Top Children’s Hospitals: Are Their Home Pages in the Same League?

Every couple of years CHILD Magazine surveys the nation’s children’ hospitals and ranks the top 25. Well, actually they rank the top 10 and then have 15 runners up, but since Seattle Children’s (where I work) came in at #13 this year, I’m going to say they rank the top 25 – any problem with that?

I thought it would be interesting to see whether the home pages (and by implication, the websites) of these esteemed pediatric medical establishments were of a similar caliber in terms of the validity of their code.

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Cruise Tips for First Time Travelers

I recently returned from my first cruise (on the Holland America ship the ms Oosterdam) from San Diego down to the Mexican Riviera.
Being new to the whole cruise experience I didn’t really know what to expect, but now that I have that first trip under my belt, there are a few tips I wish I’d known beforehand that I thought I’d share for the benefit of anyone else about to embark on their maiden voyage.

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