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When the Average Score is the Top Possible Score-- Articulating Skills that ALL our Students Learn |
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The other day I was leading a training with one of our Sacramento high schools and came upon a really interesting discussion and question. The group was 9th grade English teachers, a very thoughtful team of good learners. I opened with this quote from Bruce Joyce and the following writing/discussion prompt. "Our study groups also begin to realize that sometimes the objective is to virtually eliminate dispersion in a distribution. For example, instructors of pilots wish to teach so effectively that no one crashes during training and, even better, that everyone learns to fly. Driver education has parallel objectives. Some instructional objectives need to focus on certain objectives for all students, such as ensuring that all students learn to read and can write serviceable prose, are knowledgeable about citizenship and how to participate effectively in the society, and so on. Educators who think from this point of view can generate intensive instructional initiatives and conduct informal studies that determine if they are able to achieve "total" effects like these." Prompt: How might this apply to our intentions with Grade Nine? What might be some skills/knowledge/processes/attitudes we want ALL students to possess? Do you believe this is possible? The discussion was fascinating. In all our High School projects, we focus on Grade Nine as the pivotal year. We supply students' with literacy tools, skills and confidence for high school success, and stress how much what we learn in English is applicable to all their classes. We create a culture of adults taking pride in teaching Freshmen, knowing how consequential this year is. In some respects, they become almost 9th Grade specialists. I push the envelope by stating that anyone can teach Seniors, it is with Freshmen that we have to place our very best teachers. Yet I don't know that the teachers had really considered what do we want/expect ALL students to learn in Grade Nine? The concept of NO distribution was a new thought, and a provocative one. So many English standards are really processes (vs. content knowledge), ones you don't "master" per say (e.g., reading analytically, writing with persuasion, etc.). However, it was interesting to consider are there skills we feel are within grasp of "mastery" for all? Can we say ALL freshmen will leave the 9th Grade Year able to ______? Teachers spoke a lot about student attitudes, but less about specific skills. Some were not sure of the supposition at all, "When you say all students, do you mean ALL students?" It created some important reflection and conversation. I advanced that we can, and should, project an expectation that ALL our freshmen will be able to comprehend basic text and have command of basic comprehension processes--that we can put most any text in front of them and they will have the tools to make meaning from it, deploying any number of comprehension strategies we teach and they practice daily. Most teachers bought in, believing they are that powerful. I believe they are… They just had never considered the idea in that light. What a concept, huh? |
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Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Roche). This is a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor with a bactericidal, synergistic effect. It is contraindicated in patients with hepatic impairment and requires adjustment for renal dosing with CrCl of 15 to 30 mL/min. Indicated for CA-MRSA, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is effective in deep infections and soft tissue infections with noted purulence. There is a concern for increasing resistance to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Therefore, cautious use and prescribing of the antibiotic is recommended. It is contraindicated in patients with folate deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, a history of anemia or thrombocytopenia. Exercise caution and make appropriate dosing adjustments when using this in elderly patients with renal insufficiency.
Doxycycline (Vibramycin, Pfizer). There has been growing use of doxycycline for CA-MRSA and it offers convenient twice per day dosing at 100 mg. There is no required renal adjustment to dosing but one must use caution with the drug and ensure monitoring in patients with hepatic impairment. Multiple reports have demonstrated successful outcomes with the use of doxycycline in SSTI.5 To date, research has shown doxycycline to be an effective monotherapy option in MRSA-associated SSTI.
Clindamycin (Cleocin, Pfizer). While clindamycin is effective in some MRSA infections, there has been increasing resistance in both the outpatient and hospital settings. It is critical to note that resistance to clindamycin is inducible but inked to macrolide resistance. Therefore, one should avoid clindamycin in patients with erythromycin isolates despite clindamycin sensitivity.
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Linezolid (Zyvox, Pfizer). Linezolid is an oxazolidinone drug that also inhibits the initiation of protein synthesis at the 50S ribosome. It has a specific indication for diabetic foot infections (skin and soft tissue infections) and is effective in targeting both MRSA and vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE). It does not require renal adjustment with dosing and the dosage is 600 mg q12h. It is available as both an oral and parenteral agent with equal bioavailability. Accordingly, oral dosing is more desirable.
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Best Sunday Brunch
First things first: It's busy, so if you're not up for a half-hour wait, we suggest you arrive early (the restaurant opens at 8:00 a.m.). Brunch at Balans is not served buffet style; instead diners choose from the menu and breakfast is served à la carte. The crowd is typically a mix of bleary-eyed boys and babes, South Beach locals,…
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Best Pita Bread
Oriental Bakery and Grocery
Every morning Rafat Monem gets up at about 4:00 and heads to work, where he will bake more than 7000 individual loaves of pita bread. By early afternoon they will all be sold. Each loaf is an individual work of art, a light and airy source of comfort, whose gentle folds ply easily apart exposing a soft and inviting interior.…
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Best Seafood Restaurant
Fishbone Grille
If you're looking for really top-quality seafood, you'd be better off going to La Dorada or Baleen. Yet for affordable, consistently fresh fish in a friendly environment, Fishbone Grille is still our favorite. A wide array of seafood comes grilled, blackened, sautéed, or fused with New World accompaniments, such as seven-spiced tuna with green mango, kim chee, and peanut sauce;…
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Best Fine Dining To Do Take-Out
Joe's Take Away
You don't have to know the maitre d' to get a good meal quick from Joe's. The take-out division, just to the north of the landmark seafood restaurant, serves the same menu -- without the three-hour wait (same prices, without the tip). In addition to the standard dinner of stone crabs, coleslaw, creamed spinach, and a slice of…
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Best Greek Restaurant
Mykonos Restaurant
A Miami institution for nearly three decades, Mykonos consistently offers the best in Greek cuisine. From standards such as gyros and souvlaki to richer dishes, including moussaka and pastitsio. They can even make roasting half a chicken seem exotic, seasoning it with just the right herbs and spices. The portions are large and the prices are so reasonable that over…
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Best Cake Artist
Sweet Art by Lucila
Lucila Jimenez has turned her family tradition of baking festive and inventive cakes into a thriving business. Her two Sweet Art bakeries, with their 50 employees, seem to be able to coax batter and icing into almost any shape, for any event. Mountains, hearts, toys, the island of Cuba -- nearly anything is possible. Her signature "jewelry box"…
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Best Natural Food/Vegetarian Restaurant
Suzanne's Vegetarian Bistro
Like any blank canvas, tofu is only as good as the artist who prepares it, and "natural" food can sometimes taste like a form of punishment. Lucky for us Suzanne's chef is first-rate, and her menu is downright indulgent (in a health-nutty, new-agey way). Open since November 1999 for take-out, lunch, and dinner, this meatless wonder offers classy (not stuffy)…
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Best Bread
Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House - CLOSED
What sets this Jewish diner apart is the bread, made fresh every day in the adjacent bakery. Three plates of goodies are served with every meal. Besides your traditional soft and chewy rolls, they toss in white toast swirled throughout with sweet cinnamon. Also offered are chunks of raisin bread dotted with the gooey black stuff and covered with a…
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Best Restaurant For A Power Lunch
Bice - CLOSED
The ambiance is one of restrained elegance. The menu is one of distinct priciness. And the clientele is easily of the double-breasted caliber. So there's no doubt, whether you're a long-time lawyer entertaining clients or a Gen X dot.com millionaire meeting potential venture capitalists, you'll want to invest in fine northern Italian fare: delicate seafood and pasta for the fluttery…
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Best Mall Kiosk
Got a hankering for a half-sour? A craving for sauerkraut? The palate for a pickled green tomato? Relax, you're covered. The only pickle stand in Miami that's called a kiosk, Picklelicious imports its barrels of pickles, about ten varieties, directly from the Lower East Side in New York. And don't worry if you don't feel like purchasing a pint or…
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Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying
Can you say beluga, sevruga, osetra? Petrossian can: It's the largest importer of Russian caviar in the world. Can you say foie gras? Petrossian can: The company's farms in France produce plump, silken specimens. Can you say expensive? Petrossian can, because it ain't cheap to get all that good stuff over here. Indeed you can ply your senses with twenty…
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Best Medianoche
Little Farm Store diner
Chef Pepin -- no, not the famous one, just a hardworking Cuban cook named Pepin -- has been a fixture at Little Farm Store's diner for the past twenty years. More than a fixture; Little Farm Store cognoscenti prize Pepin's homestyle Cuban dishes. But especially his medianoche. Now what is it that makes Pepin's sandwich a…
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Best Restaurant To Reinvent Itself Again
Big Fish - CLOSED
This restaurant has had more lives than Shirley MacLaine. And part of the eatery's perseverance has to do with its location. As one of the only, and certainly just about the oldest, riverfront restaurants in Miami, we almost owe it our patronage. In fact we've seen this place through good times and bad, through Twenties' gas stations and fish sandwiches…
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Best Pizza
Steve's Pizza
All you have to do is walk into Steve's and you know you've entered pizza nirvana. For one thing the whole place, really just a glorified stand, smells like the pizza shops in Milan. Then there are the New York-style pies, wafting just a hint of oregano toward you, that are constantly coming out of the oven. The oozing mozzarella,…
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Best Sommelier
Laura DePasquale at Norman's
It's tough to impress the dates these days but you can do it. You score a reservation at Norman's, pick said date up in your new Lexus SUV, and then nonchalantly toss the keys to the valet when you get there. So far, so good. Once inside you relax with a Cosmopolitan at the bar, and voilà! -- …
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Best Falafel
Pita Plus
The exterior of this eatery, located right off a dusty (read: under construction) portion of Biscayne, doesn't look like much: a long, low building with lettering in the windows advertising Middle Eastern food. But don't go by judging the proverbial cover. Inside you'll find wonderful text, not to mention texture -- light, crisp falafel patties, steaming hot in…
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Best Dim Sum
Kon Chau Restaurant
Nothing about Kon Chau's appearance screams "good eating." With its generic décor, harsh fluorescent lighting, and obligatory incense-bristling shrine to General Kwan, this could be almost any strip-mall chow-meinstream Chinese joint. But it ain't, and it's the delectable dim sum that puts Kon Chau over the top. You just plain can't go wrong; place the photocopied dim sum menu in…
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Best Bakery Expansion
Upper Crust Sandwich Shop
First, the history. Renaissance Bakery, which has scored a bunch of awards from us in the past several years for its outstanding sourdough, olive, and sesame-semolina loaves, was founded by Ron Funt. Now, the present. Funt, along with brother Paul, decided to put Renaissance bread to even better use than selling it out of the back of the bakery and…
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Best Chain Coffeehouse
Borders Books & Music
And the best part of all, there is always plenty of stuff around to read.…
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Best Chocolate
Krön Chocolatier
Chocolate's reputation as a caffeine-crammed, cavity-causing, pimple-promoting, fat-inducing treat has finally turned to mud. In fact the rich creamy substance these days is being touted as an antioxidant that packs a feel-good punch. Scientists are still fine-tuning their theories about phenylethylamine and theobromine (the chemical ingredients that put chocolate consumption on the level of orgasm). So while they're in the…
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Best Blackboard Specials
Charcuterie - CLOSED
When it comes to luncheonettes, nobody pays much attention, and that's a darn shame. Some of the best lunch restaurants are downtown and in the Design District, and unless you happen to work nearby, you usually don't hear about them. Such is the case with the Charcuterie, the longest-running restaurant in the Design District. Today the decades-old eatery presents a…
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Best Doughnuts
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Doughnuts are sin. You cannot yield to the temptation of a low-fat or sugar-free doughnut. Such abominations are not doughnuts. Therefore, brothers and sisters, he who eats of the glazed, powdered, cream-filled, and all other manner of deep-fried dough, make damn sure it's worth sinning for. Can I get a witness? When you're out there hungering in the depths of…
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Best New Restaurant
Mark's South Beach
Numerous high-profile restaurants with authentically gifted chefs opened this past year: Mayya (Guillermo Tellez), The Strand (Michelle Bernstein), Ortanique (Mary Rohan), and Bambú (Rob Deer) to name a few. Then there's Mark Militello's latest effort at the refurbished Nash, which not only tops these other topnotch contenders but perhaps even his own prior work. The cuisine is more Mediterranean, less…
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Best Bakery
Moises Bakery
As the neon sign reads inside, everything in this bakery is made with "chispa Venezolana." The bread comes to you fresh out of the oven in all shapes and sizes. The cakes are topped with fresh strawberries, kiwis, and peaches. The meat, chicken, and cheese empanadas go a long way. Be sure to wash down the dough-wrapped lunch-in-a-pocket with a…
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Best Brazilian Restaurant
Barroco Restaurant
When the Portuguese "settled" Brazil and forced African slaves to cook for them as well as work in the fields, the result wasn't completely tragic, at least from a gastronomic point of view. Without native and African influences, no doubt Brazilians would still think salt cod is delicious. Fortunately for the culinary-minded, the folks who got taken advantage of wound…
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Best Smoothie
Athens Juice Bar
Take a look on the other side of the counter in either one of these locations, and what you see could very well be a picture from a local agricultural promo. The fruits and vegetables are so fresh and ripe they look as though they belong on a billboard rather than in a blender. That's the way it's been for…
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Best Food Court
Lincoln Road and Euclid Avenue
The mallification of the once-distinctive Road is now complete. Just like every other mall, it has: (1) a Williams-Sonoma, and (2) a food court. Though restaurants are strung along its length, the culinary heart of the Road is at the artificial grassy knoll where skaters and homeless folks rub shoulders with the world's best-looking mall rats. What more could you…
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Best Frozen Yogurt
It's hard to believe a society capable of cloning sheep can't produce a decent-tasting nonfat dessert. A fellow frozen-yogurt consumer once said, "It's supposed to taste strange; it's nonfat. It's got all kinds of weird chemicals in it." She then continued contentedly munching the junk, not unlike a cloned sheep. Well it tastes like crap, and I'm not going to…
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Best Chain Restuarant
Cheesecake Factory
You may want to call us predictable, common, okay even cheesy, but as far as chain-restaurant food goes, the Cheesecake Factory stands alone. We've even heard that other restaurants like to pick Cheesecake items straight from the menu and serve the delicious dishes themselves. That's the same menu that features page after page of tasty selections, like the sweet-corn tamale…
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Best Homemade Brew
Kremas Mapou
Tucked among the many unexpected treasures in Libreri Mapou are tall bottles of a mysterious ivory liquid. A love potion? A purifying bubble bath? Not exactly, though you could say Kremas Mapou has alchemic properties. Here in this venerable Little Haiti bookstore, the cultural and intellectual heart of Miami's Haitian community, is owner Jan Mapou's homemade contribution to the potable…
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Best Restaurant In South Beach
Pacific Time
Unfurling waves of hot-shot eateries have recently been splashing into South Beach, but this is nothing new. Big-money ventures and top-drawer chefs have been dashing onto our shores for years now, only to crash on the rocks of financial reality and roll quietly back out again. One, Pacific Time, has ticked consistently along like a fine-tuned watch since stunning locals…
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Best Delicatessen
Laurenzo's Italian Market
A family-owned market since 1964, Laurenzo's offers a unique experience here in South Florida. "We're a snapshot in time," offers David Laurenzo, who runs the market along with his sister, Carol, and their father, Ben. "We're like a piece of Little Italy back in the Fifties." Everything in the store offers authentic Italian cuisine, from their homemade ravioli to the…
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Best Colombian Restaurant
Los Arrieros
Colombian food is comfort food: sparingly seasoned meats, beans, rice, plantains, and of course, arepas. For Miami's Colombian community, Los Arrieros provides an equally comforting atmosphere: walls adorned with quaint little balconcitos (models of Spanish-tile balconies), a life-size balcón for a stage, and a couple of jocular trovadores improvising verses from handwritten audience requests. The restaurant, which moved from its…
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Best French Fries
Rio Cristal
There they are. Piled atop your palomilla steak. They're hand-cut, golden, crisp on the outside, tender on the inside. You down half of them before you even think of cutting into that beef. The waiter knows they're good. He offers you more papitas after you and the others at the table make the first batch disappear. Your answer: Sí, sí,…
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Best Japanese Restaurant
Su-Shin Izakaya
Not just a sushi joint (though the sushi chefs heartily greet all patrons who enter), this bustling lunch-and-dinner spot in downtown Coral Gables offers daily specials -- scribbled in kanji and English on blackboards that run the length of the east wall -- depending on what's fresh. A treasure on the regular menu is the spicy…
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Best Health Food Store
Whole Foods Market
There are some great health food stores in Miami, but on the whole, Whole Foods has more and often better stuff. Seems there's always something you didn't see on your last visit: the latest chlorophyll/kelp tabs; a new herb mixture to strengthen the lungs; bricks of dark chocolate from Prague or other distant cities; exotic organic plums, kumquats, and pomegranates;…
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Best Wine Selection In A Restaurant
Indigo - CLOSED
If sheer numbers alone could point out a great wine list, then Indigo easily takes top honors, with more than 700 vintages from which to quaff. But as with most things, when it comes to wine, quality is more important than quantity. Fortunately this restaurant, located in the lobby of the Inter-Continental, proves itself thrice over with wines that range…
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Best Burrito
El Fogon
Most of the handful of Mexican restaurants in town seem to cater to Mexican-American tastes. El Fogon's fare hails from further south of the border (including the Yucatán), and the difference is reflected in the quality and style of their humble burritos. The chicken is seasoned and seared, the picadillo (seasoned ground beef) is divine, but best of all is…
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Best Restaurant For Gluttons
Tuscan Steak - CLOSED
The intentions of Tuscan Steak should be obvious: That T-bone is meant to feed a family. Likewise that serving of three-mushroom risotto with truffle oil, or the herb-grilled rack of lamb with the green apple-basil chutney, or the oven-roasted duck with cranberry chutney. Prices indicate the restaurant's philosophy, as does the credo written on the menu: "At Tuscan Steak all…
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Best Milkshake
You're in the office, it's midafternoon, and that sweet tooth starts clamoring for attention. A thick, creamy, fruity drink would quiet the ruckus, but you don't want that artificial stuff the fast-food joints peddle. It's too far to drive to the farms in Homestead to get the real thing. The alternative is this roadside stand just south of U.S. 1.…
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Best Restaurant For The Hearing Impaired
Joe's Stone Crab
Act I: The front desk. A middle-age gentleman in a plaid sport coat waits in a ten-person line. He finally reaches the host, who is taking down names. Host: How many? Patron: What? Host (impatiently): How many in your party? Patron: Oh. Four. Host: That'll be a two-hour wait. Patron (disbelieving): Huh? Host (shouting): Two hours! Patron (still not sure he heard correctly): Huh?? Host: Two hours! Two hours! Act…
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Best Ice Cream Parlor
Whip 'N Dip Ice Cream Shoppe
George Giampetro's dairy and nondairy creations are simply the best. Making ice cream is more than a business at this mom-and-pop parlor. It's a family tradition. One that Giampetro's daughter passed on to friend Yara Herrera. Since then she's been Whip 'N Dip's magical gelato maker, responsible for the 30-plus flavors in Mr. G's store. In twenty minutes Herrera can…
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Best Service
Fishbone Grille
Sure South Beach has all the trendy restaurants, but as any sunburned tourist can tell you, the service there is uniformly slow and sassy. Too many models and would-be-somebodies moonlighting as waiters. At Fishbone Grille the waitstaff actually appears to be enjoying the job. They are attentive without hovering, swift without making you feel rushed, and have an encyclopedic knowledge…
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Best Microbrewed Beer
Titanic Brewery
Since opening a little more than a year ago, the Titanic has hopped up the local beer scene. It hosts South Florida's home-brewing competition, the Coconut Cup, which features battles between the Miami Area Society of Homebrewers (MASH) and the Fort Lauderdale Area Brewers (FLAB). It's also received national acclaim at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado, where…
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Best Diner
Westside Diner
Executive chef-proprietor of Pacific Time Jonathan Eismann goes slumming with this new venture, a remake of Johnny V's Kitchen. And what a pleasant redo it is: The narrow storefront has been converted into a minidiner, complete with blue-and-white tiles, booths for two, and a counter with a Fifties soda fountain. The ideal place for a nosh after a movie or…
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Best Seafood Chowder
Cafetería Adelita
The sopa marinera here is the Latin/Caribbean version of that New England stalwart: seafood chowder. Instead of dairy milk, the fish broth is emboldened with coconut milk. Instead of quahogs and cod, the chowder is studded with shrimp, conch, and snapper. It's a wonderful merging of the Northern and Southern hemispheres, which, after all, is Miami at its best. A…
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Best Coffeehouse
Luna Star Café
The chains are on the prowl, and they're everywhere. Although the good old-fashioned independent coffeehouses never had too strong a presence down here in Miami to begin with, they are on the verge of extinction today. Which is why now more than ever it's important to support your local java shop. Our choice: Luna Star, because it stands for everything…
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Best Flan
Villa Habana Restaurant
If writer David Mamet had been to Villa Habana, he never would have scripted the line in his film Wag the Dog, in which William H. Macy's character declares there is no difference between good flan and bad flan. Granted, making a cup of custard is kind of hard to screw up, so there probably isn't any flan out there…
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Best Cuban Restaurant
Sergio's Sandwich Shop
Yuca does it fancier, plenty of places on Calle Ocho do it with more elegance, but the best Cuban cooking is home cooking, and that's what Sergio's has been serving in a consistently impressive manner since 1975. It's a coffee shop at 6:00 a.m., when the first café cubanos come steaming from the machine; a luncheonette in the afternoon, as…
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Best Fresh Produce
Rancho los Cocos
It's been a long journey pushing westward in the brutal traffic. But here you are at the roadside oasis called Rancho los Cocos. This glorified country produce stand used to be really way out west but is now in scenic Westchester. Wooden tables piled with locally grown fruits and vegetables are lined up under a wide roof, which also shades…
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Best Culinary Diaspora
The parrillada
If we knew how popular Argentine steak houses were going to be this year, we would've bought stock in the beef industry. The American beef industry, that is, since most of the Argentine eateries are using the more consistent American Angus rather than the unreliable South American counterparts. But it is the method, as they say, and not the madness…
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Best Taco
Los Tres Amigos
Mexico and Miami have much in common. Both have plenty of corruption and new construction. Both are working hard to join the industrialized world. Unlike the land of the big pi�ata, however, the Magic City has a sorely underdeveloped taco sector. But authentic taco entrepreneurs from Puebla and other Mexican towns are popping up where you'd least expect them. This…
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Best Food Stop On The Drive To Key West
Green Turtle Inn
The drive to Key West can be grueling, especially when you're hungry and stuck in weekend traffic. Resist the urge to succumb to a quick fish-sandwich-and-fritter fix and instead hit the brakes in Islamorada. The Green Turtle Inn, a delightful old-fashioned eatery where great food and just the right dose of show biz meet, will ease your weary traveling bones.…
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Best Tostones
Laguna Restaurant
You'd think more restaurants in this food capital of the Caribbean would know how to fry a green plantain. Yet all too often, even otherwise outstanding Cuban (or Puerto Rican, or Dominican, et cetera) restaurants produce indifferent patacones. They're always too big, too thickly sliced, not ripe enough. And they're never hot; you find yourself staring at a flavorless, lukewarm…
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Best Sushi On The Run
Tokyo Bowl - CLOSED
You can feel it beginning on your way home from work: the craving, the wanting, the needing. It was a stressful day -- the boss yelled, the clients yelled, the colleagues yelled -- and more than anything, you need a pick-me-up. Call it a fix, say you have an addiction, do whatever it takes (except steal…
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Best Gourmet Grocery
Laurenzo's Italian Market
Laurenzo's is a throwback to the days before hordes of swarming yuppies nationalized the word gourmet by blurring its definition to include a deluded sense of sophistication that's based on a so-so go-go stock market, vast washes of German cars, and upscale grocery shelves crammed with pricey and semiprecious eatable oddities. Instead Laurenzo's is a no-nonsense mom-and-pop Italian market that…
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Best Inexpensive Italian Restaurant
Cafe Ragazzi
Judging by the nightly crowd of people milling about outside Ragazzi, sipping wine and chatting away while waiting for a table, it appears most of you don't need us to tell you how good this petite 52-seat trattoria really is. Seems you've heard about the homemade bread; delicious risottos and pastas; freshly prepared Italian seafood, chicken, and veal dishes accompanied…
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Best Homemade Honey
The Earth 'n Us
The curative properties of honey are legion; this sweet, dark elixir is not only heavenly to taste but may very well be the healthiest honey for miles around. Ray Chasser founded a farm in Little River 22 years ago and called it The Earth 'n Us. Today Chasser is still farming, right in the middle of the city. For twenty…
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Best Restaurant To Die In The Past Twelve Months
Al Amir
This self-labeled "Mediterranean" restaurant, more Lebanese than anything else, was chef-owner Ali Husseini's second attempt to crack the dining code in Miami. His first, an eatery of the same name on South Beach, gave way to this particularly welcoming oasis on Biscayne Boulevard. Unfortunately Al Amir II eventually also bowed out, exiting in an understated manner a few months ago:…
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Best Budget Breakfast
Johnny Restaurant
So what if the 99-cent special at this Caribbean-style eatery was slashed from the menu early this year? The same simple meal -- two eggs any style, toast, and a portion of butter-saturated grits larger than anyone should ever eat -- has become the $1.99 breakfast. It is still the best deal in town for anyone…
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Best Sushi
Moshi Moshi of South Beach
"Moshi moshi!" bellows a voice as you cross the threshold of this oddly decorated Japanese restaurant. That's manager Annop Lasongyang, a.k.a. Nick, greeting you. Often he throws in a "meow, meow!" for good measure. Moshi moshi means hello in Japanese. "Meow, meow?" Well, that's the sound a cat makes. And if anyone knows about great fish, it's finicky cats. Formerly…
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Best Fried Chicken
Jumbo's Restaurant
This 24-hour eatery offers a full menu of sandwiches and seafood (fried and otherwise), and the chicken is without peer. The crunchy, peppery batter on the wings and drumsticks keeps the meat inside perfectly tender. As the menu says: "Puts the Colonel to shame.... Is cooked to order. Please allow eight minutes for wings, thirteen minutes for drumsticks." When your…
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Best Restaurant In Coral Gables
Norman's - CLOSED
"He must not be allowed to win this award again next year," is what we said last year, after Mr. Van Aken won this category for the third time in a row. But how could he not? Consultant stints may have spread Norman's name thinner of late, but his body and soul never left this Gables institution, the only place…
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Best Take-Out Chinese
Yeung's Chinese Restaurant - CLOSED
After a hard day at work, you may not feel like sitting in a restaurant. And you certainly don't want to cook. All you want to do is go home, kick off your shoes, and enjoy a little mu shu pork. Or maybe you're in the mood for a little Peking delight or an order of salt-and-pepper flounder, or a…
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Best German Restaurant
Dab Haus
Fast approaching its tenth year on Miami Beach, Dab Haus remains one of the finest German restaurants in South Florida. And let's remember, when you are talking German food, it's all about the schnitzel. The chefs over at the Dab Haus give great care and attention to each piece of schnitzel that passes through their kitchen. The chicken or veal…
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Best Ceviche
El Farolito Peruvian Restaurant
This quaint Peruvian restaurant serves up ceviche for the soul, and it's soaked in just the right amount of lemon juice. Be prepared to reach altiplano heights (even though it's seafood) with their ceviche mixto, a combination of tender pink shrimp, fresh fish, succulent octopus, and savory squid that rests on a bed of romaine lettuce leaves. Or have the…
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Best Restaurant For Appetizers
One could argue the only food the average diner in this eclectic pan-Asian place can afford is appetizers. But regulars (if there are such people) know executive chef Rob Boone has a wanton way with won tons, particularly when he stuffs them with squab. He also raises braised pork buns to heights as lofty as the ceiling and coats spareribs…
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Best Prepared Foods
Epicure Market
Being hip requires a lot of time and energy, so trendsetters on South Beach are always looking for ways to cut back on frivolous exercises such as food-shopping and miscellaneous cooking. That's why Epicure is so popular. It's chic. It's fabulous. And it's fast. You can even call up their gourmet phone line and hear the specials they are serving…
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Best Soul-Food Restaurant
Arline's and Schoolie's - CLOSED
Tender pork chops smothered in gravy with black-eyed peas and rice. Oxtail stew done so tender the meat falls from the bone. Plus steamed catfish, collard greens, okra, and tomatoes. The cooking in this spacious and clean restaurant is so homey you would swear your Aunt Jess was down from 'Bama hiding in the kitchen. If you don't have an…
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Best Jewish Deli South
Lots of Lox
The ancient parable goes as follows: Members of the tribe wandered lost in the wilderness of South Miami-Dade. All of a sudden a voice from on high spoke as if like thunder. "You must build a restaurant, serve the food of your people there, and make it extra tasty!" the voice commanded. Actually that's probably not how Lots of Lox…
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Best Indian Restaurant
Anokha - CLOSED
Miami is a vicious city for vindaloo. A sorry excuse for saag. A bust for biryani. In fact only a handful of Indian eateries offer these traditional specialties in the Magic City, and fewer do them well. Enter Anokha, where a tender touch with tandoori takes Indian fare to the top of its game. This elegant little mom-and-pop place not…
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Best Torreja
La Palma Restaurant
It would be hard to beat La Palma's take on the torreja: It serves the homemade slices of Cuban-style French toast smothered in honey and maple syrup with a hint of anise. A simple dessert with versions of it going back so far the original is untraceable, La Palma even makes torrejas by the dozens for parties. It's light enough…
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Best Nicaraguan Restaurant
Fritanga Monimbo Fontainebleau
Good baho is hard to get these days, if you can find it at all. One reason is that it takes about eight hours to cook the complicated dish. What the heck is it? Essentially beef brisket, mysteriously soaked in a marinade of tomatoes, onions, and oranges, then wrapped in banana leaves, tossed into a big pot with yucca and…
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Best Bagels
Bagel Bar East
This isn't the kind of bar where you can order vodka, Scotch, or beer. But you've got your choices all the same -- sesame, poppy, onion.... The bagels here are just what the New Yawker yaks about: crusty exterior, chewy interior. Buy 'em by the bag or take a seat at one of the tables, or best yet,…
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Best Spanish Restaurant
La Dorada Restaurant
Fresh fish from Spain is mainly what you gain at this urbane Gables seafood spot. One is the dorada itself (sea bream), which, along with sea bass and Dover sole, comes crusted in sea salt and is cracked tableside. That's the most popular dish, and an authentic Spanish specialty, but most of the menu is made up of such rarities.…
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Best Miami-Born Soft Drink
Bawls Guarana
Bored with the Starbucks buzz? Can't do the Dew? Then check out the Bawls, if you've got any. This locally born soft drink combines the fizz of pop with the pep of the guarana berry, an Amazonian plant that exudes a natural substance similar to caffeine (but two and a half times stronger). The nonalcoholic beverage debuted in Miami in…
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Best Jamaican Restaurant
Jerk Machine
"We don't joke; we jerk," boast the folks at Jerk Machine, which serves jerk chicken, jerk pork, jerk fish, jerk stew peas, jerk shrimp, and jerk crab at seven locations in South Florida. The chain originated in Jamaica where in days gone by the maroons, escaped slaves who established independent communities in the hills, built up their courage by eating…
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Best Fish Sandwich
Scotty's Landing
Recipe for a perfect lunch: Head over to Scotty's Landing, preferably by boat. Sit at a humble plastic table shaded from the sun by a canopy of green-burlap umbrellas. Drink deeply an ice-cold beer (or, if you're working, an ice-cold tea). Order the dolphin sandwich, blackened, with a caesar salad side. Watch the boats chug past the outdoor patio. Check…
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Best Outdoor Dining
Bayside Seafood Restaurant
Nature clashes with urbanization underneath this tiki hut on Virginia Key. A duck could saunter up to the table begging for scraps. Dogs, along with their masters, can sit for a meal. Seagulls float over the green mangroves that line the tranquil lagoon's clear water. Clouds float in the blue sky above downtown's skyline. The fiery orange-purple glow of a…
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Best Café Con Leche
Oasis Café of Key Biscayne
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In 2004, a deviant art user by the name of Bioviral uploaded pictures that he had made of a Pikachu and a Squirtle. In 2008, someone removed the face of the Pikachu, and posted it onto 4chan, eventually turning it into a meme. For years, the picture of the Squirtle went unnoticed. It was only a matter of time before someone else did the same thing to the Squirtle that had been done to the Pikachu.
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On January 8, 2010, a 4chan user removed the face of Squirtle, and posted it on the site, asking users to "Give Squirtle a face". The thread received a not so great welcome for the first few posts, but eventually /b/ started to go along with the OP. The thread later died down, but many more followed after it.
On January 9, a Facepunch user by the name of Little Washu posted the Squirtle exploitable that was posted on 4chan to the Fast Threads section, telling the users to "Have at it! Give him a face!". The thread received immediate attention, and soon after creating the thread, the derivatives of the Squirtle exploitable started to pour in.
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First date spot in Union Square?
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Howdy folks, long time browser, first time poster. But I find myself with a reason to ask my own question now.
I find myself need a place to meet someone for a date this Sunday, the 7th. I can't do dairy, she can't do soy but aside from that, there isn't any other dietary restrictions. Good drinks would be very nice, food as well. Some place that doesn't frown on (hopefully) long conversations. I am old fashioned and will do my best to pay so somewhere around $100 overall?
I thank you folks in advance for anything you can come up with, and hope I've mentioned everything relevant.
I have gone on dates in union square at republic and heartland brewery. Both will fit in your price range, with room to spare. Note that the food at the brewery can leave something to be desired at times, but the atmosphere lends itself to drinks and conversation. Both are right adjacent to Union Sq itself, so its convenient.
re: metfan630
Republic? With the communal tables? Unless the interior of the place has changed, it's not very date-y. And it's super-loud.
Possibly the Belmont Lounge? It would be easy to stay within your budget there. The food is passable (about as good as it is at Heartland), and there are several small rooms so you can find a private corner.
re: elchinoloco2
ooh, I just thought of another good idea! Rye on 17th between 5th and 6th. It's a cocktail bar with some good small plates (I enjoyed the burger)
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Why don't you try The House on East 17th, one block east of Union Square, I think. Very cute and cozy - great first date spot. They have a cool wine bar, plus food.
Here's a link to see the exterior, although the menu is not posted there: http://www.thehousenyc.com/
For menu items, check MenuPages. The reviews are mixed, so maybe it's better to have cocktails and small apps before indulging in a full meal.
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Ther´s no doubt,if were not for the worrysome crisis in the U.S.A. and some europeans countrie´s economies,we would celebrate the chinese´s achievements.But,what for???.After all historycly,China is the kind of country that likes to sell a lot,and buy nothing,as long as they can.I would love to see the success of another promising and more decent,free and democratics nations like India,Indonesia,Brasil,Latinoamerica and so on.We´ll see!!!.
In the new five year plan, Chinese government has raised its political and social reform to a unprecedented level. The success of the five year plan largely depends on how much the modern democracy and law system can be incorporated into the current Chinese 'communism society'. There is very intense internal force driving the old country to a more humane, legislated society which will eventually benefit all the rest of the world. But any outer pressure trying to slow down China's growth will meet strong resistance from not only the government but also the people especially. The war, in any way, is the last thing we want to talk about. So if the westerner want to give constructive suggestions on building legislation and social welfare, rather than being cynical and suppressive, it would be greatly welcomed and appreciated. The Chinese should be more modest, cooperative and tolerant to criticisms and accept there are, still, so many areas you are behind the modern countries.
"…prompting the central bank on October 19th to lift
interest rates,…"
…Why not? That's the way it is. Ben Bernanke once
said that emerging economies have their own policy-
makers, so bubbles, if any, in the countries are none
of his business.
Now that Mr. Bernanke has been poised to print mil-
lions of greenbacks and that China's property prices
cannot help, alas, rising, it's time for his counterpart
in China to forestall impending woes. The onus is on
China itself, not on Benny, it seems.
Still, the reason China raised interest rates might be
more prosaic, or cultural. Just take a look at China's
CPI in August. It'd risen to 3.5%. Alas, very close to
4 (%)--an ominous number, which connotes "death,"
in the country. No wonder it wants to forestall death:
number 4--given the nasty caveat from August: 3.5.
(Let's not forget about the Protect Eight mantra, and
the opening date and the starting time of the Beijing
Games. Started at 8:08 pm on August 8th; in 2008,
the only coincidence. Though the country might have
clamored for the year, '08, hence applied for it.)
You think it's very silly. Yes, it is. Still, a silly idea for
a silly (still-ongoing) financial fuss and its byproducts.
Ditch your (futile) economics textbooks.
And, it was also prior to the G20 in June when China
amazed the world by raising the yuan, well, as much
as it could. No wonder it--with the other ammunition,
interest rates, this time--wanted to welcome Timmy,
the Geithner, that was headed for Asia in an attempt
to cover up U.S. plans (schemes) at the Kimchi party.
Congratulations. China's foreign reserves increased
by $194 billion in the third quarter. According to the
State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the surge
was due to the strengthening of the euro against the
dollar. Very, very convincing, indeed.
Learned that it is unusual for the SAFE to talk about
the reason the country's foreign reserves have risen.
The explanation by the SAFE smacks of diverting at-
tension that a vast amount of hot money has flowed
into China. The agency is, it seems, eager (keen) to
hamper hot money from flooding the country--in an-
ticipation of a rise in the yuan. Very, very hot, in fact.
Do not try to stifle hot money and the like too much.
Bubbles will turn bona-fide bubbles, and end up burst-
ing. When China's bubbles burst, all the things turn,
to borrow this newspaper's style, very ugly.
Yes China must throw off the huge burden that is its state-owned sector. Unfortunately in many central and western provinces the state-owned companies are still the primary employers and so the local party chiefs would rather not modernize.
Without a social safety net the effects of such modernization would be disastrous to the local economy.
I see somebody still keeps the fantasy for "other countries to be rich and strong, and at the same time, bring no problem to the West".
Come on, you know what is politics. Since every country is trying to maximize its interests and power, the raise of one will of course make new adjustments necessary... the question is: how would us deal with it?
When the West is dealing with China, sadly, sometimes it lets the Chinese government use nationalism as a tool to manipulate the people. If the people, who are fighting hard in their country for more freedom and democracy, feel that people from another country is jeopardizing China but not the government, I don't think they'd appreciate your concern of human rights etc.
Still, don't forget that China has never been a colony of the West. They will welcome you if you're friends, but not somebody who is hostile.
For your question, what will we celebrate the Chinese achievements for? In your opinion, only those things that bring interests for the West would be celebrated, but Chinese, as more than 1/5 of the population on our planet, wouldn't even be worth your attention. Hmmm...what a team player you're!
sharp_stone writes (Oct 26th 2010 7:56 GMT): "Yes China must throw off the huge burden that is its state-owned sector. Unfortunately in many central and western provinces the state-owned companies are still the primary employers and so the local party chiefs would rather not modernize."
sharp-stone then attributes this desire of local party chiefs to the necessity of having a social safety net, without which there would be disastrous effects on the local economy. This cynical reader feels that attributing altruistic motives to local party chiefs is the veriest idiocy. It is precisely through their control of the aging behemoth state-owned industries that party chiefs have power over their workers. Any worker able to survive in the free market can kiss his former party bosses goodbye and start benefiting his family, even if he is still only allowed one child. Workers are unable to support themselves generally because the colossal government dinosaurs swallow up investment funds that otherwise might be made available to young Chinese with the creative ideas to build industries that work and that produce what people want. In short, the party chiefs are throttling innovation to no good end except their own power. The sooner the Party shrinks away and capitalism can run triumphant, the better it will be for all Chinese, just as was shown by the Hong Kong precedent. And a thriving, fervently capitalist mainland China would surely be a far better prospect for the Republic of China on Taiwan to reunify with.
Every article here about China is negative. The TRUTH is, we are already experiencing the NEW CHINESE WORLD ORDER:
It's an amusement to read articles on the economist.com, or rather say, antinonwestpropagandamachine.com. The writers and editors have deliberately selected every wording to imply a negative impression towards non-west societies(sometimes acid-tongued towards other Europeans too), good work.
What's wrong with china's new five year plan? At least china has a goal, an effective government, and a plan. China is not paradise, not leaded by god, and don't need to do everything perfect to get a praise. Someone needs to find a mirror, and have a look at himself. Good luck!
vaskosmopolita...in case you are unaware CHINESE imports have increased by over 40% this year up to September. If "THEY BUY NOTHING" how come IBM CATERPILLAR BOEING GENERAL MOTORS are expanding their operations in China. For the record JAPAN is the most aggressive country in Asia militarily speaking. Reference: Bay of Tushkin (1916) and Pearl Harbor (1941): Russian and American naval fleets sunk early on sunday mornings.
Democracy means nothing when INDIA has many provinces under marxist control and real poverty that you do not see in any major Chinese city. China never wanted to see AMERICA descend into economic chaos with its banks like CITIGROUP nationalised. But it happened with LEHMANS trading junk. Thanks to a few greedy Wall Street bankers who opened the candy jar and got sick on bonuses. We also got sick of them when they decreed that they are now doing GODS WORK.
China has a political system that works with regionally appointed committees forming national plans that have real objectives for the good of the people NOT JUST BANKS. In America they have a system constructed around lobbyists pushing their hidden agendas. How come a candidate for the governorship of CALIFORNIA just spent 155 million dollars against Jerry Brown? Democracy is a joke when all we get are wars and more wars...ad infinitum. Who needs that? The merchants of death Incorporated.
I might add, China is also phasing out the old "hukou" system in this new 5-year plan.
Some times I wonder if it is healthy for Westerners to be bombarded with propaganda (such as this article) and be ignorant of what's actually happening in China.
All the Westeners who have predicted collapse of China in the last few dacades have been so wrong. They will often imply China is so different and beyond prediction.
I am beginning to think the Westerners need a Great Firewall Wall to protect themselves from such propaganda. :)
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Be the first to commentAdvertisers oppose tax-swap amendment listen
07/10/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Today the Tampa Bay Advertising Federation held a luncheon meeting to discuss the tax-swap amendment that will be on Novemberâs ballot. Amendment 5 calls for a 25 percent reduction in property taxes. But local advertisers are concerned that up to $11 billion in new taxes would have to be raised, hurting their businesses.
If Amendment 5 passes, Floridians will no longer pay the Required Local Effort (RLE) portion of their property tax that goes toward funding schools. But the tax-swap ame...
Be the first to commentTax Swap amendment on November ballot listen
07/02/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
In addition to voting for president this November, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote on several proposed amendments to the stateâs Constitution.
Amendment 5 is called the âtax-swapâ amendment because it would reduce the property taxes of Floridians in favor of increased sales tax and other taxes.
State Sen. Dave Aronberg is a Democrat from Greenacres in southeast Florida who said he opposes Amendment 5.
The tax-swap amendment calls for an elimination of a tax called...
Be the first to commentFlorida Chamber of Commerce honors legislators listen
06/26/08 Concetta DeLuco and Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
The Florida Chamber of Commerce gathered at the Pepin Hospitality Centre in East Tampa today to discuss victories during the 2008 Legislative session and issues the Chamber will focus on during the upcoming elections.
Brad Swanson is the West Central regional advocate for the Florida Chamber of Commerce. He said pro-business groups need to go âon the offensiveâ to counter other activist groups who have become well-organized and well-funded.
âIt is a war that weâre engaged in cur...
Be the first to commentRays ask tourism board for $100 million listen
06/11/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
The financial plan for the new waterfront stadium proposed by the Tampa Bay Rays hinges on the extension of two taxes, including Pinellas Countyâs tourist development tax. Today in Clearwater, the countyâs Tourist Development Council (TDC) heard the Raysâ request for $100 million.
TDC members were briefed by Assistant County Attorney Dennis Long about the Rays' request to use funds from Pinellas Countyâs 5 percent tourist development tax, also known as the hotel bed tax.
âThe ...
Be the first to commentHillsborough eyes communications department budget
06/11/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Members of the Hillsborough County Commission today proposed eliminating the Government Television station.
The board is looking at ways to offset $87 million in lost revenue from property tax changes and a slowing economy. The idea of dismantling or severely diminishing the countyâs Communications Department, which currently has a budget slightly less than $4 million, was first on the workshop agenda.
Commissioner Mark Sharpe said he wanted the countyâs television station to be mor...
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