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In the beginning. Here I am, seated with Leslie, her daughter Clementine, Chloe the blond, and Inca the non-blonde. Please excuse my bedhead. Jill and I stayed with Leslie and her husband Lucas for a night in San Diego. It was a most excellent reunion because Leslie is one of the most important people in my swimming life and my life life.
Let me explain. I met Leslie at a bar in Lawrence, KS when we were both in graduate school. She organized a graduate student happy hour, trying to mix with people outside her psychology department. Well, my physics buddies and I showed up. Somehow, even with our hypergeeky auras, we hit it off with Leslie and her crew. I kept coming back to the happy hours and eventually found out that Leslie and some of her friends were considering a triathlon, which sounded awesome to me. This is how Leslie became my #1 running buddy. And those grad school triathlons were my first real exposure to open-water swimming. (Although I defaulted to breast stroke in each one because I simply couldn't sustain the crawl for more than 30 seconds.)
More importantly, however, Leslie is the reason I'm married to Jill. During the last year of grad school, I was hanging out with her and her friends at that same bar in Lawrence, KS when Jill and her friends walked in. Leslie's friend Kim knew one of them and fostered a most-awkward introduction. I will be eternally grateful she did because the intro stuck: Jill and I have been together for eight years, married for three and a half.
So, thanks, Leslie and Lucas for hosting us in San Diego and for being such excellent people!
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Microsoft Windows Phone Video Converter is software for 3GP/3GP2/AVI/MP4 file conversion of portable video device such as mobile phone, iPod, PSP, etc. It can convert almost all video formats, for e.g., DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, mkv, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI, AVS, ASF, H264, to mobile phone/iPod/PSP or other portable video device, MP4 player. It. Free download of KingConvert Microsoft Windows Phone Video Converter 5 3, size 7.18 Mb.
The Microsoft Windows Search 3.x SDK includes sample applications demonstrating the key concepts and functionality areas described in the Windows Search Developer's Guide on MSDN. A managed code assembly is also included for .NET development support.
This SDK can be used with Windows Desktop Search 3.x or Windows Search 4.
Windows Bootable Image Creator (WBI Creator) is a lightweight application that was designed in order to provide you with a simple means of making bootable ISO images with the setup of Windows XP, Vista or 7 iterations.
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The Disc image system is an Editor, Converter and a driver that can mount ISO CD/DVD images into a Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 based system. This gives the impression that a new CD/DVD-ROM drive has been added and a disc has been inserted.
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Medical billing is very important to health care facilities and insurance companies. This is one way for them to interact with their patients and customers concerning medical bills and services. Don't you know that your insurance company and health care provider have preset established guidelines? This is to ensure that you receive medical services at the moment that you needed it.
The usual function of medical billing is involved with the patient's submission of financial claims to the insurance company. After submitting all the necessary documents as a proof that you have used health care facilities, a medical biller will follow up and check it. Usually, company insurance follows the same procedure for medical billing. It would usually start with the submission, confirmation and the reimbursement procedure. This is one important reason why you should always keep receipts and any proofs that you have used health care facility services. Meanwhile the coder will receive a good medical coder salary.
How and when the processes of medical billing will starts. Usually, the process of medical billing starts from the moment that you have visited any health care facility. The medical records will reflect information about treatment, examinations, diagnosed and multiple diagnoses. However, the insurance company will not immediately reimburse all your medical fees. They would first examine and scan the authenticity of your records and will determine if all your examinations are covered in the insurance policies. After the long procedure for the claims, medical billing will be labeled as accepted or disapproved. Accepted medical billing will be paid while disapproved ones will be rejected with accompanying explanations why.
Just a little warning for your medical billing: make sure that the treatment you are receiving from your health care provider is important to your medical health. Do not try to scam your insurance company by making fake medical billing. For those who are caught doing scams and frauds in their insurance company, a hefty fine or jail are waiting. Hence, insurance frauds are a serious offense with a major consequence.
Medical treatment is never easy. The harder if you need to pay hundreds of dollars in every visit of your health care provider. Is it not good to know that you will spend for your health but there will be a reimbursement afterwards? Paying for insurance company may never be appreciated in the beginning but who knows, you will need it in the later part of your life. After all, submitting medical billing to your insurance company means getting back the money that you have spent in visiting your health care provider.


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Gesture-based Universal Cloud Input Device (GUCI)
In near future, our life will be proliferated with all kinds of screens. The usual ones are such as TVs, PCs, notebooks and automobiles; while the more novel ones are , for example, screens located at public places - screens displaying informations at shops and malls, train stations, libraries etc. Also, there will be screens in future household items such as fridge, microwave oven, air conditioner etc.
Now the trend seems to be expanding touch screens to all kinds of devices. But the problem of touch screens will soon become obvious - it will be tiring for use if the screen in vertical, and in order to be able to touch we need to be very close to the screens, which forbids too much people using it at the same time. Hygiene issues will also occur for public screens. So, it seems that touch screens are best left for personal use such as phones and pads.
Furthermore, another issue is how do all the screens recognize it's you who is accessing them? By allowing the screens to connect to the Cloud might work, but the thing is you don't want to get through all the troubles of logging in and off in front of each of the screens. This might also be solved if you let the screen to recognize your smartphone and thus your identity. But the phone is itself another screen and not primarily an input device, and on-screen keyboards are difficult for heavy use.
My idea of a GUCI solves all the aforementioned issues. A GUCI is a PORTABLE device that is primarily a gesture input device, one can simply type and move fingers in the thin air and it recognizes them. This can thus be used to control all the screens mentioned above. IT is superior to touchscreens as it avoids the above mentioned problems of touchscreens. It is also always connected to the net, and without logging in the screen recognizes the owner of the device.
Since it is connected to the Cloud, it allows the net to have a history of which screens you've visited, what you have viewed, how you had interacted with them, and even your track history in real space.
Chrome notebook is a Cloud processing device, people will also need a Cloud input device soon, and this is it!


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Halloween is just around the corner, and that means costume parties, treats, and lots of decorating.…
I was between meetings when I felt my phone buzz in my pocket. I pulled it out, glanced at the notification.…
I swung my legs off the top bunk, but as soon as I put weight on my left foot to climb down the ladder, a pain shot up my heel into the back of my leg. Holy crap. What was that? I got down another rung and there is was again. Oh, this is not good.
It was my fifth day on the Camino de Santiago — a 500-mile pilgrimage trail through Spain. What if I can't walk? I'll have to stay in this tiny town all day. What will I do? How am I going to get help in a country whose language I don't speak?…
I completed my descent and looked around the room. Fourteen people slept there last night. Now, only Antoine and I were left.
"J'ai une probleme," I told the young Frenchman I'd met just three days
As a Resident Assistant at the University of Scranton, one of my jobs was to promote activities being held in our building. This usually involved making signs that were eye-catching and would get students interested.
One month the psychology graduate students were tasked with doing a program in our building and my fellow RA's and I were tasked with getting students to attend. Our posters said things like, "You do it 600 times a day. Want to know what it is? Come to the lounge on Wednesday at 7″ and "You do it 50 times before you get to your first class. Sometimes you do it with other people, sometimes you do it all alone. Do you know what 'it' is? Come to lounge on Wednesday at 7 to…
The thought had been percolating in my mind for a few months. Taking a year off from working seemed — at first — a little too far-fetched and perhaps a wee bit improbable. But as often happens, the universe listens to our whispered dreams and sends us just what we need.
New Year's Day 2011, the universe sent me Nina Yau's audio book Minimalist Freedom.… I first heard of Nina when she decided to wear the same outfit to her corporate-America job for seven straight weeks to see if anyone would notice. Only one person did. Shortly thereafter she left her corporate job to live out her dream of being a writer.
My dream was to travel. For a year. Visit friends. Talk to strangers. Do a work-exchange.
It's a very tiny book. It's so small, in fact, that twice I went to the library to check it out, twice the library computers said it was there, and twice neither I nor the librarians could find it. "It's a small book," they told me. "This has happened before…"
On the third try I did indeed get myself a copy. A small book, with a small title. Three words, one syllable each: Help, Thanks, Wow. Author Anne Lamott subtitles it "The Three Essential Prayers."
"This is a good one," the librarian told me. "You'll be reading it and then something just hits you." I took her word for it and slipped the thin book into my purse.…
"Make sure you stop in the church at O Cebreiro and read the prayer there," Rick's e-mail told me. He had gotten ahead of me on the Camino, but would send me daily updates on his progress and things not to miss. I didn't see this particular e-mail before I arrived in O Cebriero. But I found the Prayer of La Faba easily enough, and knew it was something special. Having been on the Camino for a month now, the words resonated with my experience, and that of most any pilgrim who has walked The Way.
Seven months later, I read that prayer to end one of the meetings of our local chapter of American Pilgrims on the Camino.
Although I may have travelled all the roads,
crossed mountains and valleys from East to…
I have a confession to make: I don't go to church on Sundays. Nor any other day for that matter.
I know many who read this site are dedicated followers of Catholicism. I, however, am not. I've been going through a years-long process of discernment — trying to figure out if I still want to be part of a religion that no longer seems to fit with my beliefs.
Since I walked out of Mass in Santiago almost a year ago, I have been to a Catholic Mass just three times — all at the invitation of others.
It was during the first that I realized I was no longer sitting there angry: at the stance the Church chooses to take on gay marriage, on women in the priesthood, on celibacy. I was no longer trying to fit into a place…
It's spring! Well, on the calendar at least. No matter the temperature, many are feeling their spirits lighten. We're waking up from winter hibernation. We're stretching tall, rubbing our eyes and looking around to see: a big mess.
What are all those papers piled around the room? What's all that stuff sticking out of the drawers? We'd like to open the closet to pull out our spring clothes, but are scared to open the door for fear of what might fall out. The feeling of lightness starts to fade. The weight of having too much stuff pushes down on us.
But have no fear. There are people out there who actually take great joy in helping others in just this situation. Lucky for you, I'm one of them. And lucky for all of…
Our new pope decided he preferred a two-room suite to the 12-room apartment his predecessors have occupied since the early 1900s. He cited reasons of simplicity and community. Simplicity is making news, but it's not a new concept. Jesus inspired his followers to leave everything behind and, "Come, follow me." But I don't think Peter walked away from a 4,000-square-foot home with full closets. Are you inspired by Pope Francis' choice? Or just looking for a way to bring a little more simplicity to your life?
Americans are living in a time of great abundance. "Oh! But look at the economy!" some say. I don't mean financially. I mean when it comes to buying material goods. Anything we think we may…
Along the Camino, yellow arrows point the way. A pilgrim sees them painted on trees, on buildings, on boulders and sidewalks. No maps are necessary. Just follow the yellow arrows.
In college a friend posted the following on his office door: "This life is a test — it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do." I might modify this and say, "You would have received yellow arrows to point the way."
When trying to decide to go to Taize or stay in the other night, I wished for an arrow to appear — either pointing to the door or to my couch. As I wondered if I really needed to buy the new pair of jeans I'd…
There he was again, up ahead of me on the trail, walking his bicycle, his backpack fastened to its seat. I had seen him a few times over the last week but never once did I see him actually riding that bicycle.
Not too long after I returned from walking the 500-mile Camino to Santiago my mother said, "Your brother-in-law is very impressed."
"Yeah. He gave you three days."
"Three days? He didn't think I'd make it past three days?"
"Your sister Liz gave you a week."
I laughed and realized they had every reason to be skeptical. I was not a hiker, nor did I consider myself athletic in any sense of the word. The last time I attempted anything even remotely close to this was when I walked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon 10 years earlier. By the time I came back out, my boyfriend was carrying both of our packs and I was in tears.
So if you…
"How were you able to take so much time off from work to hike the Camino?" a reader asked a few weeks ago.
The short answer is this: I resigned. However, you don't have to leave your job behind in order to walk the Camino. If you've been thinking you'd like to take the journey to Spain to walk The Way, but are not sure you can take six weeks off, here are a few suggestions:
Ask. …I met a young Canadian woman who decided to walk the Camino after watching the movie "The Way." She was a hairdresser and wondered how she could get the time off, but she was determined she was going. She first told her employer about the movie, saying, "I'd really love to do it."
The kitchen had no stove, but that wasn't going to stop us. "We can just make a big salad," Philipp said. We all agreed and off we went to the only market in town. Besides the lettuce, tomatoes, and onion we bought white asparagus, zucchini, and olives – things I had never put on salads back home. But I wasn't home. I was in Spain, walking the Camino to Santiago and preparing dinner with people I'd met less than two weeks earlier — some of whom I'd spoken with for hours, others with whom I had not shared more than a smile.
The kitchen at our albergue… had just one knife but we were all still able to help with the preparations. Those with pocket knives lent them to those
The other day, as I helped a client organize her office, we got to talking about the difference between scarcity thinking and abundance thinking.
"Scarcity thinkers believe things are in short supply. They hold on to what they have and acquire more when they have a chance — whether they need …it or not." I picked up yet another bag filled with office supplies and added them to her growing stockpile.
"Abundance thinkers, however, believe theirs is a world of plenty — whatever they need will come to them when they need it. Or, in this day and age, can be bought 24/7 online and delivered to their door. These are the folks who only buy what they need when they need it."
Imagine a life without hearing the words, "Is that for here or to go?" No coffee to go. No drive-thrus. No take-out containers.
Imagine walking into a coffee shop where no one is staring at a piece of technology. Instead everyone is either engaged in conversation or silently taking in the scene around them.
Impossible? Maybe in this country. But such was my life along the Camino. For 37 days my only option was to sit down and enjoy… my beverage or my meal. Instead of assuming I wanted everything in a disposable container "to go," it was assumed I was sticking around and thus everything was served on real plates with utensils made from something other than plastic. Takeout was not even an
"I feel like my week is off somehow if I don't come," I said to Chris as we left the coffee shop. I used to have that feeling about church. Now, I have that feeling about a Tuesday morning gathering — a gathering of returned Camino pilgrims.
What do I miss most about the Camino? If I had to choose just one thing, I'd say, "The simplicity of it all." More specifically, the fact that there was just one item on my to-do list most days: walk.
"How far did you walk each day?" people ask.
"Twelve to 15 miles in the beginning, but sometimes I did up to 18."
They are left speechless — a blank stare on their face. "But it's all I had to do each day," I tell them. "If you had all day to walk, you could walk that far, too."
I was reminded of that sentiment last fall when I saw a painting of blue and green mountains. Across the top it read, "Everywhere is within walking distance if you…
"So how far are you planning to walk today?" was a question often heard on the Camino.
In the early days of my walk to Santiago, I knew the answer. I had an Excel spreadsheet that listed all the towns in which I planned to stop and the distances between them — in both miles and kilometers. I printed it on purple paper before I left home so I could easily find it, usually stuffed in the middle of my guidebook. "It's just a rough idea," I told fellow pilgrims who saw it.
My plan was to ease into long distances. I did five miles on my first day into the Pyrenees. I crossed into Spain on my second day — walking 10 miles. My goal for the third day: 13 miles. But I didn't follow my plan.…
"What's this?" I said, picking a book up from my friend Tara's dresser.
"Oh — my friend gave it to me and Russ for our engagement. I haven't read it yet though. It's about a woman whose mother puts her prayers in a box, and the daughter tells about finding the boxes after she dies."
I turned the book over and read the back cover. Then, I opened it up to read the synopsis on the inside cover. I put the book back on Tara's dresser and filed away the thought that perhaps I could find time to read it in the next couple days — in between my duties as one of Tara's bridesmaids.
The next day, with time on my hands before the photographer arrived, I headed…
The Belief-o-matic. It sounded like a new-fangled kitchen appliance I would have seen advertised on late night TV — back in 1985. I could see the greasy haired salesman on my screen telling me how simple it was to use: "Insert beliefs and in no time at all, you'll have the perfect religion!"
But this wasn't a Home Shopping Network sales pitch — it was a website. As a woman who has struggled with her Catholic faith for a while — so much so that she took off on a 480 mile pilgrimage walk to see what she could discover — the whole process intrigued me. Answer 20 questions and be presented with your perfect religion. No need to call the 800 number on my screen. I could simply insert my…


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Bleeding Cool Torn Over Whether to Spoil Movie by Own Reporter
- Written by Jude Terror on Thursday, April 25 2013 and posted in News with Benefits
Source: Bleeding Cool
Bleeding Cool reporter and noted brony Brendon Connelly announced on Bleeding Cool today that he is working on a short film called Coming Around Again. Connelly offers no other details at this time, preferring to save that for an announcement later at a time of his choosing. This decision by Connelly puts Bleeding Cool in a moral quandary, since spoiling announcements before companies officially make them is the website's bread and butter.
"Pip pip," said Rich Johnston, leader of Bleeding Cool and soot-covered Dickensian orphan. "Oi don't know what to do, Oi don't. Oi'm feelin' right piggily wiggily about it, Oi am. Right right, cheerio, and all that."
Johnston then broke out into a song and dance number that was absolutely adorable.
For those of you who don't speak silly faux British accent, what Johnston is saying is that he is conflicted over whether to remain loyal to his minion or whether to publish a quick article revealing all the details about Connelly's film before Connelly has the chance, thus raking in unique hits, the currency of the internet.
Of course, one way around the situation would be for Johnston to publish reports from "Little Bleeders," the nickname of Bleeding Cool readers who report on top secret information at comic conventions, much to the chagrin of comics industry PR people like Arune Singh, Marvel Comics' public relations muckity muck, who recently complained about fans leaking information to Johnston on Twitter, prompting 30 defensive tweets from Johnston in response. Throughout the entire drama, no one at Marvel or Bleeding Cool thought to suggest that Marvel seek to stop their creators from leaking company secrets rather than berating fans on the internet for passing the info on to Johnston.
The Outhouse, of course, will be doing our best to gain access to Connelly's script so we can spoil it here first, scooping both Johnston and Connelly, at least for the dozens of people who will read our article. We'll keep you updated on our progress, but if any of you "Little Shitters" out there have a copy of the script, please send it our way so we can have ace reporter ThanosCopter act out the entire thing in a one man YouTube show.
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Jude Terror is the Webmaster Supreme of The Outhouse and a sarcastic ace reporter dedicated to delivering irreverent comics and entertainment news to The Outhouse's dozens of loyal readers. Driven by a quest for vengeance, Jude Terror taught himself to program and joined The Outhouse. He instantly began working toward his goal of forcing the internet comics community to take itself less seriously and failing miserably. Ironically, our webmaster, whose website skills know no end, has very little understanding of social networks or how they work. Regardless, you can find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr, but would probably have the most luck just emailing him.
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MedSun: Newsletter #51, August 2010
This section contains a sample of reports from all the MedSun reports received during a particular period. The reports were submitted by MedSun Representatives. In some instances the reports have been summarized and/or edited for clarity. The entries that follow represent a cross section of device-related events submitted by MedSun reporters during the period May 1 through May 31 2010. All other reports can be searched under the 'MedSun reports' menu pane. Note: the two month delay is due to quality control and follow-up.
Device 1:
Type: Anesthesia Machine
Manufacturer: Draeger Medical Systems, Inc.
Brand: Apollo
Model: Apollo
Other #: software version 3.21
Device 2:
Type: Anesthesia Recordkeeping System
Manufacturer: Philips Medical Systems North America, Inc.
Brand: Compurecord
Other #: software version F.00
An upgrade of our CompuRecord patient charting program from version D.02 to F.00 was necessary to allow operation with BayTech's new model DS3 acquisition unit. (Our existing M4 and M8 models are no longer available.) After the upgrade was completed, users reported that a "Comm Port 1 Fail" error message was occurring periodically on the anesthesia machine. It was determined that on Apollo anesthesia machines using the M4 or M8 units, the "Comm Port 1 Fail" message was displayed briefly at ten second intervals, although the actual patient data acquisition and recording seemed unaffected. For Apollo machines using the DS3 unit, there is no error message, but the acquired patient data in the CompuRecord chart appears for 15 seconds and disappears for 30 seconds, producing periodic gaps in the patient's saved data record.
Health Professional's Impression
Recurring Comm Port Fail alarms are a distraction for the anesthesiologist and may cause genuine alarm messages to be overlooked. Frequent gaps in the patient's data record are not acceptable.
Manufacturer response for Anesthesia Machine, Apollo
Drager tech support affirmed that all source code for their Medibus protocol is provided to vendors. There are two software versions current in Apollo machines; ver 3.21 and ver 4.10. It's possible that CompuRecord software may be qualified to one version and not the other.
Manufacturer response for Patient Charting program, CompuRecord
Initial reply was that CompuRecord periodically polls the comm port looking for information, and that the "Comm Port 1 Fail" message was "normal" for version F.00. There was no comment about repeated 30-sec periods of lost patient data. After additional communication, Philips is investigating compatibility of version F.00 with both Drager software versions and the BayTech DS3 unit.
Manufacturer response for digital acquisition unit, BayTech
Mfr provided information that obsolete models M4 and M8 contained internal digital memory. Newer model DS3 is a digital switch only and contains no internal memory.
Type: Catheter, Epidural
Manufacturer: Arrow International, Inc. (subsidiary of Teleflex, Inc.)
Brand: Flextip Plus
Lot #: RF 8123601
Other #: 122208 1813
Doctor placed CLE (continuous lumbar epidural) catheter without incident. When he attempted to push his medications through the catheter, it was completely occluded. MD tried to troubleshoot but realized it was a catheter malfunction. Catheter had to be removed and patient had to be stuck again due to faulty equipment.
Health Professional's Impression
Doesn't know
Type: Connector, Airway Access
Manufacturer: Carefusion 211, INC.
Brand: Neo-verso
Cat #: CSC200
Nurse called to infant's bedside because he had been desaturating. Patient currently being hand bagged. When we tried to reattach infant to ventilator patient started to desaturate again. Tried to suction patient at this time but unable to pass in-line suction catheter through airway access adapter. Trach tube appeared to be obstructed. The infant returned to baseline after a new trach tube was placed.
Health Professional's Impression
The airway access adapter is really a Y-connector that allows staff to suction the airway without disconnecting the ventilator. Apparently a silicone seal came off the adapter and lodged in the cone-shaped input of the trach tube causing the obstruction.
Manufacturer response for Airway Access Adapter, AirLife
No official comment yet.
Type: Flowmeter, Tube, Thorpe, Back-pressure Compensated
Manufacturer: Precision Medical
Brand: Select Flowmeter
Model: Ohmeda
Cat #: 3MFA1005
Flowmeter had a crack in its base which was not easily visible, but a modest weight (e.g., humidifier) attached was enough to spread the crack and cause leakage. The flowmeter indicated proper flow, but very little of it entered the humidifier to the patient. When the problem was discovered and the flowmeter was replaced, the result was "noticeable improvement" in the patient's O2 saturation.
Health Professional's Impression
Physical damage was already visible on the flowmeter when it was put in use. Most of one hose barb and a 2-cm portion of the base were broken off. Attempted use of the obviously damaged flowmeter led to the problem of the leaking crack and inadequate oxygenation of the patient, which may have been avoided if the flowmeter had been reported and sent for testing after it was damaged.
Manufacturer response for Oxygen flowmeter, Select
Manufacturer was given details and photographs, and did not think it was necessary to have flowmeter sent to them.
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Type: Laryngoscope, Video
Manufacturer: Verathon Medical
Brand: Glidescope Gvl
Model: Ranger
Patient presented to ED [Emergency Department] with c/o [complaints of] aphasia and right sided facial droop. Patient examined and believed to be experiencing a stroke. Plan made to transfer patient to higher level of care for specialty treatment for stroke. Patient was requiring intubation. MedEvac [Medical Evacuation] flight team member was attempting to intubate patient using the GlideScope Ranger when the screen became difficult to view. It appeared to lose video feed and had black lines through the screen. The MedEvac staff member adjusted the screen, moved the handle and checked the cord. The MedEvac staff member was unable to duplicate the circumstances initially but then had a sudden clear view moments later. However, the screen then went back to incomplete views and at times had a total black screen. MedEvac staff member stated that he was removing the handle when the screen became viewable again, so intubation was quickly achieved at this time. No further issues with patient. No injury noted. Possible small delay with intubation but no decline in patient's respiratory status during this incident. Patient's transfer was then continued to other facility. Manager of MedEvac was contacted and he took scope to Clinical Engineering for analysis/interrogation.
Device 1:
Type: Tube, Tracheostomy
Manufacturer: Covidien Shiley
Brand: Shiley 4cfs Cuffless
Model#: 582060
Other #: Shiley 4 CFS
Device 2:
Type: Tube, Tracheostomy
Manufacturer: Smiths Medical
An order was placed [within the hospital] for a tracheostomy tube size 5. A Shiley size 4 trach [was ordered] based on the manufacturer's guidelines that a Smiths Medical size 5 is the same as a Covidien Shiley size 4. So, when you go to give the clinician a size 5 trach, you have to get a Covidien Shiley size 4. So the size 5 trach for Covidien Shiley will have a 4 on the box since the sizes are not equivalent. It is very confusing for the doctors and respiratory therapists since the sizes are not comparable amongst different vendors. It is a process that is set up for confusion and error.
Health Professional's Impression
The labeling and packaging for the sizes is not consistent amongst Smiths Medical and Covidien Shiley for Tracheostomy Tubes.
Type: Ventilator
Manufacturer: Covidien Puritan Bennett
Brand: 840
Model#: 840
Ventilator failed during operation, went inoperative and alarmed. This problem occurred in 4 different ventilators with a total of 6 BDU replacements. The time between initial purchase and failures is as follows:
Vent 1 11 months
Vent 2 27 months (Subsequent failure: 4 months)
Vent 3 26 months (Subsequent failure: 4 months)
Vent 4 15 months
Manufacturer response for Ventilator, 840
Manufacturer service engineer responded and replaced BDU CPU [breath delivery unit central processing unit]and Exhalation Valve. The manufacturer has provided no communication as to the root cause.
Type: Ventilator, Continuous, Facility Use
Manufacturer: Bio-Med Devices
Brand: Crossvent
Model#: 2i
Transport vent turned on for set-up prior to placing patient in isolette. Touch screen control turned on but did not respond to touch and therefore ventilator could not be used for transport. Patient required manually ventilation for transport.
Health Professional's Impression
Touch screen was broken.
Manufacturer response for ventilator, Crossvent 2i
Sent for repair. Touch screen replaced.
Type: Catheter, Ablation, Cardiac, Ep
Manufacturer: St. Jude Medical
Brand: Therapy Cool Path
Lot #: K21374
Cat #: IBI-83327
The catheter tip was bent before it was used. It was an out-of-package failure.
Type: Catheter, Ablation, Cardiac, Rf
Manufacturer: Biosense Webster
Brand: Navistar Thermocool
Lot #: 15082675
Cat #: NI75TCFH
After the procedure was underway, the mapping catheter kept jumping around on the screen even though they were not moving the catheter and the patient was not moving either. Unable to acquire mapping points accurately. The ablation catheter was replaced with a new one and problem was resolved. No harm came to this patient.
Type: Defibrillator, Implantable
Manufacturer: Medtronic, Inc.
Brand: Secura Dr
Model#: D224DRG
The patient was admitted via ED three days ago, with the chief complaint: "defibrillator keeps going off." The patient was in rapid atrial fibrillation at that time, "which necessitated multiple ICD charges and shocks in rapid succession. The charge time exceeded the allowance of the device and the end of service indicator was triggered: recommendation is to perform an ICD generator change/replacement since the ICD will not function properly." The ICD was explanted and another ICD implanted. The device was returned to Medtronic for evaluation. The patient's outcome from the EP perspective was satisfactory.
Health Professional's Impression
The physician believes that this was the sentinel event that lead to the Medtronic notice.
Manufacturer response for ICD, SECURA
"...Medtronic will be informing physicians of a rare device software issue in our current ICD and CRT-D devices. The good news is that this issue can be resolved by a software download installed via the programmer. As of April 19th, 2010, Medtronic has 5 confirmed reports out of approximately 144,000 devices worldwide. No patient injuries or deaths have been reported as a result of this issue. Medtronic has identified the root cause to be associated with a rare and specific sequence of events that must occur within milliseconds of each other. Medtronic estimates that the rate of occurrence of this specific sequence of events resulting in excessive charge times in an ambulatory setting to be 1 in 27,000 devices per year (.0000037 per year). We will be responsible for loading the updated software on your programmers and we anticipate the software will be FDA approved in the next few days. Once the software is loaded, upon a patients' next in-clinic interrogation the device will receive the update and their device will be corrected.
Device 1:
Type: Lead, Defibrillation
Manufacturer: Medtronic, Inc.
Brand: Sprint Fidelis
Model#: 6949
Device 2:
Type: Lead, Defibrillation
Manufacturer: Medtronic, Inc.
Brand: Sprint Quattro Secure
Model#: 6935
The patient was found to have a fractured Right Ventricular (RV) lead during follow up and underwent RV lead extraction and reimplantation of new lead and azygos coil. The new lead was open but not used. It had to be changed because the lead had problems with the screw-in mechanism. No injury was caused to the patient, however Medtronic would like both leads returned to them for analysis and possible credit to the hospital.
Device 1:
Type: Pacemaker, Implantable
Manufacturer: ELA Sorin
Brand: Reply Dr
Device 2:
Type: Pacemaker, Implantable
Manufacturer: ELA Sorin
Brand: Reply Dr
A patient with complete heart block was undergoing placement of a dual-chamber pacemaker implant. After the placement of an ELA ventricular lead in the right ventricular apex and an atrial lead, both leads were connected to the ELA Sorin REPLY device which had exhibited intermittent loss of capture in the V lead. Another device was tried and also failed. A Zephyr St. Jude generator was then connected and functioned successfully. There did not appear to be a problem with the leads since the third pacemaker worked. There was no patient harm.
Type: Physiological Monitor, Module
Manufacturer: Philips Medical Systems
Brand: Intellivue Mms
Model#: M3001A
While monitoring the ECG waveform on the MP90 monitor, for no apparent reason the QRS complex flat lines and the monitor alarms asystole. While alarming asystole the waveform will produce what appears to be a square wave (an overload of input to ECG module) and then back to flat line and some time later corrects itself. During one of the early incidents a nurse had a patient on a drip to slow down the heart rate. When she saw asystole alarm she immediately shut down the drip. As she continued to review data on the monitor she realized the alarm and waveform were incorrect and that the arterial blood pressure (ABP) and central venous pressure (CVP) were correctly displaying good pleth waveforms. No adverse outcome, but the monitor caused a response from the nurse that stopped treatment. This problem has occurred in all three ICU's and at random beds at random times and only one monitor at a time. During investigation there were external devices used; a wireless laptop was in use in the bed next to the affected bed. By turning on and off the laptop we could reproduce the problem. A Blackberry phone in the area would repeatedly cause the monitor to alarm Asystole. In a different ICU 8 floors away a ventilator with heated circuit caused asystole alarm.
Health Professional's Impression
Philips Field Service Engineer queried fellow Field Service Engineers (FSE) and learned our MMS ECG firmware version D.02.02 needed to be upgraded. FSE upgraded all MMS ECG firmware (in MP90 monitors) to D.02.05 and X2 model monitors to release G.01.76. This was done to prevent the possible interference caused by Neptune heaters (humidifiers) in the patient ventilators.
Humidifier research engineers contacted this reporter regarding the incident at this facility and a sister facility. They stated there is an issue with another company's monitors and the Neptune heated circuits and were concerned about Philips Monitors. They informed us that they are in the process of a software upgrade to eliminate potential interference with physiological monitors by raising the frequency used in the heated circuits.
Manufacturer response for Physiological Monitor, Module, INTELLIVUE MMS
Field Service Engineer upgraded all MMS ECG firmware to release D.02.05 in an attempt to reduce or eliminate the ECG
interference they were experiencing. The issue could be replicated by use of a cellular phone and a laptop computer using a wireless card. After the upgrade, no interference was observed.
Type: Gastroscope, Esophageal, Endoscope, Flexible, Rigid
Manufacturer: Olympus
Brand: Gastroscope
Model#: GIF-Q180
A gastroscope was not insuflatting properly while in the patient. The scope was removed from the patient and the physician irrigated the biopsy port. At that point a brown substance was expelled. This scope was sent to biomed for the issue of non-insufflation. Biomed could not duplicate the problem and put the scope and cart back into service. The scope has been reprocessed and sent to the manufacturer for a thorough evaluation, repair and replacement.
Type: Ambulatory Infusion Pump
Manufacturer: Smiths Medical, Inc.
Brand: Cadd Solis
Model#: 2100
Over the past few months, I've begun to see an increase in the number of downstream occlusion alarms. Clinical Engineering has documented several instances in which the occlusion alarm is occurring at 4-5 psi when the initial test value when purchased 14 months ago was near 18 psi.
Health Professional's Impression
I believe that the pressure sensor is drifting out of specification over time. Devices sent to the manufacturer have either had the sensor replaced or calibrated. No repaired device has subsequently failed.
Type: Catheter, Picc
Manufacturer: VYGON
Brand: Vygon Premicath
Model#: 1261.203
Lot #: 041580
Cat #: 1261.203 28G (1Fr)
A premature neonate was born by emergency Cesarean and was admitted to the NICU for management of issues related to his prematurity. The next day the neonate underwent the insertion of a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for long term intravenous access using a Vygon Premicath Model 1261.203 1Fr catheter. The PICC was placed without incident and chest x-rays were done to facilitate and confirm placement. The line was subsequently used to deliver intravenous fluids and total peripheral nutrition without complication.
On day seven, during a routine IV tubing change, the nurse disconnected a connector and discovered that a guidewire was still in place within the PICC catheter. The neonatologist was notified and the guidewire was easily removed. The wire appeared to be fully intact. The length of the wire was compared to a second wire from an unused kit and they were identical in length. A chest ex-ray was obtained after the wire was removed and the PICC line remained in good position. The neonate suffered no harm nor was there a change in treatment plan based on this event. The package insert that indicates that the stylet needs to be removed is labeled with a size 6 font with a gray color on an onionskin paper.
The neonatal intensive care unit had recently switched to this brand of 1 Fr PICC line, which has a guidewire in place within the line to provide extra rigidity for easier advancement. The guidewire is attached through a port that closely resembles an access port for intravenous fluids. There are no identifying markings on this port and the guidewire is not visible. There are no labels or inserts indicating the presence of the guidewire. No previous brands or models of 1 Fr PICC lines used by NICU clinicians had contained guidewires including a similar model - Vygon Premicath 1261.20 -- staff was not accustomed to the presence of the guidewire.
Type: Catheter, Picc, Stylet
Manufacturer: BARD Access Systems, Inc.
Brand: Groshong Nxt Picc
Lot #: REUC0254
Patient presented to outpatient department for PICC dressing change and brought to the nurse's attention that a wire appeared to be inside the PICC tubing. The nurse was also able to visualize this wire. This PICC line was removed and replaced with another PICC, Groshong. An x-ray was taken of the patient's chest following removal of the guidewire which confirmed proper placement with no issues identified. The patient was discharged. The PICC in question was xrayed and it was determined that there were two pieces of the guidewire inside the Groshong. The hospital staff then tested a second PICC (#2) from a new package (lot# REUB1198) by running it gently through the fingers upon which the guidewire fractured just above the magnetic rings. A similar issue was discovered involving a different type of PICC kit, which also included the Sherlock guidewire from a different facility in the organization - lot# RETK0645/Power Picc with Solo catheter. This kit was also returned to the manufacturer for evaluation. All BARD PICC kits in the organization, which included the Sherlock guidewire were pulled from stock and returned to the manufacturer for replacement stock.
Type: Ecg Data Management Database System
Manufacturer: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies
Brand: Muse
Model: MUSE
Other #: Current software version 7.1.1
Patient 12 lead ECG Records found by edit lab staff in the MUSE unconfirmed report listing with inaccurate names assigned to records by automatic process in MUSE.
-Records transmitted to MUSE as PID: 999999999, Name: Absent.
-Records found in unconfirmed report listing as PID: 999999999, Name: lastname, firstname
Issue communicated to Biomed by the hospital's Cardio ECG Lab staff in mid 2008. Biomed later investigated and completed additional testing to confirm the reported issue.
Biomedical / clinical engineering: As hospital medical and information technology interface and share data, the integrity of each system's database becomes increasingly interdependent. It is necessary to develop an understanding of all data processes that occur before, during and following data acquisition and storage in order to verify patient record fidelity. This report details the characterization of improper automated hospital information systems data merges with regard to patient records in a GE Healthcare MUSE clinical database.
Initial discussions with GE: No corrections to the Normalization process would be made in Version 5 - will consider as a feature request for Version 7.
The problem is ongoing. The latest version (7.1.1) does not bring resolution to the issue. GE's response included recommendations for practice change, but did not specifically address the problem reported in any of the new versions (including 7).
GE has decided to make the concern a feature request. GE basically recommended that user always assigns the proper PID and name before transmission to the system. Do not confirm patient records containing default PID. Any combination of alphanumeric characters will be accepted as a valid PID. Determine if there are any existing confirmed records with PID sequences of all 9s or any other default PID as defined by your institution. To set defaults PID settings for your institution create a report for each default PID that contains that PID # and enter "Unknown patient" or similar in patient name field and confirm the report. Any subsequent records with a default PID and no patient name will now have name field populated with Unknown patient. This will alert user to the fact that record needs to be assigned correct patient demographics.
New logic should require a minimum of 2 patient identifiers for any merge to take place. Additional safeguards should be in place at 12 lead carts and bedside monitors that operate as sources of patient diagnostic information. These safeguards should limit the possibility for record export without adequate patient ID information.
Type: Port, Implanted
Manufacturer: AngioDynamics
Brand: Vortex Mp Port
Ref# MP-P5SAT
Other #: Size = 5 French
Patient had a Vortex 5 French LP port placed in right chest on five months ago. The patient finished chemotherapy earlier this year and recently came in on for routine follow-up to the oncology clinic. The patient was complaining of pain around the right upper chest area. A blood draw could not be done from the Vortex port. A chest x-ray was done, which found the catheter broken off from the reservoir, which had migrated deep into the heart. The patient was taken to the cardiac cath lab, and the procedure for removing the catheter via right femoral artery by interventional cardiologist was successful. Subsequently, the reservoir was removed by surgeon. The catheter and reservoir was sent to pathology and a picture was taken (available upon request). The picture shows the catheter tubing is clearly broken off (not disconnected) about 0.5 cm from the reservoir. The patient was observed overnight and discharged home in stable condition.
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Type: Pump, Infusion, Elastomeric
Manufacturer: Stryker Instruments
Brand: PainPump 2
Model: PainPump 2
Lot #: 10043022
Stryker PainPump 2 filled with 400mL of medication, programmed and started. Immediately received "triangle E2" error message. Second pump filled, programmed and started without difficulty. Pump returned to Stryker for analysis.
This is one example in a series of ongoing problems. Over the past several months we have noticed an increase of problems with the Stryker Pain Pump 2 and BlockAid pumps. The problems have occurred with a variety of lot numbers and fall into three main groups:
1. programming issues (e.g. inability to program, or display of error messages when trying to program)
2. battery issues (e.g. pump would not turn on, stopped working, or displayed error message)
3. leaking issues (e.g. leaking at connector site). At least 18 pumps have been affected by these problems.
The events have occurred when the pumps were used for perineural applications, and have been experienced by several different clinicians at two different healthcare facilities. The pumps are all programmed at the hospital, and the problems are identified almost immediately. No patients have been harmed to date, although pain therapy has been delayed. We have been using this pump for several years, and these problems are reminiscent of the previous recall that Stryker issued in November 2008. We have returned all of the recent problematic devices to Stryker for evaluation.
Type: Hydrothermablator
Manufacturer: Boston Scientific Corporation
Brand: Hydro Thermablator System (Hta System)
Model#: 56000
Cat #: 56000
Patient for laparoscopic bilateral tubal ligation and hydrothermal endometrial ablation. Hydrothermal Ablation machine going through steps for hysteroscopic visualization. Fluid draining from visualization chamber going to collection bag, no fluid return from hysteroscope device. Fluid draining from IV bag supply into collection bag, not going through to the hysteroscope. Surgeon unable to adequately visualize cavity due to inadequate distention. Machine turned off, set-up steps repeated with same results. Sales representative called for troubleshooting; additional disposable devices obtained. Machine set-up with new disposable devices with same result. Laparoscopic procedure performed prior to ablation at this point, waiting for sales rep arrival. All steps repeated in presence of sales rep, who stated it is not turning on like it should, (talking about motor of machine) as computer components with appropriate displays present. Ablation performed using another system. Hydrothermalablator tagged, taken to desk for evaluation/repair. No harm to the patient. Substitute equipment used.
Type: Intraocular Lens Testing
Manufacturer: Carl Zeiss
Brand: Iolmaster
Model#: V 4.08
IOL Master screening was done pre-op for cataract surgery, R eye reading accurate, L eye reading inaccurate but no alarm or highlight related to the size discrepancy. Cataract size ordered as indicated by test result and on post op day one patient found to have worse vision and it was determined that the wrong size lens was implanted.
Health Professional's Impression
Instead of rejecting a false measurement, the machine used it to incorrectly calculate a wrong lens implant size. This is because when the cataract is too dense, the IOLMaster can not give an accurate measurement. Instead of reporting an erroneous measurement, it should indicate the need for a different test. It may be helpful to allow for calibration of the software if the test is inaccurate. The physician realizes there are human factors involved but feels there could be an improvement to the software/reporting out of results.
Type: Power Screwdriver
Manufacturer: Stryker
Model#: 4200A
It was reported that there were two drills in use on the case: a two button model Stryker 4200A with separate buttons for forward and reverse modes, and a single button model that is repositioned to select forward or reverse modes. The MD primarily utilizes the two button drill. When drill was requested to remove the stabilizing screw from the cutting device (using the reverse mode), the scrub tech passed the single button drill and the MD inserted the screwdriver tip in contact with the screwhead and initiated the drill in the forward mode instead of using the reverse mode to back out the screw causing the screw tip (Zimmer part 6290-00-556) to break.
Health Professional's Impression
The MD inserted the screwdriver tip in contact with the screwhead and initiated the drill in the forward mode instead of using the reverse mode to back out the screw.
Type: Bed, Air Fluidized
Manufacturer: KCI USA, Inc
Brand: KinAir Medsurg
Model: KinAir Medsurg
The wheels would not lock on a KCI low air loss bed in SICU. When care giver leaned on bed it would move easily. Mattress is such that when the mattress is on max inflate the patient slides easily on the mattress. Combined with the bed moving, both the care giver and the patient are at risk for injury.
Vendor personnel did demonstrate the proper procedure for locking the wheels however, only the wheels at the lower end of the bed lock. The two at the head end do not. Vendor personnel admitted this is true of all of these beds.
Co-workers confirmed they have the same issue in other rooms with similar beds.
Type: Wheelchair
Manufacturer: GF Health Products
Brand: E&j Traveler Xd
Patient had just delivered a child and was being transferred from the labor and delivery room to a patient room. Patient was transferring from the wheelchair to the bed. During the transfer, the cushion which supports the leg on the right footrest was folded up. The patient's right leg caught on the bracket where the cushion attaches to the footrest. The patient sustained a laceration which required 36 sutures to repair. Patient received home health care post discharge.
Type: MRI
Manufacturer: GE Medical Systems, LLC
Brand: Signa HDX
Model: Signa HDX
Pressure plate (rupture disc) located directly above MRI unit had released helium gas into dedicated MRI duct system leading to the roof. The gas escaped out of the appropriate area.
Health Professional's Impression
During checks and analysis, we could not find a reason or cause for the "Quenching of the magnet." These things happen sometimes with reason, sometimes without. This one was one that has no reason that we can ascertain according to our analysis and investigating of the error logs of the system. The system is running well. This seldom happens, but we are continuing to do our daily checks to keep tabs on the system. The rupture disc burst, venting cryogenic helium into the outdoor atmosphere. We are not sure why it burst. There was no patient in the room at the time and, except for some water vapor that developed in the area surrounding the discharge duct (that leads to the rooftop hood), there did not seem to be any discharge into the room. There is a slight sulfur smell in the air that no one can identify. Two Clinical Engineering technicians are looking over the magnet and computer room and assure us that there is no danger present to anyone.
Type: X-ray System, Cath/angio
Manufacturer: Philips Medical Systems USA, Inc.
Brand: Philips Allura Integris 5000
Model#: Integris 5000
In early September 2008, a contracted third party serviced the hospital's Philips Integris 5000 fluoroscopy unit in response to the annual regulatory radiation machine physicist's inspection. Several weeks later, a patient underwent cardiac ablation. The dosimeter report for a physician for this monitoring period indicated a high reading. The Physician stated that the badge was left by the source. Room monitoring badges and other EP staff badges were within the normal range. The subsequent dosimeter monitor report showed another high reading (level II) for the physician. The third party servicer was contacted for on-site service of the unit, and discovered that an internal "low dose" mode had been linked to the "high dose mode" during a prior service visit in mid September 2008 (by a technician working for the third party servicing company). Several months after the patient's ablation procedure, the patient's physician informed the hospital's Imaging Director of patient radiation burns and treatment. Hospital Risk Management has been in contact with the patient / spouse about family concerns.
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LVMH is Indeed Looking at Amanresorts After All
Looks like our well-heeled source who claimed that luxury goods company LVMH was thinking about buying the Amanresorts chain was right after all. Bloomgberg News is now reporting pretty much just that.
DLF Ltd. (DLFU), an Indian real estate developer, has received at least five non-binding bids of $400 million to $450 million for Amanresorts, one of the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity as the details are private.
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Will Beds at Amanresorts Soon Be Outfitted with Louis Vuitton Sheets?
UPDATE: Hotels Mag has just cited a Sunday Times report that said Amanresorts might be sold for $400 million. Sorry, but we think this one has LVMH all over it now.
Just days after we caught wind that Andre Balaz might be taking over Cooper Square, we've got another interesting hotel rumor on our hands here and it's a doozy. From a well-heeled deep throat:
Someone who was once associated with the company at a high level confirmed through what he has heard from his very close contacts still on board there that Amanresorts has sold to LVMH [Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy] and that the sell will be officially announced in October.
Yes, that basically reads like someone heard from an acquaintance who heard from someone else's mother's baby sister cousin-in-law's niece's neighbor that Amanresorts has been snapped up by luxury goods house LVMH but still, that is huge news! If it's true of course.
Our informant also tells us that Amanresorts has been up for sale for the past year and that this sort of alignment with a fancy pants luxury brand like LVMH would make sense, especially since Amanresorts is in touch with their fashionable side as evidenced by this Vogue photoshoot.
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Lily Allen Got Engaged at Amankila, Which Looks Like This
It's the season of celebrity engagements! While most of us would be content with an intimate proposal in a sentimental location and a carat or two, celebrities go all out with their engagements, often popping the question with a monster five or six carat ring while on vacation at some to-die-for luxury resort.
After word came yesterday that Natalie Portman and LeAnn Rimes said "yes" to their lovers, we found out that pop singer Lily Allen also got engaged to her boyfriend, Sam Cooper, at the Amankila Resort in Bali from the luxe Aman Resorts.
And coincidentally, a HotelChatter Flickr Pool member, had just dropped these gorgey photos of the resort in our Flickr pool.
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Amanresorts Go All Cultural In China, Again
Staying in Beijing at Amanresort's luxury Aman At Summer Palace - the hotel that's actually built in part of the Summer Palace so you don't need to leave your room to go sightseeing - is apparently not enough. Amanresorts are now saying they're giving travelers to China the "town and country" version of a Chinese vacation, because in 2010 they will open the Amanfayun Resort on the outskirts of one of China's seven ancient capitals, Hangzhou.
Hangzhou is about a hundred miles south-west of Shanghai, and the Amanresort will be twenty minutes outside of its center, in the buildings of an old village. Tea farmers used to live in the 47 stone courtyard houses which have been turned into 16 rooms, 21 suites and 5 villas, and with a pilgrim's circuit of Buddhist temples passing through the area, it's currently under consideration to become World Heritage listed.
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'Sex and the City' Takes Their Louboutins, Manolos and Pradas to Morocco
After "sleeping around" at several of New York's hotels for the filming of Sex and the City 2, Carrie Bradshaw and co. have moved on to Morocco. Cindy Adams reports that the cast and crew are filming at the Amajena Hotel in Marrakech.
The Amanjena is, as the name suggests, a part of Aman Resorts, a luxury hotel collection with truly exotic locations. And it's so exotic that there aren't even standard room accommodations here. Just "Pavilions and Mansions" which start at $1,050 a night (and that's before taxes.)
So we're guessing that this hotel might just be a filming location and not a place where the cast and crew are shacking up for a few weeks. After all, would SATC rather spend money on hotel rooms or the wardrobe for the gals? Sigh, it is a question we have to ask ourselves many, many, many times.
No word on how a trip to Marrakech fits into the storyline but we just hope that Charlotte doesn't have any, um, "difficulties" eating the local food here.
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20 Years Later, Bali's Amandari Resort Still Doesn't Have TVs But There is WiFi
Time to wish the luxurious Amandari resort on the tropical paradise of Bali a very happy 20th anniversary! There are a bunch of special events happening during October to celebrate the anniversary, including a photo exhibition, some joint events with the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, screenings of old films on Balinese culture and some special meals on the actual anniversary weekend, 21-23 October.
A recent visitor to Amandara asked a very sensible question: is it still luxurious twenty years on? The resort was closed for three months earlier this year, but the changes were not all that extensive – even the décor, after some discussion, remained the same, because they wanted to continue the links to the traditional culture there.
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Aman Resorts Hides a Luxury Oasis Deep in the Utah Desert
All Aman Resorts properties tend to be noteworthy, and their new place, Amangiri, is no exception. Located at Canyon Point in Utah, it really is a small resort set in the wilderness: it's in the middle of an area that used to be Federal land for Navajo and Hopi tribes, but was claimed by Aman Resorts through a 2005 Act of Congress that swapped some private and Federal lands.
That puts Amangiri in the middle of an incredible desert of rock formations and gives you the kind of bedroom window views that really look like they're photoshopped in and it's just a stone's throw to the Grand Staircase, Escalante National Monument.
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Perth To Get A New, Old Six-Star Hotel
The Western Australian capital of Perth has its share of high-end hotels, but nothing that's claimed to be six-star luxury--until now. Well, until soon, because it's just been announced that Aman Resorts and friends are in talks to redevelop a key city site into a luxury hotel.
The Old Treasury Buildings are an historic part of downtown Perth and they've been empty for more than ten years now while everyone agreed on what should be done--being a heritage-listed site always makes it tricky. Now it looks like a slim tower will be added on to the back of the building and that will become the six-star hotel with up to 90 rooms.
The older part of the building will include shops, restaurants and apartments, and the most historic parts will be open to the public. No date set yet for when we'll be able to get a six-star night in Perth; in any case, we're six-star skeptics so we'll believe the luxury when we see it.
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Infinity Pool = Tranquility at Amanwella
Yesterday's British Telegraph newspaper gave us some very handy tips on the best places to stay in Sri Lanka, but the most interesting one was a very positive write-up of the Amanwella resort near Tangalle on the south coast. Amanwella consists of thirty suites each with their own plunge pool, several different locations to eat, sea views galore, and best of all, a magnificent infinity pool.
Yes, maybe in ten or twenty years we'll look back sentimentally on the days when the infinity pool was all the rage, but right now this pool just helps us think Amanwella is a spectacular place. As the reviewer said:
I also liked the infinity pool overlooking the sea - the setting couldn't be more idyllic - and the tranquility it evoked. A couple of days here will relax the most stressed-out of visitors.
A picturesque row of palm trees actually line the space between the pool and the sea, so the image of the swimming pool flowing directly into the sea is somewhat disturbed, although in our imagination we simply have the palms growing in the water.
Just watch the full suite prices when you book into the Amanwella--off-peak rates are $325 per night for a pool-view suite, and $400 per night for an ocean-view suite, but the fine print warns of a 17.65% "statutory levy" plus another 10% service charge, so what you see is not quite what you get. Rates over the Christmas holiday season, until January 20, are exactly double.
[Photo: AJDelhi]
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How Hotels Pick the Hot Places to Go
Could Hoboken be the next luxury travel hotspot?
An intriguing August article from the Wall Street Journal is now online: The Search for the Next Hot Spot. It's a profile on several powerful travel industry executives who get to decide where their company will build their next luxury hotel.
Since they're looking years into the future in terms of completion, they are essentially making a big bet on whether a place will become the hot place to go in five years or not. They don't just sit back and wait for the crowds to decide for themselves of course. "Building a 200-room luxury property can cost $100 million" so the stakes are high. A little PR goosing is required.
Adrian Zecha, of Aman Resorts, "was partly responsible for putting Cambodia on the luxury travel map when he opened an outpost there in 2002." Some others don't turn out so well, like the Four Seasons in Beirut. (Now scheduled for 2008.)
So what are we going to be reading about in all the glossy travel magazines in the future? If W gets their way, it will be Doha or Moscow, and even Hoboken, New Jersey which is getting a W Hotel there next year. Ritz-Carlton is looking at Almaty, Kazakhstan and Crystal Cruises is hot on Sarande, Albania.
While we love the idea of exploring new places sometimes we feel like "picking new hotspots" is just another way to please overzealous developers who are only in the hotel biz to make a (few million) bucks.
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Aman Resorts: New Website, Global Expansion and Steep Sri Lankan Discounts
It's amazing where a little online bargain-hunting can lead. We were pursuing a tip that Aman Resorts' two Sri Lanka properties were offering 50% discounts on select rooms into next year, excluding the peak holiday season. Amanwella, near the village of Tangalle on the Indian Ocean, is minimalist contemporary; Amangalla, in a former residence in Galle, is more traditional. Think Michael Ondaatije's Running In The Family.
Our first stop, the Aman Resorts website, blew us away. We didn't remember it looking that intoxicating the last time we'd had a look. As it turns out, Amanresorts launched a new website earlier this week. It's stunning, with eye-poppingly vibrant photographs spanning the homepage.
But looks aren't everything. A few user tips, and more Aman Resorts news, after the jump.
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Survey Says: Zagat Respondents Like Amanresorts and Four Seasons
A few days ago Zagat, publisher of handy restaurant and hotel guides, released the results of a new hotel survey. Amanresorts, Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, and Raffles were the top four chains, showing those Asians know a thing or two about providing good service. It didn't stop there though: Asian chains Oberoi and Shangri-La made the top-10 as well.
Seven of the top-10 in the Small Hotels, Resorts & Inns category were in Asia, but the top one was Singita in South Africa, pictured here, which was also cited as having the best rooms. The best large hotel was Four Seasons George V in Paris, while the best resort was the Four Seasons in Hualalai, Hawaii.
A few wild card winners include three resorts in Los Cabos, Mexico, Inn at Little Washington (near D.C.) for cuisine, and a hotel in Vegas--Vegas baby! OK, it was the Four Seasons again, but still...
While we always take these surveys with a grain of salt--even we haven't seen more than a fraction of the best hotels all over the world--but you can't say they didn't try to get a good sampling. "The guide is based on the experiences of 21,783 frequent travelers and 1,626 professional travel agents who averaged 36.9 hotel nights per year."
And since we're highlighted the sorry state of WiFi in a lot of hotels this week, we can't resist this quote: "Zagat surveyors (23%) say the amenities offered have the greatest impact on their choice of hotel, with their favorite in-room feature -- the now nearly ubiquitous WiFi access (66% of business travelers say it's most important)." MOST important--hear that people? It's not an extra service you ream people on; it's up there with hot water and a door that locks.
[Photo: wander2006]
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