heart Sciences ICICOR, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 3:S138-51. 2006..In the future, cardiovascular stem cell therapy may be administered to all patients. Here, we review what has happened and look at where we are going...
- A new reason for intraoperative blood flow measurement: improving liver allograft functionJames D Perkins
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Liver Transpl 12:1295-6. 2006
- Cold pressor test as a marker for the detection of early stage coronary atherosclerosisDimitris Tousoulis
Int J Cardiol 115:120-2. 2007
- [Heart failure in elderly patients]Michel Galinier
Federation des services de cardiologie, CHU de Toulouse, Hopital de Rangueil, INSERM, U858, Toulouse, France
Rev Prat 59:1360-4. 2009..After 80 years, these drugs are underused. Severe salt restriction must be avoided. Strict biological monitoring is necessary...
- Task Force 12: training in advanced cardiovascular imaging (cardiovascular magnetic resonance [CMR]) endorsed by the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceGerald M Pohost
J Am Coll Cardiol 51:404-8. 2008
- Noninvasive measures of cardiovascular changes in diabetes mellitusR Paul Wadwa
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045 6511, USA
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 14:263-8. 2007..Such markers have gained popularity for research and clinical use. This paper reviews recent studies using noninvasive technology for detection and monitoring of cardiovascular disease as it pertains to diabetes patients...
- Slow escape rhythmsMichele M Pelter
Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Am J Crit Care 16:405-6. 2007
- Incomplete Kawasaki disease: a pediatric diagnostic conflictJae Il Shin
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 8:234; author reply 234-5. 2008
- Subclinical cardiovascular disease markers applicable to studies of oral health: multiethnic study of atherosclerosisDavid R Jacobs
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1098:269-87. 2007..1-0.4), do not include propensity for the important atherosclerotic phase of plaque rupture, and do not fully substitute for studies of clinical cardiovascular disease endpoints...
- New diagnostic techniques for esophageal disordersA Lazarescu
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Can J Gastroenterol 22:903-8. 2008..It has broadened our understanding of the pathophysiology of esophageal motility disorders...
- Imaging in endovascular therapy: our futureAllan W Reid
Department of Radiology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
J Endovasc Ther 16:I22-41. 2009..now and into the future...
- The role of the implantable loop recorder in the investigation of recurrent syncopeSkevos K Sideris
Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece
Hellenic J Cardiol 50:155-9. 2009..The implantable loop recorder revealed an arrhythmic origin for the recurrent syncope. The patient was managed appropriately with pacemaker implantation and has remained asymptomatic for one year...
- Prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing emergent coronary proceduresAlberto Bouzas-Mosquera
Am J Cardiol 101:910. 2008
- Evaluating micro- and macro-vascular disease, the end stage of atherosclerosis, in rat modelsJames C Russell
Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Methods Mol Biol 573:17-44. 2009....
- Developing and evaluating genomics- or proteomics-based diagnostic tests: statistical perspectivesXuejun Peng
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA
Methods Mol Med 129:27-39. 2006..In this chapter, we discuss statistical considerations on the process of developing reliable and useful genomics- or proteomics-based tests...
- Comparative study on 16-slice CT coronary angiography vs conventional coronary angiography--a report of 38 casesYan Chen
Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci 28:110-3. 2008..Since CTCA is a noninvasive technique, it may be useful in screening coronary artery disease...
- A comparison of three different methods to evaluate endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the elderly: the Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) studyLars Lind
Department of Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Molndal, Sweden
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 25:2368-75. 2005..This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of these techniques in the Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study...
- Discontinuous doppler signals simulating respiratory misregistration: effect on autoregressive frequency spectraSemra Kemaloglu
Department of Biomedical Devices Technology, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey
Comput Biol Med 36:465-72. 2006..The signal duration of the signal had no significant effect on the statistical stability of the frequency level...
- Minimal aortic injury: a lesion associated with advancing diagnostic techniquesA K Malhotra
Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
J Trauma 51:1042-8. 2001..Recently, we have used nonoperative therapy as definitive treatment for patients with MAI. The current study examines our institutional experience with these patients from July 1994 to June 2000...
- Examination of gender bias in the evaluation and treatment of angina pectoris by cardiologistsMichael Blum
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Am J Cardiol 93:765-7. 2004..Overall, there were no differences in the percentage of women who underwent noninvasive evaluation, invasive evaluation, and treatment of suspected coronary artery disease compared with men...
- Recommendations for the establishment of stroke systems of care: recommendations from the American Stroke Association's Task Force on the Development of Stroke SystemsLee H Schwamm
Stroke 36:690-703. 2005
- [Evaluation of the appropriateness of prescribing non-invasive cardiologic tests]Roberto Lorenzoni
U O di Malattie Cardiovascolari Ospedale Campo di Marte 55100 Lucca
Ital Heart J Suppl 3:607-12. 2002....
- [Facts and fiction about endothelial function: a new tool for the clinician?]Marta Sitges
Instituto de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
Rev Esp Cardiol 56:121-3. 2003
- [Diagnostic cardiovascular imaging: should we rise to the challenge or mourn its loss?]L Boyer
J Radiol 83:1019. 2002
- A 13-year-old boy with recurrent syncopal episodesRobert Listernick
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pediatr Ann 31:770-3. 2002
- Comparison between measures of atherosclerosis and risk of stroke: the Rotterdam StudyM Hollander
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
Stroke 34:2367-72. 2003..We compared different measures of atherosclerosis in relation to stroke...
- The evolution of diagnostic trends in congenital heart disease: A population-based studyV Grech
Paediatric Department, St Luke s Hospital, Guardamangia, Malta
J Paediatr Child Health 35:387-91. 1999..To analyse historical trends in diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) in all diagnosed cardiac malformations born between 1945 and 1994 in a population-based study, the first of its type...
- Carotid intima media thickness and beyondJacques D Barth
Southern California Prevention and Research Center, 16550 Ventura Blvd, Suite 212, Encino, California, USA
Curr Drug Targets Cardiovasc Haematol Disord 4:129-45. 2004..Different specialties should be approached and contribute in the expansion of its use, as opposed to the current trend to limit QIMT to specific healthcare areas...
- [Evaluation of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Thrombosis group study in eastern Brittany]J Mansourati
, , CHU Brest
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 91:1119-24. 1998..The finding of a lower intima-media thickness in this population compared with coronary patients without valvular disease suggests that aortic stenosis may have a protective effect on the wall thickness of carotid arteries...
- [Risk assessment before non-cardiac surgery: what do anesthesiologists expect from cardiologists?]F Lenfant
Unité de neuroanesthésie, Hopital General, CHU de Dijon, 3, rue du Faubourg Raines, 21033 Dijon, France
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 54:179-83. 2005..Preoperative evaluation of the cardiac risk is based on the collaboration between cardiologist and anesthesiologist to select the patients to evaluate, optimize their management, and decrease the risk of complications...
- Estimation of blood perfusion using ultrasoundT Jansson
Department of Electrical Measurements, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
Proc Inst Mech Eng H 213:91-106. 1999..The lack of an adequate perfusion phantom for verification of measurements of microcirculatory flow becomes, however, more apparent with improved detectability of slow flows...
Research Grants18
- NMR STUDIES OF MYOCARDIAL METABOLISM IN VIVORAPHAEL ZAHLER; Fiscal Year: 1990..Such information is potentially important in understanding the pathophysiology of human coronary artery disease, developing better cardiovascular diagnostic techniques, and designing new therapeutic agents for acute and chronic ischemia.
- Cardiac Troponin Testing for Myocardial InfarctionFred Apple; Fiscal Year: 2001..abstract_text> ..
- CHOLESTEROL & PLAQUE RUPTURE--WOMEN AND PLAQUE EROSIONRenu Virmani; Fiscal Year: 2001..In addition, analysis of plaque morphology in the animal model proposed in Project 4 will be carried out in project 1. ..
- Invasive Assessment of the Coronary MicrocirculationWilliam Fearon; Fiscal Year: 2008..abstract_text> ..
- Fluorescence lifetime method for guided therapy of brain tumorsLaura Marcu; Fiscal Year: 2007..While this project is initially tailored to brain tumors demarcation, the device could potentially be also applied to diagnosis of other tumor types. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- Nanoscale approaches to allelic silencing in myocardial disease statesEuan Ashley; Fiscal Year: 2009..This familial condition where the heart grows too thick is the most common cause of sudden death in young people and athletes. ..
- The Emory-Morehouse Partnership to Reduce CV DisparitiesArshed Quyyumi; Fiscal Year: 2008..Aim 4: To enhance the education/training of fellows/practitioners engaged in CVD disparities research/practice and promote partnerships that enhance cardiovascular health within ethnic communities. ..
- Endothelial Hyperpolarization in HumansArshed Quyyumi; Fiscal Year: 2008..abstract_text> ..
- STICH-Trial Cardiovascular Magenetic Resonance Core LabGerald Pohost; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Prediction of Cardiomyopathy in Type I Diabetes by MRSGerald Pohost; Fiscal Year: 2007..This will provide valuable information for the development of novel therapeutic interventions and improved management of diabetic patients with cardiac disease...
- Endothelial dysfunction in acute renal ischemiaMICHAEL GOLIGORSKY; Fiscal Year: 2007..Number of publicationsand manuscriptsacceptedfor publication (not to exceed 10) 10 Other items (list): 1. Color illustrations from the grant application 2. Movies - intravital videomicroscopy supplement ..
- MOEMS device for fluorescence spectroscopy of tissues and cellsLaura Marcu; Fiscal Year: 2006..The device will widely be applied to various biomedical instruments that require wavelength differentiation and selection. ..
- Plaque Progression, Apoptosis and InflammationRenu Virmani; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
- Imaging Apoptosis to Detect Unstable Atheromatous PlaqueJagat Narula; Fiscal Year: 2004..The impending surgical intervention will allow histopathological evaluation of the endarterectomy specimens to define potential utility of annexin imaging. ..
- PREVENTION OF VASCULOPATHY AND NEPHROPATHY IN METABOLIC SYNDROMEMichael S Goligorsky; Fiscal Year: 2010..abstract_text> ..
- Targeting MMPS to Image AtherosclerosisJagat Narula; Fiscal Year: 2007..The extent of inflammation and MMP expression in the plaques will be ascertained histopathologically. [unreadable] (End of Abstract) [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..
- 3T MR imaging/spectrometer for heart and brain researchGerald Pohost; Fiscal Year: 2005..Moreover, it will provide an ideal experimental platform for numerous grants that are currently under review. ..
- INTEGRINS IN ACUTE RENAL FAILUREMICHAEL GOLIGORSKY; Fiscal Year: 2002....


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Hotel La Vecchia Cartiera
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Hotel La Vecchia Cartiera
About the Hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Hotel La Vecchia Cartiera, you'll be centrally located in Colle di Val d'Elsa, steps from Piazza Arnolfo di Cambio and minutes from Colle di Val d'Elsa Cathedral. This hotel is within the vicinity of Staggia Castle and Museum of Torture.
Make yourself at home in one of the 38 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have bidets and hair dryers. Housekeeping is provided daily, and both irons/ironing boards and cribs/infant beds (surcharge) are available on request.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in the lobby.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves lunch and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Free breakfast
- Express check-in
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Free WiFi
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Television in lobby
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Multilingual staff
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 2
- Smoke-free property
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Bar/lounge
- Express check-out
- Total number of rooms - 38
- Meeting rooms
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Business center
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space
Room Facilities
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Bidet
- Climate control
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Air conditioning
- Room service (limited hours)
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- Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
- This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Self parking fee: EUR 5.00 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.50 per person, per night, up to 5 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 12 years of age.
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I've happily entered my local comics shop countless times, but I'll never stop being intimidated by the singles wall. I don't really know what else to call it, but it's the wall housing all the recent, single issues of currently-running books. Marvel, DC, IDW, Dark Horse and however many other publishers, all competing for real estate so fiercely all it would take is one clumsy misstep to send entire sections of the wall to the floor. Inspect closely and you'll find them all arranged alphabetically, but the myriad colors, fonts and other stylish comic book trappings make that hard to process for all but the most grizzled veterans of the hobby. If you're trying to get into comics, the wall is the last place you want to start. You can try talking to the staff, if they're friendly, or you can hit the trade section and browse spine titles like a normal person.
When it comes to more insular nerd media, comics are so much more physically imposing than anything else. Many of these titles have been running for decades, so where the hell are you supposed to start? How important is context? Is that number one issue really going to be a fresh start, or is it going to assume I read the series before it was rebooted? The barrier of entry is insane, or so it seems. On the contrary, you can just pop into a GameStop, find the relevant shelf to your interests and find something to play just based on the cover and/or title. No guesses, no messes. Accessibility is key, if you want more people to spend money on your thing. It's so much easier to play video games. It almost seems like developers and publishers really know how to get people into the hobby.
However, when it comes to inclusion, when it comes to actually letting people in, you can't get better than comics right now.
It doesn't matter who I am, I can walk into a comics shop and find something for me. I don't just mean something fun to read that matches my tastes, I mean for me. I'm talking about representation. I can find comics written and drawn by and for men, women and children of all ages and cultural backgrounds. The best part? They're all on the shelves next to each other, separated only by the alphabet (or grouped together by publisher on the trade shelves). I can walk into the good ol' LCS and snag a collection of Strangers In Paradise just as easily as the latest issues of Superman . I can even throw some manga or local comix in for good measure.
When I walk into a game store, what do I see? The same thing we've been seeing for decades: scruffy, brooding white guys and cartoon animals. Or anime people.
Things are beginning to get better. At E3 this year, we saw a handful of major, AAA games with female protagonists. Tomb Raider, Mirror's Edge and Bayonetta all made headlines. Yet, these games are not normal; they're still surprises. That's crazy. Half the population of gamers gets what, a third of the real estate, if that? Then we have companies like Ubisoft making ridiculous claims about costs, and other developers either shuffling awkwardly in silence or addressing the problem later. Sunset Overdrive's creators announced customization for protagonists, even taking the time to jab at Ubisoft, but they did it on YouTube, far away from E3 and its attending shareholders.
Yet, I can just saunter into the LCS and pick up Batgirl, right next to Batman. Or Batwing, which is (or was, when it started) set in Africa! Each book with its own high-tier creative talent.
Speaking of Batgirl, DC recently announced a new creative team, and a new look for the character. With the new look comes a new tone, that of a more colorful, lighthearted take on the character and her surroundings. Yet, when I turn on one of the smash-hit Arkham games, I'm suddenly dragged kicking and screaming back into the 90's. Everything is dark and muddled, tonally-confused as it desperately tries to appeal to the "mass market." Barbara Gordon is still Oracle, a disembodied voice, trapped in a wheelchair despite having been back on her feet in the comics since 2011. Supposedly Rocksteady plans to give her a bigger role in the fourth game in the series, but she's still Oracle. She's still carrying the bullet
Alan MooreJoker put in her spine years upon years ago. Do we really need four of these games? Five, counting the handheld spinoff? Can't we tell new stories without having to anchor them to the previous games? Maybe, but we'd have to get rid of the people who think violently ripping duct tape off of Harley Quinn's face over and over again is hilarious first.
Thor is going to be a woman soon. Captain friggin' America, the whitest dude to ever white dude it up on comic book pages, is handing over the shield to a person of color. You wouldn't know it from watching any Marvel movies or playing any Marvel video games, but it's totally happening. Iron Man is changing too, supposedly becoming more of an anti-hero and possibly a villain in the future. Time and time again, major comic publishers are willing to make major changes to their fictional status quos at the conclusion of big storylines. But in AAA video games, the storylines never end. They repeat over and over as the number at the end of the titles rises, or the subtitles become more and more redundant. Very rarely does something new happen, and when it does it's billed as a reboot.
Things are getting better. Indie games are becoming more and more prolific, and those titles tend to explore more varied narrative territories. Rise of the Tomb Raider is becoming a major force again in the AAA world. More and more developers seem to be vocalizing a desire for change. The final hurdle is money. The people in the suits calling the shots. The ones who say people don't buy games with different protagonists, yet decide not to market them or put them on platforms with smaller bases. That awful cycle of confirmation bias needs to be broken, and the only way that'll happen is if consumers vote with their wallets.
Maybe, one day, we'll see a Batgirl game on the shelf.


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School district report cards were recently released for primary schools across New York State. The evaluations covered each school in the district, rating their performance and examination scores for math, science, English-language arts as well as information on enrollment and attendance.
Marcellus Central School District students scored well this past year; 159 teachers instructed 1988 pupils among the three facilities. Enrollment in each school has been slowly declining, but the students have consistently posted strong scores. Superintendent Craig Tice says compared to enrollment patterns at other school districts, Marcellus is in good shape.
"For many districts, they've seen a sharper decline … we're pretty fortunate," Tice said. "So far Marcellus is still a desirable community [to live in]."
Total enrollment across the district decreased from 2,070 in 2007-08 to 2,028 in 2008-09. Enrollment further decreased to 1,988 in 2009-10. The district eliminated 18 full-time positions over the past two years to adjust to declining enrollment.
Marcellus graduates a high percentage of its students. Its graduation rate in 2008-09 was 97 percent, up from 93 percent the previous year.
Tice attributed this to the "strong work of our counselors and our teachers at the high school." He said they've done a great job of meeting the needs of "both the large cohort of students" and the individual students.
"A lot of electives that we offer encourage students to take full course loads," he added.
The district also scored high in the number of students that go on to pursue a college degree. 96 percent of students at Marcellus planned to attend either two-year or four-year college following graduation.
Marcellus had 98 percent of its students graduate with a regents diploma, up from 94 percent last year. This number compares to the top performing schools in the area – as do the district's overall regents scores.
"Our regents scores are comparable to Skaneateles and Westhill, F-M, J-D and Cazenovia," he said, adding: "Out of all those districts, [we have] one of the lowest costs per pupil."
The percentage of students performing at the mastery level fluctuated in 2009-10 from previous years. For instance, 85 percent of students taking the Comprehensive French regents scored an 85 or higher, up from 74 percent in 2008-09. Mastery level for the Spanish regents, taken by 106 students in 2009-10, dropped to 50 percent from 82 percent the previous year.
"We're always looking to improve our mastery rates, take a look at students performing at 85 percent or better," Tice said.
But students are passing at an incredibly high rate. In terms of students passing their foreign language regents exams, the numbers couldn't be better. 100 percent of students taking both the French and Spanish regents exams passed in each of the past three years.
Tice said the district has strived to make taking foreign language a desirable option for students. "The world is getting smaller every day," he said. 98 percent of students graduated with a regents diploma, and 71 percent graduated with advanced regents diplomas – which requires students complete a foreign language. 71 percent was third place among area districts, topped only by Skaneateles and Fayetteville-Manlius schools.
Tice expects the school's success with foreign languages to continue. At the start of this school year, Marcellus added a seventh grade exploratory class to its curriculum where students take rotate between Spanish and French for 20 weeks, then decide which language they will pursue. The class is taught by Audrey Misainno, who is certified in both languages.
"It allows the students to make an informed decision," Tice said. "Before they would just rely on a neighbor or sibling … now they actually get a little exposure to both in seventh grade."
Student to teacher
Marcellus currently has around 21 students per classroom across the district. Tice said that number could increase as cuts are made to balance this year's budget- the district faces a $2.9 million deficit.
"As the cuts happen, you'll probably start to see some of the class sizes get a little bit larger," he said.
Tice said he hopes to keep Marcellus performing at its high level through the tough fiscal times, but it will not be easy.
"We've worked so hard in Marcellus over the years to develop this high performing district, it's very frustrating to have to start to dismantle it because of the fiscal problems.
"We want to do what we can to help the taxpayers but at the same time, it shouldn't be an easy task because this district is something we should be proud of."
The district will host three town meetings at 7 p.m. on March 30 at the high school, March 31 at the elementary school and April 4 at the middle school. The meetings will feature a budget presentation by the board of education and the superintendent, with a question and answer session to follow.
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Nxai Pan National Park is part of the Makgadikgadi salt flats in north eastern Botswana. Makgadikgadi was an ancient lake which dried up 10,000 years ago, leaving only areas of dry salty clay crust interspersed with sandy desert. This truly desolate landscape features wide open spaces that make it easy to catch sight of wildlife. Nxai Pan National Park, to the north of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, is best known for its large springbok population, the seasonal zebra migration and the cluster of the usually solitary baobab trees named after the 19th century artist and explorer who immortalized them as the Thomas Baines Baobabs. The pan is located in the Kalahari Basin, along with other commonly-visited pans: Sua, Ntwetwe and Makgadikgadi Pans, forming the largest salt pans in the world.
During the dry season, from May through October, Nxai Pan is an inhospitable desert, where the animals strong enough to brave the barren landscape fight against nature and each other for their lives. Springbok, cheetah and lion engage in heart-pounding dramas over the almost dry water holes.
But when the rains come in November, the dry savannah becomes green and the animals begin to move. The earth trembles as enormous herds of zebra gallop south through Nxai Pan to the flooding Boteti River at the southwest border of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park and east through the seasonally lush pans. Every year 25,000 zebras make this journey. Not only zebras partake of the bounty of the rain-soaked landscape, but wildebeest also join the migration. Such huge herds call forth their predators, including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, spotted and brown hyenas. Nxai Pan is also known for breeding herds of zebra and wildebeest, best seen with their little ones in February.
Many animals move through the rain-soaked pans, including gemsbok, elephants, giraffes, red hartebeest and bat-eared foxes. On rare occasions even buffalo and rhinos wander through the unfenced park. Over 200 species of birdlife can be seen during the green season, ranging from herds of huge ostrich to tiny but colorful tree-dwelling birds and from raptors to ground fowl.
Nxai Pan is the location of one of the largest herds of springbok, and interestingly, one of the only places where the territories of springbok and impala overlap, providing viewing of both species. January is the perfect time to see springbok with their newborns.
Part of the Nxai Pan National Park is Kudiakam Pan and Baines Baobabs. Seven huge, gnarled baobab trees huddle together in the short dry grass while before them stretches the unrelenting dry, white salt pan. The trees, over a thousand years old, remain today exactly as the explorer and artist Thomas Baines painted them in 1862.
Nxai Pan National Park is open year round. The rainy season, from November to April, is best for viewing wildlife including zebras, elephants and wildebeest. If the rains are heavy, roads can become impassable. The dry season, from May to October, is easier for travel and the best time to experience the loneliness of the desert and watch the instinctive interaction of predator and prey.


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I have had two dish drawers for nearly 3 years and have not had any problems with them. We did figure out that if you don't rinse dishes first, nor clean out the filter, that they do not wash properly - but that is fine with me. It is handy having the option of doing half loads, and we don't have dirty plates mouldering in the dishwasher smelling the place up. We have a family of 5 and two are more than enough at all times, even with guests. I chose them because I wanted an island unit that was elevated (i.e. on legs), so conventional dishwashers would not have worked as they were too tall and needed to be floor standing. My dishwashers are not on top of each other, or even side by side. They are on opposite sides of the island unit. That is the versatility of them. What you lose as far as having to rinse and clear filters, you gain with their flexibility and ease of use.


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CHAPTER FIVE ŌĆō IS ANYONE LISTENING TO YOU?
I had some authors on my TV show who were on fringes of being really ŌĆ£way out there.ŌĆØ
I used to refer to them as my ŌĆ£woo-woo people.ŌĆØ
They were the ones who used all the jargon of the new age community and they talked about things like chakras, hugging trees, soul retrieving, and speaking to plants for advice, etc, etc.
All interesting stuff but not exactly what you hear people discussing around the water cooler at the office. And the sponsors for the show were not happy if it got too weird.
I used to give these authors a little talk before the show that went something like this.
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In my mind, this person I described was a fictitious viewer.
I live in a nice neighborhood in the city of Chicago but if you go about two blocks west, you make sure that you lock your car.
The area is usually featured in the news with some crime.
But the most convenient tiny post office is there.
One morning, I was getting out of my car to mail some letters, when I noticed a man leaning against the wall of the building.
He was obviously some kind of a workman from the way he was dressed. It was 11 AM.
He was drinking a beer out of a Budweiser can.
He called out to me, ŌĆ£Hey, television lady!ŌĆØ
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ŌĆ£I never miss it. I donŌĆÖt understand it all but IŌĆÖm very interested.ŌĆØ
Here was the man I had made up.
He was real.
I added that story to my instructions.
There are all kinds of people out there who are striving to make their lives better. Not just the so called spiritual types.
There are strangers or just people out there who are listening to you.┬Ā Do you know how important you might be?
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Twelve months ago, the acclaimed players at Celtic were Emilio Izaguirre, Gary Hooper and Biram Kayal.
They had each made such an impression in their first season at the club that they were established as the emblems of Neil Lennon's side: young, gifted, ambitious, and central to the team's potential. They were already vital, and the wonder was how long the club could retain them.
They have not all been eclipsed now, but Kayal hasn't featured since damaging his ankle last December, while the prominence of Izaguirre and Hooper in Sunday's emphatic 3-0 win over Rangers at Celtic Park was a timely reminder of their worth.
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The champions could be tempted to accept reasonable offers for both players as the profits would be reinvested in the team and Lennon already has other options at left-back, most notably Charlie Mulgrew, while a tall, strong, aggressive centre-forward is already near the top of the Celtic manager's list of summer targets.
Even supporters might not agonise over the departure of either player, at least not as much as they would have last summer. Izaguirre was the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland's player of the year last season, but an ankle fracture has restricted him to only 11 appearances this campaign, keeping him on the sidelines from August to January. Hooper has played more games, and scored more goals, in this campaign, but his form dipped enough in recent months for many Celtic fans to question why he remained in the starting line-up ahead of Anthony Stokes.
Izaguirre tore up and down Celtic's left-flank on Sunday and looked to have recovered the best aspects of his game – adventurousness, drive, dynamism – although he was aided by the manager's switch to a 3-5-2 formation.
If there was any criticism of Izaguirre last season, it was of his defensive instincts, and Lennon has often remarked ruefully about the pangs of alarm he feels when he sees Izaguirre setting off on another of his forays upfield but, at wing-back, he is less exposed.
Some managers consider attacking full-backs as critical in the modern game, when so much of the space infield is compressed and overrun, and several Barclays Premier League clubs intensively scouted Izaguirre last season.
He might not generate the same premium fee as he would have done last summer, but he has proved his fitness again. With Mulgrew, Joe Ledley, Adam Matthews and Andre Blackman all having played at left-back this season, Lennon is not short of options for that area, and he has already signed Jaroslaw Fojut, a 24-year-old Polish centre-back, on a pre-contract agreement, adding to his defensive options.
Hooper has been able to play more regularly this season, and some of his link-up play with Stokes has been vividly effective. At his best, he is incisive, accelerates quickly past defenders and possesses a powerful finish.
Southampton have long been keen on Hooper, and can now offer the striker Premier League football, as well as being able to afford an offer of around £8m now that they have been promoted from the Championship.
Lennon values Hooper, and retained his faith even when the striker was performing as though subdued by his own self-doubt. The Englishman has scored 24 goals this season and would be difficult to replace, since Stokes is less able to adapt his game to suit the needs of the team.
Georgios Samaras has all the attributes to play through the centre regularly, but is inconsistent and also offers an effective outlet on the left of midfield. Celtic need to sign a top-level striker, though, as well as a centre-back of similar quality and a goalkeeper. But bringing a new forward to the club would surely demand that Lennon sell one of his four main attackers, including Mohamed Bangura, anyway.
The squad is well-stocked with central midfielders, but Kayal has only been surpassed in the quality and presence that he brings to that area of the field by Victor Wanyama. The two would form a daunting partnership, and Kayal is capable of setting the tempo of Celtic's play with the crispness and range of his passing.
Reputations are vulnerable to circumstances, as the fate of Kris Commons has shown this season. He was brilliantly assertive in his first six months at the club, and then fell out of form, favour and shape, before recovering some of his virtuosity in recent weeks. Against Rangers, Commons was irrepressible, and so confirmed the restoration of his status as a player who still has much to offer the side.
This is the dilemma for Lennon, how to judge the long-term worth of his men against their current form.
Izaguirre, Hooper and Kayal were once considered irreplaceable, but it is conceivable that only one could be at the club next season yet the team would still have improved by shrewdly investing the transfer income.
Lennon can upgrade his side because it now has strong foundations.


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- F1 Ownership
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Red Bull motor racing consultant Helmut Marko has played down Luca di Montezemolo's threat that Formula One teams could form a breakaway series.
Di Montezemolo told CNN last week that F1's current owners CVC would have no control over the teams at the end of the current Concorde Agreement in 2012, and that the teams could then form their own series. He also said that finding a new owner was a possibility, with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation having registered an interest in buying the sport.
Marko, however, said that the situation was not that serious, and that the teams would be looking to successfully negotiate a new agreement for the future.
"A suitable compromise can hopefully be found," he told German website motorsport-magazin.com. "Ferrari are the best-known team and have been in F1 the longest - but being Italian, they tend to express things more emotionally than others. In my opinion, the situation is nowhere near as bad as it looks."


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Hilton Beijing Wangfujing is in the heart of Beijing, walking distance from Dong Hua Men Night Market and St. Joseph's Cathedral. This 5-star hotel is close to Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.
Make yourself at home in one of the 255 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens. Your room comes with a Select Comfort bed. LCD televisions with satellite programming are provided for your entertainment, with wired and wireless Internet access available for a surcharge. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature deep soaking bathtubs and rainfall showerheads.
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Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy body treatments and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including a 24-hour health club, an indoor pool, and a fitness center. Additional features include wireless Internet access (surcharge), concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 3 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar. Buffet breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and limo/town car service. Planning an event in Beijing? This hotel has 7449 square feet (692 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center, conference space, and a meeting room. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
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- Number of floors - 16
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- Conference space size (feet) - 7449
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Number of restaurants - 3
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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- Total number of rooms - 255
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A Chocolate March of the Inns of the St. Croix River Valley is a delectable way to discover the diversity of our member inns. Review the schedule of Sundays beginning March 11, 18, or 25 and purchase a ticket. For $21.oo you can get inside these beautiful inns and savor sumptuous chocolate delicacies. Chocolate March participants will also be eligible for a drawing of an Inns of the Valley gift basket. Join the fun and spend a Sunday afternoon in the Valley!
March 11th
Afton House – Afton
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